Planner Love

I am still loving the Planner craze and I have many planners lol. They are all so beautiful I have a hard time saying no to them!

I have one planner I keep strictly to keep track of my son's dance/theater stuff which trust me is a lot.

I have been using my scrapbook stuff for this planner. The Crate Paper Poolside collection is perfect with my Teal Color Crush Planner.

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May the Fourth be with you - Happy Star Wars Day

I hope you are all enjoying Star Wars Day, I know we have plans to watch the latest movie A Force Awakens, put on our Star Wars t-shirts nd use our Star Wars cups today.

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Star Wars - The Countdown..1 day to go

Today we are watching Episode 6 - Return of the Jedi. 

Only one more day until Star Wars Day.

Will you be celebrating tomorrow?

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Star Wars - The Countdown...2 days to go

Today we are watching Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back. Love me some Yoda!

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Star Wars - The Countdown...3 days to go

3 days left until Star Wars Day and Episode 4 - A New Hope is on tap for tonight's viewing pleasure. The original and still my favorite one.

I had to add Luke and Leia for today, love these cute little stickers.

I had to use the quote "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" for today.

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Star Wars - The Countdown... 4 days to go

Today we are watching Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith.

I had so much fun decorating my planner for Star Wars Day!

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Star Wars - the countdown...5 days to go

Today is 5 days until Star Wars day (May 4th) and we are watching Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones tonight.  Here is a picture of my planner and some cute notebook I picked up at Target.

To complete this week I used more of the skinny Washi Tape in different colors and added the Bobba Fett and Storm Trooper stickers (and for you die hard Star Wars fans, yes I know it's not a clone trooper but I had to use what I had lol)

Stop by tomorrow for another episode of Star Wars - The countdown.

Creative Planner Part 2

Friday I showed you the fun dividers I made for my creative planner and today I am sharing a little on the inside of the planner and how I will be using it.

The monthly calendar I will schedule all my video and blog posts. I will probably add some Instagram and Facebook posts to this calendar as well.

The weekly pages will be more details of what I need to do that week.

These pages will be for goals and to dos.

This section will be for general ideas and things I can video.

I love this new setup and I am hoping it keeps me on top of my game.

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Plan With Me - Creative Planner

I decided to turn my light pink Color Crush Planner into a creative planner for myself. It will be used to write down ideas, plan videos and blog posts and keep myself on schedule,

You can see the video on how I created it on my channel today.

I wanted this planner to inspire me as soon as  open it so I am going to add some of my favorite things to the pages. I used the My Minds Eye On Trend 2 collection filled with beautiful colours and fun icons to make the dividers. I traced the old dividers onto patterned paper and cut them out.

I layered tags, die cuts, patterned paper and embellishments on each divider.

I will share rest of the inside pages Wednesday showing how I plan to use the inside pages and planner portion to keep myself on track.

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Plan With Me/Project 365

Hi all, I am up today with a new YouTube video for March Plan With Me/Project 365. I am showing I use the Simple Stories Carpe Diem planner to plan and highlight my Project 365 Photo a day as well.

Here are a few photos from the memory keeping side of things.

I am using the Simple Stories 6x8 page protectors to hold my photos and I show you how to add them into the planner binder in the video.

I write out all the details on the last page of the month then add number stickers to correspond to the photos.

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you next month with a new Plan With Me/Project 365 video.

Planning Fun

I wanted to share how I set up my daily sheets in my Carpe Diem to prepare for the month ahead. I try and get them done at least a week or two before the end of the month and sometimes when I have time I will do 2 or three months ahead. I am keeping it pretty simple just using the washi tape to separate the days. I add in the usual work and extracurricular kids stuff first.

Then I fill in the birthdays and any other important events and highlight those with stickers.

I keep the post it note holder bookmark from Simple Stories on the day I am working on and then if I need to make a quick note I have one right there.

Then I add in the insert for my Project 365 and pick a coloured number that works with the pattern on the paper. I clip that in with one of the magnet clips. You can see I have all ready added 2 photos that I printed out.

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Project 365 - Planner Style

I am using the Carpe Diem A5 planner from Simple Stories to do my Project 365. I finally got around to finishing January up and so far I love it. On the last page of the month inserts there is a blank lined page so I numbered it 1 - 31 for the days of the month then briefly wrote a description of the photo I took that day.

