Calendar to envelope: A tutorial

Have any old calendars that you haven't thrown out yet?  Or ones that are too pretty to get rid?

Here's something you can do with them: make them into envelopes.  Most calendars are big enough to make a 9"x6" envelope out of, and that's what I'll show you below.



Start by tearing out a page.



Fold so that the edges meet in the center.



Using a 9"x6" envelope as a guide, fold/crease the ends.



Trim so that a single thickness is left.



Your paper will like something like the picture above.



Apply double sided tape...



...to the long edge of the paper.



Press long edges together, smoothing the surface as you go.



Apply tape to one of the short sides of the envelope (the one with the smaller tab) in the same way.



You know those little pictures on the back of the calendar?  I cut those out and used those in the following steps, but that part is optional.  I mainly added the little pictures to cover up the hole in the page where the nail goes.



Apply double sided tape to the edge of the square...



...and attach it to the envelope's larger tab.



For the next part, you will need mounting tape, which is different that the double sided tape you used earlier.  This has one sticky side exposed, and a paper layer covering the other side.  (You will leave this paper on until you go to seal the envelope.)



Apply it to both the edge of the tab and the little square, leaving the paper on.



Ta-da!  You're finished.

It may seem like a lot of steps, but once you make a couple, it gets easier.  (And you have twelve pages in a calendar, so by the end you'll be a pro!)

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My set of twelve:







(Are you happy I finally posted this, Michelle?)