Year of the Dragon

Happy New Year 2023!  It's the Year of the Dragon!  According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, the year of the dragon occurs every twelve years. Because I was born in the year of the dragon, I am very excited to welcome in this year. Of course I felt obligated to make a special calendar to commemorate MY special year.  I started with a square rounded corner coaster purchased from Celebrations (Mapunapuna) in a pack of 50.  On the back of each coaster I glued a magnet sheet (purchased in a large roll from HM Ben Franklin Crafts).  The magnet sheet is easily trimmed with a regular scissors.  Next crinkled red washi paper with gold and silver flecks was cut to be slightly larger than the coaster and a dragon stamp was used to leave a clear image ink impression and then applying gold embossing powder.  After using a heat gun on the image, the red crinkled paper with the gold dragon image was glued onto the front of the coaster and trimmed. Gold cording was then glued around the edge of the coaster magnet. Finally, the Vippies mini 2024 calendar was glued onto the dragon decorated red magnet.

I am happy with the simple look of the calendars because they can be given to men or women. Also they look Chinese and very traditional which is exactly what I was hoping to achieve. I hope the recipients of my calendars will attach them to some visible area where it will remind them to enjoy the Year of the Dragon especially since it won't happen again for another twelve years!