Making Calendars for Strangers

Sorry I didn't update this sooner. I've been a bit busy. Back to our story.

Early January of 2024

Christmas is over. It's a bittersweet feeling as I love the season, but get over-stressed trying to get everything done on time. I have this picture in my head of what the perfect holiday should be, and if I fall short, I get really down on myself.

But this year went smoothly, and we are hearing back from far away family members who got their calendars in the mail and absolutely loved them. They were a huge hit. Since it is still early January, I figured, what the heck. They are already designed, and I can just print them as I need them, I may as well put them up on my Etsy store to see if they get noticed. I only had the three styles, so my expectations were not that high. I was shocked when I got three orders in the first week. Maybe we were onto something.

All three orders were for the Otter calendar, so I was wondering if it was just that one particular style that was a subject that was hard to find. It didn't matter. I was so excited, I decided to make some more styles right away and see if they would sell. Come back to see the new designs I came up with.