2009 Handmade Calendar Guide
Don't miss our 2010 handmade calendar picks!
Sure, you could pick up a mass-produced 2009 calendar on your next trip to the big-box store. Or you could choose one of these beautiful options handmade by independent artists. You will be looking at it for an entire year, after all.
Calendars also make great gifts for those people you simply don't know what to get. Just saying.
Desk Calendars
Textured paper and wonderfully rich colors combine to create a stylish desk calendar from Portland's Cecily Ink. Be warned: it may make the rest of your desk supplies feel drab. (Giveaway below)
$14 at Cecily Ink
The Eco-Chic Desk Calendar proves that eco-friendly and good design can go hand-in-hand. Recycled paper, reclaimed lumber and twelve charming calendar cards. Return the cards for recycling at year's end and the artist will send you a coupon for next year's refills.
$23 at See Jane Work
The pages of this cheerful handmade calendar are decorated using rubber stamps designed by the artist. Printed in soy ink on 100% recycled, chlorine-free paper. A portion of the proceeds are even donated to UNICEF. It's a calendar with a social conscience. (Giveaway and special offer below)
$12 at Natsumi Nishizumi
Wall Calendars
The Calendarling wall calendar from Seattle's Baddins Design makes date-keeping interactive. Each month you'll discover a new line drawing of a friendly animal ready for you (or--more likely--your kids) to color in. (Special offer below)
$20 at Baddins Design
Like everything else from Turtle Papers, this loose-leaf calendar is exquisitely designed. The Seattle-based artist's bright images of animals, flowers and nature were inspired by her toddler's current loves. Twelve monthly card-stock pages, ready to hang. (Giveaway below)
$18 at Turtle Papers
Lovely in its simplicity, the typography calendar from Oven Door Owl layers the letters of the name of each month to create a captivating graphic. Printed and bound right in the artist's Portland studio. Available in your choice of three typefaces.
$16 at Oven Door Owl
Day Planners
When she couldn't find a planner she liked, the creator of British Columbia shop Double Booked took vintage children's books and made her own. Inside you'll find undated pages and pockets made from original pages of the book. Like carrying a dose of nostalgia in your purse. (Discount below)
$25 at Double Booked
This pocket-sized planner from Vancouver-based Inprint strikes just the right balance between pretty and useful. Available in a number of cover designs so you can find the perfect pick. (Special offer below)
$10 at Inprint
Original drawings from eighteen different artists grace the pocket-sized pages of An Artful Agenda. You'll find a whimsical new image for every day of the year. Printed in Portland on recycled paper. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Northeast Portland Tool Library. (Giveaway and special offer below)
$15 at An Artful Agenda
GIVEAWAYS! We have handmade calendars to give away to FOUR lucky readers:
- Cecily Ink 2009 desk calendar
- Natsumi Nishizumi 2009 desk calendar
- Turtle Papers 2009 wall calendar
- An Artful Agenda 2009 planner
EVERGREEN DISCOUNTS!
- Double Booked is offering Evergreen Moms readers a 20% discount through Jan. 31, 2009. Mention that you saw her shop on Evergreen Moms (formerly Northwest Mom Finds).
- Natsumi Nishizumi will give Evergreen Moms readers a free desk calendar for each one ordered--that's two for $12! Purchase one and mention Evergreen Moms (formerly Northwest Mom Finds) in the 'notes to seller' box during check out.
- Baddins Design - The first 10 readers who enter 'nwmomfinds' in the 'notes to seller' box during checkout will receive a free Calendarling animal character print along with their calendar purchase.
- Inprint - Mention the Evergreen Moms (formerly Northwest Mom Finds) Calendar Round-up during checkout and receive a free blank notebook with the purchase of any planner.
- An Artful Agenda is offering Evergreen Moms readers two 2009 calendars for the price of three (3 for $30). Order and pay for two and then list the three covers you'd like in the 'note to seller' box along with coupon code 'nwmomfinds'.
