It is approaching fast...it sneaks up on us every year and before you know it the holiday season is in full swing and I am usually the one trying to play catch up. But I am vowing ( ok just really trying) not to have that happen this year. I already have been asking my children about halloween costumes and I will (as soon as I am done blogging) put going to pick pumpkins on the calendar ( the fancy google calendar my husband is trying so hard to get us all to use together so updates go to everyone).
That being said I am proud to say I just finished my Holiday Planner. I saw one on another blog which was nice and got me thinking...so i headed to the local office supply store and raided my paper stash and came up with this one....
I titled it "Have yourself a merry little christmas" but really it contains calendars and to do lists for November 1st through December 24th
Here is what you will need:
1 Binder- I used an Avery mini durable view binder. It holds the 5 1/2"x 8 1/2" pages.
1 Package of lined 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" paper
1 Package of the same size sheet protectors ( I only used 5 out of the 15 pack so you could split them with a friend or two)
3 sheets 12x12 patterned paper - heavyweight works the best
6 sheets solid 12x12 colored cardstock
3 sheets 81/2" x11" white cardstock
Label maker- or you can print your own labels for the tabs
Fiskars lg. flower punch for the tabs
Adhesive- i used a wet glue because I thought it would hold up better with all the use this book will get
Brown in to ink the edges of the pages if you like that look
I made 7 sections for my planner and added a tab and a cute saying to each section page
#1 Tab- Calendar Page title- Merry days & silent nights
This section includes full month calendar for Nov & Dec
#2 Tab- To Do Page Title- Jingle all the Day
includes a sheet of lined paper labeled for each of the days Nov 1st through Dec 24th to use as to do lists each day. (note I use a paperclip to keep track of which day I am on in the book)
#3 Tab- Gifts Page Title- No Peeking
self expanitory- all those gift lists using the line paper
#4 Tab-Card Lists Page Title- Joy to the World
also self explanitory
#5 Tab- Food/baking Page Title- Home for the Holiday's
I will use one of the sheet protectors to hold all those recipes i need or want to try for the holiday's and paper for shopping lists
#6 Tab- Parties Page Title- Celebrate the Magic
more lined paper
#7 Tab- Misc Page Title- Be Jolly By Golly
I have added a couple more of the sheet protectors in the back one for coupons, one for receipts and one for returns.
These are all the things that will hopefully help keep me organized and able to ENJOY the holiday's this year.
