4×6 Monthly Booklet Tutorial
A couple of weeks ago I posted 4×6 monthly & weekly diy planner templates and then the 4×6 Index Card Folder Tutorial. Below is a tutorial to create the little booklet made from 4×6 Index Cards that fits in the little folder!
Supplies
- 4×6 Index Card Booklet PDF (8.8 MB) <- DOWNLOAD HERE
- 4×6 Index Cards
- Printer that prints 4×6
- Sewing Machine or needle/thread
- Exacto Knife
- Optional: Rounded corner hole punch
Directions
First, make sure your printer is set-up to print on 4×6 Index Cards – do a test run on a scrap sheet with the first page of the 4×6 Index Card Booklet PDF (8.8 MB). When it’s ready put 7 Index Cards in the printer and open the print dialog box. It might not look like my example but there should be a spot to select Odd Pages Only.
This will print pages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13. When finished take your stack of cards, flip them over and put them back in the printer – making sure they’re the right direction. Then go into the print dialog and select Even Pages Only and print. This will print pages 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 on the other side of the Index Cards.
The first time I printed the booklet I used scrap paper and light/grayscale ink to test – especially since every printer is different. Also, if you want to print the calendar out and NOT make a booklet don’t use the above PDF – the left side doesn’t match up with the right side. :)
Once they’re all printed, fold each sheet in half. Use a bone folder, scissors or fat marker to smooth out the crease and get it nice and flat. Stack them all together and double check that they are in the right order. When looking at your opened stack the bottom page should be January then February, March, April, May, June and July. The first decorative page of the PDF will be the outside of the booklet.
When they’re stacked together, a glance from the top down will show you how uneven the edge of the booklet is. This is because of the width of the spine and varies depending on the thickness of your paper. I like to push the pages together and trim the edge of the booklet so it’s even.
I then went through every corner of the booklet and rounded it off, the inside corners too. This is optional!
Now it’s ready to bind together! A quick search on google will show you a million different ways to do this – since I’m lazy and love my sewing machine I just opened the stack up and stitched right down the middle to attach them all together.
I wanted to add some little tabs for fun, they’re mostly decorative and honestly don’t help with much functionally. I made a little mark on each page getting lower with each one. I then cut off a small slice below each mark down to the bottom. Redo the rounded punch on the bottom corner of each page and that’s it!
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What a great little notebook, I just love your creative and original designs!
i can’t wait to make one of these to go with the little folder i made!! thank you for this great download. now all i have to do is go buy some index cards :)
This is so timely. I needed something for my new job that is small yet functional. Will be trying this in the next few days. Thanks ~
That is SO cute and so perfect for my needs. I love it! Thanks a million for sharing, I’ll be linking.
love this design. So clean and so practical. I love the 4 x 6 size!
Thanks for sharing it.
I love this and Thank you so much for sharing, but I had the darndest time with the printing as there are two January pages. It took me a while to figure that out then I never did get it to print out properly, odds and evens…..I finally did each page manually and it is great.