Monday (almost) Made It

Update:
I realised that I hadn't put in a reference for the font I used. I actually found these free fonts via Pinterest. They were created by Jennifer Jones over at Hello Literacy.

I'm still in school...
but because of all the blogs I subscribe to, I'm obsessing about my room, things I want to make, all things I really can't do at the moment.
I have also seen about a million bazillion posts about Erin Condren planners, up until a month or so ago, I didn't know what that was. I was reading Corrina's blog over at Surfin' Through Second where she had decided to make her own planner, which led me to think, I can't can attempt this. I've been 'working' on this planner for 2 weeks, which when you see the pics, is actually pathetic.

This + a weekly calendar (diary?) is what we are given every year. I use the mark book, but only about 10 pages out of 50 and I have never used the planner. It has been sitting, travelling, with me for 2 years. After looking at some awesome homemade planners, like this one from My Chocolate Moments, I thought about revamping the one I already had.

Now I know that this wouldn't work for many of you, mainly because all the pages inside are already formatted. BUT ... I thought I'd give it a go and combine, the weekly diary, planner and mark book because I already had the ugly one.

So here is my first ever Monday (almost) Made It:

http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/monday-made-it-61713.html

First I bought some awesome digital Summer chevron paper from Corrina's TPT store. I printed off a new cover, laminated and glued it on.

I also created monthly calendars to go inside, but in typical fashion, I hadn't realised that I formatted it for larger paper. Being the lazy and 'eco-friendly' teacher that I am, I decided to cut the monthly calendar to go across two pages. I think this will still work ...

as long as I don't have anything important on Thursdays.

The planner was already divided into sections, but I've just adapted them a bit. I created some tabs to help me find my sections easier.

We'll see how long this lasts. I'm glad that I've been able to combine the planner, mark book and calendar into 1. I am hoping this keeps me slightly more organised next year.

Thanks for reading.
How do you plan? Keep yourself organised?

Cheers!
Becky