December Daily™ 2010 | Reflections On The Process & One More Look At The Binding

I took a normal photo album (with 2 4x6landscapes and the little 'journal spots') And just slipped in 2 photos every day or some "paper stuff" ... I love it! It was so simple and the small journalling space made me really have to work to keep the story simple (or Photoshop the journaling on the picture.) It was such an easy no-prep way to do it. In fact, I got the album on Dec1! The only thing I had to watch, was that any stuff I put in could only be paper-thick. But it worked out wonderfully! Thanks for all the inpiration!

I have just posted my finished album on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deeanncummins/sets/72157625844945466/

Above is the set, but if that doesn't get there, the album is the last pictures uploaded at

www.flickr.com/deeanncummins

Thanks for looking if anyone does!

I have followed Ali's December Daily every year, but this is my first album. I loved making it. My boys are grown and this is my granddaughter's first Christmas. There isn't much journaling since she is so young and doesn't have many activities. I took pictures on the days I was with her, filled in with the decorations at their house and a few photos my son took. I see many things I would do differently, but I really love the completed project.
Thanks, Ali.

This was my first year doing the Dec. Daily. I really enjoyed the ride. I can't wait until next year. I didn't do the transparencies this year but I plan on using them for 2011. In fact, I'm already collecting stuff for 2011 Dec. Daily. Thanks Ali for helping bring out my long lost creativity.

i love this project too...I have done it for 4 of those 5 years...
such a treasure to pull out each year...Now that all my kids don't live at home i really value them even more...This year's is so different...but it's good...
thanks for inspiring me to do it!
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I too LOVED the one-size, lol. Multiple-sizes in an album normally don't bother me (I mix and match all the time) but for a theme album, especially one that had to be done each day, I needed the simplicity of the standard size. =)

I'd *love* to see these same templates in landscape for next year! It'd add a neat perspective I think. Also, these templates are awesome for just every day, you know? Like an album of Mondays or Saturdays throughout an entire year. Would you consider doing that, making the 6x8 available for each day in 2011? And maybe in landscape too? <--- That's asking too much, isn't it. LOL!! But I really do love this template and the spaces it creates: Large (back side that's bank), Medium (the top part of the front), and Small (the rectangle next to the date). The trifecta! =)

Thanks for all you did for the project, and for the binding information as well. Those rings had me in fits, lol.

Ali - so did you do a December Daily in 2006? Is it posted anywhere on your blog? I thought 2007 was the first one. I've been looking at yours constantly because I'm still working on mine! I have all the pics in the book, just making it pretty/adding journaling now.

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Thanks for the inspiration, Ali. I really loved my DD when it was finished and I sat down and looked through it all the way.

I finished my album yesterday and I am so glad it is done and I made it all the way to the end. I have let my scrapbooking fall to the way side but I try to do this project every year and I love it! Thanks for the inspiration Ali!

I finished my album today...and it is HUGE!!! I used zip ties to hold the monster together...(fence ties....plastic strips that you pull through a thingy to make a loop and it holds securely...Home depot had them in colors)
It works and seems stronger than the twine and ribbon...I just added ribbon and twine for pretty.
If you absolutely are terrible at punching holes...Office Depot places will punch them with their electric punch and they are nice and even...the nice lady did not even charge me because she asked so many questions about how to make this project she felt that I owed her!!!
Loved the templates this year...my first hybrid project! I learned alot about digital this year.

Almost finished mine and this is the first year I have finished as much as I did and thank you a million times over for making that happen! I bought the daily overlays and that was super because it gave me a continuity but it also gave me a spot to get it all down...sorta like Project Life. So I don't have to work on figuring out each page each day. I put mine in the red bound modern 8.5x11 album from American Crafts and it was marvy! Fit perfectly, held it all together and I got to make a groovy cover! Thanks Ali for the inspiration!

Ali, thank you for sharing your lovely pages, providing inspiration all month, and creating templates. My mother and I each made an album.. Well, she writer her stories and chose photos and then I used the templates to print her pages. It was so fun to do this project together! And then pass the albums-in-progress around the table over Christmas.

Thank you for all you do.

Your DD turned out so nice! I worked on mine today and I am almost finished. This was my first year of doing this album and I made my own book with a chipboard album I had laying around. I love the twine idea. I am pretty sure my rings will not work when I am all finished. I will be looking forward to doing another album this year!

Ali thanks so much for sharing your process along the way. This is my third year and I love this project more each time I do it. This year I loved the simplicity of the templates, the full page photos and yet still being able to add creative touches to make it mine. I love playing with my supplies - that's what makes it fun for me, but having it simple so I can keep up but still get my creative fix- that was just what I needed! Thanks!!

This was the first year that I joined along with this project. I can't believe I hadn't done this before! I want to thank you for all the inspiration and bringing back the scrapbooker in me. Since we started I can't stop scrapbooking. I am now doing your OLW as well doing Project Life plus extra scrapbooking. It feels so awesome to be freezing pieces of my families so that we could look back and enjoy and relive these wonderful moments so big thanks to you for being such a wonderful inspiration and source of learning. ( watching your videos you taught PSE MAN do I love it so!)

Love the way your book turned out.

Finally, finished this year's book over the week end. Feels so good to put this project to rest...thank you! For all the encouragement to keep the project moving forward.

Working on getting mine finished today. Was my first time & I will make it more simple next year. No numbers on pages & no embelishments on the pre-prepared book. Had fun but is feeling a bit like hard work to finish it so I keep saying keep it simple, it is ok, do I really need to do that?

thanks for the inspiration each and every day on the december daily journey. This year I succeeded to make a book of my own (completely digital, which was the success for me to keep it up). I hope to do it this year again. thx.

Hi There
A quick comment on December Daily. Last year I was all into Christmas. I baked Christmas pies, made mini jeweled Christmas cakes, looked for carolling opportunities, showed the children the Santa tracker online, etc. And I made a December daily journal. I loved the season.
This year, not so much. And there is no reason, I just had other things to focus on. We had an advent calendar, but that was it. I never even got around to setting up the Christmas tree. (In my defence, we spent the actual Christmas weekend at my parents', so we had their tree for the Christmas weekend.) And I did not do the December Daily. I do not know whether the one influenced the other. Or whether this whole, did not feel like doing a lot of Christmas things, also meant that I did not feel like doing a Christmas album. Will do one again one day. Will have a very Christmassy December again one day too.

yes. who do we need to email to request a binder that will fit all our pages? i do love the uniform size. 6x8 was perfect for me. the templates made it so easy. i did not feel like i had to re-invent the wheel each day. thank you for streamlining this process. picked up some clearance Christmas stuff today...already preparing for "next year". ps sometimes JOAnns and Michales has their 12x12 textured cardstock on sale. this year I only paid .20 a sheet. that is a big deal when you have to buy 13!