2023 megaaa DECEMBER DAILY thread (ALL December projects)

I think it has to be a laser printer, I’ve printed things at UPS before and they worked perfectly!

I haven't looked into it very much so if there's any articles you guys have seen post'em! But I wonder how many christmas movies we'll get on Hallmark this year with the strike.

I found the kit of Christmas Pasts of little value at first, but it's similar to the new Paislee Press kit.

I think the problem comes from the wooden stamp which must be "expensive" (and that I find almost useless).

If you factor it the physical kit, the digital kit, the bonus digitals and the class, I found the price ok. Not great, but ok.

Also try brightening them and then desaturating to black and white! That’s what I do for my bad quality photos 😅

Or I print them out to look like Poloroids — which already have diminished photo quality.

Hey DD experts,
I am wondering what the most used configurations pocket protectors for 6x8 are? I want to try hybrid since I have so many digital kits already. I can't decided what page protectors to order from scrapbook.com. The panoramic ones look cool for photo heavy days but do I really need 10 of them.

I mostly use 6 x8, 2 4x6 and 2 3x4 1 4x6. I did buy a pack of the panoramic last year but think I only used 2 in my album. The hardest for me to use are the 2x2.

Love this post by our Linda:

aliedwards.com/2023/09/december-daily-2023-plans-play-with-linda

I find it so helpful to watch people go through their stuff and talk about what they are keeping/tossing and why. I tend to not get red of stuff enough.

I have those panoramic 6x8 page protectors. A couple different styles/layouts.

I used one in DD last year and have used a couple in Disney albums.

I’m happy with them mostly. But some of the openings are weird. Like, where you’d expect it to top-load the photo it actually side-loads. I’d have to check again, but I think it’s the top photo/s of the main 6x8 do not have top openings.

This wasn’t a problem with my DD page, but I remember having a struggle with a Disney page.

I use these in two different ways:

1. I store stuff in them that I really want to use in the album this year, like a die cut or a sticker or something else that I don't want to use in my stash. I keep them in the album so I'm constantly reminded of them. Sometimes I sketch out the idea I want to use them for and store it in there as well. Then they go back to the stash when I'm done.

2. Sometimes I have bigger things that I just want to put in the album but not necessarily highlight. I just use them as a pocket.
Like one year I made a product play TN of sorts from the files they gave us. I printed it out on 8.5X11 paper, folded it in half, and stapled it like a booklet. Then I stuck it in the pocket at the end of the album as a record. I kept all my sketches and ideas for that year in it so it's like a crafty account of the album. I need to make one again as I'm starting to get ideas and I'm putting them on all sorts of random bits of paper that are just going to get lost.

But I would much rather have various sizes in my album so if I have a random true 6X8 piece of paper (like from Paper Person), I wouldn't put it in the sleeve, I just punch holes in it and stick it in there like that.

That said, I wouldn't buy them separately.

But did anyone see the new configuration at SB.com? It's a 3X8 column with two 3X4s on the right. Love it. This thread made me realize I'm running low on some styles so I'm going to place an order sometime before December so I'll have them.

All of my unique October Afternoon styles have been used up.

I will pick the Peas for my stamps today. Sorry about being so late. My van had to go into the shop and I was busy with that.

Ah, you reminded me that I do actually use the 6x8. As I go through December I start to build my album using the 6x8. Ideas, sketches, product to use, memorabilia, etc. I have a very beat up set of 25-30 6x8s for this purpose. They are never a part of my completed album, and I’ve never purchased this size. I just reside from all the albums I’ve used over the years.

If I need a pocket or storage in the album for something I make my own vs using the page protector. I really just don’t like them, lol.

I mainly do hybrid and find I do most of my layouts out of the page protectors.  When I do use the protectors, it's 2 3x4 1 4x6, or 2 4x6. 

I'm wondering how much prep you all do in advance for your December Daily projects? Any tips about how to balance being well organized and prepped, but still flexible to accommodate the various photos you might have for any given day?

I have a friend who views anything outside of the month of December as "cheating" but with all the discussion of prep day classes, etc. I'm sure I'm not the only person contemplating doing some pre-work. I know that my December is crazy, so I think I will be most successful if I can go into it with a solid plan and some pre-work to make it as easy as possible.