Take the Christmas planner concept to new heights with these creative Christmas planners from the Web. Planning for Christmas can be creative ... and organized!
Drop around to blogger Calie's Creative Corner to see a lovely example of an altered composition book turned Christmas planner.
Adding cover embellishments and custom tabs, Calie's planner also includes a convenient receipt envelope tucked inside the rear envelope.
With a calendar added to the inside front cover, Calie will be covered for her holiday planning this year!
Blogger Pam Hooten over at the Iris Garden blog shares this sizzling-bright entry in the holiday planner field.
Loaded with bling and bright with creative touches, her little book can be used as a planner, a guest book or journal.
We'd love to see more shots of what's inside, but check out that cover! With layered embellishments that range from glitter to nostalgia, it's loaded with Christmas charm.
Here's an innovative but simple holiday planner from Samantha, who blogs as the Rubber Stamping Diva: an altered composition book.
Note her custom touches that make this project sparkle! A pen holder loop attached to the back cover keeps writing tools close at hand. Inside pockets stand ready to hold gift receipts, while a just-for-fun set of beaded bookmarks makes it easy to find lists, planner pages and calendars.
Last of all, a creative ornament cover embellishment gives this easy project a dazzling creative touch. Nice job!
We're of two minds about this over-the-top Christmas planner. With the most complete tutorial presentation we've ever seen--including video!--blogger Oz-somestamps does a great job explaining how to make this wildly creative entry in the holiday planner field.
But be aware: this project, lovely as it is, is fairly complex and will require some specialty tools. Using a Zutter Bind-it-All
This project also includes downloadable .PDF instructions and printable pages for the planner forms found in the folder. (Once again, we're a bit divided in our praise--these forms show a lot of similarity to Christmas pocket planner forms offered by OrganizedChristmas.com. In the spirit of sharing, we'd like to have seen credit given where credit was due.... but since they're a nice variation on the theme, we're pointing them out anyway.)
Get crafting on this awesome planner from OZ-somestamps:
Blogging as Mission Inkpossible, Jenn brings us this sweet and simple 2009 holiday planner.
Using a composition book as a base, Jenn's added seasonal calendars created in Excel, and a receipts envelope.
Divider tabs sort this easy Christmas planner into categories--and spritely stamps and embellishments make it pretty.
Check it out!
Not made specifically for Christmas--but it could be!--is this floral file folder album from Jessica, blogging as Desperate Stamper. Pretty!
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!
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!
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.
