The Year Ahead...Taylored Expressions Release Day...

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It's Release Day at Taylored Expressions! As this is the first release of a brand new year, I thought it might be fitting to kick it off with a calendar, and when I saw this verse from the new set, Rest & Renewal, I knew it would make a lovely way to begin afresh. The 2011 Mini Calendar is from the TE Download store, and can be found here. For this calendar, I reduced the size of the calendar by 50%, which is easy to do in your pdf reader.

I stamped the verse onto a piece of vellum and framed it with the beautiful blooms in the new set, New Beginnings. To make this project more than just a calendar, I framed it within a nice wooden frame. Now I know that if I should ever feel like this year isn't going exactly as I planned, I can just look to this calendar for a reminder of what the future can hold.

BEAN NOTES

• Stamps: Rest & Renewaland New Beginnings (Taylored Expressions)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Tempting Turquoise (Stampin' Up!)
• Cardstock: Choice Snow (TE); Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise (SU!)
• Specialty Paper: Vellum (generic)
• Fibers: Hawaiian Shores Saddle Stitch Ribbon (PTI)
• Templates: 2011 Mini Dated Calendar Download (TE)
• Alterables: Wooden Frame (Pottery Barn)

I hope you enjoyed this week of sneak peeks and Release Week projects. For more inspiration, please be sure to visit the rest of the Baker's Dozen, as well as this month's Guest Designer, Lea Lawson. The TE Store is now open! Enabler Alert: Taylor is offering a pretty sweet Valentine's Bundle that includes a free stamp set, which you can check out here! Happy New Year!

• Charmaine Ikach

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  Donna Baker

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  Regina Mangum

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  Taylor VanBruggen

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