Affirmation

12.30.2011

Funny thing about being mid-thirties...
I have a pretty good knowledge of exactly who I am...
So, when going through my photos to start compiling my December Daily today, I was not all that shocked to see many of what I term the "Christmas bokeh" shot. Let's just say this little thing totally reaffirmed that I know myself well...and that I have a eensy-weensy addiction to the "Christmas bokeh".

December Daily

12.21.2011

So by now you know me. You know I love the idea of projects, but seem to neglect actually completing them...
I've been doing a pretty terrible job of my December Daily...mostly due to the fact that I didn't set up anything before December began...and all of a sudden it is almost over! But I have been trying to pick up my camera a bit more this month, so I'm actually ok with it. (Yay! Go me & my new lower expectations!)
This was one of my captures today.

Today, I want to remember:

- having S "help" me wrap the remaining presents (read - tear paper and chew on bows)

- having S "talk" away to me as I snapped this pic, hence his funny facial expression

- how stinking cute I think these jammies are

- the time just the two of us spent on the floor in front of the xmas tree, playing, giggling, cuddling & listening to xmas carols...the most relaxed I've felt since being home from BC!

- to adjust my camera settings (keep bumping up the ISO for the evening/nighttime pics and forgetting to put it back down again in better light...grrr!)

- some is better than none! (in regards to recording/capturing memories)

December is just going WAY too fast around here!

Hope you are all enjoying the season :)



Sneak Peek!

My little guy has been hit by the stomach bug that has been circling town...so I had a (quietish) afternoon today (after getting called at work to come pick him up from daycare).  While he napped, I took the opportunity to continue work on my December Daily album (yes, I do realize it is already January...but December was extremely busy so I didn't get a chance to work on the album much at all).  I am getting really close to being done all the digital work so that I can send my collages & pictures to be printed - then I will only have the assembly process. I had a definite vision for this project from the beginning and I am excited by the direction it is heading - I can hardly wait to have it all completed!

To keep the process simple for the project, I decided to use some of Ali Edwards' templates vs. creating my own...but I have realized something about myself as I work through this album. 

I am a chronic "tweaker".

I find myself constantly wanting to play with what is already there, to make it more "my own".  Hmmm...all the time I spend doing this kind of defeats the purpose of using premade templates. 

As I do with my "Project 365" - I kept a running daily journal on my computer, in spreadsheet format. I listed by date the pictures I took, brief summary of events of the day, and thoughts of the season. This has allowed me to work through creating the album in a non-sequential order, which I've really liked. Some days I focus on the "everyday" - ala Project Life, some days I focus more on specific holiday season details. I love that combination.

Today, I worked on my favourite day...December 25th.  Because so much happens for us that day, I have decided to do a 4-page spread. This is one of my fav collage pages so far and is fitting as it captures a bit of the magic of my little man when he is feeling more himself :) He loved everything about Christmas morning this year - which made all the adults around him enjoy it more,too.  As I look at this collage of photos, I have so many sharp memories of the day...exactly what I was hoping to capture doing a project such as this.

Along with these digital collages, I am using more traditional scrapbooking - making this mini album truly hybrid. I have finally realized that this is who I am.  A little bit digital, a little bit paper, pretties & glue :)

Hope you enjoy this sneak peek at my December Daily album 2010...I can't wait to share the finished product!