Every day, faster and faster, die Zeit rennt; time is blasting through the cosmic fire hose and slipping through our collective fingers no matter how tightly we weave them. The positive aspect here presented is two-fold: the necessary pressure to spend some of it preserving the invaluable material caught in the pan and my favorite printing promotion of all… calendars!
Calendars, properly used, are far more than wall space used out of habit, turned when remembered, changed if remembered. They are a way to both optimize your preparation for the moments to come and a way to preserve the evanescent moments that have passed. I highly recommend giving them the respect they deserve. Don’t just peek at them when you’re scheduling an appointment—use the space as a fluid shrine to what matters, an objet d’art that somehow also turns promises made into promises kept.
At Mike’s Camera, we offer the ability to create totally customized calendars in a variety of styles:
- Letter wall-hanging
- 12×12 wall-hanging
- Desktop
- Clip-it
- Poster-sized full-year, for the big picture
…and, we can print from numerous handsome templates that can automatically up your presentation or your meticulously-crafted custom design. Add a simple collection of your greatest-hit photos and birthdays or take the bull of time by the horns and attempt to collage the entirety of last year’s experiences into one convenient package. For our calendar, my wife and I create an ambitious, collaborative, cohesive art piece, and (for better or worse) we seem to have to print more each year!
It’s a great way to beautify your own space, increase your productive awareness of time, and build an archive of your life in a space-conscious and reasonable way. Plus, depending on how you structure your content and as I have already implied, they make outstanding gifts with an extremely personal touch. Sure, it’s nice to text birthday reminders to family, but what if everyone in the family had every birthday reminder for the whole year? AND, if you’re looking at it with an artistic eye, it can be a very welcome (or even potentially commercial) way to share your work and spread the joy.
I haven’t even mentioned the whole point of this article. I hate to bury the lede, but I can’t extol the virtues of calendars as a custom creation enough. If you are somehow still on the fence, all through October, you save a full 20% on any and all calendar orders. Any size, any quantity, any combination of designs: 1/5 of the price is gone. Use code 884 online or come in to any of our stores to design in-person, with samples and eager imaging experts on-hand to help you achieve your vision. Get ahead of the curve! Don’t be the guy thinking “that would have been a neat idea” in January!
