Saturday, December 28, 2013

A Planner In The Making

As the new year quickly approaches, I decided that I wanted to make a family binder/planner. I searched online and found that there are so many beautiful planners out there to create, with many different names; home management binder, organization binder, family planner etc. 

What kind do I want to make and what do I want it to include? 


I knew I wanted my planner to be be several different things. Practical, user friendly and cheap. So I started off by grabbing a cheap binder (.97 cents! About as cheap as you can get!) and some lined notebook paper. I filled the binder with notebook paper and then stared at it. Now what? 


I started searching. What do other binders look like? What do others find useful? I searched and searched and turned green with envy at the amazing organization and beautiful planner pages!! 


So many options! 


So I started making notes on the notebook paper about what I wanted to include in my binder. As I finished each note, I went on a search for free printables and I found so many, I had a hard time choosing! So I picked several from here and there, piecing together my binder with pages that pleased me. 





Some of the sections I included in my binder are: 
~Daily Schedule~~found here.
~To Do Organizer (works in hand with the daily organizer)~~This beautiful organizing set (and the blogging set I'm using) is found here at, West Street Story.
~Contacts (Friends, family and services/billing~~Colorful printables, found here, Unclutteredlifestyle. Check out her other fun printables!!
~Project Planners~~Found at Clean Mama Printables. She also has a ton of adorable items in her Etsy shop! Check them out!!
~Pantry/Freezer Inventory
~Blogging Organizer


It is a work in progress and with this being my first large binder I've created, I'm sure I'll be taking notes and making changes throughout the year so next year's binder will be even better! I'll be adding sections to it as I find the need.


I plan on using this binder along with my composition books I use for inspiration and notes (I will share those in a future post!)


What kind of info do you include in your binder? 

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