by Linda | Feb 27, 2018 | DIY printables
I’ve been a memory keeper for years and have created quite a few digital scrapbooking designs. I thought it would be nice to share some of these digital goodies with you, since they are great printables and can be used for many different kinds of projects, not just scrapbooking.
If you like pretty paper, you’ll be sure to enjoy these printables and journaling cards are super versatile in general. You can use them in art journaling, for notes, gifts and making any kind of paper project. For snail mailers, you can print out designs to use as notecards to write and send or even include with gifts as a gift tag for decoration. For paper crafters, art journalers and planner girls – designed cards make for great decoration, embellishment and generally as a pretty paper supply item for creative fun. There are really a lot of uses possible when it comes to a pretty printable design… where will your creativity take it?
A lovely day is a set of journaling cards with a mix of 4×6″ and 3×4″ card sizes. You can print the whole lot out using the high resolution PDF files I’ve provided.
Just download your preferred paper size below and enjoy!
A Lovely Day Journaling A4
A Lovely Day Journaling LETTER
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by Linda | Jan 23, 2018 | DIY printables
A super cute and simple design of a world map as a thinking of you greeting card.
My thought is that you can add a little heart where you are located and connect it with a dotted line to where your recipient is in the world. A nice way to personalize a card too!
Download in your preferred paper size below and enjoy!
Thinking of You World Card A4 | Thinking of You World Envelope A4
Thinking of You World Card LETTER | Thinking of You World Envelope LETTER
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by Linda | Jan 13, 2018 | DIY printables
This year, I’m determined to share even more of my work in the form of printables. I create a lot of artwork in my journals, but they often sit there for all time, in unfinished form. But even the simplest idea can be transformed into a finished work of art and that’s why I wanted to share this little blooms stationery set with you.
These little bloom doodles come from my journal and I took the extra steps to digitize them into Illustrator to create a repeating pattern. With a few splash of color, I was able to create this cute printable stationery set – pretty cool, huh?
Although it’s not the most groundbreaking design work in the world, I know it still a lovely piece of stationery that you can use in your lettering writing, snail mailing and papercrafting.
The creative process is still a magical process for me, from the spark of an idea to the final steps of creating an actual finished product. You can download the free printable files in your preferred paper size via the links below.
Download Little Blooms A4 ZIP
Download Little Blooms LETTER ZIP
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by Linda | Dec 28, 2017 | DIY printables
Use this free printable check-in review worksheet to get clear on your current situation and how to optimize and get more productive.
Leading up to the new year, I’m sharing my planning process for 2018 and posting the printables I’m using here on the blog.
The final step is the most crucial and that is to check-in, review and adjust your plans!
When a new year rolls around, I think it’s natural for all of us to want to start fresh, embark on new endeavors and plan for an amazing year.
However, the reality of life is that no matter how meticulous or amazing our plans might be, they often have to change with the times and situation. Or unexpected factors might enter and adjustments must be made.
So it’s actually crucial to regularly check-in with goals, review your progress and adjust as necessary. Not only on the front of if you are following your plans, but how you feel throughout the process and evaluating if what you are working towards is actually what you want.
The only thing we can be sure of in life, is change, right?
So after making your grand plans and getting organized, celebrating your successes, facing your challenges, auditing your time, brain dumping, and making your amazing plans of action – don’t forget to regularly check-in on your progress, evaluate the situation and adjust as necessary.
I recommend doing this monthly and also quarter, so that you aren’t always only looking back on the previous month… but taking in big chunks of time all together to see any patterns or big picture realizations.
I have always resisted doing these kind of exercises, thinking it was all woo woo and fluff. But it is so helpful to take some time to journal out your feelings, thoughts and take stock of the situation. It’s as simple as that, but so many people never stop to look back and see how they can improve!
Without taking stock, you might be heading in a direction successfully, but that doesn’t resonate with your needs and wants in the end.
Don’t skip the checking-in with yourself and allowing yourself the time to reflect and ultimately adjust your plans.
Download the free printable check-in review worksheet:
You can use this worksheet whenever you need a check-in with yourself, but definitely consider a review to adjust your plans every month and quarter.
TG Planning6 Review A4
TG Planning6 Review LETTER
This post is part of a series of printables to help you evaluate your planning and productivity:
If you like this printable, check out the perpetual calendar and planner printables I’ve created below for more free printables:
by Linda | Dec 20, 2017 | DIY printables
Download this Free Printable Project Plan of Action to help you organize and plan out any future project you have in mind.
Leading up to the new year, I’m going through my own planning process for 2018 and sharing the printables with you here on the blog.
After the past couple of weeks, we’ve finally gotten to the project planning!
When it comes to actually getting things done, it really doesn’t have to be complicated. I used to be a project manager with big teams and lots of dependencies. So there are loads of fancy software programs to help create intricate project plans. There’s definitely merit and reason for all of that, but when it comes down to a personal goal or solopreneur ventures – you are basically the only guy on the job.
Rather than over complicating the process and spending way too much time on the planning part, I suggest getting things down and dirty, as quickly as possible, then moving into action.
Ultimately, you aren’t going to accomplish anything if you don’t take ACTION!
So from the previous brain dump exercise, you would have gotten everything out of your mind and on paper. Then you can categorize and prioritize, deciding what projects you actually want to tackle.
Now, if you can’t decide, no worries… you can create a project plan of action for each of your project ideas… then make your decision on what to actually take action on. I have found that when you go through the process of actually thinking through what you have to do to accomplish a project – it will help you make up your mind.
If you really want to do something, you’ll do it even if there are some hard tasks in there. Or something that seems super challenging, will actually seem doable, because you break it out into the small bite-sized tasks. So feel free to do this exercise for all your project ideas!
The printable plan of action is simple a sheet to name your project, set a finish date and list out all the milestones and actions required to get the project done.
It’s a simple list of actions!
Easy peasy, right? It really does not have to be more complicated than that. If you are worrying about the order in which things must happen and nested or related tasks – you can certainly try to put things in relative order and make your milestone list, then subitems under those.
But ultimately it doesn’t really matter. You can add to your list over time and check items off out of order. The point is not to have a pretty plan, the point is to make sure you take the actions required to get the project done. When you realize you might have forgotten a few steps or learn from experience there are other things to consider, no problem. Add your tasks, adjust your finish date.
Make it useful and make it help you move forward and take action!
Now if you think there are soooo many lines I’ve included on the sheet, it is because you want to break your tasks down to the smallest bits possible. If you are like me, you’ll take some satisfaction in checking off items done. It really helps with motivation.
Breaking items down also helps to make it approachable and doable even with small bits of time.
If one of your line items is “marketing plan” that is way too big. Instead you have to be specific and maybe write gather photo props, take 16 photos, edit photos, post daily photos – something like that. Try to break it down as much as possible.
If you find that you just don’t have a lot of tasks, maybe it’s not really a big project, but that’s okay too. It should be quick and easy to get done and you will have a project completed under your belt!
And it’s really as simple as that. I think we often overcomplicate things, so I’m really looking for effectiveness and simplicity for 2018.
Download the worksheet in your preferred paper size below and print as many copies as you need. Plan away and let this exercise help you prepare your plan of action and maybe eliminate or put on the back burner some projects that don’t really float your boat after all!
TG Planning5 Project Plan A4
TG Planning5 Project Plan LETTER
This post is part of a series of printables to help you evaluate your planning and productivity:
If you like this printable, check out the perpetual calendar and planner printables I’ve created below for more free printables:
