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September 5, 2025
December Daily® 2025 | Main Kit Ideas
Hello there. It's Kelly Ishmael here and I am delighted to be on the blog today to share some ideas and inspiration for using the 2025 December Daily® Main Kit.
Some of you may know me from my time on the Creative Team many years ago, but these days I am proud to be on the AED team behind the scenes. One of my favorite parts of my job is taking photos for our subscriptions and new releases, and this time of year is especially exciting with December Daily® release. I have so much fun playing with products and experimenting with different combinations for the styled shots I create. So today I thought I would show you a few of my favorite pieces from the main kit and how I might use them in an album.
My first thought upon looking through the items in the Main kit box was that the green felt DEC would make an awesome title page. I love the texture and dimension that it adds to the layout, and in the photo below I used the 10x8 album size and layered it with one of the frames and a die cut phrase. I set this little grouping on one of the 11x8.25 transparencies with the swan pattern paper (my absolute fave!) beneath it.
Peace & Joy 11×8.25 Specialty Paper Pack
I tried something similar in the 6x8 album and layered the felt DEC with a chipboard number circle and a couple of stars on top of a patterned paper.
Since a title page is often one of the first things I think about in my album, I thought this giant wreath paper from the Main Kit would make a great opening page paired with a photo and some die cuts.
For a title page idea in the 4x6 album, I layered one of the vellum wreaths with a die cut and plastic star. (I really love that mixed font 'december' die cut if you can't tell. lol)
Next up I had so much fun playing with the green vellum library pockets included in the Main Kit. I love the subtle texture of vellum in contrast with the patterned papers included in the kit.
I love how they look as a standalone embellishment, but I also think they look awesome grouped togther on one page.
One of the really fun things about the pockets is that you can embellish both the front of the pocket and the library card insert. In the photo below I added some of the cute red puffy number stickers to the card to create a list.
4x6 Red Puffy Numbers
And here I filled the pocket by tucking in little tags from the Vintage Vellum & Die Cut Tag Pack. The options are endless for these fun pockets!
Vintage Vellum & Cardstock Tag Die Cut Pack
Another one of my favorite embellishments from the Main Kit are these adorable oval scalloped journal spots. I love how they look grouped together on a page.
I also thought they looked darling when I embellished them with some small red flowers from the clear sticker sheet.
Florals and Bows 6x8 Clear Sticker Sheet
And speaking of darling embellishments, these little plastic presents are so cute! I love the mix of shapes and colors and I thought they would be fun clustered together on a page. In this example I added a die cut phrase as a title along with a few red stars. I can see a layout like this as a home for a longer story or journaling.
I also loved the idea of creating my own journal cards using washi tape in the Main Kit. Here I slightly overlapped the two different strips and added a little die cut phrase banner.
Words and photos are truly the heart of this project, and the cardstock frames included in the Main Kit are a versatile option for creating homes for both.
Cardstock Scallop Borders
I'm thinking of pairing a full size photo with one of the frames to serve as my introduction (or reason why) in my album this year. To test out my idea, I've paired a 4x6 frame with some vellum from my stash. I then printed out some text and slipped it in behind the vellum. As a final touch I added a tab sticker to the top of my text.
Tab Sticker Bundle
I also thought these frames would look awesome as standalone pages in an album. Below I've used an attacher sticker in the 4x6 album to hold it in place.
Attacher Sticker Bundle
Thank you so much for joining me today. It is truly a joy to get to play with these products and I hope this blog post gives you some ideas for using the Main Kit in your December Daily® projects. I can't wait to see all of your awesome creations.
August 23, 2025
December Daily® 2025 | Stamp Samples
I had a chance to play with the new December Daily® stamp sets today so I put together a little video and took some photos so you could see some ideas for our 2025 collection.
Let's dive right in!
I used a combination of inks including:
AED Inks: Pendleton (red), McKenzie (dark green), Willamette (green), Astoria (light pink), and Columbia
StazOn Black
Ranger Archival Permanent Inks (using these on vellum): Jet Black, Emerald Green (here's a link to the "jumbo" one I used with the "Night Before Christmas" stamp), Olive, Cayenne
Also used in the video:
3 Inch Circle Punch
1.25 Inch Circle Punch
New Label Die (will be available on Tuesday to add to your box)
Vellum
White Cardstock
Stamp Shammy (for wiping off stamps - available to add to your December Daily® box)
We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch
Here are some photos of what I made during my adventures today:
August 22, 2025
December Daily® 2025 | Collection Overview + Price List
In this post we are sharing all the products we are offering for December Daily® 2025. All products will all be available on
Tuesday, August 26th at 10am Eastern.
In addition to the new products shown below we will have some past December Daily® products available to add to your box at various times throughout the boxing period (read more about our Boxing Period schedule here) as well as some basic items from our shop (such as page protectors, tools and inks).
