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Scrap Girls Club Exclusive: Paper Pusher

Whether creating a calendar, decorating your journal, or pulling together a scrapbook page, Elisha Barnett’s Paper Pusher is full to the brim with practical design elements. “My alphas, doodles, and hand-lettered days/months word art are all great to use on digital pages, Pocket Life layouts, and planner pages, but I think it would also be fun to print […]

Binding Options for Your Customized Planner

One of the biggest questions I had when transitioning from a preprinted planner to my customized planner was how to choose a binding method. After researching, I found the options are numerous and varied – book, comb, or spiral bindings; ringed binders; disc systems.

Making Plans: 5 Reasons to Use a Planner

Recently, I evaluated dozens of productivity apps and software options but surprised myself when I decided that planning on paper with a good, old-fashioned pen was going to work better then any high-tech equivalent I could find. Here are my top five reasons why I decided that planning my life on paper was the way to go.

Making Plans: Join the Planner Movement!

Everywhere I go these days, I see planners. It seems like the more tech we have available to us for keeping our lives in order, the more people seem to be interested in using the old-school paper method to keep track of everything. The popularity of weekly and daily organizers and schedulers has skyrocketed.

Finding the Perfect Paper for Your Planner

I have thrown out my share of projects because of poor paper choices. A printed planner has to measure up in a lot of ways: Paper weight, thickness, opacity, and surface properties matter. See how various papers stack up when printing planner pages.

Organize Your Life in an Artful Way

At the end of each year I look forward to purchasing a new planner for the coming year. A clean canvas just waiting for me to fill with plans, thoughts and doodles. But I always feel like I have to settle for something that doesn’t quite suit me. I’ve never been able to find a […]