Holidays in hand

So I just finished this free online class called holidays at hand from one of my favorite  scrapbook sites (yes I am an old lady and like to scrapbook, but I do digital

I loved the class, Jessica Sprague is so amazing!! In the class we set things up to make a daily album for December that focuses on capturing the holiday season.
Our first little assignment is to think of some holiday words that describe my families holiday/values.

Here are some words I picked

joyful, lights, food, warmth, togetherness, giving, stockings, welcome, glow, Christ, laughter, memorable, wonder, reflecting and merry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Second we put down some goals that will help us accomplish what is important to us this holiday season ...

-Spend time with people I love and friends I have not seen in a while

-Stay healthy- continue to run and don't go crazy on the treat

-Remember who I am honoring and why we celebrate CHRISTmas

-Share the holiday spirit- do something for those less fortunate

-Start a new tradition

-Of course take lots of meaningful pictures

Next Jessica gave us a bunch of prompts to use throughout the month of December. She has so many wonderful ideas! The prompts are used to give you ideas of what to put in your album each day in December (it does remind me of Ali's daily December, except Jessica has given us some ideas of what to include in the album)

Everyday there is a suggestion for what to write about and what to take a picture of (this is going to make my photo-a-day challenge easy! She left the do and make part up to us, I think she knows we are not going to make something everyday! )

here are some of my favorite writing ideas

write...

about your favorite holiday sights

favorite holiday movie

the importance of your holiday tree

who do you spend the holidays with

sentimental holiday decor

holiday song that has meaning to you

describe your favorite holiday food

write about the idea of "good will"

something you feel blessed for

Christmas Eve traditions

Photograph ideas...

holiday clothing

Christmas dvd covers

something that represents hope

close up of wrapped gifts

something warm

my idea of joy

close up of holiday symbol

holiday lights

some of your favorite places in your home

Anyway I really enjoyed this class and I am so thankful to Jessica for sharing her talents for free! I am super excited for the holidays now!!

So hopefully by the end of December I will have a beautiful album that captures some good memories of the Christmas season!