PRICE LIST: Download the 2025 Printable Price List here. Please know that our goal in sharing the price list is to help you plan for Tuesday. It's possible additional items may be added and as noted above we will offer past December Daily® items later in September than can be added to your box.
UPDATES + REMINDERS
Make sure to read our How It Works post for all the details about how our box ordering process works and few new updates for this year's process & schedule (it's different from our regular shopping interface). That post also includes shipping details.
Follow December Daily® on Instagram for additional information and inspiration and/or join our December Daily® Facebook group .
You can get more details on the schedule for the December Daily® season here.
Read below for all the class + event details.
DIGITAL PRODUCT DETAILS
All items listed below that translate easily to a digital format/product will be included in our December Daily® digitals release for 2025. The digital versions of the items below along with new layered templates + overlays will be available in our regular shop on
Friday, October 10th.
Our team put a lot of love, effort and thought into our 2025 December Daily® release and we are so excited to share it with you! We are real people over here who love this project and deeply care about creating products to support both your storytelling + your creative spirit.
Let's dive right in!
Just like last year we are offering two limited quantity bundle options. This first is a Stamp Bundle which includes all nine of the new stamp sets. The second is an Embellishment Bundle that includes most new shop items (with the exception of kits, albums, Advent calendar and stamps).
STAMP SET BUNDLE | $199.99
The stamp bundle features all nine sets shown above (five are 4x6 and 4 are 6x8).
DECEMBER DAILY® BUNDLE | $219.99 (Does NOT include Kits or Albums)
Our December Daily® 2025 Buy All Embellishment Bundle includes the following items (does NOT include Kits or Albums):
December Stories 11×8.25
Cardstock Paper Pack
Peace & Joy 11×8.25 Specialty Paper Pack
December Stories Cardstock Die Cut Paper Inserts
December Memories 6×8 Transparency Paper Pack
December Daily® 2025 Cardstock Prompt Paper Pack
December Stories 3×8 Transparency & Cardstock Journal Card Pack
These December Moments 3×4 & 4×6 Specialty Journal Card Pack
Fa La La Cardstock Envelope Bundle
Plastic Slide Frames
December Moments Plastic Circle Die Cuts
Vintage Vellum & Cardstock Tag Die Cut Pack
Wood Veneer Trees
December Daily® 2025 Cardstock Label Pack
December Stories Plastic Label Pack
December Cardstock Scallop Label Pack
Cardstock Scallop Borders
Plastic Snowglobes
Decorative Cardstock Frames Pack
Ribbon Trim Pack
Small Plastic Green Numbers
Large Plastic Numbers
Joyful Memories 6×8 Chipboard Sheet
Florals and Bows 6×8 Clear Sticker Sheet
4×6 Neutral Puffy Alphas
4×6 Red Puffy Numbers
December Stories Phrase Sticker Bundle
December Daily® 2025 Attacher Sticker Bundle
December Daily® 2025 Tab Sticker Bundle
December Daily® 2025 Number Sticker Bundle
Metal Die Set - LabelsKITS2025 MAIN KIT | $64.99
COMPONENTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE:
12 - 11×8.25 single-sided cardstock papers
8 - 4×4 cardstock prompt story cards
8 - 3×44 single-sided journal cards
6 - 4×6 single-sided journal cards
2 - 4×6 puffy number sticker sheets
4 - 3×4 library pockets
4 - 2.78×3.83 library pocket card inserts
21 - 1.3 to 4.75 cardstock die cut phrases
1 - 12mm washi tape roll1 - 20mm washi tape roll
48 - .75 to 1.5 plastic stars
12 - 2.5×2 cardstock scallop oval die cuts
12 - 0.75×5.5 cardstock die cut phrase banners
20 - 1.5 to 3 cardstock die cut banners
2 - 4×4 cardstock die cut frames
2 - 4×6 cardstock die cut frames
12 - 1.2 to 2.25" plastic present embellishments
6 - 2to 3 vellum die cut wreaths
5 - 2.5 to 4cardstock stencils
2 - 4×6 glitter alpha sticker sheets
1 - 2.5 felt word
31 - 1 inch chipboard number circles
The scallop journal spots, vellum wreaths, and plastic presents from this years main kit are used in our December Daily® 2025 Product Play | Side By Side Class.
