I carried a Franklin Planner for many years when I was working. I had always been told I was too disorganized so my employer sent me to the Franklin Planning Workshop. It changed my life. When I started a new job, the boss told me that I was one of the most organized people he had ever met! They taught to keep only one calendar, but I can see how your monthly and weekly calendars would work for you. Now that I'm retired, everything just goes into my electronic calendar. Retirement rocks by the way!
Sharon Squyres I think this would make a great gift for my teenage granddaughters, or show them how to create their own. It's even nicer personalized to what they would want to use.
WOW again! I love my planners, but this is the first "diy" that I think I can make. Got so used to using one when I worked and after I retired I used it for 10 years more, and when I stopped using one, guess what, appointments got missed, things got forgotten, and birthday's where missed! So I am back to using one and have yet to find one that fits my 'retirement' needs"....think this is one for me. Thanks, as usual for your creativity and tutorials!
Something I added to my planner is dry erase tape. I keep a small dry erase marker in the pocket and jot down things during the day and then later go over it and write it in where it should go, then erase! It works great!
This was, by far, the most comprehensive video on a diy planner! Thank you for helping me navigate through the "language" of planners! The only dashboard I knew of before this was the one in my car.😂😂
Okay a couple months ago I discovered the insanity around planners on RUclips, and have been slowly investing in one of my own. Your video is soooo much more practical and useful than other fancy shmancy planner videos! Keep up the good work!
After watching this video, I checked out my 3-hole punch and discovered that it is adjustable!!!! Ohhh, this changes everything!! Great video, thank you for sharing!
I loved your example. I'm mad about planners and want to make my own but I could never find a tutorial with supplies that fit my budget until now. I can't wait to start my planner. Your ideas were great!!!!
You are a blessing. I can’t Thank - you enough for referring us to the free printables , the smart savvy ways you made your planner and your fast talking , well planned video. Bravo~
Yup I've been searching all my life for this. It's really awesome to know planners don't have to be daunting and boring anymore. Me designing my planner makes me love to plan more. ;) I'm a new planner junkie. Currently working on mine and my niece new Webster Pages planner :)
If you don't want to adjyst it all of the time it us worthwhile to get the mini size. Staples has a mini hole punch you can invest in if you are going to be making papers for your planner a lot. I paid about $ 9-10 but I bought it to save on paper. I have already paid for it with savings and have the bonus of being able to make dividers easily.
That is genius - and so pretty!Honestly I'd quicker buy something like this than spend a ton of money on an Erin Condren. Glad you showed us how to make it, i'm inspired to try! Oh...subscribed!
I love this video!!! About a month ago I started running into videos about the very expensive planners people use and I can't get into it. I don't have much life that needs planned in a planner and I can barely afford my craft and cosmetic addictions now! I have used these dollar store week at a glance but never thought to customize them. Yours is so cute!!! I never used to buy the month at a glance but will now and I have a laminator that I don't use so this is a wonderful project for me. To conserve money I bought a huge date book calendar on super sale because it didn't sell several years ago and I realized that if I saved it for a number of years I could use it. 2017 will be my year!!! It has 2 pages per day and I just couldn't resist even though my life wouldn't fill 1/4 of it. I'm thinking I will put down my healthy living strategy and maybe some journaling for each day. That may keep me focused and I may actually reach some of my goals! I am so happy I found your videos. I am a fairly new subscriber. Thanks for all your hard work at providing really fun and informational videos to watch and learn from.
Absolutely love the simplicity of your planner. I am a crafter but I love the simplicity of this one. I have been looking for a video like this. Thank you so much for posting this. Love it! ! ! ! !
I have a dollar store planner that fits my needs. I just bought this binder to organize my scrapbook supplies. Thanks for the pocket idea, it'll help with my wishlist for an upcoming expo.
I just finished making one with a small binder like this, but I made it more complicated by cutting up the planner for individual pages to put into the rings! I wish I had seen your video first!!!!! yours is super great. I'm hoping to get mine into a semi decent thing in the end!!!!! thanks a bunch for all the great ideas!!!!
I am crazy about the planner craze! My electronic planner used to be fine, but when my schedule got more complicated the phone calendar didn't cut it any longer. So I dug out my old Daytimer (5.5x8.5" binder) and started using that again. For me it's very functional. I love the flexibility the binder format offers. I love that people are creating printables that fit how they need to plan. My planner is evolving as I figure out better ways to translate my life into my planner to keep track of everything. I always loved the prettier Daytimer calendars that were available even several years ago and always used those, but even more than that I love all the creative ways that people are now finding to make their planners both pretty and functional. I'm not one to decorate each month and I typically just use my frixion erasable pen (love that I can erase stuff that changes to keep pages tidy and legible) to write what I need on my calendar pages (no stickers or stamps yet ;-D ) but am moving toward making my own pretty dividers (dashboards--slowly getting hip to the jargon) and tabs and diy pockets for holding extra papers and other necessaries. I love your cheap diy ideas here. So many great ideas in this video. I'm gearing up for a fairly major planner overhaul and will be using a bunch of your ideas. Thanks for your great ideas and video. Please share any future planner ideas!
