Drinking From My Saucer {'cause my cup has overflowed!}: December Daily

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

December Daily 2011

Ready? Get set...

Ali Edwards is already preparing her December Daily foundation pages. Are you participating this year? I'm kind of on the wall, myself. Last year was the first time I had participated in the project. It was a great experience overall, but...

I noticed some things...

1. It was a little tricky for me to stay up to date since I don't print my photos at home. The good people at Walgreens really got to know me in December.
2. I was ~~more than a little~~ crazy-in-the-head about coming up for something each day, and sometimes it seemed forced. I think I need to be a little more laid back in my approach.
3. I'm not totally convinced that (considering all of the scrapbooks that line the shelves of our home) I want a Christmas book for every year as well. It's getting to be a little "and the scrapbooks shall inherit the earth..." around here. Just sayin'.

But I still like the concept SO MUCH.

So, for this year I plan to...

...continue to print my pictures "away from home" (read: probably Walgreens)

because the quality is better.

...not work so hard to have pictures/stories/paraphernalia for each day.

I'm going to "low-key" it a bit, and see what I come up with.

...incorporate my December pages

into my regular chronological scrapbook.

I'm not anticipating having enough pages to warrant a dedicated album.

So, DID you participate last year?

Will you participate AGAIN?

What will YOU do differently?

I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PLAN!

Happy Scrappin'!

You can check out my 2010 December Daily posts HERE.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

December Daily ~ Days 23-25 (Really!)

Well, I cannot believe that I am just now finishing up my December Daily album. I must say that the whole process got overlooked at the end of the year, and into the new year -- too much going on, I guess. My goal was to have it done before the end of January, but that came and went. New goal: end of February - that's TODAY (as I write this). At this point I've, admittedly, lost interest. I can definitely see the benefit of keeping up with it day by day - so that this procrastinating doesn't happen. (I can procrastinate with the best of them. Including right now when I am writing blog-text instead of finishing up December 23rd.)

Would I do this again? Definitely.

Would I do a December Daily every year? Maybe, but not necessarily. (I wish I would've known about this project when our kids were little!)
Something I learned for "everyday" scrapbooking? The use of baseball card page protectors. This is a great way to include lots of pictures without having to figure out a layout to include them all. Love this idea for close-ups of people too! Good way to use pictures of people, but crop out all the distractions.
The problem with procrastinating? I lost my momentum on the journaling. A lot is taken for granted in these last pages which totally lack for journaling. I regret that. I'm thinking that I may add a page of holiday journaling at the end.

This year, I was on a budget. I didn't have a lot of extra money to put into this project, so I worked with what I had. If I did the project again, I would love to spend money on more "fun" papers, and get a different look.

I still love the classy album I chose from We R Memory Keepers. I found it at Archiver's, and used a coupon! I'm actually thinking about using this album for all my scrapbooks. The jury is still out on that one...

And now, without further delay -- here are the last of the pages... December 23, 24, and 25th.

Ho, Ho, Ho.

December 23rd