Here's a closer look at some of this items included this year:
Here's a video walkthrough of this kit:
Here are some images of the kit in action:
COMPONENTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE:
9 - 7×8.25 double-sided cardstock papers
6 - 4×6 double-sided journal cards
18 - 3×4 double-sided journal cards
1 - 4×6 chipboard shape sheet (non-adhesive backed)
6 - 1.7×1.5 chipboard slide frames
12 - 1" to 1.75" cardstock die cut shapes
Here's a video walkthrough of this kit:
A couple in-use images of this kit:
COMPONENTS INCLUDE:
3 - .84" to 3" nested chipboard stars
7 - 6" strings7 - .34" to 2.36" cardstock tags
1 - 4×6 tab sticker sheet
3 - 2.75×3" matchbook sleeves with 3 cardstock sheets each
12 - 2" to 3" vellum stars1 - 3"
Kraft star notebook with 5 inner pages
12 - .60" to 1" gold glitter stars
The matchbooks from this kit are used in our December Daily® 2025 Product Play | Side By Side Class.
Here is a video walkthrough of this kit
In addition to the above kits we offer a variety of additional supplies to support your December storytelling including albums, stamps, papers, embellishments, etc.
Let's dive in with an overview video:
4X6 STAMPS | $19.99
NOTE: We are following the same process as last year for securing your stamp orders. In order to meet the high demand for stamps this year, we are asking you to add the stamp sets you would like to receive in your box by 9/8 at 11:59pm ET to guarantee your order for shipping with your box in October. We will be ordering a limited amount of each design in addition to stamps sets secured by customers that will be available after 9/8. If you do not secure the stamps you would like by 9/9 at 11:59pm we cannot guarantee we will have enough quantity to fulfill demand and they may sell out.
METAL DIE SET - LABELS | $9.99
Includes 25 Total Page Protectors:
(5) 6×8 one pocket
(5) 3×4 four pockets
(5) two 4×6 pockets
(5) two 3×4 pockets and one 4×6 pocket
(5) twelve 2×2 pockets10X8 ALBUM | $34.99
Includes 20 Total Page Protectors:
(5) 10×8 one pocket
(5) 10×4 two pockets
(5) 4×4 two pockets and 4×6 two pockets
(5) 3×4 six pockets4x6 ALBUM | $19.99
Includes 20 total page protectors
(10) 4×6 one pocket
(10) 3×4 two pocketsEMBELLISHMENTSSMALL PLASTIC GREEN NUMBERS | $8.99
DECORATIVE CARDSTOCK FRAME PACK | $4.99
DECEMBER CARDSTOCK SCALLOP LABEL PACK | $4.99
DECEMBER DAILY® 2025 CARDSTOCK LABEL PACK | $6.99
CARDSTOCK SCALLOP BORDERS | $4.99
PLASTIC SNOW GLOBES | $4.99
VINTAGE VELLUM & CARDSTOCK TAG DIE CUT PACK | $8.99
DECEMBER MOMENTS PLASTIC CIRCLE DIE CUTS | $5.99
JOYFUL MEMORIES 6X8 CHIPBOARD | $6.99
WOOD VENEER TREES | $5.99
PLASTIC SLIDE FRAMES | $5.99
PAPER + TRANSPARENCIES + INSERTS DECEMBER STORIES CARDSTOCK INSERTS | $10.99
THESE DECEMBER MOMENTS SPECIALTY JOURNAL CARD PACK | $10.99
DECEMBER DAILY® CARDSTOCK PROMPT PAPER PACK | $7.99
PEACE & JOY 11X8.25 SPECIALTY PAPER PACK | $14.99
DECEMBER STORIES 11X8.25 CARDSTOCK PAPER PACK | $12.99
DECEMBER MEMORIES 6X8 TRANSPARENCIES | $9.99
FA LA LA CARDSTOCK ENVELOPE BUNDLE | $9.99
STICKERS DECEMBER DAILY® NUMBER STICKER BUNDLE | $9.99
DECEMBER DAILY® 2024 ATTACHER STICKER BUNDLE | $3.99
DECEMBER DAILY® 2025 TAB STICKER BUNDLE | $3.99
FLORALS AND BOWS 6X8 CLEAR STICK SHEET | $6.99
ADVENT CALENDAR | $44.99
Our sticker advent calendar is filled with 24 adhesive backed stickers + embellishments (packaged the same as last year each item in it's own poly bag with a 4x6 number card). It's become a community favorite! You might choose to open one per day before December (so you can use the elements in your album or during December!
If you are someone who likes to see all the contents in advance you can check out the spoiler video here.
If you want to be surprised, SKIP THIS VIDEO.
The Lifestyle category and the lifestyle items below will be live on the Order Selection page on Monday, 9/8.
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In addition to the collection going live on Tuesday we will also open registration for our classes and Prep Day. Registration for these will be on our Classes page (outside of our Box Ordering system).
This year we are offering three classes alongside our annual Prep Day (
links will work on Tuesday):
Start Here | Design Formulas For December Daily® (starts October 21st)
December Daily® Product Play | Side By Side (starts November 4th)
December Daily® Prep Day (Sunday, November 2nd)
Fa La La Photos: 12 Prompts + Photo Tips For December (starts November 19th)
Each of the three workshops will be offered with a $5 discount during the Box Order Period (through September). For ease of check out we are also offering all three classes together in a Bundle if you are planning to join us for all three (the discount is the same).
