Get organised for 2011 with a new calendar...and make a real difference too!

I wanted to tell everyone about a project some of us have been working on - a 2011 calendar.  It's been so much fun working with other photographers to come up with the best design and photographs for the calendar.  The best part, though, is that it's all been for a brilliant cause.  All photographs, development time, design work and admin etc has been donated without charge, so 100% of the profits will be going to http://www.camillesappeal.co.uk/, a charity close to my heart.

We're at that exciting stage where the final design has been approved and we're waiting for that knock at the door when the printer delivers them.  In the meantime, we started taking pre-orders for the calendar this week.  At just £10 each and they are literally selling like hot cakes already. 

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Here is a sneak peek of how the calendar will look:

Layout

Size: Double A4

And here are the photographs we have chosen to represent each month.

JANUARY

(c) Nicki Macrae  http://www.nicki-paints.co.uk/

FEBRUARY

(c) H. Greenwood  http://www.greenwoodtreephotography.co.uk/ 

MARCH 

(c) Lisa Pucknell

APRIL

(c) Katie Shires

MAY

(c) Sara Hazeldine  http://www.sarahazeldine.co.uk/

JUNE

(c) Sarah Leigh   http://www.sarahleighphotography.co.uk/

JULY

(c) H. Greenwood  http://www.greenwoodtreephotography.co.uk/

AUGUST

(c) Sarah Leigh  http://www.sarahleighphotography.co.uk/

SEPTEMBER

(c) Mim Owen  http://www.mimowen.co.uk/

OCTOBER

(c) Sara Hazeldine  http://www.sarahazeldine.co.uk/

NOVEMBER

(c) H. Greenwood  http://www.greenwoodtreephotography.co.uk/

DECEMBER

(c) Sara Hazeldine http://www.sarahazeldine.co.uk/

You'll notice some of these photographers are other A Woman's Work contributors and others are friends who know the family (al-be-it through cyberspace) and want to do anything they can to help this charity.  Every little helps...

Project managing this has been really interesting.  Everyone's been so keen to help and some of the photographs were even taken specifically for this project.  I think it's great, particularly as we only started a few weeks ago.  It just goes to show what a few 'mums with camera's' can do when motivated by such a worthwhile cause.  The calendar design and print company http://www.thecalendarcompany.org/ has been great too, providing the layout for free and often working with me late at night to get the design just right.

If anyone would like further information about the calendar or if you would like to buy a copy (or two or three...), visit The Camilles Appeal Calendar page at www.sarahleighphotography.co.uk

Some suggestions I've heard so far is that they would make great gifts for relatives or those you would usually buy a bottle of wine for, or even for teachers.

Camilles Appeal is the children's brain tumour charity specifically focussed on the support and welfare of children under the age of five.  More information about the charity can be found at http://www.camillesappeal.co.uk/ . Even if you're not interested in a calendar, it's worth looking at the website.

Now all I need to do is buy a copy for myself so I can get organised and start making a note of my 2011 bookings.
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http://www.sarahleighphotography.co.uk/ a mum and children's portrait photographer based in Suffolk, East Anglia.  Proud to support http://www.camillesappeal.co.uk/