Hi all and Happy Friday! It's been busy here around the Koerber house and we have a wedding, baby shower, basketball games and helping my mom finish her moving. I might need some deep breathing exercises! ;-)
I do have a fun project. What do you get when you pair up the letter "H", a plaque, a dowel and some office badges? You get a calendar!! Bear with me, this will all make sense. Promise! I started when I saw these badges below at Office Max. I just knew that I could do something fun with them. When Flourishes came out with it's 2011 Calendar download, the wheels started spinning. So... I started with these!
While those wheels were spinning, I saw in my head a kind of hanging calendar holder. I asked hubby to help. We took a trip to Hobby Lobby and picked up these things!
How can I make a holder with these things?Well, that's where hubby came into play. We used the "H" and cut it a part to create our frame, add a 1/2" hold on both sides for the dowel to fit through. Screw it into a regular wood plaque and paint it up and this is what you have! The wood supplies totaled $2.27. Add in a few binder rings and the badge holders and I'm pretty sure this was a $5 project!
I used the Calendar download
found HERE and paired it up with Flourishes
A Year of Flowers 1. I've only made the first four months of this calendar but I know I'll use
A Year of Flowers 2 and
A Year of Flowers 3 to finish it up.
I should mention, I used Adobe Elements to reduce the size of the calendar to fit inthe 2.5 by 3.5" holder.
Here's a closer look at one of the pages. I colored them all up with
Copic Markers and I also used one of the swirls from the
Siberian Iris Set to stamp in the corners and then edged with a silver leaf pen.
And, to give the end of the dowels a little pizazz... just add a big rhinestone! :-)
I'm going to keep this little calendar on my kitchen windowsill next to some of my favorite house plants so I never forget what day it is! :-) Be sure to stop by the Flourishes Blog
HERE to see some gorgeous calendar creations by Dawn and a very special guest! Some of the other Flourishes gals also were inspired. So, hop on over and see...
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Barbara Anders
Laura Fredrickson - This is her last post on the DT
:-( but she has TONS of blog candy as a farewell!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend and I'll see you back here soon!
25 comments:
I love everything about your project! That calendar holder is to die for! I've always wondered how to make something like this and now I know. I love the calendar's themselves with the little pop of flowers!
What an awesome idea. Love it. I bet when I go to hobby lobby tomorrow there won't be an H in the store. Thanks for sharing.
Vickie
That is brilliant!! I'm sure there will be a rush on "H"'s being purchased. :-)
Beth Greco
SOOO cute!! Not that it's necessary, but it's so nice to have a man around the house!!
Julie Julie!! Love this project!!
Fabulous job!
You are so tricksy Julie. This turned out great. What an awesome idea and I just love it when out men can help us create. :) Your calendars are beautiful. I can't wait to see the rest of the months.
Thanks for sharing today. I hope you can get some rest soon.
Hugs and blessings,
Deb
Fantastic project! Thank you
One will be nice to use as a reminder holder instead of taping notes on my monitor frame.
Awesome project Julie! Great creativity here. Love the finished look. Super cute! Best, Curt
Absolutely Brilliant!!!!
Brilliant idea, and beautiful calendar!
I've used those badge holders as a mini-scrapbook for a 40th birthday -- that was a fun project. I'm glad to see a new idea for the holders, since I over-bought (as ususal).
Ann
You are SO smart! I was thinking...where is she going with this H there are no H's in her name....and then to see the stand fantastic! And then the little name badges...awesome project Julie!
Genious.... This is purely clever on your part Julie! I think the boys teachers needs one of these.... hhmmm... Love your idea and creativity!
Hope it is relaxing this weekend. Big breath...
You're so clever, Julie! Holy wow this is beautiful! I love the stand. I'm very impressed!
Aren't you good.. This is awesome. What a clever girl you are. So nice of your hubby to help you.. This turned out great Julie.
Totally awesome project, Julie! I love this stand! And your calendar pages are gorgeous!
Very cute. Love your calendar and the stand.
Joan
MN
Hey, Maynard, it's me again. I am impressed! This is REALLY cool AND it is thrifty, too, plus you got DH involved. Well done and I noticed you found a spot to add some bling. Sparkle on!
How cool is this? Love the little calendars in the badge holders...and I'll never look at the letter "H" the same way ever again! This is so cute!
Julie, this is a wonderful project!
I just love how creative you and your Hubby were! :)
Thank you so much for the inspiration!
Blessings,
Mary
What a FABULOUS project!!
I'm soooo impressed with your creativity in building the calendar stand! I like the calendars, too, but was blown away with the idea of using the H and just a few other elements to create a stand! Way to go!
Clever use of the LETTER H! This calendar reminds me of some my friend on the HC team does. Love your mini version. Each calendar page is a beautiful masterpiece!!!
Kerry
Oh my goodness! I am going to buy these and make one myself. You are a genius girl. Love this idea. I need a desk calendar too. :)
Hugs~
Are you kidding me? This is so creative-I love it!! What a beautiful calendar to stand on your desk!! Just gorgeous Julie!
Aren't you a genius! I bet my husband would be willing to do this much -- he doesn't do woodworking as a hobby, more as a repair thing so he's not a big play around in the work room guy -- it's not that he isn't the most wonderful man on the planet, because he is.... He just really likes to "empower" me to do these things myself! (And I probably should learn how!)
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