I love your ideas. I have just started working with the same kind of notebook, which I already had. I also had some half page dividers and lined paper, and even some vinyl pockets, in my stash. I know I have one of those little week at a glance calendars from the Dollar Tree, but it is currently evading me, lol. That is one of my goals this year, is to get more organized. I'm hoping if I use this book, it will help. Until I find my week at a glance book, I guess I will print some pages.
This is an awesome video! I'm definitely gonna make one of these binder things and theme it around school! This is going to be such a fun project to do! And it will be useful once complete!
yes. I have jumped on the planner wagon. gives me another reason to use up my paper. I went the DIY way too. I had an October Afternoon daily flash album laying around. I love it. tfs. your planner came out very cute
Loved it all! Now I gotta get some pretty washi tape to do those adorable side pockets! I get a feeling you must have endless crafty ideas swirling around your head! Thank you!
I knew I should have checked your videos before I started doing planners. You're always right on point. frugal and fun. However, I did remember "to use what I have", thanks to you!
I love the planner craze. I never have time to scrapbook or do Project Life but the planner gives me a mini creative outlet. Making the planner itself isn't something I had thought of, but why not try! Love your video!
I liked what you did and explained it really well. I am new at this and was just looking into how to make one. Other videos I have seen was so complicated and I was getting discouraged. Loved your video keep them coming.
Because I don't have young children any more, it's just me and hubby at home, there's not enough going on that our kitchen calendar can't keep track of, so doing a planner is not too practical for me, but the idea is very interesting. Also interesting is that even though we have become such a tech-savy society where we keep so much info in our smart phones, we are returning to paper / creative planners! I think they are still extremely useful! Tailoring a planner so that it works best for YOU seems to be the smartest route to take. Lindsay, if I were to do a planner, I would do it like yours! Genius!
Elizabeth Hansen thank you, for me the process of writing something down helps we remember, i can ignore an online calendar or email but I think it makes it indelible in my brain once I write it!
I am making my own planner and I thank you for your video on making the pockets for the planner. Also I can't see spending all that money on the planners that are out there in the market place. But I see the need for a simple planner like you have. Again thanks
I don't have a planner. I put all of my "Things to do today" on a calendar but NOW I might just start thinking about making one. Beautiful and also can make great Christmas gifts. Thanks for sharing!
Stopped everything I was doing to watch. I love it! So pretty and what a great way to use up some bits and pieces lying around to create something so useful and fun. Cannot wait to hit the dollar store!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I never owned a planer (I know, gasps) and was looking in stores to buy one thinking it may help me become more organized (I can dream, can't I?) and omg the prices on the ones that I liked was crazy high. Was browsing youtube on how to make my own planner and seen your video and I am so happy that I did. I have a dollar store near me where I can buy lots of cheap supplies needed, and I already have some paper I recently purchased, now I just need to get a laminator (been wanting one anyway lol) I am so excited to try this and see what I come up with. Thank you for sharing! ~Kimberley =)
Been using a planner for a while and love your idea. So bright and cheery ... I LOVE IT!! Have been making my own pages from the start with a dot grid ... adding watercolor pages and much fun stuff between my work stuff. Amazing how much more I get done by remaining directed. Thanks for your cute idea.
You did an amazing job and I love your planner! You were straight to the point without a lot of unnecessary verbiage like I have seen in other tutorials. I simply loved your tutorial👏🏽
I love your planner. It is so pretty it would be fun to work with every day. I used to use planners for everything! That was back in the days when my kids were the age of yours. I liked a big wall calendar in the kitchen by the phone for the kids activities. I remember turning to a new page on our wall calendar and admiring how clean and organized it looked. Then after I had added all the kids activities for the month it was so full there wasn't any room left. It made me feel tired just looking at it. LOL I used my planners for weekly menus and matching shopping lists, I had separate sections (and sometimes a separate planner) for church activities and bible studies I attended, daily devotions, prayer requests (so I could see when my prayers were answered), work activities and meetings, phone numbers and addresses, on and on. My favorite were the zip up ones so sticky notes and coupons wouldn't fall out. Your pockets would be good for that. The only thing I never could get into was keeping receipts--they always ended up as a wad in the bottom of my purse. Now that I am retired my life is so much quieter I don't need a planner. I use an on-line free calendar (cozi.com) that my daughter recommended. We can set it up so we can see each other's calendar so I know when she might need a sitter, or if they should be home if I want to call her, etc. I print up a week at a time and post it on the refrigerator door so everyone knows what is going on. If it is a really busy week I print a copy for each of us (our adult son lives with us) and highlight each person's appointments. But I still love a pretty planner.
I have used a planner in one form or another for at.least.40 years...Always on a quest for the perfect one for me. Many of your great ideas will work in a disc bound system as well. I am in luv with its ease of use and versatility. Anyway, my 2 cents worth. I enjoy your channel.
FYI, Scattered Squirrel website is still there with free printables. I didn't try to print them yet but everything seems to still be a working website. Thanks for the ideas. I need to get one started for next year. 💕
Love this! I've used Franklin Covey for years, but only recently got sucked into the planner community this past spring. It's fun. I now have a planner for work, one for daily use, and one I use for filing and planning for all my different projects and committees. I've even made my own inserts tailored to my job. I was actually going to use one of your old pocket tutorials (the one with the Christmas theme) to include in my planners. TFS!
