I hope you like this post showing you how to make your own planner using scrapbook supplies. If you like this post you may also enjoy this DIY bookmarks project.
I like to use a desk calendar to keep track of my blogging commitments and content timing. I use my iPhone primarily for family scheduling (hello, LOVE the new “shared” calendars feature), but I needed something to keep near my desk to keep track of projects, due dates etc…
I also needed a sketch book to make notes about my projects as I make them. I decided this year to combine the two. The calendar takes up the first quarter of the notebook, then the last part I have free for sketching and brainstorming. It’s been nice having everything in “one place”.
To make the book it was SOOO simple… I used the 2012 Calendar, A Yearto Follow your Heart digital kit from Rhonna Designs, and the Quatrefoil Kit
All I did was start with an empty spiral notebook. I chose Vera Bradley. I like their notebooks because they are very sturdy and spiral bind does not snag or catch. I’m pretty abusive to my notebooks so they need to hold up.
I then printed out each month’s calendar on 8.×5 x 11 paper – I just used plain printer paper, nothing fancy. I did have to crop them a bit in photoshop to get them to fit on 8.5×11 paper (you could use elements or iphoto to do that also).
Next using adhesive, I glued the printed calendar right on top of a page in the notebook.
I left 2 pages in between for notes/journaling, then glued in the next month.
To make it easy to navigate between the months, I printed a page from the Quatrefoil backgrounds pack, and simply used a punch to make tabs.
Then I attached them with my tiny attacher.
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It’s a pretty simple project, but it solved a problem that I had and took less than 1 hour to make!
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jamie says
March 6, 2012 at 10:57 AMlove this.
genius!
i too have so much trouble finding planners i can use.
love your idea!!!
rockin’ the spring circus.
~j
Simple Simon & Co says
March 6, 2012 at 11:56 AMI so need this right now….I have sketches EVERYWHERE (unfortunately they are literally everywhere) and I haven’t gotten myself blog-organized this year.
And. it’s. March.
Raysha says
March 6, 2012 at 1:53 PMGreat idea. I really need this for all I have going on.
http://www.lexmallabooks.com
Wendy says
March 7, 2012 at 12:35 PMthis is a fab idea. I always have a notebook on me, then post it notes all over the place, then my diary… I did have an all-in-one a few years ago but have never got round to making a new one!
Jenni says
March 9, 2012 at 4:53 PMLove this idea! So simple, quick, and easy! Thanks for sharing! Can I still make one even though it is already March???? 😉
RDA says
March 10, 2012 at 12:17 PMThanks so much for sharing this idea! I love it!!!
Bonnie Thiem says
January 29, 2018 at 10:54 AMI got excited with this idea until I saw it used a 2017 Calendar. Sorry but it’s no use to me since its 2018 now. Have to look for another downloadable calendar.
Melissa Mortenson says
January 29, 2018 at 11:15 AMThe post is from 2012 – it’s not meant to be a downloadable calendar. Just an idea of what to do with a printable calendar.