UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed.
Congrats to Michelle (shellysmith@…) and Becky (rlf102@…)
Now that school is in FULL swing again, I’m wondering if any of your schedules are feeling overloaded?
If you’re like Dave and me (and we only have one child) you were rudely interrupted from your glorious summer break and forced back into the strict school schedule — life is rough, isn’t it 🙂
If you feel like your family’s schedule is out of control…let me take 10 minutes to introduce you to the Calendars & Chores Etsy Shop.
With a name like Calendars & Chores, I feel like the products are pretty self-explanatory — HOWEVER, the super cool thing about all of Jen Peterson’s calendars, chore charts, and to-do lists is that they are ALL magnetic and they are ALL dry/wet erase. This means no paper waste and no need to purchase refill pages or duplicate calendars every year.
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And while all the Calendars & Chores products are fun and fabulous, the product I’m most excited to share with you today is the Large Magnetic Dry/Wet Erase Calendar.
Isn’t it pretty?
I have a feeling this calendar just might be able to help with some of your family scheduling woes… keep reading to learn more!
What makes THIS calendar different?
This calendar is so much different than other Dry Erase calendars because the weeks are separated and can easily be moved — so you can always plan 5-6 weeks ahead (and you all know how much I love planning ahead!). When the top week is over, you simply erase it, pull it up, and move it to the bottom of the calendar. You then move the other weeks up and you’re ready to plan some more.
This means you’ll never get to the end of your calendar AND you’ll never have to go out and buy another calendar!
And for those of who you live and die by the calendar on your phone, I can speak from experience that it’s still really nice to have one big family calendar in the home to keep everyone on their toes.
A few more details:
Each magnetic calendar kit comes with 6 weeks of separate strips for weekly planning. It also comes with one “days of the week” strip and all 12 months as separate magnetic strips.
Each piece is completely backed with a quality magnet.
Each calendar comes in a variety of colors and fonts.
Each calendar comes with a choice of frame color. The finished product is 27.5″ x 23.5″.
BONUS: each calendar will automatically come with a “memo” strip with the following categories: Upcoming Events, Grocery List, To Do List, Notes
So this calendar really does have EVERYTHING to help you get and stay organized (at least when it comes to your schedule!) Plus, it looks fabulous hanging on your wall!
The Giveaway:
Today, 2 lucky readers will win a Large Magnetic Dry/Wet Erase Calendar (valued at $82). Winner can choose their choice of color, font, and frame.
Jen is also offering a special 10% discount for all my readers (through October 4, 2013) — simply enter the code: ANDREA10 at checkout.
How to Enter:
{required} Leave a comment on this post. How could you put this calendar to use in your home?
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Prizes:
(2) Magnetic calendars as described above.
This giveaway ends at 10:00 pm on Friday, 9/27/2013 and is open to US residents, 18 years or older. I will use And the Winner Is to select the winning comments at random. Winners will be notified by email and noted at the top of this post. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize or I will choose a new winner. Please see my full disclosure policy and contact me with any questions you have. Good luck!
Kristin Celeste says
Thank you for hosting the giveaway!
My household would use this calendar for budgeting and menu planning purposes!
Stacey O says
This is great! We would use it to replace the paper wall calendar we get every year.
krista says
We have a brand new kindergartner in our house and for the first time are challenged to keep track of schedules and events and important dates for school and activities. Additionally, I have been looking into a simple chore chart for the family so this is timely. At the moment we don’t have a good system for doing any of this and this looks like a great way to get started! Thank you for the chance.
Melissa says
I LOVE THIS. Pick me! pick me! I think I would find a way to put this near our desk, maybe replacing the paper calendar we have, or maybe near the fridge where all the kid calendar stuff is now.
Virginia Gal says
I have 3 boys and OMG, I need SOMETHING to keep us all organized! This looks awesome.
Amanda says
I could definitely replace my paper calendars I buy every year with this one to help me stay organized! Looks like it could help make life a little easier, and def. save some $$$!!! =)
Laura says
I would love to use this to coordinate my family’s busy schedule. I would color code each member of the family and keep track of the days I work as a part-time school nurse. Love this idea!!!
Joanna jackson says
I would love to win this so I can start a chore system to encourage and reward my children for a job well done! And also to add my daily chore list to as well. The fact that it is so pretty makes its so much sweeter!
Alison says
I have been looking for a good calendar to make a command center in my home. This would be perfect!
Kiersten says
This would be great! We have been trying to find ways of staying more organized as a family and other calendars just haven’t worked for us. Would love to try this one out!
