I used to look forward to buying a new calendar at the end of every year. I’m sad that this tradition died with the efficiency of the computer calendar. But it’s undeniable…the digital record can’t be beat. Thank goodness for people still making creative calendars…like these.

This perpetual calendar/journal from Design Sponge is my fave of the season. The idea is very simple — flip to the current date and at the end of the day, write down something that happened. Some days it is big things like “Annie took her first steps.” Other days it is small, like “needed more than one cup of coffee this morning.”

Instead of recording an event per day, this calendar from Brigada Creativa allows you to record your mood by drawing an emoticon on a yellow circle. How do you draw brilliant?

I love the Twenty Eleven calendar from The Moustache. No page flipping required.

I love the detail that went into this perpetual calendar by Chelsea Nordstom.

This calendar allows the user to arrange the year as one sees fit. Are the days ordered in a strict chronological fashion or does it appear more like a blur? Does winter feel longer that summer and so on. The individual dates are held in place by magnets, so each day can be moved around. The different days can also be used to hold in place theater tickets or reminders. By StokkeAustad.

You know those tear-off calendars with a word-of-the-day? Or a Cathy cartoon? Well here’s font of the day. For the love of fonts. Check out Typografie.

We had record snow fall here in New York the last few days, so in honor of the gorgeous, thick white blanket covering the city, here are the most fabulous snow globes ever!

Found via Black Eiffel. You can see the full collection of globes here.

Do kids today even know what a typewriter is? Will the nostalgia of typewriter fonts keep them alive? There does seem to be a fascination with them in the design world, as proven by these ideas…

British artist Keira Rathbone uses typewriters to create amazing images. Take that, MacBook pro! Found via One Cool Thing a Day.

Even though it’s become rather common, I love the idea of a typewriter guest book at a wedding. Found via Project Wedding.

I’m in love with these dinner plates that are embossed with typewriter strikers. For sale on Inaeent’s Etsy store.

Wishing you a very sweet and cozy Christmas!

(2D Christmas tree by Tanja Soeter. Found via Bloesom.)

Yes, I know it’s late to be posting Christmas crafts (if yours aren’t up yet, then really, just don’t bother). But late is the story of my life these days with an infant.

Here are some crafts from my Christmas caroling story for the December issue of Parents Magazine.

The letters for this garland were cut from colored index cards.

Little felt florettes decorate moss wreathes. Full instructions here.

This is a great craft for even little kids. The trees are made from circle punches with clothespins as the trunks.

If you go out caroling, be sure to carry lights. These little lanterns are made from small water bottles. For reals.

Come in from the cold and stir up some hot chocolate with these handsome choco spoons.