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Post by katieanna on Dec 13, 2017 14:16:24 GMT
I love the idea of December Daily and enjoy looking at everyone's books. I did one DD about 3 years ago, I think, but with a grown daughter and grandsons who are nearly grown, I really struggled as to what to put in the book for each day of the month.
Does anyone do something similar to DD for the holidays, without the daily input? I'd love to get some ideas and would appreciate your sharing if you don't mind. I'm thinking of something outside the "old scrapbooks" like we used to do and something more on the line of a PL or DD, if that makes sense.
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Post by hutchfan on Dec 13, 2017 14:49:18 GMT
Check out Marie Lottermoser. She is just doing a DD album this year without numbers. She has the most beautiful DD albums.
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Post by grammadee on Dec 13, 2017 14:53:29 GMT
Don't think I will be much help. I am one of those people who still do one of those "old scrapbooks" each year. I focus on the times we are with family, and tell the stories my photos highlight. This is how I spend January, remembering all the fun! I have attempted a DD just once, and it still languishes unfinished in my Christmas stash. Most of my photos are taken in 3 or 4 days, and the rest of the month is pretty unremarkable. One year, I created a tag for each letter of the alphabet, using a holiday related word for that letter. I finished the tags, and had thought I could fill the photos in "later", but those tags are with my unfinished DD somewhere at the back of the cupboard. There are several sites that offer photo and/or journaling prompts that might help with your process. Wouldn't matter if you took a photo a day; just some ideas of what to take pix of if you run out of ideas. December prompts from Paper Craftsa pin of Studio Calico PromptsSome unnumbered prompts from Melissa ShanhunGood luck! |
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Post by caspad on Dec 13, 2017 15:02:25 GMT
This year I'm doing something a little different and bought Nettio Design's Holiday Faves 2017 album/workshop. It's 10 favorites throughout the season. It's not chronological, it's not every day. It's really doable. I've been doing a December album since 2008. I don't have kids. But I still do a lot in December that is fun to document. I just use the days I have photos and stories. No one will notice if you don't have December 4, December 12, December 14 in the book! |
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Post by lilacgal on Dec 13, 2017 16:18:11 GMT
Shimelle’s Journal Your Christmas class is wonderful. There are daily prompts but you don’t have to do all of them. A lot of them are reflective about previous Christmas times. People do all sorts of albums.
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Post by joblackford on Dec 13, 2017 17:17:49 GMT
I second the recommendation of Shimelle's JYC. You pay once (not expensive, maybe $30?) and get prompts every year until you tell her to stop. The prompts are pretty much the same each year, so there's no pressure to do every single day each year. You can build an album of Christmas memories and thoughts over a period of years, or you can add use the prompts to add Christmas thoughts to another project like PL, or you can make a journal, whatever you like.
Instead of a daily/everyday focus she asks you to think about Christmases past, present, and future through the lens of the prompt (for example, one day is to document wrapping paper, one is about the 1st signs of Christmas coming, one is about "merry mentors" who embody the holiday spirit). It could be current, or all memories of the past, or you can mix it up. If you have a Christmasy thing going on that day that you want to document you can ignore the prompt or save it for another day, but I find the prompts often line up perfectly with something I'm doing that day anyway. The prompts run from Dec 1 to Epiphany in January.
You can make a pocket page album like Shimelle does - she sends out a short process video each day of what she's doing for her day - but you do't have to. Any format you like will work. You can journal private thoughts and then make a more publicly acceptable page. It's a great way to process complicated feelings around the holidays (if you happen to have those) but it would also work for making a scrapbook of Christmases past, if that was something you wanted to do.
ETA: you can probably tell, I LOVE this project.
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Post by dudleypippen on Dec 13, 2017 17:47:59 GMT
I'm approaching my album this year as a collection of 31 holiday related things. It may be events, recipes, old memories, stories about ornaments, traditions etc. This takes the pressure off of me to find one thing everyday to include and makes the album more meaningful to me. For example,so far I have:
1- thoughts about the upcoming holidays and what I'm looking forward to
2- cookie exchange party I went to on the 2nd
3- Christmas parade
4- something funny my son said about Santa
5- list of 5 things that are meaningful right now
6- getting our Christmas tree
7- reflections with a religious vibe
8- family Christmas movie night
9- cold weather
10- Christmas Cookie decorating party
11- favorite decorations around the house
12- story about the holiday store at my son's school and the spirit of giving
13- decorating the tree
Tomorrow I will tell about the school holiday party, even though it took place the day before, but I'm good with that because I figure in a year I won't care when it happened but will be glad I recorded it. I'm also doing it in a 4x6 mini album, sometimes with 1 page spread, sometime 2 pages depending. I think the idea of a December album is that you can make it whatever you want.
