We are so excited to offer you some
amazing new calendars this year. This
year we definitely jazzed up the
calendars a bit. And on this page you
will find all the information necessary
to create your own AMAZING calendars!
Personalized calendars really do make
for such amazing gifts for friends and
family! These calendars print
beautifully! They were all created at
300 dpi resolution for the most amazing
print quality! The basic concept on
creating these calendars is super
similar to using our quickpages and
cards. You can find video tutorials on
these right
here.
At Shabby Miss Jenn Designs, we have a
TON of different types of calendars to
choose from. I primarily love to use
Photoshop to add the photos to them,
but also we recommend Photoshop
Elements. Okay so last year I got TONS
of emails asking where I get my
calendars printed. :) In regards to
printing the calendars, there are so
many great options. I have used my own
HP Printer to print some of these out
and they have all turned out fabulous.
I definitely recommend using thick
matte or glossy photo paper because
they make the calendars super sturdy!
Other great places to print these
include Persnickety
Prints, Shutterfly
and WHCC.
I would definitely recommend trying
out these places with a few pages
first and then decide which quality
you think is the best. I have had my
most recent calendars printed on
cardstock at Persnickety
Prints and they have
turned out perfectly! They come
bound and even come with a hanger
attached.
Now onto the fun part - punching and binding your calendars! In the past, I have gotten my calendars punched and bound at a local office store. You can also purchase a professional wire binding machine too. But the tool I used for the calendars this year (and SOOOO my new favorite) is THE ZUTTER! This little machine did everything I needed it to do for assembling the calendars (and how super cute is it? It's shabby pink) . You can punch up to 11" with this little machine. And I punched 7 thick calendars at a time, which saves you so much time. And it truly was super easy and quick to do. You can go to their site and watch their videos to learn more. It's a very reasonably priced tool and a great small investment if you plan on making calendars for family and friends every year.
Trust me, once you start creating calendars for family and friends, they are soooo going to love them to pieces!!!!!!!! Every year our family gets a homemade calendar from us, they truly go nuts! It's such a great quick way to give a wonderful memorable gift.
Now onto the fun part - punching and binding your calendars! In the past, I have gotten my calendars punched and bound at a local office store. You can also purchase a professional wire binding machine too. But the tool I used for the calendars this year (and SOOOO my new favorite) is THE ZUTTER! This little machine did everything I needed it to do for assembling the calendars (and how super cute is it? It's shabby pink) . You can punch up to 11" with this little machine. And I punched 7 thick calendars at a time, which saves you so much time. And it truly was super easy and quick to do. You can go to their site and watch their videos to learn more. It's a very reasonably priced tool and a great small investment if you plan on making calendars for family and friends every year.
Trust me, once you start creating calendars for family and friends, they are soooo going to love them to pieces!!!!!!!! Every year our family gets a homemade calendar from us, they truly go nuts! It's such a great quick way to give a wonderful memorable gift.
~CD CASE CALENDARS~
Cd case calendars make super awesome little gifts. They actually make fabulous stocking stuffers! Simply add your photo to the cd calendar, add the 2010 month overlay and you are soooo ready to go. The size of our CD Case Calendars are 4.62" x 5.43". These fit easily into regular sized cd cases. You might want to test out a printed cd calendar first to make sure it will fit into the cd case you have purchased.
Cd case calendars make super awesome little gifts. They actually make fabulous stocking stuffers! Simply add your photo to the cd calendar, add the 2010 month overlay and you are soooo ready to go. The size of our CD Case Calendars are 4.62" x 5.43". These fit easily into regular sized cd cases. You might want to test out a printed cd calendar first to make sure it will fit into the cd case you have purchased.
~POCKET CALENDARS~
I just totally love giving out pocket calendars! Everyone loves these! Unfortunately there are so many different sizes of these calendars out there. These measures 6.5" x 7.75". You can find the calendars with cases pretty much anywhere. I found mine at my local huge craft market. You can however adjust these by adding them to a larger paper file to fit into a larger pocket calendar case. So these will be something you will need to play with and test to get a perfect fit. But these again are super fun and are such quick fun gifts to hand out to anyone at anytime.
