Have you been thinking about Christmas, yet? It's less than three months away, you know. LOL! I am totally crazy about Christmas, so I'm starting my Christmas plans early.
(If you're waiting for my Project Life process, pt. 2 - sorry! I got sidetracked by this: My Christmas Planner 2012! I promise to post Project Life next week.)
Every year, I print out Ali Edwards December overlays from Designer Digitals, and put them in a binder. I get one sheet for each day, where I can make notes, checklists, write down recipes and glue down pretty home decor pics and ideas from Holiday magazines (you can view a couple of examples from last year's planner at the bottom of this post). It's kind of a smash book.
The planner begins with a cover (above) and one or two sheets for October (below), to get the plans going. Then I print one sheet per day for November and December and half of January, ending the Christmas planner with an evaluation and debriefing sheet to keep for next year. I also add some plastic pockets in the back, where I can put receipts and other stuff.
Note: To get the December overlays to work with November and January, some Photoshopping is required for moving the name of the weekdays to the appropriate dates for those months.
For the November cover, I used a paper scrap from Basic Grey's Jovial and cut out some presents. Then I stamped with stamps from Technique Tuesday and sprinkled some rhinestones over the page. Christmas should be blingy, don't you think? ;)
The December and January covers are not finished yet. I'm finishing up tonight and start putting my plans down this weekend. Oh, I can't wait! There's isn't any organizational task that's sweeter than Christmas planning! :D
Here's some of the supplies that I used for these pages:
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More recent Christmas related articles on this blog:
Preparing Christmas cards with the cutest Christmas village stamps
Loving the December Daily album kit from Studio Calico? You can make your own!
what a great way to keep yourself organized for Christmas. It looks great too.
Posted by: Barbara | 09/27/2012 at 03:23 PM
That is gorgeous! I love Christmas, too!
I would love to be that organized for Christmas, but knowing me I'd never even finish putting together the planner, let alone use it! (;
Posted by: Maria W | 09/27/2012 at 04:07 PM
Great project...useful at such a busy time of year!
Posted by: madeline | 09/27/2012 at 04:27 PM
Fun project!
Posted by: Angie Gutshall | 09/27/2012 at 09:40 PM
I ordered a Teresa Collins xmas binder/kit from "My Craft Channel" They had it for $19.99. So that is what I'll use..not sure what for yet, though. lol
Posted by: laura | 09/27/2012 at 10:37 PM
This is such a neat project....makes me want to organize for the season as well.
Posted by: Tracy :) | 09/27/2012 at 11:09 PM
We love this fresh take on the Christmas planner, and using digital templates to speed the job makes it even better--so we're showcasing this planner on Christmas Planner today.
Good job!
Cynthia Ewer, Editor
Organized Christmas
Posted by: Cynthia Ewer | 09/28/2012 at 01:39 AM
Thank you all for your kind comments.
Laura, I'm sure the Teresa Collins binder is gorgeous! I love her style.
Cynthia, I am honored to have my planner featured! Thank you! Actually, I've been thinking of adding the lists from Organized Christmas to my planner. I love the Grand Plan! :)
Posted by: Paper Pile Kitten | 09/28/2012 at 09:29 AM
You are so on top of it! I love how this turned out. It should keep you nice and organized. I actually did a little Christmas shopping recently - it felt good to get such a head start! :) And I'm thinking about projects, but that's as far as I've gotten.
Posted by: Tammy | 09/28/2012 at 03:57 PM