project: 2010 calendar

Right now I'm sitting at the airport, waiting to board a plane for Houston, where I'll be until Wednesday. I wanted to remind you that r3wind will start tomorrow, so make sure you pop in to check out the first lesson. I'm really excited about how this whole project and class has come together -- serendipity.

Last year, I ordered a great little printable calendar from Etsy and hung it in our living room on a series of small clipboards that I had stashed away in the craft cupboard. Fast forward to 2010: I knew I wanted to do something similar again, but I just couldn't find a calendar that really caught my eye. Then Liz released her calendar templates, and I knew exactly what to do with them -- combine them with some of my favorite photos from our San Francisco trip last summer.

I love the graphic style of the calendar at the bottom, mixed with the faded retro feel of the photos.
I originally printed the pages at 4x6, but they just looked too small on the clipboards, so I reprinted at 5x7, which turned out to be the perfect size.

To get the photo effect, I combined Pioneer Woman's Seventies action with her Sunshine action. On top of that, I added one of Emily Powers' new Photology overlays -- these can be purchased as part of the Songbird Avenue Port au Prince kit benefiting the charity Doctors Without Borders.

I printed them on white cardstock, although matte photo paper would be a great option as well. I've been superbusy, so I didn't get all 12 months taken care of, but I do have my photos selected and a workflow in place, so I'll be able to quickly sit down, edit the pics, add them to the album, print and trim them.

Comments

[christine]

Looks STUNNING!!!

[liz]

love. :) your post processing + emily powers textures = WIN!!!!