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2011 photo calendar templates

Sharing these photo calendar templates has become a yearly tradition at Shutter Sisters. They are a great way to use your own photos to create a custom gift for the holidays. The calendars are compact, cute, and something you can easily print and assemble at home.

Click here to download the zipped Photoshop files.

The files include basic instructions for creating your custom calendar pages in Photoshop. Then just print them on some photo paper or cardstock and cut them out.

These templates are sized to fit in a cd jewel case, but they can also be fastened together with a binder clip and hung on the wall (see photo below). If you choose to use a cd jewel case, you'll just need to carefully take apart the case and put it back together so that it stands up like the photo above.

I hope you enjoy creating your own photo calendar! Your friends and family will be thrilled to see something custom and handmade everyday. There's nothing better than a gift made with love.

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    Response: Calendar fun
    Let me share what I’ve been playing with today, because I think it’s really nifty.  Paige Balcer of Shutter Sisters shared this set of Photoshop templates that can be used to make a small photo calendar.  The resulting pages are the perfect...

Reader Comments (88)

Help, I want to use this so bad and can't get it to download. When I try to open it says it is not supported, I'm not great with computers is there something I can do????? Thanks
November 22, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLaura
Ok so perhaps if I would read.... I don't have photoshop that's the problelm right?
November 22, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLaura
Thanks so much!
December 6, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMelissa
I'd love to make a few of these as gifts. And my printer just bit the dust. If I have these printed what size would I print them at?
December 6, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJeannette
I made the calendar and am trying to print them to the correct size but can't get it to work. i'm new to this...what are the dimensions each one should be? any hints? when i go to print, it prints it full size, tried having it printed at Sam's club and figured a 5x7 would be enough and i'd cut it down, well it turned out the size of a 5x7.
December 10, 2010 | Unregistered Commentercaryn
@caryn- when you get things printed often they'll scale things to the print size. So when you got it printed 5x7, they scaled up the image to that size. The easiest way to get them printed is to control the scaling yourself by providing an image that is the exact dimensions of the output print size. In photoshop, edit the canvas to make it a 5x7. You might need to color in white to additional areas that photoshop adds. Then you'll know exactly what your print will look like. I printed these at 5x7, then cut off 2" to wind up with a 5" square print. very nice!
December 10, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterErik
THANK YOU for these! I downloaded about a month ago, and I just finished printing my calendars I'm giving my family for Christmas gifts. So easy, and they look so nice!
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJen
Does this work with PSE? Thanks for sharing
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCarie Magee
Love it!!! Gracias!
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTina
These are all really cool
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJudith I
Thank you, such a great idea :)
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commentercynthia j
Thank you!
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJoAnn
Hello - I love the calendar but I can't fit the all the pages into the cd jewel case under the 4 edge clips. Is there something that I am missing? I am using what seems to be regular weight matt paper. I can fit about 6 or 7 months of the calendar in but after that it is too tight. Thanks!
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commentertara
Thank you once again Loved my 2010 calendar!
December 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAndreaC
Thanks so much for this! What a great idea! What are the dimensions to print this out in?
December 22, 2010 | Unregistered Commentersarah
Thank you so much for this, I was needing one more Christmas gift for the in laws and this totally fits the bill!!
December 22, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMel Copeland
Glad I found you again! I used your template last year for the 2010 calendar and made several that I gave to my favorite pet store, my vet, and a few other people. I used photos of cats we've taken at cat shows and some of our own kitties too. They turned out great. I added cat-related quotes for each picture; it was a lot of fun putting together quotes that fit the image. Thank you for providing the template!
December 22, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAmy
Is there any way to do this if you do not have Photoshop? Thanks!
December 28, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnna
i made one for my best friend - thank u so much!
December 30, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterscrappysue
Thankyou, How very kind.
P.S. I recieved the Shutter Sisters' "Expressive Photography" book for Christmas and I love it. I have also signed up for winter over at Big Picture.
Diane
December 31, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDiane
This is wonderful, thank you. I changed the size of this to 6x4 and made desktop calendars as Christmas gifts and I reckon it is one of the best calendars I have made, thanks to your template :). You can see what I made here:
http://heavenlycrafts.blogspot.com/2011/01/freebie-calendar.html
Thank you once again for this, it is brilliant :).
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January 7, 2011 | Unregistered Commentermarday
how the heck did I miss this?! I am going to create this right now.
thanks!
January 13, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterVanessa
Thanks very much for the calendar templates! Just the perfect size.
January 22, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLori
Thank you, Thank YOU! So sweet to share this and I love that it fits in a cd jewel case! Just perfect.
January 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDianna
I am sorry I missed this BEFORE the end of 2010! Will there be templates for 2012 at some point to start creating for next time?
January 25, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSue Young
Thank you for the wonderful template.
I have used it and created a free calendar for anyone to download, to help promote my site and give people a splash of colour.

Kind regards Ray
February 7, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRay Green
This is adorable! THANK YOU
February 9, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDar
Heeeelllpp, if you can. I LOVE these calendars, and had no problem making them last year, or even this year, until I upgraded to PSE9. Is it me, or do they not work with PSE9? Everytime I try to drag a photo over the blue layer, the photo drops on top of the calendar area. I have deleted the older version of PSE, so I am unable to see if it is just my brain not functioning properly. What am I doing wrong? Any advice you might be able to give me would be greatly appreciated.
Frustrated beyond reason,
Nancy
March 10, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterNancy
This is great for people who love handmade gifts(or printer made, between you and me) just dont tell them where you found it. :)
March 12, 2011 | Unregistered Commentertyler
I love this. Thanks so much for sharing the template.
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Will you be updating this for 2012?
October 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterBecky Sue
I loved this handy little calendar as a gift for friends
Thank you so much for creating it.
October 25, 2011 | Unregistered Commentercarter
Will you make an update for 2012? This is such a beautiful template! Absolutely perfect.
November 6, 2011 | Unregistered Commentersupie
Will you be posting the calendar template for 2012?? I love it-
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