11.01.2010

A Calendar Present

As I mentioned at the end of last week, I love the Shutter Sister's desktop calendar template.  It's so simple and stylish, and it makes a perfect gift.  I put together this calendar for S's birthday, using photos I've taken of her greyhound, Hobbes.  He makes such a handsome calendar boy!

hobbes calendar 2

hobbes calendar 1

Whoever first thought of the CD sized desktop calendar is a genius.  Flip it inside out and it makes the perfect storage case and calendar stand.

This gift did cause me to a lose a bet - Nate thought S would cry when she opened it, and I didn't.  He was right!

It's the start of another week - make it a good one!



(PS: download your own calendar template here.  The site doesn't mention it, but these files also work in Gimp (my photo editor of choice), if you need a free alternative to Photoshop.)

11 comments:

Rebecca said...

Those are cute. I use Gimp, so it's nice to know the templates will work for me.

Nelly said...

Such a sweet gift! Thank you for the links.

Bekka said...

What a beautiful gift! (And really, is there a better bet to lose?) :)

Chrissy said...

That calendar is super awesome!! Love the idea, love the size, love the cute doggy!!
I would have cried, too!!!

Anna said...

thanks for the link!! i need to try gimp....

kate! said...

this is so cute! i'm totally going to have to make one!

Brandi said...

This was so sweet of you. I would have probably cried too. Just an absolutely brilliant idea -- and thanks for sharing the links!

Michelle said...

Oh, this is so lovely!! :) And what a cute dog, too!!

allyn said...

looks fantastic! i'm definitely going to give this a try! if you don't mind my asking, what type of paper did you use?

LyddieGal said...

awww, so cute, and what a wonderful christmas gift idea....

Chic on the Cheap

Trish said...

so sweet! and very genius. I haven't checked in with your blog for a while, but I see I've a lot of catching up to do--so many lovely things. Later!