December Daily 2010, Days 23-25.

WOW.. it is done..

there are the last 3 days of my December Daily.. I love how it all turned out.. the 24th, and 25th has tons of photo's.. it was a good time to share what happened and I have a hard time just doing one-three photo's to sum up the special days. Tons of photo's today so I better stop talking..hehe..

December 23, 2010

December 24, 2010

December 25, 2010

THE END

I can't wait to start another next year.. it will also give me a year to figure out how to get some LARGE binder rings.. my album is huge!!

Thanks for stopping by and watching my December unfold.. and leading up to the big day!!

Looking forward to starting my Project Life 365 on January 1st. It is going to be tons of fun!!

Have a splendid day!!

Hugs,

Angie

December Daily 2010, Day 22

Welcome to my December Daily for Day 22.. It is just a normal day here.. both kids are sick with colds.. but they still have energy. I am not sure where they are getting it from..

December 22, 2010

We had fun and silly moments.. wrapping presents for Daddy and singing.. this way our day..The kids spent the day in their pj's.. no going outside.. but we did manage to clean lots today in the basement and get rid of 5 garbage bags and recycling and 2 bags to go for charity.
A very sucesssful day.

One more sleep as of today...yippee

hugs,

Angie

December Daily 2010, Day 21, GIU3

WOW.. 2 more sleeps.. until the festivities start...

I say this only because it all start for me on the 24th. We celebrate European Christmas with my mother-in-law. My hubby is German so this is their Christmas. I am looking forward to hosting this year. It should be alot of fun seeing everyone.

Have you all been busy getting prepared, shopping done, baking... well today will start another day of cleaning and wrapping. Tomorrow will be another cookie baking day, I am glad I made some batches and kept them in the freezer for easy baking. I am also looking forward to tomorrow night when we take our traditional drive with the kids to see all the beautiful Christmas lights in the neighbourhood. Myself and Roger have been doing this way before kids.. we just love looking at the lights displayed on all the homes.

Now here is my December Daily for yesterday.

December 21, 2010

A day of playing games.. the kids having the same old ...." I want to play a game on this TV" we have a TV in nearly every room and a game system on 3 of them.. funny kids!!

For my side cover I photo copied the Starbucks bag of the season and made this page... added the ornaments and sticker sentiment. ( Melissa Frances, October Afternoon)


On the other side is the actual bag with some photo's inside.. One being the cup of Chai Latte my hubby surprised me with yesterday.. love him for thinking of me. Also a photo of Sydney making her own wrapping paper and watching Caillou on TV.. a multi tasker she is!

The last page is a photo of my sweet girl.. all day long carring this blanket around.. I just love this.. checking out the tree with her kitties in hand.

Today is also Growing in Unity day 3... It is also the Unity's Addict Challenge.. hosted by the wonderful and talented Maria.. She does such a wonderful job every week. love ya Maria!!

I also got the chance this week to create the Challenge for Unity's Addict Challenge . So make sure you check it all out.. HERE

For the Challenge it is to stamp on a gift bag or make your own gift wrapping paper.. easy and a fun project .. even to get the kids involved in!!
Here is mine!!

I got these Kraft bags from our local Dollarama.. you get 3 for $1.oo can't beat that price.. I use some K&Company papers to decorate and Using the Ippity Season of Joy snowflakes to embellish the bag. Inking in black, green and red. I also made the snowflake tag for the front.

For the wrapping paper on the gift in the back.. I used some of the Kraft paper you actually get when ordering some Unity stamps.. I save the paper all the time.. I inked it up using the Dots for sure background stamp from Ippity and then the Merry Christmas stamp in black .

Now , did you know Unity is retiring some of the 2008 kit of the month's

for only $26.00 ( reg. $45.00)
Some amazing Images in each kit.. and only for the next week you will be able to purchase these and then they will be in the RETIRED off the site.. So go and check it all out and pick yours up today. For the rest of the year they are also offering FREE shipping anywhere in the US and Canada.. so that is a gift in itself.. love free shipping!!

You can see all the kits HERE!!