Here are some details about each:
In
Start Here: Design Formulas For December Daily® Ali will be sharing her tried + true design formulas that have helped her tell hundreds of stories in her December Daily® albums since 2007. Using her catalog of completed December Daily® albums, Ali will help remove some of the guess work out of the process of starting with a blank page and encourage/inspire you to be the boss of your stories in this project.
Ali's background in graphic design + her years of teaching experience come together for this workshop to give you a solid starting place in your own December memory keeping adventures.
This workshop will include:
One main lesson that outlines Ali's Design Formulas + Principles she returns to again and again specifically related to December Daily®
Idea Book PDF that includes Ali's past December Daily® pages organized by design categories (includes tips)
This workshop will not include new project examples - Ali will be using her archives to illustrate her ideas
The goal for this workshop? Create a resource of ideas for you to refer back to again and again each December as you document your holiday season!
This class builds on Ali's original Start Here | Design Formulas For Memory Keeping. If you are looking for ideas + inspiration related to general memory keeping (not just December Daily® examples) make sure to check it out (includes a 92 page PDF Idea Book).
Big thanks to Tracie Claiborne from The Scrap Gals who suggested this workshop and helped with the initial process of organizing Ali's past December Daily® stories.
Looking for a deeper dive into Ali's wholistic approach to December Daily®? Check out
Storytelling With December Daily®. This is a workshop that many people in the community refer back to each year as they are getting ready to embark on the project again.
For Product Play in 2025 we are bringing you a fun new idea that presents ideas and inspiration for both physical and hybrid memory keepers (hybrid = using digital products to create paper projects).
Side By Side Product Play will feature 12 lessons. Within each lesson one contributor will work with the physical product and one contributor will work with the same product in digital format.
Contributors to this workshop will be added here at a later date.
Plastic Snow Globes
Decorative Cardstock Frames Pack
Star Mini Kit Matchbooks
Plastic Slide Frames
December Stories 11x8.25 Cardstock Paper Pack Big Paper Pack
Fa La La Cardstock Envelope Set
December Memories 6x8 Transparencies
December Stories 2x2 Plastic Label Pack
December Daily® 2025 6x8 Stamp (
includes Nutcracker for reference)
Main Kit Scallop Journal Spots
Main Kit Vellum Wreaths
Main Kit Plastic PresentsDIGITAL KIT INCLUDED WITH THIS WORKSHOP
This workshop will include a digital kit with the corresponding digital elements used in the workshop.
Example: our contributors will be using four patterns from the Big Paper Pack so we will be including those four patterns in the download for the class.
Classroom opens and lessons begin on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. New lessons will be available each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during November for a total of 12 lessons. All content will be archived in the classroom for future viewing.
Join the December Daily® community for a fun online December Daily® Prep Day on
Sunday, November 2nd, 2025. Use this opportunity to finish past December Daily® projects or start working on your project for 2023. The first live video will start on Sunday, November 2nd at 10:00 am Eastern. Cost is $5.
Each lesson will be open for you to access 15 minutes prior to the live content which will be available at the top of each hour. Then after the discussions and/or project ideas, you are free to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc.
Note: We will have more details about the schedule and content in the coming weeks.
Each topic will have its own Lesson within the 8 Hour Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. We plan to have a corresponding Zoom room open as well throughout the event for additional community interaction.
As with all our workshops and classrooms, all videos will be recorded so you can watch them at your own pace. You don't have to be online on the 2nd to access the content.
Join Ali, Lisa Varshine, Kelly Ishmael, and Azzari Jarrett for a countdown to December featuring one photo prompt per day along with specific photography tips for December photography. Class runs November 19th through November 30th. As with all our workshops everything is recorded and archived for later viewing on your own time. Cost is $15 to join during the boxing period and $20 after.
More details to come.
In Case You Missed It | August 22
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
DECEMBER DAILY® 2025 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR LAUNCH DAY
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, August 26th at 10am Eastern for our release day! This year's boxing period will be similar to last year with opportunities to add to your order with lifestyle, apparel and sale items throughout the boxing period. We will have a preview post in advance of the collection going live so you can plan your purchases. In addition we have a packed schedule of Instagram lives and inspiration, head to our official December Daily® Instagram account for all the details.
DECEMBER DAILY® 2025 | FULL PREVIEW POST COMING TODAY
Our annual December Daily® preview post is coming today and depending when you read this might already be live! Be sure to check the blog this evening for jam-packed post that includes videos, photos, pricing, shipping, and more.
NEW CLASS | TRAVEL 2025 HYBRID PRODUCT PLAY
New Hybrid Product Play travel workshop! Registration is now open and several lessons are available with additional lessons coming on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday over the following four weeks. As always you will have ongoing access to the content to watch and learn at your own pace after the lessons have been released. Let us help you bring your travel stories to life!
