Calendar Dividers


 

So I did a thing.  Can't believe I didn't think of this before.  I love dividers in my planner.  It just keeps everything so organized.  I also love having my months divided as well.  So I made dividers to place between my monthly spreads so I all I to do was find the tab and flip to the month.  But there was a problem - when I flipped the tab, I still had to flip the page to find my calendar.  Then I came up with a solution.  Put the tab on the calendar page!  I know, you are thinking, people already do that.  Yes, they add stickers.  I am talking about printing the actual tab on the actual calendar page.  Thankfully, I subscribe to a planner program that lets me do just this!  PlanifyPro is a great program that lets you easily design your own planner pages - and you can customize the size, layout, colors, add digital stickers- if you can dream it, you can make it on PlanifyPro!  If you are interested in signing up, see the link in my side tab.  I get a small commission if you sign up using my link 😉


Back to the insert....

Here is the calendar page I made with side tabs.  It looks funny because all the months are on the tabs, but that just makes it easier to design in my opinion.  I designed the first month (August in this instance) added the tabs, downloaded and printed.  Then I went into the planner program and changed each month - the rest was already there.  And Voila!  My calendar dividers are done!




All I had to do was trim the pages - line marks are automatically inserted by the program


Then I trimmed the tab part.  Just trim away all the months except the one you want to keep.


Cut away the sides and top and trim the corners diagonally



I kept the tab on the left side of the calendar, but trimmed them all off on the right side.  That way I just flip to the tab of the month I want and it opens right to it!


After trimming the tabs, I reinforced them with tape because they will be getting a lot of use


apply the tape to one side, flip the page and fold over the top.


then trim to the paper


Dividers are done!  


I made them with the calendar on one side


and grid notes on the other.  That way I can use both side of the page and leave space to add weekly or note pages between the months.  


here are my calendar tabs in my planner - they are shorter than my main tab dividers so they don't stick out when the planner is closed


Ta da!  How do you like it? 









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