Visit the Web's most inspiring and creative Christmas planners! Whether simple notebooks or embellished paper craft creations, find ideas to create your own D*I*Y Christmas organizer.
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.
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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
If simple--but pretty--is what you're looking for in a Christmas planner, check out this offering from FiskarCrafts.com.
Using a simple composition notebook, these clever crafters have added a pretty, three-dimensional cover. Stamped felt holly leaves form a pretty frame for a die-cut title.
We like the innovative stamping technique of running scrap cardstock through a crimper, then using it as a rubber stamp to create candy-stripe effects.
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Planning for Christmas? Who wouldn't love to store gift lists and holiday menu plans in this fa-la-luscious example of a Christmas notebook?
Crafted by blogger Nancy, it's a great balance of creative inspiration and solid notebook divider pages.
Better, her eclectic, colorful approach is a great way to use bits and pieces of scrap paper to create a one-of-a-kind Christmas planner:
Looking at some of our "over the top" Christmas planner tours, it can be hard to imagine using these works of art to actually organize the Christmas holidays.
That's why blogger Headly's hard-working Christmas notebook is worth the tour: it shows the nuts and bolts of using a Christmas planner to get organized for the holiday season.
We love her hands-on photo tour of a working Christmas planner:
Oh, so lovely! This monochromatic take on a Christmas pocket planner is sophisticated and stylish ... and easy to make from a simple two-pocket folder.
From blogger Kym's Creations, this is a wonderful example of a pretty Christmas pocket planner.
Don't miss Kym's organized touch: integrated catalog and internet order trackers built into the planner itself:
She blogs as "Dream, Create and Share", so we're thrilled to share this creative dream of a Christmas pocket planner from Tammy.
Built from a legal-sized manila file folder--I'm guessing that the extra length is folded up to create the pockets--her sweet and pretty embellishments make this Christmas pocket planner a treat for the eyes.
We'd love to see a detailed how-to for this handmade Christmas planner!
Texas blogger Trinka offers this fresh new take on creating a Christmas planner.
She's used a binding machine to create her holiday planner--but anyone can take pointers from her pocket page approach. Liberate those lists and forms!
