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How to use planner printables in your bujo
Planner and bullet journal printables are a quick way to add beauty and functionality to your planner or bullet journal. You don’t have to spend all week carefully drawing your layout (and feeling bad when it doesn’t look as “perfect” as what you see on Insta). I love creating a layout by hand, but sometimes you need something that’s pretty, functional, and ready now! Real life happens. I recommend printing these planner pages on HP 32# paper because it’s sturdier and brighter than “regular” printer paper. You’ll be able to color and draw on your pages without frustrating bleeding and feathering ruining your designs. It’s smooth and a joy to write and color on, too. The pens you use can have an impact on feathering and bleed through, too. Make sure to check out this post on the best pens for bullet journaling. The TL:DR version of the post is that Sakura Pigma Microns are great. They don’t bleed or feather and they’re available in a variety of colors and sizes. The only potential down side is that the felt nib is slightly fragile and you can mess it up by pressing too hard. I’ve never had a problem with this personally, but you might want to avoid lending Microns to your kids. I love using gel pens to color. Discover the best gel pens for coloring in this post. Once again, I have a TL;DR version is that the Sakura Gelly roll pens are amazing. The Tanmit pins are very affordable and color surprisingly well. These bujo printables are in US letter size. Happy Planner Big, Franklin Covey Monarch, and Daytimer Folio all use US letter sized pages. You don’t need to print to scale or trim if you use one of these planner systems. Just print, hole punch, and enjoy! The designs are inside safe printer margins. For other planner systems and bullet journals, print the pages to scale and trim them down using a paper trimmer. It’s your lucky day because I’ve already done the math for you! Just use the chart below. Bullet journal notebooks come in a wide range of sizes. Measure your notebook to ensure a correct fit if you’re not sure what size you have. I recommend measuring even if your notebook is labeled as a common size (such as A5). Notebooks don’t always match the exact dimensions they claim to be. How to add pages to your planner depends on the planner system you use. Here’s now to add pages to a disc bound planner, a ring planner, and even a coil bound planner.
For disc bound systems, like the Happy Planner, you’ll need to use the appropriate hole punch. Make sure to get the Classic size for Classic and the Big size hole punch for the Happy Planner Big. For ring planners like Filofax and Day Timer, you’ll probably want the correct hole punch for your specific system. This adjustable 6 hole punch is a great choice because it can be used for a variety of personal and compact A5 and A6 planners. You can also use a single hole punch and a spare planner page to line up the holes. Place the two sheets together with the punched planner page on top, use a pencil to mark where the hole needs to be, then punch the hole with your single hole punch. This method is tedious and has the potential to introduce error a lot of places along the way. An adjustable 6 hole punch is faster and easier.You can tape or glue pages into your favorite bullet journal or notebook. I love using double sided tape to hold the page and washi tape to decorate.Yes, you can add pages to a coil bound planner. The video below was originally filmed for this post.
Here’s a quick look at adding the habit tracker printable from this set to a spiral coil bullet journal notebook. (The notebook is a Muji Japanese A5 notebook with unlined pages. My Japanese brother-in-law adores and recommends this brand. He’s an amazing calligrapher and Bookstagram influencer, so I trust his paper recommendations!) First, I printed my page to scale to match my notebook. You may want to scale down an additional number or two to ensure a large margin if you’d like to use decorative washi tape. Next, I trimmed the printable down with my trusty Fiskar’s paper trimmer. I didn’t worry about getting the exact measurement since I wanted the printable page to be smaller than my notebook page. Finally, I taped the page in place. I prefer thin double sided sticky tape for attaching the page. You could also use a tape runner, but I find double sided tape easier to work with and less expensive. Make sure to get the flat, clear double sided sellotape, not the thick tape for mounting pictures and things. I also added some washi tape for decoration - the double sided tape is doing the real work.
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Like all journal and planner printables on The Artisan Life, these are for personal and single classroom use. This includes use with any small group activity you are personally organizing, as long as you are not charging specifically to use this printables. (Book clubs, Scouts groups, etc.) This set has six pages in printer-friendly black and white:
Daily Log (To-do list, goals, and appointments). This page is versatile and can be used as a daily log but also for weeks or months.Two page weekly spread. Goals/habits tracker. (The habit tacker has 31 days so it has enough space to use any month of the year.)Goals planner with action steps.Undated monthly calendar.
If you need help setting and achieving your goals, visit this post on how to set weekly goals. I hope you enjoy using these bujo planner printables! If you prefer keeping a physical planner or journal, make sure to check out these additional free planner printables here on The Artisan Life: If you agree to these license terms, click below for your planner pages: There are also non-month specific planner printables and free printable planner stickers.
