Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Take a Break: Reusing Last Year’s Calendar

In spite of all the gadgets on my computer, I still prefer to have a calendar hanging in my office. So what to do with the old one when the year changes?

You can file it away and use again in subsequent years. There are 14 possible calendar years, so not a lot of storage required. For example, 2011 uses the same calendar as 2005 or 1994. To find matching calendars for another year go to Same Year Calendars.

Maybe you weren’t all that fond of this past year’s calendar, or you’ve written all over it. Of course if the year just plain sucked you’d just as soon have the calendar vanish at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. Burning certainly works as does putting it through the paper shredder and using it for packing material. Some other ways to recycle your old calendar include:

• Donate them to a school, or nursing home.

• Save them as part of your child’s “memory box.”

• Take the calendar apart and frame pictures. Makes inexpensive art for your wall.

• Cut out interesting shapes and decoupage on picture frames, boxes, wood, mirrors, doors, lamp shades or whatever strikes your fancy.

• Depending on weight and size, turn them into interesting envelopes. You can always take a part an envelope and use it as a template or you can download one.

• If you scrap book, stash and use as needed.

• Make bookmarks, placemats, line cabinets or drawers, use as wrapping paper, make a mobile. The list can go on and on.

If you have wrapping paper you didn’t use or it’s only slightly used, and are having a “Martha Moment,” try Leftover Gift Wrap.

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