My never ending quest to be.... "organized"...

Do you ever feel like you're completely un-organize? I absolutely hate that feeling. Between work, overtime, dr appointments, stamping projects, your never ending to-do lists.. the list just goes on and on and on....

Many of you have asked where I get my inspiration. Honestly I get it from many of you. Especially you bloggers out there. In the fall I came across this post from one of my favorite bloggers Julie Brooks... It was her dh's (darling hubby's) labor of love. I just knew I needed one of these for me.. At the time she had links to the pages so that we could print them. I'm not sure what happened to them on her blog...

Here was my attempt at my 2008 planners... I made 3. 1 for myself, 1 for my BFF Colleen (she is the 'queen' of post-it-notes... I figured having everything in 1 place would be really good for her.. And I made 1 for a friend at work...

First let me tell you.. these binder's were not easy to find. I was able to locate them online at OfficeMax (I went into 3 and none had this smaller size). They are 9X6.. and were approximately $5.50 each...

This is the cover of my planner.... I used Wild Asparagus DS paper, MayArt chipboard, rub-ons, dew drops, spellbinders tag punch, and whimsical #'s..

Ink... Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand

Colleen loves the color purple.. So I used my Melissa Francis paper's for her cover. The roses were diecuts that came with the paper that I embossed with clear embossing powder to give them a little added dimension. The letter's were rub-on's I purchased at Wal-mart.

And finally, this was the cover to Jenn's planer. For this cover I used Cosmo Cricket Dutch Girl DS paper, MS twill ribbon, rub-ons, Whimsical Numbers stamp set and Mellow Moss ink.

Here's a look at the divider tabs... For each I've used coordinating DS papers.. My personal planner has 7 tabs... Calendar, Budget, Birthdays, Directory, Weight Loss Tracker, Notes & Projects.. The tabs were punched out using the Round Tab punch and stamped with Totally Tabs in Blue Bayou.

The calendars were so much fun to make.. I found the 'month' stamps in Michael's the day after Christmas. They were on sale for less than $5.00.. I alternated the colors of the months. In my particular calendar I used Sahara Sand & Blue Bayou. Each calendar page was stamped with coordinating images. For my calendar I choose spiral bouquet.. For an extra added touch, I used the HB stamp from by birthday stamp set... to stamp each calendar day that had a birthday on it...

Please click on the images to enlarge them...

If you would like any of the templates for the planner pages, please email me and I will happily email them to you...

And, before I sign off... My FIL is still in ICU.. Yesterday we thought he was making progress when really he was taking 2 steps back.. Please keep him in your prayers...

Enjoy...

Happy Stamping :)