Here you go: a nicely-illustrated tutorial for a Christmas pocket planner, from blogger Pat at The Technique Trail.

We like Pat's restful color scheme, precise measurements and supply list; this tutorial will take you from start to finish quickly and easily.

To make it better? Add printable Christmas planner pages to speed the job--and create holiday gifts for sisters and friends.

Holiday Planner Tutorial

Ready to make a holiday organizer for Christmas planning? Check out this tutorial from Ruth's Stamping Corner.

Starting from a piece of cardstock, the tutorial takes you through the process, step-by-step. Adding simple stamped and punched embellishments, this Christmas planning project is easy to make--and to give.

Tutorial: Holiday Organizer

It's purse-sized and powerful: an altered spiral notebook turned holiday planner!

Papercrafter Krista, blogging as Scraps in Bloom, shares her method for creating a tiny treasure for holiday planning with this step-by-step tutorial. Beginning with a small notebook, she shows how to add covers, divider pages and embellishments.

We'd suggest including a fold-out envelope for receipts--and we love the ribbon-tab dividers!

Made in multiple, these small Christmas planners would make wonderful gifts for a special sister or friend. Get crafting!

Tutorial: Altered Spiral Notebook Holiday Planner

Ready to get organized for the holiday season? Find inspiration--and how-to help--with this altered file folder tutorial from papercraft blog Angel Stamper.

Made from a simple office file folder, this lovely little Christmas planner packs a lot of punch into a small space. Precise measurements, clear instructions and close-up photos make it easy (even for crafting klutzes like me!) to create a pretty place to prepare for Christmas.

Note, too, the clever use of non-traditional colors and patterns. Who says Christmas has to be red and green? With this kind of inspiration, an inexpensive file folder and a few scraps of scrapbooking paper can become a Christmas organizing powerhouse. Nice job!

Altered File Folder Christmas Planner

A picture is worth a thousand words; a how-to video is priceless--so we're to see this Christmas Pocket Planner feature from Australian rubber stamper and paper-crafter Kylie.

She'll show you, step-by-step, how to create a Christmas pocket planner--and make it look easy enough for anyone to create. Bonzer job, mate!

So you think a creative Christmas planner means a pricey outlay at the crafts store? Think again, with this paper bag planner tutorial from blogger The Fine Art Of Rambling On.

With step-by-step instructions and clear photographic illustrations, this excellent scrapbooking tutorial will have you planning for the holiday season in high style--in no time! Get inspired to create an unusual, inexpensive Christmas planner:

Christmas Planner Class - Paper Bag Book

Calling all papercrafters! Looking for something a bit more luxe than our three-ring binder version for your Christmas planner?

Get step-by-step instructions to create this standout Christmas planner from the Di Oliver's Make Me Creative Blog. With an embellished velvet cover, decorated dividers and colorful receipts envelope, this Christmas planner would make a perfect holiday gift:

In addition to the detailed instructions and photos, the site also includes a link for right-sized printable Christmas planner pages to fill out your finished notebook:

Great job!

Getting organized for Christmas with a notebook-based Christmas planner sounds good, but your organizing tool of choice is an index card. Whether you're a S.H.E. or a devotee of 43 Folders, you're looking for a holiday planner in a cardfile, not a binder.

We've got the creative solution for you: ScrapHappy's holiday organizer. With a complete photographic tutorial and how-tos, it's easy to make this pretty, functional index card organizer to simplify your holidays:

Index Card Holiday Organizer