*** DECEMBER DAILY 2024 *** MEGAAA thread

*MARKED SAFE FROM AE DECEMBER DAILY STAMPS*

Completely unimpressed this year. But I think I staid the same thing until Pam worked her wizardly magic with those trees last year.

Still undecided on album size. I don’t love the 10x8 size (used it before), this is my last year with kids home. Next year they are all in college and won’t be on break until mid-late December. I know things will look and feel very different then. Go big this last year?

I can’t get past the 13.00 shipping. Unless you are buying albums that is outrageous. I have never done DD and was contemplating this year as I like the product, but that shipping is too much for the items I like. If her prices were over all more reasonable I would be tempted, but I am not paying boutique prices and boutique shipping on top of it. There are plenty of other options for me.

As an empty nester for the past 2 years - I say go big. The last entire December of everyone together means so much more to me now that everyone's gone, and I'm so glad I thoroughly documented it and used a bunch of fun, new products to make it really special. This year will be especially brutal for me because my husband is working out of town for almost the entire month of December, so it's just me at home. Most of my December photos will be screenshots of FaceTime's between my husband, son, and me, lol. So, celebrate your last holiday season together, and make it a fun process with awesome scrapbooking goodies, you won't regret it!

I am torn between the 4x6 album (I LOVE the print and it's a new size for me) and the 10x8 album. The 4x6 album seems like a doable project during a very busy month, but I also want to add all the embellishments and the 10x8 album allows for more creativity. I am torn!

I will probably end up with an album, the main kit, and 2-3 embellishments. I'm not sure if I will pick up any stamps. I found two brand new Studio Calico Christmas stamps in my stash last night that I don't remember buying and I want to use those in this year's album.

I will gamble and see what is left when that happens. Thank you.

AHHHH!  Now I cannot unsee that

General thoughts...

Glad to see prices have not gone up from last year (its not cheap, but just glad its not more!). I went through my albums from the past 2 years and a brief look through my 2 big bins of DD stuff. I have some work to do this weekend to cull through what I know I will not use.

I will definitely get a couple of albums and the main kit.  I always use most of the main kit so it's worth the cost.  Considering the mini kit this year for the first time in a while.  Looks much more useable to me.  Some things I probably will NOT get that I usually get:  Extra paper pack, die cut bundle, word phrase stickers,  Die cut inserts, transparencies.  Most of those I either don't love the offerings this year (I like 2 of the die cut inserts but not the rest), or I just find I don't use up the product enough to justify the cost.

I watched the Advent spoiler and after not getting it the past 2 years, I REALLY like several things.  It's $$$, so I am going to have to think this one thru.  If I buy less of the shop items, I can probably replace that spend with the Advent calendar.

I think my favorite item is the large vellum shapes and I suspect that will sell out quickly.

Goodbye money ::

Glad to see prices are in-line with last year.

I love the tree print album, but I'm going to hold off (though that may fall into my box later, let's be honest). I will definitely go for the main kit, the extra papers, the die cut pack, the stencils, the large tree stamp, and maybe the tag stamp set.

My struggle is I like a bit of almost everything. For instance, those jumbled big words. I would like ONE- not five. So do I want to pay 9.99 for one? Not really. The die cut pack- I like a handful. I really dislike the craft die cuts though. For some reason I have a negative reaction to those. So again, 9.99 for the couple die cuts I would like? 10x8 or 6x8 transparencies- I’d like a couple. I don’t need like 10. But if I talk myself out of most things like that, dd rolls around and it’s not as fun for me because I like having a bunch of options. The only stamp I like is the alpha with numbers. May or may not get. TBD.

Popping in for my yearly holiday time hellos hope you guys have been well!



I didn't have plans for DD but couldn't resist checking in on the goodies this year.. and seeing my favorite color block stripes used in so many things has me feeling all the feels.


That tree album is beautiful too, but 6x8 feels daunting when the last thing I made was 5x5 lol





Oh man this is it, this is what's (affectionately) dooming me! 😭😭 I love every single thing about this.

I also like a bit of everything.

I'm not sure yet, but I think I will get the digital main kit, and only order physical embellishments, specialty paper, that sort of thing.

First year I'll skip the advent calendar, I think.

I can get 2 albums a nice assortment of page protectors and some cute stencils for 9.00 shipping. *sold*. Thank you.

Genius! Thank you. I will do that for sure.



This is how I feel. I like half the main kit. Do I like it enough to bother selling the other half and dealing with that on top of a full time job and a kid in high school doing all the things? No.
So I will pass and just make it work.

My plan was to spend a ton of money and copy all the layouts.

But maybe what I want from the main kit someone else won't so I'll be good.

Marked safe from the advent calendar. I watched the spoiler and there are only like three things I’d be excited to have. This is a big relief! 😅

I need to revisit the post and videos - I was interrupted and pulled away a dozen times during my first viewing - but I think the picks I already made are standing.

I have a PT appointment at 10:00, so I won't be able to log on until about an hour later. I'm hoping the red album with stars doesn't sell out. The only other item I want for sure is the Main Kit. I have bypassed it the past two years, but I really like it even if I need to cut down the pages.

I'm drawn to the felt numbers, but I don't understand how people use them. It's only 1-10, so do people just include them the first ten days?