· By Molly Quach
Craft Notebooks: The Ultimate Tool for Organized Crafters
Are you overflowing with ideas, but when it’s time to craft, you go blank? Do you have so many projects in progress that it’s hard to know where to start? Or maybe you’re missing important dates and feeling unorganized. Craft notebooks can be the ultimate solution, helping you brain-dump ideas, track project progress, and manage important deadlines. In this post, we’re diving into specific craft notebooks designed to keep you focused and organized, each with unique features to help manage your crafting life.
Each of these notebooks measures 9"x6", has a soft cover, and includes 100 pages, offering just the right amount of space without being bulky.
Just a Girl Notebook Series
Perfect for staying on top of current projects, each notebook in this series starts with 12 lined pages. These can be used for general notes, listing out projects, or planning monthly goals. Following this, each page offers prompts on the front for key project details and a grid-lined back for sketching ideas. The prompts cover specifics such as project title, journaling notes, and needed supplies, making it ideal for different types of crafting.
- Scrapbooking: Use the first 12 pages to list events and milestones for layouts, checking them off as you complete each one. The project prompts make it easy to plan titles, journaling, and supplies.
- Card Making: Turn the first 12 pages into a perpetual calendar, tracking birthdays, anniversaries, and special dates. Prompts include the recipient, card size and fold, sentiment ideas, and deadlines.
- General Crafting: The initial 12 pages can track various projects, with prompts for project type, inspiration sources, recipients, and materials needed. Perfect for organizing any type of crafting.
Projects Half Done Series
This series is crafted for the maker with too many unfinished projects and not enough structure to pick them up again easily. These notebooks begin with 8 lined pages to list all your "half-done" projects or layouts and finish with 6 lined pages dedicated to shopping lists. Each of the central pages features project prompts and sketching space, so you can detail your progress and next steps.
- Crafting and Scrapbooking Versions: This series includes two options —one for crafters to track progress across all projects, and another specifically for scrapbookers to manage layouts they’ve begun. Each page can be torn out, making it easy to store with your project supplies so everything is together when you're ready to craft!
Peace, Love & Crafting
If you prefer a notebook without structure, the Peace, Love & Crafting journal is perfect for freestyling. It combines dot grids with lined sections, and even pages with both dot grids and lines, giving you plenty of room to brainstorm, sketch, and jot down any thoughts. Use it to:
- Brain-dump ideas: A space to capture your sudden sparks of inspiration.
- Sketch project designs: Utilize the dot-grid format for layout plans.
- Record techniques: Write down new crafting techniques or tips you discover.
For more inspiration on staying organized and using craft notebooks, check out 15 Ways to Use a Craft Journal for Project Organization on my sister site - www.MollyQCreates.com.
Craft notebooks don't organize your tools and supplies; but they do track your ideas, projects, and next steps, turning your scattered thoughts into clear plans. With the right notebook, you can go from overwhelmed to inspired and get back to what you love—crafting!
