Dress your Tech: Leave a little sparkle wherever you go

When I was taking photos for my Christmas Decorations blog post I took a couple of bokeh photographs. I thought the bokeh photos would make for lovely tech wallpapers! In the spirit of the holidays and everything sparkly, these wallpapers are a reminder to leave a little sparkle wherever you go!

Leave a little sparkle wherever you go Tech Wallpapers

Click the image below, save to your computer/iPhone/iPad, and set up as your wallpaper!

(Love the tech wallpapers? Show your love by liking the Jessica Marie Design Facebook Page) 

<3__Jessica

Free Printable Christmas Banner

There's no denying I love a pretty banner! My living room needed a little extra something to complete my christmas decor so I opted to make a "Merry Christmas" Banner. 

This pretty pink Merry Christmas banner is available as a free download! Click the button below to download the banner! P.S. each letter is 5x7 inches! 

Printable Merry Christmas Banner

1) Download and save to your computer

2) Print on card stock

3) Cut out

4) Tape onto pretty ribbon

5) Enjoy your pretty Christmas banner! 

<3__Jessica

Future Mrs iPhone Cases, Notebooks, Keychains and More

A couple of weeks ago my friend Briann asked me to design a new iPhone case for her to commemorate her recent engagement. With that task in mind I created a "Future Mrs." case for her and also designed a whole bunch of other Future Mrs. gifts! 

Notebook  |  Keychain  | Yellow iPhone Case  |  Pink iPhone Case

I designed notebooks, keychains, iPhone cases, stickers, and stamps for the Future Mrs.

Each item is available in the following color combinations: Mint & Pink, Yellow & Pink, Navy & Pink, Cream & Coral, and Pink on Pink. 

Heart Notebook  |  Chevron Notebook  |  Chevron iPhone  |  Heart iPhone  |  Keychain |  Stamps

I especially love the little notebooks! 

Wouldn't they be perfect to keep all your notes and ideas as you plan your wedding? 

<3__Jessica

P.S. These would be perfect little gifts to give the bride during the engagement party! 

DIY: Mini Binder Printable Dividers

The bf got me the cutest little binder at Target a couple of weeks ago and I am obsessed! He says I like it because it's little and cute. He's right! I don't know why, but it being smaller than a normal binder does make it appealing to me. 

Well at first I was a little confused about where I would get paper for my mini binder and after finding the mini binder section at Target, yes it exists, I found paper packs and dividers. I wasn't really impressed with the selection so I opted out of getting dividers and of course opted for making my own. I made the mini dividers into an editable PDF that you can download for free, customize, print, and enjoy!    

DIY Mini Binder Printable (Monogram!) Dividers

Materials:

• Mini Binder - Mine is from Target and is not available online, lame! But I did find these pretty ones! 
• White Card Stock
• Printer - I use this one. 
• Hole Punch
• Mini Binder Paper 

Instructions:

1. Download the free Mini Binder Printable Dividers PDF 
2. Open the file in Adobe Reader. You can download Adobe Reader for free here. Why Adobe Reader? Because without it instead of the pretty monogram font you will just see plain text, no fun! 
3. Edit the monogram using the following format: First name initial: lowercase, Last name initial: uppercase, Middle name initial: lowercase
4. Edit the tab text and cover text to say whatever you'd like! 
5. Save the file and print. I recommend printing on this card stock.
6. With your files printed now it's time to cut out each divider. 
7. Since binders have different rings I decided against adding hole punch guides so for this step take a page from your mini binder and align it with the divider to see where you should hole punch. I used this adorable pink hole punch! 
8. Place the mini dividers in your mini binder and enjoy! 

<3__Jessica


More Printable Divider Designs available at ThePreppyGreek.etsy.com

Free Printable: You Go Girl To-Do List

Last week I wrote about celebrating accomplishments on a daily basis and today I'm encouraging you once again to not forget that what you do everyday, no matter how small you think it is, you should celebrate your accomplishments! 

Keep up with your daily tasks and remember to celebrate with these 

Printable "You Go-Girl" To-Do lists!

The Free Download PDF includes the printable to-do list in 4 different sizes. The printable to-do lists are perfect for keeping up with projects, homework assignments, chores, blog post ideas, along with all your daily tasks. 

P.S. The "You Go Girl" To-Do list is also available as a notepad in the shop! 

<3__Jessica

4th of July Instagram Backgrounds!

Happy 4th of July! I am off to the lake to spend time soaking in the sun, eating good food, and hanging out with friends. I will be back next Monday -- Follow all my adventures on Instagram>> 

To share the holiday spirit I made 4 Instagram Backgrounds for you to save and share! Aren't they adorable! 

Happy 4th of July Instagram Background

Stars & Stripes Forever Instagram Background

Baby you're a firework! Instagram Background.

Home of the Brave. Instagram Background

What are you doing to celebrate 4th of July?

<3__Jessica

Printable + Customizable 5x7 Notebook

There is no denying I love a cute notebook! I have a notebook for everything, my blog post ideas, to-do list, to write down random thoughts, and to keep track of expenses. I can never have to many notebooks!

Printable Notebook and Printable Bookmarks for Steve's mom!

If you've visited my Etsy shop, you've probably seen my line of printables. These cute little printable notebooks are now available as part of the printables! But since I love y'all I've decided to make the Navy notebook available as a free printable!  Follow the instructions below to download the notebook. If you print it out share your photos with me #jessmariedesign.

Customize & Print your own Notebook!

