| About Personalized Photo Calendars: | | | | software programs that include free photo |
| Photo Calendars are 12-month, wall-hanging | | | | calendar templates. FotoFinish offers several |
| calendars that you can create using your own | | | | photo calendar templates with its FotoFinish Suite |
| digital photos and captions. As you customize your | | | | software version, and you can download a |
| own photo calendar, you can start the calendar | | | | variety of additional free photo calendar templates |
| on whatever month and year you wish. Most | | | | from its website. Adobe Photoshop Album and |
| photo calendars are printed on white | | | | Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album 5 Deluxe also |
| heavy-weight glossy card stock that you can | | | | feature photo calendar templates. |
| write on, and they are spiral-bound in the middle. | | | | Printing Photo Calendars: |
| Creating Personalized Photo Calendars: | | | | If you design your custom photo calendar using |
| Most online digital photo printing services, such as | | | | an online photo service, to print it simply add your |
| Shutterfly (my favorite), Snapfish and Kodak | | | | photo calendar to your online shopping account |
| EasyShare Gallery, offer custom photo calendars. | | | | and check out. You'll have your printed photo |
| The process of creating personalized photo | | | | calendar in a few days. The average cost is about |
| calendars usually involves: | | | | $20 per calendar. If you are using your own |
| 1. Picking a starting month and year for your | | | | software to create your photo calendar, you can |
| calendar | | | | print your calendar pages using your own color |
| 2. Selecting a page design from a variety of | | | | printer and have your pages spiral bound into a |
| templates | | | | calendar at a local copy store. |
| 3. Choosing your photos from those you have | | | | Customized Photo Calendars Make Great Gifts: |
| uploaded to the photo service's website and | | | | Custom photo calendars make terrific gifts, |
| selecting which photo you want for a specific | | | | whether for birthdays, Mother's Day, etc. Got an |
| month | | | | avid golfer in the family? What about custom golf |
| 4. Writing brief photo captions to accompany each | | | | photo calendars featuring photos of your golfer |
| page of your photo calendar (usually optional) | | | | teeing off? Sometimes it is hard to come up with |
| 5. Adding a cover photo for your personalized | | | | a good gift idea for elderly parents or |
| photo calendar | | | | grandparents. A photo calendar with pictures of |
| 6. Placing your photo calendar order with the web | | | | your children makes a great gift that grandma |
| site | | | | and grandpa will enjoy anew each time they turn |
| Templates for Personalized Photo Calendars: | | | | over a new month. Don't have kids? What about |
| Most photo printing services like Shutterfly and | | | | 12 months of your favorite pet photos? The |
| Snapfish offer a selection of photo calendar | | | | ideas are endless. |
| templates to choose from. There are also several | | | | |