DIY- Calendar

This a DIY I wanted to make to help me stay on track with my goals this year, considering I have already started slacking and am trying to get my self back on track. 

I know this DIY has been seen and done many times before and I am in no way saying that this was my idea, but I figured since I was making it anyways I may as well show you how I did it. 

 What I used:

- Picture frame (Dollar Store - $3)

- Paint chips of various colours

- White paper/card stock

- Ruler

- Scissors

- Glue or Tape

- Pencil

- Paper cutter

- Dry Erase Marker

First I disassembled the picture frame and took out the paper with the "fake pictures" on it. I still used this paper as the background however I took two pieces of white card stock (you can also use printer paper) and cut it so it would cover the photos using the paper cutter so that it made a straight cut and because it is much easier and faster.  

Then I took the two pieces of card stock that I cut and taped it to the original picture paper. I was originally going to glue it but I decided using tape was faster and easier and since it is going to be in the frame I figured it did not matter that much if the corners were not stuck down well etc. 

Once that was done I took all seven paint chip stripes that I had, one for each day of the week and measured them to cut. PS. I know the picture only has six colours but I also had a pink one. The width that I cut them was 4cm each. I cut of the side that had the writing with the name of the colour and that information off. I chose all different colours and decided to put them in rainbow order with pink at the end however you can make it any way you want, a different colour order, all the same colour etc. 

I then measured out where each one would be placed and make it in pencil so that it was easier to place them when I taped them and it would be faster and more efficient. 

I then secured them with scotch tape, I was also going to glue them but changed to tape for this step as well. I also placed them so the lightest colour was at the top but that was a personal preference as well and you could also do the opposite. 

Once I had taped them all to the paper/card stock I put it in the fame, did the frame back up and then took my dry erase marker and wrote the month and the days and numbers. 

K. xox 

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