December Daily | Days 1-12

I've been making steady progress on my December Daily album. Some days have simple spreads, while others are more involved. I even broke out my heat-embosser one day!

Here's my progress to date:

I have to print a better photo for this page.

Check out that heat-embossed "Let it Snow"!

I seriously love my heated steering wheel

I need to print photos and journaling cards for the rest of the month. Since my traveler's notebook had room for all 31 days, I'm documenting the entire month.

December Daily | Day 1

Today I finally had a chance to start putting together my December Daily notebook. I managed to finish one spread.

I didn't get any more spreads in the notebook because I spent the remainder of my craft time mass-producing some tags that I'll use each day. I knew that I wanted to use the Southport alpha stamp to stamp the number of the day, and I had a particular tag in mind. When I couldn't find the tags I was looking for, I made my own.

Luckily, when I got rid of some of my Stampin' Up stuff, I decided to keep a few items that came in handy. I used the tag punch, a small circle punch, and a small hole punch to make the tag. Then I threaded it with some red & white string and stamped the number of the day.

December Daily 2016

Every year I see amazing December Daily albums in my Instagram feed, and every year I think I should give it a try. However, I always have lots of projects on the go, so I usually decide to enjoy everyone else's posts. This year, though, I had major FOMO, and I ordered a kit and a stamp set at the last minute (as well as some other goodies).

Since I knew that it would arrive late, I started a Google Doc to keep track of what I'd include for each day and to jot down some journaling, and then I bought some digital holiday prompt cards, and I got my journaling up-to-date and cropped and printed photos, so by the time my kit arrived, I was ready to go.

I know I'll be behind, but I think this is a project that I can finish because I'm going to keep my supplies simple:

• One Little Bird December Daily Mini Kit
• December Daily Good Cheer Stamp Set by Kelly Purkey
• Southport Alpha (Kelly Purkey)
• Holiday Prompt Cards (In a Creative Bubble)
• washi tape
• Tags (hand-made with punches, etc.)
• Date Stamp & black precision pen