TIP TUESDAY: Erasable Lists

Hello everyone! Welcome to another Tip Tuesday! To be honest, I'm not sure how long I can make this a weekly thing so sometimes it might be every 2 weeks or possibly even a Tip Thursday, but hopefully that's okay with you.

Today we're going to be making erasable lists for Filofaxes. And really, it doesn't only have to be for ring-bound planners. I think it you cut the holes out properly, you'd be able to put them in spiral-bound planners & notebooks as well. So, here is what you will need: a laminator, Filofax To-Do list, spare pieces of paper, hole puncher (single punchers are quite convenient), scissors, permanent marker & nail polish remover.

I often find it annoying when I'm laminating something small & have so much scraps left over. So I thought, how about cutting them up to put in my Filofax? With one A4 laminating pouch, I was able to get a personal-sized Filofax to-do sheet, a square blue piece of paper and make a 'flyleaf' in the personal-size and a smaller size.

I always found myself throwing away heaps of post-it notes with grocery lists on them so I thought laminating a to-do sheet would be convenient. Every week I can rub it off and start a new list. And this not only applies to grocery lists but to-do lists, wish lists, etc.

As you'd expect, you write on them with permanent marker as whiteboard markers often transfer onto the opposite page & can get rubbed off easily. I use nail polish remover to get rid of it later on but you can use whatever works for you of course. 

And of course, you can use the leftover laminated pieces to create a transparent flyleaf so that you can write on top of your actual weekly pages & still be able to see through them. Or you can also use them to 'pencil in' dates that aren't completely confirmed & always just erase them afterwards. I love how versatile these transparent sheets so please let me know any other uses for them if you come up with them!

I also cut from the edge to the middle of the holes on the side so that I can snap the laminated pages into place without constantly torturing my Filofax rings (sort of like the Filofax rulers). I love this idea so much! It's so handy to just move into different parts of my Filofax - the front, monthly, weekly, anywhere!

Finally, you can cut your sheets into different shapes. As you can see above, I cut a top tab to use as a weekly page marker, but you can also use them as side tabs, etc.

I hope you found this idea helpful & I'd love to see your pics of them if you decide to try them. I remember a while back, I even made a pocket out of laminated coloured paper. So as always, let me know how it goes!

Love Always,
Anna Banana ♡

TIP TUESDAY: How To Print Double-Sided on Filofax Paper

Here is the long awaited 'tutorial' on how to print double-sided on Filofax paper. In case you're wondering about the photo, it's really not relevant to the post. I was just looking through my images & liked it so there is is.

Step 1: Page Setup

If you got to Print, you're able to go to Page Setup and the Manage Custom Sizes to adjust the paper size. Since I print quite often on Filofax paper, I made a custom Filofax page with the dimensions of the Personal size Filofax paper (17.2 x 9.5 cm). You can also make this appear on your list of paper sizes by clicking the little + sign.

Step 2: Adjust Printer Paper Size

Here is what my usual paper tray in my printer looks like. As you can see, the width & height are so that they will fit A4 sheets of paper. What I do is, I place a sheet of Filofax paper in it and use the adjusters so that it will snugly fit personal sized sheets.

Above: A4 - Below: Personal Sized Filofax Paper 

Step 3: Printing on the RIGHT/FRONT Side

                                            LEFT                                                                         RIGHT

I labeled the sides of my Filofax so that you know  which side I'm talking about when I say Left & Right side.

Now, you may all know that there are 2 sides of Filofax sheets (duh, Annie). But what I mean by this is that I like to think of the side with the Filofax writing in between the 6 holes the 'Top/Front' side. And so all my pages will have this text showing on the right side of my Filofax (green circle).

Let's take the monthly pages, for example. The Thursday/Friday - Sunday part is on the right. So, let's print that side now. Since I want the Filofax logo in the middle to appear on that page, I put it face up on my paper tray. Then here is where the magic happens. Flip it. That's right, you heard me. Flip it.

I oriented the picture so it looks how it would look if you were to be pushing the paper tray into the printer (blue arrow). You may be able to feintly see the Filofax logo (green circle). That is the key. If you want something printed on that page, it must be facing down. So, in goes the paper and remember to click print on only the second half of the month (Thu/Fri-Sun).

This is what your newly printed page should look like. As you can see, the Filofax logo is up front & centre :D (green circle). This is a minor detail which you can of course choose not to do, but I find that it makes everything in your Filofax line up nicely.

Step 4: Printing on the LEFT/BACK Side

Now we're going to print the first half of the next month on the back of this page that we just printed. Since the other side of this paper is blank, that is where we want to print it (haha, obviously). So, if I taught you anything today, it's that it must be facing down. So this is how we're going to push the paper tray in.

And if all worked out, you should have successfully printed double-sided! Here are 2 pictures of exactly the same sheet of paper, just side by side.

I reeeeeally hope that this was as helpful as I wanted it to be. I understand that this is definitely a learning process. I still mess up quite a bit but hey, it's all good fun...isn't it? And once you start print out a whole year's worth of inserts, it'll come to you naturally.

Unfortunately I can't help those who want to print on A4 sheets & cut them to size. I've only ever printed my inserts on blank FIlofax paper & I can definitely say it's very convenient.

I hope this helped & I'd love to hear if it worked out for you!

Love Always,

Anna Banana ♡