| Creating a scrapbook calendar can be both fun to | | | | maybe you are making a calendar for your parents. If |
| make but also wonderful to give. If you have a binding | | | | your child has a birthday in January, put some photos |
| machine at home, you can make the calendar from | | | | of that child on the January page. Maybe in February, |
| scratch. If you don't have a binding machine, you can | | | | it's your mom and dads anniversary. Put some photos |
| either take the pages to Kinko's and they can bind the | | | | from last year's anniversary on that page. There are |
| calendar, or you can by a blank calendar for under $10 | | | | endless ideas on what you can put on each month. I |
| from many different sources. Check at both calendar | | | | suggest using photos that are duplicates of other |
| shops and also scrapbook shops for product | | | | photos. |
| availability. | | | | Create these pages just as you would create a |
| You also can make a template on your computer | | | | scrapbook page. Add stickers, diecuts and |
| using any calendar software. You then can add in | | | | embellishments. If I use a 12x12 calendar, then I can |
| special dates such as birthdays, anniversaries and | | | | cover the page completely with scrapbook paper to |
| holidays. If you make the calendar at home on your | | | | create my base. Then I add the photos and any |
| computer, you can take the finished version to Kinko's | | | | "extras" right onto the scrapbook paper. I am very |
| and have them enlarge it to whatever size you like. I | | | | careful to add the photos by using mounting stickers |
| generally like 12x12 or somewhere in that vicinity. This | | | | so that at the end of the year I can remove the |
| gives me a full 12x12 space to scrapbook on for each | | | | photos or the page itself. Use dental floss to get under |
| month. | | | | the adhesive and lift the photos right up. It's harder to |
| Now it's time to decide what you want to put on each | | | | lift the paper up as it's much thinner than the photo, but |
| page. You can choose a theme for the entire calendar, | | | | I love the dental floss technique. |
| or you can choose a theme for each page. I find it fun | | | | Scrapbook calendars make wonderful gifts and are so |
| to choose a theme for each month. For example, | | | | much fun to create. |