Handmade "Graphic 45" Pocket Size Travelers Notebooks Planners

Making and selling these traveler's notebook planners is not what I thought it will be. Hmmm? More time spent in the planning stage than actually spent on making the TNs (traveler's notebook planners). It's easy to make the TN planners but selling the TN planners is another ballgame altogether. Read on to see my process.

I started out watching a lot of videos on Youtube. I wanted to see which style traveler's notebook planner I'll like to make. Which TN will be budget friendly to make and time it takes to make one. I wanted to be able to make a lot without spending a lot of money.

So I chose the pocket size traveler's notebook planner. It's small, fits in your purse easily and not so bulky. Also, the TN didn't require a lot of product to make. I chose the laminated traveler's notebook planner version being you can wipe it off if it gets dirty.

The inserts for the traveler's notebook planner I purchase at the Dollar Tree and Wal-mart. At the Dollar Tree they're 3 for $1.00 with 50 pages per notebook and Wal-mart they're 3 for $0.88 with 80 pages per notebook. A better deal at Wal-mart but not always in stock.

I purchased my laminating pouches at Wal-mart. My glue and tape either came from the Dollar Tree and Wal-mart also.

The elastic bands I purchased from eBay and Amazon as they're cheaper when you buy big rolls. I used 2mm but 1mm will work just as well.

I then had to choose a paper collection. I had some 8x8 Graphic 45 paper pads which I used. I used "Off To The Races", "Vintage Hollywood", "Bohemian Bazaar", "Fairie Dust", and Midnight Masquerade". Beautiful paper collections.

It's easy to make these if you do it assembly style. So I trimmed all my papers down for my covers first. Then I laminated them. Trimmed the excess and rounded the corners.

I then punched my holes. I wanted my TN planner to have 4 elastics so I punched 3 holes each end. For the closure, I punched a hole in the center.

I then trimmed all covers for the inserts. Rounded the corners. I either covered my inserts with the pattern paper or I just took the covers off the inserts which I like better.

I laminated some of the cut aparts to accent the traveler's notebook planner.

I embellished with planner clips and some with tassels which I purchased from Wal-mart or Paperwishes.

I added an adjustable binder clip pen loop with a pen. The elastic isn't glued down so you can take it apart and fit it to the pen you're using.

I included a washi tape sample too.

I also used a Sizzix die, scalloped bag, which I laminated.

All in all, I think they turned out great. I made 22. I took my time. Paid attention to details. They say it's all about the details.

Here are some pics:

"Bohemian Bazaar" Laminated Pocket Size Travelers Notebook

"Bohemian Bazaar" Travelers Notebook Inserts

"Bohemian Bazaar" Travelers Notebook Washi Sample, Page Marker with Pen Loop, etc...

"Fairie Dust" Laminated Travelers Notebook

"Fairie Dust" Travelers Notebook Inserts

"Fairie Dust" Travelers Notebook Washi Sample, Page Marker with Pen Loop, etc..

"Off To The Races" Laminated Travelers Notebook 

"Off To The Races" Travelers Notebook Inserts

"Off To The Races" Travelers Notebook Washi Sample, Page Marker with Pen Loop, etc..

Some of the traveler's notebook planners are listed on my YouTube and others are listed on my eBay.

Thanks for reading and happy crafting. 🧡

Living California! Especially life in Crescent City, California...

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday. I along with all my family here in the "CCC" (Crescent City, California) had a wonderful Christmas but so glad it is over too.

Snowman Christmas Tree

On Christmas morning, we had a beautiful sunrise. I took some great pics. I also did a panoramic shot but I turned the camera before it finished and got this weird panoramic picture. We have a lot of beautiful sunsets and sunrises here in the CCC.

Christmas sunrise 2016

Christmas sunrise 2016

Christmas sunrise 2016 weird panoramic picture 

Crescent City is a fishing tourist town. One of the things we most known for is the Pelican Bay Maximum Security Prison. Otherwise, when you are traveling 101, you pass through CCC. We have lots of motels, hotels, real estate agencies, and driftwood for days. Oh, and elk, you have to be careful for the elk.

Driftwood Crocodile

Fish driftwood in front of the Restuarant, The Chartroom

Driftwood everywhere on the beach

Driftwood everywhere on the beach

Driftwood everywhere on the beach

Elk everywhere. Definitely have to be careful on foggy mornings.

During the summer, people flock to this area to see the redwood trees, the National Parks, for camping, hiking, fishing and most of all to catch a glimpse of BIGFOOT! There is also Paul Bunyan and Babe in Klamath. Population is small. The biggest stores we have going for us is Wal-Mart and Home Depot. We do not even have a KFC or Wendy’s, not that I really care for fried chicken anymore but miss eating at Wendy’s.

Paul Bunyan and Babe in the Klamath

Babe

Paul Bunyan

Definitely Bigfoot country

 We live close to Oregon and most weekends we go to Brookings to the Goodwill Store and that is where they have a KFC but no Wendy’s. It is a small town too but traveling in Oregon has a different atmosphere. It just feels different. It is like traveling from North Carolina to Virginia. It is just different. I do not know how to explain it. It is cleaner and cheaper. In addition, Oregon has no sales tax. Gotta love that!

Captured a shelf cloud on the ridge on our way to Oregon

The weather is great here, not too hot and not too cold. We do get a lot of rain. It can get you down if you let it. Have to keep busy. I guess those majestic redwood trees need a lot of water. I believe one of the reasons it rains a lot in the Northwest is because of all the forest we have. We have many mushrooms growing everywhere. In addition, moss grows alongside the roads and on the trees because of all the moisture. The downside to all the rain is mold. Have to do monthly maintenance on the windows to keep the mold from building up on the windowsills.

Driving through the redwoods

Redwoods are right on the road. Have to be really careful.

 It is hard to grow a garden here without a greenhouse. I tried my hand at gardening this summer and it took a long time for my crops to start growing and producing. Some things did not even sprout. Yellow squash grows good. Pepper plants finally took off and started producing. The cherry tomato plants did well only during the hot spell we had; otherwise, it takes days for them to change colors. Cucumbers did not do so well. I had something underground eating the whole plant little by little until they were all gone. Such a bummer, I only got one off the whole plant. The Black-eyed Susan pant and sunflowers did fantastic.

Made the garden fence all by myself with lots of ingenuity.

Tomato plant

Pepper plant

Tray posing with grandma's flamingos

Tray loves helping grandma in the garden

Black-eyed Susan

My homemade scarecrow. Don't work though. Crows send out a scout and
before you know it, crows everywhere.

Garden planted. I know it doesn't look like much but eventually
some of it grows and maybe next year it will be better.

Lettuce didn't grow right. Slow start and tasted bitter.

Lettuce bed

Lovin' the sunflowers

 Overall, I do enjoy living here but would love to move to a warmer and less rainy part of California, but not the Bay Area, been there, done that, and tired of the rat race. Also, the wind, forgot to mention how the wind blows hard when a storm comes. Let me tell you, it's an attention getter for sure. Here's some random pics of Crescent City and the surrounding areas, along with papa and Tray walking on the beach.

Thanks for dropping by and hope you have a prosperous, healthy, 2017.

Happy New Year! XOXOXO Dawn