Calendar Art Aug/Sept

A new month begins....yay! I was ready for the August calendar to be done a week ago, so here it is:



And the new calendar for September looks something like this:



August was the first month I joined the Calendar Art group and I loved it. I'm obviously going to continue! There are certainly a lot of good points when you make your own calendar, like not forgetting anyone's birthday. And I can keep it totally impersonal or add only what I don't mind the world seeing. I still have that "other" calendar, but this was my fun calendar and I looked forward to making my entry each day.

If you'd like to join in, stop by The Kathryn Wheel , check out some fun and artsy calendars, then go make one of your own.

Calendar Art

I read an article in the Fall issue of Artful Blogging, by Kate Crane, about an online calendar challenge. One look at that calendar and I was hooked. I wanted to make one right then and there. The Flickr site was like a chocolate factory to me....one creative calendar after another. The colors, the designs, the little drawings and squiggles, the backgrounds and stamps. A visual vat of yumminess! I don't know how many times I went to the Flickr site but it was a LOT. I just couldn't get enough of all that goodness!

I spent most of the day Thursday thinking and planning how I would make a calendar, and then proceeded to put one together that looked nothing like what was in my head. But I did it and I'm moving forward with it. It was fun to make, I have all month to play with it, and I can't wait to make one for September!

Each month Kate starts a new post for the calendar. Check this one out for the end of July/beginning August. All you do is join in with a link to your blog or to Flickr. Easy peasy. If you want to join the challenge, hop on over and read all about it! It's a year long challenge, but you don't have to join in every month, and you can begin whenever you want to! I like this!