Personalized Photo Calendar for Family and Friends

Make a personalized photo calendar for your friends & family!

My personalized photo calendar was a hit with my family and friends. They were so happy to receive a calendar instead of a traditional thank you card. I wanted to do something different. My family and I had been on holidays and had stayed with family and friends along the way. I made a photo calendar of our trip for them and they were thrilled! Printed inside the front of the calendar, and to explain where the pictures were taken, I included our thank you note and a sentence about each of the photos.

Rave Reviews About My Personalized Photo Calendar From Treasure Book

Every few months, all year long, different friends and family emailed me to tell me how much they were enjoying their personalized photo calendar! They really treasured it and looked forward to turning the page for each new month. At the end of the year, they all told me that they kept it with their photo books because it was too nice to throw away.

If I had known how much our family and friends would appreciate a unique, personalized photo calendar, I would have created one sooner!

How to Create a Custom Photo Calendar – Style, Who It’s for and Placement

To make it easier for you to surprise your own family and friends with a custom photo calendar, here are some things to keep in mind:

• Choose a useful calendar style.
• Think about where the person you’re giving it to will put it.
• Will they use it in the kitchen as their main household wall calendar? Then it should have big boxes to write in.
• Will they use it on their desk at work? Then a desktop, easel or CD stand calendar might be better.
• If you’re sending it to another country, think about putting their special days and dates into it, not our North American holidays.

Create a Calendar to Show off Your Kids – Family Members Love Seeing Kids Grow Up

If you’re creating a calendar to show off your kids to grandparents, aunts and uncles, or other family members, consider placing your photos to match up with special dates.

If your son has a birthday in March, choose a great picture of your son for your March page and add his birthday right onto the calendar.

You can also create a family calendar and add everyone’s birthdays, special dates and anniversaries right onto it. Treasure-Book’s online calendar maker is superb!

Take Pictures for Your Very Own Personalized Photo Calendar a Year Ahead

Think about planning next year’s calendar the year before. Take pictures during Easter or Spring Break to use for March and April next year. As you go through special dates and events this year, plan your pictures for next year’s calendar.

Choose a Calendar Theme – Smiles for a Dentist, Your Favourite Sports Team and Beyond

Consider choosing a theme for your calendar. If you’re a new parent, maybe it’s all things little. If you’re a dentist, maybe the theme is smiles. Or choose a theme based on a favourite colour, sport, activity or quote. It’s your calendar, so you get to choose.

Quick Tips on How to Create the Perfect DIY Calendar – Photo Selection and Personalization

With great photos, the hardest part is choosing which ones to include. Sometimes, less is more. Don’t jam so many onto each page that they’re so tiny that you can’t really see any of them.

Keep in mind who will be looking at the calendar once it’s done. If the calendar is for Grandma, include pictures that she would like to see, not necessarily ones of her that you like to see. And think carefully about the embarrassing pictures that may not need to be displayed for all to see!

Photo Calendar Software and Choosing the Right Printing Company

There are lots of calendar templates you can use, but downloading Treasure-Book photo calendar software  is the easiest way to go. If you have already made a photo calendar you can also just send it in to Treasure-Book for their top quality printing and binding.

My friends have actually commented on how professional and high quality my photo books are. They were very impressed with the printing and binding. I wanted my calendars to look just as great so using Treasure Book Printers for my calendars was a no-brainier. Their software is free, works on Mac and PC, has tons of design options and I know they do an amazing job of printing. 

Treasure Book’s Customer Service is Amazing – Top Local Printer and Excellent Support

Customer service is so important. We’ve all been there – you have a question and email the company for an answer, only to get a “no reply” email back. I hate those, but worse is having to leave a voice mail message that never gets returned. Treasure Book is better. They know how important it is to answer their customer’s questions, so whether you call (1-877-513-8261) or email them, they’re always happy to help! Don’t believe me? Try them out! Better yet, download the free photo calendar software and see for yourself.