Saturday, October 11, 2014

Personal-Planner Review: Design Your Own Planner Inside & Out!

I recently just received my Personal-Planner from personal-planner.com I was given a voucher to design and personalize my very own personal planner. I was not asked to do a review but I wanted to share with you all this wonderful customized planner! All opinions are my own.


I have seen this planner pop up on the Facebook groups a few times and wanted to try it out. I am so glad I was able to personalize my own planner. I decided to make this planner specifically for my blog. It would help me keep track of my many ideas and posts that I want to schedule, and help me stay on top of all my social media sites! I also wanted to keep a list of contacts directly related to my blog here in this planner. The front cover is my blog header logo that I designed myself on Photoshop.

The website was very fast and responsive I kept clicking on new things to see how everything looked and it didn't freeze up or anything! I love the preview option view as you make your planner!

Here is how I designed my planner, but remember yours can look totally different from mine, as it is completely personalized!

Size

For the planner, they have this size comparison chart which was really helpful in helping me decide which size to go for. Their sizes run pretty small, but I like it because you can take this everywhere with you without bulking up your purse! 

 

 I went with the A5 Size, and did I mention that the cost shown below includes accessories and shipping?! Such a great deal!



 

Here is a size comparison of the planner next to my large A5 sized Kikki-K Planner which is slightly bigger than Filofax's A5.


Cover

For your front cover, you can choose one of their patterns, solid colors, or special designs that they have already on their site. Then you can add your own text and place it where you'd like in their options in the yellow box.


Alternately, you can design your own cover, which most people opt for! If you don't have Photoshop you can use picmonkey.com, where you can make a collage or design of your own very easily, and upload it to their site. Just be sure you save the picture with a high resolution!


 The cover has a thick clear plastic cover before your image and has a slight frost which provides a hazy look and protects your image.

Back Cover

You can also design the back over but I opted for a plain solid color background. Pink to match the inside and the elastic strap!

 

 The elastic strap attaches to the back cover which you insert yourself through the holes easily. 

 

Inside Design

The best part and totally unique to this company is that you can design your whole planner including the inlay design, modules, back pages, & owner info page!

There are a ton of options! Whether you want a horizontal layout or a vertical layout, timetables, lines or stripes, etc. You can even choose what design and color you want across the top of your planner pages!

Vertical layout

Horizontal Layout with smaller weekends

Horizontal Layout with Bigger Weekends

Squared Week Across Layout

All of the customizing options

You can choose the design theme on your weekly pages


I went with a vertical weekly layout with a simple pink design and stripes, I also added a timetable for the top half.



The pages are so thick and smooth! and I love that the corners are rounded!

Modules

You can further customize this planner by adding all kinds of modules and trackers.  They have one for preschool, workout, exams, a graph, list, to do, dinners, tests, idea, tune, squared, ruled or blank. & you can choose three to put into your weekly view.


You can also place trackers like these below on each day such as hours worked, weather, or workout tracker.



 

I went with the to do list, a grid, and ideas modules for my blog planner. I love how the to do list has a started and done check box.




You can even pre-print special dates if you'd like!

Back Pages

They have so many options for the extra pages in the back as well. There are three sections and you get to choose which you want. They even have coloring  and sodoku pages!


The third section is great for teachers too! I chose the preschool pages and love it for using with my blog to keep track of my stats, checklists, and contacts.

Vertical yearly calendar overview



Bright colorful maps! Oh the places I'd like to visit!


Nice ruled blank pages


Clear top loading pouch  that you can remove and place wherever you  like


Sheet with a fold out flap that is also removable (part of the teacher inserts).



Two page schedule in the very back


Owner Info Page


You can write your own message and contact info here. I wrote a little quote and my name, number, email and website!



Conclusion

I love this planner! From the personalization, customizations to the feel, size and looks of it. I also forgot to mention that you get to choose the month that you want your planner to start on! Mine doesn't start until November 2014 because I was expecting shipping to take longer, but I received it much sooner than expected!

You can design your own planner now at Personal-Planner.com.

Personal-Planner also offer also notebooks, wall calendars, and calendar accessories.

You can follow Personal-Planner on Facebook and Instagram!

Friday, October 10, 2014

2015 Year At A Glance Printable

Here is a printable for the upcoming year. I love seeing an overview of whole year. How do you use yours?


