A collection of expert tips from a graphic design professional on how you can design a function and beautiful planner that will perform well in an online shop.

At this point, if you’re following along with our How to Design Planner Series, you should have already researched or brainstormed your ideas, and you should have outlined your project on paper. Now, it’s time for you to actually sit down and design your planner on your computer.

There are three settings that you have to get right if you want to design a quality planner – page size, page margins, and page bleed.

My second step into designing planners that sell is to outline my planner pages and develop a wireframe that I can utilize once I sit down to digitally design my project.

As a full-time traveling graphic designer, I’m going to share with you my 5 streams of income as a digital nomad. I wanted to give you a deeper look into the sort of ecosystem I’ve created for myself surrounding the selling of planners and other digital resources, and how that all comes together to fund my full-time travels.

There are a ton of software, apps and tools available to help you run your business on the computer, but choosing the right ones can be a challenge. In this video, I list my top five resources that I use every single day to run both my businesses and manage the tasks that would otherwise take up a large chunk of my time.

If you’re new to the design world and need a hand in getting started on your next planner project, I’m going to walk you through my thought process as I’m developing a project, show you the tools & software that I use, and how I stay organized in keeping all of my thoughts in one place. 

In this post, I’ll be showing you three of the best programs to get started designing your own planner. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced designer, these programs are the perfect choice for creating a planner that fits your needs.

A look into the four steps that I take to design beautiful printable planners that solve a problem. This is a great way to make supplemental income or even start a full-time business.

I’ll show you three different ways you can design to-do lists on Canva using the Tables element: one for a simple list, one for a checklist based on urgency, and one for complicated projects with lots of steps.

Learn how to create digital products in Canva with this basic guide on starting and designing quality projects online. Having a super quick learning curve, Canva is the perfect tool to get started as an online seller.