Sunday 26 January 2014

Meal planner booklet - just the main plan

When I posted my Meal Planner booklet, a reader asked me for a version without all the budget and other sections, a booklet just of main planner tables like this:


This allows the booklet to span 31 weeks of planning. You can download this insert here.

What you'll download is a PDF file, in 'pre-shrunk' format. This is ready to print straight away, without any need to use booklet format on your printer. Just print this straight to A4, with duplex set to flip on the short edge (I'd recommend you print just one or two pages first to make sure your printer deals with this correctly and make adjustments as necessary.)

Once you've printed out the pages, you can bind them into a booklet and cut to size using these instructions or these ones.

I'm aware that some of my readers like to roll their sleeves up and play with the source Word file, so here it is.

Thursday 16 January 2014

Print your own Weekly Meal Planner booklet for the Midori Traveler's Notebook

I've adaped my Filofax A5 meal planner to create a new Traveler's Notebook booklet.



The booklet allows you to plan and budget your meals on a weekly basis over 15 weeks. Each week begins with establishing a starting point for the week, looking at your budget and what food you have to be used up:


You can use this page to track your spending through the week, too.

The main part of the planner is this two-page spread:



Here you can plan out your week and decide what you'll be cooking for the week ahead. There's space for each of the main meals and special boxes on the right to capture any ingredients you'll need to buy.

On the final page, you can note any non-food shopping you need, look back at the week's menus and forward to some ideas for next week.  



You can download this insert here.

What you'll download is a PDF file, in 'pre-shrunk' format. This is ready to print straight away, without any need to use booklet format on your printer. Just print this straight to A4, with duplex set to flip on the short edge (I'd recommend you print just one or two pages first to make sure your printer deals with this correctly and make adjustments as necessary.)

Once you've printed out the pages, you can bind them into a booklet and cut to size using these instructions or these ones.

I'm aware that some of my readers like to roll their sleeves up and play with the source Word file, so here it is.

Thursday 9 January 2014

Project setup planner - now for the Filofax Personal

Some time ago, I made available a Project Setup Planner for A4 ad A5 Filofaxes. A reader requested a version for use in the Personal size, which presented some challenges. The nature of this sort of planning is that it needs space and flexibility, less easily earned in this smaller size.

What I came up with was two pages, both configured in landscape mode.

The first page starts with the mind map template:


On the reverse is a table to log initial actions:


You'll note that there's not an awful lot of room here for recording actions - only ten lines. That's where the second page comes in. It's a continuation page, that has further action tables on both sides:


Both pages will print double-sided, two-to-a-page on A4 paper. You can download the pages here:

   First page - Word file or PDF file
   Continuation page - Word file or PDF file


If using the PDF versions remember to set your printer settings so as not to shrink the pages.

Each file should be printed double-sided with the duplex set to flip along the short edge. You can then cut out and punch individual pages as outlined in this post.


Wednesday 8 January 2014

Giveaway: we have a winner

There were a lot of people hoping to win this one, the prototype A5 traveler's notebook:


It took quite a while just to get all the names in a hat. Here was the name pulled at random:


Congratulationsm Jean-Michel. Please contact me with your address and I'll get your notebook to you.

It seems there's quite a demand for these. I'll work on making htem available to people who want one. Watch this space.

Wednesday 1 January 2014

Giveaway: A5 Traveler's Notebook

To celebrate both the new year and the recent passage of this blog through the 1 million pageviews barrier, I have a special giveaway to host.

A week from now, one blog reader will have won this A5 size Traveler's notebook, complete with an exquisite Studio Oh! lined A5 insert.


Although somewhat bigger, this works like any regular Traveler's Notebook; you can add multiple booklets using rubber bands, for instance. Because of the size, it's made from some really tough leather and will take a fair amount of punishment.

I have only ever made two of these. One is in my desk drawer and enjoys the occasional trip out with me to business meetings. The other can be yours.

For a chance to own this, comment on this post by the end of Tuesday 7 January. Please comment only once (anyone making multiple comments will be disqualified.) I'll draw one comment at random, and the commenter will receive the item. I'm happy to send it anywhere in the world, so absolutely anyone can enter.

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