December Daily : Foundation Pages : Days 13-25

I love this, Ali! I love the idea of making it *before* December so that it's easy to record all the special little 'happenings' of the holidays without feeling overwhelmed, and I love the variety in the pages. I'm going to start today! Thanks (again!) for the inspiration :)

I am so excited. I figure out how to post photos of my DD 2009 in your Flickr DD Group! Yeah for me! Now if I could only figure out how to link it here, I could really be proud of myself. We're never too old to learn new tricks (I'm 45!).

Thanks Ali!! I love seeing your album--always inspirational and puts me in the "holiday mood" to start gathering my supplies...Although, I didn't quite finish everything up from last years (guess I should before I start this years...:)) I'm sure a few others share the lack of 100% completed...How do YOU stay on top of it? Is it daily that you add content or do you jot notes and add the content every few days??
Emily

I am really inspired write now,I can not wait to start it.
Ali,you been such a huge inspiration for me and lots of my friends,here in Canada and in Russia !!! Thanks.
Last year I did made the album ,...but did not put anything in it,this year I will do it completely,completely done!
Ali,do you getting pages done every day,in the end of day or skipping couple days.It is hard to catch up after ,for me.What is your advise on that?
Thank you

Simply gorgeous...definitely going to do this! Thanks for the organizational ideas...always helpful.

Ali, your December Daily is one of my favorite parts of your blog and I look forward to it all year long. As always, it was well worth the wait!

as always, an amazing and inspiring job on the december daily. i could hardly stand the wait of what you would come up with this year!
i LOVE the different ways you used the page protectors, and my favorite; the baseball page protectors. Those just put it over the top for me and made me realize again that this CAN be simple and pretty much any way i want it to be. there is no right or wrong in this department! hence, allowing myself to make my second daily december album!!!!
thanks for teaching this!!!! :)
a

Did you use big grommets or eyelets on each page?

That is a very practical idea on putting the numbers on as you do the album. I also ran into that issue last year. Thanks!!!

I love your vintage elements and the items that are not necessarily scrapbook-y! These elements so remind me of Christmas past (way past like when I was a little girl).
Kelly

Thanks so much for all of your great ideas throughout the years. I have done this album for a couple years now. I attach an envelope on the inside of the back cover for extra photos that I didn't use in the book. Ali, your ideas of keeping it simple (not having to use every photo or everything) has given me have a sense of accomplishment. ONE other think I do is....let my kids pick out photos that they like.

Good question and to be totally honest I have no idea - many things have been purchased at different times over the last few years/sent as samples, etc.

I am curious, what is the fabric that is on the inside of our album cover?

I usually end up adding pages (often they are full size photo or journaling pages) and I plan to do that again this year. In general I don't make additional Christmas scrapbook pages but sometimes I do if I have a bunch of photos and more specific stories to tell that just won't fit in this album. The idea here is to capture glimpses and little moments of the season :).

Way to go Monika! Here's a link to one of your pages on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/living_wright/4071634071/in/pool-decemberdaily2009

Hi Ali, love the pages they are so individual and unique and i look forward to seeing how they look when they are finished, also excited to be doing my own this year.

I am usually really good at getting one page done per day. I am already in the habit of regularly uploading photos and selecting one or two to print is pretty simple. Now that the basic structure is complete it makes it easier to focus on the photos/words during the month. By the end of the 25 days as it gets close to Christmas Day I end up doing it every couple of days. No stress - just go with it :). I give myself permission to focus on the people around me and get to it when I can ;).

I really try to do it daily - keep it as simple as possible - words + photos. If you miss a couple days don't stress - just jot down some notes, print your photos and stick them down :).

Nope - on the pages where I added grommets/eyelets they are smaller than the ones that came on the pages of the album (not sure the exact size).

Hi Brooke - I wish I had a name/source for you on that one. I have had it for awhile in my stash.

I am also doing the paper clip on the number method this year. Last year i also moved some numbers around. I bought some cardstock numbers rather than stickers so they could be movable as that day's pictures or journaling dictates. I do like to attacth them to give myself some format.

Ali:
Love the way you took the time to add grommets. Some of my pages from last year are already a bit worn around the metal rings. I'll add grommets or some plastic around the rings to reinforce. You also really kept the patterned paper to a minumum. Was that intentional?
Loretta

I think it was - I am really wanting to just focus more on the photos and the words. These pages are really just a base for me to add those in - I may end up adding a bit more with my photos depending on the story for the day.

I love what you've done. I'm jealous of all the cool stuff you have in your album already (the vintage Santas, etc.). Will you add a date to this album at all, even by just tying a tag to the rings?

This is fabulous Ali. Thanks so much for taking the time to share it and all the info about what you used!