Make Merry Accordion December Daily 2025

It’s that time of the year again, the December Daily season! And for 2025, I’m welcoming the month with an Accordion December Daily using Traci Reed’s Make Merry collection. This design (album style) has slowly become my December tradition, and I’m so happy I got to set it up early this year, this time with another cute collection.

Before diving into the project, I wanted to share a little background on how my December Daily making started.

I first joined the December Daily community back in 2022, after joining an online Christmas Craft Day. It was my first time trying a month-long documenting project, and I absolutely fell in love with the idea of capturing the little things we often forget by the end of the year.

That year, I made two albums - one accordion-style and another in a traveler’s notebook (TN) format. I ended up completing the accordion one daily, but the TN was a bit too journaling-heavy for me. I followed prompts back then but probably only finished about 60% of the month, which honestly felt like a win for a first try.

In 2023 and 2024, I continued the tradition. I made full albums, but 2024 was a bit unlucky. When winter arrived, my husband and I got sick right at the start of December. So the first week ended up being a blur of flu, tissues, and staying in bed. Definitely no photos or cute Christmas moments to document that week. To be honest, all my photos have been printed for 2024, junk memorabilia have been inserted on each page but not fully glued. And since I am here, blogging about it, I promise to myself to finish 2024 and be able to make a flip though, although late, together with my 2025 DD after the holidays.

This year, though, December came with a little blessing. The pre-winter sickness hit early, and by December 1, I was perfectly well - healthy, excited, and ready to dive into memory-keeping again. That alone already feels like a good sign for this year’s album. Plus, the husband was motivated to make up for our December Daily 2024! haha! But to be honest, he has been very supportive (always) when I started in 2022. He would always remind me to take a photo for the DD.

The 2025 Album: Make Merry

For 2025, I went back to my tried-and-true accordion design. For now, it’s filled with blank pages and pockets for all the keepsakes we’ll collect - gift cards, tags, small memories, and all the festive bits that make December special. I love setting the base now and letting the month slowly fill it with stories.

The Make Merry collection is cheerful, bright, and exactly the mood I want for this year. I love how flexible it is! It's perfect for spreads, pockets, tags, and later on, embellishing all the photos that will come. Get the collection here!

The team and I will be sharing our projects the whole month so watch out for them! Better yet, subscribe to Traci's blog for daily blog from her and the team!

I’ll be doing a full flip-through once the month ends, but for now, the foundation is ready, and I’m excited to see how December will unfold.

If you’re also doing a December Daily this year - TN, junk journal, album, accordion, anything - check out Traci Reed’s December Daily prompts. They’re a great way to stay inspired and motivated throughout the month.

Here’s to documenting December one day, one pocket, one blog, and one memory at a time.