Join contributors @pambaldwin , @jill.drangsholt , @kellyish , @thereypie , @frecklepickle , and @denine2 , as they each share some of their favorite ways to play with digital products while documenting their travel stories. The class will take place over the course of four themed weeks: * Words (Titles + Journaling)
* Photos
* Embellishments
* Ephemera. New lessons will happen Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, with each of our contributors sharing two lessons from different categories.
Register now.
AUGUST KITS AVAILABLE
Our August kits are here! Earlier this month we revealed our newest kits and stamps. In addition to our color-themed Storyteller and Stamps Are Fun Kits, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit and the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. Head to the blog for Ali’s post with all the details about this month’s release.
2025 STORY PLAY DOCUMENTING WEEKS
Story Play update! We're excited to share our community documenting weeks for our 2025 Story Play collection:
Dogs + Cats: the week of August 4th Watching + Listening: the week of September 8th Day In The Life™: the week of October 13th (Wednesday the 15th will be our official documenting day, with supporting content planned throughout the week.) Gratitude: the week of November 3rd
TENTATIVE 2025 PROJECT + PRODUCT SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE
Earlier this week on the blog Ali shared our 2025 project schedule. Recently we've been encountering some unexpected delays in manufacturing which is inviting us to be more fluid in our release/project scheduling (the reason why we've been holding off on sharing a more concrete schedule). Head there now for our rough schedule and a few general notes. We’re excited about the year ahead!
AUGUST DIGITALS
The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. That mean's travel digitals are available now! Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals here.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
August 21, 2025
December Daily® 2025 | Schedule & How It Works
Each year before the release of the
December Daily® collection our team likes to go over how the Order Selection Period works to refresh everyone's memory and introduce newcomers to the community about how ordering works for these specific products as well as go over the schedule for how things are going to flow this holiday season as we all prepare to document our December.
We are hopeful that the changes we made to the order process over the last few years will continue to alleviate some of the slow loading and other issues we've faced in the past for this very popular release. That said, we are imperfect people trying to get it right and it's totally possible that there will be issues on the day the products go live (
next Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 at 10am ET). We thank you in advance for your patience if issues do arise. Our goal is to create an awesome experience for you and we don't like it just as much as you don't like it when things don't run smooth.
Below we are showing screen shots of what the shopping experience looks like
on desktop and mobile so you will have the opportunity to be more familiar with the process before the page goes live.
Feel free to ask questions in the comments below.
2025 SCHEDULE
For 2025 will be following a similar schedule that we introduced last year for our Order Selection Period
(see calendar above). Past December Daily® items will be offered at various discounts throughout the second half of the month. Be sure you are signed up for our newsletter and follow us on Instagram to be the first to hear when those items are available to add to your box.
Just like last year we are offering a dedicated sale category to the Order Selection Page that will go live on 9/15 in hopes of making the shopping experience even smoother for those items.
The Order Selection Boxing Period will end this year on Tuesday, 9/30/25 at 11:59pm ET.
STAMPS | We are following the same process as last year for securing your stamp and apparel orders. In order to meet the high demand for stamps, we are asking you to add the stamp sets you would like to receive in your box by 9/8/25 at 11:59pm ET to guarantee your order and that they will be shipped with your box in October. We will be ordering a limited amount of each design in addition to stamps sets secured by customers (those will be available after 9/8/25). If you do not secure the stamps you would like by 9/8/25 at 11:59pm ET we cannot guarantee we will have enough quantity to fulfill demand and they may sell out.
APPAREL | Apparel items will become available to add to your box on 9/8/25. Please place orders for apparel items by 9/15/25 at 11:59pm ET in order to guarantee your items are included in your box that will ship out in October. If you choose to wait to add apparel items to your box after 9/15/25 at 11:59 PM ET quantities will be limited and may sell out.
WALKTHROUGH OF DECEMBER DAILY® SHOPPING EXPERIENCE
When the products go live on Tuesday morning there will be an option under the
December Daily® dropdown menu to shop. Currently the main drop down menu is for the "Travel Collection" - that will be updated to December Daily® when the products go live on Tuesday.
When the December Daily® shopping experience begins you will see that we have broken the products down into seven categories. Each one will have their own tab across the top of your browser window:
My Box, Kits + Albums, Stamping, Embellishments, Paper, and Stickers, On 9/8 an eighth category will be added for lifestyle items titled "Lifestyle". On 9/15 a ninth category will be added for sale items titled "Sale."
Kits + Albums: Includes kits, albums, advent calendar & page protectors.
Buy All: This year we are offering two buy all bundles. One for stamps and one for shop items (excluding kits + albums).
Stamping: Includes stamps, inks, stamping tools, pens, embossing powder, etc.
