MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wishing a very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate the holiday. It has been a beautiful + emotional + tough holiday season, but I feel so grateful that I can find HOPE in my faith, for now and into the new year.
Today I'm sharing Day 3/Story 3 in my December Daily album. On the 3rd of December, I had an 'errands day' where I ran around doing a bunch of errands, which included some Christmas Shopping.
The idea for this day started with a list of what I needed to get/what I purchased. I've been getting a lot of charity mail so I had a paper pad from St. Jude's that I added my list to. I decided to create a simple shaker pocket for this day, on the back of Day 2's story.
In the shaker pocket, in addition to my list, I also included a mailer from Bath + Body Works, which is one of the stores I went to. I cut them down small enough to fit in the pocket, which is a double transparency page. (Originally, there was just one transparency page on top of the background paper, but the sequins I put inside ended up sticking to the adhesive, so I took it apart, sewed an additional page on top so it was a contained shaker pocket, and then re-adhered it down).
Here's a look at the pocket without the inserts. On the top transparency, I used a digital from Ali Edwards that I printed on the transparency page. This was my first time printing on transparency and I thought I did it wrong when it first printed, but it worked! I added a puffy Santa sticker from Ali Edwards on top, and my number with a staple.
This is a view of the back of the two inserts. I added white cardstock to both inserts to make them more sturdy. On the back of one, I stamped my FAV bunny stamp I've had forever, carrying a pile of packages. On the back of the second insert, I wrote out some journaling, sharing some feelings about how blessed I feel at being able to Christmas shop for others in this season.
Just a few years ago, our Christmas looked very different financially, as we were in the peak of struggling with Alex's disability and were unable to do much shopping for anyone. It's amazing how different things can look in just a few years...
Wishing you + yours a very merry + joyous Christmas. I hope you find (and have found) peace + hope in this season.
xoxo,
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