Part of our Christmas presents for our families last year was a personalized 2009 calendar. As early as the start of the year, my mom already asked me to do a 2010 calendar for her monday group that would be her Christmas present for them. I wanted to wait for the different digital scrap shoppes to start offering their 2010 calendar kits (easier for me to do the calendars haha!) but since I’m due to give birth early November (I can give birth as early as mid- October when the kits usually come out) I decided to just start making the calendar from scratch, from the different kits that I already have. First thing to do though was to make the dates, had to make sure that the dates were put in the correct days. After that to decide on a layout that I can carry throughout the months. So far, I’ve been able to finish up to June. 6 more pages to go and hopefully I can still have the time to do the ones for the family.
Credits:
JANUARY – Papers, frames, branch, butterfly, butterfly trail from Flourish by Kristin Cronin-Barrow. Alpha by Michelle Filo from Summer Time Collab Kit. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Fonts used Maiandra GD, Liorah BT & Impress BT.
FEBRUARY – Papers from Jackie Eckles & Leora Sanford and Frames by Leora Sanford from Summer Time Collab Kit. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Alphas by Karah Fredricks from Over The Rainbow. Font used Impress BT.
MARCH – Papers from Promise and Alphas & Frames from Summer Cottage by Shabby Princess. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Tapes from My Funky Studio by Gina Cabrera and Harvest Spice by Shabby Princess. Staples from I Am Baby by Eva Kipler and Promise by Shabby Princess. Fonts used Liorah BT & Impress BT.
APRIL – Papers from Ecologirl by Bibounette. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Frame by Janine Oliveira. Alpha from Bounce by Shabby Princess. Fonts used Maiandra GD & Impress BT.
MAY – Papers from Jan Crowley & Meredith Fenwick from Bloom & Grow. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Alpha by Meredith Fenwick from De.Love.Ly. Fonts used Liorah BT, Impress BT & Maiandra GD.
JUNE – Papers by Tia Bennett from Seventies and Dude Totally. Stitches from Oliver by Leah Riordan. Frames, Journal & Ribbon from Dirty Days by Tiptoe Studio. Alpha from Vibe by Erica Hernandez. Fonts used Impress BT, Liorah BT & Maiandra GD.
All on Photoshop CS4.
Hi michelle! these are so nice! where do you print it on? photographic paper or on cardstock? great idea for christmas gifts!
i want to give them away to my daughter’s friends… any idea how to keep it age appropirate for 9 year olds? and more importantly, how to keep the cost as low as possible. Thanks!
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@phenomenal woman: hi tins! thanks! just photo paper, last year i printed 8x10s (at the local photo shop) for the grandparents and 4×6 (bought photo paper and printed them myself) for our siblings. It’s cheaper if you print it at a smaller size 4×6 or 5×7.
Maybe you can think of a theme that they would like? or if girls naman lahat, there are a lot of girly elements to create the calendar layouts. also with the dates pwede yung not in boxes na, but just the days and corresponding dates, smaller pa yun.
ahh, i wish i could start on these soon!! i haven’t decided yet whether to use just A’s pics or mixed with family photos e.
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@tin: how did the printing go?
hello!!!
can I ask….do you have these templates available for download…..or at least the calendars?
thanks bunches……..I have looked everywhere, and so far yours is the best out there! I would appreciate any help you can offer!
Thanks,
Tinadell
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@tina chancelor: Hi tina, thanks for dropping by my site. Sorry but the calendars are not available for download, I really just did the layouts for my mom’s friends, these are her Christmas gift to them. Thanks for appreciating though.