Monday 1st December marks the start of 'Journal Your Christmas' 2008 which will, no doubt, become my obsession for the month of December and beyond. JYC is an annual online class by Shimelle (details here) which started five or so years ago and now seems to have hundreds of followers all over the world. This is my first year and I, like so many others, have been itching to get started for weeks. The online forum is buzzing with chatter about preparing for the class, who's using which patterned papers, and what makes this such an exciting class to participate in.
The idea is to reclaim your Christmas by setting aside a bit of time each day from 1st Dec through to 6th Jan to journal, blog or scrapbook on what the festive season means to you. Shimelle will be sending an email prompt every day containing suggestions on the focus for the day. There is no pressure to complete a scrapbook page every day - in fact I will be astonished if I manage to do that! But I will be trying to save an hour or so every day to jot down some thoughts, maybe even complete a super-quick layout as time allows. I have a gorgeous new 12"x12" album on my shelf and have even prepared a few pages ready to add photos and journalling - how organised is that?!
Of course I have still to finish my Photography work-book and Portfolio - my last class of this unit is next Thursday and I would love to be able to hand in at least the work-book. The Portfolio, I fear, could take a bit longer..
