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.
It's a Christmas pocket planner of great charm: this entry from Angela, via blogger Polished to Perfection.
As you tour Angela's take on a Christmas pocket planner, note the clever and creative decorations applied to stamps, labels, and most of all, notepads!
Who wouldn't love to get ready for the holiday season with this charming planner? Nicely done!
It's cute and cheerful: an altered file folder Christmas planner from blogger hulachickabella.
A decorated file folder forms the base of this Christmas pocket planner; printable holiday planner forms slide neatly into place.
And the cover design? Love it!
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!
From sister site OrganizedChristmas.com:
American Thanksgiving is on the way, and it's time to get organized? Check out this free customizable Thanksgiving holiday feature from OceanSpray.com!
To print pages for a Thanksgiving holiday planning book, check off items from a list of planning pages, menus, recipes and tips. Click the "create book" button at the bottom of the page, and the site will generate a .PDF file containing all the information you requested.
Don't miss the Holiday Countdown! A November calendar, it sets out a four-week schedule to prepare for Thanksgiving Day. Nice!
We've seen creative Christmas planners around here, but zowie! This one is a marvel!
From blogger Life Outside the Fishbowl, we're stunned by the colorful, creative use of shapes, embellishments and materials--and only wish we could see more.
Looks like this christmas planner is the subject of an upcoming class in Chantilly, Virginia; if only it were taking place in my neck of the woods!
Papercrafting, scrapbooking and rubber stamping your Christmas planner? Move over for a new crafting inspiration, with this notebook tour of a quilter's Christmas planner.
Quilter Cathi added a printed paper label to festive fabric to make this wonderful Christmas planner.
Custom-made divider pages and title page add to the appeal of this handmade Christmas notebook, so don't miss Cathi's version of the Christmas Countdown calendar!
Check it out!
Downsizing your Christmas notebook this year? Take a look at this simple--but powerful--purse-sized Christmas planner created by Laurie.
Blogging as My Home For The Holidays, she's made small and simple her goal this year. Using downsized copies of Christmas planner forms from OrganizedChristmas.com, her hand-made notebook has all the organizing elements anyone would need to get organized for Christmas.
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!
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The Christmas Countdown has started, notes UK stamper Bekka--so she's made it easy to make a list and check it twice with a Christmas pocket planner.
Showcased at her Feeling Crafty blog, Bekka's clever use of specialty punches and scrapbooking embellishments makes this project a stand-out. The tall column with the scalloped notch makes a tidy home for holiday receipts, while the turned-down pockets to either side keep Christmas pocket planner forms handy.
Check it out--and while you're visiting, don't miss Bekka's offer to e-mail assembly instructions for this beautiful Christmas pocket planner:
The Christmas Countdown Has Started: Christmas Pocket Planner
