Plan with me week #2

January 11th-17th

Grey and Gold theme by Tallulah Hoola

Welcome to first week view plan with me, I will be posting these up every Monday. So lets get into this because this is my first proper decorated week using a week kit. Last week I was just trying out a few thing so didn't do a proper spread. All etsy shops will be linked at the bottom of the post.

What last weeks try out looked like.

So let get to how I planned this week.

I started by placing washi along the bottom and across the evening header, the put down my headers, checklists, full boxes and half boxes.

Next I did my side bar, placed my weekend banner and  functional stickers which are from candy pink designs, daisy duster designs and viccibplans.

Lastly I filled in all my plans and to do's. So this is this week all filled out, well what I can fill out for now.

Something didn't seem right so I used my colour coding on my week spread as well.

First half close up.

Second half close up

Follow me on instagram for updates on this week.

Esty shop stickers I use are from  TallulahHoola Daisydusterdesigns VicciBplans and CandyPinkDesigns

January month spread

I thought because I've now got a happy planner I would do plan with me posts. These month view plan with me posts will be the last Friday of every month so watch out for them. Any shops such as etsy will be linked at the end of the post. So to start off this series here is the month of January.

This is what January in my happy planner looks like blank.

First I went round the edges with washi tape. There is a variety of things I use to mark different events in my month view.

• Washi to mark when my children are off school
• Pound sign stickers to mark pay days
• Colour dot stickers Blue is for when I make any online orders, yellow for general appointments or places to go. Orange for my partner, Pink and purple for my children and green for bills.

Only stickers off etsy are the pound sign ones from VicciBplans and the dot stickers were from wilkos. The dot stickers that look black are actually purple is because of my lighting.

Hope you enjoyed this plan with me next one with be more detailed this month was my first in my happy planner, watch out on Monday for my first weekly spread plan with me.

My Christmas planner goodies

Hey!!! I thought I'd share with you all the planner goodies I had for Christmas, even though must of it is what I asked for I couldn't believe how much there was. Hope you all got the planner goodies you wanted for Christmas. Links to everything I can find links to will be at bottom of this post. So lets get this sort of Christmas haul going.

The only things I wanted for Christmas were planner goodies

From my partner I finally got a Happy planner

From my daughters more washi, sticky notes and etsy planner stickers which I featured in an etsy haul here

From my uncles. New pens and sticky note set (missing in the picture are my sharpie pens)

Not really planner related but from my mum I got some adult colouring books and pencils which I thought would be great when I have writers block to clear my head.

Links

• Happy planner I manage to find on ebay but can be bought on me and my ideas website here
• Washi tape and sticky notes were from ebay
• Etsy stickers were from Tallulah hoola Daisy duster designs VicciBplans and Candy Pink Designs
• Flower pens were from Primark as well as the sticky note set which was designed by Gabriella Lindley who is a british youtuber.
• Adult colouring books were from poundland
• Colouring pencils from B'n'M

Etsy haul #1

I thought I'd share my etsy stickers I ordered with you before I use them. The ones is this post are my first ever esty orders which I made on 7th December. All the sellers in this post are UK sellers.

In this post there are four etsy shops that I order from starting with VicciBplans.

• Half To do check boxes in the style diva
• Mixed coloured corner pay day/bill tracker

I also received a sample sheet that most etsy shops send with orders and I also got one page of her gold foil stickers. All these stickers range from £1-£2.20 and postage is brilliant for the small price of £1. They didn't take long for me to receive them either they were posted same day I ordered and I received them on 8th December I'm so glad I bought these sticker and can't wait to use them in my happy planner.

Next we have CandyPinkDesigns

• Weekend banners
• 24 checklist flags

I also received some free sticker sheets plan, bow ties and meal planning. All the stickers in Amy's shop range from £1.50-£2.50. Postage for these is also the small price of £1.00. This order didn't take long to be delivered either it was posted on the 9th December and I received them on the 10th December. Even better the seller Amy has given me a coupon code for you all to use quote 'BLOG15' for 15% off. Don't forget to say you read this post.

Another seller I ordered from was DaisydusterDesigns

• 16 washing line stickers
• 56 mini flags

I really like the washing line ones, will be perfect for marking when I need to do laundry. All the stickers range from £0.97-£4.27 for a sticker kit and the postage is an amazing £0.97. These were posted and delivered the same as candypinkdesigns. The seller Maisie has also given me a discount code to share with you quote 'BLOG10' for 10% off and don't forget to say i sent you.

Lastly is TallulahHoola

• Pink and grey weekly set
• Pink and grey geometric weekly set
• Grey and Gold weekly kit

The stickers range from £1.50 for a sticker sheet and £7.95 for a full monthly kit and postage is £1.75. These took the longest to be delivered, they were posted on 11th December and I received them on 14th December. I can't wait to use these in my January spreads which I will share with you every Monday after Christmas.

So go check out these shops they have some amazing stickers don't forget to say I sent you, check deliver dates though because most sellers are closing for Christmas. My next etsy haul will be end of January, think I'm going going to do these hauls once a month.

The Happy Planner

For Christmas I have decided I want to get a happy planner instead. So I thought I would let people know what one is in case they don't already know. (Some of the pictures in this post aren't my own. There will be information at the end of this post to where I got them)

The happy planner is a disc bound planner with pages punched in a way so they can easily be removed and put back in. It comes with eighteen months worth of monthly and weekly spreads dated July 2015 through December 2016. They also came in a variety of different covers. Here a few of them.

While the basic layout of the inside and calendar pages are the same in each planner, the decorative elements, fonts and colour schemes vary. You can check out the happy planner website here for videos showing the different designs or to order from their shop.

This planner system has nine discs with a cut out heart in centre of them. The inside includes both monthly and weekly calendars. The monthly are tabbed with reinforced laminated labels for easy access. Each tab coordinates with the months colour.

The month on two pages has no decoration apart from that months colour scheme. The weekends are shaded and there is a notes section down the left hand side.

The week on two pages spreads sit in between the months. These have a vertical layout consisting of three boxes per day named 'Morning', 'Afternoon' and 'Evening'. Each day has the same amount of same including the weekends which are shaded. There is a month at a glance in the top left hand corner then a notes section underneath that. At the bottom of the weekly pages there is a quote or a decorative pattern.

The only other pages in this planner are a cover page at the front, a notes page at the back and a next month planning page at the end of each month. The month planning pages have five boxes that you can fill in.

• Birthdays for the month
• Special events for the month
• Important dates for the month
• That months goals
• Don't forgot

You can purchase odd-ons or accessories because this planner is disc bound it is very customisable like any Filofax or ring bound planner. Here's a few things you can add to it or use to decorate.

I liked the look of the Erin Condren planner but for me living in the UK  I just found it a bit pricey to get one and my one problem with it was that you can't remove the pages. Then I saw some youtube reviews on these and I was won over. I like how you can take the pages out to decorate them then just put them back in. Really can't wait to get this planner for Christmas will be a nice change from a Filofax.

Thanks for reading after Christmas I will post my first month/week spread and any extras I might add to it. If you have any questions about the happy feel free to ask.

*Pictures in this post that don't have my name on are from Charmaine Dulak who is a brilliant youtuber and one of the people who inspired me into planning here's a link to her Blog and youtube channel.