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July 9, 2013 By Emily 17 Comments

DIY Calendar Artwork

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One of my favorite blogs which I love reading had the cutest project they shared awhile back. Young House Love had taken the cutest calendar and turned it into artwork for their hallway. I debated back and forth about buying it when they posted the link for the calendar. By the time I had said ok I’m going for it, it was sold out. I was pretty bummed but was determined to find a cute calendar to do this project. A couple sunday’s later I was in our church’s bookstore and they had the cutest calendar with inspiration sayings and the colors were perfect for our guest room. I bought it and made my DIY Calendar Artwork.

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So I purchased the calendar (which ended up being half price, cue happy dance) and brought it home. I wasn’t sure where I was going to find frames to put the 12×12 calendar sheets in so I did my research and settled on Ikea. I found 12×12 record frames to use. We took a Saturday trip to Ikea where I had to get permission to purchase the display frames because I wasn’t going home empty handed! We also came out with a new dresser, so it wasn’t the cheap trip we had anticipated.

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I picked out four of the pictures that I liked and cut them out. After that I used glue to stick them to the backs of the pages that came in the frame. That way when I put them in the frames they didn’t slide around because they were just a little smaller than the frames. I then placed all of them into their frames with Tyler’s assistance and they then sat on the guest room bed for a couple months. But as you saw with my Guestroom Makeover Reveal we finished the room and finally got them hung up! So I am able to bring this easy, inexpensive project to you. it is such a great way to get artwork for your home.

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I now plan to pay attention in January and February when the calendar stores put everything on sale. I once got quite the stock of calendars for $1 but they were from all my favorite TV shows and wouldn’t make good artwork. Have any of you ever done a project like this?

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Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: artwork, Blog, calendar, Craft, Decorations, diy, Frame, Home Decor, Ikea, Project

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  1. Selene Galindo says

    July 9, 2013 at 10:51 pm

    What a neat idea!!! I’m keeping my eye open for a cute calendar now!! Thanks for the fun idea!
    Selene @ Restoration Beauty

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    • Emily says

      July 10, 2013 at 11:07 am

      Thank you! I was so pleased with it. Thank you for coming by!

      Reply
  2. Kat says

    July 11, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    Thanks for linking up with us at TGIF! I love these! I am always looking for inexpensive ways to decorate and I’ve never thought to do this! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Emily says

      July 11, 2013 at 9:36 pm

      It is such a great inexpensive way to decorate. I can’t wait to do it for another room!

      Reply
  3. Sarah says

    July 14, 2013 at 6:48 pm

    Cute idea!! Thank you so much for sharing & linking up at Thank You Honey’s Whatever Wednesday Party!! The party goes live every Tuesday!
    Cheers

    Sarah

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  4. Leah says

    July 17, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    Thanks for linking up to the Friday Follow Along. Those look great!

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  5. ang says

    July 18, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Hi Emily,
    This is the cutest project! What a great idea to upcycle it to artwork – kudos!
    I’m stopping by from Much Ado About Mondays.
    Happy Thursday,
    – Ang
    Juggling Act Mama

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    • Emily says

      July 18, 2013 at 1:05 pm

      Thank you! I love how it turned out! Thank you for stopping by!

      Reply
  6. Randi Sowders says

    July 19, 2013 at 12:21 am

    I really like these! The colors are great!

    I hope you join us for our link up this week, it closes tomorrow so hurry on over!

    http://www.sowderingabout.com/2013/07/on-display-monday-10.html

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  7. Heater May says

    July 19, 2013 at 9:28 am

    This is a beautiful idea! I recently did this for my kids with a wresting calendar but it wasn’t half as pretty! Thanks for linking up to the Friday Follow Along! I hope you will linkup again! http://www.ffflinkypals.blogspot.com/2013/07/friday-follow-along-link-up-and-party.html

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  8. Lindsey Parker says

    July 20, 2013 at 10:58 pm

    Hi Emily, I have not yet met you but I am a friend of the Glovers and enjoy reading your blog. I have done a similar calendar art project and also have done the same with artwork from a day planner.

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    • Emily says

      July 21, 2013 at 4:53 pm

      Hi Lindsey! Thank you for coming by the blog!

      Reply
  9. Ciara @Teaspoon of Life says

    October 22, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    Emily, this is so cute! I am definitely going to do this!
    Ciara from daily blog boost

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    • Emily says

      October 22, 2013 at 9:12 pm

      Thank you! I love how inexpensive it is.

      Emily

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  10. TaMara @ ImplausiblyBeautiful says

    October 22, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    Love this idea, I’m pinning!

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    • Emily says

      October 22, 2013 at 9:12 pm

      Thank you! I plan to do it again in my new house!

      Emily

      Reply

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