Although I fell behind on my December Daily for 2011, I’m still happy to have created the album to begin with. I took photos throughout the holidays, so finally went ahead with organization, printing and adding into my album.
Unfortunately, I sort of forgot what happened in the final week and actually made a huge mistake in my album. I somehow lost a page under a bunch of supplies and started to hack over the pre-printed numbers because I journaled about the wrong day on the wrong page…only to find the lost page after everything was done.
Not to mention, I totally didn’t realize that my photos weren’t going to fit in the stamped frame when printed… what was I planning? Can’t remember. Hmm. Suffice to say, I’m not a fan of having to scrap a whole bunch of days, way afterwards because I have horrible memory.
I suppose that is the reason for scrapbooking…to keep memories, because we often forget the details. It’s so easy to seemingly…lose all our beautiful memories.
I found myself trying so hard to just get the album done with, because I was over it all. Exasperation, you know? It makes me realize that although I love daily projects and the small precious moments that are highlighted, sometimes it can become an annoying or boring process to scrap. I think it depends what you are trying to record in the first place. December daily is very much like week in the life… a record of life that whole period. I’m not sure if that is what I want anymore.
Things change as I learn more about myself and my memory keeping goals. What makes me happy, what is truly meaningful to me or not so much. I have a feeling that my project choices will differ this year. Since I’m embarking on a quasi-project-life scrap album… I don’t see the point of creating a separate album for these daily-type projects anymore. Why not just scrap along as normally?
Anyway, let me stop rambling on about memory keeping philosophy 
I’m happy to have completed my December Daily, even if it’s a bit messy. Lots of great moments for sure. Now I have a holiday photobook to design for the family. Yikes!
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