More free printable Dotty Stems/Flowers!

Ok, there are 3 designs in one document here.  I have done yellow, red and orange colourways (on the screen the yellow and orange don't look that different but they do once printed).  Enjoy!  You can download them here.  Hmmm, will be putting my thinking cap on for Christmas designs now....

Owl bookmarks to match!

Princess E loved the bookplates so much I decided to do some bookmarks as well using our little owl characters. You can download them here:

Owl bookmarks

I did a double sided one which includes space on the back for you to write down words you don't recognise, make notes etc. I was inspired to include the little note part by these cool bookmarks from the lovely blog blogroomshop. For mine, just print them, cut them out, fold in half and glue. I also did one with a hole punch and some ribbon and another one with the decorative scalloped edge across the top and bottom just to change them up a bit. I need to have about 100 for Princess E as they are distributed from one end of the house to the other.

Owl bookplate free printable

I designed this for a good friend of mine so decided to share it with all my good friends online as well! You can download the PDF here:

Owl bookplates - yellow

I print them out on sheet labels so you can cut, peel and stick. You can just cut them out straight as they are or you can use decorative edged scissors like I have done here. Enjoy!

Blog Topics To Do List Notebook

I came across this great free printable for a 'Blog topics to post' to do list from Erin Vale Design (via a Printable Roundup from the oh so wonderful One Pretty Thing) and it has been getting used a lot around here. Such a simple idea but so handy! Anyway, I decided to pretty mine up a bit rather than keep the original printed page folded in three that I keep doodling all over....here is how I did it.

Firstly I printed out a number of sheets (there are 3 lists per page - I printed out 5 pages) and trimmed them down to stack. I then cut out a piece of cardboard in the same shape for the back.

I stacked the paper on top of the cardboard, lined them up and stapled through it all at the top (ok, who else straight away noticed the staples are not straight... :-) ).

Then I cut a strip of decorative paper a shade wider than the stack and a bit longer. I have used my free printable dotty garland paper.

I lined up the front bottom sides and folded the leftover top bit back around to the back. I have done two creases so the paper will sit flat over the notebook.

Then glue it to the back....

turn over and put near your computer for jotting down those ideas as they come to you! (and make mental notes to yourself about doing something about that ugly mouse mat)

Play tickets free printable

Here is another free printable. This one is for the kiddies. I have occasionally hand drawn little tickets for my kids and they get so much fun out of something so simple. Miss E used to use one as a 'bus ticket' to school (in our car) and now A likes to collect tickets to allow entry past him at the stair gate at the top of our stairs. I really have no idea why they love them quite so much but it inspired this download and I hope you find a kid who likes them too. Update: I have a great friend who did the PDF for me in the cool font (just in case you visited when the plain font was up - if not - ignore this part!).

You can download them here:

Play tickets - A4

Play tickets - Letter

Some tips for cutting them out. The shape can be a bit of a pain to cut out so just cut them into rectangular strips and use a hole punch to cut out the notches. May not be perfect but definitely the easiest way!

Also, I have a guillotine with a perforated blade that I use for the joins so they can pull them apart themselves. You could also use a sewing machine (without thread obviously) for the same effect. Or just cut them of course....

Free printable - Dotty Garland paper!

I love spots! This is my first attempt at a free printable so I hope this works ok. You can download it here:

Dotty Garland Brights - A4

Dotty Garland Brights - Letter