I added a Simple Stories insert by adding washi tape and re-punching the holes then added photos from the month using the number stickers that come with the planner collection on the photos.

So far I am in love with this. The planner part has everything we do from day to day then the insert will have photos highlighting the month. The Planner world and the Scrapbooking world all in one - BAM!

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Carpe Diem Planner Set Up

I am using the Simple Stories Carpe Diem planner for a planner/my 365 album this year. Here is how I am setting it up (you can see a video on my YouTube channel).

I am using the Robin Egg planner look how gorgeous it is.

I added a Maggie Holmes tassel that matched perfectly and used the inside pockets for extra stickers and accessories.

This is the monthly view and I will keep that one pretty simple just the important stuff.

I love the little sticky note today divider and will get lots of use out of these cute sticky notes.

The week view has plenty of room to write and decorate.

I will also be adding in page protectors to add my photos, this is a Simple Stories 2x2 page protector and I just re-punched the holes so it fit on the rings,

I will be adding my photos from every day and using the last note page to write down what went on that month and what each photo was about.

I can't wait to start using this planner it's so pretty.

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Epiphany Crafts meet my Happy Planner

I had so much fun making some planner flags with my Epiphany Crafts Pennant tool and the new stamps that coordinate with them.  First I stamped them all on some patterned paper.  

Then I added some stickers and the coordinating Bubble Caps and added them to my planner.

I love how they turned out.  For this week I am using the October The Planner Society kit for my MAMBI Happy Planner.

I would love to see how you use your Epiphany Crafts tools in your planner!

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September Plan With Me Video

I know it's October but I completely forgot to upload this September Plan with me video.  I used The Planner Society's July and August kits. I hope you enjoy it.

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More Dance Mom Planner Pages

I am trying hard to get all my Dance Mom planner pages done so I can get organized but it's funny how life always gets in the way.  

For these pages I printed out the email informaion by pasting it into a preset size template I created in Microsoft Publisher.  Then I printed them and added them to some patterned paper and added some Washi tape to pretty them up.

We also had our first competition and they did amazing.  First place for Musical Theatre and he competed against himself in Hip Hop and got first and third place.  All three routines made top ten overall for the whole competition and his Coed Hip Hip placed third overall.  So proud of him.

I love that I can document his whole year in one place and I am thinking of ordering another Color Crush Planner and turning it into a Dance Mom Mini Album at the end of the year and transferring all these pages as well as adding some photos and programs from the year.

Dance Mom Planner Page

I really wanted to get organized this year - what a perfect time for all these beautiful planners to be popular!  I loved the inserts that came with my Webster's Pages Color Crush Planner but I really wanted to have some very specific pages for my son's dance and couldn't find any that worked...so I ended up making some myself.

If you have a child or know a child that is in competitive dance you will know how all time consuming it can be, between classes, extra practices, recitals, on stage rehearsals, competitions, parades, and more recitals it seems like we live and breathe dance around here.  I wanted to keep track of all the information in my planner so it was handy all the time.

I created some Dance Mom pages that fit inside my Color Crush Planner and printed them out on thicker cardstock so I could add photos to them.  This is the first page I created and I will have one of these for each of the classes he is in (this year it's 5).  

It has space for the class information like date and time, instructor and music/name.  Then I created a space to list all the competitions he will have for each class.  The Company (or competitive) classes have to compete a minimum of three times but usually four times each).

I also wanted a space where I could add details of his costume and a photo of him dressed in each costume as a guide so when we pack up for recitals or competitions we have a reference point of what he is supposed to look like.  This costume is so awesome he loves the diamond sweats and plaid shirt and I love that he can wear it after dance is done for the year!

If you would like to have these pages to use in your planner please email me with your address and I will send you a PDF you can print out and use for free!

I am also working on several other pages that relate more to dance and soccer and other pages that will help me towards my goal of being organized.  If you have any suggestions or have any ideas please drop me an email.

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Planner Love

So I haven't even gotten my planner in the mail yet (It is taking forever) and my hubby brought me back a whole bunch of goodies from his trip to California.  He stopped at the Paper Source, Target and several other stores and got some really cute fun stuff!

I love the little gold polka dot tin from Target my hubby knows me so well.  I also love the paper clips and gold heart doilies can't wait to use them all.

I also love the cute Toy Story pencil case that was from Daiso.  I have no idea what I am going to do with the pom poms but I will find a way to use them!

Do you use a planner?

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