Bekah says
This calendar looks fabulous!!!! We have a wall in our kitchen with a dry erase calendar, but this far surpasses mine! So much more functional (and prettier!)!
Abra says
What a neat product! I would probably put it close to the kitchen. This also sounds like a great gift idea for my mom.
Thanks for sharing!
Jen says
I would love to help keep my schedule straight with this calendar! I may even bring it into work!
Laurie says
With I’m oldest starting school is year I now understand why parents are going crazy at school time. I would use the calendar to remember all if the school events that are happening like school pictures, library day, red white and blue day ect.
Jonna says
What an awesome answer to a problem we just had to address within my family – time and chore management. I’d put this in our mud room so we could keep up with all our activities and chores in one place!
Jill says
Would LOVE this calendar! What a fabulous idea!!
Stephanie says
This calendar would make it much easier & more visible to my family than my current ‘sitting on the desk’, getting covered w/papers one I use!
Jenna says
What a neat calendar! We buy a paper calendar every year that hangs on our fridge, this would be a great alternative to that and so much more efficient for everyone. Love your blog!
Marci says
I’ve been looking for something to replace the small paper calendar on our fridge. We keep running out of room with all the kids activities and homeschooling. Thanks for the opportunity ๐
Vanessa says
I would love this calendar. Right now we just use the free ones that come in the mail from our insurance company every year but it is not big enought for all our stuff. Menus planning for lunches and dinner and then activities and appointments.
Lynn says
This is awesome! I’d use it to keep track of all the kids’ activities and appointments etc!
Linda Walsh says
OMG..I need a calendar like this. I homeschool and am involved in co-ops, volunteer at the homeschool store, have church responsibilities and have adult and teen children with their own activities I have to keep track off. I have tried so many different ways to keep up. Paper calendars just don’t cut it and personal ones don’t get viewed by everyone. This would be great.
Thanks,
Linda
Jules says
This calendar would replace our current system. As a bonus, it would look much better than the small wall calendar I buy each year! SUCH a great idea to create a calendar in this format
muriel says
We’d use this instead of our current wall calendar that we buy each year.
Ashley says
Oh I love these! My husband is a teacher and football coach and I’m a grad student so we are support busy- especially during football season! This calendar would come in handy!
Dianne says
What a lovely calendar…I love how big the spaces are!
Jessica says
What an awesome idea! I have several apps on my phone to keep track of chores and schedules but to have it all together on something the whole family can access…I love it. Plus it’s so cute!
Darlene says
Awesome calendar. Would love to win!
Marsha says
I could definitely use the calendar on my fridge…. I am not very organized and carrying one spiral purse calendar for 3 grown kids sporting events/school/college is definitely a chore and NO ROOM!
Becky says
I use something similar and hang it on the fridge,but this is better because of the magnetic weeks. This is much more useful.
Dawn says
This is great! We could use it in the kitchen so everyone would know who has to be where, and when.
Elizabeth says
Love this calendar. I would use it to keep track of appointments, my daughter’s extra activities, and assignment due dates.
Char says
This would be my answer to replacing our “paper” calendar once and for all in a very stylish way! With 7 kids and lots going on, it’d get used a ton! What a great idea!
Sofiya says
This is really a Great idea ๐ I have a white board but it’s not sufficient and can not mark each and everything. I gave up with white board in frustration ๏ Now I am really looking for something where I can put each and everything listed as I am working mom with very active toddler and doing part time MBA on weekends.
This calendar will allow me to enter all details for the month in one place, MBA classes, swimming classes, doctor visit/checkup, daycare visits, dinner menu everything in one place and in organized way ๏
Really hope to have one
Ariana says
Great idea/product! I’ve been trying to get more organized w my toddler and newborn — this would help a lot, to have a family calendar both husband & I could see – right now it’s all on my phone/google calendar!
Rebecca says
Oooo – very helpful!
Beth B says
This calendar would work much better than the typical dry erase calendar I have on the fridge now. It would be great to always see what is coming up and not having to wait until the end of the month to write out the upcoming events. I would love to have one of these in our kitchen!
Christine Treece says
With a new college student, a toddler, and two working parents, we need a calendar to keep us organized! Thanks! ๐
Janna says
We could really use a centralized family schedule. I am a mom, working part-time and in grad school. I do have my own planner, but not posted in our home and my husband has his schedule on his computer. We often find we have minor conflicts in our schedules that we usually realize the night before since our calendars are completely separate and sometimes we forget to talk about the details of life.
Michele says
I would use it as a family schedule because we are all super busy and everyone can know what to expect each day.