Start with a simple photo album from the dollar store. Add patterned paper, index cards and a bit of creativity, and what do you get? This delightful Christmas Planner from blogger Janelle at the Arizona Families blog.

What we love about this? Simplicity! Using an inexpensive photo album as the base, users add standard-sized index cards to photo pockets to create a durable holiday organizer.

Don't miss Janelle's advice about adding tabs. Using a paper punch makes it easy to make as many tabs as you need. Since you create your own planner, your tabs will be as unique and individual as you are!

Simple, inexpensive and creative: a winner!

Arizona Families Craft: Holiday Organizer

What's the secret to Scrappin' Kat's elegant--and easy--altered journal Christmas planner? Combine coordinated patterned papers and cardstock, add an inexpensive composition book, and voila! A dashing entry in the Christmas planner field!

The organizer in me loves her abundance of pockets. With four sections to the planner, top tabs--a real innovation that should avoid the "dog-eared" look!--and the appeal of simplicity, this Christmas planner glows!

Nice job!

Scrappin' Cat's Christmas Planner

Ready to make a list and check it twice? So is the happy blogger at the Littlest Learner's blog--and she's made it easy to follow along with this cute printable Christmas gift list!

Littlest Learner's earned her organizing chops honestly, as mom, teacher, and author of The Clutter-Free Classroom Guide.

Now she shares her method for Christmas organizing, along with a sprightly printable for your Christmas notebook. Using calendar deadlines, she gets holiday planning and holiday prep moving for an organized Christmas.

Don't miss the cute printable Christmas gift list! We love the bright elves and the simple--yet effective--form design. Grab it!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Printable Christmas Gift List