I watched your video and have to say that it was the most helpful and practical one that I have seen. Thank you so much. I love the folders. Awesome video and project.
Lindsay I ran into this by accident while looking for another you tube of your and naturally I HAD to watch (some days I get the feeling I will starve to death while watching you tube...I get lost in it LOL!) This is a GREAT planner. I've never made one and all my appointments are on my cell phone calendar....but I realized as I was watching I could use one of these planners to save plans of projects I wanted to do. Instead of months I can do categories...such as watercolor, crochet, cross stitch ect. I can list what the project is...where the instructions came from and where they are, supplies I have and supplies I need to get and so on. FABULOUS IDEA....yours I mean! This would be great for a bride to be to make for her wedding!!! Actually I wish I had seen this at the beginning for 2012...both of my daughters got married that year and I wasn't too involved in the one weeding plans....but I was the second one.I am becoming a huge fan of yours and I enjoy so many of your you tubes!!!!
Great idea. I have a lot of the binders. Now I have some way of organizing the contents stuffed into them. I love any ideas you have to use up the amounts of stash I have. Thanks
I have this exact same hole punch and had no idea before your video it was adjustable! I have been using a single whole puncher DOH! Also love the tutorial on how to make the pouches. Thank you!
I so need to organise my life, I don't do a lot as I'm disabled but I forget everything I do have to do, even down to docs appt and medication, to making birthday cards etc, so ill be making one of these ready for 2016 xxx
Ann Littler Miss Ann, I couldn't have said it better! I love this idea, and much better than ordering all the refills to my leather planner from years ago. :D Prayerfully, no more missed doctor appointments!! :D Good luck to you. And, have a wonderful holiday season.♡
Ann Littler: I'm thinking the same! I've been maintaining a plain medication/pain symptoms log in a notebook. now I want to make it prettier and have everything in one place.
Ann Littler I actually started planning bc of my dr. it was recommended bc i have many mental health issues... which include memory loss and paranoia. I grew up in an artsy family, so a simple just write in planner never lasted more then a month before I'd forget about it. I bought a happy planner on sale and have used many frugal ideas online to spruce it up and make it mine. honestly the biggest buy I made other then the book itself was sticker paper, bc i design my own sticker boxes and faux washi alot to put in the planner.
Great ideas, thanks for sharing. Yes, totally into the planner craze and am going to use some of your ideas as inserts in a midori, fauxdori, happydori, whatever you call it planner that folds. Love those!! Also a big fan of saving money so thanks for sharing your video.
Ps I love planners but I always have even before the craze fun to see all the different stuff going around. I just never decorated in them but now I do makes it more interesting.
Haven't read the other comments but my couple suggestions. You can get plastic pen loops to attach to dash board and you might be able to rig up an elastic to hold your cheque book more secure. Love the planner craze.
Canadian Robin hi, I bought a package of colorful elastic headbands from Dollar Tree to close my binder, hold my pen and hold little papers in the back . They are the perfect size and I believe you get 6 for $1 . I bought several packages 👍🏾
Wonderful ideas, Lindsay! This couldn't have come at a better time for me. I'm putting a planner together right now, and will certainly incorporate some of your ideas. I'm using a Franklin-Covey binder that was left over from when I had an office job. But, I also have a separate design notebook made with a small 3-ring binder that will be much more pleasant to use after I add some bling to it. As always, thank you so much for sharing your great ideas! :)
Omg how funny I came across ur video, Yesterday I took out my mini 3 rung binder to work on it and make it more usable so I could try to get my life together and be more productive everyday, u just same me so much time that I was going to spend searching up how to do a lot of this DIY that you have all un one video. 🤗💗Thank you so very much, Im going to get my crafty stuff out including that pack of stock paper I got at Michael's long time ago and I've never used before. Now off I go to check out your other videos. 😊
Well done blog, targeted and direct without requiring an enormous list of expensive supplies although I wish I had a corner cutter or substitute. I now know how to make 'dashboard' dividers for the various sections like menu planner, incorporating grocery lister promo from store, exercise calendar to track days gym is closed to public, medical form tracker etc. Thanks
Hi Lindsey, everything you do makes so much sense & very practical. I'm with you, won't buy a fancy planner but prefer to make my own, have for many years. I'd rather spend on more supplies, though I've amassed a lot already. :) Aloha, chiyo
I am so happy that you collab with Doitonadime. If not, I wouldn't be seeing this video and your other videos. Btw, I love your planner. You're amazing! Thank you!!!
Love this, easy and cheap! Im thinking how great these would be at a craft fair! Another idea is to make specialty planners such as Disney, Hello Kitty, Scenery, Job related........thanks for the inspiration!!!! Love your videos!
I LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am more of a calendar and wipe board person than a planner person. I also hadn't been willing to put as much time, energy, and supplies into a planner as videos show. With that being said I am deep into the cards for the Red cross now. My first 150 are done. That was July. My end goal is 600. I am trying to get about 40 done a week so I always have parts done. This would be a great way to store the images that I am coloring in the evenings, the partially done cards that I want to finish during the week etc. Page protectors are not working for this. Your pockets look like they will! Thank you!!
