My Word For The Year this year is draw, so I suppose I should post a few drawings. Here are some more pages from my Journal Your Christmas art journal.

I actually have Day 6 and 7 done, too, but no pictures yet (still working on 5). The envelope for day three has my story of deciding not to send Christmas cards again this year - maybe. I keep waffling on this subject. I actually thought the drawing for Day 4 (shown first here) would make a good card, so maybe. Or not. I suppose I will let Father Time decide for me. I was so glad that today's entry, number seven, was to organize your to-do list. I ran errands today and it was perfect timing. Considering I only had five hours of sleep last night, I really should be off to bed. Am I catching up with the holidays, or are they catching up with me?

Look at me, two posts in two days! The topic for JYC was the weather, which has been pretty warm around here for this time of year. No jacket needed in the afternoon, which makes me a little sad. Cloudy, cold weather please; it feels more like Christmas that way!

Despite the fact that I am still trying to finish my December Daily album from last year, I am attempting both Journal Your Christmas and December Daily again this year. I used the JYC prompts mostly as an art journal last year, and it was so much fun (I did complete that one!) I have opted for the art journal format again this year. Last year I altered a Little House on the Prairie book (it was a Christmas themed one, so the cover was perfect), but this year I have  slightly altered the strata. I have a couple hundred loose vintage book pages left over from another project, so I gessoed those individually, then sewed them into a folded felt cover. Super duper easy, tote-able, and doesn't take up much space on my desk. I also like how I can fold the pages all the way back, unlike a hardcover book. Today's theme is the manifesto. I'd like to think of it more as an invitation. You are cordially invited to view my entries throughout the season. I'd like to say that I will post them daily, but I don't think that could ever be a reality. We'll see. At least, here is day 1.

So, crazy woman that I am, I decided to add TWO dailies to my holiday experience this year. I have season two of the December Daily album (about twice the size of last year's) and also the Journal Your Christmas art journal. Day One of the art journal was your personal manifesto for keeping the book, and day two was simply the weather. I'm still lovin' the masks and stencils right now, so the background for Day One was gesso through sequin waste (and I used my finger to paint it! As my student's know, I like the fast and lazy way of getting things done!) and for Day Two, I used a hand cut paper snowflake as a mask. The Weathered Wood Distress Ink was the same color as the sky today.