4 - 8 December 2010

I have been trying to keep up with the December Daily but it is hard work to find the time to put it altogether.....I have done a few more pages but not finished them off yet so I am going to have a concerted effort tomorrow to try to catch up :)

I've got to the point where I need to get the photos on the pages and then will embellish at a later date. I've got some days done with the photos but still need to journal. My album is getting very FAT and I've learnt a lot as I am going along and would certainly do it differently next time, but that's ok, this will all help with next year's album - but first of all, let me get this one done :)

Thanks for looking,

Sue

3 Dec

3 December brought me to Jim's Yard Restaurant at Stamford with another two couples. We had become friends when our boys went into Year 7 and they are all left school now and in their first year of Uni.

We recently decided to meet regularly once a month and go out for a meal and a good natter. On this occasion, we invited the men along as well, as it was our Christmas outing.

Thanks for looking.

Day 1

1 December - This happened to be the first Wednesday of the month which also happens to be when we have our monthly Reading Group gathering and this monthly was especially nice as we all brought along some seasonal treats :) I can't believe we've been meeting since July 2004! It's just a group of friends that like reading and we take it in turns to host a meeting and choose a book - it's my turn next month to choose.

On my layout I have listed all the books that we have read since we started the group, 76 books in total. I've used my Silhouette to add the photographs and embellishments.

Thanks for looking,

Sue

It's done - well, almost....

At the stroke of midnight, I placed the last number on the last page, LOL. I managed to upload the photos but it would be too much to hope that they are in date order, oh well, just so long as they are in the album! I'm just waiting for the ink for my printer to arrive and then I can finish off the title and still got to decide how I'm going to bind it but at last December has arrived and it's time to start filling in my December Daily.... I'm out tonight at my monthly reading group get together, so guess what the first photo will be?

December Daily 2010 Preparations

Aargh, What a mess....!

If you haven't heard of Ali Edwards December Daily pop on over to Ali's Blog and find out all about it. I have decided to join in this year and am way behind in my preparations.....as usual. Everything seems to take so much longer than I anticipate and I take forever to make a decision :) I have already changed my mind and after cutting and covering my cover, I decided to change the size from 6 inch wide to 6 1/2 so that I can have a margin and use my Bind it All to bind it together rather than rings. Not sure if I will try and save my cover or make a fresh one.

First Cover

As this is my first year I am pretty much following Ali's design and have used her daily templates which you can find here. I managed to find a few reasonably priced acetates at the Hobbycraft Show last week and being very frugal I cut each one in half to spread the load a little. I've also been printing a few off myself with designs from the Silhouette Store.

Printed Acetates

I've also used some designs from the store to attach to the front of each acetate with the date.
I've cut some extra numbers and used glossy accents to give them a glaze.I can't make up my mind whether to cover the back of each day with patterned paper or leave it blank.....see, told you I have trouble deciding.....

Will update when I've done a little more,

Thanks for looking,

Sue