2021 Wall Calendars Are they worth the price increase?

Warm Springs Cholla - Cholla along the roadside provide a good foreground contrast for McHeffy Butte at sunset.
Warm Springs Cholla – Cholla along the roadside provide a good foreground contrast for McHeffy Butte at sunset.

It’s calendar time again. Last year we got a nice response, but things have gotten worse like the rest of 2020. After reviewing my printer’s price list and post office shipping costs, I can’t charge $10.00 each for them. I sell these calendars at my cost, and this year they’ll cost me 17.75 to print and ship. To me, that moves them out of the stocking stuffer range, and they’ll be more expensive than picking something up at Costco or Walmart. But, if enough of you find that there is still value in my little calendar, I’m up for producing one.

Because the pandemic kept  Queen Anne and me from traveling out of state this year, I’ll pick out a dozen of my best blog shots. The size remains the same—6 ½ inches high (each half—about the size of a sheet of paper folded in half) and 8 ½ inches wide, and they have holidays noted on the dates. They’re printed on card stock—which is part of the expense.

If I can get five or more orders, I’ll put them together and place an order, but I need to know by November 1st to make a go/no-go decision. That gives me enough time to ship them in November before the holidays. If you’d like one, you can leave a comment in this post, use the contact form on my website (https://www.jimwitkowski.com/junk/index.php), or email me directly. Don’t forget to leave your contact information if I don’t already have it.

Until next time — jw

Calendar Update 2019 Wall Calendars Are Coming

 

Aspen On Boulder Mountain
Aspen On Boulder Mountain-Fall color at 9000 feet comes early and quickly.

I wanted to let everyone know that we’ve exceeded the minimum orders to produce a 2019 calendar, so I’m going to design and order them. I’ll begin working on them next week, but I won’t order the printing until the end of the month. That will be plenty of time to get them to you for the Holidays.

If you were on the fence but couldn’t decide if you wanted a wall calendar for 2019, I can still put you on my list (naughty or nice). The cutoff date is still next Thursday—the 25th. We’ve had orders via the contact form and email, so you can order those ways, but if you prefer and you know the telephone number, you can call.

I’m excited about producing these again, and I can see the calendars as an annual thing. Hope I can make one for you too. They’re $10 each.

Till next time—jw