October 03, 2008

speaking of calendars....

Calendar time

You see, "they say"....(here I go with my "they say" quotes) :) whoever "they" are, "they" certainly say a lot don’t "they"? But this one I’ve found to be true, so I guess I will officially include myself among the "they".  You will often find clues as to what work will make you happy as an adult in what you loved to do as a child.

And here’s proof! This is a tiny calendar I found recently while going through my trunk of sentimental keepsakes. Can you believe I did this? My guess is, since believe it or not there is no year on this calendar, that I probably made this when I was 10. This is its actual size. Each month is hand painted and lettered on a long TINY strip of paper and then accordion folded. I told you I was obsessed with tiny drawing... :) And you can also see that my subject matter bares a striking to resemblance to what it is now, bunnies, birds, trees, flowers, snowmen, turkeys and pumpkins!

I’m thrilled to have discovered this especially since I am now making calendars as an adult. I’ve been waiting to share this image with you once I was ready to announce my 2009 calendar ~ which I’m excited to report was sent off to the printers yesterday and should be ready in the next two weeks!!!!! So, for those of you who have been asking ~ YES there will absolutely be the second annual Creative Thursday calendar for 2009!! And I can’t wait to share it with you.

have a great weekend!

Comments (13)

The little calendar is so cute!
And i can't wait to see your new Creative Thursday calendar for 2009. *Excited >_<*
Marisa,
This little calendar is adorable. You showed so much talent even at 10.
I look forward to purchasing your new 2009 calendar soon.
Thanks so much for sharing your precious art with us.
Hugs,
Karen
Thanks for sharing. Its amazing! how your interests at 10 carried on to this day :-)

Now I need to dig in my memory for something creative i did when ten:-)

Happy 2009 in advance :-)
Adorable! I love that you're coming out with a calendar this year. Perfect gift for my niece :)
How wonderful that you kept this sweet little calendar! It's fun to look back on artwork you made as a child...Have a creative day!

Heather
Oh, God, Marisa, this tiny calendar is so precious! I believe this kind of finding just make your day.
God bless your talent.
SO Sweet! I love this.
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YAY! Can't wait for the 2009 calendar, very excited to put it up right where the 2008 one hangs.

What a full circle moment with the tiny calendar...very very cool!
What a great find! Isn’t it so fun to come across the creative things we made growing up. It’s only appropriate that you are now making full-blown ones! Although it would be really cool to see a new version of this with all of your great characters – in accordion style of course! Hmmm… maybe you could do this in your free time (hahaha – I know who has that anymore?)
this is just so cute! it reminded me of mini books i used to make when i was younger...i wish i still had those!
So sweet!!
Congrats for calendar 2009!!!!
That is so awesome! I love seeing amazing things people did as kids that are strikingly in line with who they turned out to be. A while ago, I found some very heavy journal entries I wrote as an 8 year old--and look at me so many years later journaling away!
Thanks for sharing!
How cute. I love April, the tiny bunny is adorable!