December Daily 2022 MEGAAA thread

I got a notice this morning to say that my AE DD box has shipped, and the tracking number has just showed up on UPS. Delivery by 17 October so it's taking the slow boat.

I got a shipping notice 2 days ago from AE so we'll see how long it takes to get here.

SC's Christmas Kit is out: studiocalico.com/shop/merry-moments-bundle

I've really enjoyed their kit the last few years. But this one, for some reason, is just meh (to me). I'm not a huge fan of that pinky peach colour they use. The kit doesn't have an album, not even a TN. And that price!? I think I'll be passing this year.

Catching up on Christmas stuff!

Re: the SC kit.. $45 for ALL flat things?? No thank you. Generic star chipboard. Generic circle numbers. Generic gold alpha stickers. Generic snowflakes.. granted they look plastic but you could use any snowflake in its place. Fairly generic labels printed on paper thinner than single ply toilet paper.. I mean c'mon! At the very least get some puffy stickers going on because that's ridiculous.

However lol, I do like the papers including that awful Happy Holidays abomination. The stamp is pretty generic too.. which is great for versatility but not something I absolutely need to have.

I was planning on buying at least one set of stamps from Kerri Bradford’s Christmas release, but none of them were really calling to me. I like them all, just don’t feel like I need any of them. That might very well change after I see other people’s projects using them. I was the same way with the stamp sets from Ali. I liked most of them really well, but never felt like I had to have any of them. Im so surprised, stamps are usually my biggest weakness🤔😂

Ali’s album is up in the Christmas past class. She has several videos up. I just like hearing how she thinks. Her album is great!

Did you buy the Madeline stamps from last month? I know they aren’t Christmas necessarily but the font is so amazing and going to be perfect for December daily. I just got them and clearly am obsessed enough to want to make everyone else get them.

Wow, thanks for telling me. I had no idea. Did I miss a new cool size or is SC just doing their own thing?

I love the paper that they used and I can't believe I'm saying this but I love the colours, especially the orangey red! Goes so beautifully with the sage green, bluey frosted ice, kraft and the stormy grey! I also love the font used for the title page, the ombre effect & the animals.

From the book there are several pages/themes that can be incorporated into my album

- road to remember 
-sharing
-story of the sweater
-wish lists
-tickets
- hugs
-toys we love (from the past)
- season of giving
-journey
- cheer
-dress up 
- colouring 
-merry memories

I'm either thinking that I use this as my album, adding in pages OR I cut the pages out and use them in my album OR I wait and use it for another year ....

Either way that would mean throwing out my plans for this year 

But mostly I am now obsessed by the orangey red.

I don’t get this catalog but I sure like the themes! Thanks!

Phew guys, I finally caught up on this thread! I love all the chatting but it took me forever to get to the end.

I've decided for this year I'm going to do a super mini size using an older album from Jamaica, I think it's 4x5? Definitely a big switch up from 10x8 last year! I might've picked up too many supplies... I got a few things from Ali (including the main kit), the Felicity Jane collection (because it's their last year), Freckled Fawn's Kit, and Layered Life. I did do a major purge of my stash before ordering for this year so that's at least something right? Ha. I also am sure I will use some of these supplies in other places, like Project Life, and I will have to save everything that doesn't work in the mini size for another year or sell/give it away. I'll share more about my plans on my youtube channel later.

How did you guys get the Amazon catalog, I want one!! I had so many other thoughts as I was reading through this thread but I've forgotten them now... oh well.

I also finished my 2021 album and shared a flip through on my youtube.



ETA: Oh! I remembered something, ha. sleepingbooty I love love love your mood board idea (I can't remember what you called it now, sorry if that's wrong). I think I'm going to do a spin on this DURING the month of December though... I was thinking of making a page with 25 little squares on it, one for each day, and then after I create the page for that day I am going to fill in that day's square with a scrap or something from that day with a focus on the products I used. Then, at the end of the month, I will have a page documenting the products from December Daily 2022. Thanks so much for the inspiration!