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Digital Photo Calendar

Is your collection of family photos just sitting locked away in your computer? Would you like the opportunity to see these photos more often and without the trouble and time it takes to pull them up in your computer? You can have these photos handy at a glance and be useful by turning them into a unique, customized digital photo calendar.

To be realistic, not every photograph is worth a thousand words, but those that are, are priceless. These are the photos that you find yourself wanting to pull out every now and then to remember a special moment or to share with others. You can create a special way to have them available to show off to friends and family.

It is only natural to want to share your good times with others. Part of the fun in reliving these moments through snapshots is getting to share them with friends and family. But how can you do this, and what is the best way?

One fun and yet practical way is through a simple digital photo calendar. Of course in this case we're not talking about literally an actual 'digital photo calendar' (even though it is one in its own right). In simple terms we are making an interesting and personalized wall calendar using your own digital photos.

This is about creating a 'photo calendar that you can print up yourself or have printed to hang on your wall, or give to friends and family, sell on your website or show off through the Internetyou have an endless choice of possibilities.

So let's go ahead and actually build ourselves one of these cool little photo calendars.

Let's take a look at the steps.

Naturally you are going to start with selecting your favorite photos. The next step involves some homework, but don't worry, I've done a bit of the research for you. Here is a sample listing of a few places where you can transform your photos into a calendar

Here's a few websites that will make that transformation for you: www.bighugelabs.com, www.desktopwallpaperphotos.com, www.snapfish.com and www.cafepress.com. The first two sites listed will give you a free digital version of your calendar that you can download to your hard drive and then print out or save to a CD/take to a print shop. The others provide a 'real' wall or desk calendar that you can purchase and then 'send' to yourself, or a friend.

Actually... this is the real 'secret' behind getting your photos into a calendar... you just need to know where (as in, what web sites) to use. The rest of the process is reasonably straightforward. (Although you do need to have a fair idea of how to prepare your images before printing! Tip: Get someone to help you do this if it's going to be too challenging!)

Only a few more easy steps...

1) Upload your photo/s to one of the photo calendar web sites above.

2) Select a particular calendar size and other details

3) Choose on the months and/or years you want your calendar to have

$) Now hit the 'create' button or order your own calendar...

Really does sound easy doesn't it? Once you've finished these steps you will have an enjoyable photo calendar that can be downloaded as a .PDF onto your hard drive or even as a .jpeg image file. If you are having your printed performed by a printing service, you can expect your completed project in about a week.

But overall, not too bad for a few minutes work!

Now you can take your digital photo calendar masterpiece out to impress friends and family. Be creative with it and print it out on a card, e-mail it to everyone, or just hang it on your wall for your own enjoyment. Photo calendars make a great gift and every time someone looks at it they will be reminded of you and be able to share in your special memories.