December Color Challenge Winner! & The final December Daily Post from Val!

Hiya all! HAPPY 2013!!!! Are you all coming out of your holiday daze a new person? There is something about a new year that just excites me! What big plans do you have for 2013?

First I wanted to say THANK you for all those who participated in our December Color Challenge! They were so much fun to go through, and it was difficult to pick a winner! But check out this beautiful page:

Tessa Buys!!!! I love your page! First the colors are just to die for, and my favorite little detail is how you used the little potty people veneers! Oh for adorable! Please email me at FreckledFawnDTatGMAIL.com for your $5 gift card! :)

*SWOON* I just love how this turned out! Val is one of those people you just want to sit in her craft room and be inspired for a day or two. You know, really soak it all in! :) 

Thank you Val for all you did, amazing job, my friend!!!! 

xoxo

December Daily with Valorie Wibbens Part III

Hiya everyone! Today is an exciting day for our home as the kids are all out for winter break!!! YIPEEE! I love having them home this time of year! So many fun things to do!

Valorie is back today with all her amazingness!!

I love how Valorie uses larger pages mixed with divided pages.

 Her eye for composition and scale is something that inspires me! 

How are you doing with your December Daily?

I hope you are having fun with it! 

xox

December Daily with Valorie Wibbens part II

Hiya everyone! How is your December Daily going? Well I have some goodies for you, Valorie sent me over some more for her December Daily, and I am still just in awe. It's oh so lovely!

Aren't they all just so fun? My favorite spread is 12.12.12., what about yours? How you are coming along with you December Daily? I would love to see!!!!

Thank you Valorie! xox

December Daily with Valorie Wibbens

Hiya everyone! I can't believe its December 6th already!!! Where has the time gone?
Have you started your December Daily yet? If so, how is it going? Well if you have started, and just need a little inspiration, or haven't even started and need a kick start.. we are here for you TODAY!

I love what Valorie is doing with her December Daily! Her cover is my FAVORITE part!!

Isn't it just lovely? I love her little bits of tape, doilies, and even the decor tape! Stop by next Thursday for even more inspiration from the lovely Valorie Wibbens!

Thank you!!!

December Daily with our December Guest!

Hiya everyone! YIPEEEEE are you as excited as I am? It's DECEMBER FIRST! Grand things are sure to happen!!! Can I tell you something just between YOU & ME? I get to pick my husband up from the airport today!! I am sooooo excited. Okay, but enough about me,... lets talk about our GUEST! :)

The Mrs. Valorie Wibbens!

Hi! I’m Valorie and I live in beautiful and sunny Colorado! I’m a work at home digital scrapbook designing mom to 3 kiddos and wife of, eeeek, 17 years! I love all things artsy, crafty, digi, and handmade. I love the ocean, the snow, knitting and crocheting, traveling and photography!

->>-------------> her super awesome store!!! <-------------<<-

Valorie will be popping in all month and sharing her process for the December Daily! But for now I wanted to show you a peak at what she has made the past two years! ;) 

Some of my favorite pages from Val's 2011 book:

I love her little number tag, and her simple graph of photos on the left. 

How cute is that simple red heart with the saftey pin? So cute!!

I love that Val included lots of photos from her children as well as handwriten notes! 

You can check out the rest of her 2011 book here. 

I think I fell in love with Val all over again with her 2010 December Daily. 

Do you see those cute sewn pockets and her super simple journaling?! LOVE!

Random bits of awesome-ness? YES PLEASE!

Okay, how stinkin cute is that tree?

So sweet. I just adore Val's style! 

You can check out the rest of this book here.

I am so glad she will be hanging out with us for the month! oxx

Washi Workshop with Shanna

Hi there friends! So this is going to be a different type of washi workshop today as I have December Daily on the mind! Are you thinking about doing a December Daily, or similar project? I am super excited to start mine and I have started gathering ideas on how I might go about it this year. I do best if most of the work is done before December first, so then all I really need to do is take pictures and jot down the details. This year December is a HUGE year for us! My husband is coming home from a year long deployment and my brother in law is getting married. Even though its going to be busy, I think its very important to document such a memorable month in our life! So if I have any hope of getting this done I need to pre-plan! Even though I bought the Studio Calico December Daily kit, I still wanted to plan out exactly how I was going to go about doing all this! So when my kit arrives I can make the base pages and be ready to go!

I am wanting to use a matchbox style page (I found a cut I need to customize on the cameo software) for each day, as you open it there will be a spot for a picture attached with washi tape and a pocket to tuck all the goodies I come across in. I also want to include notes from the girls in there as well. 

For the cover I want to create a very graphic logo for each day of the month. I don't know exactly how I will create this yet but I love these from Shalin Studio. (so cute, right?!)

As I have mentioned before that I adore using washi tape in my mini's!!! I wanted to link you up to some I plan on using in my December Daily! 

I am sorry but I am 100% in love with these reindeer!

Wide Gold Airmail, enough said! :) 

Red Polka Dots! Hello, I love you!

Another thing I find super important to complete my December Daily is a small home photo printer. There are so many amazing ones out there. I happen to like the Canon Selphy, I LOVE the size (I even travel with it!) I love that the paper and ink are sold together but mostly I love that I can print JUST the photo I need in the moment I need it!

So what are you doing to prepare for your December crafts? If it's the December Daily, card making, present wrapping.... I would love to hear all about it! I hope we have inspired you today to get yourself in gear to create everything you desire for the season! 

Talk to you soon!

Some of the graphics use to create the December Daily Game Plan 

are from Karah Fredricks and Emily Merritt, two AMAZING designers 

you should check out if you have not done so already!