Here’s a collage of our favorites from our session:

And a gallery of all of the edited images:

These are versatile calendar images that can be customized by adding either a new background layer with the color of your choice or a variety of background images available from your favorite digital design shop. The papers shown are from Sassy Designs. The branding area is completely customizable as well; just replace my logo with your own and you’re all set! These make great add-on items or client gifts.

The next one, slightly more ambitious, is a vertically oriented 11″ x 14″ design with an image collage at the top and either a 12-month or 16-month option. Individual months have been included as layers with their own clipping mask as well to allow this to be printed as a multiple page wall calendar instead of a single page.

Like the first one, this calendar can be customized by changing background color or image and replacing my branding information with your own. Each of the calendar months is on its own layer as is the year so it can be easily adapted for future use. The font (Echelon) is not included but can be downloaded from several free font sites.

And now: a giveaway! If you’re intrigued, you can download a free sample of the horizontal version with limited options for customization here. As an added bonus you can download the 2011 Calendar brush set I created here. If you’re interested in purchasing either the fully customizable template for either calendar or in having me create a finished calendar for you out of your own images, email me using the “Contact” link above and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

Stay tuned! I’ll be uploading some of my other templates here soon so they can be used by other people to create new works of art. All of the above were created in Adobe Photoshop CS4 and have not been tested in any other program.

Small-town parades are such fun. There were marching bands, clowns, and classic cars.

The One More Time Around Again marching band is always fun.

There were Equestrians to Emergency Response vehicles and a little bit of everything.

And we can’t forget the Royal Court, Queen Rhododendra and her Princesses.

Of course, the biggest hit for me and the reason I was there was to see our local kids perform.

They rocked, as always. I’m so proud of our kids; each and every one of them is a star and together they are truly inspiring.

T-man Tae Kwon Do collage

Here’s a slideshow of moments that will effectively sum up what these kids do during their class-time.

Here are a couple of my favorites plus a gallery of the rest of her images.

Paisley's cake collage

She's a princess alright.

Thanks to Paisley and her mom for another wonderful session. And Happy Birthday!!

Sheryl celebrated her 40th birthday by holding a fun charity event. She invited her friends and family to buy tickets for a chance to wield scissors and clippers to first cut her braids off to be donated to Locks of Love, then to completely shave her head. The money raised from the event was donated to the Children’s Cancer Association. What an inspiring way to celebrate!

A collage of some of my favorites from Sheryl's session.

More in the gallery after the jump.