Ohmyword, I am so overwhlemed and everyone wants a homemade calendar for Christmas! I can't afford to do six seperate print ups from shutterfly (super site!) or Walgreens (yep, I like them too). Then, I cannot afford the time to actually create six from scratch! What ever shall I do? If only I could buy a calendar already made and insert photos randomly in clever ways.... But really cheap, because I am so poor.
What? You have a solution? But of course, I always have a solution (not always a good one, mind you). I went to my Dollar Tree, but all dollar stores will have these, and bought some very nice calendars. They may be on the flimsy side, but I am not playing frisbee with them. There are a couple ways to aproach the transformation: totally scrap each page, taking advantage of the month and dates but covering the pictures with paper. Work your photos into the pictures in a sensible manner. Or get ecclectic, mix and match sense and whimsy. I've done all three. I must confess number two wins these days, as I like to save time as much as money, and not everyone 'gets' whimsy.
If you're not blessed like me in owning a shape cuting machine (sizzix here), just trace shapes you see around you, tupperware lids are great. Remember to snip just inside the lines unless you are going for a wild and crazy look (NOT knocking a wild and crazy look.)
Here's a full calendar:
Here are some of my faves from other calendars:
Bicycle tires!!! Perfect!
Heehee, they're coming out of the typewriter!
It's a frame, need I say more?
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