A Muse News: Calendar Inspiration

Wow! We are up to Day 5 of our Calendar Inspiration posts! I hope you have found some ideas that spark your imagination and creativity.

Today, I have three projects to share.

The first project features our FULL PAGE calendar, created by moi (linda).

My family used to receive lots of FREE calendars from our local real estate agents - you know, the ones with the pretty photos. Last year we didn't get any! Either our real estate agent friends have decided we are never moving or they have decided to spend their marketing dollars on other things. In any case, I found myself in dire NEED of a full page calendar to keep track of our family activities.

The full page calendar was designed to be FUNCTIONAL but can easily be gussied up to be both functional & pretty! I have made quite of few of these full page calendars for my girls and as gifts for family. Here are some fast and easy ways that I have found to bind the calendars together:

bind-it all with coils
bind it all holes tied with ribbons
binder rings
BIG binder clips (you can find some really pretty ones!)

My favorite way to print the calendar is on the white side of A Muse printed cardstock. I will usually pick 3-4 colors and alternate them before placing in the printer. I then add photos or stamped images to the colored/patterned side. So fast and easy!

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Emily has been featuring her beautiful A Muse Calendar pages on her blog every month for the past few years. This year she has decided to mix things up a little bit.

"For my calendar design this year, I printed my calendars on colored pages instead of white. As you know, A Muse has lots of solid cardstock colors in 8.5"x11", so that made it super easy! And the white core gave a finished look on the back of each page."

Sweet and simple!

Be sure to visit Emily's blog for a monthly dose of calendar inspiration.

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As we have seen, the A Muse team is finding lots of creative uses for our NEW! 4" x 6" calendar.

Here is another inspiring project, designed by Lori.

"A 4 x 6 calendar AND a black & white version! This size and neutral color is PERFECT for my design idea. My hubby and his dad recently went on a fishing trip to Alaska. I knew he would love to have some of his pictures on display. That’s how I got my idea for a re-usable calendar base that you can change out the month pages and personalize it with photographs. With both the calendars and pictures being 4 x 6, it’s a super easy…no fuss creation. To help save on paper, I printed on both sides of the A Muse cardstock. Having 1 side colored and 1 side white gives some variety as well. On the back is a pocket to hold the calendar pages and pictures."