The past couple of years I haven’t been very successful with my photo calendars. In 2007 the company I used made misprints, and replaced all of the calendars I ordered. Some folks thought the calendars looked OK even with the faulty printing, and took them anyway. Last year I didn’t even get around to making a calendar. I couldn’t decide on which photos to use and the time slipped by. This year I had a theme, but once again time was a factor.
I order my calendars through Qoop.com from photos that I’ve posted to my Flickr account. Since I’ve been doing so much with antiquing and adding texture, I thought it might be nice to create a collection of processed photographs. Specifically, I was including old and vanishing structures and objects from the South. I placed the order on December 6, which should have been plenty of time for the order to be processed. However, the calendars didn’t arrive until after we had already left for Florida for Christmas – too late to be used as Christmas presents as intended. I complained to Qoop, and they were gracious enough to refund my shipping fees and give me a coupon for future purchases, but this is two orders that they have messed up.
As for the calendars themselves, they were waiting when we got back home. I may still use them as Epiphany presents, but the overall effect of the calendars wasn’t exactly what I expected. They turned out a bit darker, and a bit more Gothic than I had thought. Here’s a brief month-by-month rundown…
