2012 Cats and Dogs Calendar - all funds benefit our local animal shelter

This is a project dear to my heart. My daughter wanted to do something to help raise money for our local animal shelter. I just happened to have recently designed some really cute embroidered dogs and cats and a 2012 calendar - and I decided to combine the two into one product especially to benefit our furry friends.

I enlarged the images from the Dog Embroidery Pattern. . .

. . . and the Cat Embroidery Pattern. I transferred the images to fabric, Jo and I divided them up, and we got busy stitching.

I stitched up half of them and Jo stitched the other half. The great thing is that when she saw the calendar all printed up - she couldn't tell which ones she had done and which ones were mine! Embroidery really is a great project for kids. :-)

This calendar works the same way as my regular 2012 calendar.

Step 1: print

Step 2: cut

Step 3: repeat as many times as you like until you have gifts for all your animal-loving friends.

I like to print them on cardstock. You'll probably get the best results with an inkjet printer. If your printer is cranky, just slide the PDF onto a flash drive and take it to your local copy shop for printing.

Cut them in half. Two months print on a single 8 1/2 x 11 sheet.


I clip mine together at the top with a small binder clip. It makes a handy hanging hook and allows me to reuse the top of the calendar when the month is over.


The calendar is just $5 and all of the proceeds will go to the Mitchell County Animal Shelter here in Mitchell County, North Carolina. You can buy it here.

And if you'd like to make a donation directly to the animal shelter - they have a donate button on their website.  They are good people doing good work with almost no money - they are funded almost entirely by donations and I'm astounded by how many pets they save every year.

Have a great day everyone! Hug your pets!

Best,
Wendi