As the end of the year draws nearer, it's almost time to take the used calendar down off the wall and replace it with a fresh, yet to be flipped through, scrawled all over or glanced upon new calendar: 12 fresh months of opportunity, hope & beauty! But before tossing your used up calendar into the recycling pile, why not consider refashioning your favourite months pages?
Calendars can hold awe-inspiring photography and humorous imagery & anecdotes. They may also be home to your scribbled notes from exciting and hectic months or funny quips in the not so busy months. Some pages are simply too good to throw away. Pull out your favourite monthly images, quotations or calendar notes and consider bringing them into the new year with a new lease on life.
Photo by Sarah Parrott
01. Make home made Christmas or New Years cards. Cut a portion of the image and affix to a piece of folded card. To embellish, try trimming the edge of the image with pattern edge scissors or use white-out pen to scrawl your own message over the image.
02. Laminate and affix your favourite months accompanying image to your work space. For extra points, make a note of a memory from the year past using just a few words to jog your mind, such as 'tea for two' or 'getting amongst it' or 'camping in the country'.
03. Using wooden pegs and a length of twine, peg the images to the twine and hang the line across a room in your home.
04. Design a DIY postcard, made & sent with love. Glue a postcard sized snipped of the calendar image to a piece of card paper, write your message, pop on a stamp and post away.
05. Create a wall hanging. Add your favourite motivational quotation to accompany the image. When done with your reincarnated calendar image, frame your work and hang upon your wall.
06. Cut a portion of the image, back with heavier card paper if necessary and laminate to use as a bookmark.
Have you got any ideas on how to reuse your old yearly calendar?
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1 February 2010 at 14:41 ,
Vanessa said...
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These are some really cool idea, and I love the photo you chose! That little calendar is beautiful.
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1 February 2010 at 14:42 ,
Rosie Unknown said...
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Sweet ideas! If I used a wall calendar, I would be trying them all out immediately. I like to keep my agenda from each year on shelf, and when I feel nostalgic I can go back and flip though it, laughing at the memories.
Thanks a lot for the tip about the skip1 site, I hadn't heard of it before. -
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1 February 2010 at 14:43 ,
Miss Sofia said...
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Ooh, great ideas! I usually stash old calendars in a drawer when I can't get myself to throw them out. I have a beautiful Beatles calendar from 2008, a Pirates of the Caribbean one from 2007, and a lovely one with different drawings of Paris from 2009. I'll turn them into postcards, I think.
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