I knew this was a silly waste of money and resources. I am a fan of buying great inserts for my planner that work for me, but for all my do-it-yourself pages, I was spending quite a bit of money over the course of the year.
This weekend, I spent some time finding links for free paper. I found one, in particular, that prints out graph paper. Before, I always just used lined paper. But graph paper is easier to measure out and cut along the straight lines, plus it has so many possibilities for planning.
I am not crafty at all, but anyone can do this. So, step-by-step, here's how I made my DIY notepads using graph paper printables:
1. Print out graph paper. (I used to run my own law firm, so I have way too much copy paper on my hands.) I print in the cheapest greyscale for this purpose, since I want to save money and keep the lines subtle.
2. Make a template. I just traced a piece of one of my planner pages.
3. Use the template to mark and cut the graph paper. I do several pieces at once.
4. Use a hole punch and the template to hole punch several pages at once.
Yes, you saw that correctly. I use a single hole punch only - nothing fancy here - and I just keep all my planner supplies together in a makeup bag.
5. Put the blank pages in your planner as your dashboard.
6. Finally, file the template in your Notes/Files under the word "planner." It's a good place to keep track of things such as the measurements of your planner. Tip: Write "planner" in a box in the upper right hand corner to make filing easier.
Quick, easy, and cheap.
Etcetera.
That hex paper is awesome, need to figure out what I can use it for. The graph paper will definitely come in handy. Thanks for sharing this site!
ReplyDeleteI love graph paper, too! We have them available in stores here, and they come in packs of 20 US Letter-sized sheets. I can create two sheets of personal-sized pages from one sheet of US Letter (because the graph paper has a one-inch margin on all sides, I have to cut them off).
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