Shimelle's Christmas Crop - An old favourite!

Last year was my second year doing JYC with Shimelle. I loved both years. It is my FAVOURITE project and actually fast becoming my favourite thing about December!!! Last year I combined it with Ali Edwards December Daily project. So I used Shimelle's prompts and followed online,  but I use Ali's format. This basically involved a double page spread that was separated by a transparency.  The pages were printed in advance on cardstock and you cut paper or photos to size to match.
I LOVE this album! I loved doing it and I love the very feel and touch of it even now.
It was difficult for me to get into the format at first as it wasn't what I was used to.  But in the end {swoon}!!
I'm not going to follow this format this year. I decided last year that I wanted to do a more traditional 8x8 this year again.
But this format is definitely one I will go back to!
Here are a few snippets:

Long time no blog!

No excuses. I've been low for a very very long time and really haven't wanted to be part of the online community in an active way. I've remained a blog reader however, and have enjoyed seeing all the projects my blog friends have done.
I'm hoping Shimelle's online crop this weekend is just what I need to get me going again!
I'm sorry I've been away so long, I doubt anyone is even reading this!!! But I started this blog for fun and for me and want to resurrect that (and hopefully get some blog friends back!)