Laura Vegas

i signed up for the journal your christmas class last week. i had seen a few people do this last year and it seemed like a great idea. and then i saw it mentioned again this year. so i figured it’d do it. the main reason i was hesitant is that i’m not always good about keeping up with something like this … where i’m really not on a deadline or held accountable if i don’t finish. lol! i signed up a little late … so i havn’t done the album cover yet. but so far i have done the first 2 days.

the first day was to create a manifesto … an intro page of sorts to our albums. explaining what this album will be about. i used the manifesto that was given to us … just copied it word for word (except i changed "hot drinks" to "cold drinks" … because i hate hot drinks. lol!). i was so upset to realize i didn’t have an "S" for my title … then found another set of chipboard letters from a different collection and realized the pink "S" would be perfect. and you have to feel this paper to really appreciate it … flocked poinsettia paper!

i’m going super simple on this. as much as i love all the fun details and embellishments … i know myself too well. and if i want to do a page every single day this month … i have to go simple and quick. i decided to do an 8×8 album … not too big and not too small. so far i havn’t even used photos … because honestly i think i’ll do these faster and on time if i don’t have to worry about photos. maybe i’ll add some photos to other pages … not sure yet. i had a ton of black cardstock cut to 8×8 … i was going to use it years ago for something. so i decided to just use all black for my pages … less decisions to make. i have mainly making memories products pulled out … a lot of the deck the halls collection which i think is so fun. and then some random christmas stuff. i have an entire baggie of those MM metal snowflakes from ages ago … so i’m sure you’ll see those a lot. and that "christmas wishes" chipboard accent … left over from the christmas cards i put together (i messed up on one).

today’s prompt was to journal about the christmas weather. i think part of the "challenge" so to speak was to also use snowflakes in some way. i can’t even remember the last time i’ve been in snow … we’re talking well over 10 years ago. lol! it has been getting chilly here though. today it was 60 degrees  … i’m seriously freezing. so i know i would never survive with snow. and have you seen these line art stickers? they are so cute. the first time i used them i was scared to even peel them off. lol! i was afraid they would get all bunched up in a ball … because they’re so skinny. but they work so good … and i love the look of them.

so there you go … i am on track. 2 days in … and i’m caught up. lol! i know, i know … a page a day shouldn’t be that hard. and yet i get distracted … and forget to keep up. but now i’ve put it out there and you all know i’m doing this. so i am now held accountable … to you. lol! i probably won’t post these daily … but will share a few times a week. so if you don’t see any for a while … feel free to check up on me and make sure i’m still keeping up. lol!