Several months ago my sister in law saw a family birthday calendar on Pinterest that she liked and she asked me if I could make one for her.  I told her I would and I FINALLY started and completed it! It wasn’t that hard to do it just seemed like every time I would think about getting started something would get in the way….Mainly CHARLIE

He is so cute but he is A LOT of work!!!

Anyway, back to the Calendar…this is the finished product.

My supply list included:

Scrap of wood

Vinyl lettering

Decorative tape

paint and brush

eye hooks

decoupage

sanding block

stickers

tags

The first thing I did was sand my piece of wood. Then I did a base coat of white paint.  Once that was dry I added the vinyl lettering and spelled out Family Birthdays.  I then painted over the entire board with my second paint choice which was blue.  After that was dry I removed the vinyl lettering.  I used the sanding block over the entire board again. I like the effect it had on the lettering. I then added  the stickers for the months of the year.  I was going to stencil those  but I knew I would never be able to get that done.  I added some decorative tape just to give it some dimension and add a little something extra to it.  I added eye hooks to the bottom and attached tags for the names and dates of the birthdays.  I will eventually switch the tags out for metal disks once I master the art of metal stamping.  Right now I am still in the learning process!

I think it turned out great.  I might have to make one for myself…

(All photos are courtesy of Kolson Close Up)

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