This post is dedicated to and made possible by JoAnn Fabrics...may that lovely store rest in peace. I was sad to see it go because it was my go-to store for random fabrics I needed for lampshades or costumes or anything like that, not to mention ribbon, trim, foam...so many, many crafting things that I could just run into a physical store and grab quick.
It's also a post about something I want to start doing more often - taking an old post I wrote way back when and bringing it to 2026. This old post hearkens from way back in 2010 and is all about framed art - read it in its entirety here. Long story short, I needed to fill some frames with something and so I filled them with pages from a calendar. The photos in that old post need to stay in the past but the idea is still a goodie and so oops, I did it again - this time with pages from a 2025 calendar I snagged at JoAnn's during their last week open, when everything was super duper clearanced.
It wasn't my intention to buy a calendar for $2 but when I spotted it, I knew the perfect place for some of the pretty prints inside - our newly dotted powder room.
What I loved about this calendar is that it took me back to my childhood growing up on a farm. We didn't have an old barn on our property but lots of farms around us did and for me, it was a common sight. So it pulled on my heartstrings - it's nice to have framed art around but a hundred points if it's art that inspires a memory or thought of something familiar, even if its just cut from the pages of a cheap calendar.
Oh but here's the thing about this "cheap" calendar". It's not very cheap at all. The paper is thick and textured and if you're just glancing at it in a frame, you might just think it's actually a proper art print. And here's another thing, it's still sold* and there's another one* for 2026!
Obviously the easiest way to fill a frame with a page from a calendar is to open up the back of a frame you've got, cut and crop your calendar print, insert, close the frame, and hang. My process was almost this simple except that I wanted to fill some old frames I had that had once had a paper backing on them so I had to pry up lots of staples, take out art, insert new art, and press all of the staples back down.
That's all I've got for today. If you frame some calendar prints in the days ahead, let me know! Here's a roundup of calendars I found if you're in the mood for some new views:
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