Personalized calendars can spare your sanity.
When you have a space on the wall that is taken up with the calendar you need to glance at routinely to schedule out your month.
It might have crossed your mind that it's bland, or that the choice you made in the bookstore of cute kittens, puppies or clever sayings is no longer holding your interest as you might have hoped.
The problem with these types of calendars and what might be leaving you cold is that they could belong to anyone.
There is no trace of your own identity in the sunsets or castles you routinely stare at daily.
What can you use to customize a calendar? Literally, any image you draw, photograph, design or write.
You can make a complex image interspersed with writing; you can use photographs of your last vacation, your own strange designs, or your own pictures and poetry.
Anything you want to immortalize you can have on the calendar your create yourself.
The processes of personalizing a calendar The least expensive way to personalize a calendar for your own use or for a few friends is to visit a few online sites that specialize in personalization until you find the one you want.
You will need to have at least 12 images ready to go as JPEG or GIF files.
You might want to go through all your choices and decide ahead of time which one you want for what month.
The website will walk you through a process in which you will select the shape and size of the calendar you desire.
Next you will need to select the cover shot you want to use.
This can either be a photo or design you are using for a specific month or it can be a completely different one.
You will be given options that will allow you to crop the photo image to fit.
Month by month you will go through this process with each photo or design until you reach the end.
You will be shown how the finished product looks before you place your order.
If you are looking for something a little more polished and don't mind spending a bit more money another option is to find a custom print shop to make your calendar.
This will be more expensive, but it means much less work for you as the printer will take the photos or design you select and crop them for you.
Business Uses Giving clients or customers a calendar customized to show upbeat, and attractive photos of your company can create a positive memory of your business.
For this purpose going to a printing shop and buying in bulk would actually be the less costly choice.
Personalized calendars can make that spot on the wall where you keep track of your days a much more interesting and satisfying place to rest your gaze.