Jesse b Wow! 600 cards. That's awesome, Jesse!!! What does the Red Cross do with the cards? I haven't heard about making cards for the Red Cross. I've made cards for other organizations in the past, but never 600. That's fabulous!
Thank you! They are distributed to military members, families, and members/veterans in the hospital. I have never done this many but my sister gifted me with a LOT of paper and stamps. She hasn't stamped in s few years. She and her daughter even cut 12×12 sheets into 6x6 for card bases and cut some layers. I don't have a paper trimmer yet. I do have a scoring board. I am good with that size because I am not shipping them. I actually think that most of mine will stay in my area. Southern VA is chock full if bases and has a huge VA hospital.
Thanks for sharing this! I've been watching plenty of planner DIY's and their all very nice and pretty. But your video gives nice, crafty and practical tips! Perfect with the rounded corners! Think I have to look for an old binder in the stash and get going. ;) /Marlen
Love it! I love that you have the pull out weekly calendar and that you covered it with pretty paper and I love the washi tape tabs. I made something almost exactly like it but I used a $1.50 Daiso 3 ring binder (it's a Japanese dollar fifty store in WA and CA states only so far and other countries) and it happened to be black and white thicker horizontal stripes (befofe Heidi Swapp came up with hers) so instead of covering it up with another patterned paper, I made all the printables black and white (which are free at my local library--up to 75 prints a week if black and white). I also found free ones and it may the same as yours. And then figured my decorations would make everything pop in color and focus where I needed it to. I am a big calendar girl but I'm not a big planner girl and this way was my $1.50 way to jump into it and I only used it Feb and March and yawn...lol. I use my 2 year small monthly calendar the most because it fits in my purse and I pull it out whenever someone is trying to make plans.
+Lindsay Weirich Thanks for simplifying the DIY planner. Now I can make mine without stressing out so much. I've watched a lot of DIY planner videos and this one is the easiest of them all. Thanks Lindsay. As always you're SOOOO crafty! Dawn
Yes, Avery lined paper is nice but about 3 1/2 cents a sheet on Amazon. If you already have copy paper it is less than a 1/2 cent per sheet. I get a lined pad from Dollar General that is the right length but needs about a 1/4 inch trim and use the mini whole punch and it is a liitle less than 1 cent a sheet. For calendars and master lists it is better to print on card stock and use your hole punch. I also use colored copy paper and trim colored lined paper to size.
I have always enjoyed a planner. I am 49 and since I was a teenager I loved ha ING somewhere to write my daily plans. I used to create my notebooks into planners. I have used Filofax but always turn into my design and then I bought a cover and created my own again. this summer I was gifted an earn condren and I am already diy'ing it. I wish there was a soft cover that would hold everything I want in mine. I might look for some raw.suede and see if someone can sew it for me just don't know how to go from there. I love yours. I live dividers and pockets....oh mine would be so big.
I carried a Franklin Planner for many years when I was working. I had always been told I was too disorganized so my employer sent me to the Franklin Planning Workshop. It changed my life. When I started a new job, the boss told me that I was one of the most organized people he had ever met! They taught to keep only one calendar, but I can see how your monthly and weekly calendars would work for you. Now that I'm retired, everything just goes into my electronic calendar. Retirement rocks by the way!
Sharon Squyres I think this would make a great gift for my teenage granddaughters, or show them how to create their own. It's even nicer personalized to what they would want to use.
wow this is actually refreshing. it's not just about homework and sports. putting an area for chores, house repairs, shopping lists... genius
+missy L you can put in the categories YOU need and not get stuck with the pre printed ones. Enjoy:)
WOW again! I love my planners, but this is the first "diy" that I think I can make. Got so used to using one when I worked and after I retired I used it for 10 years more, and when I stopped using one, guess what, appointments got missed, things got forgotten, and birthday's where missed! So I am back to using one and have yet to find one that fits my 'retirement' needs"....think this is one for me. Thanks, as usual for your creativity and tutorials!
Something I added to my planner is dry erase tape. I keep a small dry erase marker in the pocket and jot down things during the day and then later go over it and write it in where it should go, then erase! It works great!
Holy freaking tape gun batman! lol! LOVE IT!
Ashley Gregory I so want one of those tape guns but they are so expensive over here, maybe I'll ask an over the pond friend to help me out lol x
Finally a truly affordable planner. THANK YOU!
This was, by far, the most comprehensive video on a diy planner! Thank you for helping me navigate through the "language" of planners! The only dashboard I knew of before this was the one in my car.😂😂
Okay a couple months ago I discovered the insanity around planners on RUclips, and have been slowly investing in one of my own. Your video is soooo much more practical and useful than other fancy shmancy planner videos! Keep up the good work!
THANK YOU!! As a preschool teacher I look forward to expanding on this very functional yet beautiful planner for the upcoming school year.
I love how you are in on all the trends but you do it the "frugal way." :) Thanks for always being honest and so much fun.
After watching this video, I checked out my 3-hole punch and discovered that it is adjustable!!!! Ohhh, this changes everything!! Great video, thank you for sharing!
This is exactly what I need. Simple, handmade and functional! Thanks so much Lindsay!
Thanks Lindsay for showing how to make the pockets. Your the first one to make them easy to make. Thanks again for all of your inspiration.
