It’s that time of year. . . again

Yup, it’s that time of year, again. We are about to turn over the last page of our calenders before we need new ones.

These calenders were inspired by a little 1977 calender my grandparents had tossed in with a bunch of their photos. There wasn’t anything significant about 1977. No major events happened in our family that year that I know of – hmmm? The calender did have pen scribbled on it like someone needed to test one to see if it worked. Also it seemed as if it was just tossed aside and forgotten about. However, when I found it, it reminded me of how I love the look of old calenders, especially the ones where you had to rip off each month.

Even though I like the idea of ripping months off calenders it was important to me that a tuft of paper wasn’t left over. You know the ones, where month after month it has built up and by December you have this big wad of paper at the top. I wanted the calenders to look just as neat and clean in December as they did in January. What was also really important to me was that the wood of the drawing was not marked up in any way. No screws or nails though the front face. To ensure this I used magnets on the backs of the calenders. I love magnets! Then, to have something for the calender magnets to clutch to, I used magnets on the back of the wood frames. I use rare earth magnets so they are super strong but that sometimes makes it really tricky to get them apart or picking them up. Which is why I glued ladybugs onto the magnets on the back of the drawing. It made it much easier to pop them off.

I also really wanted these drawings to have have a function when the year is up. They can contact me to order new calenders for next year, or use the magnets to hold up photos or notes… but no matter what they’ll end up with a drawing to hang on their wall. All the calendars are hanging up at Favouite Gifts at the Londsdale Quay.