Planners

For months now I have been looking for a good planner.  I blog, facebook, tweet, and now I even Instagram, but I still need to do the old fashioned thing with my calendars and lists.  So I was hunting for a good planner.  One that was not too bulky but still had plenty of room to write down information on the calendar part.  I also wanted places to put things and a pen holder.  After all this time of looking for one, I found one - right about 3 min before I had the idea to make my own planner.  The urge to complete this project of self made planner was so great that I put back the good pre-made planner and bought the things to make my own planner:

I actually bought more than necessary because I found some cute things and it had been so long since I got anything fun to play with at the art store that I was embellishment deprived.  I decided to use a Smash Book because it comes with fun pages - way more fun than blank white pages, right?  Also, using Smash Pocket Calendars I got pockets and calendars! Win - Win.  So, I set off to work:

Each month gets a two-page spread so that I have plenty of space to scribble notes about days that have too much going on!  Today I completed updating all my contacts/addresses and tomorrow I will go thorough my last few lists and make sure to transfer necessary information and then my transition to the new planner will be complete!  The best part about this planner is that it will be me - Its like part planner, part art journal... all fun!! Have any of you done anything similar??