I printed mine from scattered squirrel, too. I love her stuff. Thanks for sharing. Creative Blessings!
Loved your binder. I made my own after watching your video. It is very therapeutic to do it on my own and to know I saved tons of money! Thank you!
I loved your example. I'm mad about planners and want to make my own but I could never find a tutorial with supplies that fit my budget until now. I can't wait to start my planner. Your ideas were great!!!!
HIAWATHA V. Reese thanks!
You are a blessing. I can’t Thank - you enough for referring us to the free printables , the smart savvy ways you made your planner and your fast talking , well planned video. Bravo~
These are one of the more efficient ones ive seen! much clearer and easier to understand than a lot of others! I love it!
thanks!
Yup I've been searching all my life for this. It's really awesome to know planners don't have to be daunting and boring anymore. Me designing my planner makes me love to plan more. ;) I'm a new planner junkie. Currently working on mine and my niece new Webster Pages planner :)
I had no idea I could adjust the holes on my hole punch. I've had it since middle school. YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER.
If you don't want to adjyst it all of the time it us worthwhile to get the mini size. Staples has a mini hole punch you can invest in if you are going to be making papers for your planner a lot. I paid about $ 9-10 but I bought it to save on paper. I have already paid for it with savings and have the bonus of being able to make dividers easily.
Lindsay, have you thought about laminating the paper for the pockets first? A bone folder would help with the folds and they'd be more durable!
I love how you talk ...I love when people talk fast makes me smile for some reason and it makes me pay attention more
That is genius - and so pretty!Honestly I'd quicker buy something like this than spend a ton of money on an Erin Condren. Glad you showed us how to make it, i'm inspired to try! Oh...subscribed!
Love the pockets... great idea. Your planner turned out lovely, thanks for sharing. :D
This planner is awesome, I prefer a functional planner as well & I also love the pockets. Thank you for sharing
Love the idea.....I actually use one of the dollar store week at a glance planners!
TFS
Anita
I love this video!!! About a month ago I started running into videos about the very expensive planners people use and I can't get into it. I don't have much life that needs planned in a planner and I can barely afford my craft and cosmetic addictions now! I have used these dollar store week at a glance but never thought to customize them. Yours is so cute!!! I never used to buy the month at a glance but will now and I have a laminator that I don't use so this is a wonderful project for me. To conserve money I bought a huge date book calendar on super sale because it didn't sell several years ago and I realized that if I saved it for a number of years I could use it. 2017 will be my year!!! It has 2 pages per day and I just couldn't resist even though my life wouldn't fill 1/4 of it. I'm thinking I will put down my healthy living strategy and maybe some journaling for each day. That may keep me focused and I may actually reach some of my goals! I am so happy I found your videos. I am a fairly new subscriber. Thanks for all your hard work at providing really fun and informational videos to watch and learn from.
Absolutely love the simplicity of your planner. I am a crafter but I love the simplicity of this one. I have been looking for a video like this. Thank you so much for posting this. Love it! ! ! ! !
How cute is this Lindsay. I have the binder and many other items already !!! xo patti :)
***** thanks Parri!
I have a dollar store planner that fits my needs. I just bought this binder to organize my scrapbook supplies. Thanks for the pocket idea, it'll help with my wishlist for an upcoming expo.
Hi ...I love your planner...I am going to follow your directions and make my own...thanks for sharing...This is such a great idea...
Nice! Extra tip- you can also use dry erase markers on the laminated pages!
great tip, thanks!
I just finished making one with a small binder like this, but I made it more complicated by cutting up the planner for individual pages to put into the rings! I wish I had seen your video first!!!!! yours is super great. I'm hoping to get mine into a semi decent thing in the end!!!!! thanks a bunch for all the great ideas!!!!
I love how fast u talk. you don't tale all day
I am crazy about the planner craze! My electronic planner used to be fine, but when my schedule got more complicated the phone calendar didn't cut it any longer. So I dug out my old Daytimer (5.5x8.5" binder) and started using that again. For me it's very functional. I love the flexibility the binder format offers. I love that people are creating printables that fit how they need to plan. My planner is evolving as I figure out better ways to translate my life into my planner to keep track of everything. I always loved the prettier Daytimer calendars that were available even several years ago and always used those, but even more than that I love all the creative ways that people are now finding to make their planners both pretty and functional. I'm not one to decorate each month and I typically just use my frixion erasable pen (love that I can erase stuff that changes to keep pages tidy and legible) to write what I need on my calendar pages (no stickers or stamps yet ;-D ) but am moving toward making my own pretty dividers (dashboards--slowly getting hip to the jargon) and tabs and diy pockets for holding extra papers and other necessaries. I love your cheap diy ideas here. So many great ideas in this video. I'm gearing up for a fairly major planner overhaul and will be using a bunch of your ideas. Thanks for your great ideas and video. Please share any future planner ideas!
I love your ideas. I have just started working with the same kind of notebook, which I already had. I also had some half page dividers and lined paper, and even some vinyl pockets, in my stash. I know I have one of those little week at a glance calendars from the Dollar Tree, but it is currently evading me, lol. That is one of my goals this year, is to get more organized. I'm hoping if I use this book, it will help. Until I find my week at a glance book, I guess I will print some pages.
