I know it's not Christmas yet, but my family celebrated yesterday. It was so fun to get together with all my brothers and sisters and laugh when a baby cried and a niece or nephew said, "uh that's mine." We were remembering when it was our little ones and we would say the exact same thing. Coming from a big family, it is so much fun when we all get together - I believe the final count was 38 - it's noisy, hectic, and slightly crazy but we love it.
So, the gift I was creating was an Event Calendar for each of my sisters and sister-in-laws. I had so much fun making these. The key when doing bulk is assembly line style - it goes really quickly.
Wow did I put my stamps to good use. There are too many to remember the names, some are retired, some are well loved and some are brand new.
It was great to come up with a mini scene for each month.
I also was able to use some of my hoarded paper packages. I'm sure you can see some retired papers I used.
Of course, I also used my favourite foam tape to "pop" the images off the page. Each of these months has an image that pops off the page.
The only item in the entire event calendar that is not CTMH are the little pink flip flops which are brads that were in my stash.
My mom is a quilter so I had to include a pinwheel for her. Fun little design to add some charm.
These are great to plan your cards a month, couple of months or a year in advance. Wouldn't it be a great gift complete with the cards to go with each important date in your family?
I hope you enjoy my version of the event calendar and maybe inspired to create your own.
Jennifer