Download:

If you do end up using these I would love to see pictures. Tag me on Instagram @wenduhh_plans or #mswenduhhblog #mswenduhh

Please do NOT share the actual file or file link. Instead please send your friends here to download my free printables, thank you.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Daily Planner Inserts for A5, Personal & Pocket

Here is remake of my day on two page inserts. I've changed the font a bit & tried to make it a bit more appealing, not much difference though.

There is a section to keep track of just about everything in your life. I love using these daily planner inserts. I have been using these for a month or two now and absolutely love how detailed this planner is.

The sections include:
  • "Today is:" - to write in today's date
  • "Schedule" - for writing down appointments or planing out your day according to time,  ensuring that you have enough time for everything on your to do list
  • "Must Do" - your top priorities for the day
  • "Home" - things that need to get done relating to the home or family
  • "Work" - a spot for all of your work related tasks
  • "Personal" - personal to do's that you would like to accomplish today
  • "water" - you can color or check off each cup of water that you drink in a day
  • "Workout" - you can write down what workout you did and for how long
  • "Budget" - write down your shopping list, or your expenses for the day
  • "Events/Activities" - have people to see, or place to go? write that down here
  • A blank section - for whatever you like (for mine, I wrote in blog!)
  • "Don't Forget" - so you can write down things that are coming up that you need to remember
  • "Meals" - whether you plan your meals or just would like to keep track of what you eat, writing it down keeps you stay on top of it
  • "Reflection" - Write a memory or a highlight of your day, or write something you were grateful for. Anything you want so you can look back and feel accomplished.


I hope you enjoy this daily planner as much as I do. If you need help with printing please refer back to this blog post here.

Download:
A5 Daily Planner
Personal Daily Planner
Pocket Daily Planner
A6 Daily Planner

If you do end up using these I would love to see pictures. Tag me on Instagram @wenduhh_plans or #mswenduhhblog or #mswenduhh

Please do NOT share the actual file or file link. Instead please send your friends here to download my free printables, thank you.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

How To Make Filofax Dividers

The first thing you need for your new planner has to be a new set of cute dividers! The ones that they usually come with are just plain and simple, and us planner addicts like everything to be cute with personality. You can definitely find tons of etsy shops who provide and sell pre-made dividers for planners, but sometimes they aren't the size that you want, or the designs just aren't your style. Today I will be showing you how to make your very own dividers easily!

For this tutorial you will need the following items:

  • Set of stock dividers to use as a template
  • Designed card stock papers
  • Paper Cutter
  • Small Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Hole Puncher
  • Laminator

If you already have these items on hand, creating dividers will be so easy and cheap for you! & you will be able to change up your dividers whenever you like!

Tutorial (with Pictures!)

Step 1:
Gather your set of stock dividers and choose the same amount of card stock papers in the designs of your choice. Organize the designs in the order you'd like them to be in your planner. Also turn on your laminator so it can heat up and be ready.

Template Dividers & Card Stock Papers

Step 2:
One by one, take your dividers and use your pencil to trace them onto each card stock paper.

Trace Dividers

Step 3:
Trim each card stock paper with your paper cutter, being sure not to cut off the tabs

Use a Paper Cutter to trim along the traced line
Trimmed Paper, leaving the tabs

Step 4:
Get your small detailing scissors and cut around the tabs
Use scissors to cut around tabs

Step 5:
Erase any pencil marks on your paper

Step 6:
Take one of your dividers as a guide to mark where you will need to hole punch it. In my case I was using a daytimer with no dividers so I just placed it next to the rings and marked each spot where I needed to hole punch it.

Mark where you will need to punch holes with a pencil
Step 7:
Hole punch each divider using a single hole puncher. If you have a 6-hole puncher for your planner, this step will be so much faster!

Hole punch dividers
Step 8:
Laminate each divider by placing your paper inside of the laminating sleeve, one by one. Be sure to insert the folded end into the laminator first. Laminate using the thicker mil setting so you can be sure it is thicker.

Laminating sheets that I use
place divider as close to the closed/folded part


Place folded part into laminator first, using the thicker mil setting

Don't pull it out, just wait for it to finish on its own


Step 9:

Trim the laminated sheet around your divider and use your small scissors to cut around the tabbed part again.

Trim laminated sheet
Trim around the tabs

Step 10:
Hole punch the holes again!
Hole punch holes again

Step 11: 
Place all of the dividers inside of your planner and use washi tape, stickers, a label maker, or a permanent marker to label your tabs!
Finished Dividers!

I hope you learned something from this and happy planning!
 Enjoy your very own handmade dividers!


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