December Daily - Sort of - First Spread

 

I decided this year to try a December Daily of sorts. I doubt it will truly be a "daily", but an every other day type of thing. I am using a book that I bought from the thrift store and repurposing it. I am making pages for each day, although I haven't finished it. This is the first spread. I have over half the book finished, so I will be posting more pictures soon. I want my 3 children to write a favorite Christmas memory to include in the book and I have included some pictures. I hope to finish it by the end of this month :) I did a water color for the tree based on a piece I saw on Tumblr, but could never find again - so did this sort of from memory. Then I just taped it into the book using washi tape.

The background I made for this spread can be found here. I love lots of texture for my pages and this one is no exception.

Background Page for Dec. 1

There was a "Create a Background" challenge on the Altered Book Facebook page, so I decided to create one for the beginning of my "December" Altered Book. I plan to do a sort-of "December Daily" although it will be done altered book style. I had fun with this one and it got pretty messy - the best part! I used a decoupaged napkin, scraped paint, stencils and paint, spray inks, washi tape and more. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this through the month of December.