This is an awesome video! I'm definitely gonna make one of these binder things and theme it around school! This is going to be such a fun project to do! And it will be useful once complete!
yes. I have jumped on the planner wagon. gives me another reason to use up my paper. I went the DIY way too. I had an October Afternoon daily flash album laying around. I love it. tfs. your planner came out very cute
Loved it all! Now I gotta get some pretty washi tape to do those adorable side pockets! I get a feeling you must have endless crafty ideas swirling around your head! Thank you!
I knew I should have checked your videos before I started doing planners. You're always right on point. frugal and fun. However, I did remember "to use what I have", thanks to you!
I love the planner craze. I never have time to scrapbook or do Project Life but the planner gives me a mini creative outlet. Making the planner itself isn't something I had thought of, but why not try! Love your video!
I liked what you did and explained it really well. I am new at this and was just looking into how to make one. Other videos I have seen was so complicated and I was getting discouraged. Loved your video keep them coming.
Omg that is the cutest planner ever!!!!!!! I can't wait to start making mine!
Because I don't have young children any more, it's just me and hubby at home, there's not enough going on that our kitchen calendar can't keep track of, so doing a planner is not too practical for me, but the idea is very interesting. Also interesting is that even though we have become such a tech-savy society where we keep so much info in our smart phones, we are returning to paper / creative planners! I think they are still extremely useful! Tailoring a planner so that it works best for YOU seems to be the smartest route to take. Lindsay, if I were to do a planner, I would do it like yours! Genius!
Elizabeth Hansen thank you, for me the process of writing something down helps we remember, i can ignore an online calendar or email but I think it makes it indelible in my brain once I write it!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!!
I am making my own planner and I thank you for your video on making the pockets for the planner. Also I can't see spending all that money on the planners that are out there in the market place. But I see the need for a simple planner like you have. Again thanks
Thank you for showing how you make the pockets. So simple, yet I probably would never have thought ofnit!
I don't have a planner. I put all of my "Things to do today" on a calendar but NOW I might just start thinking about making one. Beautiful and also can make great Christmas gifts. Thanks for sharing!
Stopped everything I was doing to watch. I love it! So pretty and what a great way to use up some bits and pieces lying around to create something so useful and fun. Cannot wait to hit the dollar store!
+Laura Long they have w great selection right now!
I'm using your idea to make the folders... they are so pretty...
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I never owned a planer (I know, gasps) and was looking in stores to buy one thinking it may help me become more organized (I can dream, can't I?) and omg the prices on the ones that I liked was crazy high. Was browsing youtube on how to make my own planner and seen your video and I am so happy that I did. I have a dollar store near me where I can buy lots of cheap supplies needed, and I already have some paper I recently purchased, now I just need to get a laminator (been wanting one anyway lol) I am so excited to try this and see what I come up with. Thank you for sharing! ~Kimberley =)
looks great!!!
love the pockets!!! i will do some of them for my different school binders!!!
This is great! Easiest one I've seen demonstrated. Thanks for sharing.
really fab ideas and so creative. Thank you for showing how to make the pockets! Love it!
Just what I needed! Can make it for my needs and with the paper I like....love it...also this is very EASY. This works for me......thank you
Been using a planner for a while and love your idea.
So bright and cheery ... I LOVE IT!!
Have been making my own pages from the start with a dot grid ... adding watercolor pages and much fun stuff between my work stuff.
Amazing how much more I get done by remaining directed.
Thanks for your cute idea.
You did an amazing job and I love your planner! You were straight to the point without a lot of unnecessary verbiage like I have seen in other tutorials. I simply loved your tutorial👏🏽
great idea. I already happen to have this stuff. Thank you for the idea.
I love your planner. It is so pretty it would be fun to work with every day. I used to use planners for everything! That was back in the days when my kids were the age of yours. I liked a big wall calendar in the kitchen by the phone for the kids activities. I remember turning to a new page on our wall calendar and admiring how clean and organized it looked. Then after I had added all the kids activities for the month it was so full there wasn't any room left. It made me feel tired just looking at it. LOL
I used my planners for weekly menus and matching shopping lists, I had separate sections (and sometimes a separate planner) for church activities and bible studies I attended, daily devotions, prayer requests (so I could see when my prayers were answered), work activities and meetings, phone numbers and addresses, on and on. My favorite were the zip up ones so sticky notes and coupons wouldn't fall out. Your pockets would be good for that. The only thing I never could get into was keeping receipts--they always ended up as a wad in the bottom of my purse.
Now that I am retired my life is so much quieter I don't need a planner. I use an on-line free calendar (cozi.com) that my daughter recommended. We can set it up so we can see each other's calendar so I know when she might need a sitter, or if they should be home if I want to call her, etc. I print up a week at a time and post it on the refrigerator door so everyone knows what is going on. If it is a really busy week I print a copy for each of us (our adult son lives with us) and highlight each person's appointments. But I still love a pretty planner.
Pat Hathaway I intend to try menu planning, I am a hot mess in the kitchen:)
I have used a planner in one form or another for at.least.40 years...Always on a quest for the perfect one for me. Many of your great ideas will work in a disc bound system as well. I am in luv with its ease of use and versatility. Anyway, my 2 cents worth. I enjoy your channel.
