Showing posts with label Advent Calendar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advent Calendar. Show all posts

Monday, December 21, 2009

The Best: 2010 Calendars

I'd like to say I'm a visual thinker, but when I compare my colleagues' scrupulously filled-in and color-coded agendas to my chicken scratch daily to-do list, I know I am decidedly not one. However, that doesn't stop me from loving calendars, which I honestly use more to look at, than for actual planning purposes. So friends and family, beware: This list is a compilation of the most gorgeous, unique and artful calendars I could find, but I can't promise they'll help me remember your birthday. :)
Sadly, the beautiful feathers calendar above from The Wild Unknown is now sold out (that sort of what happens when Design Sponge writes about you), but a few similar calendars remain: Hawks & Bunnies, Songwriters and Lyrics and Feathers.
Love this Under the Sea Linen Calendar from Linea Carta (H/T Paris Hotel Boutique)

Animal Pastimes calendar from Sadly Harmless -- is there a better kid's calendar out there? I think not.
While Flora Douville has closed her shop for the holidays, I'm hoping more of these lushly illustrated calendars will be available when she re-opens in January.

2010 Calendar from Caitlin Keegan

Birds of a Feather Letterpress Tearaway calendar from YeeHaw
For someone as obsessed with polaroids as I am, the calendar from Alicia Bock is the perfect photo-based option.

Monday, December 14, 2009

The Best: Advent Calendars

I know I'm a little late on this post, seeing as we are only 10 days away from Christmas, but one of my favorite childhood Christmas memories was keeping watch over my family's Advent Calendar. It just made the countdown to the "Big Day" seem even more exciting. Here are some of my favorites to save for next year:

A DIY calendar made from stacked matchboxes via Martha. Instructions here.

My favorite one this year: hats and mittens from Garnet Hill. So freakin' cute!

Buckets of Joy Advent Calendar (Garnet Hill)

Hand-crafted pine Advent Calendar (Pottery Barn)

Cotton pouches Advent Calendar -- picture these filled with candy and laid out on a vintage silver tray (NuvoNova)

Brooklyn Advent Calendar (Noveau Designs)

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