Recycling an old calender...

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I have this calender from the beginning of the year that I never put up on a wall (never had the room to).  I don't want to just throw it out because I absolutely love the pictures on it.  So I'm trying to figure out something I could do with it (that would be kind of cheap) but I'm having no luck.  The only thing that comes to mind is that it'd probably take mod podge to do whatever it would be (which I have, yay).  So, here are a couple of pictures of it, to give you an idea of what I have to work with...

                 

The first one is of the front and is the only one that is that large.  It measures around 20.5" x 15" but I'd probably trim it down to around 17" x 12".  The second one shows just 1 of 12 images found inside the calender.  I'd be cutting them down to just the picture.  Which would measure around 8.5" x 14" after I trim it. 

So yes, any ideas people?

Also, any ideas on how to flatten it out?  I've had it rolled up for most of the year, so it has a few curves and such in it.  It just feels like a normal piece of paper.  Not glossy like a normal calender or anything.

First Post Here

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This is my first post here, but I've been reading everyones entries for months now....all wonderful I must say!

Here are some Christmas cards I made this year.  I make quite a few every year, and I also do birthday/valentine's day/Easter cards too, because I like making cards.

( Chrissy Cards Here )

And that's them.  Christmas cards for this year.  I don't make everyone I send cards to a handmade one, but I do make quite a few.  These were initially made for my daughter to try to sell to raise money for a trip she's going on next year, but she decided she didn't want to take them to school to do that, so I kept them and sent them out myself.

Gold-plated, gold-filled... what does it matter?

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Important to know for everyone who wear jewelry, or make it...
Being engaged in jewelry art for many years, and working with many different people, I have noticed that many customers – and even master jewelry makers – don’t always understand or appreciate the difference between metal covered with gold-plate (also called gilding) as opposed to the gold-fill process (sometimes called cladding, overlay or gold-rolled).