Calendar Making

Every year around October, I start looking for a calendar for the upcoming year. I usually have a pretty easy time finding one I like, but this time around I was looking for something a little different and I just wasn't finding anything I loved. So I decided to make my own thinking how hard can it be? I searched through Etsy to find some inspiration and found a couple I liked and wanted to copy. Cause, honestly, I can't come up with anything on my own when it comes to crafts. I'm just not that creative.

I started the calendar back in October and had most of it finished until my printer died. I swear, every electronic in my house died last fall. It was a sad season of electrical death. Instead of just buying a new printer, I got sidetrack with the holidays and didn't think much about my calendar until January 1st when I needed it. So, I went out, bought a new printer and finished that sucker up. Here is what the top parts of the calendar looked like before I had it put together:



I did the letters using the printer. Once I had the font and size I wanted, I printed the outline of the letter directly onto my paper and just cut it out. That was my little sister's good idea. So super easy.

Here is my favorite month. It's the month I started with and it turned out to be the one I like the most.



I did the actual calendar part by just drawing on the chart and then using some sticker vellum paper I found at Office Max for the month and days of the week.

Here are a couple of the other months, finished.







It's very obviously homemade and was a hundred times cuter in my head than on paper, but I'm still proud of it.