. a lOvely . { free + perfectly printable } . 2017 calendar .

i'm absolutely sure that you're all a lot more organised than me . & . already have calendars and diaries for 2017 all sorted out . bUt . just in case you haven't then { in the words of BluePeter } here's one i made earlier !

i'm working on giving lily+Bloom a bit of a new look . she's starting to look a little tired and in need of a new image . this may take a little while so please don't hold your breaths . in the meantime next years calendar gives you a little sneak peek into what the future may look like .

the calendar comes in two sizes . little + large . { well it's that between christmas & new year time when thinking any harder than this is just . well . too hard . forgive me ! } . the little one is perfect for taping up on the wall at home . one month at a time . or . every month to view the whole year ahead . it's also a great size for keeping to hand on your desk . just pop into a card holder and switch the months as they go by .

the larger one works well on a clipboard . or in my case . a piece of cord board cut a little bigger than the calendar with a bull dog clip to secure it in place . or . you can punch holes in the top and string with some { neon } ribbon to hang anywhere you have a little wall space .

. 2017calendar . the little one .

{ four months to a page . print on A4 cardstock }

. 2017calendar . the large one .

{ two months to a page . print on A4 cardstock }

i'd love to know what you think of the calendar . & . once you've downloaded it and printed it would love to see how you display it ?

i will leave you to enjoy { or endure ? } the last few days of this year . & . i think everyone will breathe a collective sigh once we start to welcome 2017 into the world .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. hEllo dEcember .

{ 'tis the season to sparkle }

hEllo dEcember

. baubles & glitter . trees & tinsel .

. mince pies & mulled wine .

. festive films . & . christmas carols .

. let the #festivefaffing begin .

. have a spArkly dAy .

. tIs the season to spArkle .

without wishing to sound as if i'm collecting my pension . is it me . or . has christmas started ridiculously early this year . i know that it's now expected that the tinsel and baubles start making an appearance in the shops as soon as the easter eggs have rolled off the shelves, but i have been spying christmas trees . fairy lights . and . decorations galore in sO many people's houses near to me . it's still nOvember folks ?  a wonderful month of bonfires and autumn leaves, pumpkins and pies . can we not enjoy each month for the loveliness it brings, rather than wanting to rush headlong into the celebrations of the next ?

so . for the last two days of nOvember i will be embracing all that autumn loveliness still . & . then once dEcember arrives i'll feel we can start to enjoy lots of festive faffing . tinsel . glitter . gift making . gift wrapping . & . all that christmas sparkle . 

just two days . we can all hold on for just two more days can't we ?

. 'tIs the season to spArkle .

. december 2016 .

. december 2016 .

. have a spArkly dAy .

. mAke your own mAgic .

at the moment i'm feeling incredibly lucky . i'm enjoying quiet days & a break from working . i'm loving the beautiful aUtumnal weather we're having . the ombre shades of colours in the trees . the cosy darker nights . & . the lovely seasonal flavours of pumpkin . apples . blackberries . aUtumn has brought with it a wonderful slow way of living, that for now, i'm making the most of .

nOvember feels like it will be a month of getting ready . getting ready for * whispers * christmas . but also getting ready for something bigger in the NewYear . after a year of feeling like i was standing still in the middle of a busy road, watching everyone else carry on with purpose, i'm feeling a little more purposeful . that nOvember & dEcember will be months to take tiny steps towards something a little more in the coming year .

for now though i will leave you with nOvember's calendars & my quote for the new month . . . 

. we all have magic inside us .

. november 2016 .

. november 2016 .

. have a mAgical dAy .

. it's a gOod day to have a gOod day .

Warning . this post contains ramblings which may be considered slightly self indulgent & of a melancholic nature !

i caught myself wishing the year away yesterday . this continued feeling of a lack of purpose / of mojo / of direction is starting to weigh heavier on my subconscious . i have the sense of standing still whilst everything & everyone around me is whizzing around with a known intent & purpose . in my more rational moments i know that this isn't true . & . in that same moment of rationale i know that to wish the year away is to waste the opportunity that the remaining 94days offers . & . that suddenly sounds a lot of time . time to put to use even if it's only making small steps towards something bigger, something with more purpose & direction next year .

whilst looking for a quote for octOber i came across this { annonymous } quote . 

{ this is the beginning of a new day . you have been given this day to use as you will . you can waste it or use it for good . what you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it . when tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever . in it's place is something you have left behind . let it be something good }

so this year i still have 94 opportunities to do something good . something to make someone smile . something that makes me happy . something small . or . something a little bigger . 94 days to read more . watch more . see more . & . now, suddenly, 94 days just doesn't feel enough ?

. it's a goOd day to have a gOod day .

. october 2016 .

. october 2016 .

. have a very gOod dAy .