I love your planner ideas! I'm so glad you made this video.
FYI, Scattered Squirrel website is still there with free printables. I didn't try to print them yet but everything seems to still be a working website. Thanks for the ideas. I need to get one started for next year. 💕
Love this! I've used Franklin Covey for years, but only recently got sucked into the planner community this past spring. It's fun. I now have a planner for work, one for daily use, and one I use for filing and planning for all my different projects and committees. I've even made my own inserts tailored to my job. I was actually going to use one of your old pocket tutorials (the one with the Christmas theme) to include in my planners. TFS!
I watched your video and have to say that it was the most helpful and practical one that I have seen. Thank you so much. I love the folders. Awesome video and project.
+Christal Estep thanks!
Lindsay I ran into this by accident while looking for another you tube of your and naturally I HAD to watch (some days I get the feeling I will starve to death while watching you tube...I get lost in it LOL!) This is a GREAT planner. I've never made one and all my appointments are on my cell phone calendar....but I realized as I was watching I could use one of these planners to save plans of projects I wanted to do. Instead of months I can do categories...such as watercolor, crochet, cross stitch ect. I can list what the project is...where the instructions came from and where they are, supplies I have and supplies I need to get and so on. FABULOUS IDEA....yours I mean! This would be great for a bride to be to make for her wedding!!! Actually I wish I had seen this at the beginning for 2012...both of my daughters got married that year and I wasn't too involved in the one weeding plans....but I was the second one.I am becoming a huge fan of yours and I enjoy so many of your you tubes!!!!
+Deborah Lynch thanks!
Great idea. I have a lot of the binders. Now I have some way of organizing the contents stuffed into them. I love any ideas you have to use up the amounts of stash I have. Thanks
I always watch your amazing videos and I love them! THIS IS GREAT THAT YOU DID A DIY PLANNER VIDEO! THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤💕
Aim Superior you are so very welcome:)
I have this exact same hole punch and had no idea before your video it was adjustable! I have been using a single whole puncher DOH! Also love the tutorial on how to make the pouches.
Thank you!
I use those same printables for my DIY planner and love them!
I so need to organise my life, I don't do a lot as I'm disabled but I forget everything I do have to do, even down to docs appt and medication, to making birthday cards etc, so ill be making one of these ready for 2016 xxx
Ann Littler Miss Ann, I couldn't have said it better! I love this idea, and much better than ordering all the refills to my leather planner from years ago. :D Prayerfully, no more missed doctor appointments!! :D Good luck to you. And, have a wonderful holiday season.♡
M'Lady's Simple Elegance I've sent friends request so maybe we could exchange picture of what we do. All the best to all xxx
Ann Littler: I'm thinking the same! I've been maintaining a plain medication/pain symptoms log in a notebook. now I want to make it prettier and have everything in one place.
Ann Littler I actually started planning bc of my dr. it was recommended bc i have many mental health issues... which include memory loss and paranoia. I grew up in an artsy family, so a simple just write in planner never lasted more then a month before I'd forget about it. I bought a happy planner on sale and have used many frugal ideas online to spruce it up and make it mine. honestly the biggest buy I made other then the book itself was sticker paper, bc i design my own sticker boxes and faux washi alot to put in the planner.
Love the video! I would not have thought of the removable calendar. I may try that!
Great ideas, thanks for sharing. Yes, totally into the planner craze and am going to use some of your ideas as inserts in a midori, fauxdori, happydori, whatever you call it planner that folds. Love those!! Also a big fan of saving money so thanks for sharing your video.
Ps I love planners but I always have even before the craze fun to see all the different stuff going around. I just never decorated in them but now I do makes it more interesting.
Haven't read the other comments but my couple suggestions. You can get plastic pen loops to attach to dash board and you might be able to rig up an elastic to hold your cheque book more secure. Love the planner craze.
Robin Craig thanks for the idea!
Canadian Robin hi, I bought a package of colorful elastic headbands from Dollar Tree to close my binder, hold my pen and hold little papers in the back . They are the perfect size and I believe you get 6 for $1 . I bought several packages 👍🏾
So beautiful, Happy Valentines Day 2016, and may your life be filled hope, love and joy!
Thanks so much for sharing this. Guess I need one but had no idea how to make it and now you have inspired me to get it done. Thanks!
Wonderful ideas, Lindsay! This couldn't have come at a better time for me. I'm putting a planner together right now, and will certainly incorporate some of your ideas. I'm using a Franklin-Covey binder that was left over from when I had an office job. But, I also have a separate design notebook made with a small 3-ring binder that will be much more pleasant to use after I add some bling to it. As always, thank you so much for sharing your great ideas! :)
Omg how funny I came across ur video, Yesterday I took out my mini 3 rung binder to work on it and make it more usable so I could try to get my life together and be more productive everyday, u just same me so much time that I was going to spend searching up how to do a lot of this DIY that you have all un one video. 🤗💗Thank you so very much, Im going to get my crafty stuff out including that pack of stock paper I got at Michael's long time ago and I've never used before. Now off I go to check out your other videos. 😊
Well done blog, targeted and direct without requiring an enormous list of expensive supplies although I wish I had a corner cutter or substitute. I now know how to make 'dashboard' dividers for the various sections like menu planner, incorporating grocery lister promo from store, exercise calendar to track days gym is closed to public, medical form tracker etc. Thanks
I loved the take away weekly planner. Very practical idea!
