Taken with my iPhone
We had an uneventful and smooth flight to San Francisco yesterday and were in Livermore by 1:00 California time. We just hung out at Sarah and Adam's last night, glad to be together. The last time all five of us were together was last May; too long.
Today is cookie day. One of Sarah's requests while we are here is to get her Christmas cookies started. I completed a number of projects last week and one of them was a Christmas Cookie album for Sarah.
All the papers except the inside covers are My Minds Eye from the "Holly Jolly" collection. The inside covers are Basic Grey "Wassail" papers from my Christmas box of scrap goodies. I had a terrible time finding Christmas recipe cards but finally found some in the $1 spot at Michaels. The sticker on the front is also from my Christmas box. It's by fontwerks, but I have no idea how old it is. The letter stickers are from one of the first scrapbook kits I ordered from QVC many years ago when I was just getting started. It was nice to use up some of these older supplies.
The photos are from previous Journal Your Christmas albums. I still need to fill in a few for her, but have a list of what's needed when I start baking in early December. This photo is of cookies on one of the many cookie trays I send off to friends.
Here's a double spread. It's funny that in this photo the middle strip on the left looks much wider than the one on the right. Needless to say, they are identical. I chose a paper printed on two sides so the pattern alternates, and I only needed to cut one strip for two pages. When it was appropriate I added a note on the back of the recipe with a bit of history about it, or whose favorite cookie recipe it was. I think Sarah was pleased to receive this, and it was a lot of fun to make. I added a lot of extra pages with blank recipe cards at the back so she can add her own recipes and those from Adam's family as she collects them.
