Mary Solaas

I finally finished March 1st calendar. The picture I developed from 2 AI pictures from CF Spark. The background paper is a gradient. I guess I'm playing with gradients because I need to practice making them.

Well, I changed all the January :& February layouts (& the pspimages) so that the days of the week are abbreviated and centered. Works out well. The Arial Bold font that I am using doesn't show the small i very well. This is the March 2nd set page. I'm having trouble with the March 1st set since I am using St. Patrick's Day for the theme.

@Cassel I think you are right (as usual). Thank you. I've seen how various members have handled the days of the week and have decided to handle it by using the abbreviations since they are just 3 letters and will be easier to center over the blocks. Will take me a while to go back and redo the January's and February's and I have done one March so that one too. ONWARD!

I didn't like the background for February 2, so I created a gradient with pale yellow and pale purple and used it for the background.

My February in the 2nd set - Mardi Gras time!

This is my February (1st set) offering.

This is the January of my 2nd set of calendars.

@Cassel yes, I did resize the dates - was looking for more space to write on the date.

I think I may end up making 2 calendars. This is the January for the 1st set. I've added the year and made a separate image so that I can use it throughout. I also added the days of the week and saved it as a separate image. The Tolkein button I will use on each page changing the color to coordinate with the picture as I love this quote from Lord of the Rings.

@Susan Ewart what is the font used. Itr looks like it is filled with playing cards.

My last playing until the workshop beginning on Monday.

Thanks, @Corrie Kinkel for the info on the Outdoor Cafe artist. I redid my layout to acknowledge that the painting was Vincent Van Gogh's. And then I realize that I hadn't been acknowledging the photographers when I use family's pics. So I went back to the recent layouts and did so. Won't post them here, but I will be more mindful of that in the future. On all the ideas on logos - I haven't begun to think of what I want to do along with the initials (I won't use my name - just initials). I have seen Susan Ewert's, @Lynda DiGregor and I remember Annie Tobin's.

I'm in, too. this is my first calendar workshop.

Thank you for the info. I love this picture.

@kasany really love that layout.