February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc

Happy February, crafty friends!

Are interested in finding creative, unique, engaging and useful craft ideas for the month of February? There are SO MANY possible things you could be making — and I couldn’t even begin to list them all here in this short blog post. However, I’ll offer an overview of the pages that my typical readers tend to visit most frequently in the month of February. These suggestions are the most relevant February craft ideas I’m currently aware of. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting me and the other readers here know about them.

February Holiday Crafts

Valentine’s Day Crafting in the Month of February

Need Valentine’s Day Craft Ideas? You’re invited to check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.

Valentine’s Day is one of the more prominent February holidays on the Gregorian calendar. Many people celebrate this day by making Valentine’s Day crafts. It’s popular to exchange Valentine’s Day cards with your friends and loved ones; it’s also a day when couples take time out to spend a day, or at least an evening, together celebrating their romance.

Slimline Valentine’s Day or All-Occasion Card Making Idea Featuring Paper Flowers; the Flower Stamps Are Made by Gina K Designs

If you like to make fun Valentine gifts to give to your significant other or your friends / family, February is a fantastic time to work on these projects. You can tap here to find our ideas for Valentine Cards to Make, or tap here to find our main directory of Valentine’s Day craft ideas.

You can click or tap here to view our main directory of card making ideas.

If you want more info on how to make the floral slimline card pictured above, go HERE.

February Planner Crafts and DIY Calendars

If you maintain a physical planner, junk journal, scrapbook, or art journal, you might want to decorate your February calendar pages, journal pages or scrapbooking layouts with seasonal stamped images or embellishments. I invite you to check out the following pages for ideas:

• Garden Journal Pages: This page has information on how to put together garden journal pages like the ones pictured at the top of this post. I’ve shared the February pages here, but you’ll find inspiration for making your own pages for the other months beyond February, too.
• How to Create Your Own Planners and Calendars
• How to Make Your Own Academic Planner: School Diary DIY Calendar Project Idea

Winter Craft Ideas

We’ve put together a list of winter crafts that are seasonally appropriate for February crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.

We hope these ideas are useful to you as you start on your February crafting. Thanks so much for your interest!

Posted By: Amy Solovay

This page was last updated on 2-11-2024.

January Garden Journal Pages: Do you want to grow a garden in 2024? If so, no matter where you live, it isn’t too early to start planning your garden in January.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Are you hoping to find unique, interesting and useful craft ideas for the month of January? There are an overwhelming number of possibilities — so many that I couldn’t even begin to mention them all. However, there are some recurring themes that many crafters find themselves returning to in January. The following suggestions cover the most important basics and the most popular January craft ideas I’m currently aware of. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting us know about them.

January Holiday Crafts

New Year’s Day is one of the more prominent January holidays on the Gregorian calendar. Many people make the first day in January — New Year’s Day — a day of goal-setting and reflecting. If you’d like to do that too, you might enjoy checking out our post on New Year Year’s Resolutions for Crafters. Once you set some crafting goals for the year, you might end up having a clearer idea of what it is you actually want to work on and achieve in the new year.

Planner Crafts and DIY Calendars

If you’re actively using the Gregorian calendar to plan your life, you typically need to start using a new planner or calendar on January 1 of the new year. This is not always the case, as some planners span more than one year; for example, in 2023, I didn’t need a brand new planner on January first, because I was using a Happy Planner that covers one-and-a-half years. So last year, I was able to skip out on the hunt for a new planner. I didn’t get so lucky this year, and I am still scrambling to finalize which planners I’ll be using for 2024.

If you need a new planner or calendar, now’s a fantastic time to check out our pages on that topic. You can make your own calendars, planners or bullet journals — or you can use craft techniques to personalize store-bought planners, calendars, bullet journals and other journals. The following pages on our website might be of interest:

• How to Create Your Own Planners and Calendars
• How to Make Your Own Academic Planner: School Diary DIY Calendar Project Idea

Card Making Ideas for the New Year

If you enjoy paper crafts, January is a fantastic month to consider making cards to send to your inner circle. Some crafters lump New Year’s cards in with their Christmas cards — but some prefer to make cards just for the sole purpose of wishing their loved ones a Happy New Year. So if you’re up for another round of card making so soon, and you didn’t already send out cards saying “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” in December, New Year cards are a fantastic January craft idea to consider.