Embellishments: Includes vellum, chipboard, paper, plastic, adhesive, etc
Stickers: Includes puffy, phrase, number and attacher stickers, etc.
Paper: Includes paper packs, journal card sets, transparencies, inserts, etc.
Lifestyle: Includes mug, apparel items, glass can, enamel pin etc.
Sale: Past December Daily® items will be added in this category on 9/15.
Checkout: Once you have added any items to your box a tab titled "Checkout" will appear in red. You can click this to checkout or use the red button under your box in the top right corner. You will also be able to check out via the red box icon on the top right corner.
When the products are live you will be able to click on any product image and will be taken to a product page that includes a description and additional product details. You will also be able to add to your box from the main shopping page (as you see above) or from the individual product page.
When you add an item to your box from this main shopping page the red "add to box" will temporarily turn green showing you that the item has been added to your box. It will return to red enabling you to add more of the same product if preferred.
PLEASE NOTE: We highly recommend identifying the items you are most interested in and checking out with those things first. Let's say you know for sure you want the Main Kit + Red 6x8 Album. Add those two items to your "DD cart" (the red box icon in the top right) and then go through the checkout process to secure those items. Those items will then appear in your "My Box" tab - as will any additional items you add to your "DD cart" and "checkout" before the 30th.
Items in your "DD cart" ARE NOT secure until you have actually checked out. This is important!
The above screen shot shows where your "DD cart" is located while you are shopping the December Daily® products. You will not be able to add products from our regular shop to this cart - it is a completely separate cart for December Daily® during the Order Selection Period.
You can adjust the amount of the item you want to order or remove the item from your box (o
nly before checking out) in this area. Please make sure to double-check your quantities before checking out.
Once you have clicked "checkout" and gone through that process your products will then appear under the "My Box" tab.
Above is a screenshot of the checkout page for desktop users. We are able to offer flat rate shipping again this year ($15 for domestic, $18 for Canada, and $30 for all other international locations) you will be charged this flat fee the first time you check out. After that it will note "PAID" in green for "Box Bundle Shipping" on any future checkouts.
MOBILE USERS
Did you know that almost 50% of you use a mobile device for shopping on our site?
Here's a look at what you will see on your mobile device. Again, the navigation between the different categories will be right there along the top:
From this screen you are able to add products directly to your box by clicking the small box icon under the product. The small red box in the upper right corner is what you currently have in your "DD cart." Once you complete the checkout process your products will then be viewable under "My Box" in the main navigation.
You will also be able to click on the individual product to see more images or get more details:
If you are shopping from a mobile device you will have an option when you are checking out to "Check Out Right Away"
OR to scroll down to review your details before checking out. Please note that once you have completed checkout you will not be able to remove items or edit order. Please be sure to review your order quantities before checking out.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
The Order Selection Period for December Daily® begins on Tuesday August 26th, at 10am ET and will end on Tuesday, September 30th at 11:59pm ET. After the Order Selection Period closes we will box up your order and ship it to you. Please note that we will be prioritizing shipping international shipments first due to the project timeline and extended shipping delays internationally. Please rest assured that our team will be working very hard behind the scenes to pack up your orders as fast as they can to ensure a timely delivery for December documenting.
Make sure you have an updated credit card and shipping address on file with us and that you are signed in under your "My Account" before starting to shop. Go do that now.
Promo codes CAN NOT be used at checkout during the Order Selection Box Period.
Gift cards CAN be used at checkout during the Order Selection Box Period.
Paypal CAN be used at checkout during the Order Selection Period Box Period.
Once you have checked out you CAN NOT remove products from your box or edit your order. Customer Service will not be able to make adjustments to your order after you have checked out. Please verify the numbers of product placed before checking out - you will be able to see an adjust the quantity of an item before you check out via the box icon on the top right of your page.
The project will always be more important than the products.
If there are complications on the website when the products go live for purchase, please know our team will be working hard behind the scenes to solve them as quickly as possible.
FLAT RATE SHIPPING RATES FOR 2025
For 2025 the Box Shipping rates will be as follows:
$15 Domestic Flat Rate
$18 Canada Flat Rate
$30 International Flat Rate
This will be charged on your first "checkout" and that will be the only time you are charged shipping. After that if you checkout again under "Box Bundle Shipping" it will say "PAID."
THANK YOU
Our hope in sharing this information with you today is that it will help you have a better idea of what the shopping experience will look like. Please let our team know if you have any questions below.
