Looking to fill your new year with favorite faces? Personalised calendar make fantastic gifts for family and friends. But why settle for the same stale templates? With these 5 creative ideas, you can easily personalize photo calendars with a thoughtful DIY touch.
First up, memory collage calendars. Gather meaningful photos from throughout the years – childhood snapshots, wedding pics, fun vacation selfies. Select 12 to collage for each month’s page. Leave white space to write dates or events. Get creative with zigzag or asymmetrical layouts. Punch up blank areas with colorful scrapbook paper, doodles, or inspirational quotes. For a clean, modern look, try a minimalist calendar with just one special photo per month. Choose black and white or sepia filtered images to up the sophistication. Print on thick cardstock and mount on black or white frames. Clean lines and plenty of white space equal graphic gorgeousness.
Why not spotlight your favorite furry friend with a pet calendar? Capture your cat lounging in sunbeams or your pup frolicking in nature. Pop artsy filters on their photos and label each month with their name. Paw print clipart and animal quotes add the perfect accent. Any pet parent would adore this gift.
Milestone Monthly Calendar
Choose 12 photos highlighting big milestones in someone’s life – first steps, graduations, new jobs, engagements, etc. Add inspirational captions for each like “Class of 2022!” or “She said yes!”. This calendar makes a meaningful keepsake for the upcoming year. Outdoor Adventure Calendar
For hiking, camping, or outdoor enthusiast friends, create a calendar using their greatest nature pics from national parks, lakesides, mountain tops and more. Add fun captions like “Yosemite 2022” and draw leaves or mountains in blank spaces.
Pop Culture Calendar
Superfans will geek out over a calendar featuring their favorite celebrities, movies, TV shows, or musical artists. Pick the most epic snapshots of pop culture icons and label with fun details. Perfect for stanning Harry Styles or Stranger Things!
DIY Tutorial Calendar
Crafty creators will love a calendar with photos spotlighting their best DIY projects from the year. Showcase finished crafts, step-by-step process shots, and behind-the-scenes creative spaces. Add text blurbs on each masterpiece.
Pet Portrait Calendar
Animal lovers need a calendar dedicated solely to their beloved fur babies! Use close-up shots highlighting your pet’s cute personality and give each month a clever caption. They’ll adore seeing their pet showcased.
Travel Inspiration Calendar
For wanderluster friends, pull together scenic destination pics from their travels near and far. Italy, Iceland, Banff, Hawaii – curate 12 stunning landscapes. Add flags, quotes, or doodles to liven up blanks spots.
The options for personalizing photo calendars are endless! Get creative in spotlighting someone’s passions, hobbies, family, or big milestones.
Get the whole gang together with a family photo calendar. Gather candid snaps from throughout the year – holidays, vacations, special events, even just chillin’ at home. Showcase your loved ones across the months for a heartwarming walk down memory lane.
For travel lovers, design an inspirational calendar with favorite destination pics. Curate photos from Parisian cafes, Hawaiian beaches, NYC skylines. Add map graphics, travel quotes, fun stickers. Spark dreams of future adventures in 2023.
The options are limitless when crafting custom photo calendars! Surprise grandparents with new baby pics, whip up honeymoon highlights for newlyweds, or spotlight your BFF with bestie snapshots.
Online services like Shutterfly, Snapfish, or Photobox make it easy to transform photos into stylish calendars. But you can also DIY print using quality photo paper. Get creative with materials like patterned scrapbook paper, colored cardstock for frames, and washi tape for accents. However you design them, personalized calendars make heartfelt and budget-friendly gifts. As each new month unfolds, your loved one is reminded of your thoughtfulness. So unleash your creativity to spotlight the people and memories that matter most. This year, give the gift of photo calendars made with love.
