The Perpetual Calendar or as some call it the Birthday Calender. For years I never knew these even existed and just kept rewriting everyone's birthdays each year, the perpetual calendar on the other hand is an on going calendar that you can use every year since you don't include the Monday - Sunday columns. You just list the number of days in the month and write birthday and anniversaries next to the right date. Now I know this is the wrong time of the year to be thinking of this but back in January I searched the shops for a pretty calendar I wanted a really good one since I'd be using it year after year and found nothing! Eventually I resorted to the Google search and more nothing, then Etsy which was something... but still not exactly what I was looking for. Although it did give me an idea, some of these calendars where simply hole punched with a single hole and ribbon was used to hang them. Now I have tons of stamps, artist grade watercolour paint and arches hot press watercolour paper just sitting in my studio soooo... new project time!
Since it's a perpetual calendar that get used year after year it really doesn't matter when I start during the year so the plan is to start with the month of April. But that will be the next post in this series, with the idea to post a monthly blog with a video on YouTube. Todays blog and video is all about the set up. I pre cut the paper for the whole year, worked out a basic template and pre stamped each month with Distress Ink - Antique Linen. The paper is Arches Hot Press Watercolour in 300gsm cut vertically down the centre. I used stamps from my stash that fit the space, lots of the stamps are from older sets and I'm not sure if they're all still available but it's all about personal choice. I wanted to use more artsy stamps that have been long time favourites from a variety of brands but that's what I wanted. Just go though your on stash and pick out the sets that speak to you, each month can be totally different it doesn't need to have a work with the month before or after. Then pick you choice of colouring medium... I'm going to use watercolour so I choice high quality artist grade paper and I will be using artist grade watercolour to colour each month, this is for light fastness I want it to still look good in 10 years! But you could colour in copics, coloured pencil or whatever else you have on hand just check you they're light fast and just a heavy weight paper. But I'll list my stamps used in each months post just in case anyone wants to know.
Below is a video of the set up in super high speed, also my first ever voice over video... please be kind. I'd love to know what editing apps everyone else uses... that work on android. I film on my phone and will be editing on it too. I've got a good app for my haul videos but it doesn't have a voice over feature.
Enjoy and Take Care
