Crafty Paper Day!

I sat down and printed out the pages for my dayplanner. I was really confused at first. I did it to myself by cutting the pages upside down. So it took me a few minutes to match up the months! doh! Once I got them cut and in order I punched the holes. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch the holes. I'm not happy with that design - it's way too big for my hand and makes its use somewhat difficult. I'd have used my regular ole hole punch, but I couldn't find it! So then I punched out a bunch of tabs, (I <3 my tab punch!), to separate the months and presto-chango! I had a new calendar in the book. I then quickly went through and put all the important dates in and made notes.



The leftover bits from the tabs were just too pretty to throw away. So I pulled out some scraps and made a bookmark!



It's much cuter than the tag I pulled off my son's new jeans. But that's me, too, 'cause I don't waste anything! In fact, that tag is now in my ephemera stash ;)

Calendars 101

So, normally, I already have my calendar done by now. December was too full of crafting and stitching so I didn't get around to making the 2010 calendar for my day planner. I usually pull out the scrapbooking supplies and just hand make one, but this year I wanted to give digital a go. It took the better part of the day but I figured out how to use the layers in my Photoshop program (finally!) and made a fairly passable calendar.



This is the blank. I went ahead and added in the months and dates, but had to do pages for each of the months a little differently. I found myself doing half a month on the left and a half of a different month on the right every other month! It got a little tricky. But, I had to do it this way for front and back printing and because I'll be cutting the pages in half and hole punching them for my binder. I haven't printed yet but I'll post the finished project soon!