Getting and Editing the File

1. Like the Jessica Marie Design Facebook Page to gain access to the Notebook PDF file.
2. Download the PDF. 
3. Open the PDF in Adobe Reader (Free Download Here). Please make sure to open the file in Adobe Reader so that you can edit the text in the file. 
4. Edit the title of your notebook on the cover page and add your name to the inside cover. 

Printing the File

1. Print the outside and inside covers on white card stock. You will get the best results when you select double sided printing. Double sided printing is different depending on your printer.
2. Print one copy of the blank page template and use it to trim the rest of your pages. 

Trimming the Notebook Pages

1. For the cover page: trim outside of the solid line.
2. For the inside pages: trim outside of the solid line. Use the template to cut out as many pages as you want for your notebook. (I noticed that about 10 pages works best!)

Binding the Notebook

1. You can follow some great tutorials about hand stitching the notebook together.
2. Stitch your notebook with a sewing machine.
3. Or you can just staple it together. :) 

Hope you enjoy your cute new notebook! 

P.S. Check out the other colors available in my Etsy Shop! 

<3__Jessica

Gingham Dress Your Tech Wallpapers

So if you follow me on Twitter and Instagram you've probably noticed that I am posting a lot more lately... that's because I finally got a new phone! I've had an old and slow iPhone for the last couple of years. I'm talking about so slow that I refused to get online with it. It was really just a phone I would text with.

Now that I have a new phone I've been a little tweet and photo happy and I've also decided to create some cute new wallpapers for it! For these Dress your tech wallpapers I decided on coral and navy (I'm obsessed with the color combo!) and gingham since it's perfect for summer! When you download the dress your tech wallpapers you will get wallpapers for you computer, iPad, iPhone, and Facebook Cover photo. 

Dress Your Tech Wallpaper Instructions:

1. Like the Jessica Marie Design Facebook Page
2. Download the File from the Facebook Page
3. Open the PDF in Adobe Reader
4. Change the Monogram to your own (Read about Monogram Etiquette) 
1. First Initial = Lowercase
2. Last Initial = Uppercase
3. Middle Initial = Lowercase 
5. Download the instructions about exporting
6. Show of your cute Gingham and Monogram computer wallpaper, iPad wallpaper, iPhone wallpaper, and Facebook Cover photo! 

Let me know if you need any help with downloading or setting up your wallpapers.

I've also created some cute Gingham iPhone cases! Which one is your favorite? 

Navy Gingham  |  Coral Gingham

Gingham items available in the Jessica Marie Design Zazzle Shop 

<3__Jessica

Printable Monogram Bookmarks

I ordered a bunch of books from Amazon a few weeks ago and most of them have to do with blogging and being a creative enteprenuer. I am extremely passionate about design and really enjoy reading about how to continue building my design business. I can't tell you if the books are any good yet but I'll be sure to review them for you once I am done!

Anywho, as I've started reading the books, I've used everything from recipts to post it notes as bookmarks. I've had my fair share of actual bookmarks but somehow I always end up losing them. So I put my creative problem solving brain to work and came up with printable monogram bookmarks! I feel so silly that I hadn't thought of this sooner! With printable bookmarks I can print out a ton and have them handy for whenever they are needed. Losing them won't matter anymore because I can always print out more!

I create a set of bookmarks perfect for spring and summer reading. I call them Fold Over Bookmarks. I don't know if there's a better name for them, but to me it makes since since you fold over the top part to wrap over the page you want to mark!

Materials
1) Bookmark PDF
2) Adobe Reader (This will let you change the monogram to your own)
3) White Card Stock
4) Printer
5) Scissors

Instructions
1) Download the Bookmark PDF
2) Open the PDF in Adobe Reader
3) Customize the monogram for each bookmark (left initial: lowercase, center initial: uppercase, right initial: lowercase) Learn about Monogram Etiquette>>
4) Print the bookmarks on White Card Stock
5) Cut the bookmarks out
6) Fold the bookmarks at the dashed line
7) Admire your adorable monogram bookmarks and get reading!

Do you have a summer reading list? 

<3__Jessica

Preppy Printable Binder Covers

With winter break behind most of us (at least for those of us who were lucky enough to have one!) it's time for us to go back to school, return to work, or follow through with our organization plans for the new year. For me it's organizing. I have various projects that I am working on, specifically for my 25 before 25 goals, and I want to keep them all in one place.

I bought a plain white binder with clear sleeves and knew I wanted to create something fun and colorful to decorate it. Of course I opted for a Lilly Pulitzer print and my monogram! So I set up my document in Adobe InDesign and came up with 7 binder covers, yes I know I went a little overboard but I couldn't decide which print I wanted to use! 

Now you are probably wondering how this could be of any use to you and no it's not another tutorial of how you can make your own, instead I decided to make them completely customizable and all you have to do is download them and change the monogram to your own. Simple! Note, make sure your binder is big enough to hold your contents by checking the ring capacity.


How to Customize:

1. Click here to Download the PDF
2. Open file in Adobe Reader. (Get the latest version of Adobe Reader)
3. Select the existing monogram and delete
4. Fil in your own monogram (Learn about Monogram Etiquette)
1. First Initial = lowercase letter
2. Last Initial = uppercase letter 
3. Middle Initial = lowercase letter
5. Print your preppy binder covers on white card stock 
6. Admire your new lovely binder covers! Binders never looked this good! 
7. Sign up for my email list below for more fun free printables, exclusive discounts to my shop, and more! 

<3__Jessica

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