Hello 2014! I'm sorry that I've been MIA since Christmas, but I enjoyed a lot of wonderful family time and I hope you all did as well. {Take a look at my Instagram feed if you'd like to see a little of how we celebrated.} But even while I was away from the blog, I was busy, busy, busy. We celebrated Beckett's second birthday yesterday, and I'm madly preparing for his Sesame Street themed birthday party this Saturday {details about that will be forthcoming}.
I also took some time this past week to come up with a solution to my need for a calendar in my kitchen, and I'm so excited about how it turned out that I want to share it with all of you in the form of a download. I, like many of you, I am sure, use my iPhone to keep track of my calendar appointments and I use various apps to keep track of many of my lists and to do items. I've never been good at writing things down on one of those twelve month paper calendars that you hang on the wall, nor am I fan of how much space they take up. But as I rely more and more on electronic devices for calendar-keeping, I have realized that what I am missing is a simple calendar that I can glance at quickly for reference when I'm on the phone. And now I have it!
Now that I am staying home with my boys, I realized how much I miss that calendar by the phone. I had planned to make myself a jewel case calendar for the kitchen counter top, but then remembered that I have a pretty silver photo easel that's been tucked away in a closet and I realized that this easel would make the perfect stand for my little calendar.
When I first sat down to design the calendar, I hit a block. There were so many possibilities that I couldn't decide where to begin. I knew I wanted the calendar to be colorful, and I wanted something to inspire me. After playing around with lots of design ideas, I realize that nothing inspires me more than traveling!
That's why my 2014
I didn't want to clutter up each calendar page with the names of all of the holidays, so I instead made a holiday cheat sheet which I will keep tucked behind all of the other calendar pages on my easel, but which I can quickly pull out for reference when need be.
I also decided to add one additional page to the calendar - a birthday reference sheet. Since I knew I wanted to share this calendar with all of you as a download, rather than typing in the birthdays of my friends and family, I designed the birthday page with blank lines to make it easy for you to write in the birthdays that you need to remember each month.
For those who love to travel and daydream about future vacation destinations, I hope you'll be inspired by the skylines on this calendar! The 2015 version of this calendar is available for download now! I recommend printing on a thick cardstock paper, and I love the way mine looks with a glossy finish. The files includes crop marks to make it quick and easy for you to cut the pages exactly to size.
Happy 2014 to everyone! I have so much in store for this year, including a big announcement that will be coming up before the end of the week, so check back!
Yay, another Denver blogger! Thank you for linking up to our Weekly Pinterest Party. I love the printables! I plan to share them in a few groups that I know will love all the hard and great work that you put into them.
ReplyDeleteI just found your calendar through Honey We're Home and I love it…It's a perfect size and what a great idea to make it fit a jewel case. Thank you for sharing. I will be printing this for myself right away.
ReplyDeleteHaydee, I'm so glad you like the calendar and that it will work for you!
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