329/365 ~ Spirit of Giving | From the Heart | Handmade | Uniquely Me
What a perfect prompt for me today! I make 6 handmade calendars every Christmas. I start with plain white heavyweight paper, punch holes in those pages and use book rings to create the base of the calendars. I decorate and brighten them up with fun scrapbook papers and stickers. Then, I take the time to go back in my own photo archives and create fun collages to add to each month. I am pretty particular about how the photos work too... For example, in the month of November 2020, we’ll see photos from November 2019. Kinda keeps it fun and fresh! Each family I gift this to always express their complete and total gratitude for them. They even help me out by randomly sending me photos throughout the year with requests of “please add to our calendar.” I always love when they do that too ~ makes it easier for me! (On a more somber note, this project is one that I usually do at Camp Shamineau. I am wearing one of my shirts to share that sentiment. March of this year was the last time that camp had their Scrap and Stamp weekend and it really has effected my ambition to complete these... I love giving them but there was also an incredible piece to the project of sharing the time with great friends doing similar projects and scrapbooking... so doing this project alone just isn’t as fun and I am extremely behind! They will be done but I am finding that I really have to force myself to focus on the project this year)...
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Danette BadgerThis is my FIFTH challenge! I completed an entire 365 in 2014. In 2015, I tried to do something different and failed miserably so after finishing 2016 successfully I just had to keep going in 2017 and 2018! I am part of an amazing group of talented photographers who post an image from an interpretation of a prompt that we receive every day in our e-mail. It's so neat to see how differently a person perceives a simple word or concept and how they translate that into a photograph. I enjoy this challenge very much and I am looking forward to seeing what 2019 brings! Archives
December 2019
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