It's been months in the making, but holy bananas I did it. I hand-painted 12 new illustrations to make a wall calendar for 2025!!
So......let's talk the talk. I have a running list of things I would love to make or do. And every year I revisit that list and decide in January which ones I want to focus on. Because I'm terrible at doing things minimally I end up throwing ALL of these pipe dreams on my to-do list for the year and come December I've done just a few of the thirty things I set out to do. I end up feeling like a slacker despite all of my other accomplishments. This year, was different though. After maternity leave, I wrote on my to-do list that I would work smart and simple this year. So I looked at the massive pipe dream list and highlighted just 5 things to focus on. One of those five things was a wall calendar. I have wanted to make one of these for ages, but I run out of time every year.
This year though, I decided to begin in the summer. I started sketching, doodling, painting, filming, and now printing!!!! I never really knew what I wanted the theme or style to be in years past, but this year being a new mom, things hit differently. I remembered this Campbell's soup calendar that my Grandma had when I was a kid. It had such fun nostalgic and very seasonal illustrations. I loved flipping through it every year to see what each month would bring (images below of some of the calendars)
So, this year, I decided to make my own version of it (minus the soup). For most of the illustrations, I leaned into the snacks and the seasonal vibes pretty hardcore, and I LOVE what I put together.
The best part, I had SO much fun painting these. So much fun, that I've been filming them come together and sharing a few of them on youtube (you were getting sneak peeks and you didn't even know it!!!).
There was definitely a moment I didn't think I was going to finish this calendar in time, but to my surprise I pulled it off. I officially have this little baby available for PRE-ORDER so I can get a proper gauge of how many to order.
I cannot tell you how excited and proud I am of this project. It was a project for my inner child, for my little baby girl, and for all of you to inspire some imagination each month. Below are some sneak peek pics!!! And a link to pre-order the calendar!!! I plan on shipping all of the pre-orders out at the beginning of December. Just in time to hang them up on your wall for January 2025.
I will see you all sooooooooooon
xoxo
Rachel