From lunchbox planners to hand-made notebooks, tour the Web's most creative Christmas holiday planners.
Submitted by Cynthia on September, 30, 2010
Start with a simple photo album from the dollar store. Add patterned paper, index cards and a bit of creativity, and what do you get? This delightful Christmas Planner from blogger Janelle at the Arizona Families blog.
What we love about this? Simplicity! Using an inexpensive photo album as the base, users add standard-sized index cards to photo pockets to create a durable holiday organizer.
Don't miss Janelle's advice about adding tabs. Using a paper punch makes it easy to make as many tabs as you need. Since you create your own planner, your tabs will be as unique and individual as you are!
Simple, inexpensive and creative: a winner!
Arizona Families Craft: Holiday Organizer
Submitted by Cynthia on September, 27, 2010
What's the secret to Scrappin' Kat's elegant--and easy--altered journal Christmas planner? Combine coordinated patterned papers and cardstock, add an inexpensive composition book, and voila! A dashing entry in the Christmas planner field!
The organizer in me loves her abundance of pockets. With four sections to the planner, top tabs--a real innovation that should avoid the "dog-eared" look!--and the appeal of simplicity, this Christmas planner glows!
Nice job!
Scrappin' Cat's Christmas Planner
Submitted by Cynthia on September, 16, 2010
Can you make a Christmas planner from .... shipping tags? Yes, you can!
To prove it, check out this tag-based Christmas planner from the Cre8nMemories blog:
Pocket pages, open on the sides, are gather together in an o-ring binding. Each pocket holds shipping-tag planner pages created with rubber stamps.
Bright ribbons spark up the tag "pages"; a coordinated Christmas scrapbooking kit keeps design elements in harmony. A great job from blogger Jody Gustafson:
Cre8nMemories' Christmas Planner
Submitted by Cynthia on September, 4, 2010
Making a splash from "across the pond": today, talented stamper Judy shares this fresh and striking Christmas organizer and planner. (That's "organiser", to our UK friends!)
Who'd have thought a non-traditional purple color scheme could be so endearing? Built on a simple lined notebook, Judy's use of hand-colored stamped images, creative contrast matting and just-right embellishments makes this Christmas planner truly shine.
Inside, Judy's stitched a sweet recipe for a Merry Christmas. All in all, a really dazzling planner that would make a wonderful Christmas gift:
Judy's Crafty Moments: Christmas Planner
Submitted by Cynthia on September, 2, 2010
Think you've got to have a scrap room full of papers and tools to make a splash with a Christmas planner? Nope!
Take a look at this vibrant Christmas planner from Vicki, blogging as Angel Stamper 2. Built from a scrapbooking kit from Colorbok, Vicki's planner rocks!
Layered self-adhesive embellishments make the cover special, while a simple--yet colorful--interior is laid out for efficient holiday planning.
Vicki uses small clips to attach gift lists to the planner pages, and tucks receipts inside a dedicated envelope on the cover.
Great job!
Vicki's Christmas Planner
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