4×6 monthly & weekly diy planner templates + meeting notes
4×6 index cards are the perfect size – big enough for taking notes/doodling and small enough to fit in your bag! Just finished this brand new 4×6 set, how cute and tiny right?!
Cost: Free
Size: Index Card – 4″ by 6″
File type: Adobe PDF
Included::
- Fill-in-the-blank full month template, Jan-Dec
- Fill-in-the-blank weekly template
- Fill-in-the-blank meeting notes
Download! (9.22MB)
Some 4×6 tips:
- Cutting up a piece of standard 12×12 scrap booking paper will make 6 (4×6) notecards with no waste!
- Look for a 4×6 pack of index cards in an office supply store right next to the standard 3×5′s – cheap and easy!
- Want to use 3×5? These scale perfectly, just set your printer to 3×5 and click ‘fit to page’
- Browse through my binder tutorials for ideas on making a whole planner to fit!
Wait, there’s more!!
In the next day or two I’ll be posting a full tutorial on creating a little mini booklet from the 4″x6″ diy planner templates and a little velcro folder to hold it all. 4×6 index card folder tutorial here! AND 4×6 Monthly Booklet Tutorial
DIY Printable Planner, 2011-2013
The DIY Printable Planner is updated and available for purchase – it now goes all the way through December of 2013! Little birds and scribbles singing out your to-do’s, goals, ideas and fabulous plans for the next two and a half years.
Cost: $12
Size: Letter – 8.5″ by 11″
File type: Adobe PDF, for best results print with Adobe Reader
- 2011, 2012 & 2013 year-at-a-glance
- April 2011 – December 2013 monthly + blank
- fill-in-the-blank daily page
- to-do list
- weekly appointments
- goals & ideas worksheet
I’m a huge fan of letter-sized planner templates, they’ll fit in any ol’ binder and leave lots of room for notes and doodles. You can always resize these though or print them 2-up to create your own custom size. Want a fun handmade binder? Make sure and check out the binder tutorials.
Made by hand with stamps, a pencil & typewriter…
DIY Cardboard Binder
If you want to make a fast and easy binder this is it. You probably have all the parts to put it together just sitting around your house right now!
Supplies
- Gluestick and hot glue gun
- Flat Cardboard (not corrugated). Could be a cereal box, packaging or shoe box… get creative!
- Cheap 2-ring 3×5 notecard binder, or any old small planner or binder
- Pieces, parts, stickers, envelopes and scraps for collaging
- File folders or thicker paper for dividers, heavy scrapbooking paper works great
- ♥ DIY Planner Templates to fill the inside!
First, pull out the 2-ring binder clip from your 3×5 notebook. Directions for this and attaching the clip here. Decide what size paper you’d like, poke holes in it and hook it on the binder ring. Measure all the way around this – remember to measure for any tabs you’d like to include plus a little extra on the edges. This will be the width and height of Part A and Part C in the diagram above. The width of Part B should be as high as your binder clip plus a little extra. Part D can be whatever width you’d like really. It can be shorter and fold inside or outside, it can be wide as Part A and Part C or even a funky shape.
Once you figure out your sizes add the widths together and cut out one strip of cardboard. The cardboard I used was thinner than I would like so I cut out two pieces the same size and glued them together. Now make your folds, decorate and add the binder clip!
The pocket on Part A is optional. I cut out a piece of the same cardboard and attached it with hot glue on 3 sides. The closure is a piece of off-white elastic from Joann’s. Stretch it around the closed notebook to get the right length. Then cut two slits in the spine to feed it through. On the outside sew the ends together and you’re done.
Happy binding!
DIY dining room table inspiration
We’re in the process of buying our very first house. I haven’t written much about it (don’t wanna jinx it), but I just have SO many ideas and plans running through my head I need to get them out! Get ready for all-house-all-the-time around here, for a year at least.
I started putting together flickr galleries and even started a tumblr all about home workspaces.
But today I have dining room tables on my mind.
Since moving to Phoenix 4 years ago we haven’t really had much of a dining room. Our plan is to really work on this one and make it a comfortable place we want to hang out and entertain in. Here’s the space that will hopefully be ours in t-minus 18 days, I used a photo from the MLS listing and did a little before & after in photoshop!
