I was inspired by my dear friend Amy who has an absolute FABBBBBY mud room (well WHOLE house) but one thing in particular caught my attention… her family calendar. Those of us who have many things to juggle know how hard it all can be to keep it all straight. And yes, I know we’ve talked before about paper calendars vs phone app, but I’m visual. I will TOTALLY remember it more if I write it and if I SEE it in front of me. Now, mine is a much smaller and modified version of Amy’s. Her’s was an ENTIRE wall. I didn’t have that kinda wall space so I made do with what I had, and I converted the backsplash of the desk into the family calendar.
I’m not much of a DIY person, so bear with me for the imperfections and winging it, but that’s how I rolled with this one trying to come up with the coolest way to show dates and months.
I wanted it to be dry erase AND magnet. So I went online and found a place that does custom sizes of boards and had one made to fit the exact space and just inserted it in the wall. That took care of the MAIN part of the calendar… so now the rest of the components…
The grid? My kids called it WASHI tape… I call it CRAFT tape? (remember, I’m NOT a DIY person). It’s kinda “vinyl-y”. The tricky part was making the lines straight.
The numbers? I selected some number stickers from a craft shop in the scrapbook aisle and then construction paper to stick them on.
Once I did, I had the sheet laminated, then cut them into squares, then attached a little magnet behind each number so I can move them from month to month.
The days of the week? I just got larger stickers that were kinda raised, pretty much to my taste, liking, decor style to go with the room. So you can choose whatever you wish.
The month? I chose a thick card stock-type paper from the scrapbook section again (I chose a gold glitter OF COURSE) and simply printed from my computer the month and stuck it on there. I added magnets on the back of the GOLD card stock, and all I will do is change out the month on top.
The finished product?
I donno if you noticed but I accented it all with GOLD… Gold sparkle paper and GOLD numbers… of COURSE! {{{huge smiles}}} Do yours to your liking, but you get the gist of it.
Annnnnnd…. Here’s a sneak peek of the mud room. Just waiting for backsplash install in the sink area… and I want to reveal when it’s complete.
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So tomorrow, 5 things and a winner. Who is ready for Friday? Meeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
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