Do you have a mother-load of special dates to remember? I do! Being the designated household secretary (according to my husband), I am primarily the one who makes sure that Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and birthday gifts are sent out on time. I love everything about the noteable paper pack and have used it for other projects like the keepsake memory book I made for my son. When I saw these fun 12×12 cardstock sheets that were pre-printed (yay!) with little calendars, I knew that I wanted to create an organizational project…and so I created a birthday board to keep in my office. It was simply a matter of cutting and pasted. Here’s how I did it:
The Birthday Board
Supplies Used:
Wood Grain Paper or Chipboard
This is just a quick reference. If you don’t have the exact items I used or the same sized frame, you can totally switch things up! I’ve even shared links where you can find printable versions instead!
Start with a main piece of cardstock that has been cut to the same size as the back of your frame (mine was 11×14″). Use an adhesive to attach the paper to the frame backing.
Trim your mini monthly pages of the 12×12 paper, or print some off online (I thought these were cute). I attached them, 4 at a time, to cardstock for a total of 3 pages to rotate on my clipboard. If you use the printable ones, you’ll have to see how many can fit on a page and adjust accordingly.
To create my faux clip board, I used a piece of cardstock that had a wood grain on it. You could also use a piece of chipboard. Clip the corners to round them. Cut it slightly larger than your 3 sheets of calendar pages.
Adhere the clipboard paper to the main cardstock (the one that is the size of the frame). Attach a mini clip with a brad through all thicknesses.
You can decorate this part however you’d like. I used mini brads on my little calendars and then wrote in the names of each family member having a birthday that month.
Each name on the board is a blessing to us and a reason to celebrate! And just for fun, if you’d like a printable yearly birthday page to add to a planner or on the refrigerator you can use the one I shared in my 2014 Printable Planner post…for free!
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
I love it! But I don’t see my name on the January page… just saying’
I guess it would make the project a little more extensive if you put all of your cousins on there!
Haha, I’d probably need extra monthly sheets! 🙂
that is cute! years ago, before internet and FB, i sat down and made a little date book for my mom and sisters… cutting up family pictures and typing the lines…. then i included by hand, birthdays and anniversaries. we recently came across Mom’s when packing up her things… there were the OLD phtos and added in by hand each of the grandkids and great grandkids and even a couple of great-greats….now days i don’t know what i’d do if i didn’t have FB to remind me! hahaha!
Isn’t that the truth! FB reminds me of all of my friend’s birthdays, even those who I don’t keep in contact with!
Love your birthday board Brandy! The papers are so pretty and bright. Something pretty to look at all the time. Great idea!
Thank you, Brenda!