I never know what to get my Grandma. She doesn’t need anything. All she wants is for me to come visit. Since she lives 500 miles away, we stay in touch through the photos. I do text photos on occasion, but she’s not that handy with the new technology. (And by new, I mean 1985.)
So this year, to quell her photo needs, I’m sending her a Picaboo Calendar. Her calendar will consist of photos I’ve taken throughout the year that live on my hard drive, gathering cyber dust. This is an easy project that takes less than 20 minutes and the best part: Once you enter your dates, Picaboo remembers them. So I don’t have to keep entering Peanut’s birthday, our anniversary or our annual beach trip. Picaboo remembers the dates for me so I don’t have to. Every July we hit the beach. It’s our tradition. By putting these images in the month of July, I can remind her that I’ll be gone and not to worry if I don’t answer the phone right away. It won’t stop her from calling the people I rent my cottage from; nor reminding me that wearing a silver bathing suit can cause a shark to mistake me for a fish. (This did happen in 1937. Or so I’ve been told.)
Why don’t I send the photos via email so she can print them? Because I don’t have time to talk her through the process of getting each photo ready to print at her local store. Believe me, I’ve done it and I’d rather have a root canal without anesthetic. Calendars from Picaboo are much easier. She gets a different photo every month and it gives her an idea of what we’ve been doing throughout the year. Even better? I can print them in bulk, sending them to my aunts, uncles, and distant elderly relatives who don’t get out often. 
Who in your family would like a calendar? Write the person you think would enjoy this gift in the comments below.
I make a calendar every year my mom, my grandma, my mother-in-law and my grandmother-in-law
I make calenders for my mother in law, she loves them and all pictures of the kids!
My 83 year old mother in law, who just fell, dislocated her kneecap, had surgery and is now wheelchair bound for a month could REALLY use a calender to cheer her up!
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The grandparents would love one
My mom would love a calendar of her 8 grandchildren!
My mom would love a calendar! So would my sister…..who wouldn’t:)
My mom would love a custom calendar with birthdays inserted and pictures of all her kids and grand kids!
My mother-in-law. We’re 2000 miles apart and she’d love to see our important dates.
my sisters would love them
Would love to make one of these for my hubby! This would really help him remember all of the important birthdays, anniversaries & annual events!
My grandmother would love one! Her favorite presents involve pictures and time spent with loved ones. What a happy way to capture both by making a calendar full of happy time spent with family over the past year. As an added surprise I’d add “lunch dates” and “movie time” or “card playing time” in on certain days during the year for added events for her to look forward to!
I just ordered TEN last week. I’ve been making Christmas calendars for about 20 years, and I have one of each as does my Mom. They are a wonderful Christmas gift (& the only one I give).
My hubby would love a calendar to hang up with all the places we’ve fine gone this year!
My parents would love this!
I think my sister would really enjoy a calendar!
I think all of us would like one for our office! I work at a family own business and think it would be so cute to have a calender of the employees/family!
I think all of us would like one for our office! I work at a family owned business and it would be so cute to have a calender of the employees/family!
my mother would LOVE a calendar so she can show off the two new grandbabies she got this year!!!
My mom would love a yar of pictures of her grandchildren!
I love to make calendars for grandparents, aunts, and all extended family!
Both sets of grandparents live over 1000 miles a way. they would both love a calendar of their grandkids!
Would love to make one for my grandma/the kids G-G Ma
They call her GG and she misses them terribly, would love to send her a calendar so she could see them everyday! Thank you for the chance to win a gift card to make one!!
My significant other would love one!
I have already made a calender, but I could do more. My sister would also like this.
I give 4 calendars a year so i would use this for either my parents, sis, sis-in-law, or parents in-law!
We give one every year to our parents and grandparents…haven’t started on this year’s yet!!!
I’m making a calendar for my kids stepmom and I did one for my kids real mom….I would love to make an extra copy for my kids.
ohhh! i would make it for my extended family… each month would showcase one of my mother-in-laws beautiful scenic oil paintings..after taking up painting late in life..she passed away from cancer a few wears ago.. the family would TREASURE them!
My best friend would love a calendar!
We leave far from home and one of the things the grandparents love the most is the calendar with different pictures of the granddaughter for every season. They can imagine what is she doing during the year.
I think my mom and mother-in-law would really enjoy one. I’ve made my mother-in-law a few and she liked them. She also doesn’t really need anything for Christmas and this is a great way to not clutter up her house with things she might not otherwise want.
I make a calendar every year for my husband and I – and our parents!
My parents and my mother-in-law would love a calendar. My daughter who is away at the university would love one too. Photo calendars are wonderful. I love them.
I make a calendar for everyone in our family with all the birthdays on there … because there are a lot of them! Nieces, grandkids, etc. etc. etc.
For my best friend – To help with the wedding planning coming up this year
My mother would LOVE THIS!!!
I have been using picaboo for years and love that the calendar is now as easy and flexible to use as the book maker:) Hope I can order mine soon with a gift card!!!
I would be the best person to make a calendar for, one to make me smile each day when I look at the special moment or person I have created for the month…. Oh and my mum too
My husband’s family would all love a calledar, so I ordered 1 for each of his brothers and sisters.
I think a friend I go travelling with would love to have a monthly reminder of places we’ve been.
So fun! A great grandparent gift!
I KNOW my 86 year old Sweet Grandmother Lucy would love to have a calendar filled with pictures of my family! She still tells me every day that I am “The Sunshine of her soul!”
I just got my calendars that I made for gifts for my Papa, daughter, husband, son, and me. I love how they turned out.
My mother would LOVE a calendar!!!