I love seeing all the decorations everywhere during this time of year. Almost every public place seems to have some sort of festive display. I especially enjoy seeing all the different holiday trees. I've been snapping photos of a bunch of them with my little iPhone camera. I’m happy that I can include some of these pictures on a layout in my December Daily album.
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I might be getting a bit carried away with all the different page sizes in my December Daily album this year, but I’m sure having fun with it all. I had two more photos I wanted to fit in with our Grand America layouts and so a 5x7 insert was the perfect answer.
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I’ve scrapped about The Grand America before and I still think it’s the nicest hotel I’ve ever stayed in. We were able to stay there overnight last December and I’m so glad we got to do that again this year! They really go all out to make it festive at this time of year and they always do special window displays. This year, the theme was “Joy to the World” and they featured countries from around the world. There was a little passport book to use as you visited all the windows and you could match up the festive phrases to the country.
France
Italy
Greece
Spain
United States
Germany
Africa
China
Austria
Switzerland
Scotland
Mexico
Norway
Russia
The trees at The Grand are always so beautiful.
Here are my layouts:
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December 3-6 were fairly uneventful days for us. After we did so much to kick off the month of December, we didn’t have too much going on for a couple of days. We drove around to see the lights in our neighborhood and listened to Christmas music. That was a lot of fun! I set out the Lego villages we’ve built in past years, and I ran to the store a couple of times. My daughter has been wearing holiday socks and earrings every day so far in December. She certainly is a jolly little elf!
I love the little bits of December life represented on this layout. It doesn’t take a big story to justify a December Daily page and I don’t even feel like I have to stick to one page per day. This layout represents several different holiday memories and it makes me happy.
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Are any of you out there still doing a December Daily project? How’s it going? Are you losing your mojo? Feel free to group a bunch of memories together and call it good. So much easier that way!
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Ok, if you don’t like Christmas trees and gingerbread houses, then you probably aren’t liking my blog lately. lol! I hope you will forgive me though because it’s so much fun to have festive things to share here on my blog right now. I always get a little burned out on blogging by the end of the year and all the December festivities help me get past that and find new joy in documenting my life.
Remember my Festival of Trees post from the other day? Well, I never even got around to sharing all the great gingerbread houses we saw there. I also left out a cute photo of my nephew and nieces by mistake so I decided that a little double sided 6x6 insert page would be the perfect answer. But first, let’s take a look at the the gingerbread houses – always our favorite part of the festival!
Isn’t this just gorgeous? It’s based on a Thomas Kinkade style house.
I thought the candy corns were a whimsical addition to Santa’s Chalet.
This was one of my favorites. Great textures!
Can I live in this one? It looks so cozy!
Great message! I better go eat something cute.
There were several Hobbit inspired pieces this year.
Yes! Love the gingerbread Hogwarts!
This one is a classic.
Clever to use gum for the roof.
Cute little Christmas Town with Jack Skellington.
Someday, I really want to make a fantastic gingerbread house and donate it to the festival. It’s on my list of things to do. For now, I’ll just scrapbook about all of the ones I get to see.
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free templates from Persnickety Prints
Those little pages were so easy to put together. They are simple, but I love them! Have you ever scrapped in 6x6 size? Do you mix and match page protector sizes in your album? The only place I do that is in my December Daily album, but I love it!
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