organize me #10- Household Binder

So a few weeks ago, I decided to make up a household binder for our family.

And I had waaaayyyy too much fun putting it together. I may have some OCD tendencies...

Want to take a look?

The cover:

I used some of my left-over patterned paper from the Project Life kit I bought last year. 

I love the bright colours & simple design, so it was perfect for the binder!

{I took these photos outside on a grey day, so the colours are a bit washed-out in the photos. The colours are brighter in real life!}

The spine...

I put everything in page protectors because I knew the pages would need them since this will be used almost daily. And after I took all the pictures, I added tabs for each section for easier use.

Each section has a title page where I added a strip of the circle pattern paper from my Project Life kit. I haven't scrapbooked since last fall, so I loved bringing out my paper cutter & adhesive for this project!! haha!

Section for Important Numbers:

I have a page where I listed all the home & cell phone numbers for our families. And then I made a page to keep all the numbers for doctors, hospitals, the dentist, etc. and some emergency numbers.

I have a baseball card page there to hold business cards.

and then there's a

section to keep track of important dates:

I printed these 2 pages from Tip Junkie. I love having all the birthdays & anniversaries here by month...

On the left page I printed off a 2012 calendar from this site.

Then I have a section for Emergency Information:

I have a sheet with all the numbers to call in case of emergency- medical numbers and the numbers to call if there is an issue with one of our utilities. I also put down our cell numbers again, in case we had someone watching our kids, our numbers are listed in a few different areas.

Then I found some info on Fire Escape Planning that I printed off...

Then I printed off a bunch of sheets of information to use in different emergencies-

Asthma info (our little girl has asthma), and some info on choking...

...info on cuts & info on burns...

... then a reference page of CPR basics...

Then the next section is Babysitter Notes:

I printed off a couple of these pages from Tip Junkie in case we ever have someone besides a family member watch our kids...

My son will be going to Kindergarten in the fall, so I made a section for School Information:

This is where I can keep all the important papers that the school sends home.

I made up a page to jot down the basic info...

Next is the Church Stuff section:

I made up this page to jot down the numbers for people in our ward we may need to contact & I have a spot to write in the numbers of our home teachers & my visiting teachers. This is also where I stuck in the slips we have for our home teaching & visiting teaching assignments.

And I put in the current Primary newsletter as well...

A section of Things To Do! A spot for to-do lists, etc.

Travel checklists for packing & a place to put papers of reservations & itineraries, plans, etc!

The Birthday Party Plans section...

I made up some papers to write in my ideas for my kids' birthday parties this year...

And then I made a section to write in Gift Ideas for future reference!

Probably my fave part is the back where I added these little folders to store things!

I found them at the dollar store, so I bought one for each member of our family & printed our names onto the label stickers.

They are great to store in info for registrations or things that need to be added to the kids' baby books, etc, etc!

I also made a Table of Contents for the front pocket...

I've LOVED using this binder for the past couple of weeks! 

I don't know why I didn't make one sooner!!

How do YOU keep your family organized??

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