This year, I made the switch to Affinity Publisher for making my printables. Before I explain why I switched I thought it would also help to show you some of the things I’ve made in Affinity Publisher so you can see the…
Making printables in Affinity Publisher: How to set up your document and choose page size
Following on from yesterday’s post, here is a sample tutorial from the course. In this video I show how to: Set up your document Recommended page margins Ring bound versus discbound and how this affects your margins What DPI to…
How to make printables in Affinity Publisher
10 years ago when I first started making printables, I used Microsoft Word. I enjoyed the ease of use and simple tools that made it quick to make a printable, but it’s lack of graphic design tools meant all my…
40 of the best cursive fonts for making printables
It can be frustrating when you find a good font then can’t remember the name when you later want to use it, so I put together a quick reference list of what I think are the 40 best cursive fonts…
How to make a monthly calendar printable using Google Sheets (online tool similar to Excel)
I previously posted a tutorial on how to make a weekly planner in Google Sheets. I had some comments on that video saying the audio wasn’t loud enough so I’ll be re-recording that tutorial sometime in the future. In the…
How to print an A4 printable onto US letter size paper (and vise versa)
Today’s post is a quick planner printing tip! A reader recently emailed me this question: Can I print A4 pages on US 8.5 x 11″ paper without anything getting cut off the page? My answer: yes – here’s how: How…
How to resize any printable for any size bullet journal
The number one question I’m asked is how to resize printables. You can resize any printable to fit any planner, notebook or bullet journal. Since all bullet journals are different page sizes I’ve included a reference list further down this…
How to resize a printable to fit A5 or US half letter (5.5 x 8.5) page size
One of the questions I get asked all the time, is whether printables can be printed at A5 page size. The answer is… YES! A5 shouldn’t be confused with half letter page size: A5 (Half A4 page size) is 148…
How to easily print printables double sided (duplex printing tutorial)
So you’ve found a pretty printable (perhaps from my shop… 🙂 ) and you want to print it double sided. There are 2 ways to do this: Tip: All printers are different, I highly recommend doing a test print in…
How to download Adobe Photoshop
I use Photoshop every single day! Just a few of the things I use Photoshop to create: Digital paper/pattern backgrounds Seamless repeating patterns Pattern overlays Planner printables Planner stickers Party printables (look out for my new ecourse: How to Make…