My First Christmas Mini Album ... finally finished it!!!

Wow, here it is ... I finally managed to finish my first Christmas min album!!!  I actually completed 98% of it by the end of last year, and it took me almost 2 weeks to complete the last three pages with lots of things going on at the same time.  I always wish there would be more than 24 hours a day so that I could do a lot more and enjoy a lot more.

I posted some of the pages before, including the look of the original album.  Since I've got better shots of it now, I'll share them again today.  When I look at the picture of the original one, I can't help laughing at myself ... what have I done?  The final product is so ridiculously THICK that it can't fit into the original binding ring!!  Luckily, I've got some big rings ... here it is ... my big fat 2010 Christmas mini album ~ ~

this is the original album ~ ~

So you can guess how satisfied I am by just looking at the mini. :)  Hope you enjoy what I'm going to share, and thanks for looking in advance. :)

Sub-Title: First 25 days in December

This background of this page is actually the transparent cover of the Tradition jounaling notebook.  It turns out to be one of my favourite pages of the whole album.

The picture is a picture of the LO I did for my mom in early December.

Dec 10 was the first time Abigail saw a dentist with her brother.  The picture was taken at the clinic.

First picture of Abigail drawing :)

The pictures on the right were actually taken at a big party on January 1, 2011 ... we postponed our gift exchange party this year where the kids got the chance to open all the gifts together.

The back cover.

If you have the patience to get to this point, I THANK YOU and BIG {{{{hugs}}} to YOU!  Hope you enjoy looking at them.  I of course had lots of fun making it although it seemed to take me forever to finish it.

I mainly used the Tradition collection (Fancy Pants Designs) for the album, including patterned paper, transparencies, ribbon, rub-ons ( I used lots of rub-ons), title tags, journaling notes, stickers and glittered cuts.  There is the Noel collection (Bo Bunny) as well, and you may have noticed its paper, journaling notes, rub-ons and stickers.  I used lots of rub-ons in this album.  Love them!

And you may have also noticed some other embellies from Snow Day (Crate Paper), Holly Jolly (MME) and I Believe (MME).

Father Christmas (Pink Paislee) is also there, but not much, mainly the trading card cut-outs.

My two kids are the most enthusiastic fans in the house of this album ... and this is the purpose of making it ... precious moments to be treasured, to be remembered and to be passed to the next generations.

hugs,
Yolanda

The day before Christmas Eve ...

Yes, we have double posts here today, the day before Christmas Eve.  I was planning to share my December Daily, but things got pretty crazy around here these days ... I only managed to take a few shots of this  instead ~ ~

Can you guess what's wrapped inside?

Yes, it's the infamous Ferrero Rocher!!  I used the Snow Day paper (Crate Paper) for this little yummy chocolate.  This Christmas collection is full of fun, bright colour and so nontraditional.

I'll surely share my December Daily after the holiday when things are back to normal.

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I am so thankful for your support.

You have made these past 6 months so much fun for Tiny Seed and, of course, ME. :) :)

I hope we will have tons of scrappy fun together in 2011!!

We would like to wish you and your family

A Very Merry Christmas

and

A Very Happy New Year!!! 

Happy December 17th ...

What a beautiful day today in Vancouver!  This weekend is the last one before Christmas.  I bet the malls will be super crowded in the next few days, full of people looking for last-minute gifts.  The big retailers are working so hard to get every possible sale, and they are making every mailbox stuffed with flyers and coupons.  Charles is the only person in the house who shows interest in these colourful flyers.  He carefully looks through the pile everyday, page by page.  Everyday he is able to find his new "love" - yesterday the Star War figures were his favourite; today the monster truck becomes his centre; robots may be his new interest tomorrow!  Once he's found what he's looking for, he'll hold on that piece of paper like a treasure for the rest of the day.  Sometimes he even brings it with him to the bed at night.  What a innocent life for a little kid!

Here is the little monster ~~

with his little sister Abby who loves to blow kisses these days ~~

Moving onto my scrappy life, I managed to complete 9.5 days of my December Daily Album, only a week behind. :)  I started the whole thing on Dec 6, which means I did manage to complete one page per day.  Actually it's 2 pages per day for me as you can see below.  Besides I'm also making different kinds of small gifts ... busy, busy, busy!

Here are the first 5 days of the album.  Don't judge ... it's my first one and I'm still finding my ways in the scrappy world :) :)

Here is the half page for Day 8 ~ ~

I love the rich colour in the Tradition line by Fancy Pants Designs, and the other lines' embellishments, such as Noel by Bo Bunny and Father Christmas by Pink Paislee, go along with the Tradition line perfectly.  I'm so glad that I'm doing this album this year.  I need to remind myself constantly that don't make it too dimensional which I tend to do a lot on LOs, otherwise, the album will be way too thick.  I've already started to worry that the pages can't fit into the original binding ring! :)  But I like it thick ... can't help it.

I'll share more as I complete more pages.

Any plans for you during the weekend?  I have a closest friend and her family coming over for lunch on Saturday.  Charles loves to play with their son who is about the same age as Charles.  He's always beaming from ear to ear when being with his little friend.  I'm sure we'll have great moments of joy and happiness when we spend time together.

Wish you a very wonderful weekend!!

hugs,
Yolanda

on the 14th day of December ... some sharing ...

First of all, I'd like to say THANK YOU to those of you who placed an order with us during our first-ever Christmas Sale event.  I hope you enjoyed shopping with us or browsing our store even though you didn't buy anything. :)

Secondly, there will be more yummy goodies coming in this week.  From now on till the end of December, all newly arrived items will be taken 15% off automatically.  More savings to you!

Next up is the make it {MY} style #15 reveal.  My original inspiration is Pamela Young's altered frame.  My project involved a frame, too, but I didn't alter anything.  Let me show you the details first ~ ~

Can you recognize what collection is?  And can you believe the designer can make the black and white colours so beautiful?  Here is another look ~ ~

It's the Meadowlark collection by My Mind's Eye.  When this line was released early this year, I knew it was a must-have line for me.  I mixed their two kits here, "Down" and "Dusk".  All elements in this project are from the line except for the pearls.  Here is the "big picture", nicely framed by a shadow box.

Everything came together very nicely.  I love it so much that I may think it twice to give it away as a gift. :)

Another project I want to share here is this ~ ~

I mixed the Tradition paper (Fancy Pants Designs) and Father Christmas' "Around the World" paper (Pink Paislee) to embellish a cute little jar picked up at IKEA.  I'll put treats in the jars, and hopefully my friends can make good use of the jar after the treats.  The jar can stand or "sit" as shown in the above pictures. :) :)  Cute, huh?

Lastly, but not least, I want to show you the cover of my first-ever December Daily Album.  I've actually completed several days of it, but I haven't got a chance to take pictures, too many things going on these days.  Again, I'm mainly using the Tradition paper on the album while mixing embellishments from several Christmas lines.

I'll definitely share more when I have a chance to take good pictures of it.  I like to use the natural light to shoot projects , but Vancouver keeps raining and raining ...  Well, raining is better than snowing after all - the weather is warmer, and the traffic is not jammed!

That's all from me today.  Stay warm and happy ... oh, and dry for my Vancouver friends!

hugs,
Yolanda