12 October 2010

new use for old planner

I used to carry a day planner regularly --- LOVED the soft leather cover of this planner from Franklin Covey, along with all the pockets to organize stuff. After seeing how "Pooja" repurposed a journal for use as a sketchbook, I was wondering if there's a way to use mine.

Then I remembered that the ring section comes out of mine. And hey! the sketchbook I bound myself slides right in! This is the most common size I bind because it uses 2 full sheets of WC paper without waste.

Pockets hold all that's needed, or I can tuck a small metal palette in the back zip pocket. Or I can easily remove the sketchbook if I just want to tuck it in my purse.



In the envelope are Sheer Wonder sheets (found here) with watercolor crayon scribbled in squares (you can pick paint off these just like a regular palette). I learned the Sheer Wonder palette trick from the same site, but have lost the direct link for the palette. The watercolor sample card is an old one from Daniel Smith, with actual watercolor dabs on it. These can easily be made with your own watercolors or with colored pencils, as shown recently on Laure Ferlita's blog.

10 comments:

  1. OH! I love this idea! I'm off to look through some of my old planners...

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  2. Thanks, Raena -- I love putting unused things to work in a new way!

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  3. Outstanding idea! I also like the idea of using the Sheer Heaven "paper!"

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  4. It's a fantastic fit! I'm glad you didn't have to butcher the dayplanner to get the ring binders off :-D

    Thanks for the Sheer Wonder tip. They look much more stronger than heavy watercolor paper.

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  5. Awesome post Vicky! I never knew you could do this with watercolor pencils. I hate carrying them around but love to sketch in wc. And who doesn't have an old planner at home somewhere that they could put to use? Thanks for the introduction to Laure's blog too. I hadn't seen it before.

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  6. Laure, thanks for inspiring me in this and so many other ways!

    Pooja, same thanks to you! Seeing your post is what put this into my head. You can re-load the Sheer Wonder with more pigment after you use it up, or even wash it off with water.

    Thanks, Stacy! I just "recycle" ideas from other artists' blogs and make it work for me. And isn't Laure's blog great?

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  7. Very neat package here! I make some of my own journals but don't have a cover. Doesn't mean I couldn't make one!

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  8. A dayplanner designed like this one, where the ring binder section is removable, makes an easy cover for any journal --- even those folded from one sheet of paper. But sometimes I will still just pull my journal out and use it by itself.

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  9. Hello Vicky. I think that's a great idea, and I will now search our house for an old organiser that I can convert. PS. Your art is REALLY good

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  10. Thank you, Kat! I think it will be handy.

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