You know what, I am doing this early. We are going to need plenty of time this year to order things, and calendars are not something that can arrive late and still be fine.
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Ballparks calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). I realize this could seem off-brand for Swistle, and indeed it’s not a top contender. But it caught my eye because “watching baseball” was one of our summer projects this year, and I enjoyed it, and so now baseball stuff catches my eye, and I have some small assorted opinions about several ballparks. I am also considering the calendar of the particular MLB team we followed.
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Happy Hedgehogs calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). Brace yourself, because this is one of TWO hedgehog calendars in this post.
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Kawaii Kitties calendar (Amazon link). This is not the only cat calendar, either.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender calendar (Target link). This gives me nostalgic feelings for the years when this would have been a top contender at our house.
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Spacecats calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). Every year it is a contender. Most years it sells out before I decide. THIS YEAR I AM EARLY.
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Everyday Herbs calendar (Target link). I enjoy the look of this calendar. I like the idea of having something to read while I’m in the kitchen waiting for a timer to ring or whatever. I’m not sure I would enjoy having every page look so similar.
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Harvest Mice calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). The mice we regularly catch in traps at our house would be so surprised to know how cute we think they are.
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Corgis calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). There is strong pro-Corgi sentiment in this household.
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Great Danes calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). I think Corgis are adorable, but Great Danes are the dogs of my heart—despite the internet telling me they are short-lived heartbreakers who are much too much dog for a first-time dog-owner.
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Men and Cats calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). Why, yes. Yes, I do love cats!
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Can’t Kill Me Plants calendar (Target link). Elizabeth chose this calendar last year, and I noticed it each time I went into her room. It was visually pleasing, and also somehow really did give the feeling of having a plant in the room. I might get it for the kitchen this year.
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She Sheds calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). Aspirational for those of us who do not already have their own personal little sunporch rooms as part of a spousal house-buying deal.
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’80s Flashback calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). I am absolutely the right age to appreciate this concept, but not old enough for some of the captions, which have a more Boomer-ish vibe (e.g., picture of lawn-mower with the caption “Growing up in the ’80s, this was your GoFundMe”—as if GoFundMe is used for new toys The Youth don’t feel like working for, rather than for crippling late-stage-capitalist-society-breakdown medical expenses).
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Cross-Stitching calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). Oh, this is pretty and fun! And possibly inspiring? I have been meaning to learn how to embroider, so that I can embroider things on my jeans. I wasn’t thinking cross-stitch, but seeing ANY embroidery might be motivating, and might keep the idea at the front of my mind.
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Patina Vie calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). This has a restful palette that makes me feel pleasantly calm, and reminds me of the wallpaper-themed calendars I’ve liked in the past. The squares are a little skimpy, though.
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William Morris calendar (Target link). This too is reminiscent of the wallpaper-pattern calendars I’ve liked. I had a William Morris one year next to my desk and it was a success.
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V&A William Kilburn calendar (Amazon link). One more with patterns; I like this even better than the William Morris. This is a strong contender.
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Flower Fairies calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). I like all the colors of this, and certainly would have chosen it for Elizabeth’s room when she was little. The squares are skimpy, which makes it nice as a bedroom-wall-decoration calendar and less nice as the kitchen calendar where I need to write things.
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Pre-Raphaelites calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR there are calendars featuring the Impressionists; it’s fun to see the pre-Raphaelites for a change!
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Redouté calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). Oh, I really like the look of this one. I have added it to the cart.
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Dogs as Animals (i.e., in Animal Costumes) calendar (Target link). I think this would be very popular with the household overall.
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Hedgehogs! calendar (Amazon link). This one too would be very popular in my household. It’s hedgehogs wearing cute little clothes and doing cute little things with cute little furniture and other cute little props.
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Siolo Thompson Greenwitch calendar (Amazon link). Oh, this is very sweet/storybook.
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Feathered Friends calendar (Amazon link). A contender every year. In fact, I actually can’t remember if I’ve chosen it or not at this point, it’s so familiar and so beloved just from this annual post.
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Floriography: Secret Meaning of Flowers calendar (Amazon link). I like the look of it; I like the idea of learning some flower meanings; it has good squares.
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Esté Macleod calendar (Amazon link). This was my choice for 2021, and I am tempted to repeat it for 2022. It was a very pretty calendar, very colorful.
