So you really want to go under the hood of a working home management binder? Quilting blogger Bren, of Pieces From Me, hosts a binder tour of all binder tours!
Including scans of working planner pages, Bren's binder tour gives a great overview of the "how" of using a home management binder. She's sharing lots of photographs, so be patient while this page loads; it will be worth the wait!
Blogging as As Simple As Two Plus Two, Shawna shares her specialty management notebook: a meal planning binder.
With sections for grocery list, menu planners and recipes, she's on top of menu and meal planning--and her beautifully-crafted binder is a feast for the eyes, too:
Blogging as A Happy Home, Keri Mae shares her household management binder with this comprehensive binder tour.
As she notes, see how thick her notebook is? That's because she's packed it full of reference material, lists and information. Her very complete binder incorporates a lot more than mere household management; it's a resource for spiritual growth, homeschooling, health, pregnancy and childbirth.
Nice job!
Keri Mae's Household Management Binder
Homeschooling mother of a large family, blogger Ladyofvirtue had specific requirements for her home binder: portable, practical, pretty and personalized.
See how well she succeeded with her binder tour:
Frugal and Compact Home Binder
When blogger Elizabeth and her friend Kim took on the challenge to create a home management binder, they aimed high.
Deciding to create more than just a simple binder for household information, they envisioned their notebooks as "living books" that would help teach their daughters to keep house. Better, they shared skills and inspiration to create two very pretty, very distinctive family binders.
In these posts, Elizabeth shares her Foss Family Home Companion, while Kim outlines her Family Management Journal. Both binder tours go further: they explain the thinking behind these two young mothers' decision to create order for their families, now and for the future.
Don't miss Kim's downloadable dividers and forms for your home management binder (in Microsoft Word format). Check them out:
Elizabeth's Family Home Companion
Home Management Journal - The Basics
Home Management Journal - Housekeeping
Home Management Journal - Cleaning Forms and Lists
If you're visually oriented, there may be resistance to the idea of a home management binder. Who wants to flip all those pages ... and what happens when you set the mail down on top of your daily schedule?
Clever blogger Jumping On The Bed has an in-your-face solution: a home management board. Using a large dry erase marker board, she juggles schedules, lists and information right on the wall. Great alternative!
If a picture tells a thousand words, there's a long novel here: laurakaye's Holiday Grand Plan binder tour!
Wondering how to set up a Christmas notebook to get organized for the holidays? Take a tip from LauraKaye. She's leading the way with this page-by-page walk-through, including links to printable forms:
laurakaye's Holiday Grand Plan Binder
Now in, from TheHomeSchoolMom.com: a 2-page weekly planner/menu planner combo. Designed to be used by followers of Flylady, this free printable will organize schedules, menu planning and shopping.
In .pdf format, so you'll need the free Adobe Reader to view and print:
So you're all thumbs at the "crafty" thing, and wouldn't know a desktop publishing program if it bit you?
Try this free printable weekly schedule from MomAgenda.com. It's designed to give you a taste of their product, but nobody says you can't tuck it into your home management binder for an organized week!
In .pdf format, so you'll need the Adobe Reader to print:
A comprehensive look inside the Household Notebook of blogger With The Fruit of Her Hands, this binder tour should help anyone struggling with scheduling issues.
A bonus: check out the creative use of stick-on tabs plus page protectors to subdivide a larger binder.