Tomorrow is HIP HOP.. so make sure you check back..

thanks for coming by.

Hugs,

Angie

December Daily 2010, Day 20, GIU2

Welcome to my day 20

December Daily and Growing in Unity day 2

.. we didn't do too much on the 2oth. Grocery shopping ,some crafting and one special thing.. we made our Christmas breakfast dish.. if you are West Indian you will know this dish very well. It is a family tradition to eat this for breakfast with some homemade bread Christmas morning. It is one thing that my kids look forward to every year. They even like it better than presents. go figure. I could have saved alot of money just making them a meal. hehe.

here are the pages for our day.

December 20, 2010

Roger brought these photo's home that were taken by one of the photographers at the Wrigley's Christmas party this year.

This was our day.. 2 pots of Pepperpot cooking on the stove.. a Family Cuisine Tradition.. yummy.. The family can't wait to taste this Christmas morning for breakfast.. yummo!!

For my Growing in Unity project my sweet hubby found this wine gift box, made of wood at the dollarstore. I would say what an amazing find. I think I need more.. the things I can do with them even for my craft room will be fabulous.

here is the blank wine gift box.

now here it is using one of the stamps from the Ippity (season of joy) I just love all the fantastic shapes you get in this set.


I first stamped out the image all around the box and then with some black acrylic paint I painted the inside of the image.. I love the black and natural wood feel to it.. painting the door black and adding a tag and ribbon.. What a fantastic gift idea for male or female.. Christmas or anytime of year..
but can you image a stack of them with some scrappy stuff inside.. well I can. maybe for a next project. hehe



here is the front.. I hope the person getting this will like it. If not I will be glad to take it back and they can keep the contents. HA!!

Have a fabulous day
Hugs,
Angie

December Daily 2010, Day 19th

Welcome to my day yesterday.. Today I am also going to be showcasing some Ippity goodness for my first day of my.....

GROWING IN UNITY week.

this is the week I get to showoff some of these great stamps Unity/Ippity sells. I just love this time of year and I have alot of things to share..

First that will be my December Daily's... you will see how wonderful these stamps can be for journaling and decoration any mini album.

I will also have a project in my post.. Most of you know I like to take this opportunity to show things other than cards and this week will be no different. I have some fun projects for you to see this week... maybe try some of them.. they will be easy I promise.. well maybe some of them hehe...

So lets get this show on the road.. remember today is also H{ippity} HOP.. Karen is hosting the challenge to Punch it UP.. you can use those punches to punch any shape on your projects.. check out the detail on the Ippity Blog...LOVE IT!!

First I have my pages..

December 18th, 2010

Inking the circle image (Ippity's Life is a Journey set) and punching some embossed perforadora shape circle (eksucess punch) for the centers.

We have been making some cookies this weekend and this is just one of my hubby's favouritie.

Sugar Shortbread..

yummy and very easy to make..
the recipe is

2 cups of butter

2 cups of icing sugar

mix until well blended

4 cups of flour

mix and flatten in a large baking pan... I used a 9x13 pan

fork the top

bake for 25 minutes
cut into rectangles when still warm and sprinkle with sugar

these are so yummy.

I used the Ippity Music of my Heart and Season of Joy
sets to make my tag. for the list of today's Ippity Hop participants check out the

IPPITY BLOG..

For my other December Daily pages check out my sidebar.

Hope you all come to see me all week long for my
GROWING IN UNITY WEEK!!

to sign up go HERE!!

FOR AN IPPITY CHICK NEAR YOU.. HERE
For Unity Stamp Company go HERE

have a wonderful day

Hugs,

Angie

December Daily 2010, Day 18

Good Morning.. Sunday the 19th already.. Wow!! It will soon be Christmas.. I am nearly finished my shopping. just two more gifts to buy and all is done.. then the wrapping starts. Here is my day yesterday.

December 18, 2010

We went to do some shopping in the late afternoon , got alot done and came home ,while eating lunch we watched Shrek 4.. cute movie, Sydney was loving it.. later that night we all watched Percy Jackson and the Olympians.. AWESOME.. some scary parts for Sydney so we would just cover her face with a blanket... but before we sat down to watch it we BAKED!! Yummy cookies.