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Masha D’yans calendar (Amazon link). I’ve had a calendar by this artist twice, and would choose it again; very pleasing pictures, and a nice variety.
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Flower Crown Animals calendar (Amazon link). I completely love it but the squares are too small (squashed by an oversized picture, and then ALSO huge numbers). Perfect as a bedroom-room-decor calendar, or for someone who only needs the squares to record very small appointments.
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Klimt Landscapes calendar (Amazon link). A strong contender again. I like that there’s more variety in the pictures this year.
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Star Trek Cats calendar (Target link) (Amazon link). YES. Kirk is ABSOLUTELY a male orange cat.
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The Curious World of Catrin Welz-Stein calendar (Amazon link). It is more surreal than I want in the kitchen—but I looked at it for a long time.
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Feline calendar (Amazon link). I had this one next to my desk one year and really enjoyed it. Nice and colorful; interesting to look at; cats but not quite SO cats as when it’s photos of cats.
I think for me it’s most likely down to: Klimt Landscapes, Esté Macleod, Masha D’yans, Can’t Kill Me Plants, Floriography, Feline, V&A William Kilburn, or Cross Stitching.
If you use a wall calendar, what are you considering or what have you chosen?
And one of these is going to be my desk calendar for next year, replacing the wall calendar I used to put next to my desk, which doesn’t work well in this house so I switched to a page-a-day:
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The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America (Amazon link)
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Effin’ Birds (Amazon link)
Love, love, love your calendar post! I don’t actually buy wall calendars because I get them free and my husband and I use a large dry-erase calendar. But…if I were to buy one it would definitely be the Star Trek cats one just for the fun of it! I like to go to those calendar places in the mall and just look at them and think about what I would buy if I did.
I bought Feathered Friends last year based on your calendar post and I absolutely love it and have plans to frame a few of my favorite months. I’m probably going to get it again, just based on that cover photo.
I got this Ocean Unseen calendar from home for next year – my husband and I both love the illustrations in this one.
Ocean Unseen Wall Calendar 2022: a tribute to the beauty of the ocean depths. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1523513128/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_7DD7YD4H887G7NQ8D3RE
For 2021, we’ve been using the Klimt Landscapes, probably because of your post last year! Lovely and calming art.
My favorite of these is Can’t Kill Me. It’s perfect for both my new windowless office, and my general gardening skills! Ha!
I’m currently dying over Phoebe Wahl’s Little Witch Hazel calendar: https://phoebewahl.shop/products/2022-little-witch-hazel-calendar
It is SO CUTE. Her illustrations are endlessly charming.
My go-to for the last… many years… has been Rifle Paper Co’s appointment calendars – here’s the latest: https://riflepaperco.com/2022-marguerite-appointment-wall-calendar
I use this as my calendar at work because it’s nice and big and the flowers are always pretty.
I have purchased for the upcoming year and have enjoyed for the past 2 or 3 years the “Katie daisy” wall calendar.
https://smile.amazon.com/Katie-Daisy-2022-Wall-Calendar/dp/1631367684/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?crid=11BW33BMZO9Q2&keywords=katie+daisy&qid=1636739049&qsid=137-6134197-3564027&sprefix=katie+%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-14&sres=1797201913%2C1631368311%2C1631368176%2C1797201905%2C1631365843%2C163136815X%2C1631369210%2C1631368427%2C1452161232%2C1452161224%2C1631367684%2C1631368222%2C1631362429%2C1631365800&srpt=ABIS_BOOK
This is whimsical and adorable! I feel like I’ve maybe seen her work before, but I can’t place where.
This one called “Peace and Quiet” for my wall – such restful images AND good-size squares:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RR3TZ71?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
And this one for my desk because I love Liz Climo – so charmingly amusing:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1797202111?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
Men and cats! I love cats too!
I have gotten this Women in Science one for the last 3 years. I actually cut the pictures out and frame them; it makes a stunning classroom wall display (science teacher). It looks like this year starts repeating some entries from previous years, unfortunately for me, but it really is a lovely calendar.
Women in Science 2022 Wall Calendar: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1524864099/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_2YBP2QYAE7N8ASWRGRHS
PLEASE say more about how you know what kind of cat Captain Kirk is. I know a lot about Star Trek and very little about cats and need I more information!
I use a magnetic notepad type calendar, no pictures, but I like it to be pretty. I got this one
from Target (which I see is sold out now). I thought it was kind of expensive but just what I was looking for.
