Calendar Girl

Here at Girlfriday, we like to give back. As 2013 winds down, I'm proud to have donated work and time this year to the very deserving and amazing Ten Oaks Project in Ottawa, as well as the tirelessly hard-working St. Mary's Hospital Foundation in Montreal. This year, Panda asked if she could get in on the fund-raising fun - so we hatched up a little calendar project to give back to Panda's favourite cause, because they are also the reason she is alive today. Now you can get your monthly dose of Panda even when the internet is out!

Panda Calendar 2014

I'm pretty excited to finally have a first offering in my Etsy shop, and extra-pleased that any profit these calendars make will be going straight to the Frontier Animal Society. We're hoping to make this an annual fund-raising tradition!

I'd like to give a big thanks to Mylène and Warren at Pazazz, who were very patient with me and did such a beautiful job on the printing. The 2014 My Dog Panda calendar is in a handy 5 x 7" postcard format, printed on satin finish FSC-certified card stock - I love how it turned out. A special thanks also to my darling Christian, who helped take the pictures.

Panda Calendar 2014

Click here if you'd like to purchase a 2014 My Dog Panda calendar for yourself or for the animal-lover in your life, and give back to an amazing, no-kill animal shelter to boot. It'll give you the warm fuzzies, Panda style.

We love our calendar girl!

Happiness Is...

Fall daydreaming

Fall daydreaming. Best performed on a carpet of crunchy leaves, listening to the squirrels and taking deep breaths while the sun shines down and warms your fur face. Have a lovely weekend, everybody!

Happy 2nd Pandaversary!

It's the perfect day to come out of blog hibernation: it's time to celebrate our second Pandaversary! Two years ago we met - last year we celebrated year 1. I can barely remember what life was like before Panda - she's such a constant, happy, sweet, goofy presence in our daily lives. Her joie de vivre makes it really easy to appreciate things you would otherwise be groaning about - like mountains of snow in February. It comes as no surprise that Panda brings smiles to just about everybody she meets - she's a real cheerer-upper, so if you're having a low day, drop by my Instagram and prepare to smile.

After some advice and requests from friends I've decided to start a Tumblr so that you don't have to wade through the rest of my pesky life to get your Panda fix, so stay tuned for that. Here are a few ways that you can celebrate Pandaversary:

- Take a walk outside
- Take a nap
- Share kisses and hugs
- Smile at a stranger
- Eat some carrots

Those are all on Panda's agenda for today. We love you Panda! Happy Pandaversary!!

Don't forget to support your local shelter. Thank-you Frontier Animal Society.