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Oct 30 2011

{Christmas Planning} Creating a Christmas Planner

Category: Christmas

Create a Christmas Planner

Being that tomorrow is the first day of November, we need to start preparing for Christmas.  Over the coming weeks I will help you plan and organise to ensure you are ready for Christmas. 

1st on the list of things to do is to create a Christmas Planner.  I posted a few weeks ago about The Organised Housewife Christmas Planner, today I’ll show you how to put it together. 

I am a person that needs lists, diaries and plans.  I write lists to help me remember to complete tasks, if I don’t I will forget or remember when it’s too late.  This planner allows me to keep everything ready and available for me to write in all my details.

I’ll be referring the this planner often in my Christmas Posts, to pages such as budgeting, gifts, stocking stuffers and writing cards. Today is the last day to purchase it at the introductory price of $9.95, $5 off the regular price.    

Purchase your Christmas Planner HERE

Step 1:  Purchase a binder, I like the binders you can insert a page into the cover

Step 2:  Add the front cover

Step 3:  Add a plastic pocket to keep your Christmas receipts handy.  This is especially helpful if you wish to return an item.  

Step 4:  Add the provided sheets 

Step 5:  Laminate and add dividers

Step 6:  Add tabs to the dividers

Step 7: Add a zip pocket at the front to hold post it notes, pens and any other items you require

Step 8:  Open the folder completely to insert spine label with ease

Step 9:  Keep your Christmas planner handy but in a place hidden from the children.

More details on The Organised Housewife Christmas Planner HERE

 What areas of Christmas do you need the most help planning?

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=562468654 Kim Jarrold on Facebook

    I have already started using the christmas planner.

  • http://creativemecreativeyou.blogspot.com Melanie

    I’ve been using one of these for 2 years now and just couldn’t live thru Christmas without it!
    I do love your zipper pocket idea, though… I’ve been struggling to find a way to stop my pen falling out!

  • katie

    “What area’s of Christmas do you need the most help planning?”

    PLEASE, PLEASE sort out your apostrophes. Plurals DO NOT need apostrophes.

    There are quite a few things here that I would consider buying, but I don’t want to as long as they might have such simple mistakes in them. It is really unprofessional and, if I was a potential sponsor, it would immediately turn me away from your blog. Please sort it out. I am sure I am not the only reader this annoys!

    http://www.meredith.edu/grammar/plural.htm#apostrophe

    • Melissal

      There are ways of getting your point across without being rude and I am glad you have been turned away from the blog. People like you don’t deserve to read it!

  • http://profiles.google.com/melissa4444 Melissa Mitchell

    Katie, ARE you a potential sponsor? I just thought I’d ask so that we all know to look out for you. Some sponsors are lovely and others are a little more trouble than they’re worth.

    Would you like to take a stab at which category I’d put you in? I checked, my grammar is fine in this comment, but feel free to come on over to some other blogs and helps us all out.

    Funnily enough, her mistake didn’t really send you away from her blog. It kept you here long enough for you to make a rude, and wholly unnecessary comment. Do you really not think that she is careful with the products she sells on here? Have you any idea of how many people actually ARE lined up to sponsor this site, or how many people very happily buy her products and follow her blog?

    As a fan of the correct usage of apostrohes, however, it’s lovely to see a like minded person. It would seem, however, that you’re a little more passionate about getting your message across. But since we’re on the subject, that comma that you placed next to the word ‘and’ after unprofessional doesn’t really need to be there. A semi colon might have been more appropriate, particularly considering you used another one just a few words later.

    “It is really unprofessional; if I were a potential sponsor it would immediately turn me away from your blog. Please sort it out. I am sure that I am not the only reader who finds this annoying” would probably be a better way for you to have written this.

    I don’t need to provide you a link, I trust. But I’m a copywriter. I do this for a living.
    Have a lovely day. I’m not sure you’ll be back, as you’ve lost interest in buying anything from Kat. It’s a shame. I suspect it will be far more your loss than hers.

  • kaffren75

    re: Out of the way of the kids… I will be putting a “M” or “MA” DVD style sticker on the spine… Sean knows he isn’t allowed to touch those movies!!!

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