. do All things with kIndness .

i feel i may have lost a little of my blOgging mOjo this month . & . my healthy eating mojO . oh . & . my running mOjo . there's a distinct lack of mojO at the moment .

Oh . except for my eating cake & cookies mojo . yep . still got that { and a few extra pounds to show for it too } !

in this wonderful digital age { which i love for sO many reasons } it can be hard not to keep aiming for that image of perfection that we constantly see . the perfect clean diet . the perfect fitness regime . the perfect family life . & . so it's all too easy to give yourself a hard time for indulging in one too many slices of cake . for skipping out on the running & working out . for not blOgging more often . for not being enough . for not being our own image of perfect . & . yet we all know { deep down } that life isn't perfect . but . actually . that's ok . it doesn't have to be perfect to still be wonderful .

so i'm making sEptember a time to be kind . to others . but . also to myself .

. do all things with kindness .

. choose joy . 

. be you . be love .

. september 2016 .

. september 2016 .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. cElebrate { All } the little things .

jUly has been a blur . a fun filled blur of baking . cocktails . & . dancing . but a blur non the less . but the blurry month is nearly over . & . thinking ahead to aUgust which brings with it celebrations;  of birthday's . of summer . of holiday's . of { hopefully } sunshine & sunny days . 

at the moment i am down in lOndon most weeks & walk past Liberty on my way to the office . a beautiful building on which i seem to notice something different each time i pass by . last week i spotted . for the first time . the quote under the clock at the Kingly Street entrance . which reads ' no minute gone comes back again . take heed and see ye nothing do in vain ' . words that have stuck by me . & . words i remembered when choosing this months quote . so in the same spirit . this month . lets celebrate all the little things . the happy moments . the sunny days . the simple pleasures .

. celebrate the little things .

. august 2016 . 

. august 2016 .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. drEam . bElieve . dO . rEpeat .

as you may be able to tell from the very significant lack of blOg pOsts, this month has been a busy one . busy . but . such fun . i was lucky enough to travel north & south . catch up with family i'd not seen in a long long time . meet family i'd not met before . revisit places i'd not been to in a long time . visit new places that i'm already longing to return to . & . it's safe to say i lived up to my jUne quOte in enjoying the journey .

so into jUly we go . midsUmmer has now passed . but . i don't believe it's too late to dream of what the rest of the year may bring .

. drEam . bElieve . dO . rEpeat .

. july 2016 .

. july 2016 .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. enjOy the jOurney .

this year is turning into a funny year . on the one hand i { still } feel slightly lost & the vagueness i felt when i wrote my beginning of year post hasn't entirely left me . on the other hand this year feels as if it's flying by so sO quickly . which means my days must be being filled with something to make the time feel it's passing by too fast . 

i think jUne will be a time of looking back at that pOst & seeing if i can be a little clearer on where the next six months may head . but in the meantime the next month will be a month of visiting travellers & of travelling . of sight seeing . & . memory making .

and . i will take it all one day at a time and enjOy the jOurney .

. find jOy in the jOurney .

. june 2016 .

. june 2016 .

. have a happy day .

{ wherever it may take you }

. hEllo mAy .

{ sOmetimes you just have to create your own sUnshine }

hEllo mAy

things i'm looking forward to this month

. a lovely long weekend baking crOissants to start the month .

&

. to end the month a klAddkaka to enjOy whilst singing along to eUrovision .

. hoping to be inspired at the OpenHouse at ImpactHub .

&

. at Pulse in lOndon .

&

. at the Selvedge Artisan Fair at StAugustinesChurchHall .

&

. hoping at some point the sUn will decide to shine .

. have a hAppy mAy dAy .

. crEate your own sUnshine .

as i was sitting at my desk yesterday . beginning to put the mAy calendars together for this post . i looked up just in time to see the snow start to fall . 

we are in spring . it's the end of april . very nearly mAy . earlier the skies had been blue & although it was bitterly . unseasonably . chilly . i really did think that we had moved on from the snow showers . a minute later it was all blue skies again . soon after that a flash of lightning streaked the sky . followed by the rumble of thunder . a darkening of the skies . and then the rain . but then over almost as quickly as it began . 

strange weather indeed . but i think it's also a sign about taking your chances where you can find them . about searching out the moments of blue sky & sunshine . the breaks between the rain showers & snow showers . 

. sOmetimes you just have to create your own sUnshine .

. may 2016 .

. may 2016 .

. have a sUnny dAy .

. bE silly .

sO . the eAster bUnnies have been & gone . { although i'm guessing they'll be some easter eggs still lingering on . & . if that's the case there's some great ideas here . & . here } . the clocks have jumped forward . & . whilst we might not be looking out the flip flops & shorts just yet . there's a promise of { slightly } warmer, lovelier days to come . lets look forward to spring flowers . sunshine & showers . & . just a little bit of silliness . 

. bE silly . bE hOnest . be kind .

