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Christmas Planners

Nov152010 posted by 53 Comments

[updated 2017 Christmas planner printables are HERE!]
For the past three years, us girls have gotten together to make Christmas Planners. It’s always fun (and a little frustrating) to design it inside and out. But, it’s even more fun to use it during the holiday season.
We’ve come up with a Christmas Planner download to help you get yours done in a snap.
In TEN easy steps, to be exact.
STEP ONE:  Download your planner goodies HERE and print out. (2012 version HERE)
STEP TWO:  Gather all of your supplies…
  • composition notebook
  • ribbon (we picked black grosgrain)
  • 3 sheets of 12×12 pattern paper (we used My Mind’s Eye – I Believe papers)
  • adhesive (glue dots work best)
  • 3″ circle punch (to punch out Christmas Planner tag)
  • a 4″ scallop circle cut from a Cricut (optional)
  • 2 6″x9″ envelopes with clasps
  • stapler
  • black ink pad (optional)

 

STEP THREE:  Cut a piece of ribbon about 36″ long and attach around your notebook with adhesive. Now you’ll be able to tie it shut so little curious eyes won’t be able to peek at your Christmas list.

STEP FOUR:  Cut one sheet of paper in half so that you have two 6″x12″ pieces. Lay each piece under the front and back cover and trace so you know how long to cut for the length and corners. All composition notebooks are a little different. If you’d like, ink the edges of your paper to give it a distressed look.
STEP FIVE:  Using another sheet of paper, cut two 2″ strips and then trace on your notebook to get the length. Ink the edges.
STEP SIX:  Cut a 5 1/2″ circle out of your last sheet of paper. You can ink the edges of that too.
STEP SEVEN:  Now we’re going to glue everything down. First, start with the two larger sheets. Then your large circle (you should be able to line it up with the black spine of the notebook. Next, adhere your two strips. Again, lining it up with the black spine. And last, but not least… attach your Christmas Planner tag.

 

STEP EIGHT:  Get your envelopes and your two strips that say “my receipts” and “my coupons” ready. Find two scraps of your pattern paper and cut two strips 2″x6″. And go ahead and ink the edges. Attach these to the bottom of your envelopes and then attach the strips with the sayings at the bottom of that. Glue these down to the inside of your front flap and the inside of your back flap. Now, you’ll never misplace those important little pieces of paper. (NOTE: we backed the inside flaps with white sheets of cardstock to cover up all of the printed words that we don’t need to see.)

 

STEP NINE:  Find a calendar online and print it out. We used the weekly calendar from calendarlabs.com. You’ll adhere these sheets right on the notebook pages behind your calendar tab. What calendar tab? That’s the next step. 🙂
STEP TEN:  You can use the tabs provided on the download, or make your own by cutting 2″x2″ squares out of your remaining paper. Ink the edges and then fold them in half. Now, you’ll want to give each tab a title. Our tabs include… THE LIST (where we write down all of those wonderful gift ideas), CALENDAR (where we attach the calendar print outs and jot down important dates), CARDS (where we keep address of everyone we need to mail Christmas cards too), MENU (where our Christmas dinner menu goes and our grocery list too), TO DO (where we write down all of the extra little things we need to remember, but are too frazzled to) Choose whatever works best for you. Gather a few notebook pages and staple your tabs on. Layering them down the side, so they’re easy to read.
And you’re done!!
Hopefully it wasn’t more complicated than we told you it would be.
Make sure this little puppy tags along with you on every shopping trip. It’s a must!
Jamie

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Comments

  2. This is so cute, and a great way to keep track and therefore save money! Please add my link to the post so I can keep you on the party list. Thanks!

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  3. Actually, I don't think this is the same post that you were trying to link to the party: "coupon organizers". Please come back and enter that one…

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  12. I read your post on Write. Click. Scrapbook. and decided to look you up on this blog. Wow! You ladies are very creative and I will be checking in as often as possible. Thanks for the great ideas.
    Sue

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  13. OH MY GOSH! I am feeling so much better!

    When I went to post my Christmas planner a bit ago….I KNEW I had seen this one and wanted to reference that mine was quite similar. I could've SWORN it was you cute gals that made it. And I went through EVERY post on your blog to try and find it. Then I searched a couple other blogs thinking maybe it wasn't you after all!

    Now I know why I couldn't find it.

    Just know that I remembered reading it, and thought of it as I made mine. And I had EVERY intention to say that yours was amazing and darling!

    Whew! At least I'm not losing it!

    Love this!

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  16. This is very darling. I make one similar for birthdays. One section for each month with pages behind each "calendar" page for keeping notes of gifts. The last half of the book is for recording everyone's "wishes" they make each year so we can keep a running record! I LOVE the papers and fonts you chose. Thanks for the download.

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  24. You ladies are super talented! We loved this idea so when I went home for Thanksgiving my mom, sister and I made these. They are so fun and will keep us so organized. Thank you!

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    • I am a little embarrassed that we haven't thought of this before. 😉 we are getting this years' all ready, i'll make sure to include a blank one.

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  42. I know this is a really old post… and probably a stupid question… but can you clarify this one step? "Gather a few notebook pages and staple your tabs on." Is an individual page too flimsy to hold the tabs? Or is there another reason for stapling to multiple pages that I'm just not getting? It's been a long day… I'd assume there'd be blank pages in each section, but I could be missing something. Love the looks of these (and all the ones since…)

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  47. You guys are such an inspiration! I just gathered my goodies to put together, and am now thinking what a great early teacher gift — they are always appreciative of cute organizers, and might not have the time to make one. THANK YOU!!!

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    • Just used an old sponge type ink pad they sell in the scrapbook section and lightly inked the edges. We actually skipped that step this year and it looks great without it too if you don’t have an ink pad. 🙂

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