For the past few years, I have created a calendar for my kitchen that can later be placed into my scrapbooks. I love the idea that years from now, I can look back and see what filled our days.
This year, while doing some shopping at Right At Home, I noticed Basic Grey had this cool calendar kit out. At first glance, you might not notice that once the year is over, you can cut the white border on the top (used to hang it) and the middle (for the spiral) to make perfect, 8x8 pages.
The fun part about this, is that the kit comes with die cuts, chipboard, letter stickers, rub ons, and color, step-by-step directions, so you can wing it or follow right along! I opted to make the same layouts, but added some dimension with foam tape, and a ton of little pearls & bling here-and-there.
The entire 12-month calendar was created in less than one day, and is a beautiful art piece hanging in my kitchen. Personally, I opted to fill it with pictures from 2010, but you could leave the photo mats blank and fill it as the year occurs (giving you a leg up on creating 12-pages).
Right now, Right At Home Scrapbooking is selling this kit for $12, when you make a $25 purchase. The next time you are in the store, stop by and check it out--I'm certain you'll want one for your home too.
Smiles.
--Cory
