I agree. I love this tutorial. Seeing this 7/26/2023. The other tutorials I've seen have been long and tedious. Your tutorial is simple, straight-to-the-point, and I love the black and white stripe theme.
Beautiful planner! Another thing you can use in place of chipboard is a cereal box. When I needed chipboard shapes as a paper crafter, we just double layered a cutout from a cereal box and it matched the thickness of chipboard, perfectly! Just cover one side with white paper or some pretty patterned paper to further customize the inside. 😊
+Kim Muhl That's a great idea Kim, thank you so much for sharing! I actually really want to try to make a hard bound cover for my disbound, but the chipboard is too thick to be punched with my Arc punch, so a cereal box may work!!
OMG!!!! I want to cry lol I have been looking for a tutorial/video like this FOREVER!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you X 1000
You are amazing! You have no idea how long I've searched for a tutorial on making a hardcover notebook that is actually cute & professional looking. I'm so glad I found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing this and I will be sure to share my project with you when it's done!!!
You have become my new mentor. I actually wish you were my mother, sister, or at the very least my sister-in-law. I cannot thank you enough for actually digging deep and showing detailed information ... in a very quick, and professional way. It is my sincerest wish that you continue to share your journey. I listen closely and take notes to every word that comes out of your enthusiastic mouth. You are truly the best!
Awesome job!! I have been going crazy researching what is the perfect first planner and i have been overwhelmed. I am definitely going to try this and by the way once again great job and thanks for sharing
All day today, I was searching and searching for a DIY planner/journal. May many more blessings come your way ahead because you have blessed me with my search. Thank you for sharing Alexis. I can't thank you enough
This tutorial is amazing! I was looking for a homeschool planner for multiple children that I could modify but nothing suited my needs. With this tutorial I can create my own year after year. Thank you so much you're awesome!
This is the most detailed video that shows step by step even the computer part and the machine part that I would give a good rate number too and actually I'm going to try your idea because it seems amazing.... And good luck on your businesses
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this and I am watching this in 2021! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! And a big thank you for sharing your product links and free items! I can't wait to make one for myself! And a few for my girls!
I really appreciate you taking the time to do this tutorial and especially giving the measurements for the cover and inserts. That is what I struggled with the most.
AMAZING! Loved this video so much. I would love to make one of these to use specifically for organizing my dissertation and various other research projects and map out my completion timeline.
This was inspiring! I have been thinking about making my own planner for a while now. I make printables for binders (like almost every year). I like to stay organized and I find that a lot of the planners that I find don't have what I need in one planner. It's a little frustrating at times. Recently I have been thinking about making a planner for mass production. As a student and someone who works and tries to juggle social life and life at home while also trying to stay healthy ALL AT THE SAME TIME, it is essential for me to have certain things in a planner. I want to give this to other people who are also trying to do the same. Making my own planners saved my grades and helped me stay in shape (and sane)!
This video is the type of video that is worth saving to any aspiring businesswomen!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FULL LIST in the description box. I didnt even skip ads. ☺️
This was so helpful! Thank you for taking us through the process. Other videos don't even show how they make the front and back cover so I've always been looking for concrete ideas for it. This video SAVED ME! LOVE THE VIDEO LOVE YOU AND I'M DEF SUBSCRIBING!
Thank you SO MUCH for making this video!!! I have been exploring options for making planners for so long and this is perfect. I have also been looking for a new printer to print inserts. Thanks so much!!!!
WOW! I really like this tutorial. Pretty much of what I am looking for. I had been thinking about creating my own personal planner. This was helpful! Thanks for sharing this information. :)
I so enjoyed watching this video! Thank you for GREAT content. Before watching your channel, I thought of just using a notebook.... lol. Now I will try and create my own personal binder. I'm looking forward to seeing more content. Thanks
Hi Alexis, I found your video in desperation after a long search. Thanks for this video, it's great and you explain things very well. I love the end product.
thank you for the amazing video! I was looking for something like this for my friends and family. I have my own design stuff and would love for them to have them as a journal. I live in Australia so hopefully it won't cost an arm and a leg to purchase all that.
Yours is so cute!!! I bought a ream of paper meant for resumes. Nicer than plain copy paper but not as heavy as card stock. (Less than $10.) It is a dream to write on!! I printed my planner pages. Cut my "covers" and dividers out of cereal boxes, and took it to my local Office Depot. They punched it and inserted the spiral binding for about $6. I also had them punch about 30 extra pages just in case I want to print extra inserts. I can still take out the spiral and rearrange the pages if I want to. The spiral twists out easily. Then after adding pages or making change, I use a small screwdriver to line up the first holes, start inserting the coil, move the screwdriver to the 4th hole, keep inserting/twisting in the spiral, move the screwdriver down to about the 8th hole, keep twisting in the spiral, etc and voila.... in a short minute it is all put back together. For less than $10 I have enough paper to make at least 5 years' worth of planners. And at $6 a year for the hole punching and spiral, it is super affordable.
Aloha, I know this video was in 2015. But thank you so much for keeping it up. This was the most informative video... I wanted to order a custom journal because I do daily devotions and wanted ladies to share what they had learn unto a journal. They don't have companies that will do a custom order in bulk and when they do it's not what you want. I was able to create my own inserts to fit my project and walk through your step by step. My first time watching you, I thought perfect I got it. When I end up making my first trial boy was it blessed... lool.. I had the other side on the side. I ended watching the finish part of your video again.. had a AHA moment.. and waaaalah it is finally completed. A masterpiece. Thank you and Thank you God for you.. Awesome tutorial. I will post a video soon... heheheheh.. I am so happy with the finish results
Ahhh!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this 💕💕 I was looking for a machine that did this and was surprised how cost effective this one was! Excited to try this out :)
I'm doing the DIY! I followed your links and purchased some of the items you suggested, so hopefully you'll see a little something from that. Thanks for the tutorial!
Wow, and here it is in 2022, I have been doing research for quite some time and just new there was a better way to make hard covers without thousands of $$$ and I finally found this gem, thank you.
Very nice tutorial!! I am working on designing my own personal planner so I try to watch everyone's ideas. I have designed my own calendar and plan to use Paper Leather for the cover so I can use some of my artwork. I wanted to use my Cinch with chipboard covers, and I still might. I also wanted to include several of the pocket pages. I think making the pockets using a very sturdy material is something to think about. Your video was very well done and I appreciate you sharing your work.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have been searching for so long to find the perfect video with the perfect instructions on how to make my own notebook with chipboard. I have spent so much money on different journals that just didn't work and I even purchased the Arc system which is nice but The Cinch looks more like what I need. Your planner/notebook looks so professional... I just love it!! I have one question...it looked like you had a long paper that was folded in half to the size of your planner. If I'm correct, would you happen to have a tutorial on how to do that? Thank you again! And I just subscribed to your channel 😀.
