DIY: 2013 planner as wedding favor (Mock-up)

Hey! It’s been a while when we set our DIY planner layout aside due to lack of materials (I dunno where to get them) so I ended up looking for some alternatives that is available here in my hometown where I am currently staying.

I bought cute floral pens as additional favor for our wedding last January, we dunno exactly what else we’ll be giving except to the fact that Alan and I want it to be useful, we wanna skip the traditional display favors. When I’ve got the pens we instantly got the idea of “why not pair it with a stationery/paper thingy?” At first I thought of having a customized post-it or note pad but after canvassing how much it will cost us, I guess that’s not a good idea…  It’s kind of pricey. The planner idea came to our mind because of the one I am using, I’ve been using a Papemelroti pocket planner for a long time now because it’s so handy so we realized planner will be a nice favor since our wedding is scheduled before the year ends….I went to Papemelroti to inquire for a customized planner but unfortunately they cant make it for us not unless we’ll order a minimum of 3000 pieces times the normal price then less 20% (discount for bulk orders). Aaaaaww! Can you tell me to whom am I going to give the 3000 planners? When we are expecting a maximum of 150 guests? Duh! I don’t even have a plan of running for election. LOL so there you go! Why not make it as one of our DIY projects?

Alan made the layout with our mixed ideas…..Now it’s my turn for execution...

Come on, see it here!!

Materials I’ve used for this project:

Cutter

Ruler

Puncher

Colored jute string

Shells

Scissors

Glue/glue gun

Bulldog clips/paper clips

I hoarded a lot of them to support my 100 pieces target. :D

Layout printed in kraft paper

I found an assistant :D ( Meg, my niece)

kulit kulit :P

How I made it:

For the meantime I used cutter but for mass production I will use paper cutter.

I cut the printed layout using cutter and ruler.

Using the bulldog clips/paper clips I clip all the pages together.

I put two holes on the upper part of the pages using the puncher.

With the holes I stitched the colored jute strings on it to serve as binder.

After stitching I end it up with a knot.

I put couple of shells on the part where the hole is to hide the hole at the same time to put a beach-y feel (to match somehow with our theme).

It is actually easy but since we will produce like a hundred of it I might not do it one time. I guess 8-10 pieces a day will do to avoid too much pressure. Nine months to go so we still have more time for production.
Voila!  Our very own version of 2013 planner as our wedding favors. :D I hope you liked it!

I am still thinking of what to use as case/envelop of the planner, hope I'll find it out soon.

By the way, I would like to give credits to our inspiration. Muchisimo gracias!

Ooops I guess I deserve a reward! :D yeah cheat day!

Leap day update....

And so it's leap day and I don't have much accomplishment  except for my 3rd day of work out in the gym resulting to a severe body ache...I just wanna share an update regarding our DIY pocket planner.Come on the next leap day will  happen after 4 years again so  why not post anything...LOL..

Alan and I decided to change our planner cover cause we noticed that the first one we chose is kind of boring, I mean too simple....So we came up to this!

for the men's planner cover

It's Alan's choice and I really love the gentleman-like feel of this. Good job Mahal!

for the women's planner cover

Alan asked me to choose between a stiletto or  a dress for the cover and yes I chose  the shoes :D 

There you go! At the moment we set this DIY project aside for awhile, since i still can't find the perfect materials to use... I found where to buy the kraft paper already but the eyelets and eyelet setter are giving me hard time....I don't know where are they hidden...Whew! I am now looking for an alternative... I'm excited to see the finish product. :D

2013 Planner as giveaway

Anna bought some cute floral pens in the Philippines that we will use as one of our wedding favors. We don't want those typical display favors for our wedding so we are thinking of something else that will match the pen. At first Anna was thinking of customized post it or note pad but when she checked it's kind of too expensive for that.Good thing we remembered her pocket planner, and she asked me if we can DIY. I knew I can do it so I volunteered to do the lay out and do my very best! 

It took me some hours and stretched my imagination to make it.With the combined ideas of my wifey and I, here is the result :

I based my design to the monthly occasions related to us,our holidays here in Mexico and there in the Philippines...

It's nice noh?  I hope you liked it!

Now it is Anna's turn to print it and do the mass production. She is planning to print it in kraft paper, same like the planner that she is using

We believed it is a great idea specially because our wedding is  scheduled in the end of the year and we are sure that the pen and the planner will be useful for our guests for the coming new year.


Ps. I made two different cover, one for the ladies and one for the gentlemen. For the pens we are on search for a nice pen design for men too. Don't you think it's lovely?Because we just love it! :D


-Alan-