Get a Jump Start on Your Valentine’s Day Crafting in January

Get a Jump Start on Your Valentine’s Day Crafting in January! You’re invited to check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.

Card Making Idea: Learn how to make a Valentine card with a heard design with our free card making instructions.

Valentine’s Day is also coming up soon — and if you like to make fun Valentine gifts to give to your significant other or your friends / family, January is a fantastic time to work on these projects. You can tap here to find our ideas for Valentine Cards to Make, or tap here to find our main directory of Valentine’s Day craft ideas.

You can click or tap here to view our main directory of card making ideas.

Winter Craft Ideas

We’ve put together a list of winter crafts that are seasonally appropriate for January crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.

We hope these ideas are useful to you as you start on your January crafting. Thanks so much for your interest!

Posted By: Amy Solovay

This page was last updated on 12-31-2023.

This photo collage shows bunches of different December craft projects. These projects are all current for Christmas 2023, and are ideal for Christmas gifts or decorating your own home for the holidays. Ideas include Christmas tree motifs, wreaths, Christmas blankets and more. These designs are all available as free crochet patterns on the Internet.

Happy December, everyone!

December Planner Layout for Happy Planners or Other Discbound Planners

Are you hoping to find unique, festive, interesting and useful craft ideas for December? If so, I invite you to consider the following suggestions:

We’ve put together a list of winter crafts that are seasonally appropriate for December crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.

Christmas is one of the more prominent December holidays on the Gregorian calendar. If you celebrate this holiday, or you want to make Christmas gifts for other people who do, you’re invited to check out our list of Christmas crafts.

Pictured above are bunches of the free December craft project ideas you’ll find on our website:

• December Planner Ideas: Find ideas for making December planner layouts
• Easy Christmas tree ornament — Free crochet pattern
• Christmas Cupcake Potholder — Free Crochet Pattern
• Christmas Wreath Ornament — Free Crochet Pattern
• Beaded Christmas Napkin Rings — Free Instructions
• Puff Stitch Evergreen Tree Square — Free Crochet Pattern
• Christmas Blanket — Free Crochet Pattern
• You can find bunches more ideas at our main directory of Christmas crafts and our master list of Best Christmas Craft Books.

So there you have it: A list of suggestions for December crafts. I hope these ideas are useful to you as you start on your December crafting. Thanks so much for your interest!

Posted By: Amy Solovay

This page was last updated on December 31, 2023.

November Happy Planner Dashboard and Monthly Habit Tracker

Hello, crafty friend! I hope your autumn 2023 has been lovely so far, and that your November got off to an amazing start.

Are you hoping to find unique, interesting and useful craft ideas for November? If so, I invite you to consider the following suggestions:

We’ve put together a list of fall crafts that are seasonally appropriate for November crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.

Thanksgiving is one of the more prominent November holidays on the Gregorian calendar in the United States. If you’re the USA, you still have plenty of time left before the holiday to check out our list of Thanksgiving crafts.

Pictured above is a monthly planner dashboard I made to track my November goals this month. I used supplies from several manufacturers to make these pages:

• The planner is a Classic Happy Planner with upgraded metal discs.
• The habit tracker page is from a Girl With Goals Guided Journal.
• I used embellishments by Graphic 45 to decorate these pages; the die-cut flower and leaves are from the PS I Love You Flower Assortment. Most of the other fall-themed embellishments are from Graphic 45’s “Time to Flourish” collection.
• A couple of the embellishments are stickers from a Happy Planner Sticker Book.
• The pens are Sakura Gelly Rolls.

November Garden Journal Pages

November Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Including Happy Planner, Tul and Arc

You can find bunches of other planner layouts and planner inspiration HERE.

I hope these ideas are useful to you as you start on your November crafting. Thanks so much for your interest!

Posted By: Amy Solovay