Forever Calendar

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You Will Need (7 things)

Steps (6 steps, 20 minutes)

1. 1

   gather your
   supplies...and
   print out your
   cover and months
   on the velum and
   your designs onto
   the cardstock. cut
   out all designs
   from cardstock
   and all months
   from velum.

2. 2

   match up the design with each
   month. I choose my designs based
   on whose birthday was taking place
   that month. So for instance, my
   husband’s birthday is in november
   and he likes bold design. I
   matched him up with oneof the
   bolder and more modern designs
   i choose for this calendar. it still
   fits with all the other pieces, but
   stands out a bit.

   TIP:
   thi s is a great opportunity to really make this calendar yours. why not use
   the template and add your own design - or add pictures of your friends whose
   birthday is that month. Why not use hearts for february, shamrocks for
   march and snowflakes for december

3. 3

   starting with january, place
   the velum over the design
   sheet making sure to center
   the velum over the design
   and make sure they are
   flush at the top. clasp to-
   gether with the binder clip.

4. 4

   measure across and place a
   dot with your pencil every .25”.
   use your japanese screw
   punch to punch a hole on every
   dot. repeat this for all of the
   months and the cover. 3.

   TIP:
   if you happen to have a coil binding machine handy, just
   punch the holes with that. and move onto step: 5

5. 5

   once you’ve got all your
   holes punched go ahead and
   line up all your sheets and
   begin winding the coil
   through them. I found it
   handy to use the binder clip
   to keep them in line.

6. 6

   cut off any remaining coil leaving
   one full circle. you’ll want to nedn
   that and tuck it under the one
   before it. when you’re done that, right
   in your importantdates and display!