Make your own planner stickers!
I came across this post and got completely and utterly inspired! It’s a few years old so I was worried that the products in question no longer existed, but they do!
I went and downloaded Avery Design & Print, which is free and does work on Windows 10 even though it doesn’t say so, and you can also use an entirely online version.
I found lots of free clipart and relevant logos to make my labels! I used somewhat larger ones than the ones in that other post, but that works out fine for me, I don’t have a cramped Filofax.
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| I wrote “pets” instead of “Freya” or “dog(s)” so that I can use the same design for years. |
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| Some of the images I used; I later got a Seresto one to remind me to change the collar(s) |
So there are bin reminders, dog brushing reminders, cigarette days (unlike most people with cigarette planner stickers, I want stickers for days I CAN smoke; I can’t smoke in my property so when I get to go out I have to make a little note like “have a cigarette!” so I don’t go mad), wheelchair-related things e.g. Sasaki bring some batteries or whatever, and Ananas, either because it’s a Telefrancais night or just because.
I did all this before I even had the right printer paper, because I was just too excited about it.
Now that my paper has arrived, I have printed them, and they are so damn cool! My label template is the J8651, if you are interested in doing the same ones.
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| Very sexy. |
Some of the stickers have spacing issues, which is almost definitely an issue on my part; the printer refused to stop spooling when I tried to print directly from the Avery software, so I had to do it from a PDF, which I may have sized wrongly, as some of the designs intrude onto others. But it’s not the end of the world!
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| They totally work! |
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| I’ve put bin stickers on the line between dates, to remind me they need to be out overnight. |
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| Seresto reminder. |
I haven’t made stickers for cleaning tasks because there are perfectly good ones on Etsy that I am happy to reorder. A lot of them do come with iron stickers though, which is a waste for me as I don’t own an iron!
Also – and I can’t quite believe I’m saying this – not every task needs a sticker. Sometimes a good old written note will do!
On another note, I very much have this in my head today:
