{December Daily Day 17}

This was another simple one! We had a Change of Command ceremony early in the day and not much happened after that! I had one picture from the ceremony with my hubby in his nice uniform and that was it. It gave me a chance to use my stamps and filler cards this day!  So I used filler cards on the left and on the right I put the booklet we got at the ceremony. It was an easy day for sure! 

{December Daily Day 16}

Today was my son's Christmas program! It was absolutely adorable :) I kept the program to add as an insert In-between the pages. On the left I added some star clear plastic over the picture of my son. I think it helped hide all the other kids in the photo. I made sure his face wasn't covered by any stars and used an arrow to point him out. On the other side I got to use my Elle's Studio wood veneer frame. I added the "joy" to the bottom and a few enamel dots to call it done. 

{December Daily Day 15}

Today was all about making puppy chow!! For those of you who don't know what that is it's chex with chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar!! YUM! It's a tradition to make it every year. I kept these pages simple and let the pictures shine. I like to just add some embellishing to the photo and call it done with the 4x6 pockets. As you can see my OCD kicked it and for some reason the "HO HO HO" being backwards was too much for me ;) So I added a sticker and the "15" on top to hide it a little. I feel much better now! HAHA Here's a treat for my readers, the puppy chow recipe. 

PUPPY CHOW

9 cups crispy rice cereal squares

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 

1. In a saucepan over low heat, melt the chocolate; add peanut butter and mix until smooth.
2. Remove from heat, add cereal and stir until coated.
3. Pour powdered sugar into large plastic bag, add coated cereal and shake until well coated. Store in airtight container.

Enjoy!

{December Daily Day 14}

Today was very close to my heart. We went and gave our Toys for Tots gift. This is a wonderful organization and we make sure and give every year! I was one of those little kids that only had a Christmas because the generosity of others so I make it a point to give as much as I can. We had a 2 year old girl who wanted Doc Mcstuffins :) I included a picture of the gift we gave and I found a vintage Toys for Tots ad online to print. Then on the next side I took the "Ho HO Ho" and misted it with shimmer and put enamel dots on it. The enamel dots wouldn't stick after applying the shimmer so I had to use hot glue. I did the same to the back so tomorrow has a pocket done too. 

{December Daily Day 13}

We got to finally decorate our tree today! I wanted lots of pictures so I was glad I had that 4 pocket page. Then, I wanted to try that out of focus tree shot! I kind of like it :) My hubby was standing there with my daughter and you can just see the outline of their heads touching. So Sweet:) I wanted it to be big to see the detail of that so I used the 6x8 page and printed it as a 5x7. Some simple embellishing finished off this day for me. 

{December Daily Day 12}

Now that my hubby is home from deployment we can finally get going with Christmas! We went to go cut down our Christmas tree today. There is a cute little farm out here that we've gone to the past two years and since this was the last year we will be here it was so special daddy could be here for it. 

I had a lot of pictures today so i cut down one of my page protectors to make this insert! It turned out great and let me add more pictures and a little design with the clear pocket and tree wood veneer.  

{December Daily Day 11}

Whoo Hoo!!!! My sailor is home!!! This is by far the most important day in my entire DD album :) I got up at 3:30am and braved the crazy Seattle traffic to pick him up from the airport. We even got to share our excitement with people watching the morning King 5 Seattle news. I loved getting to document this special day in a special album. It's a memory to be cherished forever. 

{December Daily Day 10}

Today was REALLY cold!! So I went with that with my decorating :) I used the cute snowman from yesterday's see through pocket and a picture of the weather. It worked out perfect! Then Jaden had a little friend over for a play date and I wanted to include how happy that made him. Nice and simple! 

{December Daily Day 9}

This was a fun day of preparing:) I wrapped some of my mom's gifts and got those mailed and then did some shopping. We always play around while shopping, it keeps the kids busy. We found a display of Santa hats that we had to try! Of course my son thought the Santa hat was cute to try on, and my daughter, not so much ;) I thought that was true to their personalities right now and perfect to include in my DD. The snowman pocket is just a Martha Stewart sticker that was 50% off! I put one on each side and some confetti in the middle. A cute pocket for the 9th and 10th! 

{December Daily Day 8}

This was a relaxing day. We really didn't do much at all! A nice Sunday I would say;) It left me with lots of room to just decorate this day. I made a ribbon Christmas tree on the left and then on the right I used a picture of one of my son's favorite decorations. I filled one pocket with some wood veneer snowflakes and then used a picture of my daughter trying to put on a new pair of shoes she got. Simple and beautiful! 

{December Daily Day 7}

Today was all about making cookies :) I just love the pictures I got of the kids baking! Such a special memory. On the right I decided to add the recipe I printed out from Martha Stewart. I used my cookie cutters and my sharpie metallic pen to add the outlines of the cookies we made. Then I used a small picture of the finished cookies to cover a large white space on the paper. I love how it turned out! 

{December Daily Day 6}

This day I had a lot of memorabilia! I did our Christmas cards so I wanted to include one of those, my son did a cute little snowman paper at school I wanted to put in, and he also drew me a wonderful picture of us and our Christmas tree. Days like this remind me of what my December daily is all about! I know I will love looking back on these little pictures he drew. I also love I finally have somewhere to put my Christmas cards! I have a bunch of old ones thrown in a box, but this is much better:) 

I wanted to include one of the cute stamps I got at the post office:)  

{December Daily Day Five}

Today we went to see the Nutcracker with my son's school. I kept the little flyer about it and slide it in on the left, then placed that star overlay on it to dress it up. That's where I decided to put the number for today, right on top of the page protector. The journaling had to go on it's own card hole punched because I just didn't have room. I was only able to take a picture of the actual play with my phone and it came out pretty dark, but I'm okay with that. Not every picture we take can be perfect! I wanted to include it because the boys were on the edge of their seats watching the Rat King fight the Nutcracker:) A good memory!