Project
Life Hello December 2015 is all about helping you document those
special moments, traditions, and fun activities you enjoy with family
and friends during the merry month of December.
Almost everyone
takes photos on camera phones these days, and for me it has become
natural to capture a moment using my phone. Hello December 2015 provides
an accessible, fun approach to documenting and sharing your December
photos and memories in one simple album.
All you need is the
Kraft 6" x 8" Project Life Album (item 139655),
Project Life Photo Pocket Pages (item 135297), the
Hello December 2015 Project Life Card Collection (item 139653), the
Hello December 2015 Project Life Accessory Pack (item 139654), and the
Project Life Hello December 2015 Stamp Set (item 139809). (Please note: you will most likely require more than one set of photo pages.)
Better yet, you can purchase the
Project Life Hello December 2015 bundle (item 140305) and get a fifteen percent discount! It includes the card collection, accessory pack, and coordinating stamp set.
Project
Life is not meant to be overwhelming or stressful. The whole idea is to
spend time making memories, not documenting them. Hello December 2015
helps you quickly and easily capture the 25 days leading up to December
25—all of those stories of December—from the treats and the decorations
to the traditions and activities.
The
first image for this year’s album was the last photo from my Christmas
2014 album, printed as a 6" x 8" and made into the cover page; I added
the title using elements included in the Hello December accessory pack.
We are an “Elf on the Shelf” family, and last year the adventures of
these two characters featured heavily in my album.
Speaking from
experience (and many who have taken part in Hello December during past
years would agree) the key to keeping the process simple is to set up
the album structure before December. My first step is to write out all
of the events I know are coming up in December; this page is merely
designed to assist me in recording the events. After December, I replace
the draft with a final calendar. (When I look back at past Hello
December albums, I can see that as a family, we do have little
traditions that happen each year!)
Your
goal is to tell one story each day on one layout each day. Most of the
layouts will feature Christmas. However, they don’t have to, as
sometimes the everyday events that keep us busy in December are the
stories we really want to remember.
Knowing
when events will fall helps when it comes time to place journaling and
filler cards in the pockets. For example, I’m aware that Santa will be
visited on the 12th, so I have added a card suitable for that event.
When
I first heard about Hello December a few years ago, I was worried that
my life was just not that exciting. I have since heard from friends and
customers that they feel the same. Now I think: “Why was I so worried?
December is always my busiest month!” When I started to write down all
the events that make up December, I saw that I had something planned for
70 percent of the month.
For days with nothing planned, I simply
note the day of the week and place a filler card. These days give me
the chance to highlight something I love about the season—like the
Christmas CD I have playing in my car or the holiday mail I receive from
a friend or that yummy treat that only comes at Christmas time.
Now
that the album has been laid out, most of the work has been done. Then
you just need to add your photos and journaling as you celebrate the
season. Hello December is such a fun tradition to begin, and it enhances
the holidays as you share and enjoy memories.
If you are like I
was and feel that you do not do enough to join the Project Life Hello
December fun, here are a few photo prompts to help your creativity flow.
Please leave a comment below if you have a suggestion to add to our
list!
- Advent calendar
- Christmas traditions
- Letter to Santa/Visit to Santa
- Shopping list
- Family activities
- Christmas tree
- Christmas lights
- Baking holiday treats
- Wrapping gifts
- Christmas carols
- Craft or DIY
- Mailing of handmade cards
- To-do list
- The weather outside or temperature
- Colors of Christmas
- Visitors
- Food prep or menu planning
- Elf on the Shelf
- Yummy December treats
- Family photos
- Decorations
- Parties
- Hanging the stocking
- Naughty or nice
- Memories from childhood
- Favorite movies
- Gingerbread
- Wise words about the season
- School activities
- Mail or gifts arriving in the post
- City decorations
- Church celebrations
- Gifts being opened
- Exchanging gifts
- Giving back, helping the less fortunate
- Store displays
- Shopping (seeing presents before they’re wrapped)
- Compare a moment from last Christmas to one from this Christmas
- Before and after; for example, before-and-after pictures of the kitchen during Christmas cooking and baking
- Trying something new
- What CD is playing in the car
- Cleaning up
- Travel
Be sure to share your creations online via your favorite social media account and use the hashtag #HelloDecember.
Teneale Williams
2014–2015 Artisan Design Team
These were my great table mates - me, Barb Holicky, Lisa Chatterjee, Heather Lindstrom and Cindy Geskey. We had so much fun!
This is me holding the NEW OCCASIONS catalog which goes live in January. You will WANT ALMOST EVERYTHING in this catalog so if you receive holiday money, hold onto it!
We had so much fun together, seeing and playing with NEW PRODUCT, going out for great fun, stamping!!!!! and meeting up with friends. SU! put on a great convention! This is my SMASH book layout with some of the handouts from the table, and then some printed photos using my ZINK printer.
SU! gave us great tumblers in GOLD! Did you know that gold is one of the hot colors this season? We also got some cool planners. Thank you SU!
My friend Lisa Chatterjee organized a REMARKABLES SWAP. It was one of the best ever. I'm showcasing different cards from the swap in posts here this week.
These are my friends Pam and Tracie. We dined out two nights in a row with Rosemary Morgan. We had such a great time!
We had so much fun with all of the sequins on the table. I think I added them to every project we made. Some of the ladies at the table gathered them and put them in their badge holders. So cool!
What was the chance of this happening? All three of us had the same RICH RAZZLEBERRY SU! Prize Patrol Pin. We were all winners. We took home a lot of things - 3 stamp sets and some cool papers and all of the other things I mentioned. They also gave us a great lunch!
This is one of the NEW PRODUCT SUITES called BOTANICAL GARDENS. I love the new dies, the new stamps and the new papers and embellishments. I'll feature more cool products soon. I added sequins to my project. They had cool specially designed grid paper for us also. This is a must have product for everyone. Helps so much with lining things up.
Just wait until you see more. In the meantime, it's holiday season and there are some cool products in the HOLIDAY CATALOG which is current and which you can still purchase from while supplies last. Do you have your Christmas cards completed?