Ha ha! It’s a little cat joke: orange male cats are reputed to be confident, sweet, good-natured, and dim. (It’s not a very GOOD cat joke.)
Was wondering how your baseball experiment/project went so glad to see the inclusion of the MLB parks calendar. Also curious if you followed the postseason? If so, did you continue to watch once your team was knocked out (I’m making an assumption here I know).
We thought we’d keep watching after our team was out (we thought we’d pick one of the finalists and root for THEM)—but it turned out we just immediately stopped watching as soon as our team wasn’t playing. We attempted to watch football and basketball next, but neither of them took. I suspect we WILL watch baseball again next season!
“as if GoFundMe is used for new toys The Youth don’t feel like working for, rather than for crippling late-stage-capitalist-society-breakdown medical expenses).”
This line!
Go Swistle!
I used Sandra Boynton’s Everyday is a Holiday for 2020 and 2021. There wasn’t much updating from 2020 to 2021, though. I really like Sandra Boynton’s illustrations and sense of humor but she puts illustrations in the calendar squares and that makes it difficult to write in them. So… I’m going to get a different calendar for 2022 even if she updates the Holiday calendar for 2022.
The Kawaii Cats reminds me of the Pusheen calendar we used a few years ago. The Pusheen calendar is on my list of options. Jennifer B mentioned the Liz Climo day to day calendar. I looked to see if there was a Liz Climo wall calendar and there does not seem to be one. Which is sad. A Liz Climo wall calendar would move to the top of my list. I’m going to have to come back here and check out more of the suggestions. I’m not really sure what I want to do this year.
This comment has absolutely nothing to do with calendars BUT the cross stitching one caught my eye. You should definitely try embroidery / cross stitch. Back at the beginning of this never-ending pandemic, I started counted cross stitch (stamped cross stitch is easier) to kill time. And kill time it does. It’s actually pretty therapeutic, surprisingly. Just realize that most of the kits are Dimensions…which is fine but if you need more floss to finish your project most hobby stores only stock DMC floss…which doesn’t match exactly. Somewhere online there is a chart that tells you which DMC floss almost matches up to the Dimensions floss.
I just realized I went on and on about floss? Oh my stars…this damn pandemic needs to go away before my mind turns to mush…
I picked up the crossstitch calendar a couple weeks ago and am excited about it!
I am currently obsessed with Kate Allan and offer this page a day calendar for consideration:
You Can Do All Things 2022 Day-to-Day Calendar: Daily Affirmations and Mindfulness to Help You Take Care of You https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524868523/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_C3M27905N4KYT3XYFHQE
Swistle your Christmas content … it’s a part of my holiday traditions now. Thank you for all you share all year round. Love this corner of the internet.
Thank you for this reminder! We are a rat family (we have six lovely pet rats at the moment) and so I chose a calendar with cute pictures of rats posed with flowers and other sweet props. I suggested to my wife a few years ago that we get a wall calendar and she said she didn’t want one, so we have gone without, but I made an executive decision and just bought one because I like them.
My daughter always gets the Hedgehogs! calendar series from Zebra publishing. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to source it in Canada this year (in the past it’s been available on Amazon and in a couple of stores), but I might pay the shipping charges and get it from the US since it’s just delightful to flip to a new hedgehog scene every month! If I do I’ll make sure to use your link!
I just ran across this one of “nature’s butts” and I think my 13 year old son would be very amused: https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Calendar-Things-Monthly-Planner/dp/B099V759MV/ref=sr_1_11 (feel free to replace with an affiliate link)
I love your calendar post! I had a Catrin Welz-Stein calendar one year – I have two throw pillows with her art on them, I love her. I’ve been buying the Doors and Windows calendar every year because I love doors and I find it too hard to decide otherwise. I think the She Sheds one would just make me bitter. I also love Corgis and Great Danes – there used to be one that lived around the corner that was SO lovely and Chill. The Feathered Friends one is almost enough to sway me from the Doors and Windows.
I’m feeling ever so overly pleased with myself for pre-ordering Subpar Parks 2022 calendar. It makes me laugh and the squares are perfect for writing in.
https://ambersharedesign.com/collections/frontpage/products/subpar-parks-2022-calendar
I think I recommended this one a few posts ago so was hesitant to do so again, but yes, this is definitely on my list for consideration as well!
A little late, but I submit this for your consideration:
https://www.uncommongoods.com/product/swimsuit-calendar