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Tutorial: Christmas List Notebook

Christmas List Notebook

Small is beautiful, when it comes to this sweet notebook for Christmas lists! Pop this little sweetheart into purse or pocket to keep tabs on Christmas lists on the go.

Created by Lisa at the Poppy Paperie blog, this purse-sized project is easy to make with her photo tutorial. Based on an inexpensive mini-composition book, this project features vivid colors and sprightly design, right down to the secure closure and pen loop. Receipt envelopes and divider tabs complete the makeover, turning this tiny notebook into a Christmas organizer!

Nice job!

Christmas List Notebook from Poppy Paperie

Christmas Planner to Christmas Album? Yes!

creative christmas album

What's better than a D*I*Y Christmas planner? A Christmas planner that uses scraps from the paper stash and recycles itself into a Christmas album after the holiday season.

Check out this example of a ring-bound Christmas notebook from blogger Monika Wright. During the season, stock it with with printable Christmas pocket planner pages, and you have a scrappy Christmas planner for your organized Christmas. At season's end, replace planner pages with photos and journal entries for a clever, creative Christmas album!

Monika's tutorial takes you through construction of this nifty entry in the Christmas planner field. Check it out!

Monika's Christmas Planner / Christmas Album Tutorial

Tutorial: Design Your Christmas Planner

christmas planner

Ready to make a sweet and creative Christmas planner with help from design blog A Cherry On Top? Check out this fabulous tool for an organized Christmas!

With a page-by-page tutorial, you'll be guided through each step of creating and assembling this little book. While the project uses a Zutter Bind-It-All to assemble the planner, the ideas could be adapted for use in a composition book or loose-leaf format, too!

Pretty and practical. A winner!

Design A Christmas Planner

Pocket Planner Tutorial: Stampdoc Rocks!

Wondering how to make a Christmas pocket planner? Go from zero to sixty with this video tutorial from The Stamp Doc.

This Christmas pocket planner is built using a simple pocket folder, decorative paper and stamped embellishments. Back-to-school promotions are underway now, so check around to find pocket folders for as low as ten cents!

Then stock your planner with right-sized printable Christmas pocket planner pages ... and get organized for Christmas!

Tutorial plus Printables from Eighteen25

Ten steps to an easy Christmas planner? You bet ... with this new tutorial from the Under the Sycamore blog!

Written as a guest post by three sisters, bloggers from eighteen25, this illustrated tutorial will take you step by step through creating a pretty Christmas planner.

A bonus: free printable labels and decor elements to spark your project!

Start with a simple composition book, then layer patterned paper, cardstock and labels to create a custom cover. With inset calendars, dividers and tags, this is a pretty--and practical--planner project.

eighteen25's Christmas Planner Tutorial and Printables

Tutorial: Basic Black Pocket Planner

pocket planner tutorialAren't these colors lovely? They almost remind me of a stained glass window!

Today, papercrafter Martha, from the StampArtPapel blog, brings us a tutorial for a simple--but sophisticated--Christmas pocket planner.

Using a black pocket folder for the base makes the holiday colors and patterned paper pop!

With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions, Martha's tutorial will have you crafting up to speed in no time. Get organized for Christmas ... or for Christmas giving!

Martha's Christmas Pocket Planner Tutorial

Kerry's Mini-Composition Book: Video Tutorial

Ready to make a simple--but festive--Christmas planner?

Here's an easy Christmas planner project from Kerry's Paper Crafting Blog!

Tutorial: Carol's Altered File Folder Christmas Planner

altered file folder plannerMake a Christmas holiday planner from a simple manila file folder? Yes, you can--with this nice tutorial from blogger Carol, at the Creating with Carol blog.

With clear images and step-by-step instructions, Carol shows even the crafts-averse reader how to use an altered file folder and scraps of patterned paper to make a hard-working holiday planner.

We like the calendars affixed to the inside panel; nobody will lose track of time or appointments with that information right up front! Receipt envelopes and gift lists fill out the remaining pockets.

Finally, stamped images and labels work together to make a pretty, organized Christmas planner. It would be a joy to sit down with this one!

Christmas Planner: Altered File Folder Tutorial

O-Ring Notebook: Christmas Planner Tutorial

christmas plannerSure, you can start with a pre-made notebook or composition book to create a Christmas planner--but making your own from scratch is easy, with this pretty tutorial from the Postcards from the Attic blog.

Sized at 6.25 inches square, this pocket-based planner is easy to assemble using a hole punch and O-ring binding.. With a subtle and pretty color scheme, rubber stampers will appreciate the easy-to-add stamping embellishments that make this project special.

Not to late to make this special holiday gift!

Christmas Planner

Creative Clipboard: Tutorial for Christmas List Planner

Love lists? Then you'll adore this creative clipboard Christmas planner from Michelle Wooderson, blogging as Mish Mash.

Using long, lean, lined list pads, Michelle anchors them with a painted and embellished clipboard. The photo tutorial shows step-by-step assembly and embellishment, and the final product? It's LUSH:

christmas planner

Clipboard Notepad Organizer

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