Unfortunately, there's also going to be a couple of February Editions as well. Despite my best intentions, the Christmas Journal still has some pages to go. On a positive note, they are all planned out, so it's just a matter of printing photos, journaling, and embellishing. (Well, that is quite a lot!) The following pages were actually completed in December, and I thought I had posted them but have recently discovered that was not the case. So here is the next installment.
Most amazing of all, is that we're in the midst of another warm spell right now. Yesterday I went to the store without a coat!
In order to accommodate the spread for December 13, I needed a filler page.The top is a piece of gold dotted acrylic with some Thickers added. For the bottom slot, I used a piece of Papertrey Ink's "Stars Scribbled" paper and added some letter stickers, then adhered it to a piece of gold foil paper.
On the 13th, we heard Poulenc's Gloria in church, sung by our amazing choir, led by an equally amazing director of music, as well as our "new" assistant organist who is uber-talented. (It helps to live in the same city as the Eastman School of Music!) That afternoon we went to see "Brooklyn," which I loved, and I used the journaling spot to record a list of the many movies we saw from Thanksgiving on.
At this point I was still committed to a page for every day (I later gave that up!) and chose to write about my intention to capture photos of my day out with my friends, but it just didn't happen. My niece, Grace, did seem to like her scarf.
The next day I was out on the canal with another group of friends. We make it look like it was very cold, but actually it was just really windy.
This will go down as one of my favorite spreads. Betsy is sitting on a board for a charitable organization, and a group of them meeting once a month for an early morning meeting. I get to be there to play with the girls when they get up, get them breakfast (if they want it) and just enjoy a laid-back morning. Skylar and Ella get along so well together, it just a pleasure to babysit. The selfie was Skylar's idea and it might be one of the first I've ever taken that I thought was pretty good!
I've got way too many "irons in the fire" right now, but finishing the Christmas Journal is at the top of the list! Hope to be back soon with more.