december daily {days 2&3}

hey everyone... I'm back to show you some more pages from my december daily. the more I get into it, I think I'm figuring out how to edit a bit more, knowing I can use extra pictures on layouts too.  this little book is getting chubby already!

so here we go.. 12.2.11

on this day Lydia received her first mail from my parents, who are in Texas for the winter. this was VERY exciting, as we miss them tons already.  I included the envelope {which she ripped open} & will probably include the card when she is done carrying it around :)

I did my journaling on the back side of the envelope & included photos I took while we were reading the card.

on the back side of this was a few pics of what we did that night. Dan was doing inventory at work that night, so we rented the Smurfs & Winnie the Pooh & the kids & I had movie night.

12.3.11

on this day, I was lucky enough to get to go out Christmas shopping, so I made a little envelope by folding over a paper piece & sewed & stapled around the edges, then stuck my receipts from the day in there. I also included a pic of a few of my finds that day.

while I was shopping that day I decided to pick up a new family friend to add a fun family tradition.  When I got home, we read the book & then we discussed names.  We {well, mostly Lydia} decided on Jessie, who is her favorite character from Toy Story.  I stapled {later it was sewn in} a journaling card {freebie printables from here on my blog} to tell the story.

that card just flips up to reveal the whole page.

so that's all for days 2&3.  I feel like it's all over the place... but I'm having fun with it!

{robyn}

december daily {day 1}

I was excited to get started on my December daily today... had to do the dreaded Wal-Mart run this morning though, so I got a little later start than I would have liked.  I did get to pick up some things there to use on it, so that was a bonus!

I found this cute bias tape that's going to be a great addition to the mini. love.

then I found this mini sewing machine!  I've been wanting to get one for my paper projects {I really don't think I'd use it for much else}, so I thought I'd give this a whirl.  It only does straight stitches, but it's small & doesn't take up much room, which is always a bonus. Plus it was only $20, so that was cool.

now... on to day one!

here's the cover page

& a {not so good} shot of the double page spread.

page 1. Day one on the Advent calendar was for the kids to pick out their favorite treat from our little grocery store in town.  The card is from the freebies I put up yesterday.  The "a few of my favorite things" is from a Gap mailer I got in the mail yesterday.

I cut an envelope down from another piece of mail to do my journaling on, added the bias tape & stitched it to the inside edge of the page.

the envelope flips up to reveal the full 2nd page. These are photos from picking up Evan from the elementary school. The picture of the picture of him in a Santa hat that was on the classroom door, Lydia playing teacher while waiting for Evan & a photo of the oranges we got & a label from the pickup of fruit & cheese. Nothing too exciting for our first day, but I had fun documenting it anyway.

{robyn}