Birthday Calendar Suggestions? Good Questions

Birthday Calendar Suggestions?
Good Questions

Q - I hope somebody out there can help me. I'm terribly disorganised and after forgetting yet another birthday this year, I've decided to look for a nice birthday/event calendar which I can hang in my kitchen - one which can be downloaded and printed at home if possible. Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Posted by Siobhan

Editor - One fun one (shown above) is a customizable perpetual calendar by Sparkle and Sketch. You send in photos for the designer to use.

Please add your suggestions for Siobhan to the comments below....thanks!

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Comments (10)

Just got an email from Martha Stewart Organizing - here's a template for a birthday list.

http://www.marthastewart.com/good-things/birthday-chart?xsc=eml_crd_2009_07_20

posted by mdmeyer on July 22nd 2009 at 12:43pm
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what about making a picture one from kodak, iphoto, snapfish, etc

you could also DIY w/ your own printer for free by printing out pictures and using google calanders.

posted by melissah on July 22nd 2009 at 12:59pm
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I am a 50 year old grandma, great aunt, mom with lots of birthdays to remember. I put all my special lovies into my iphone and ical to be repeated yearly then I also set an alert to remind me 10 days before so I could get cards or gifts into the mail.

posted by Marmee on July 22nd 2009 at 1:21pm
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check out the amazing dutch-themed birthday calendar from vancouver-based etsy seller thebeautifulproject

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28046437

posted by hudsonny on July 22nd 2009 at 1:27pm
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A Print A Day offers tons of pretty printable downloads for free. There's also a blank calendar. Here's the link:

http://aprintaday.blogspot.com/2008/10/weekend-downloads-carnivorous-plants_14.html

posted by dhb on July 22nd 2009 at 2:13pm
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I use an online service called Birthday Alarm. www.birthdayalarm.com It's a free service where you enter in the name and birth date of whomever you want to remember. You can also set up how far in advance you want to be reminded. I have it set to send me a reminder (via email) 1 week and then 3 days prior to the day. I don't remember but you may also have it send you a text with the reminder. I figure email is enough for me and I no longer forget birthdays.

posted by CSophisticated on July 22nd 2009 at 2:57pm
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so of course a pretty paper calendar would be nice, but i have to admit, i just use google's calendar. it syncs with my blackberry and i don't miss anything now!

posted by katid on July 22nd 2009 at 3:05pm
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you can find templates for all kinds of calendars, planners and a zillion other things here

http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/templates/FX100595491033.aspx

posted by MadMaddie on July 22nd 2009 at 3:36pm
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I use a birthday book. It's just a notebook/visual diary with a double page spread for each month. On one page you list all the numbers in the month, and write next to each date the name of the birthday person.

On the other side of the spread make a pocket, and in the pocket put cards that you have made/bought.

This way, you can have the birthday book open for the month, and you can see when it's people's birthdays, and have a card ready to give them!

I also just put birthdays in my phone, and get it to beep and remind me a week/day before. :-)

posted by Talia Carbis on July 22nd 2009 at 7:45pm
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http://www.momagenda.com/blog/downloads.htm

http://www.realsimple.com/static/pdfs/birthday-org.pdf

posted by dyskrasia on July 23rd 2009 at 1:34pm
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