December in a Nutshell

At least up until today...

We have a kitten who is claiming every box in the house (before it gets recycled)

 A baby who makes a cute gangster elf

 Bur he proves he can smile too

 A kitten who eats cheap, glittered decorations. There's glitter in the litter box!

 Monkey loves his Lego advent calendar

 My boys! How I adore them

 Monkey proving how smart he is. He spelt Wee Man's name all by his self

 Making green cookies on a pj day

 Lookin' cute

 Snow day!

 A fuzzy sock sort of day

 A cute sort of day

 Chopped off the hair. Bye bye pony tail

 Santa came to town early

 Monkey was jumping up and down

 Opening presents at Christmas #1

 All three older kids made a gingerbread house

 I think they did an awesome job

 Rudolph cupcakes! I adore Rudolph!

And as soon as we have some sun and I have time, I'll share some scrappy related projects.

December Bug Kit

I did not think I was going to like the Christmas Delight line from Little Yellow Bicycle too much. I thought it was pretty, but not me. Man, I was wrong! I love every bit of it. It was a delight to work with in the December kit from The Scrapping Bug. I wish I would have been able to give the kit more time to work with. I was only able to give about 2 hours to this kit. Here's what I came up with:

Tis The Season - This was based on a sketch from WeScrap. I think it turned out pretty cute.

December 25th - Honestly, it's December 24th. We do our present opening Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day, which is for Santa presents and stockings. The snowflakes have fine, clear glitter on them. It's snowing here today so the pretty glitter on the pattern paper and that I put on the snowflakes are not picking up. You'll just have to trust me when I say it's pretty. This one was based on a sketch from the new PageMaps 2 book. Love that book!

Dear Santa - Monkey and Santa from last year. Monkey was so excited to meet Santa.

I still have lots left to this kit. I'll be playing with it again to see what else I can come up with.

Have you got your December Daily ready to go? If I have the time tomorrow, I'll post my first day.

Countdown to December Daily

5 Days

to go until the start of December Daily!

Do you have your album ready yet? I have the base pages ready. Although, ready for me does not include numbering my pages. I want to be free to use whatever page tickles my fancy when I sit down with my daily picture(s). I might pick the page before printing the picture(s) depending on how many I want to print. Some days are just going to be a big picture with a tiny jot of journaling.

I absolutely love this time of the year. I can't wait to record it. I have a list of Christmas activities I want to do with Chase this year. Had to do a list because that's how I roll. I'm such a geek. But at least I know I can add the list somewhere in my December Daily. One of our Christmas activities is taking place this weekend. The Santa Claus parade is this Saturday evening. I figure on a day we have nothing Christmas-y going on, I'll add in the parade pictures.

Don't know what the heck I'm talking about when I say December Daily? Check out Ali Edward's site. I don't know if Ali is the one who started this holiday fave, but she's made it popular. Her albums always turn out amazing. She's an inspiration.

Here I Am!

Life with a two month old and a three year old has kept me busy. If we're not busy with life in general, we're busy with something else. Pre-school, Christmas shopping, doctor appointments, play dates, visits to Grandma's house, etc.

I haven't found the time to finish any scrappy project lately. I have three basic grey calendars on the go (one for my mother, one for my sister and one for myself), a painter tray for my best friend, my December Daily album, a mini album and a layout or two. I have so many ideas right now, I'm just trying to get them down before I forget. 

Here's my album (laid flat) for my December Daily.

I love how it turned out. It's a 6x12 canvas album. I stamped and embossed snowflakes. Then I sprayed Studio Calico Apple Jack mist on top. I thought it was going to look horrible because I didn't stamp or emboss very well (I am such a newbie at stamping; I suck), but it gave the album a lot of character. I love it. Can't wait for December!

Photo of the Day

Wee Man; a day short of being 8 weeks old; six days short of being 2 months old; completely melting my heart every single day.

In one week, just seven short days, this little monkey...

will be starting pre-school.

He couldn't be more excited. He's been asking to go to school since he turned two. Finally, at 3 and a half years old, he can go.

I know it's only twice a week, only 5 hours a day; but that's 10 hours he'll be gone a week. I'm going to miss my monkey man. But I also can't wait to hear all his little stories about school and his new friends.

Quick Post

Just a quick post with a few scrappies to share.

Sweet New Brothers : This layout is a little washed out in the picture. It's nicer in real life. Must have been the lighting when I took it. I adore this layout in real life. The pictures are perfection to me.

Brothers (painter's tray) : I've had this painter's tray for what's seems like forever. I didn't know what I was going to do with it. Until last month.  I knew I wanted to celebrate my boys. Once again, it looks a lot better in real life. It's proudly on display in my living room right now.

You & Me : I love this. There's nothing more I can say about it. I just simply love it.