Excel Calendar for 2013

I don't like any of the calendar templates available in Excel, so I made my own.  And I even tested it for a year and made formatting changes before releasing it to you.  I hope it's helpful to some of you!

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Above is just one example of the calendar sheets.  I used a different color scheme for each month (I like variety) and you can see all of the formatting here.  The weekends are a darker color, while the weekdays are white.

The bottom line in every day cell is smaller (8pt); during the week this is a dark grey color, and on the weekends this is a light grey color.  I use the bottom line to denote holidays/birthdays/etc.  All other cells for text during the calendar month and in the blank section at the bottom are black.

If there are days visible before the 1st day of the month, their numbers are in white and do not have a box around them.  I use the blank section at the bottom of each month to write in reminders to myself or monthly observances.  I have input all the major US holidays and special days on this download to save you some legwork.

For each calendar day, I use the columns that host the day numbers to put times, and the columns without numbers to put the appointment name.  Here's an example:

 

Calendar Grids for Any Year

In the past I have put up downloads for calendar grids for specific years.  This time when I was making grids I thought "this is stupid.  I'll just have to make another one next year."  So, since I already had the grids open, I made a full set.  28 grids - 7 each of months with 28 days, 29 days, 30 days, and 31 days.  No matter what year you're making with this, you'll have the grids you need.

Enjoy!

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These are PNG files, with transparent backgrounds and white boxes.  I'm not sure what font I used. It's not installed on my computer anymore so I can't check...but it's cute!

You can use this for pretty much anything.  I'm not picky =)

2012 Calendar - Excel

Here's a 2012 calendar for Excel.

http://www.4shared.com/file/xNj-_BlX/Calendar_2012.html

2010 Calendar Grids

It has taken me long enough, but I got off my lazy bum & finished up the grids tonight. Took me all of 10 minutes to resize them, but what can I say? I procrastinate a lot, and 2010 is a fair ways away still. DH is bugging me to put days of the week on them & re-offer them that way. We'll see!


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2010 Freebie

After the super rush of last year, and getting my calendars delivered on the 26th of December, I figured a head start this year probably wouldn't hurt. So without further ado, here is a little freebie to help you get a head start, too!


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My page that appears in the preview was made using Scrappy Smile's The Photographer kit, as well as the alpha from Pimp My Scrapbook's East High kit.

But before you run with this, here's some more info about the guides. These aren't templates b/c, well, I'm just not that good at making nice ones =D I hope you find them useful nonetheless!

The sizing is for 11x8.5 center fold calendars. This means calendars whose tops and bottoms are each 11x8.5.

These guides are meant to tell you where it is safe to place essential elements. I have tested them using Artscow, and anything inside the topper square is safe. The drill hole lands just below the date grid on the bottoms.

Please note that a 1/4" bleed area is already included in the guide size. If you change the dimensions the guides may not be as accurate.

Finished...sort of

I finally finished this darn calendar...now I just have to track down photos & make alternate pages for the opposing sides of the family...next year I'm starting way earlier! Like, on Halloween!

I'm just gonna put the clickable thumbnails here, credits along the bottom...they're way too big to put full size...they'll all be made matchy before being sent off to the printer =)






Jan: Digital Candy Sweet Tart Team - Cold As Ice Kit. Upper left snowflake is one I made!
Feb: Ellie Lash's Love Actually kit, Choukette's Pretty Girl Alpha
March: Nicole Perry's St Patty's Day freebie. The leaf is from Karine Design's K Kit.
Apr: Baubles-n-Scraps - Garden Gala Kit. Kirsty's Scraps - CU Chrome Alpha
May: Out of this World kit by Tammy Kat & Ziggle. Some shapes from Bouille's Template 8. Font is ResPublica.
June: a combo of Miss Tina's Monkey Baby kit & Mimilou's Little Monkey kit. & the alpha is from Miss Tina's.
July: Ruby Rynne's US Election 2008/Liberty Kit, Krystal Hartley's Little Stinker Alpha
Aug: Laura Bratcher's Prehistoric Play kit. Natasha NaSt's paper overlay
Sept: Peppermint Creative's Kindergarten Crafts kit, Krystal Hartley's 9 to 5 bonus alpha.
Oct: Digital Candy Sweet Tart Team's Oogi Boogi Kit, Danielle Corbitt's Black Ice Alpha
Nov: JannyLyyn Designs - Sweet September Kit & Designs by Sarah - Filled With Fall Alpha
Dec: Evercila - Scrap Mania X-mas Collab. Mimilou - Magic Winter Alpha

Calendar Grid Freebie

I was only able to find one calendar template freebie in the last month, and that was (obviously) only one size, which wasn't the size I really wanted. So after I was most of the way through making my calendar I broke down and made some templates myself.

This example bottom was made using Addon Bienôt Noël by Nini-lolo =)

READ: These are 11 inches wide by 8.5 inches tall. They are meant to be the bottom half of a center fold calendar. Please take bleed into account and increase the canvas size to whatever your printer recommends first! I know you're planning on printing it, and a little footwork in the beginning will save you much aggravation later.



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