Day #11: nothing. I'm sure I meant to make something, but I couldn't find anything in the mess of my table, so it looks like I didn't. Oops.

Day #12: card design
Here are various colourways of a card I designed, which was based off this photo but cleaned up and practically redrawn in Photoshop, which took quite a while.

I did print one off but forgot to resize it and it was too big even for A4. I didn't print any more off because I didn't have the cardstock I wanted (also need to replace printer inks, because the teeny samples they give you when you buy a new printer don't last very long). I'm not sure which colourways I like best, either.

Day #13: nothing again. Oh dear.

Day #14: First version of this year's Christmas card. It's based off this photo of agave trees in Hastings.

There are also blue and pink versions, because I originally planned to print the cards on coloured paper and paste them to white cards, but that seemed too fiddly in the end, so I scrapped that idea.

Day #15: Version 2 of this year's Christmas card. This is the version that I gave to people.

Everyone liked it, hurrah!

Day #16: Mini photo zine using photos of found faces. This is one of the early versions. The title comes from the Hello Little Fella group. These pics show it unfolded.

Day #17: Really teensy version of the Hello Little Fella photozine, made for the lads at BERG. The top pic shows it properly folded.

I squeezed four copies to one sheet of A4. Each side was duotoned in green and red colourways for Christmas, but for some reason the red version, which should have been pinkish, came out purple.

Day #18: And nothing, again. Some catching up to do…!

Day #19: Prototype mini photo album made using recycled paper and card, two holes punched, and bound with a plastic straw.

It was supposed to be a stocking-filler gift, but I'll have to make a proper one after Christmas, and give it late. I had to prototype it because a) I hadn't decided how to bind the book, b) the ink in my printer was running out c) I didn't have the photo paper I wanted (these photos are just printed on regular paper), and d) I've discovered I'm crap at cutting straight lines and should get a guillotine to do it properly. Also, I want to give it a better cover, so the plastic straw is hidden.

Day #20: Handprinted wrapping paper. This was made by covering a cardboard triangle with gouache and pressing the shapes onto a sheet of wallpaper liner paper. You can't really tell from the photo, but it's a huge present and printing the paper took quite a while. I think it looks pretty good, though (it actually looks better in real life than it does in the photo).

DAY #1: gift tag notebook (prototype)

Take two gift tags and some strips of remnant wallpaper. Punch holes in the paper and thread with gift tag string.

Easy-peasy. Good for shopping lists and teeny sketches. I'll probably make more, given how easy they are to do.

DAY #2: mince pie dish xmas decoration (prototype)

Take an old mince pie dish, a scrap of card and a picture from a magazine. Cut the base off the pie dish, and cut a hole in the middle. Fold it around the card (as a base — see top picture) and the magazine picture. Fashion a loop from the rim of the pie dish, and attach it to the main part. Hang from Christmas tree.

I might do more of these. This one's a bit messy, but I could be neater now I know what I'm doing.

DAY #3: foam-covered notebook (prototype)

Craft foam, paper strips, staple.

Easy-peasy, again. But not particularly useful, as the foam cover doesn't lie flat (as you can see from the photo). Bit annoying, that.

DAY #4: photo album (prototype)
No pics of this because I took it apart and reused some of the card and paper for other things. I'm going to try it again when I get more card, though.

DAY #5: box (prototype)
Cardboard and paper. I traced the pattern from a box I already had, but should have measured properly because it was a mess and so I abandoned it. Will try again when I get some proper card for it. (bad pics are in my 100 days photoset for completion's sake)

DAY #6: woven paper pocket

Two strips of paper, folded, cut, woven. Bit fiddly, this. Here is my second attempt (the first was a mess)

DAY #7: woven paper pocket

Much neater on the fourth attempt; I feel I can actually use this for something/someone nice. And I will definitely make more now I've got the knack.

DAY #8: decorate the Christmas tree.

Yes, I'm totally counting this as something creative, because it required me to thing about colour/shape and balance. No pics yet, though.

DAY #9: paper ball (prototype)

Cut circles of paper/card, stick one half-circle to the next and repeat

Easy enough. A little bit messy but I can clean it up and stick nice things on the pages.

DAY #10: booze ball book

Same as day 9 but with a theme, taken from magazine pictures.

Again, a bit messy, but fun to look at!

Now I have to think about stuff for the next ten days. Hopefully less prototype and more quality…