One of my favourite things in December is doing a December Daily album. This year is my 4th year doing one, and I still love doing it as much as I did the first year. I've got a little smarter along the way though - the first year I tried to document everything we did every day and I very quickly got bogged down in it. Now I just pick one thing each day to document. One photo, one story - easy!
This month the MKPLxSU Design Team have a Blog Share that highlights the Hello December 2015 Project Life Collection. This collection makes it super easy to complete your December Daily album, and it's so very pretty!
The thing I struggle the most with on my DD Albums is the wording on the front page! I usually leave it til last, which is why the card on the bottom right is blank. The right words will come to me eventually! I used the gold alphabet stickers to write 'twenty fifteen' on the top card. Part of my DD method is to get the photos and cards into pockets each day and then come back once I've finished to pretty up the pages.
I quite frequently start my DD with a page or two from November. Adelaide has a huge Christmas Pageant in November, which traditionally starts the Festive Season in South Australia. We didn't go to the big Pageant this year, but I marched in our smaller, local pageant so I've started my DD with that.
Quite a lot of the earlier pages have nothing to do with Christmas! School is winding up for the year and there are a lot of events to do with that. On these pages is Alex's last flute lesson for the year, and also his High School transition visit.
Alex and Ada have signed up for the local library's Summer Reading Program. The theme this year is Lost Worlds, which includes Star Wars and Dr Who. They are both big fans, so they are keen to go to the themed events. On the 5th we went to the library to see the Tardis and watch a Dr Who episode.
Of course, we had to include the Santa Photo. The photo I've put in my DD album was not the one we had printed. The 'official' photo had all three smiling at the camera. However, I loved this photo more than the smiling one. Hudson really doesn't like sitting and having his photo taken. His missing tooth just adds a touch of humour to the photo.
Ada had an excursion in the last week. They went to the pool and the movies. I forgot to get a photo in the morning (we are usually rushing out the door at the last minute) so I got one after she returned home. I try not to stress if I don't get the 'perfect' photo, sometimes it's just not possible.
So there's a little look at my DD album. I hope you've found some inspiration in my photos.
You can also check out the blogs of the rest of the MKPLxSU Design Team to see how they've used the Hello December 2015 kit.
Janet Morrow Wakeland, USA - http://remarkablycreated.com/
Bye for now,
Tina
Fantastic Tina! I love your pages!
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