Looking ahead to Advent

Today is the last Sunday of the liturgical year, the feast of the Solemnity of Christ the King. The Season of Advent begins next Sunday. A new year.

Advent is for preparing for the coming of the Lord's birth. It's so hard to believe that at this time last year, I was eight months pregnant. Soon to be homebound in the crazy snowy weather that hit the northwest.

This year couldn't be more different.

There's a great December Daily project coming up for readers of Ali Edwards' blog. I knew that I wanted something that gave me the chance to document our first Christmas as a growing family. I want to have something tangible that I can print at the end of the season, to be stashed away with our Christmas goodies, only to be pulled out next year to look back over. With how much I love this whole season, I decided to focus on our family's first Advent (the four weeks leading up to Christmas).

And our family's first Advent Daily scrapbook was born.

To capture a little glimpse of each day of the Advent season. To remember the thoughts and feelings and emotions.

To make it easy, I'm using a template from Cathy Zielske, from the Message to My Boy Layered Template Set. I designed the title page and wrote the dedication last night. (There's more about the template and how it works here)

I also picked up the Joulunaika Collection digital kit from Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals, using primarily the papers to keep the book coordinated throughout. I wanted red + green, but not crazy-over-the-top-red-and-green. It's a great balance of muted colors and simple designs.

I plan to print the pages into 8x8 prints and slide it into a scrapbook, or have it printed and bound together. But for now, I needed the groundwork laid and a simple set up so it wouldn't get overwhelming.





Digging out the Advent Wreath this week. Ordered two devotionals for the season - one for Jonathan and me, and one for the Wee Ski. Everything to come together just after Thanksgiving. Stay tuned...