Monthly Celebrations:
- National Wedding Month – time to start thinking about wedding rubber stamping projects. There are many different stamping opportunities for weddings, including invitations, favor boxes and even confetti cones.
- American Heart Month
- Black History Month
- Canned Food Month
- Creative Romance Month
- Great American Pie Month
- National Cherry Month
- National Children’s Dental Health Month
- National Grapefruit Month
Special Days and Stamping Ideas For February
1st – National Freedom Day – Starting in 1948, this is a day dedicated to the celebration of freedom. Why not use your stamping skills to make some cards to raise awareness of the issues surrounding freedom or make some cards to sell for charities that promote the freedom cause. The website, Charity Navigator, has information about many different charities. See Tips to Sell Handmade Cards for more information about selling cards.
2nd – Candlemas – This ancient celebration marks the mid point between winter and spring. There are many traditions connected with the festival. The name comes from the fact that this was traditionally seen as the 'festival of candles'. Celebrate Candlemas by decorating your own candles or use our candle template to make your own candle foam stamps to use to make greeting cards.
2nd – Groundhog Day – If a groundhog sees his shadow on groundhog day then there will be another 6 weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, however, this popular legend states that the spring weather will be starting. Use this as an opportunity to start planning spring stamping projects.
3rd - Anniversary of the Death of Buddy Holly – Known as The Day the Music Died, this is the anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. Mark the day with some rock and roll themed stamping projects.
3rd – National Carrot Day – Use carrot box template to make a carrot box (also known as an icicle box) or make some carrot cake and package it in cellophane bags with rubber stamped bag toppers and give to family and others to celebrate this versatile vegetable.
4th – Thank a Mailman Day – Today is the day to remember the mail men and women who carefully deliver our hand stamped cards to friends and loved ones. Why not show your appreciation with a special handmade card for your mailman – or why not stamp an envelope with a special message?
4th- The birthday of Rosa Parks – Incorporate quotations from Rosa Parks in stamping projects.
5th – National Weatherperson's Day – Get children to mark the day by making their own special weather journals. A simple notebook can be brightened up with a few rubber stamped images and some embellishments.
6th – National Wear Red Day - The American Heart Foundation encourages people to wear red to raise awareness of heart disease. Make a card featuring a red dress or stamp some images onto shrink plastic and make this into shrink plastic jewelry to wear for the day.
6th – Golf Balls on the Moon! – In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard hit three golf balls on the moon. What better occasion can there be to make a special golfing themed card for the golfer in your life! Here are some funny golf quotes to add to your cards.
6th – Super Bowl (2011) – Make good luck cards or stamp some decorations in your favorite team's colors. Rubber stamped pennants are quick and simple to make.
6th – Popcorn Day (2011) – According to different sources this may or may not be National Popcorn day. Either way, combined with the Super Bowl, this is a great opportunity to make some pop corn using one of these popcorn treat recipes and packaging it in a cellophane bag with a rubber stamped bag topper.
7th – Send a Card to a Friend Day – Make some hand stamped cards for family and friends. See handmade card ideas for more information about making cards.
7th – Beatles in America – This is the anniversary of the Beatles first trip to America. Use titles of Beatles songs for inspiration. See our About.com Classic Rock Beatles articles for more information including lists of songs.
7th - Birthday of John Deere – any tractor lover will welcome a card or gift which is decorated with a tractor rubber stamp. Rubber stamps with images of tractors would make a great gift for a young tractor fan.
7th – Birthday of Charles Dickens – Do you have a favorite Dickens story? Can you build this into a rubber stamping project? Here are some Charles Dickens' Quotes for inspiration.
7th – Clean Out Your Computer Day 2011 (second Monday of the month) - Time to tidy up your computer! If you computer is getting full of photos of your work or copies of projects, why not copy them onto cds or dvds and make your own customized cases using rubber stamps. Draw around an empty case to get the size or use this cd case blank template.
8th – Kite Flying Day - If it's too cold to fly kites, why not make some miniature kites. Use a couple of popsicle sticks to make a frame for a small kite. Cut some paper to fit and decorate with rubber stamps. Add a tail of ribbon or fancy yarn to give a pretty finishing touch.
8th – World Marriage Day - Get a little practice in for Valentine's Day by making a romantic themed card to celebrate a marriage - be it yours or that of friends or family. Check out these free romantic themed digital stamps.
9th - Toothache Day – Ouch! Make a little box for tooth fairies. This little box is simple to make and can easily be decorated with tooth fairy themed rubber stamps.
See more February stamping ideas on the next page. If you have any ideas to add for this or coming months, please send me an email.
Note: This list has been compiled from a number of websites and not from any official sources, therefore no guarantee can be given as to the accuracy or authenticity of some of these dates - particularly some of the more unusual or bizarre dates.
