Planning my days.........

I keep a daily planner. Nope, not on my phone. I love a paper notebook planner. But funny thing about that planner..........I misplace it........a lot! Without my planner, I really have a hard time remembering all the stuff I get myself involved in, so when I misplace it.........oh, I am in trouble! And because it's just plain black it is easy to misplace. So, I decided I had to make it more noticeable when I am searching for it.  :-) About a week ago, I took a whole day and just had fun making a cover for my planner.........

My friend Sue will recognize the fabrics. :-) That's because most of them are the scraps from this cute bag that she made for me a couple years ago.  Sue is one of my Tuesday Crazies quilting friends and one year she made all six of us bags in fabric suited to each of us. I've used my bag just a few times, saving it for special occasions. As with some other items around my house, I've decided that I should stop waiting for special occasions and just use some of these lovely things!!

The bag has three pockets. My planner is a perfect fit in the center pocket of the bag!
I pieced a variety of scraps for the outer cover of the planner, then I added pockets to the inside of the cover for special notes, receipts, etc.

And there is one big pocket on the inside of the back of the cover for brochures and other items.

I had so much fun making the planner cover that I stitched up a little zippered bag to hold a tiny sewing project.........

And then I had one of those black and white composition notebooks so I made a cover for it so I can make notes about quilting and crafty projects. It's just plain on the cover.........

but again, on the inside I added a fancy pocket and glued a flat heart button in place for a pocket to hold patterns, sketches, etc........

and then a plain pocket on the back for notes and stuff.

I still had scraps left, so I made a cover for one of those tiny flip-top notepads where I can make a note about supplies I need for projects..................

And here's the inside of the top of the little notepad.........

I loved that musical print fabric so I made a cover for another tiny notepad where I can make notes about music projects..........

and again I glued a flat button in place and kept using different scraps on the inside covers.

The scraps were dwindling but I had odds and ends to make a sewing kit...........

One long strip that was 5" wide did the trick for this little kit............

There's even a little coin pocket where I can stash dollars for buying quilting fabric!

The needle-nest is a square of woolfelt and there is a pocket for needles. So, did I use up every scrap? Not quite. There is still about a 10' square of the red and black sewing print fabric that could be "starter" fabric for someone else's project. Maybe one you would like to make. If you can find the "H" that is in one of the projects above, then leave a comment and tell me where you found it and your name, I'll draw a winner of the little square on Monday evening, February 18th. 
Feeling like I'm catching up a bit. Block projects coming up this week and a giveaway! All for now. Have a lovely evening!
Sandi