Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Recipe Card Birthday Calendar

This month has been a month of birthdays in my family, 5 birthdays in only 3 weeks! In college I could remember everyone's birthday but then I got married to a man with more cousins than I could count (probably more than he could either) and all the sudden I had to remember a LOT more birthdays.

To keep better track of all those days I came up with a birthday calendar using recipe cards. It now hangs right by my desk so I can keep up with all those birthdays and special days!
To attach all the cards I used loose leaf binder clips. You could also just use ribbonIt was pretty easy to make. All I did was use recipe cards (I got them at the dollar store) and covered them with coordinating scrapbook paper.
I used stamps for the months and to embellish.
And for the actual calendar part I just made one up on the computer. You could also just write it out.
I did another one as a gift and it's a lot more embellished than my first one. I wish I had done a little bit more but I just can't change mine, I love it exactly how it is!

16 comments:

  1. Super cute idea! I'm thinking of making these as easy gifts to give the grandparents and other relatives we don't see often.

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  2. Love this! Stopping by from All Thingz Related :)

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  3. This is sooo smart! Not to mention, so cute! I could definitely use one of these!
    Thank you for sharing at Anything Related!!
    {Rebekah}

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  4. These are great! I'll buy one from you :)

    Thanks for sharing!

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  5. What a great idea and it turned out so cute. I'm hosting We're Organized Wednesday link party this week. I would love it if you could come by and link up this project. There's a giveaway too. Hope to see you there.

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  6. This is such a great idea! I am going to have to do this one..we have a ton of birthdays in our family.

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  7. Love this! I'm putting it on my list of craft-to-do list. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. Way cute. I so need one of these to keep the birthdays straight and so I don't forget anyone!

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  9. I think this my favorite idea from the party today. Love it! I featured it at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. My viewers are liking it too!

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  10. This is genius! Definitely on my to-do list. Stopping by from Someday Crafts. I'm also a follower now! :)

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  11. What a wonderful idea! I am always forgetting dates. This is going on my to-do list!

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  12. That is a great birthday calendar, cute compact, and room to add more!! love it!
    Visiting from make it yours day...
    justsewsassy.com

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  13. I tried to make one of these once, and I gave up about half way through. Yours is much cuter, too!

    Thank you for participating in the Creative Therapy session over at Life in the Pitts.

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  14. Hi! I'm featuring this today. Because It's awesome :)

    http://lanieree.blogspot.com/2010/05/featuring-you_28.html

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