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Step-by-step tutorials for making planners, notepads and notebooks by hand — designing the pages, printing them, and binding the finished book. Each project includes a materials list and a template you can edit before you print.
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DIY Productivity Notepad: Tear-Off Planner Inserts with a Folding Cover
A minimal productivity notepad with pre-punched pages you can tear off and add straight to your ring planner, bound with PVA glue inside a folding cardstock cover.
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DIY Triangular Notepad: How to Make a Unique Desk Notepad
Cut one printed sheet corner to corner and you get two triangular tear-off pads, mounted back to back inside a folding chipboard cover.
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DIY Meal Plan Corner Notepad: How to Make a Notepad with Trimmed Corners
Two notepads — a weekly meal plan and a grocery list — with 45° trimmed corners, mounted on a scored chipboard base that folds into a corner of the kitchen counter.
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DIY Wingfold Journal: How to Make a Folding Journal with Side Notepads
A wire-bound journal with two folding outer wings, each carrying its own tear-off notepad — built from six chipboard panels and a printed sticker cover.
6 min read