Hold it. Don’t toss that calendar!
Your calendar, cats or no cats, travel or artsy, scribbled with appointments, schedules, and notes is an expression of your personality. It’s also a diary of what went on during the year: dinner parties and barbecues. Your child’s birthday party (order the balloons!). Your anniversary (dinner reservations at Gratzi!). Your trip to Paris (French class, Sundays: 2:00).
So reuse it. Transform it. Cut it. Glue it. Collage it…. And love it.
Here are three ideas:
1. Add Your Personality to Postcards
Photo: Flickr. Hugowerner
Stay out of the souvenir shop and away from those ho-hum sunset photos. With a snip-snip, a stamp, and a spot of glue, you can transform your calendars into pretty postcards. Send your friends something truly unique and truly you.
Creativity Clue: Use several calendars, not just one. Consider combining elements from a conventional photo calendar with an art calendar.
2. Create a New Calendar Out of Old Ones
Photo: LittleBrownPen.blogspot.com
It’s a perpetual wall calendar created from Polaroids taken around Paris. But if you can’t make it to Europe or your photography skills aren’t up to par, you can use your old calendars to make a calendar wall collage.
Creativity Clue: Arrange your collage perfectly before you hang it on the wall. Start with a general idea sketch and fill it in. Then, arrange the collage using post its on the wall first before you create your masterpiece.
3. Tall Tales in a Travel Journal
Photo: Littlescrapsofmagic
Think beyond the blank travel journal! Use your old calendars as a source of images, artwork, and inspiration. Combine black and white with vibrant color. Cut out pictures that express your emotions (example: a serene waterfall for calm, a balloon for getting carried away, etc).
Creativity Clue: Old magazines are also a great resource for travel-journal collages and scrapbooking. Save them all in one stack.