Great, great tutorial!! Easy to watch and to the point. Also, I needed to see how to make pockets! I subscribed!😃
Hi Lindsey, everything you do makes so much sense & very practical. I'm with you, won't buy a fancy planner but prefer to make my own, have for many years. I'd rather spend on more supplies, though I've amassed a lot already. :) Aloha, chiyo
This gave me ideas! Thank you very much Lindsay!
omg this is JUST what I needed!! I was on Pinterest earlier today looking for ideas! keep up the great crafting
I am so happy that you collab with Doitonadime. If not, I wouldn't be seeing this video and your other videos. Btw, I love your planner. You're amazing! Thank you!!!
Love this, easy and cheap! Im thinking how great these would be at a craft fair! Another idea is to make specialty planners such as Disney, Hello Kitty, Scenery, Job related........thanks for the inspiration!!!! Love your videos!
Love this! Can't wait to get materials to make mine...... LOVE your videos!
I LOVE THIS OMG. DEFINITELY MAKING THIS FOR SCHOOL
I appreciate how prepared you were for the video. Thanks for sharing !
thanks for watching!
I LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am more of a calendar and wipe board person than a planner person. I also hadn't been willing to put as much time, energy, and supplies into a planner as videos show.
With that being said I am deep into the cards for the Red cross now. My first 150 are done. That was July. My end goal is 600. I am trying to get about 40 done a week so I always have parts done. This would be a great way to store the images that I am coloring in the evenings, the partially done cards that I want to finish during the week etc.
Page protectors are not working for this. Your pockets look like they will! Thank you!!
Jesse b Wow! 600 cards. That's awesome, Jesse!!! What does the Red Cross do with the cards? I haven't heard about making cards for the Red Cross. I've made cards for other organizations in the past, but never 600. That's fabulous!
Thank you! They are distributed to military members, families, and members/veterans in the hospital.
I have never done this many but my sister gifted me with a LOT of paper and stamps. She hasn't stamped in s few years. She and her daughter even cut 12×12 sheets into 6x6 for card bases and cut some layers. I don't have a paper trimmer yet. I do have a scoring board.
I am good with that size because I am not shipping them. I actually think that most of mine will stay in my area. Southern VA is chock full if bases and has a huge VA hospital.
Pat Hathaway thank you! Those look great! I appreciate you!
+Jesse b
Do you have a link or any other information about doing this for the VA or Red Cross? Thanks!
+dburgd99 www.redcross.org/support/get-involved/holiday-mail-for-heroes
This is brilliant Lindsay, and so easy to do, thank you...rita
Thank you, this is a good ideal for 2017 planner.
Thanks for all of the great, practical ideas!
Thanks for the idea! I wish I knew this before I got my paper chase planner
Thanks for sharing this! I've been watching plenty of planner DIY's and their all very nice and pretty. But your video gives nice, crafty and practical tips! Perfect with the rounded corners! Think I have to look for an old binder in the stash and get going. ;) /Marlen
Love it! I love that you have the pull out weekly calendar and that you covered it with pretty paper and I love the washi tape tabs. I made something almost exactly like it but I used a $1.50 Daiso 3 ring binder (it's a Japanese dollar fifty store in WA and CA states only so far and other countries) and it happened to be black and white thicker horizontal stripes (befofe Heidi Swapp came up with hers) so instead of covering it up with another patterned paper, I made all the printables black and white (which are free at my local library--up to 75 prints a week if black and white). I also found free ones and it may the same as yours. And then figured my decorations would make everything pop in color and focus where I needed it to. I am a big calendar girl but I'm not a big planner girl and this way was my $1.50 way to jump into it and I only used it Feb and March and yawn...lol. I use my 2 year small monthly calendar the most because it fits in my purse and I pull it out whenever someone is trying to make plans.
+Lindsay Weirich Thanks for simplifying the DIY planner. Now I can make mine without stressing out so much. I've watched a lot of DIY planner videos and this one is the easiest of them all. Thanks Lindsay. As always you're SOOOO crafty! Dawn
Thank you so much I was going to go out and by a mini hole punch. Slap me silly, I should have known that.
Yes, Avery lined paper is nice but about 3 1/2 cents a sheet on Amazon. If you already have copy paper it is less than a 1/2 cent per sheet. I get a lined pad from Dollar General that is the right length but needs about a 1/4 inch trim and use the mini whole punch and it is a liitle less than 1 cent a sheet. For calendars and master lists it is better to print on card stock and use your hole punch. I also use colored copy paper and trim colored lined paper to size.
I have always enjoyed a planner. I am 49 and since I was a teenager I loved ha ING somewhere to write my daily plans. I used to create my notebooks into planners. I have used Filofax but always turn into my design and then I bought a cover and created my own again. this summer I was gifted an earn condren and I am already diy'ing it. I wish there was a soft cover that would hold everything I want in mine. I might look for some raw.suede and see if someone can sew it for me just don't know how to go from there. I love yours. I live dividers and pockets....oh mine would be so big.
Some me great tips. And I love how fast you talk 😁