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I am continuing to make progress on my holiday book. So far it's been easy to find holiday items & photos to add. Below are the next few pages. Click to enlarge.

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I cut the cover of the December j.crew catalog into two 4×6 pieces…

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and mounted them back to back with a tape runner to serve as their own page. (I love the neon fonts and forest green background.) I machine-stitched a rectangle in red thread on the file tabbed page and stapled a tag with text right on to it.

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To make a two page photo spread, I re-sized my photo (taken with a self timer) in photoshop to 6×8. Then I cut the photo in half to make two 4x6s. The left side got adhered right to the tabbed page.

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And the right side became another new page when it was backed with another 4×6 photo of our wreath. I added a sticker label to the red card with text about the wreath.

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I adhered a flyer from the holiday pop up shop to the back of the red card and flipped the silver patterned paper so I had the plain side to work with. I printed a few strips of photos (using the contact sheet printing option in iPhoto) of the event. The label on that page is discontinued from Paper Source, but two come with the holiday book.

See more pages from this book here and here.

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12 responses to “holiday book update #3.”

  1. Leah Buckley Avatar

    looking at your book is making me wish I’d done one this year! I like how you’ve avoided the “daily” aspect of it — that part always stressed me out in past years.

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  2. Em Avatar
    Em

    you always make it look so simple! 🙂 ps: where did you get such a nice color palette of felt balls?

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  3. Kim Avatar

    ok you just made me want to get moving on mine! thanks for sharing!!

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  4. elise blaha Avatar

    ornamenta.com – so awesome.

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  5. sarah Avatar

    i spy the garland in progress! YAY – i’m so glad you got some before they sold out 🙂

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  6. Anne Avatar

    I love the two page photo spread (love the look and the colors) and I also like the non-daily aspect of your book. I’m enjoying my December daily but it’s hard work (and we’re only on Day7!).
    I’m looking forward to the rest of your book!

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  7. karen Lee Avatar
    karen Lee

    I love your book, and I really want to know more about that cute garland you’re making!

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  8. sophie Avatar

    your book is coming together amazingly! i LOVE your wreath. i’m thinking i might need one for our house too. thanks for sharing!

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  9. Sandra Avatar
    Sandra

    Truly, of all the Dec Daily Albums out there, I love yours the best. Simply my style. Can’t wait to see the rest of it unfold.

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  10. Katie Avatar

    so jealous of your pretty december book. i’ve been taking a picture every day, and keeping a one line diary, but i haven’t put any in my album yet. good job!

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  11. jodi Avatar

    looks great! i really like your two page photo spreads!

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  12. Alexa Avatar

    i am loving your book so far!

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