I was inspired at the beginning of the month by my creative friend Laura. You can read her blogs here and here. She has a giant dry erase board with not one, but TWO months of family calendar. I fell in love. I warned her I was going to have to steal her idea. Well Laura, I did.
I found the boards at Hobby Lobby. Actually, it was the 2nd Hobby Lobby I had gone to in my quest to make this Christmas gift. (Side note: this never came to fruition as I NEVER found the vinyl decals!!! Sigh)
Anywho, I found two seperate boards which I was stoked to find as I loved Laura's idea but I like to be able to schedule the month ahead as well and with one board I knew that wouldn't be possible every other month. I could switch the boards out somehow so I could always be rotating them.
After on failed evening of trying to create calendar lines with a dry erase marker and a too-short ruler the hubby took over (yes!). He even did CALCULATIONS to make the squares super even. I was impressed! He was even smart enough to do it in permanent marker so that I wouldn't have to redo this every month. He's the brains of this operation.
And he left enough space at the bottom so that I could include notes and we decided to start a monthly memory verse, so that will go there also.
To attach to the wall Brad brought home some industrial velcro from work. I'm sure that there is similar stuff at the craft or hardware store. I just put two pieces on the top of both boards so I could easily switch them out and not have to find the hooks like you do when hanging a picture. I hate that!
And we are all set for January (minus the memory verse, I have been looking for a good one!) Leave it to me to be so excited about a calendar. I was so happy to find a solution to our yearly calendar and so tickled by the awesome help from Brad that I had to share!
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