We will be posting walkthrough videos and images of the full 2025 December Daily® collection (kits, albums, shop products) here on Friday August 22nd later in the day along with a printable price list to help you decided what you'd like to purchase. Be sure to check out our @decemberdaily instagram account where we revealed the kit and album offerings for 2025 during some fun lives with Ali and Lisa. They are saved there for you to view at your own convenience. If you don't use Instagram you can view the live conversations here: https://www.instagram.com/decemberdaily/
August 15, 2025
In Case You Missed It | August 15
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
DECEMBER DAILY® 2025 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, August 26th at 10am Eastern for our release day! This year's boxing period will be similar to last year with opportunities to add to your order with lifestyle, apparel and sale items throughout the boxing period. We will have a preview post in advance of the collection going live so you can plan your purchases. In addition we have a packed schedule of Instagram lives and inspiration, head to our official December Daily® Instagram account for all the details.
NEW CLASS | TRAVEL 2025 HYBRID PRODUCT PLAY
New Hybrid Product Play travel workshop! Registration is now open and several lessons are available with additional lessons coming on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday over the following four weeks. As always you will have ongoing access to the content to watch and learn at your own pace after the lessons have been released. Let us help you bring your travel stories to life!
Join contributors @pambaldwin , @jill.drangsholt , @kellyish , @thereypie , @frecklepickle , and @denine2 , as they each share some of their favorite ways to play with digital products while documenting their travel stories. The class will take place over the course of four themed weeks: * Words (Titles + Journaling)
* Photos
* Embellishments
* Ephemera. New lessons will happen Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, with each of our contributors sharing two lessons from different categories.
Register now.
AUGUST KITS AVAILABLE
Our August kits are here! Earlier this month we revealed our newest kits and stamps. In addition to our color-themed Storyteller and Stamps Are Fun Kits, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit and the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. Head to the blog for Ali’s post with all the details about this month’s release.
2025 STORY PLAY DOCUMENTING WEEKS
Story Play update! We're excited to share our community documenting weeks for our 2025 Story Play collection:
Dogs + Cats: the week of August 4th Watching + Listening: the week of September 8th Day In The Life™: the week of October 13th (Wednesday the 15th will be our official documenting day, with supporting content planned throughout the week.) Gratitude: the week of November 3rd
TENTATIVE 2025 PROJECT + PRODUCT SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE
Earlier this week on the blog Ali shared our 2025 project schedule. Recently we've been encountering some unexpected delays in manufacturing which is inviting us to be more fluid in our release/project scheduling (the reason why we've been holding off on sharing a more concrete schedule). Head there now for our rough schedule and a few general notes. We’re excited about the year ahead!
AUGUST DIGITALS
The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. That mean's travel digitals are available now! Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals here.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
August 12, 2025
Stamps Are Fun 08 | Ali's Project
Today I've got a project to share which incorporates the newest Stamps Are Fun set along with Alphas Are Awesome 29.
As I was thinking about a story to tell I decided to document some of the art journaling/painting inspiration I've saved to Pinterest recently. This felt old-school and brought me so much joy to get those inspirations out of my computer and onto a page.
Let's dive in to the process video and more details about the process:
Here are additional photos of my project:
For this project I decided to start with a full page photo (7 inches x 8.25 inches).
I knew I wanted to do something interactive so I decided to cut that photo in half vertically to create "doors" that open up to the printed inspiration images from Pinterest. I added the "currently" sticker (from the Week In The Life™ Main Kit) to the outside and the "memories" tab along the outside edge.
I used a 1 inch circle punch to punch half circles along the inside edges of my image.
Here's what it looks like as it's opening in my album:
And when it's fully open:
I used the Stamps Are Fun set to create the journaling spots to hold details about my inspiration pieces. Inside the top boxes I added a "currently" stamp from this stamp set and numbers from this stamp set.
I created a vellum flip up using a pattern vellum I've had in my bridge storage for a while. I've almost used it a bunch of times - today was finally the day! On top I stamped "inspo" using Alphas Are Awesome 29 along with "documenting" from this stamp set.
I printed my Pinterest inspiration squares (1.75 inch x 1.75 inch) on Koala Printable Sticker Paper. I've seen Azzari talking about this photo sticker paper recently and have been really happy with it so far! It's thinner and great for a project like this - it would also be great for adding to a notebook without adding bulk.
I stamped the outline shape from the new Stamps Are Fun set four times to create four journaling spots. I added small number stamps and the word "currently" from this set.
This was such a fun project to put together! I loved printing out the inspiration pieces and reflecting on what's been inspiring me visually in the recent months.
Stamps Are Fun
Alphas Are Awesome 29
Storyteller Kit (Colors)
3x4 Stamp (April 2025)
Number Variety Stamp (lots of numbers)
StazOn Ink
Ranger Archival Ink Vibrant Fuchsia
Koala Photo Sticker Paper
Week In The Life™ Sticker Sheet
Epson PM400 Printer
1 Inch Circle Punch
Travel Collection 10x8 Pattern Paper
Rolling Date Stamp
August 11, 2025
Alphas Are Awesome 29 | Project Idea
The newest Alphas Are Awesome Stamp Set (#29) is a super fun, unique large typewriter typeface that is great for titles.
