December Daily 2010 | Simple Tips + Thoughts On The First Of December

December 1st has always been the beginning of the Christmas season to me. Since I have had children, the last of which was born on January 4, the season is now extended to include January 6. The 12th day of Christmas. Sort of worked out for me. Anyway. Thanks for continuing to inspire us to capture the Season in pictures and words. This is the first year I have vowed to do it daily. Wish me luck. I know I'll get behind, but I will try to blog a bit everyday. I think that will help when I need to catch up with the paper/glue end of things.

I am not sure if this question has already been answered and I would love to be able to read through every post and comment, but I just don't have the time. I was wondering if you ever write something before the month starts and then after its over? I was thinking of doing something of a preface/epilogue style. Any thoughts?

PS: thanks for your wonderful blog. I brightens my day when I see a new post from you in my google reader.

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I've just done some journaling in a Word file, entitled the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I'm not sure how I will add this to my final Dec Daily book, but I'm going to record it all anyhow. It might just serve as a vent -- you know the Bad & Ugly parts! LOL I feel better already! Then I took some photos that will go with the journaling. A good start, I think!

I'm here at work and I can't wait to get home to document the story for today. This truly is the most wonderful time of year and it will be priceless looking back on it in the years to come. This is something I will be doing every year, no question.

I'm so happy December is finally here! This is my first ever December Daily and I am so excited to start! Although I really have no idea what to expect from myself and this album, I have taken the attitude that I am not stressing about it. I am just going with the flow and whatever happens happens.

I feel very comfortable NOT doing a Daily page. But I do enjoy the enthusiasm of those with small children and an active family. I am doing a Debby schuh "pennies from heaven" mothly blessings album. After all, my husband is 84 and I am 71. Not even little grands or greats living near by. I love looking at everyone's pages and their scrapping talent. Carry on ladies and I will be watching.

I'm doing a digital version of Dec. Daily - so excited to follow along with everyone's stories!

This too will be my firs year doing a DD. I was inspired by a flickr friend and we'll be taking the journey together - keeping eachother on track so as not to let our perfectionism get in the way of what this project is supposed to be about. I am so excited to get started. My cover in finally finished just last night, and the inside foundation pages are also done and mostly embellished. Now on to the fun part of capturing the story of our life. Thanks to everyone for such wonderful ideas on how to approach this fun project.

i was so totally excited for dec 1st (album made, pages ready) - and when the day arrived, i felt so overwhelmed. i'd taken on a full-time contract for 2 weeks and was out 2 nights in a row and feeling very disconnected from my home.

i'm also torn now, between taking LOTS of photos every day - like a photo diary, printing one for the page and adding others in decorated envelope pages (someone did some great embellished envelopes on flickr), and how much to journal.

i see ali has said pick one story and don't try to detail every moment of the day, and that the start of the month will feel scattered. ali - you know us so well!

i think i'm just going to try and go with it. maybe venture to the store next week to get some photos printed and see what happens from there.

i want to get photos printed a couple of times during dec, but this means braving the traffic and crowds (in SUMMER!) but i don't want to get so far behind either.

HELP!!! :)

Hi guys, yep...my first DD too...Have seen them done in the past and every year it's the same...nope, no time. Sometimes we just have to think about the wonderful things that are given to us in our lives and we have to appreciate the small things...I've read the OCD story and I know that it's very hard to cope with somebody that glooms your holidays..HOwever: keep your spirits up and love all the good things..from a fellow scrapper....

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Is it weird to take the pictures for December daily but to not actually make the album?! I took some pictures today of my son, home sick (way to start out the month) but I have not been working on any type of album at all. I wasn't sure I wanted to do this this year but I started gathering things so that I would be prepared for next year. I've never done DD before so I thought I would trial run the photo side and then make an actual album next December.

I'm so ready. Have my foundation book done. I'm doing Tracy Clark's photo class and I'm so excited about DD. This is my first year and I love the holidays so this will be so cool. Thanks Ali.

Ali I love you response to Steph. made me see a lot of things in a different light. Thank you so much, I guess we all have our challenges and really don't need to make our projects downers
{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}} to all who are facing these hard challenges

Starting late, but excited. Putting something from each day in, but also going to feature one thing a day, so I will also have my 25 favorite things of Christmas. Not sure if that makes sense. I hope to slow down a bit and savor one thing each day - even if it's just my favorite Christmas movie.

Thank you, thank you Ali Edwards. My BFF and I have had a blast getting this project ready. She has a son with pretty severe special needs and he has really been struggling. Every tues for the past month we have worked on our albums. She just called to thank me and tell me how therapeutic it has been for her. She is an amazing person. Now i am thanking you! I love your attitude and projects. You are an INCREDIBLE writer. Throughtout this whole process,we kept saying to ourselves...embrace imperfection, keep it simple,keep it real. Thank you for your inspiration. Welcome December!!!

Ali - I love the idea of one story a day. That really helps me to structure my approach. Thank you!

great idea. i was a little stuck today but i'm going over to sign up for the daily prompts right now. thanks for the recommendation

I have so enjoyed the Flickr site and all your wonderful comments. I just have a different perspective about the DD. This is my 3rd year and as a mom of grown children I wasn't sure of the "value" of doing this as the cute activities were long gone from my life (and I mourned for the loss of the opportunity to have preserved these). Yet after year one when I mentioned that I might not do this again I was pleasantly surprise at the reaction of my kids. I am so grateful that I have pictures and journaling about some precious parts of my life that are now gone. Sure I have pages dedicated to those time honored traditions yet I am finding as I look back that its the small unexpected snapshots of general holiday life that I am enjoying. The good, the challenging, the frustrating. I am looking forward to the challenge of finding a little Christmas daily even if its a picture of dog tired shoppers! Life and holidays move fast-document it. Happy cropping all!