December Daily Days 2, 3, and 4

Hi everyone! Today I have a few pages in my December Daily to share. Let’s start with Day 2.

On this day I had taken several photos and done various things. I worked on this album, watched Brave for the first time, and went shopping in the evening with my mom. I decided the best way to use these photos was to use a grid page. Because I wanted to journal about everything I did this day, I used one of the cut-aparts from Crate Paper and added my journaling on the back.

As for my supplies, I used a variety of Crate Paper papers from Falala, Carousel, and even going all the way back to Bloom. I embellished with bits from Felicity Jane (the Sparkle chipboard), Feed Your Craft (the snowman die-cut), and the Target Dollar Spot (the little stars).

For day 3 I did a double page spread. This day I decorated the tree so I had a lot of photos again. I really didn’t journal at all, except for adding the “tree decorating” title, because I feel like the photos speak for themselves.

This page again used Crate Paper papers (they’re just the best!) and I embellished with Feed Your Craft puffy stickers and a mini flair button.

I took an Instax photo of the tree (which is terrible by the way, my film is old) and I decided to make it into its own little layout. This one has very similar supplies again: Crate Paper papers and Feed Your Craft die-cuts.

For Day 4 I used the back side of the layout from the 3rd. I documented a haircut, and commented on how every time I cut my hair there is so little difference that no one can ever tell its been cut.

I used my absolute favorite Thickers from Amy Tangerine and my favorite tiny alphas from Tim Holtz.

Finally I embellished with a few Crate Paper stickers.

And that’s it! How is December memory keeping going for you?

 

xo,

 

Emily

Dressed in Holiday Style

Hey everyone! Hope the holiday season is treating you well so far! Today I’ve got a look to show you, that’s perfect for the office or a holiday party. Here we go!

This outfit includes one of my favorite ways to style clothes: pattern mixing, or in this case, pattern matching. Its hard to tell in the photo but the pants have a subtle tone on tone polka dot on them as well. And these pants are so comfy! They are the Pixie pants from Old Navy (which is a style I absolutely LOVE) and for some reason the fabric of these are even more comfortable than the other pairs I own. This is a look I would wear to the office or to a work holiday party. In fact, I did wear it to work! Its dressed up with still having the casual comfort of pants and a cozy sweater. I even threw on my favorite pair of Christmas earrings that I got a few years ago from Kohl’s. You can see them in the pic below.

Outfit details: Polka Dot Tank Top – Target, Cardigan- Target, Pants- Old Navy (these are navy but very similar), Shoes – Old Navy (old) similar

 

What’s your favorite style for the holidays? Thanks for reading!!

 

xo,

 

Emily

December Daily Set Up and Day 1

Warning: photo heavy post ahead! To be quite honest I’ve been a bit anxious about starting my December Daily album. Perfectionism has set in, especially with seeing all the beautiful albums people have made in the past. But I made myself get started and my album will be what it will be. I don’t print my photos at home so unfortunately I’m not able to complete an entire spread each day.  I’m probably going to stop my album at the 25th so I’ll have the last part of December to finish everything up (and because I have the whole last week of the month off, it shouldn’t be a problem). I’m continuing my Project Life through December, so if anything exciting happens during that last week I’ll record it there. I’m going to make my December Daily more detailed, and my Project Life will be more of a “highlights reel”, which is pretty much how it is anyway.

I’ve been loving using the Crate Paper Falala collection, and I’ve already used a lot of the paper, stickers, and ephemera. The front of my title page uses all of the colors I plan to incorporate into the album.

For the back I did more of a black and white theme and added a bit of green because I liked how the plaids looked together.

This page is my “reason why” page. I pretty much detailed my reason in my last December Daily post, so check that out if you haven’t yet! And, yes, I haven’t completed the December Bucket List card; that’ll get done eventually.

And here is December 1st! Its a pretty simple spread, but I’m loving the lighter shade of green with the pops of red.

If you’re doing December Daily, how is it going so far? Let me know in the comments!

 

xo,

 

Emily

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Hello lovelies! Its finally the most wonderful time of the year! I know a lot of people begin the Christmas season the day after Thanksgiving or even November 1st, but to me it doesn’t really feel like Christmas time until it hits December. I actually started decorating a little early this year, adding holiday touches around the house, but the tree didn’t get put up until December. As you can probably tell from the photo I have a #tinytree, which I’ve been doing for years, and honestly this isn’t my only one (I also have a pink one, but when they’re only $8 at Target why not have a few?). Most of the ornaments I used were from the Sugar Paper line at Target. I think they work perfectly for small trees! I added several of my favorite ornaments, including some Disney and Wizard of Oz ones. My newest, gorgeous, Wizard of Oz ornament from Hallmark took the position front and center of the tree.

I also added a few small holiday touches around my bedroom. I always end up making little decor spots around my dresser, and Christmas time is no different. I added some bottle brush trees (my favorite) from Michaels to make my dapper dinosaur salt and paper shakers a bit more festive.

As you can probably tell I like my decor to be fun and not too serious. How would you describe your decor style? Leave me a comment and let me know!

xo,

Emily