Hi everyone! It’s Carly here to share a peek into my December album. This is my first year doing a separate album to document the month and so far I’m loving this project!

In order to make this project manageable through such a busy month I pre-made many of my foundation pages before the month even began. I also made the decision to keep my album as simple as possible. My main focus is just getting the photos and journaling for each page printed and added to the album daily. If I find myself with a little extra time on a day, maybe I’ll add some decorative embellishments. However, I have this feeling as I get closer to Christmas my pages will become simply just a few photos and words, and I’m totally okay with that.

I’m using the This date in December cards for each numbered day and many of my page designs start from templates from the December, you are my Fave No. 2 kit. I use this kit’s templates a lot to build my pages, even when I’m just creating my everyday project life book as seen here. This kit’s templates are such a go-to item for me.

For most of my album’s foundation pages I used the new December, you are my Fave No. 3 kit and what I love most about this kit aside from the great layered templates, is the non-traditional colour palette of green, gold, black and white. Love!

As I plug away at this project I’m learning that I have to be pretty flexible when it comes to pulling each day together, because some days I will have lots to document and other days, not so much. If I only have one or two photos and not much to say on a particular day then that’s okay, as is the case with Day 7 and 8.

This next spread is definitely more colourful and a bit busier looking then what I normally create, but there’s a story here. The girls and I just finished decorating the tree and each evening when the house is quiet I’ve been working on my album, printing my photos from the day and assembling my pages. Well this night the girls stayed up later than normal and I share my craft space with their playroom, so when they saw me working on this page they just had to help. They picked the photos with me and each selected a journal card, it was a fun collaboration.

On day 10 it was my girls Christmas concert and I was certain I’d have a ton of photos, but the lighting wasn’t great, we were pretty far back in the auditorium and to be honest, I really just wanted to be present during the performance and not behind the lens. So even though I didn’t have lots of photos to capture this day I did have a lot to say, which is the reason for the full page of journaling.

So that’s my album so far and I hope to share more of it with you soon. Hope everyone has a really wonderful holiday and I’ll see you in the New Year!

– Carly

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