Making my own calendar for the following year is a thing that I do almost every year during the Christmas holidays to occupy myself while staying at my parents' place in Slovakia.
I do a lot of planning during the year, so apart from one huge daily planner book that I carry with me at all times, I also make a calendar to out on the wall. It's nothing incredibly difficult – just 5x6cm large boxes, seven in a row for Monday to Sunday with numbers as dates. It's a simple example of how reused big old cards of hard paper from my mother's work (they would be thrown away otherwise), a pair of scissors, an old ruler, a not-very-sharp pencil and a pen can be used to create something very handy for your everyday life. It only costs a bit of time and you can add as much colour and design as you want (I'll definitely do that later!).
However, if you didn't want to spend all the time on it yourself, there is a wide variety of the 2012 calendars on Etsy, so finding one that suits you best shouldn't be a problem. Here are some of my favourites:
A very simple 2012 Franklin Gothic typography calendar by theRasilisk. Not necessarily complicated and every month is a different colour.
Beautifuly simple animal calendar cards by missprintdesign - different animal for every month, can be hung on a wall or a string (great idea!) one by one or all at once and make a great addition to the room!
This wonderful calendar has hand-drawn illustrations in it and has been created by rethinkink. There are little drawings of everything in it - from flowers and buttons to dishes and sweaters.
Twelve months in one piece,decorated with prints of natural objects - a poster calendar by MichelleBrusegaard.
This is something for the marine life lovers - a calendar that features drawings of rocks, seaweed, seashells and sea urchins by camillebellet shows everything that you can find on the beach.
There is something for those who like vintage pictures too!
This calendar contains twelve vintage carnival pictures. Made by TammieBowdenPhoto.
Even something as unusual as a calendar on a pillowcase can be found on Etsy! This beautiful item was created by lepapierstudio.
Now I slightly wish that I did not make my ugly own calendar, but bought some of these instead! Well, maybe next year!! ;-)
I am always very envious of those Etsy sellers who have lots of sales. I would love to wake up every morning and see that more money has come to my PayPal account, to pack my orders every night and make a trip to the post office twice a week, but right now, I can only wish for it.