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Post by cumber1137 on Dec 13, 2017 17:57:36 GMT
I just try to tell 25 stories. Also, my husband and I are millenials and happily child-free so we don't do stories that are kid-centric. We document the things we do like hiking or just meals together etc
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Post by nancydrew on Dec 13, 2017 17:58:48 GMT
I'm approaching my album this year as a collection of 31 holiday related things. It may be events, recipes, old memories, stories about ornaments, traditions etc. This takes the pressure off of me to find one thing everyday to include and makes the album more meaningful to me. For example,so far I have: 1- thoughts about the upcoming holidays and what I'm looking forward to 2- cookie exchange party I went to on the 2nd 3- Christmas parade 4- something funny my son said about Santa 5- list of 5 things that are meaningful right now 6- getting our Christmas tree 7- reflections with a religious vibe 8- family Christmas movie night 9- cold weather 10- Christmas Cookie decorating party 11- favorite decorations around the house 12- story about the holiday store at my son's school and the spirit of giving 13- decorating the tree Tomorrow I will tell about the school holiday party, even though it took place the day before, but I'm good with that because I figure in a year I won't care when it happened but will be glad I recorded it. I'm also doing it in a 4x6 mini album, sometimes with 1 page spread, sometime 2 pages depending. I think the idea of a December album is that you can make it whatever you want. This is exactly when I've always done with my DD. This format works best for me and my family. |
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Post by justkat on Dec 13, 2017 18:04:00 GMT
I don't think there are any rules when it comes to doing a December album. Do what works for you, what makes you happy.
I've done a December "Daily" album for the past 3 or so years. I use quotes because none of my albums have an entry for every day. I do a mix of traditional layouts and Project Life style. I do layouts for the days we've done something/gone somewhere etc. The other days?
I fill-in. I take a random picture and a little journaling. For example, Dec 12th we stayed home. So I'll take a pic of one of my favourite ornaments and do a little journaling as to why it's a favourite. Maybe we didn't do anything on the 21st. I'll do a layout on a cute filler card and make a list of my favourite Christmas carols. Some days are just a pretty filler card and a number.
I don't think anyone looking at my albums is going to be upset that I skipped days 3, 17 and 30. If they are? Well I have some magazines they can look at instead of my albums. lol
Do what makes you happy. Forget documenting every day and just do a December album. Buy some pretty papers and cards and just document the things that did happen, that you enjoyed, participated in etc. No rules. :-)
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Post by mygigiscraps on Dec 13, 2017 19:18:53 GMT
Skip the page numbers and think of it as December Memories. Do as many or as few as you like. I like doing it this way and telling the stories that are most meaningful to me, rather than documenting days that are sometimes very mundane in order to get something on that day's number. Not saying this is what others do, but it's what would be happening in my album. Taking away the numbers takes away the pressure, at least for me.
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Post by BSideCrafter on Dec 13, 2017 19:47:05 GMT
I do December Daily I don't have kids and have done a few years now. I do a 4x6 album Somedays I have stories like taking my cat to see Santa. But sometimes it's the ornaments we bought this year, the wrapping paper I chose for this year's gifts, or what the weather's like this year. It's small and simple. Makes it easy to remember these years.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 14, 2017 2:20:19 GMT
Skip the page numbers and think of it as December Memories. Do as many or as few as you like. I like doing it this way and telling the stories that are most meaningful to me, rather than documenting days that are sometimes very mundane in order to get something on that day's number. Not saying this is what others do, but it's what would be happening in my album. Taking away the numbers takes away the pressure, at least for me. This is what I want to do. I’ve done two December Dailies in previous years and the daily aspect of it is too much for me. Even with a kid, pets, etc. we’re pretty boring. I’ve already told all the big stories in previous years. Indecided I’m just going to document the things that are specific and meaningful to this year. |
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Post by meridon on Dec 14, 2017 2:24:46 GMT
I'm doing an Advent travelers' notebook insert based off an Illustrated Faith kit, but I'm putting my own spin on it. The holidays are crazy enough without pressure to do a whole big project. Since I regularly journal anyway, I've taken that approach.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Dec 14, 2017 3:36:28 GMT
No kids required to scrapbook in my world. I have an only and he's an adult. I still celebrate Christmas and have times in my life to document. I like to occasionally document my childhood memories of Christmas.
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Post by anonrefugee on Dec 14, 2017 10:53:36 GMT
I'm doing an Advent travelers' notebook insert based off an Illustrated Faith kit, but I'm putting my own spin on it. The holidays are crazy enough without pressure to do a whole big project. Since I regularly journal anyway, I've taken that approach. Good idea. I'd enjoy something like this. I've been having trouble feeling the meaning of Christmas this year, maybe I should hunker down and do a TN for the next ten days. |
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Post by anonrefugee on Dec 14, 2017 11:26:37 GMT
I poked around the internet, hoping to find a ten day devotional to inspire a TN. I found this, 25 days of Christmas Carol based devotionals. It could be a basis for a December scrap project. I can pick ten for the next week. I haven't read all of it, but it seems like the prompts work for a lighter more secular approach too. An example of that type of prompt is, "What are the better things that you will choose to be a part of this Christmas?" www.bible.com/reading-plans/203-carols-devotional/day/3 |
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Post by justjac on Dec 14, 2017 14:09:47 GMT
One year on a different board grammadee gave a word a day prompt like "lights", "music", "nativity" etc. I took a pic for each word and made a mini album. It worked for me as a single person st the time because I could take the word in whatever direction I wanted. I love that book. |
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