December Daily 2009 : Days Four, Five, & Six

Ali,, I seriously in awe that you are getting this done. Life is SOOOO budy in December at best, and with a new little person, just crazy. Love how you're putting it all together. I attempted to play catch up this weekend, but I am hitting endless hurdles - my camera is broken, I have a herniated disc in my back, husband away so alone with 2 kids...and on and on it goes. I'm tryiung to journal at least everyday, and put the pages together when I can. Thanks for the inspiration!

I love your pages, Ali. Great photos.
I still need to do a little catching up. I'm finding it hard to get around to printing and completing those pages, although I do have some done for the month. I want to take a freeze-frame from my husband's video camera from the first day and I'm waiting on him to change the shot to a printable version for me, so that first day isn't quite complete yet.
I had one evening where we had friends over and I made a beautiful pineapple upside down cake. I waited all day to take an evening photo for that page. And then my friends came and I got all caught up in the moment (which is good) and forgot to shoot a photo. :(
So, I'm having fun with it, but I'm finding it hard to do.

I am a little behind since I don't print photos at home, but I am loving the process. I still find myself trying to make each page "perfect" but then I remind myself to just go with the flow like you do! Your album looks great!
One question......If you punch holes in pictures to add in with certain day, do you put those in front of the number page or after it???? I can't get the photos on my actual number page but I want to make sure it's clear which day they go with.
Thank you!

Totally enjoying the process and I am thankful that it does not feel like a 'chore'-I find myself thinking throughout the day what to write about or taking pictures of my day hoping one will spark a memory or inspire me enough to make it part of my daily december album. Loving seeing your pages!

The pictures of your kids are adorable! Great job catching these memories for your family!

those pictures are so cute the kids are so sweet. i love those everyday moments. catching up 4, 5, and 6 myself tonight. we had a busy weekend. your pages are looking very nice.

Heather what program are you using? In Photoshop Elements you grab one of the corners and drag - in all other programs I have worked with (I use Photoshop CS4) you need to hold down the shift key while dragging to maintain the correct proportion.

I definitely played catch-up this weekend and I am really enjoying the process. I love that I am creating in some way (almost) every day! I wish I didn't have my other responsibilities during this time -- just being with the kids and doing Christmas-y things is so much fun.

I am finding, especially this year, that I trust my intuition as I go through the day and don't worry if I miss something. On Saturday I did nothing related to the holidays - no photos, no journaling, etc. So when I worked on this last night I thought to myself, "what did I do on Saturday?" I worked. So that's what I quickly journaled about on Day 5.

In the past I have put the photos after the number page :).

Love these photos, Ali. I've been doing a lot of journaling, but haven't added photos yet. (I can't print at home.) I'm enjoying the process, though.

I noticed that in your photos the rings of the album are missing. Did you take them out to make it easier? Just curious if they are giving you trouble? I love this canvas album and would love some feedback on it in case I use it down the road.

Thanks for all the inspiration Ali.
For anyone looking for the white Sharpie, I see they are avilable from Rainbow Resources (homeschooling supplies). I have been looking for one for awhile.

Hi Ali! Just wanted to pop in & say that I am enjoying following your December Daily album progress! I decided that I just wouldn't be able to do it myself this year...but so LOVE the idea!!! Your kiddos are just ADORABLE!

One of them was broken (it was broken when I took the original photos) and I haven't had time to get replacements yet :). Found it easier to just take them out for now.

Hi Ali,
I am absolutely loving following you on your December Daily 2009 journey. Like you, we are a family of four this year, and things at home are considerably busier, but, surprisingly, I am keeping up on my documentation. I made my foundation pages last year, but never documented the season, so I am using that album this year. My scrap style has changed in the past year as I dove into digital, and it's great to be making a hybrid album. One thing you said recently in a past post was that although you don't necessarily love all your pages individually, you love the album as a whole. That notion has stuck with me, and even though I don't love every page I have done so far, I am loving seeing the pages come together as a whole. It's very motivating, and I see what a great keepsake this will be in the years to come.(Unfortunately, my work on Y&T has taken a back seat...but I'll worry about that later.)
As always, Ali, thank you for your inspiration.

well, i have my cover done.....!!!! sounds like everyone is doing better then me! my husband and i have been super busy helping our 19 year old only child move, she left on friday for Boston (we live in iowa) sniff, sniff. i've taken tons of photos and have named my book holiday daily so that i could include the week before she left to have more photos of her in it. everyone who still has children at home, don't forget how blessed you are...i still can't imagine our house without our daughter this year. keep up the good work everybody and a comment to Anneke, i personally would LOVE to see your album pages posted!!!! your pages reflex your exciting life that is different then mine and that makes them wonderful! julie

Just had to smile at your "Even when I knew...."
Me too. Thanks for that memory.
Happy Christmas!

Lots of inspiration looking at the DD on Flickr.
I so wanted to do the DD this year; but we moved into our new and first home at the beginning of November. SO, we're still trying to unpack, paint, unpack, unpack...just enough to get Christmas decorations up! :)
So that means the scrapbooking room isn't ready! I'm hoping to be super motivated to get a lot unpacked and up this week, so maybe a DD could still be done this year?!? Let's hope...they look like so much fun! :)

I am not keeping up at all. I have all that I want for day 1, but I haven't committed anything down yet. I have all the photos and things I have done on all the rest of the days, but I think today I need to record some things so I don't lose track. I have a big work project next Monday through Wednesday, and am hoping that I'll be ready to roll on my December Daily 100% after that. In the mean time, I am so enjoying seeing your pages, although, I have to admit, your work is a little distracting to me. It looks so great, and your ideas for the photos for each day are so cool that what ever I chose for mine doesn't seem quite as cool or nice. Isn't that funny? :)