I created a new altered project — a vintage desktop calendar caddy. I found the calendar at AC Moore in the unfinished wood section and wanted to alter it for a friend who's a teacher. I used Graphic 45's ABC Primer paper collection and some lovely vintage-colored flowers from
I Am Roses. The flowers coordinated so beautifully with the tones in the paper.
To dress up the caddy, I took one of the cute vintage frames from the Michael's $1.50 bin, deconstructed the back and mounted it to a chipboard die cut. I used the Tim Holtz baroque shape and covered it with Graphic 45 paper. I mounted that to the calendar to give it more of custom look. The image in the frame is from the paper collection. I did a lot of fussy cutting for this project which was fun because the images in the paper collection are so adorable.
I finished the wood with a warm pecan stain and sealed it as well.
The calendar caddy is embellished with flowers from
I Am Roses (see the list below), a feather and a black vintage key from Tattered Angels. I hand-dyed the seam binding using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo reinker, which I watered down a bit for a lighter look.
For more dimension, on each side of the calendar, I have fussy cut images from the paper collection and a Tim Holtz bookplate that I colored with Espresso Color Wash.
The calendar is also a caddy which held a very sad-looking white pad, so I created a tag jotter using the Tim Holtz tag die and tucked that in there instead. MUCH BETTER. I had to the trim the tags down so that the jotter didn't pop up past the die cut where the frame is mounted.
For the tag jotter, I found this cute little mini chalkboard at AC Moore as well. Super cute.
For edge distressing, I used the Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I LOVE IT. It's perfect for vintage projects, and I hope Ranger adds the color to their permanent line up.
Hope you like my project and happy crafting!
Off White Cherry Blossoms
Small Mixed Gardenia
Burgundy 1” Rose
.25” Rose Vintage Yellow
100 White Paper Roses
50 Mixed Brown Paper Roses
50 Small Brown Black Semi Open Rose Buds
25 Ivory Semi Open Rose Buds (Temporarily Unavailable. Check back soon.)
