I’m of the opinion that life should be celebrated – that’s one of the reasons why I scrapbook. I love simple celebrations and I’m inspired by the seasons and events that mark our everyday lives. Here are some of my favorite holiday and seasonal ideas:
ST. PATRICK’S DAY (Sunday March 17, 2013)
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EASTER (Sunday March 31, 2013)
EARTH DAY (Monday April 22, 2013)
MOTHER’S DAY (Sunday May 12, 2013)
FATHER’S DAY (Sunday June 16, 2013)
HALLOWEEN (Thursday October 31, 2013)
- Thirteen Days of Halloween
- Halloween is on it’s way
- Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
- Scrapbook Lady guide to Halloween
- Perfect Painted Polka-Dot Pumpkins
- Decorating for Halloween
- This is Halloween (on The Daily Digi)
THANKSGIVING: (Thursday November 28, 2013)
HANUKKAH: (begins the evening of November 27, 2013 and ends on December 5, 2013)
CHRISTMAS: (Wednesday December 25, 2013)
Guide to Great Gift Giving:
24 Days of Holiday Inspiration:
- December 1 - Decorate your computer desktop
- December 2 - Make a photo mosaic
- December 3 - Daily Photos and December Daily
- December 4 - Gifts to Give and Receive
- December 5 - Gifts to Make
- December 6 - Treats to Eat
- December 7 - Ready, Set, Shop!
- December 8 - Watch a festive movie
- December 9 - Holiday music
- December 10 - Wrapping presents
- December 11 - Scrap the holidays
- December 12 - Wear something festive
- December 13 - make something
- December 14 - Christmas "tag"
- December 15 - Review the past
- December 16 - Display holiday memories
- December 17 - Decorating details
- December 18 - Letter from Santa
- December 19 - New pajamas
- December 20 - Neighbor gifts
- December 21 – Hanukkah
- December 22 - capture the memories
- December 23 - laugh!
- December 24 – enjoy
Memories of Christmas:
Take a trip with me down memory lane as I document my memories of Christmas. Each entry has prompts included to help you record your own seasonal memories. Here's an index to the posts I've done so far:
- 2010 – a Grand cold!
- 2009 - a heart attack and other holiday memories
- 2008 - race to IKEA and grocery store Santa
- 2007 - the food poisoning incident
- 2006 - the storm of the century (in Albuquerque)
- 2005 - purple tinsel and a Chevy Chase Christmas
- 2004 - first Christmas in our current house
- 2003 - a surprise trip to Texas
- 2002 - the year I went digital (photography)
- 2001 - in search of the elusive Christmas card family photo
- 2000 - so many Santas!
- 1999- Hubby hogs the mike
- 1998 - a painted treasure
- 1997 - boxes are more fun than presents
- 1996 - the diagnosis
- 1995 - the most organized Christmas ever
- 1994- the least organized Christmas ever
- 1993- baby's first Christmas (and I have no photos!)
- 1992- a game of Risk
- 1991 - young and in love
- 1990 - anxiously engaged
- 1989 - college student
- 1988 - collecting holiday china
- 1987 - first year of college
- 1986- traditions with my brother
- 1985 - bedridden
- 1984 - my first boyfriend
- 1983 - singing all over the place
- 1982 - treasures from my Mom
- 1981 - No longer an only child at Christmas
- 1980 - a brother on the way
- 1979 - 2 by the tree
- 1978 - Russian flu
- 1977 - a new guitar
- 1976 - Cousins at Christmas
- 1975 - All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth
- 1974 - Mrs. Beasley & the big pink dinosaur
- 1973 - Farmington
- 1972 - I think this was 1972?
- 1971 - The year I decided I hated Santa
- 1970 - I'm on a banana
- 1969 - My first Christmas
December Daily / Project Life Album:
- My approach to combining Ali’s December Daily + Becky’s Project Life
- December 1-3, 2011
- December 4-8, 2011
- December 9-10, 2011
- December 11-12, 2011
Other Christmas posts:
- Getting an early start on gifts
- Festival of Trees 2009
- December Daily digital ingredients
- Lego holiday village
- Treat Time! (Reindeer Bark recipe)
- Kids December Daily fun
- Gingerbread houses
- It isn’t a season, it’s a feeling
- Stuffed animals make it more festive
- One horse open carriage
- December Daily scrapbook pages
- Christmas scrapbook pages
NEW YEAR’S EVE & NEW YEAR’S DAY
SUPER BOWL (Sunday February 2, 2014)
CHINESE NEW YEAR (Friday January 31, 2014 – Year of the Horse)
VALENTINE’S DAY (Friday February 14, 2014)
