quilter girl

Just put up my new 2010 calenders - yea I'm a few days behind. What do you do with your old calenders? I have wrapped gifts with them, even received a letter with the envelope made out of a calender. Some of the pictures are so pretty. Do you just toss them or re use them?

MamaBear61

I have been keeping them thinking I may use them in scrapbooking pages etc

quazyquilter

I am saving old Norman Rockwell calendars to use as "wallpaper" for one wall in my guest room. ( it's that patchwork part of me, I guess.)

Teacup

Oh, I could get creative recycling my 2009 calendar. DS gave me "Nuns Having Fun" with 12 black/white photos of nuns in habits doing interesting things, like riding tricycles, mowing the lawn, playing on a swing, skiing, roller skating and playing soccer. He thought it was so funny that he gave me another version for 2010. I think he liked it more than I did, but it is different! (And no, we are not Catholic, just like to laugh!) Making envelopes might be interesting...

littlehud

Making envelopes out of them is such a good idea. I just keep my favorites. I love the Gary Patterson cat calenders.

MadQuilter

in the recycle bin. So that's a yes.

b.zang

If there is a picture I like, I will cut carefully so the hole isn't there anymore, and have the picture laminated. Then, I hang them up in my classroom. Lots of the time a student will have written his/her name on the back of a picture to claim it at year's end.
I always buy calendars with artwork I like. Bev Doolittle, Escher, various native artists, quilts!

Pineapple Princess

They're the perfect size for scrapbook pages, and you can use the little pictures on the back for decoration.

Mousie

funny you should ask, lol, quilter girl, as a matter of fact I have a giant calendar, and going to turn it over and draw a grid on the back of the pages and recycle for 2010.
Get double on my money:wink:

edited to add: oh, and the ones with all the pretty pictures: I made a collage with all the animals for my grandbabies to enjoy. I have a stack of flower pictures, bc i love the colors. They would make great wrapping ppr or small gift bags.
I might let my granddaughter cut shapes out of them. She loves doing things like that and glueing them on paper.
Think she is going to be a future scrapbooker and of course a quilter. :mrgreen:

amma

Yes!!! If I can't use them, they make lovely collages when my grands come to visit :D:D:D