 . aPril 2016 .

. aPril 2016 .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. hEllo mArch .

{ eat chocolate for breakfast }

hAppy st dAvid's dAy

&

hEllo mArch

a mOnth full of spring celebrations with

. mOther's dAy .

&

. st pAtricks dAy .

. welcoming in spring time .

{ longer days . brighter days . lighter nights }

&

. all things eAster .

{ bunny's . chocolate & chicks . eggs . hot cross buns }

. have a mAdly hAppy dAy .

. mArch mAdness .

i was very undecided on the quote for mArch . i knew i wanted something that had a slightly mAd air about it . like fEbruary it still has that between seasons feeling . you never quite know what each mArch day will bring . 

i pondered over quotes from alice in wOnderland { you're mAd . bOnkers . all of the best people are ! } . & . very nearly chose this one { she lOst herself in a wOnderland of mAdness } . but in the end . with mOther's dAy . & . eAster . at the beginning & end of mArch this seemed the perfect quote to start mArch on .

. i bElieve in chOcolate for breakfAst .

. mArch 2016 .

. mArch 2016 .

. have a mAdly hAppy dAy .

. hEllo fEbruary .

{ i love you to the moon and back }

looking forward to a fabulous fEbruary

full of

. beautiful new cOllections at bUbble lOndon .

and

. welcoming in the yEar of the mOnkey .

. learning how to make better bread .

and

. indulging in a few pancakes on shrOve tUesday .

. celebrating vAlentine's by baking lOvely cakes .

before

. ending the month by running arOund brighton .

. have a fAbulous dAy .

. i lOve you to the mOon . & . back .

how has the first mOnth of the year been for you ? has it dragged or has it flown by ?  

for me it has flown by . what i thought would be a quietish month has turned out to be a little busier . all in a good way though . 

i am still feeling in between seasons at the moment . i'm still lOving being able to wrap up in winter woollies . & . light my candles as soon as dusk starts to fall . it's the perfect excuse to curl up with a book { already nearly three books down out of my reading goal of twenty four } . the perfect weather for porridge for breakfast & soup for supper . 

but then . i'm also looking forward to spring . to those lighter warmer mornings that make it easier to get out for my early morning run . to start shopping for new floral frocks . & . trying out fresh new salad recipes for lunch . 

and in the midst of this changing of seasons fEbruary comes along . full of lOve . & . hearts . & . flowers . & . general lOveliness . 

. i lOve you to the moOn and back .

. fEbruary 2016 .

. fEbruary 2016 .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. hEllo jAnuary . and sO the Adventure bEgins .

i think i have enjoyed the r&r of christmAs a little too much . this jAnuary calendar is perhaps a little embarrassingly late in being posted on the blog . am i forgiven ?

in honesty . as lovely as christmAs is . this year i'm more than a little glad to get back to something resembling a normal routine . & . to start looking forward to what this year may bring . 

i'll save my reflections on last year & hopes for this year for another post . & . keeping this somewhat brief . will just leave you in peace & quiet with your first calendars for 2016 . 

. jAnuary 2016 .

. jAnuary 2016 .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. hAppy nEw yeAr .

{ and so the adventure begins }

. hAppy nEw yeAr .

. christmAs is cOming .

did anyone put their xmAs decorations up this weekend ? i will confess that as much as i lOve all the fairy lights & trees i do think it's only right to wait until it's dEcember . i lOve bringing things out gradually & adding to them through the month . a few paper snowflakes at the windows to start with . dotting around some bowls of baubles . adding a few new homemade garlands here & there . & . then a hUge xmas clean & tidy before finally putting up the tree . { oh . & . by the way . all of this takes a good three weeks ! } .

then there's the xmAs card making . deciding on this year's gift wrapping . christmas cOokies to bake . candy to make . { yes . i'm a little excited } .

so with one last day of nOvember to enjoy { all be it a very rainy one } . here is your lOvely calendar for dEcember . one for your desktop . & . one for your phone . 

 . dEcember 2015 .

. dEcember 2015 .

. have a hAppy dAy .

. hEllo nOvember .

so the penultimate month of the year of upon us . i'm trying not to become too reflective too soon . after all there are still 8weeks { or 61days . quite a few hours . lOts & lOts of precious seconds } still left to make the very most of . & . looking at my diary & my list of things ' to do ' & ' to achieve ' those weeks / days / moments are going to be nicely busy ones .

. nOvember .

starts with a little trip to the lAke district

{ and i can't wait to stay at the RumDoodle which just looks the cUtest of b&b's }

&

a 10K run to celebrate the wedding of some very lovely running bUgs

followed by a weekend of birthday celebrations for my little sister

{ * whispers * who turns 40 ! which in turn makes me feel sO old }

&

looking forward to a creative month of doodling & drawing . making & creating

all in readiness for christmas

. have a hAppy dAy .