I created a few monthly calendars to help me out in my organizing this year. I came across this idea on Pinterest and modified it to fit my needs.

I used colored file folders for a sturdy backing. I was going to use actual calendar pages from a Dollar Store calendar, but they turned out to be too large. So I ended up using an internet program to generate the calendar pages so they and the photos would have a standard look and size from month to month. After printing, I cut the image and calendar apart and trimmed off the white space. I’ll be able to make notes of important dates, meetup events, and organize my fandom blog posts on the calendars.

Each calendar page isn’t just made out of a file folder, it is a folder. There’s a pouch so I can store important things like receipts, movie tickets, notes, and other things for the month that I don’t want to lose. This should beat my system of printing movie/event tickets months in advance and leaving them in the printer tray so I don’t lose them. I may need to reinforce the sides of the folders that were taped up, but they should hold up for months unless I stuff them too full.

I used a hole punch and brads to put the calendar pages on the folder so that I can easily switch them out from month to month. However, another option would be to keep them intact and keep the items from the month in the pockets so that I can easily store them by month to go straight into my artifact journal. I taped the images on, but I could switch those out too if I get tired of them or if I want to make them match the specific month. Ponderosa’s image of Gambit spinning a card with heart-shaped energy might work well for February but not so much in other months. I look forward to seeing how best to use these this year.

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If you make some of your own, let me know and send photos!