As most of you know-- this is my first year doing holiday stuff and I am already feeling the presser of staying organized. There is noway I can do this (holiday stuff) and stay on top of what I already having going on in my personal and PDR life if I don't stay organized.
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I started making my Holiday organizer on Tuesday night. Inside of it you will find...
My to-do-list
Holiday Playlist
Gift list
Holiday card list w/ addresses
Cookies: 12 days of cookie (post coming next Thursday) If you emailed me a recipe, I will be linking you in my post ;)
Other ways that I am staying organized is with my google calendar and iphone. oh, I can not for get this one...Erin's spreadsheet ;)
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Here is a recap of what I wrote over at Smile and Wave on Tuesday.Today, I want to talk about documenting your holidays. There is a trend going around the scrap blogs called December Daily that Ali Edwards started a few years back.
You are invited to join me in what has become a favorite holiday tradition: December Daily.
December
Daily is an album project that documents the 25 days leading up to
Christmas. Many people start their documentation earlier and many
people go longer. I have found that 25 days is just right for me. One
of the keys to success in this project is getting an album structure
set-up in advance of December so that during December you can enjoy the
season & enjoy the process of documenting your days without having
to be putting the entire thing together at the same time. It is not
meant to be stressful. It is meant to be a way to creatively celebrate
the season and document your special holiday memories in one album.
STEP ONE: GATHER & ORGANIZE YOUR MATERIALS
Easy enough. Get all your holiday stuff in one location. Having it all in one spot and accessible makes the entire process that much easier. My organizer for this project is usually just a box or basket. While you are gathering your supplies it's also a good opportunity to purge things you might be ready to pass along to someone else (think school, church, retirement home, shelter, etc).
Read Ali's blog for the rest of the steps. She only has two right now for 2009.Ali's 2009 December Daily
Ali's 2008 December Daily
Now if you want a little more help or planned out ideas then here is a class for you.An online class for the holidays :: Journal your Christmas
Here is a little info about the class. I pulled it from Shimelle's blog:Every
year, Journal your Christmas includes daily prompts from the 1st of
December to the 6th of January, the twelve days of Christmas. The 37
illustrated PDF files are delivered straight to your inbox so you can
read them over your first cup of coffee and mull over each topic for a
full day. There’s also an archive of the class materials online in case
you can’t get to your email or in case something dreadful happens to
your computer. And like every year, you can go it alone or be as social
as you like, with a private discussion forum where you’ll find other
Christmas journalers who will cheer you on and share your excitement,
but if you prefer to stick to the prompts only, that’s completely fine
too. And like every year, if you’re participated once, you can join us
every Christmas for as long as you like at no extra cost.
The best thing about this class is you can register all year round. Once you join, you're a permanent member. Can't get much better than that!
However you choose to document this holiday season is up to you, but have fun!
I have not started my December Daily yet, but I will be as soon as I return from New York.













OOhh! I think you just inspired me to give my plain todo list notebook a pretty DIY face lift.
Posted by: Molly | 11/05/2009 at 10:14 AM
don't mock the spreadsheet, you know you love it!!
Posted by: Erin | 11/05/2009 at 11:14 AM
I'm definitely going to have to do the December Daily this year. Journalling is starting to take over my life, slowly but surely! Hehe.
Posted by: Jaqueline | 11/05/2009 at 12:07 PM
love this post!! I can' t wait to start making Rachel's organizer either. I love it.
and I LOVE YOU!!!!
alot.
come over
right now!!
xoxo
Posted by: janel | 11/05/2009 at 04:34 PM
this was amazing! i shared your site on facebook, but i couldn't figure out how to "friend" you?? grr..
Posted by: amy lapi | 11/05/2009 at 10:37 PM
Really really brilliant!
I just can't imagine the level of out creativities. Those card layouts are mind blowing. You truly utilized your holiday. I wonder why i can do like this. My mother will surely feel glad to look this article. Thanks!
Posted by: fischöl | 12/19/2009 at 01:51 AM