First things first, LOTS of paint – I daydream about paint almost every waking moment. Dear awesome folks selling the house, can I just go over there early and start please?!
The table is the Big Sur, of course it is. But who can afford it? I mean, we could, but who wants to spend all their money on one piece of furniture when there’s a whole house to work on? We’ve searched craigslist too, but guess what? People don’t get rid of awesome furniture – they keep it.
I was looking around on flickr and came across an amazing IKEA hack by Something’s Hiding in There (above right). The colors and warn-out-ness are exactly what I was picturing for our dining room. The look reminded me of the recycled wood dining table tutorial by ReadyMade last month (above left) – hmmm, how about we combine the two!
Once the table is put together it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out how to make a Big Sur style bench to match. Then thrifting for some sturdy mismatched chairs, more paint and Voila!!
More inspiration
Pallet love!
DIY Project: Pallet Daybed from Apartment Therapy
chairs for christmas
Two weeks ago I was in our alley and saw three chairs a couple houses down, waiting to be picked up by the dump truck. Sure, they were an awful warn out metallic gold but so solid and sturdy! I needed to get a present for my sister and brother ‘n law (who just got a new house and need chairs) and had been looking for an excuse to use the hand-me-down sander I got from my folks. Chair refinishing!!
First I sanded down the chairs, cleaned them and spray painted them white.
Then, I scuffed ‘em back up and painted the back red to match C and Z’s red and frosty blue kitchen.
I cut out a piece of cardboard the shape of the seat and very quickly (and roughly) made up some little chair cushions.
And here it is, my very first before and after! :)
diy, rushmore beekeepers
My brother ‘n law Zach, (aka Rushmore Beekeepers) released a brand new cd the end of October. I helped him out with the design and in true diy-fashion printed, cut, folded and sewed the booklets together myself! Zach and Carrie (most-awesome-sister) folded all of the cd cases together drew the RB on the front with a handmade stencil and stamped ‘Rushmore Beekeepers – Throwing Mud at Your Streetlight’ on the case and printable cds.
Square Bag Tutorial
Fabric: 2 pieces 34.5″x 17.5″ – 1 piece 48″x 4″ – 2 pieces 22″x 11 (or scraps for the pocket squares)
Thread & Sewing machine
All of the sizes can be changed depending on what size you want the bag to be – so nothing has to be exact! The great thing about this bag is that measuring just isn’t that important, don’t tell anyone but I’m a pretty sloppy sewer! I never match the thread to the fabric either and love going back and forth with the thread so that it looks like scribbles!
To start you’ll need 2 rectangles of fabric 34.5″x17.5″ – one piece will be the outside body and the other will be the inside. Fold one side of the fabric in 12″ – from the unfolded piece measure in 1″ and cut the fabric away on each side (pictured below). This will be the flap of the bag.
DIY Wedding Invitations
I love weddings. I got married last year and so did my sister, both weddings were amazing and most importantly – totally DIY. A few months ago one of my best friends announced that she was getting married the end of June outside of Chicago! I built them a wedsite and this weekend I finished their invitations, so fun!
The design, paper and everything came together so well I wanted to share – in case anyone else is looking for a simple, affordable solution for an invitation/rsvp!
I used blue 12×12 scrapbooking paper cut in half (12 x 6) – this image is of the front and back:
The bottom section is a detachable post card that people can personalize and mail back – made easily with a scoring attachment for my cutter bee (super cheap, especially if you have 40% off coupon). Then it just folds up, closes with a clear seal and it’s read to mail!
Download the template:
ILLUSTRATOR: DIY Wedding Invitations ()
PDF: DIY Wedding Invitation PDF (513.79 KB)
Here’s a short timelapse of the whole process!
Unfortunately, the clouds were too messy and didn’t make the cut… I still love the way they turned out and will definitely be using them on future projects! Oh, and thanks to my husband Sam for all the help – you’re amazing!
Hello, I'm Amanda Hawkins. Ahhh-Design is where I post art, projects, diy planner templates, tutorials and more.
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