Discovered in the MincePiesSantasSleighPoinsettiasChristmasCakeMangerElvesSnowglobeNativityPineCones

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

When one challenge closes, another challenge begins - but this year I could do with a bit of help! I've got various lists of ideas for our Christmas/Winter/Solstice/LetThereBeLight-type calendar celebration, but my brain is breaking this year, and I can't decide which one to use.

Even worse, I have yet again left it too late to ask anyone to do the banner artwork for the challenge, and although I might manage something myself, I can't do it right now, and I'm soooo short on time before 1st December that I'm a bit scared (well okay, I'll be brave, but still....)

So - I wondered if anyone/everyone/help please! might be up for a pre-challenge challenge? I will post the calendar itself tomorrow, for everyone to grab their preferred dates, but shall we have a wee theme/banner mini-challenge in the meantime?

There are two parts to this:
Part 1 - Please post suggestions for this year's challenge theme! You can see what we've already had over on the User Info page, where all the previous challenge banners are posted. Please post these suggestions in the comments to this post, as inspiration for Part 2!

Part 2 - If you're an artistic type (and I know lots of people are *g*) then your suggestion could take the form of a possible banner for this year's challenge. Please post possible banners to discoveredinalj up until midnight Sunday 27th November, lads' time. And obv you can make as many suggestions/banners as you like/have time/inspiration for.

Then we'll have a poll-competition to see which idea most people go for, and I'll post the ultimate theme and banner on Wednesday 30th November, all ready to go.

[Poll #2121132]

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Discovered on a Silent Night?
Discovered in a Fruitcake?
Discovered on the Beach in Tahiti?
***wanders off***

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish I was on a beach in Tahiti!

We've already had Discovered on a Silent Night (https://discoveredinalj.livejournal.com/tag/silentnight) though... *g*

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to the new Christmas DIALJ celebration! :-)

But sorry, I have no time this week for a banner or something else. :-(

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

That's a shame - I think lots of people are short of time at the moment... 😪 But hopefully the challenge will be cheerful!

[tango65.livejournal.com]

Discovered in a Christmas Pudding. Discovered in the Mistletoe. Discovered in a Christmas Carol. Discovered in Candlelight. Discovered in the Holly and the Ivy. Discovered in a Manger. Discovered in the Faithful.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Those are such good suggestions that we've literally done five of them already!! 😆 You should check out their fab banners on the User Info page! *g*

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[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Discovered Walking in a winter Wonderland?
(I know a similar image was posted elsewhere— not sure, because of that, it couldn't be used?)

(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/merentha13/21454005/248761/248761_original.jpg)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind if the image has been posted elsewhere/before (I remember that image... *g*)!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Discovered in a Snowglobe?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Nice!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I am not much of an artist. :)

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

That's a good one! Years ago, I wrote a story where they went shopping at Harrods at Christmas and it was bombed. (based on true autobiographical story)

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

Discovered Up the Chimney

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I like it! *g*

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Yay. Not artistic enough to make a banner but I already have a story for the calendar.

I like Discovered in Santa's sleigh.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Wow, you're veeeery far ahead of me! *vbg*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Discovered in a snow storm.
Discovered under the mistletoe.
Discovered in/on a ski lift.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Discovered in the Mistletoe (https://discoveredinalj.livejournal.com/tag/mistletoe) was actually our very first ever Christmas/Winter/Solstice/Festive challenge! *g*

Ski-lift is interesting!

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Discovered in the Christmas Present.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee - very clever!

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

"Discovered in a professionals christmas.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

A very straightforward title — and a very pretty banner!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

If somebody had a really nice piece of art that could be used, how about Discovered by Cowley, with the lads making love through binoculars? Evil, I know.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

VERY NICE!!

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Discovered by the fireplace. . . Discovered in a Snoman

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Always like the lads cosy by a fireplace! *g*

[cim3745.livejournal.com]

A lot of interesting comments here — it's going to be a hard decision.

I am looking forward to the DiaLJ 2022 :-)

Really, I would miss something terribly.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It will be quite hard, won't it — and there's still days to go for ideas! *g*

Every now and then I wonder if we're coming to the end of Discoveredinalj's Christmas — but it doesn't seem so! *g*

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Discovered in a Christmas Stocking?

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Discovered in a Christmas Stocking banner design/entry from me. 😀

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Cool banner, very pretty! The only thing is, I hate to say it but - we've already done Discovered in a Stocking (https://discoveredinalj.livejournal.com/tag/stocking)... You an see all the christmas challenges we've done on the Discoveredinalj User Info page - the banners are links to the actual challenge too (though I'm gutted to see that the pictures and icons for this calendar have vanished, which is weird, because the earlier challenges I clicked on to check are just fine...)

[tango65.livejournal.com]

Discovered in the Season of Giving.

Discovered on a Sleigh.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I must admit, that first one is a bit commercialism-of-Christmas for my tastes, but Sleigh is fun! *g*

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Discovered in a Snowglobe — my banner design:

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Very nice — love those blues, especially! (Tiny thing - we don't use "holiday" like that in the UK, it would be "Christmas" instead. But maybe "Celebration" since it's for the challenge? *g* Would that be easy to fix?)

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

Discovered in the Whisky bottle.

(https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/macklingirl/63614131/746519/746519_original.jpg)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I am of course behind on my comments - cute banner, and the perfect picture for it! (We had "in the Yuletide Spirits" not long ago, but I'll include this one in the poll anyway, because it's a bit different *g*)