All Things December Daily and Christmas 2025

I channeled my inner Miranda Priestly when I saw the sneak… “Stars? For Christmas? Groundbreaking”.

You can't make this shit up.

Ali sent out an email about DD and 'click here to see a sneak' === and the link takes you to the new travel collection. Geez.

I was just rereading it, and maybe the link is for us to scroll down and follow them on Instagram. I have no clue.

Edited to add: I am liking what I see in the background of the picture though. 😍

Yay! I am liking what I see a lot. I definitely need the green felt alpha, among many other items I see so far.

I actually like more of what I see in the background image than the actual sneak. I do think the color palette is versatile. I really liked having a broader, colorful palette last year. I also like the idea of felt letters - I see a “D” so assuming they will have either an alpha or the word December? I have the digitals from maybe 2013 that have a very similar palette so it might be really neat to be able to use those together. That would make me very happy!


I am not a fan of the wonky scalloped ovals so I am hoping this is the end of them! Maybe I will find some other way to use them in this collection, but I just tossed the ones from WITL.


I am on vacation, but I will definitely be sitting down when I get home and reviewing my album from 2024 to see what I did and did not use. I will also go through all of my current supplies at some point soon and assess what i know I want to use again and what might work with the color palette as they share more sneaks.

The best thing I did last year was some similar prep. Just made it so much easier to use both what I already have and what I decided to buy.

And honestly, I kind of love the prep process .

I really hope I like more of what they share. If not, then it will really come down to what is in the main kit vs individual products to make a decision on what to buy.

I'm sorry for all of you waiting on product. I'm annoyed and slightly angry that all of these very expensive products I have purchased from Ali come with next to no inspiration. The Dogs and Cats was a huge disappointment. Alis WITL, huge disappointment. Yeah, I know here classes are all sorts of inspiring but at the price points for her products, I expect the inspiration to be there. It's frustrating.

I already decided I'm using the 4x6 album from last year for this year's DD. All 3 of my kiddos are off to college and won't be home until the 16th of December at the earliest. I'm very much looking forward to a low key, calm December. A 4x6 will be perfect. I adore starts but the sneaks aren't enough to convince me. I will probably buy the PP kit as the scale of her designs tends to work well for smaller albums.

Layle's kit isn't my style. Far too many fonts going on there but I'm glad she has something as an alternative for AE.

They are adorable! If the shipping to the land of oz wasn't $34 for ONE PACK I would get them!

I am once again 50/50 from what I can see of the sneaks - I am planning on a stash year but we will see once the items are actually listed out so I can look at them in full.
Side note, is it bad that I am more interested in the kraft box that the collection comes in than the actual DD collection each year?
I hope they do a physical journaling card (3x4) set this year as an add on - the embellishments are great but I like using these in my PL and I never have enough from the DD kit for PL and DD.

Also looks like the main motif will be SWANS this year, VERY SIMILAR to the doves in last years kit (I was not a fan but I know a lot of people liked them!)
See very light grey paper in the background of the sneak pic.

Maybe this year I will go with a star shaped theme for my album - I have never done a shape based theme for DD so that would be an interesting take!.... still thinking if this is plausible and might have to start pulling out my stash to see if it is possible/gives me enough to work with. The album I plan on using before I buy another 2742745 in the release and stash them is a very old cream AE DD linen album from my stash, and that coupled with the star pack sneak seems to be a similar colour tone.

I can make out a swan, at the bottom left of that paper. I wouldn’t have noticed it without seeking it out. It’s hard to not see the swan once it’s noticed… I guess it could be something else? Weird to have swans mixed with moons and stars together in the same print.

I think the vellum pockets are really cute. I love green.

I love swans and actually have some awesome pics from last year of some on the lake after I went to a instrumental candlelight ceremony.  It was a very nice evening with my husband, my sister and her boyfriend.

I wonder if swans are referring to the 12 days of Christmas? Otherwise, I don’t get the inclusion.
And I love swans, it’s one of those random things that grab my attention and make me buy it for no good reason. Same for paper with deer and chickadees.

Dear Lord, please don't temp them to add those motifs!