by Linda | Mar 8, 2017 | DIY printables
Check out these free printable primavera papers, a bright and happy color palette for all your springtime paper projects!
Happy International Women’s Day! Looking for some pretty free printable primavera papers?
March 8th is a pseudo-holiday here in Italy. Even though you technically don’t get the day off work, it is an occasion that people definitely observe and everyone will wish you happy women’s day as you go about your day-to-day routine. It’s quite nice! There’s also the mimosa yellow flowers that often get gift to ladies at cafe bars, supermarkets, etc… Nice, huh?
This year there are many who are taking the holiday and celebrating A Day Without A Woman:
On International Women’s Day, March 8th, women and our allies will act together for equity, justice and the human rights of women and all gender-oppressed people, through a one-day demonstration of economic solidarity.
The idea is to support each other and bring more awareness to women and equality issues. I know that a contribution I can make is to offer a fun, free printable, so that you can get a bit crafty today. I know that’s what I would enjoy doing, hah! 🙂 Sometimes, it’s not always easy to figure out what we can personally do for various causes in life. But I know that it’s okay to do what I know best… so I know design and I love printables, so that’s what I’ve decided to celebrate with!
Download Free Printable Primavera Papers
Download Primavera Digital Papers ZIP
I hope you enjoy my primavera paper designs in fresh and happy, springy colors. I sort of thought the blue is the sky, the green the grass and pink for women – not to mention just because I’m partial to pink anyway!
You can make some nice pocket letters, happy mail and envelopes to send out. Or perhaps a minibook or notebook inserts? What about just papercrafting and art journaling away?
Either way, I do hope you have fun with the free printables paper set, if even I’ve given you a dose of colorful cheer – then I’ve done my job!
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by Linda | Oct 18, 2016 | DIY printables
I know there are lot of calendar printables available on the web, but I’ve always struggled to find something clean, simple and customizable for my needs. So I decided to make my own monthly calendar printable and offer it as a free printable for download. At first it looks like any other calendar printable, but don’t be fooled!
The PDF calendar I have created has editable form fields! So when you open it up, it has November 2016 as I’ve put in for now, but you can edit every single one of the text fields in each box. It will be easy to update for each month that you need and make your own calendar printable.
It’s like having a blank calendar template, only you can type in the month, weekdays and numbers – instead of handwriting it.
I like being able to have a clean calendar when planning schedules and making notes regarding my kids’ schedules. Not only did I want a simple layout for my monthly calendar view, I’m also a monday start kind of calendar girl. In addition, I don’t like it when the end of the month has day 30 or 31 overlapping with the week before, hence the six rows of boxes. I would rather have the extra row and more space… so even if the calendar year doesn’t need it, I can use the extra boxes for other notes and future events. The blank left column also allows for notes of the month. Finally, there’s no watermark in this printable, because let’s face it – when it comes to calendars it’s already chock full of information, the cleaner and neater it can be, the better. And if you don’t want extra white space, you can always decorate it up!
Download the customizable, editable PDF in your preferred paper size below:
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Would love to know if you find this printable helpful. Enjoy and happy planning!
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by Linda | Oct 11, 2016 | DIY printables
I never thought that I would need to record a history of the snail mail cards and letters I send to family and friends. I mean, wouldn’t I surely remember the heartfelt words I have written and the times I’ve dropped off the post or stood in line at the post office? How complicated can it be, right?
Umm, enter life. Parenting, school, work, laundry, groceries, dinner, errands… it all gets mashed up from day to day and suddenly I found myself not really remembering my postal activity. It’s not that I go to the post office every day, but even weekly trips are often enough to warrant confusion in my brain. Did I send out that birthday card already or did I dream about sending it? Did I reply to that letter already or was I just thinking out my response in my head. Everything turns into a blur. Maybe I’m getting old? Uh oh. It’s embarrassing to resend greetings, but even worse to forget or skip on sending something out.
I know there are plenty of people who send out WAY more snail mail than me, so they must have a system to keep track of things. Then I learned it’s as simple as an outgoing mail log.
Keeping track of snail mail activity will ensure that you send your greetings and reply promptly to incoming mail. No more mix-ups or trying to remember… not to mention the anxiety of wondering if you actually sent something or dreamt it up. It really only takes a few minutes, either before you head to the post office or immediately after so you don’t forget.
I decided to create myself a snail mail printable log to record my outgoing mail – a simple record of my mailing activity. This snail mail log is a printable PDF but also editable electronically. Either way works and of course, you decide if you want to include all the detailed information or shorten things up a bit.
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While I was at it, I decided to also make the design as printable blank pages or lined pages, so you can use it as stationery as well – double uses! You can also customize your own mail log if you prefer other fields, rather than what I use specifically. The PDF files have no watermark btw!
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For my personal use, I just put in the recipient name, quick description and date I actually send it. For now that’s all the information I’m looking for, but you certainly can also log more information or even include a snapshot of the mail itself, if you like to scrapbook or journal your snail mailing hobby. There are those who also log incoming mail, postmark dates, etc. It’s up to you!
BTW, if you like this design you can also download the FREE coordinating snail mail printable stationery set here.
I hope you find this snail mail log useful and please share how you log your own snail mail activity. Would love to know!
by Linda | Oct 6, 2016 | DIY printables
This month on the Petit a Petit Family blog I contributed a quick post with a clean graphic art printable – kiddo and wanted to let you know! It was inspired by Celina’s kiddo in my room pinterest board and Toya’s room decoration.
The cool part is that the text is customizable. It’s a PDF with editable form field, so you can type in whatever you would like before printing it out. Or even just delete the text and print it out without words. I’m definitely wanting to experiment more with including customizable printable PDFs!
What will you create with the printables? Download the kiddo art printable here and tag photos of your creations with #pinandcreate on social media. Enjoy!
by Linda | Aug 22, 2016 | DIY printables
Today I wanted to revive a printable I created years ago when experimenting with traditional mediums. I work primarily in a digital format but ideas always start as pencil and paper sketches. Sometimes I just stick with a traditional medium, like watercolor because it has such a unique look.
I have pretty shaky hands, so it’s a challenge to watercolor and by no means do I really know my stuff! But its fun to create anyway and wanted to share my early girl illustrations with you below.
Download Printable Buy More Cookies Shopping List PDF (631 kb)
Cookies always make me feel better, so we must stock up, right? That’s why I created this shopping list reminder… cute, yes? Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the freebie for your personal use.
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