Aimed at scrapbookers (but pretty enough for gift-giving), blogger The Fine Art Of Rambling shares instructions for a luxe Christmas planner.

Yes, it's crafted from a base of paper bags, but oh, that scrapbooking bling! Check out the illustrated how-tos and bring a little eye-candy joy to getting organized for Christmas:

How To Make A Christmas Planner

OrganizedHome member CariA has taken her version of the Household Notebook to a whole new creative level. For style, beauty, and function, we give this project an A+

Cari's Corner

Cari's Household Notebook

This isn't the first planner developed and marketed to scrapbookers but it just might be the best marriage of a tradtional planner and a scrapper's notebook to date. The choice of binder colors are Pink and Willow Green in a stylish design. Can't wait to see one in person!

Advertisements for Karen Foster's Memory Planner, just released at CHA Summer 2007, are turning up in all the popular scrapbooking magazines. A few more details can be seen at Scrapbook.com.

Dreaming of seeing your scrapbook layout published in Creating Keepsakes Magazine or Memory Makers?

Planning, organizing and tracking layout submissions can be daunting. Not to worry! Scrapbook Update's blogger, Nancy Nally, has tips and free printables to help you organize submissions to scrapbook magazines.

Whether you're new to submitting, or an old hand at the Hall of Fame game, check out Nancy's way to keep submissions organized and on-track:

Submission Tracking: Success Is In The Details

Whether it's meant to showcase pet pictures or organize summer travel photos, planning an entire scrapbook album can be daunting. Cut through the chaos with free printable scrapbooking planner pages from TheSqueakyPage.com.

The Scrapbook Planner form helps clarify and focus your album, while the two-page Design and Layout Guide makes room for sketches and notes. These forms are in PDF format, so you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print them:

Scrapbook Planner

Design and Layout Guide