delight someone: give a calendar
currently i am working on my annual calendar gifts for the omas, opas, and papa. this is super easy, and such a treasured gift by all who recieve it. i add captions, and try to correspond the months to certain holiday pictures or of people that have birthdays in that month photographed with our kids. it is a huge hit every year.
last christmas my friend claudia s. recieved a really nice christmas gift from her sister: a 2009 calendar with a weekend marked in each month to keep her kids overnight- so claudia and her husband tom had a year’s worth of scheduled in advance date nights each month. i was so jealous! i wanted someone to give me one too! and i loved the idea so much, i wanted give it to someone too- it truly is one of the most thoughtful gifts from the heart.
this weekend i recieved an early christmas gift from my friend claudia w. , a bookmark calendar from korsch verlag . i love it! the perfect gift for a bookworm! it is a booklet of bookmarks with beautiful african art for each month.
i have already started using the january bookmark for the book i started reading yesterday, siri hustvedt’s sorrows of an american. it is hard to put down.
go ahead and delight someone, give a calendar this year.
rochambeau http://rochambeau.typepad.com
December 14th, 2009 at 10:11 pmHey Elsa,
Your calender idea, is such a good one!!
Can I ask you how you went about having it printed and
how long would it might take to get it back?
Your Claudia is a creative friend! I’m happy you have each other!!
Can’t thank you enough for the Pranic info.
Love,
Big love,
Constance
Stephanie http://rodrigvitzstyle.typepad.com
December 15th, 2009 at 4:24 amhi Elsa,
I’ve done this too!! SUCH a great idea, this year I made some books (blurb) for the family….thanks too for the book recommendation, I just traded in some air miles for a gift certificate at Barnes and Nobles and will put this on my list.
Happy reading!!
x…x
steph
e@elsaaraya.com http://elsaaraya.com
December 15th, 2009 at 9:10 am@Constance. i do not send it to be printed or order it online (but there are services that do that) i buy do it yourself calendars at a bookstore in town. then i just glue the pics on the pages and hand-write descriptions.
@Steph- I think making your own bookmark calendars would make a great art project at the mango studio! just and idea!
Relyn http://www.comesitbymyfire.blogspot.com
December 15th, 2009 at 2:00 pmI have SUCH a thing for calendars. This is a terrific post. I love hearing about your yearly gift and following your linky love. Happy Tuesday.
Meredith http://oneswayingbeing.wordpress.com/
December 15th, 2009 at 9:14 pmWhat thoughtful gifts! I think the one where the date weekends were already marked in advance is so amazing… I can see several mothers of my acquaintance going into drool mode over that.