30 days hath; oops 366 days hath 2012

Kate at The Kathryn Wheel asked us to show a wrap-up of our 2012 calendar pages.  I have NO idea how Kate gets all those pages into a single shot, but here are my entries for 2012.

January was colorful.

For February I tried something new.  I realized how much time I spent cutting and gluing those hearts to the pages, so decided to find an easier way.

I used a few stickers and some cutouts for March, and cut up an extra calendar I had on hand.

April was all about the birthdays of my friends, as well as my bEARTHday which is always on Earth Day.

I used some stencils and stamps to create my May calendar pages.

I spent a lot of time in the garden in June.

It was too hot to be outside most of July.

For August, I created a button tutorial that took me forever to finish.

September saw me still enjoying the outdoors.

In October, I once again had computer woes.

I have no imagination when it comes to decorating my calendar pages, as November proves.

This, my December calendar spread, is the final one in this book that has been such a god-send for nearly two years.  It started out as a book I used as a backdrop for spraying and misting, or to wipe excess paint off my brush.  When I cleaned my Staz-on filled rubber stamps, I would smear the images on these pages, too.  Now this book is history.

This is the left side of my December calendar,

and the right side for those who like to read minutia.

For over two months I've looked for a suitable replacement for my 2011-12 calendar to no avail.  I've even tried various books to see how well they would hold up, but I have no other books with spiral binding and none of the books I contemplated worked when I tried to add paint or mists.  So this is where I stand for 2013.  In desperation, I decided to cut old, used file folders in half.  I still haven't punched holes, but plan to place it in this book on the left at the end of each second month.  I also plan to decorate at the end of each month, since I never know what each month will bring, and I want to spotlight whatever is relevant that specific month.

As you can see, I plan to continue into 2013.  I'm trying to use what I have, which also includes this calendar.  Thanks for your continued support over the past two years.  I look forward to seeing all of you next year (in less than 24 hours).  And please remember, if you have embedded comments, I still can't leave one to you.