Creating a Wall Calendar can be easy and fun using the step, tips, and tricks listed below. Once inside a calendar project click 'Help' on the bottom left hand side of the screen to view more Help Center Articles.
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Helpful Tips
Creating a Wall Calendar Overview
- Sign in to Shutterfly, Click 'Calendars' at the top, and Select the desired Wall Calendar.

- Select the desired Wall Calendar style.

- Select the desired Size, Starting Month & Year, and Quantity, and Click Personalize.

- Upload photos for the Wall Calendar using one of the following: Shutterfly Photos, Upload Photos, Upload from Phone, Amazon Photos, Google Photos, Facebook, or Art Library.

- Select images to add to the Wall Calendar and Click 'Add to Project'.

- Select either 'I'll Place Manually' or 'Autofill Photos' when asked if autofill is desired.
- I'll Place Manually: Won't add photos to pages and project will be opened without photos on each month.
- Autofill Photos: Add photos to automatically fill the project.

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- Up to 1000 photos can be added on the website.
- Up to 50 photos can be added on the app.
- Pages can accommodate up to 25 photos.
- Drag and Drop photos to the desired location on the calendar if needed.
- Photos can be dragged onto a date at the bottom of each month as desired.
- Click the photos to make edits such as rotating, applying different color effects, adjusting cropping, add a border, swap photos, make a photo a full page background.

- Add any desired Text or Text boxes and Edit the Font and Text as desired.

- Change any layouts, backgrounds, or embellishments if desired.
- Click 'Date Options to add Events & Holidays to the calendar as desired.

- Click 'Calendar options' to add a Gift Box or Calendar Planning stickers.

- Click a date on the calendar to add Text, if desired.
- Drag and drop an image to a calendar date, if desired.

- Click 'Preview' at the top right of the workspace to see how the project should print.
- Click the triangle with the exclamation mark to see any project warnings.

- Click 'Back to editing' to make any last edits.
- Click the downward arrow beside 'Save' and Click 'Save' to ensure any project edits are saved.

- Click 'Add to Cart' and Complete the checkout process.
Calendar Editor Overview
Quick Reference: Project Title | Price Summary | Project Options | Calendar View Options | Preview | Warnings | Design Tools | Help | Add to Cart

Design Options
- Wall Calendar Title
- Click on the pencil to change the title of the Wall Calendar.
- Wall Calendar Price Summary
- Click the drop-down arrow beside the price of the Wall Calendar to see more information.
- Information includes the Style, Quantity (which can be adjusted), Size, More Options, and the Total.

- Project Options
- Save
- Hover over the project to see when the project was last saved, and Click the dropdown beside the Save icon to Save or Save As.
- 'Save' will save any updates made to the current project without creating a copy of the project.
- 'Save As' will save a new copy of the project without making any changes to the current project.
- Undo
- Reverse a previous action.
- Redo
- Reapply a previous action.
- Zoom In/Out
- Zoom out to view the entire project or zoom in for a closer look.
- Full Screen
- Allows the project to be viewed in full screen.
- Press ESC or click 'Exit Full Screen' to return to normal viewing mode.
- Calendar View Options
- All Months
- See months in order by scrolling down.
- Top/Bottom
- See the top of a month and click on 'Bottom' to see the bottom view of a month.
- Select different months at the top of the calendar.
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- Full Month
- See the top and bottom view of the calendar and select different months at the top of the calendar.
- Preview
- Located in the upper right corner of the screen, the preview option shows how the Wall Calendar will print.
- Use the Preview feature to ensure the calendar looks as desired before ordering.
- Warnings
- Warning such as Low Photo Resolution, Contains Sample Text, etc. is displayed.
- Click 'Edit' under the warning to be taken to the page to make edits.

- Design Tools
- Photos
- + Get Photos
- Click at any time to add more photos to the project.
- Photo can be sorted or grouped.
- Select 'Hide used' to hide any photos that are currently used in the project.
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- Layouts
- Once photos are in the photo tray, the current layout can be used or changed.
- Click the page and select the layout to add a new layout.
- Layouts can be filtered by number of photos.
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- Backgrounds
- Click the desired background to app it to the Wall Calendar.
- Click + Backgrounds to view even more backgrounds.
- Solid Colors
- Click to be shown all solid color options to use as a background.
- Recommended
- These will be shown below the Photo Background option.

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- Stickers
- Drag and drop stickers to the desired location.
- Click '+ More Stickers' to select even more stickers.

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- Idea Pages
- Shows different ideas for Calendar pages.
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- Calendar Style
- Change the style of the Calendar.
- Changing the style may make text wrap differently or no longer fit, photos may be cropped or have a lower resolution, layouts may change, and project pricing may change.
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- Date Options
- Change the Starting month, see Events & Holidays, and Add Events.

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- Calendar Options
- Select a Photo Gift Box and Calendar Planning Stickers for an additional charge.
- Help
- Go to the Shutterfly Help Center to find more information on creating a Wall Calendar.
- Add To Cart
- Click 'Add to Cart' in the upper-right corner after reviewing the photo book for accuracy.
- Click 'Proceed to Cart,' Enter the quantity of photo books to order (per recipient), and Click 'Checkout.'
Edit Text

- Change the font, size, color, background, alignment, or remove the text box if desired.
- If a text box is left blank, only the background will be printed in that space.

Edit Photos
- Edit
- Zoom or crop the photo as desired.
- Enhance the photo by using Auto enhance or a Filter: Original, Vintage, Sepia, Sunshine, Black & White, or Vibrant if desired.

- Border
- Select the border thickness and color, as well as whether to apply the border to all photos.

- Rotate
- Click to rotate the image 90 degrees.
- Swap
- Click Swap and click on the desired image to swap with.
- Full Page
- Click to make the image the full page/background.
- Layering
- Bring the image to the front, bring forward, send backward, or send to back.
- Front
- Bring image to the front.
- Back
- Delete
- Removes the image from the Wall Calendar, but not from the project.
Foreign Characters & Text