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Finished lemon-themed DIY refillable notepad bound with Chicago screws
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DIY Refillable Notepad with Chicago Screws: Lemon-Themed Notepad Tutorial

A small refillable notepad with a lemon-print chipboard cover, held together by two 18mm Chicago screws you can undo by hand to swap the pages.

4 min read
Finished DIY daily ADHD notepad with a folding chipboard cover held shut by magnets
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DIY ADHD Notepad: Daily Planning Notepad with Magnetic Folding Cover

An 80-page daily notepad with one clear page per day, PVA-bound inside a five-panel folding chipboard cover that snaps shut on hidden magnets.

5 min read
Finished dual-section DIY refillable notepad bound with four Chicago screws
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DIY Refillable Notepad with Chicago Screws: Dual-Section Notepad Tutorial

Two independently bound notepad sections in one body — three chipboard covers and four Chicago screws, so you can refill either half without touching the other.

6 min read
Finished DIY magnetic fridge notepad with meal planner and grocery list stuck to a fridge door
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DIY Magnetic Fridge Notepad: Meal Planner and Grocery List for Your Fridge

A folding chipboard pad with a meal planner on one half and a tear-off grocery list on the other, held to the fridge door by two strips of magnetic sheet.

5 min read
Finished DIY standing clipboard holding a notepad upright on a desk
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DIY Standing Clipboard: How to Make a Standing Clipboard Notepad with Refillable Pages

A clipboard that stands itself up: chipboard panels wrapped in printed sticker paper, folded into a triangular base, with a clipboard clip riveted to the front.

5 min read
Finished DIY wingfold journal open with tear-off notepads on both folding wings
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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
Finished DIY meal plan corner notepad standing on a folded chipboard base
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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.

5 min read
Finished DIY triangular notepad with a Regency-print chipboard cover held open
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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.

6 min read
Finished DIY perforated notepad with tear-off pages
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DIY Perforated Notepad: How to Make a Tear-Off Notepad at Home

Add clean tear-off lines to a handmade notepad using a perforating cutter and PVA glue binding — one extra step that makes it look shop-bought.

3 min read
Completed DIY bookmark pens with perforated tear-off sections
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DIY Bookmark Pen: How to Make Tear-Off Bookmark Pens for Your Planner

Make a bookmark that's also a pen — perforated tear-off sections wrapped around ink cartridges, so there's always a fresh bookmark underneath.

4 min read
Homemade sticky notes made at home from printed Planify Pro designs
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How to Make Sticky Notes at Home: DIY Step-by-Step Guide

Six 3-inch sticky note designs on one A4 sheet — print, cut, stack, glue a 1.5 cm band of repositionable glue along the top edge and trim into pads.

6 min read
A handmade folding memo notepad made from printed and folded pages
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How to make a Folding Memo Notepad

Four glue-bound memo pads mounted inside one folding chipboard cover — with the full cutting plan, panel measurements and binding steps.

6 min read