Journal your Christmas 2011 day 2 - 4

I have managed to keep up to date, not hard considering the miniature size of my pages! I have not as yet printed the photos which will go on the back of the card, but will do that when I can go to the shop. This year I havent followed all the prompts since I have done most before.

Day 2 was the weather prompt and here is mine, detailing how we always have terrible weather in November/Early December which was brought home to me by looking at my old JYC's

On day 3 I deviated slightly from the challenge. Here in South Africa the school year ends in November/Early December and then the children are on holiday until mid January. As a result growing up December was filled with anticipation - waiting for results/reports, did I pass, what did I get, as well as the more normal Christmas feeling. Our reports used to be posted to us and what a scary feeling it was to see that brown envelope in the mail. Now that I am studying again and waiting for results (this time on the internet, lol) it seems to bring back that out of school feeling.

Today I went shopping with Brenda for an outfit for the wedding we have been invited to on the 16th. An outfit for her that is, not me. Wow, all I can say is I didnt realise how difficult shopping is with a teenager. She has been complaining recently about some of her clothes that my mum has bought, but today was an eye opener of how fussy she has become, not to mention how grown up she looks. Have to start watching out for boys now.

Journal your Christmas 2011 Day 1

Over the last few days I have been hard at work preparing for JYC. I wanted to do something different this year, so found an old watch box and painted it turquoise. I have cut little cards which will fit into the box and each day will have one page with a photo opposite. I have yet to decorate the box, that will probably happen this weekend! The pages are really tiny and I am hoping that this will mean I can keep up.

Today Shimelle had something really different from last year for us. Well, as far as I remember anyway. This was in the form of a little printable card to fill in. I have printed it out and then stuck it onto one of the pages. This will probably be my title page unless inspiration strikes later.

And then of course, the manifesto for day 1. This picture shows just how small the page is, since the number is about an inch high! I have decided that as much as possible I will use the numbers from my advent swap parcels to number my pages. That just means that I wont throw away the participants hard work. This one was part of a tag that was bigger than the page, so I just took the tree off :-) The scan makes the picture look a bit redder than it actually is.