So, I wasn't going to publish a calendar this year to gift to a few family/friends, because not only has postage gone up, but so did the calendars. Plus, I've done very little painting this year, just mostly sketches and doodles.
However, Vistaprint sent me an email flash sale where I could buy one calendar and get two free, plus free shipping, so I hurriedly put together a calendar of my doodle girls, which I love and hope the recipients do too, and published the fifteen I needed.
I kept one for myself, gave my two best friends one each, of course, mailed one to my last living aunt, who I'm very close to, and mailed three more to special cousin friends to both hubby and me. The other eight will be gifted to our niece, nephew, and their six children/spouses, along with other gifts, who all have their own homes now.
We have no children, and they are kind enough to still invite us to gatherings, despite their own parents, hubby's sister and her husband, no longer being with us. I have no siblings, and my parents are also gone, so they are our family and we represent the old folks now. They are all such a blessing to us, and we are so proud of them!
Following is the calendar I came up with in a hurry for next year. I love mine, and the ones who have already received theirs said they love theirs too, so it's all good!
Vistaprint did a good job again, and I'm pleased again. I hope the ones I gifted to will enjoy theirs all year, and we'll see if I do enough art this coming year to make a better one next year. I'll worry about that next December if I'm still here!
As a final act on this last day I ordered a printed version of my blog for the year. Since 2005 I have used the publisher "Blog2Print" to print my blog every year, but they closed shop this year, so I found, and am trying out "PixxiBook" for this year's blog posts. I can't say that I really liked the layout, but we'll see how I like it when I get it in about two weeks.
Thank you for your support by visiting and looking at my feeble attempts at creativity. You are an encouragement to me!
I hope you all are very blessed in the coming year, and that it's a better year for all of us.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!
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