Let's dive right in to the process video for this project:
Here are some additional images:
I had a couple spots to fill in the May chapter of my 2025 10x8 year long album(s) project so this one started with a full page photo of our back patio. I'm still a major full page photo fan (this is 7 inches wide x 8.25 inches tall) and I love being able to play on top of my photo to add my story.
For this one I cut up a piece of vellum and stamped "LOVE" along with using one of the shape stamps from the Stamps Are Fun set (this set is great for creating homes for your words). I cut the vellum to follow the curve of the stamp and used a Stadtler Lumocolor Pen for the journaling.
I ran it through my sewing machine to create the four sections (after stamping) and then again to attach it to the top of my photo. The whole thing lifts up off the photo (attached by stitching along the top).
Alphas are Awesome #29 Stamps Are Fun Staedtler Lumocolor Pen Staz On Ink Rolling Date Stamp Sewing Machine Tab Sticker (from 2024 Travel Collection) Epson XP 1500 Printer
August 10, 2025
New Releases | August 2025
Welcome to an overview post of our new subscription + shop releases!
Note: The previous delayed kits are in the warehouse and have started the shipping process! Thank you so much for your patience!
Stamps Are Fun features a 6x8 Stamp Set designed by Ali and shipped to you each month.
This subscription does not include class content but will be supported through blog posts sharing ideas for using the stamp sets each month. Some months the stamp set may be aligned with the theme of the Storyteller Kit but mostly they will be a fun, random assortment of words and shapes. This monthly physical stamp subscription includes the digital version of the stamp.
Here's the pricing for this monthly subscription:
$20.99 - 12 month commitment
$23.99 - 6 month commitment
$28.99 - month commitment
*Digital version of the stamp is included in subscription price.
Ali will be sharing a process video using this stamp next week on the blog.
Let's play together!
This subscription includes 4x6 and 3x4 cards in paper and vellum, chipboard, sticker sheet, and an embellishment. It also includes access to a classroom.
Here's an overview of the kit this month:
If digital is more for you in this season we've got you covered. This subscription includes the digital Stories By The Month kit and access to the SBTM classroom.
This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On.
We've got a new Alphas Are Awesome (#29) and this year we are also offering a coordinating 4x6 Numbers Are Awesome set (#8).
Physical kit subscribers can add these to their box for no additional shipping. They are available to Add On (for physical kit subscribers) and are also now available in the shop.
Ali will have a blog post with additional details on this project coming soon.
Details about this kit:
Four kits per year releasing in January, April, July, and October. When you sign up you are committing to the four kits (or however many are left in the year).
Includes classroom + content from Ali and contributors that will be spread out over three months.
Shipping is $1 domestic + $5 international (same as Story Kits). You can also shop the Add On subscriber section and add to your box during the Add On period for no additional shipping (on the 10th + 11th each month).
Physical kit subscribers can add the digital kit for $14.99 during the Add On period.
We are unable to offer a "skip" option with our quarterly kits
Here's a video overview of the new kit:
Here are some additional images of elements in the kit:
If you are looking for a digital only subscription that gives you access to digital Storyteller kit and the classroom content then the
Storyteller Class is for you.
This is $24.99 and is a quarter to quarter commitment (
you don't have to commit to all four kits but if you want to cancel you need to reach out to our Customer Service Team).
June 18, 2025
Alpha Stamp Class | Registration Now Open
Are your alphabet stamps gathering dust? Let's put them to good use to support our storytelling adventures!
Alpha Stamp Ideas is now open for registration! Classroom opens Monday, June 30th (all lessons will be live at that time).
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Join Ali as she shares 10 projects that showcase creative alphabet stamping techniques for:
Eye-catching titles that draw readers in Decorative embellishments and accents Graphic background patterns and textures Both traditional layouts and pocket page designs
Perfect for digital scrapbookers too! All techniques easily translate to working with computer fonts and digital elements.
This is a self-paced online workshop with lifetime access. All content will be available on Monday, June 30th, 2025. Sign up before Monday, June 30th for $5 off the cost of the workshop.
This workshop features 10 detailed project lessons each featuring:
Step-by-step process video Stamping technique breakdowns Design principle explanations Storytelling integration tips Full-color PDF guide with all projects and tipsWHO IS THIS FOR?
Memory keepers looking to maximize their stamp collection Crafters wanting fresh approaches to alphabet stamps Anyone seeking creative title and embellishment ideas Digital scrapbookers interested in translating physical techniques
Ready to rediscover your alphabet stamps? Get inspired to dive into your stash and elevate your creative storytelling adventures.
In addition to the supply suggestions on the Class Shop page you can also check out Ali's Amazon storefront for this workshop.
All skill levels welcome. Basic stamping experience helpful but not required.
