Yes friends it’s that time of year again. It’s time for me to share our fabulous family calendar. Actually I’m slightly late bringing this fabulous artwork to all of you this year. We are creeping up on the 20th year of this calendar being put together. Wow! That fact alone amazes me to no end. Just wow- another family tradition started by my parents. Over the last couple of years I was handed the editorial baton by my Mom to make sure the calendar tradition continues. This year’s calendar is especially poignant because my Mom was able to get back into looking through pictures and put a page together for us. Thanks Mom!! We’re so glad to have you back in the calendar making process. (My Mom’s page is the one with the red background.)
It’s awe inspiring to see this project come together, and see the pages come to life as they get emailed in. The process for the calendar pages goes like this. There’s a post on our family Facebook page where everyone can join in and sign up for the month they want to put together. Once all of the pages are assigned everyone is on their own to put the pages in place, and there’s a deadline for getting them turned in. We all do the pages in Picasa’s collage format. An easy way to get the pictures into a format that you like. It actually takes longer to collect the pictures than it does to put the collage in place. I always tell myself if there’s a picture or group of pictures I like I need to put them in a separate folder on my computer and collect them throughout the year. So far this great idea hasn’t materialized for me. My procrastination seems to get the best of me and I’m always scrambling to meet the deadline I set for the family!
Once all of the photo pages are done it is my task to add the family birthdays’ and anniversaries for everyone. My Mom chooses the photo that will become the cover for the calendar. After we have proofed and re-proofed all of the birthdays, anniversaries, etc. we are off to the printer with our masterpiece.
So without further ado I present to all of you our 2016 family calendar. A few of the months have definitive themes that are just treasures. My Mom’s page is a collection of the black and whites from her childhood. Family treasures and traditions just do not get any better than this. It will always be my hope that this tradition will continue for many, many years to come. Who knows maybe one day my grand-kids will be putting the calendar together! Cheers to family traditions once again.
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