December Daily® 2017 │ Days 5 thru 7

I find sometimes when I have to play catch up at the beginning I tend to work on a few days and then take a few days off. I seem to like batch creating with this project mainly because it does help sometimes knowing what's coming behind a page that I make so that I can accommodate what I have in mind. Again, this is all part of my theory of letting it flow at my pace and creating with what I have to work with.

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Day five was a total challenge. If you have been here awhile you know the story of my daughter's wrapping paper but if you are new here its a tradition that started back when she was about two. I decided to pick a special wrapping paper just for her gifts to make it easier for me. If it was all the same I didn't have to tag each package. Hello time saver. When she got a little older she asked if she could pick out her special paper. So each season we make a trip to Target and she picks out her paper. This year, she threw me a curve ball and chose a black holographic pink unicorn paper. Its so perfectly her right now so I really love that she picked it but I did think to myself, how the heck am I going to make this fit! Truth be told, I changed this after I had already made it. I didn't love what I had made, so laying in bed last night I thought about ways to make it better and that meant vellum. I kept the same basic design I just added the layer of vellum between my photo and the paper layer. I wanted it to open so you could still see the paper and I loved how this little switch softened it and make it more special. The pink sequin heart is old Heidi Swapp, the rubber circle is from the Paislee Press mini kit, the black chipboard number is from Ali Edwards, and the black December tab is from Studio Calico.

The vellum is old Cosmo Cricket.

It really is pretty paper when you see it in person. Even the black portion has a slight holographic pattern.

Day six we stuffed and mailed our Christmas Cards. My dear friend DeAnna is a photographer and this is the third year she has shot our family photos. She surprised me with this image of my daughter and I knew it had to be used. I kept the left side simple, just some text and a large number from Studio Calico. The hexagon glitter was purchased at Target in the dollar spot and I stuck each one down with a Martha Stewart glue pen. It went much faster than I thought it would.

And the shine is really pretty in person.

Day seven was a crafty day. I made the silver star garland when I couldn't find one in the stores anywhere. I also thought it was the perfect time to share what our mantle looks like this year since I decided to switch it all up. The white houses and many of the bottle brush trees were in the Target dollar spot this year. I purchased the wool felt ball garland from Etsy and I made the silver star garland by cutting varying star shapes on my Silhouette Cameo and stapling them to a silver cord with my tiny attacher.

To label the day I added in one of the stars that I had cut and slipped in one of Kelly Purkey's letterpress numbers from this years Joyful & Bright kit. The green really popped and I love it.

Thanks for being here and I'll be back next week some time to share more. Its a big birthday weekend around here for a certain little girl so I'l have lots to include.