I, apparently, am a bit of a planner snob. I just can’t get into those themed planners with flowers all over where you’re supposed to write, or the generic calendars with various office supply store logos all over them. Also, I don’t like the weekly layout of a lot of planners. I’m a full month at a time kind of girl. I despise tiny little lines in tiny little squares. While the covers of a lot of the planners at Target were really cute, the planner insert was brutal. In this case you definitely don’t want to judge a book by it’s cover, because the inside was ugly.
- Full Month Views
- Notes Section
- Simple Fun Color Scheme
- Spacious Squares to Write In
- Sunday-Saturday Format
Things I look for in a planner:
Having not been able to find all of those qualities I resorted to creating my own planner. It was actually a lot more fun than just buying one for a few reasons. One, it was a lot less expensive. Two, it’s exactly what I need. Three, I was able to download a perfect free calendar printable from The Tomkat Studio (Thanks Kim!), which alleviated any time I would have spent in Photoshop creating my own. Easy peasey!
The very simple process…
I purchased a cute binder from Target, it was actually on clearance so I only paid $3.
I purchased Month dividers from Office Max. (I could spend HOURS in that store, I love office supplies!)
I printed the calendar from The Tomkat Studio and punched holes in the pages.
I purchased bright colored notebook paper from Office Max, to insert behind calendars for notes, to do lists etc..
I put it all together.
In those cases when we’re traveling and I need a smaller version with pockets I have a zip up day runner binder that’ll fit into my big ‘ol purse just perfectly.
Simple as that! I’m very excited to have everything all in one place and enough room to add in whatever notes or lists that I need 
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I look for those same things in a planner – and you’re right, they are very hard to find! This is such a great idea!! I love the Target binder you found too!
Is this like a letter size 8×11 planner? And you just move the pages into your day runner when you are on the go? It’s super cute! I was just wondering.
) Great idea, lady! I might have to copy you!
It sure is, 8×11 and easy to move back and forth
Adorable!! I am printing off the calendar pages as we speak… I just LOVE TomKat Studio too, and think it is so sweet of them to offer this little freebie for us. TomKat Studio and you have a similar feel to your sites, and I just adore the clean design and fresh colors!! Your designer is just fabulous
I am a BRAND new, one week now, blogger, and am looking for someone to help me get pretty…. I may have to contact your design people, because you look great!
Thanks for sharing a fun idea!!
Well thank you Meagan! I’m actually the designer of both my website and TomKat’s
I’m out on vacation from my design studio until the 25th but if you’d like to shoot me an email we can talk when I return: prettydarncutedesign@gmail.com
I checked out your blog, you’re already pointed in the best direction using wordpress
love what you’ve done with the planner! I’m also using the tomkat studio’s monthly pages but have been misplacing the rest of the year (jan-march are on the fridge). a binder would probably help not to misplace the rest of the pages!
Thanks for the great ideas!
Cute, Cute,, cute! Absolutely Love it! Just purchased the binder (Target) paper and dividers from (Office Depot) (on-sale). Printed pages from TipJunkie! I’m ready to make my binder! Thanks for sharing!
Super cute! I just discovered TomKat’s Studio and love what you put together. I have to admit I am a fan of office supplies too, I think my favorite part of school was shopping for the supplies!
) So glad I came upon your website. I am not a mom but love both this website and your design website. You are VERY talented!