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Winter Flower by Tobias Zeising on DeviantArt.

Hello lovelies! Here’s another 2012 calendar — this time it’s for your desk! I made a similar set of these calendars for my girlfriends for Christmas this year and now I’m sharing them with you!

Unlike the simplistic 2012 wall calendar I posted last month, this desk calendar needs a bit of assembly.

You will need: one 11×17″ cardstock, seven sheets of 11×17″ printer paper, a glue stick, glue gun, a glass mat (or some protected work surface because there will be cutting and gluing involved), scissors or craft knife, a ruler, and two small binder clips.

First, download a copy of the desk calendar. Print on 11×17″ paper at 100% to maximize the size of the calendar. Using your craft knife and ruler, carefully cut along the dotted line on the template. You can also go freehand and use scissors if you feel confident enough to cut nice straight lines.

Now cut the 11×17″ cardstock in half (long-ways). You should end up with two 5.5×17″. Score the first piece of cardstock 1.25″ from the top and bottom, and fold both ends in the same direction.

You should end up with something that looks like this:

Now score the second piece of cardstock 1.25″ from the bottom, and fold it in. Turn the cardstock around and score 1.25″ from the bottom, and fold it in. You should end up with something that looks like this:

Now, grab your glue stick! Take the first piece of card stock (with the top and bottom folded) and the sheet of paper with the back of the calendar. Apply glue to the top fold and carefully align the back of the calendar over it.

Take your time and work in small sections to get the back of the calendar glued to the cardstock.

Now you’re ready to glue the calendar together. With your glue gun, apply glue to the back of the first cardstock.

Press the bottom of the second cardstock over the glue. You should end up with something like this:

Now apply glue with your glue gun on the top end and connect the tops together.

Take your small binder clips and clip the loose sheets of calendar months together at the top.

You should end up with a cute desk calendar that will surely stand out from the rest.

Enjoy!

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