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So, we have been married 18 years.
It was our 'Golden Anniversary' since it was 18 years on the 18th. Or so my girls tell me.
All those years ago, we were advised not to get married...that we would not last more than 5 years.
Well, we showed them.
I've been just a bit busy with holiday preparations to get to my December Daily pages today. They are coming but I have catch up to do from my weekend away with my husband...
So, I am back from a weekend away with my husband!
Day 16 was Friday and we had our staff Christmas party at work.
In this collage, I wanted to capture all the pretty things that were used to decorate for the party. This page is one of Ali's DD templates, but I altered it a bit. I started with the template that has three pics in a vertical line but because I had four pics, I added a fourth box. Then I moved them around to be a square as opposed to a line since this allowed me to make the pics a little bigger. I also adjusted the line that Ali has around the boxes to work with this new configuration.
The stars come from one of the other templates. I simply copied and pasted it onto this template and varied the size of the stars. In the smallest star I adhered a silver puffy star from KI Memories.
The second page is a pic of me wearing reindeer antlers that a colleague captured.
I edited it using RadLab which I purchased a few weeks ago. I love all of the choices that they offer for editing your photos. I hope to play around with it more once I am on Christmas vacation (at the end of this week).
I didn't have much to say about the party...it was a potluck, most staff did not show up, everyone went home early...so I chose to use more photos than journaling on this spread.
Pics and pages from my anniversary weekend coming...
So, today was all about my Vintage Tree.
I have seen so much vintage decor on Pinterest lately, that I decided to use that as my theme this year.
I used my original vintage Polaroid camera to take this shot. I love that it is in black & white. I love that it is a bit fuzzy. I love that I had to wait for it to develop. I love that it feels very vintage.
The little crocheted embellishment is one that I have had in my stash for a few years. I cannot remember where it came from...sorry.
The second page of the spread is one of Ali Edwards' DD Layered Templates. I already felt that this template brought a bit of a vintage vibe to this layout, so I did not have to do much here. I simply added my number and a few word stickers.
Watch for more vintage goodness coming in my DD...
So, Day 14, the girls and I went on a little field trip.
I could eat seafood all day long! I sat with some other moms and enjoyed great conversation. I am thinking that I should go out for lunch more often during my work day!
We took 20 high school students to this Spanish restaurant as a celebration in their Spanish class. Both of my girls happen to be in the same class even though one is taking Spanish 20 and the other Spanish 30. When their teacher approached me about helping to drive these students downtown for lunch I could not refuse!
I love special occasions.
So, today I featured my new Nativity set.
Each year, I purchase a new nativity. Yes, I have a few of them now. I don't put them all out every year. Right now I only have three out on display.
This nativity is sitting on my desk at work. I love it.
All of the pieces are wooden with painted on features. It was only $14 at Superstore.
Here, I simply printed out an Instagram photo and added some layers. The cute music button is from Marcy Penner.
Do you have a favourite nativity?
So, Day 12 is a story from the end of November.
I had never been to a live nativity before. It was a wonderful experience. I would do it again for sure. The best part was sitting on bales of hay in the outdoors under a clear sky full of stars and listening to all of the animals make their sounds.
At the bottom of my journaling, I added the number for the day and stapled on a little silver star. It is from one of those packages of sprinkles for decorating the table. I bought the package at IKEA last year.
After printing out a few Instagram photos, I put them in a clear transparency that I had trimmed down and sewn up the sides.
Instead of pics in the center pocket, I filled it with more of those little stars before sewing it shut.
The transparency is a little page on it's own in the center of my Day 12 spread. Here is the view with the transparency flipped over. On this page I printed out another Instagram photo in a larger size and adhered it to the page for today. The stars were already sewn on when I bought this kit from Marcy Penner.
Lastly, I added a simple message from the Crate Paper Peppermint pack.
I just love this time of year...
So, Day 11 was a Snow Day for us.
It snowed big flakes all day. The streets outside our window were very quiet. No one was out and about.
For this page, I created a little collage with a banner I cut from vintage book paper, skiis and the word Snow from the CP Peppermint pack, today's number and a punched star from glitter paper (Michaels).
In Photoshop, I typed my journaling, printed it, cut it up in strips and adhered it across my page.
The facing page is a little LO all on its own. I layered some patterned paper under the photo, then used some stickers and other embellishments to dress it up a bit.
Before adhering the whole thing to my actual album page, I wrapped the bottom with Baker's twine and then added a punched glitter snowflake (punch is from Martha Stewart).
I am still enjoying this project immensely.
How about you? How is your DD album coming along?
So, Day 10 was a very special day.
For the first time, we went as a family to cut down our Christmas tree in the woods!
I adhered the above journaling block to the actual permit that my husband acquired. I simply folded it in half to fit on the page so now I can open it and read the information about our day.
Alongside the permit and journaling, I trimmed down a baseball card page protector and printed several pics of our adventures...
I inserted more pics on the back as well. In two of the spaces, I adhered various embellishments from the Crate Paper Peppermint pack.
Next, I created a page from the map of the area that we were given. I love maps and was determined to use it in some way.My goal was to trim it down to fit on a 6x8 page. However, the map covered an area larger than my 6x8 page, so I had to fold it a bit.
I trimmed a piece of patterned paper and folded over a small flap along the right side, which I sewed with my machine to hold in place.
This allowed me to fold my map just a bit to tuck it in, but I can still untuck it, extend it, and view the entire area that we traversed.
I also added a little tab tied with baker's twine to help guide the paper when I am tucking it back in.
Finally, I wanted to draw attention to the actual spot where we found our tree...
I started by stamping a red circle around the area, then embossed it with embossing powder and my heat tool. On graph paper, I drew a speech bubble to write my little saying, trimmed it, and adhered it directly to my map.
So glad we decided to add this adventure into our holiday events...and so glad I have it documented!
So, we had a big snow storm on the weekend and my internet connectivity was affected. I will post pages as long as my connection holds out here...
Day 9 was Friday. Friday I had to work late. On the way home, I noticed the moon, which was extremely large and hovering just above the horizon line. I attempted a few unsuccessful iPhone pics from my car (while watching the road...not the camera...that's why they were unsuccessful). Then, as I turned onto my street, there in front of me was the big round moon slowly rising above the rooftops. I stopped right there and then in the middle of the street to take my successful iPhone shot! That is the pic featured on the top of the two.
I then had to pick up some items from IKEA, so we (minus our oldest daughter who was babysitting) decided to eat supper there as well. They offer a reasonably priced and reasonably tasty dinner menu which left the three of us quite satisfied. That is the pic featured on the bottom of the two.
The story reads...
I figured it was time to do a pretty little collage of sorts in my DD...
I simply layered some stickers, twine, and a music button from Marcy Penner's kit. I think it makes a nice statement.
On the picture side, the page already included sewn-on snowflakes, so I decided to work with it...
I slipped my double Instagram printed photo under the snowflakes and added the number circle for the day.
This spread was a nice quick one, but still has impact. I like it!
So, I am officially caught up as of today!
This one is a short post, but an amusing story...
I kept Day 8 very simple. Photos + words.
Have a lovely weekend!
