After miserably dropping the ball on making a blog post for the October calendar page. I made sure to mark it clearly in my planner for this month, so now not only is the November 2024 printable calendar page up in the freebie zone. I am writing this blog post first thing in the morning not to forget it.
We just celebrated Diwali last night, and I am now ready to embrace that period of calm before the Christmas season starts. With the first advent Sunday being on December 1st, my tree will not go up until then and my teenage daughter has decided she is too old for an advent calendar, so I won't have to rake my brain trying to figure out what to put in it. This will give me time to plan which of my Christmas designs I want to get printed as cushion cover to cozy up my sofa. This year I did print several of my Maharani's Summer garden designs (yet to put together a collection page up to prettify my sofa for Diwali :
These will stay put all this month before being put away which is fitting considering we aren't going to see any sign winter is on the way until the end of this month.
November is always a "slow down month" for me. By that time I have pretty much drawn my fair share of Holidays designs and fall everything patterns, and I can focus on non season specific artwork again. I usually draw geometric Art Deco inspired pattern elements and start looking in future trends, with maybe a few more Christmas designs if I'm in the mood. That's also the month I usually start reflecting on the the year that was and what I plan to achieve the next. And of course the time of the year I assemble the 2025 printable calendar so I can upload it on Patreon the first week of December. Speaking of Patreon, did you know that all the illustrations of this year's calendar were rewards last year and are still available as stickers, art prints and phone wallpapers to anyone joining at any of the paid tiers. Just as all the illustration for the 2025 editions have been released all through this year. If you want to know what I have been up to on that front, Patreon is the place to go. On these wise words, I will go back to soothing my frazzled nerves, the fireworks were super loud last night and I didn't get much sleep.
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