My filofax is a pink Domino. The black cat you can see peeking over the top is a wooden ruler that I use to mark the current week. Now, I will freely admit that Filofax is a little expensive. I'm really lucky because we sell them at Triangle and I can use my discount. The same thing would work with some of the darling binders and calendars from office supply stores like Staples, for example.
One thing I immediately decided was that the calendar pages were just a little too thin for my liking. So I found The Plannertarium on Etsy who has a 2014 calendar just the perfect size. I print the pages on 80lb paper.
I made some fun cards and Silly Monkey pins from images I found at Blessed by Designs. For this set of pages, I used washi tape and post-it notes as well. I like adding a card to the middle of the pages for extra writing room.
Here are the pages with the card turned over:
The pages are removable, of course, so I can take them out to write on and I don't have to worry about pins being underneath. If the pages get too thick, I'll just take some out permanently.
Now to answer a couple of questions from emailers and commenters:
I bought a one inch button machine from American Button Machines. Warning: they are a little pricey. But it is fun and the pins are really easy to make. The buttons require regular copy paper - the paper cannot be any thicker. I find a lot of images on Etsy and make a few of my own - right now just easy things like words (the button that says "cute" in the previous post).
Let me know if you Filofax (or decorate your calendar) - do you keep a calendar? What works for you? I understand that some people even keep a time of Project Life in their Filofax. I'll share some more pages soon.
Have a wonderful week!
One thing I immediately decided was that the calendar pages were just a little too thin for my liking. So I found The Plannertarium on Etsy who has a 2014 calendar just the perfect size. I print the pages on 80lb paper.
I made some fun cards and Silly Monkey pins from images I found at Blessed by Designs. For this set of pages, I used washi tape and post-it notes as well. I like adding a card to the middle of the pages for extra writing room.
Here are the pages with the card turned over:
The pages are removable, of course, so I can take them out to write on and I don't have to worry about pins being underneath. If the pages get too thick, I'll just take some out permanently.
Now to answer a couple of questions from emailers and commenters:
I bought a one inch button machine from American Button Machines. Warning: they are a little pricey. But it is fun and the pins are really easy to make. The buttons require regular copy paper - the paper cannot be any thicker. I find a lot of images on Etsy and make a few of my own - right now just easy things like words (the button that says "cute" in the previous post).
Let me know if you Filofax (or decorate your calendar) - do you keep a calendar? What works for you? I understand that some people even keep a time of Project Life in their Filofax. I'll share some more pages soon.
Have a wonderful week!
