zencrafting: DIY Calendar

Sunday, October 17, 2010

DIY Calendar

I'm so excited to show you my first attempt at the DIY 2011 zencrafting calendar. I printed out the pages on 4 X 6 premium photo paper on my inkjet printer at home, and I couldn't be happier with the quality. I bound the pages using the ring binding off an old notebook. It's a wee thing and should work well to keep in my purse or on my crowded desk. It's a reminder to take joy from every day and share it with the ones you love.

Click on the links in my sidebar to print out your own calendar or daybook and let me know how yours turns out!

5 comments:

jackie said...: Both of these projects are so wonderful! I love what you created with the calendar and daybook with your beautiful photos. You achieved, really, a sense of peacefulness and calm with your photo choices - even if I fill up the pages with chaos and activities the photos will provide a small center of calm!
Our printer is out of colored ink, but I'm thinking that maybe I'll print a copy at work to keep at my desk! Love it so much!!
Keep Snorkeling!!!; October 18, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Helena said...: So nice photos and really interesting calendar! Thank you for your idea!; October 20, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Annie Pazoo said...: Thanks so much for sharing this -- love the photos and layout!; October 22, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Rachel said...: Oh how beautiful! I would love to link to this if you didn't mind. Ann emailed me about this and I'm so glad she did!; October 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM
joanie said...: I can see now I've missed so much here while I was on an online break. What could be better than pagess of your beautiful images?!; November 4, 2010 at 3:05 AM

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"Love what you love" (to paraphrase poet Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"). Sounds easy, but some days it's not. But that's what I try to do every day. Love my family and my friends; love words and type; love rocks, trees, and rivers; love wool, felt, fabric, thread, and stitches; love paper and paint. And love the sometimes messy life and writing and craft that emerges from it all.

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Photo Tips

1. Get out every day with your camera and take photos , even if it is only in your own back yard. You may have a great camera but if you do not develop an "eye" , you will miss all sorts of opportunities!
2. Gaze closely at your world, looking for insects, the shapes and colours of leaves, the buds and promise of flowers. If it has rained get out with your camera - there are then opportunities for photos of drops and reflections.
3. Look up and out! Nature is not just in the detail but in the big picture - the sky, the clouds, the avenue of trees, a pounding wave.
4. Observe and learn from photos and books - Flickr is inspirational. If a photo has the words "more properties" on it I will always look to see how the photo was composed - aperture, shutter speed etc.
5. Finally - and this may be strange - LISTEN. Many of my photos have been taken as a result of hearing birds cracking seeds in the trees above, the beating of wings overhead, the hum of the bee. Let all your senses be alive to the possibility of the photo.
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