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I start making my own Blogger Planner last 2013 (CLICK HERE). And I found out that to have a planner is making yourself organize and everything you do, having a better time management by monitoring all the activities you have for that day and you will have in the days to come. My 2013 Blogger Planner is a personal bound book, very simple and what's inside is all about Bloggers Activities, like keeping your writing ideas and blog topics and titles. So the next year 2014, I searched for a planner that works for me and I found the site of the Blogging Garden. The planner is still all about Bloggers Activities added with the Blog Finances(CLICK HERE), though I love the idea of this planner, but the pages were not exactly what I needed.

As a single-working mom, I have to include also my children not just my blogging and finances but also my children's school schedules and activities.

For this year 2015 I have come across with these two sites HAND MADE HOME and the WIFE.MOTHER.TEACHER. Both are excellent for this year Blogger Planner because they all have what I needed.

I followed Hand Made Home ideas to make a Blog Planner out of an old binder use in school. In my case, I still have my unused college book binder so it is not so hard for me to make a DIY Book Binder.

Download the Hand Made Home and Wife.Mother.Teacher BLOGGER'S PLANNER printables for FREE.

What you need:

Wall Paper/Gift Wrapper
Puncher
Scissor
Ruler
Invisible Tape

This time, I am using invisible tape called ARMAK.

I used invisible tape now to make my planner neat and clean, though it appears frosty on the roll but invisible on paper.

See sample here:

You cannot easily distinguish that there is a tape used.

Materials needed are all in, let's proceed to my DIY Blogger Planner step-by-step procedures.

(1)Cover the unused book binder. Since it is already old, I have to cover it with a wall paper(or you can use gift wrapper).

(2)I separate and segregate the pages. I used Wife.Mother.Teacher printables as my first page, the likes of the cover page, 2015 Bucket List and Notes. Followed by Hand Made Home Monthly Calendars.

I like that my BUCKET LIST is on the front page of the planner so that I will know what are the things that are already DONE and things that needed to be added.

Though some of the pages from Wife.Mother.Teacher printables are not here because it is not needed in my planner's list like the list of Holidays(not applicable in the Philippines).

You can see here that my blog planner is divided into sections. I have my Weekly/Daily tracker of Blogging, Exercising, To Do List, Shopping List, Meal Plan, Appointments >>> these where I list my schedules and activities of my children in their school like meetings and seminars, list of important sites that I owned (keep my user name and passwords), list of post topic, etc.

At the later part of each page I used the Hand Made Home printable's wherein I can put my SUMMARY OF FINANCES, CLEANING SCHEDULE, LIST MY IDEAS AND INSPIRATION and LESSON PLANNER located at the SUBJECT & SUMMARY page.

Staying on track with your children's activities is what I love to do, exercising throughout the day, schedules from playtime to studying and recording the list of subjects needed for review.

I love my 2015 Blogger Planner, it's not just a Blog Planner but also a JOURNAL of all my activities and my children's activities at the same time.

Different features easy to download, visit the sites stated above and make you own Blogger Planner now for FREE!

By the way, here are my previous planners from last year, together with my 2015 Planner:

I guess this month is the busiest month to all bloggers! Considering the entire pack of events, making day-to-day posts, social media marketing, and administering Facebook Page as part of blogging syndication, making a product review wherein many companies are coming out with a desired to be featured in any blog post and getting the last minute shopping in time for a year end SALE.

The question is, are you ready for the next year plan? Do you have a planner to organize all your activities?

Remember my last year DIY Blog Planner post by Erica Made Designs? This planner totally organized my actions. My monthly activities are entirely written and well taken notes.

For me, I love to stay organized for this year 2014, I am going to use the design from THE BLOGGING GARDEN.

I downloaded the free printable blog planner and available that time is the Blogger Planner Cover Page, Blog-To-Do-List Page, Blog Finances Page, Weekly Blog Planner Page and My Monthly Calendar Page.

You will need these supplies:

CHIPBOARD
COLORED CARTOLINA
Cute Gift Wrapper or Pretty Paper Good
Puncher
Post Screw
Scissor
Pencil
Ruler
Scotch Tape
Art & Crafts Glue or Pudding Glue
Stickers for decoration

1. Cut a board same ratio size with the papers to be added later. Here I have 8.5" x 11" or a short bond size paper.

2. Cut and cover the cute gift wrapper with the chipboard.

Here I am using the LEEHO ART and CRAFT Premium Quality White Glue No-clog applicator.

This is my first time to use this glue. What I like about the product is it dried so fast and its clean. It's not messy and it is safe to use and non-toxic.

3. After covering it, cut a smaller size cartolina just to cover both back end of my cover page chipboard.

You can see here that I use scotch tape just to make sure it will attach things together, to make it more durable.

4. Next is to make a hole for my POST SCREW.

Using a puncher, make a hole for your post screw and line it with a pencil to produce a guide so that your journal will receive a nice lining.

5. Finish product. Yepeehhhh!!!!

I do love scrap booking, it's my way of establishing and expressing my artistry side and at the same time making myself STRESS FREE.

Adding more....

When I started blogging I had no idea what is blogging all about. The niche, link, HTML, blog templates,etc all are new to me. Totally lost in blogosphere world.

Then someone told me to organize my blogging. Hey! What is that again? ORGANIZING? You mean I have to make a plan?

ORGANIZING is a struggle to me that time, though I am a graduate of BSBA-Marketing and I know how to manage my time, I still have a problem in making my plan.

Thanks a lot and I saw this post from a fellow blogger, a download copy from her site www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com from Erica Made Designs, LLC.

This is her 2013 Colorful Floral Blog Planner.

CONFESSIONS OF A HOMESCHOOLER is known for their incredibly and useful printable and blog planners. And I was lucky enough to download her Blog Planner for 2013.

Though I am late to have my blog planner now, I am still willing to have one.

After downloading and print the planner I prepare all the materials needed for my DIY BOOK BINDING.

BOOK BINDING is a meticulous work to do, especially if your a mom and you are in a hurry, you need to buy things in a rush because it is an intimidating job that requires specialized tools and expensive supplies. This one is so easy and inexpensive way to bind books, no need to worry for an expensive supplies and specialized tools.

All you need:

Colorful gift wrapper ( you can use fabric or wall paper, etc)
String or embroidery floss and needle
Scissor
Puncher
One sheet of paperboard(cover stock/card stock)
Glue
Ruler
Pen/Pencil
Tape

HOW TO DO IT?

Just compile all the pages. Then punch it per inches wide (in my case I prefer to have 4 holes only).

Cut 2 more pages from your paperboard. And cover it with your colorful gift wrapper.

Cover the paperboard with the wrapper by using a glue. These will be the Front and Back pages of your book. Then using a needle with a string, sew the pages. No knot is needed to use here at the beginning. Stitch all the way down and tie off your stitch by running your needle under one of the stitch. And to make it sure it is lock make a loop and repeat it then cut the excess string.