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dotcomkari

dotcomkari

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I just got myself a new planner <3 that I love.. yeah! can anyone direct me to a place to PRINT a5 sized pages out cheap? I do not own a printer.. at my appartment...

also I prefer DAILY planner sheets over the weekly ones ( I know.. OMG shock right?)
does anyone know where I can find good daily ones? with maybe a menu section/...place to write daily events.. so forth.. mmmmm

Thank ya
 
I've given up on where to find things. I go straight for how to make my own. If you make one you like, is there a library or something nearby that you could print one or two? Then a copy place. If one is cheaper than the other.... (printing vs copying) I have staples and office max fairly close to me. There are a handful of others.

There are a bajillion different versions online for free. Hit up Pinterest. :)
 
A5 would be easy to find in Europe but I don't know in the US. I needed something printed A4 in the US once, and I could have had it done at places like Office Max or wherever but they didn't have paper that size, so they'd need to cut it which of course costs extra. Does it have to be exactly A5? Cutting a US Letter in half would probably be easier.
 
ok so don't throw things at me but I don't get the planner thing. You spend all the time making it pretty but then at the end of the year do you just toss it? Some of them are FANCY and as involved as PL!! Who has time for that. I would need a planner to schedule time to work on my planner, lol!
 
Heather Prins said:
ok so don't throw things at me but I don't get the planner thing. You spend all the time making it pretty but then at the end of the year do you just toss it? Some of them are FANCY and as involved as PL!! Who has time for that. I would need a planner to schedule time to work on my planner, lol!
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That is exactly what I said!! But I started seeing the planner as more of a memory keeper, than a planner, and so now it makes sense. And I won't be getting rid if it at the end of the year. :) it is basically my project life, I guess. :)
 
I'm not sure about cheap and daily A5. I've seen weekly A5 that are cheap (on Amazon) and you can make them pretty, but daily are just expensive as far as I've seen. Printing them is always a tricky thing for me because if they aren't set up as double-sided, it is a challenge for printing. You could print the A5 with two on a regular sized paper and if you double-sided, for a year, it would probably be just under $60 (if you printed color) at Staples.

I'm struggling with the planner thing. Like Heather said, you spend all of that time, and then... ugh. I want to be a planner girl, really I do. I bought a Happy Planner and then printed some of Just Jaimee's planner yumminess. But of course, I don't have my Cameo set up at the moment, so I had to hand cut.... and that took quite some time and didn't come out perfectly. LOL. It is pretty, and I like the idea of it, but then I am not the best at follow-through. I'm thinking of just putting some pretties in my bullet journal and calling it good.
 
Heather Prins said:
ok so don't throw things at me but I don't get the planner thing. You spend all the time making it pretty but then at the end of the year do you just toss it? Some of them are FANCY and as involved as PL!! Who has time for that. I would need a planner to schedule time to work on my planner, lol!
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I think I made this almost exact same status update on Facebook a year or so ago. I've always kept a paper planner, but I didn't understand all the decorating that I saw. I am a more of a minimalist planner. I don't do the fancy full week boxes of stickers. I don't add photos to my layouts. I prefer functional stickers. It's kind of like scrapbooking...you just have to find your style.

For daily inserts Jaimee has one in her Storyteller 2016 pack:
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If you would rather go the already printed for you route, I know a lot of people like the SewMuchCrafting sets from Etsy. I haven't tried these though because her use of the font Pupcat drives me insane. I know, I know...total font snob right here :giggle
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Printed Half Letter Size Day on One Page Planner Inserts {{90 DAYS}}
 
scrapsandsass said:
You could print the A5 with two on a regular sized paper and if you double-sided, for a year, it would probably be just under $60 (if you printed color) at Staples.
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US Letter paper will not fit two A5s on each side, but cutting it in half would be... closeish. That's why I'm wondering how important the size is. The pages would be noticeably more narrow and a bit taller but still usable as planner pages, depending on the binder they're going in.
 
Heather Prins said:
ok so don't throw things at me but I don't get the planner thing. You spend all the time making it pretty but then at the end of the year do you just toss it? Some of them are FANCY and as involved as PL!! Who has time for that. I would need a planner to schedule time to work on my planner, lol!
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No throwing here!
It only takes me about 10 - 15 minutes to make my planner pretty. But I don't throw it away. I keep it. There's a lot of little things that I write in it - stories, things people say. So until those have been moved to a permanent place, I keep it. Mine is nowhere near as involved as PL though :) That takes me at least an hour to do!
 
I made my own planner out of one of the mini binders from staples. I don't carry it around with me and do it as more of a relaxation thing. I dunno. I'm not 100% happy with my planner, but it's the best I could do on my budget.
 

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Me too! Me too! In theory, I LOVE the idea of the planners and drool over all the beauty that everyone creates and shares. But. .... then I look at my planner (which I use every day and could not survive without) and this is what a typical week ends up looking like. I user my planner for everything.... I would hate to spend a ton of time making it all pretty just to scribble all over it with grocery lists and to-do lists. I would need a separate planner for my real-life stuff and one for the pretty stuff. :( How do you ladies balance that??
 

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mrs2a50 said:
Self-confessed font snob here too - and I wouldn't buy those for exactly the same reason!!
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There is a huge thing that drives me insane in my planner. There's a piece of tape on every week and it floats. Floats Huge! Like flower shadow floats. It kills me, and I try to cover it up every week because I dislike it so much!!

@MelissaMarti I've shared a few pre writing spreads in the gallery. For me, I like the writing boxes, and my planner is set up to have a list on the side of the spread. That gives me more room to write. I know I don't do a lot on Sundays, so I use a pretty box there. Plus, DH bought me laminated grocery list that I can move around and is dry erase. It snaps into my planner, and gives me plenty of room for huge shopping lists!
 
@MelissaMarti i start mine out with a few basic decorations. Washi the edges, a spot for water, a spot for weather, and a few decorative pieces in places I know I'm not going to need to write. I also make a ton of lists and I cross out as I finish things. To keep it a little "prettier" I use a strike through instead of a scribble, or I highlight it. Also I accept the fact that my planner is meant to be used in a functional way for me. That is more important than keeping it in pristine condition. I understand others use theirs differently but that's how my mind works and I don't need to change it. Lastly you do have to remember that a lot of the planner pages you see are staged to show them at their best BEFORE they've been used.

I guess what I'm saying is find a way to incorporate pretty stuff in your planner but don't let it overtake what you use your planner for.
 
Heather Prins said:
You spend all the time making it pretty but then at the end of the year do you just toss it?
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I just started bullet journaling in Dec (love it). but to answer your question. I used to use a 8.5x11 desktop calendar just for events (and carried a purse sized one, transfer when I remembered) but I kept both. They go in my hard copy folder with that years taxes. I love to pull it out for old photos, or just to look at.
I carry my bullet journal with me EVERYwhere! I now call it my Battle Plan! I blogged on it HERE
and until Wendy of Wendy Bird blessed me with some real washi tape, it was pretty plain. I may be a bit obsessed with the washi! lol
 
you guys, I super stink at committing to one planner. it's a struggle for me. I am with you - I really do prefer the one day per page layout... but that's just SO many pages! Oy!
I look at my planner as functional. I DO put a little in it to make it pretty - washi or stickers sometimes... I use MAMBI's functional stickers, like "appointment", "to do" etc. I WISH I had a cutting tool that would let me be able to cut out he beauties that are made by TLP designers! But I just refuse to hand-cut them bad boys! It won't be done! :giggle
 
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