Calenders. They tell us the date and make things pretty, but what are they at the end of the year? Garbage.

Or are they?

Here’s what I’ve always liked to do: Pick out a nice calender in early January (I can easily go a week without a calender if it means saving $20!!) Use it for the year. Once you’re done, cut your favourite images from the calender, and put them on your walls (or frame them first). Instant (and multitasking!!) art! I’ve got photos from a black-and-white pig calender (above) as well as my current calender – a day-by-day shoe calender. This one retails for $20-something, but I think we only paid about $7 for it.

The nice thing about day-by-days is they give you 365 different images to use, and all you have to do is make one cut across the top. One cut, and suddenly they look like perfect square prints!
Remember… buy calenders in January, when most stores have them marked down 75%!