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Calendar Suggestions...
I need suggestions from your talented minds...
I create a calendar each year for my mom and MIL..mostly MIL though. I have been doing it for 14 yrs now I think...It started off old school paper scrapbook type..then 8.5x11 printed now I am doing 4x6 printed...I gave them clear magnetic frames that stick to the fridge so they can see them every day. In years past I have done photos from the previous years and maybe sprinkled in an old photo or two. As I did in 2018...This year however I got creative and decided to do a theme. We have traveled a lot over the years so I decided to do a National Park/Monument/Forest theme and did a park a month skipping July bc my youngest turned 10...I did a decade of him like I did with his brother in previous years....So this brings me to this year....Each year I feel like I have to top the next. LOL Any help?!
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They look great! What's your photo situation for 2020? I know that a lot of people are feeling like they have fewer photos, so that may influence what you do. You could keep it simple and focus on a particular person each month. The other months might be a family photo, a group photo, a sibling photo, etc. Do you have any other series of travel photos you'd want to use?
I still do calendars, too, but I combine photos from my family, my sister's family, my brother's family, and my parents. My parents like to have everyone together in one calendar. I do one page for the kids in each branch, 1 page for the kids and adults in each branch together (and for my parents' page it's them alone and with grandkids), 1 page of the kids dressed up for Halloween, 1 page of all the cousins, 1 photo of all 15 of us, 1 page of just the adults, and then 1 or 2 other themes depending on what we have that year.
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Can't top that...I do a calendar for my mom (and order a second copy for myself ) and I'm boring-- just pick random photos from the same month from the previous year (so Jan 2021 will have a picture from Jan 2020, etc.)
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My sister doesn't do much in the way of photos and my SIL's kids are grownish (18 and 21)...
So...this year photos are hit and miss...As far as people..there are 4 of us. Me, hubby and my two boys. My family lives in VA, we are in TX...We only see them at holidays and once in the summer. We had a few milestones this year..16 and driving for the big kid which I will put on his birthday month probably. He will be a senior next year....Also this is the baby's last year of elementary so I will highlight that next year in some way probably August for the baby and September for the senior since it is his bday month.
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Rebecca, this is how I used to do it...then I started to get creative! LOL I may go back to this for 2021 though if I can't get a better idea. I make copies for myself and my boys too...they keep one in their rooms. They love them.
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These look great! I love the idea of a theme for the year. Maybe just your favorite photos from the year? Silly faces? Holiday fun?
I pick a really easy route with calendars and use my already completed scrapbook pages, lol. Shutterfly has a blank 12 x12 calendar you can fill with your own stuff. I've been using the pages I make from old photos for my aunts and cousins.
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Oooh, I LOVE them.
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I used to scrap the calendars myself, but it takes so much extra time. So now I use Kristin and Cindy's quickpage calendars https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/s...24&cat=&page=1
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I also use Kristin and Cindy's quick page calendars. I used to worry about using the same month for that month of the calendar, but now I just try to find a photo from the year that will match the quick page. I mainly do the calendar for my parents, so I take photos of all the grandkids throughout the year so I can include them all in the calendar. There's no rhyme or reason to them, just what looks good with the quick page.
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This is all I've ever done too. The theme idea is really fun though!
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I also use Kristin & Cindy's quickpages every time! I think one year I thought I'd just do it myself but then...no calendar
I love Ally's suggestion about putting scrapbook pages I've already made on the Shutterfly blank calendar though!! Hmm...
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What great ideas, Kimberly!! When I've done them in the past, I would use a photo of the person whose birthday, or anniversary were that month.
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Before my siblings got married and had kids that's what I used to do, too. Now there are too many of us for that (and too many people sharing birthday and anniversary months--March and October are crazy!). Good problems to have!
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That's a fun idea! Wouldn't work in my family...most of us have July & January birthdays with September in a distant 3rd place, lol!
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This is what I do as well. Very easy & since I don't print my layouts often, it is fun to see them full size and enjoy them for a month!
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Thanks for all the suggestions ladies. I love all the ideas. I have some thinking to do.
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