We made 3 different cookies last night after dinner.. Cherry Coconut butter cookies, Chocolate Chip cookies.. the size of my hands and my hubby's sugar shortbread.. all so yummy!! I had to go and get these family favourite cookie jars out.. My all time Favourite is the big Father Christmas.. he is about 22 years old now.. a family treasure.

I will be making some more cookies today and I will have all the recipes included in a little extra recipe card. The journaling opens to this page of my hubby taking photo's while we baked. and photo's taken throughout the day.. I love the one of Alex's face.. Sydney took that one.. not bad for a 5 year old.

supplies

papers- Teresa Collins, K& Company

stamps- Unity, Samantha Walker

mini cookie cutter- Melissa Frances

bakers twine- twinery

paper tape- Martha Stewart

Chipboard- Cosmo Cricket.

Hope you all have a fun Sunday.

Hugs,

Angie

December Daily 2010, Day 17

Happy Saturday, what are your plans today? We are shopping, and baking cookies today.. lets hope it all gets done..hehe

I have my December Daily from yesterday to show.. a fun day... kids are happy to be on Christmas Break.. you will be able to tell from the first photo!!

December 17, 2010

Sydney got out of school early and on our way home both kids had some fun throwing snowballs at me.. haha good thing I had my camera to capture the wickedness of their faces. too funny!!

I did some different journaling making this cute journaling folding page on top of the photo's. Using some October Afternoon stickers. just perfect for this day.

Cookies and Milk.. yummy.. eating and watching SG1.. oh yes.. we are big Stargate fans. Well I just love Richard Dean Anderson.. ever since General Hospital ( Jeff Webber) over 25 years ago.
Okay now I am sounding old. Sydney had a great time playing , watching tv and eating. My multi tasker.


Inside are photo's of the day, the kids, my cookies and milk (are called Caramilk coolers..) I will be enjoying these this holiday season. yummo!! A visit from my friend Tina and Alex relaxing. A wonderful day..

supplies

papers Teresa Collins, K&Company

stickers- October Afternoon

cuttlebug diecut butterfly

ribbon michael's crafts.

digital designer stamp Katie Pertiet.

large snowflake- MM slice falala

Unity Stamp Company.

Hope you all have a great day. I am wishing for some snow this weekend!!

Hugs,

Angie

December Daily 2010, Day 15 -16

Welcome to days fifteen and sixteen of December. I am trying really hard to stay on top of this one project.. Even though we have many ordinary days in December, we also have some great fun days.. little moments during the day that have to be captured. Traditions that are just a must, no complaining about the mess it might make in the beginning.

December 15, 2010

Tonight was Sydney's Christmas Concert. A fun night watching all the little children sing and dance their hearts out. The Teachers did an amazing job putting this all together for us. It was only 40 minutes but the highlight of our day!!.

December 16, 2010

Today we got out the Playmobil and set it up on the coffee table in the Family room.
It was a little different this year, adding the animals from Sydney's Advent Calendar from last year. We also decided to use the Woodsy Cottage from another set ... the snow is a furry piece of material I had left over.. it was the perfect setting for the Nativity and Santa sets this Holiday season.

She played with this all morning long.. and I am sure for the next couple of weeks it will be played with a lot by both kids, me and my hubby!

I used some of my Ippity Stamps , (Here and Now), I just love the one with the large ticket.. so wonderful.. I also love the stamps that you can add to the center of the tickets. The tag uses some of the new Bella Stamps ( Bella Trees) from Unity .

For the list of today's FWF participants check out the Unity Blog.

For an Ippity Chick near you check out the list HERE.

supplies

papers- tereas collins, K&Company

paper tape- Martha Stewart

Stamps- Ippity, Unity {Scrapbooking and Bella Blvd}
digital designs- Ali Edwards

frame- Melissa Frances.

Have a great and creative day.

Hugs,

Angie