I just totally love giving out pocket calendars! Everyone loves these! Unfortunately there are so many different sizes of these calendars out there. These measures 6.5" x 7.75". You can find the calendars with cases pretty much anywhere. I found mine at my local huge craft market. You can however adjust these by adding them to a larger paper file to fit into a larger pocket calendar case. So these will be something you will need to play with and test to get a perfect fit. But these again are super fun and are such quick fun gifts to hand out to anyone at anytime.
~WALL CALENDARS~
Wall calendars are so much fun! These print out super quick and easy. The binding part is actually the fun part. This year I used THE ZUTTER to bind my calendars. This little machine did everything I needed it to do for assembling the calendars. The 2010 overlays can easily be added and you can customize dates, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. It's so much fun to add more character to your calendars that way. These are 8 1/2" x 11" and are of course 300 dpi resolution for the highest quality printing.
Wall calendars are so much fun! These print out super quick and easy. The binding part is actually the fun part. This year I used THE ZUTTER to bind my calendars. This little machine did everything I needed it to do for assembling the calendars. The 2010 overlays can easily be added and you can customize dates, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. It's so much fun to add more character to your calendars that way. These are 8 1/2" x 11" and are of course 300 dpi resolution for the highest quality printing.
~TWO PAGE CALENDARS &
CALENDAR TOPPERS~
You truly have no limits when it comes to printing and assembling your calendars. Our calendar toppers work perfect with online printing companies. I have had mine printed at Cafe Press and they have turned out beautifully! You just upload your completed toppers and the bottom monthly calendar is a crisp clean white with black font. They come bound to you and ready to go.
The two page calendar is a super great gift idea. This is because both pages are printed and coordinate. Again you can get your pages printed and you can bind them yourself if you have a binding tool. You can also get your two page calendars printed at My Pic Tales. You simply just customize the bottom calendar. They do amazing jobs for two page calendars. :)
I received so many emails last year regarding new monthly overlays for calendars purchased last year. This year the calendars have changed in their size, layout, etc. So to avoid a ton of confusion, we will no longer be offering just the yearly monthly overlays. We are so sorry..I know it's a bummer. But this year, all of the wall, two-page and cd case calendars will have the newly updated 2010 monthly overlay files.
Well I hope all this information has helped you about our calendars. If you have any more questions please feel free to email me here and I will happily get back to you as soon as I can. :)
Until then, Happy Calendar Creating! :)
Smiles,
Shabby Miss Jenn
Owner/Designer
www.shabbymissjenndesigns.com
You truly have no limits when it comes to printing and assembling your calendars. Our calendar toppers work perfect with online printing companies. I have had mine printed at Cafe Press and they have turned out beautifully! You just upload your completed toppers and the bottom monthly calendar is a crisp clean white with black font. They come bound to you and ready to go.
The two page calendar is a super great gift idea. This is because both pages are printed and coordinate. Again you can get your pages printed and you can bind them yourself if you have a binding tool. You can also get your two page calendars printed at My Pic Tales. You simply just customize the bottom calendar. They do amazing jobs for two page calendars. :)
I received so many emails last year regarding new monthly overlays for calendars purchased last year. This year the calendars have changed in their size, layout, etc. So to avoid a ton of confusion, we will no longer be offering just the yearly monthly overlays. We are so sorry..I know it's a bummer. But this year, all of the wall, two-page and cd case calendars will have the newly updated 2010 monthly overlay files.
Well I hope all this information has helped you about our calendars. If you have any more questions please feel free to email me here and I will happily get back to you as soon as I can. :)
Until then, Happy Calendar Creating! :)
Smiles,
Shabby Miss Jenn
Owner/Designer
www.shabbymissjenndesigns.com