Customer Reviews

Mary Engelbreit's Your Home is Your Canvas: 2010 Desk Calendar

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Not enough room to write down needed information. Weekend 'space' for appointments might be ONE inch square for each day, and the rest of the week is far smaller than 3 years ago. Will need to purchase a less cheerful desk calendar again this year (sigh...). I need a whole page separated equally into 7 days. Illustrations are as charming as ever. Will miss that.

Despite my review of the 2009 weekly calendar, I did purchase it. Now after using it I can say, yes, the illustrations and "look" of the calendar are beautiful, surpassing many other calendars out there, but it is not functional enough for my purposes. Again, the 2010 calendar does not have the entire month-at-a-glance pages at the beginning. They were great for filling in appointments for the month and being able to see the entire month, rather than only a "week" view. I have a feeling that was discontinued with hopes customers would buy the monthly calendar as well as the weekly one. I think it's a shameful way to bilk loyal customers out of more of their hard-earned dollars.

As for the weekly sections, the 2010 is divided into seven blocks, the weekend blocks are tiny, and there is absolutely no room in the "notes" block. When I think how great the layout of the 2008 and 2007 calendars were, with each day laid out horizontally (and equally measured) and the "notes" section running vertical the entire length of the page, and of course the entire month pages, it's clear how badly the calendars are designed now.

I took a look at this calendar at my Barnes & Noble store and decided to make a break from ME until the calendar is redesigned. Instead I bought Linda Nelson Stocks 2010 Folk Art Calendar - it DOES have full month views at the beginning, and the horizontal week layout. It works for me and doesn't have so many unnecessary pages in the back. It lacks the full page list of holidays (but they are filled in in the monthly views) and I do like the ME illustrations better.

These calendars suit me well. I have used them for about 10 years. As they have changed over time, they have carried more relevant information. It's a one-stop source at the computer.

I LOVE my Mary Engelbreit's Your Home is Your Canvas make Something of It 2010 Calendar!
I LOVE the artwork, the inspirations, the homeyess and coziness of it all-helps bring out my love of the fun and escapism of my own art! Looking at the artwork is like stepping into another wholesome and, definatley, better world-a reminder that we can all create a GOOD HAPPY spot in ourlives just for oneself and/or family!
I am purchasing this as a birthday gift for my oldest and dearest friend as she saw mine and just thought it was vey special.
Thank you for the opportunity to recommend this product.
Helen in San Francisco

I love, love, love everything Mary Engelbreit and, even though I haven't been crazy about her planners for years, I probably would have purchased the 2010 planner just out of habit. However, I found a Debbie Mumm hard-back desk calendar on sale and it is just about perfect. It has the month-at-a-glance page at the beginning of each month (which is so helpful for my home-based business) and the long horizontal sections for each day. Saturday and Sunday get as much space as the other days and I was surprised to find that, except for months where the first day falls on a day other than Sunday, each page begins with Sunday, which is actually the first day of the week. I really like that! I also love the alphabetized address section and the little pocket inside the front cover (I made my own pocket for the inside of the back cover.) Each month has a large tabbed page at the beginning and there is a generous notes section at the back. The only downside for me is the pages seem to be made of thinner paper than in the ME planners. Debbie Mumm's illustrations are sweet and very "garden-y", which is right up my alley, but I do have to say that I will miss Mary Engelbreit's illustrations.

I have been frustrated/disappointed for the past several years, ever since ME changed the format on the inside pages from some vertical columns for each day, to a horizontal format. With the vertical columns, there was one line for almost every hour of the day, and the whole thing was perfect. I "made do" with the new/different format for a couple years, always hoping enough of the reviews from people who didn't like it, would make the publisher (or whoever) change it back. That never happened. Last year I bought a ME calendar but then found a Marjolein Bastin engagement book I liked better, so I gave the ME calendar to my mom. Since the format still has not changed and is, if anything, worse, this year I am following the advice of another reviewer and ordering the Linda Nelson Stocks 2010 Folk Art desk calendar/engagement book, sight unseen. I need a 2010 calendar and I need it now! Sure hope the people at ME get the message soon and switch back to the "old" format. I sure loved everything else about ME's work.

Looked a long time for a desk calendar which would meet my needs.
The desk calendar is well formated to keep up with my schedule and unscheduled "things to do".

I really enjoy using this Desk Calendar of Mary Engelbreit's. She has beautiful images and thoughtful quotes which exude a warmth and joy. The spaces for each day are adequate for my schedule and she has areas in the back of the book for special phone numbers. The pages are easy to turn and don't rip (which I appreciate). When I was late in getting to the store in time to purchase a callendar, I was able to find hers here on Amazon.com. Thank goodness.

I was very excited to find my ME calendar. After several trips to different books stores and the mall, I found it on AMAZON! I actually think I got the last one! Thanks AMAZON!

I've been getting these Mary Engelbreit calendars for about five or six years now. I love them! The format is great with space to write in for each day. The illustrations are so colorful and beautiful. I love to leave it sitting out on my desk to write down my day to day events. The size is perfect, too, not too large, like a medium size book.