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Super simple layout for Day 10. Our Christmas tree has been standing in our house naked since last weekend and we finally decorated it last night. Today's spread has a 6x8 full page photo on the left and half of a one of the 3x4 pocket pages on the right.... Continue reading

I don't think I could create this 2015 December Daily album without mentioning the Paper Source Llamas. These little guys made came into my life a few months back as part of the 2015 Paper Source Christmas Collection. We have very large windows at the store in Tampa, and as... Continue reading

If you are working on a December Daily album this year, remember, it's totally fine to include non-Christmas stories! My story for Day 8 has nothing to do with Christmas at all: I have been dying to use one of the 3x8 page protectors that Ali offers in her shop.... Continue reading

Mondays. Bah! Humbug! It's only the 7th of December and I am starting to feel a little holiday stress. I didn't take any photos today and decided to instead focus on the "stressings" and blessings of the moment. Take a peek: Today's layout is only one page. The card in... Continue reading

Mondays. Bah! Humbug! It's only the 7th of December and I am starting to feel a little holiday stress. I didn't take any photos today and decided to instead focus on the "stressings" and blessings of the moment. Take a peek: Today's layout is only one page. The card in... Continue reading

Happy Monday everyone (if there is such a thing!) Have a good weekend? Mine was pretty busy between work and a few Christmas-y things going on! Just as a reminder, Saturday and Sunday December Daily pages will be posted on Monday! I appreciate you checking back to see what we... Continue reading

I love it when I hear from a friend out of the blue, don't you? My December 4th story is about my friend Debbie and the emergency text I received from her! This layout came together so quickly! It's super simple and I'm so happy with the way it turned... Continue reading

Today's post is SOOO TINSEL!!! I had the day off from work and finally started to decorate the house. My story of the day is about our tinsel trees. Take a peek: I love Disney's Prep and Landing movie short. Some of the humor in there goes right over kid's... Continue reading

We have been living in Florida for 3 years now. Last year, having warm weather during the Christmas season didn't seem to bother me. This year, I find myself longing for snow and wanting to wear cozy sweaters. It is too warm here in December for my liking and it's... Continue reading

Twinkle lights. Gotta love 'em. And nobody does them better than Disney. Chris and I drove over to Disney's Hollywood Studios to view The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights display (and no...not Ozzy Osborne...you can read about Mr. Osborne in one of the photos below). It has been an... Continue reading

I love the Christmas season. Not only for the twinkling lights, the smell of sugar cookies or pretty packages, but for December Daily®. Hands down, it's my favorite memory-keeping project! For those readers who are avid scrapbookers, you know what December Daily® is. For friends who are new to the... Continue reading

Melissa Shanhun is an Aussie mum, digital scrapbook instructor and owner of Digital Scrapbooking HQ (digitalscrapbookinghq.com). She heard about my Holiday Planner self-paced workshop over at Scrapaneers.com asked me to write a guest post about it for her blog today!!! We digital instructors LOVE to support each other! Hop on... Continue reading

Now that Halloween is officially over, it's time to start gearing up for the 2015 Holiday Season!!! And what better way to do so than by creating a planner that was specifically designed for Christmas? Join me in my planner organization workshop Keep It Together (K.I.T): The Holiday Edition where... Continue reading

Trying to find the perfect gift for everyone on your Christmas list can really make your Christmas cookie crumble, can't it? The following conversation is one that my husband and I have every year as the holidays approach. You may have a similar one with yours: Me: "What should we... Continue reading