December Daily™ 2010 | Reflections On The Process & One More Look At The Binding
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I had a few requests to see what my December Daily™ album for 2010 actually looks like with the baker twine + ribbon binding. You can read the original post here.
In the photo above I simply opened to a random page and laid it on my desk - that's what it looked like laying flat.
Here's what it looks like when I pull the binding strings a bit tighter. That's about how much give I allowed for when I tied the twine + ribbon.
2010 Process Reflections
I love this project. I still love it after five years of committing myself to doing it each December.
Here's a few thoughts on this year's process:
I'm a definite fan of the all-one-size pages. That doesn't mean that I won't change it up again in the future but I loved the simplicity.
I also really liked having the templates. They were simple and provided a nice solid foundation for all my content. I liked that I was still able to keep it interesting by mixing up different things in each of the areas (photos, journaling, papers, etc).
I LOVE full page photo enlargements.
The binding continues to be an issue each year. 25+ days of content means a thick book. Maybe for next year we can get someone to make a thicker album that can hold an album of this depth.
This was the first year that I kept up every single day (except for getting the title page + binding completed). I really think that was because I set myself up for success by having all the pages printed and ready to go. It also helps that I post them here everyday.
I can't say what, if anything, I'll do differently for December 2011. I'll just have to see what I'm thinking and feeling when it comes time to start thinking about it actively again in October.
What I love most is pulling them out of storage each December (I pack them away with our Christmas stuff). When we pull them out the next year and the year after and look through each one and recall stories and see the images and laugh and sigh and enjoy seeing what the season was like in our lives in that particular year, it is just so great.
Again, thanks so much for joining me in 2010!
All posts about December Daily™ can be found here.
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Last night I was thinking about binder options for December Daily pages, and I remembered the Franklin Covey storage binders I have. Mine (compact size) aren't big enough, but the classic size measures 8.5" W X 9" H X 3". They are shown in black or burgundy for $9.95 on the Franklin Covey website.
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I love this project too!! I am going to have to remember to stock up on printer ink & photo paper in October to have it on hand & ready to go
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This was my first year following along... with nothing more than good intentions about a DD of my own. I thought I'd just gather ideas and use all the examples out there as my "research" then have one prepared next year. Well, everything out there was just so inspiring! I just had to jump in there and try it! I'm still putting mine together, but I journaled every day, and even designed lay-outs, so it's not taking as long as I'd thought. I ended up waiting and ordering all of pics at once, since I don't have a printer at home for photos. I'm now piecing together the "stuff" I collected through the month, transfering my journaling, and getting those pictures on the pages. I made my own page templates by borrowing Ali's idea and using my PC's word program to draw a table, then broke the square up into those 3 pieces, and just typed the dates (and I also typed the day of the week) in a font I chose. I then just printed out on cardstock. I used 8.5 x 11 pages and for now and using a 3-ring binder that I found... I might end up keeping it becuase it has a cute red pattern and it's growing on me... I used one page layouts for most days. If I wanted to add more pictures or other goodies, I just added a divided page protector. I also oriented the date/day on the left if it was a left page, and on the right if it was a right page. I'll have to take pics and post a link as soon as it's done. Anyway - thanks to all who shared - so inspirational! Oh, and by the way, my son's birthday is December 25th - and this year was his first birthday. I'm so so so glad I did this. Thanks again!!
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[...] Last week as I was taking down the Christmas decorations, yeah I said last week don’t judge me, I couldn’t bear the thought of throwing away all the awesome cards we received this year. We probably received twice as many this year as we did last year. I thought wouldn’t it be cool to save this and watch as they stack grows year after year. So I decided that I would come up with a way to organize these in a cute, scrapbook style way so that we can keep them and look back on them. I googled every single hybrid scrapper I could think of and I decided that I would do something similar to what Ali Edwards does with her December Daily Pages, check it out here. [...]
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Its great to have a catch up post, thanks for this, I have finally finished my contribution to the December Daily project, if you are interested you can see my pages on my blog, I just added a whole bunch of photos too. http://scrapbookprintables.wordpress.com/
This was such an enjoyable experience I have started ordering stuff in the sales to put an album together for next year. The process for using this size of page was fantastic, the full page photos weren't overwhelming and I didn't struggle to find stuff to document.
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Sorry here is a better link to all my DD entries http://scrapbookprintables.wordpress.com/category/december-daily/
thanks Louise
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I finally finished!!!! But I'm so sad to see that the links to each individual day are no longer active. Now that I'm done I'd love to be able to look at others' completed albums as well. Please help.
Here is my completed album. I just got it in the mail from Shutterfly and I absolutely love it!
Thanks Ali for the inspiration. I suppose I should get to work on the Yesterday & Today class now since I've fallen behind.
http://sleepyhead922.blogspot.com/2011/01/december-daily-is-finally-done.html
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There's no spine on this album right? Mine doesn't have one either. I am using chipboard for the front and back covers, and I was thinking about binding it with rings, but I like the twine idea. Any tips?
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Yes - last year (2010) the album had no spine.
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[...] Last week as I was taking down the Christmas decorations, yeah I said last week don’t judge me, I couldn’t bear the thought of throwing away all the awesome cards we received this year. We probably received twice as many this year as we did last year. I thought wouldn’t it be cool to save these and watch as they stack grows year after year. So I decided that I would come up with a way to organize these in a cute, scrapbook style way so that we can keep them and look back on them. I googled every single hybrid scrapper I could think of and I decided that I would do something similar to what Ali Edwards does with her December Daily Pages, check it out here. [...]
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