hello welcome back, can you believe I have finally got myself a planner. If your not on Instagram or genuinely haven't seen the planning crazy let me enlighten you!. I love stationary, always have even as a child. Quirky rubbers, patterned pencils, matching pencil case's and gel pens all to allow me to doodle and relish in stationary. That's how I see planners, of course they are for planning but now they have become a whole lot more than this. For some I will say welcome to the world of crafting as this may be the first time they have done anything crafty since childhood. No longer is it acceptable to just scribble in doctors appointment in your planner, not when you can use a sticker, or a gel pen and add an emoji, followed by a line of washi tape!. Suddenly planning has become an art, a craft even!. The market is flooded with stickers, co-ordinating stamps, coloured planners honistly the world is your oyster at a price of course. Without knowing it a whole new group of people have probably entered into crafting without knowing it and before you dive in a word of warning it's very additive. Now you know me anything that gets you to sit down for some therapy craft time is good in my books even if it is just to plan the week ahead with some added washi tape I am all in favour. Planning and me I choose a paperchase a5 planner, this is big you would need a large handbag to take this one around with you!, I actually don't intend on carting this around with me but you can get smaller ones. I wanted mine to help me to plan what I am making and plan in my blog posts as well as the need to do something creative. Honistly before it arrived I wasn't sure if I would be entering the world of planning full on, I had hoped to get by with a gentle nod but I have to admit it's looking more tempting each time I open it. But stop this planner from eBay was a bargain at £8 new as it's 2016 model. So fine until Christmas. Paperchase like most of the big names have inserts to include note pads new diary's all sorts of add to your planner. Let me show you my makes so far. I started by just covering the divider page that came with this planner. I used a sheet from a lidl craft pack and some glitter silver washi tape. I took a notelet from my gorjuss stash and I used the letters that came with my gorjuss a4 ultimate kit I had. The inside of the planner has little pockets which already had a note book with it. I just added a note book from phoenix cards as it had a phone picture on it I felt this would be a great help for me to write down when I need to ring someone. On the reverse of the page I did the same by covering again and this time I added and inspirational quote and some stickers which you can see on the right. These came with the planner. Next I made this simple bookmark using some stampin up papers.
I wasn't use if I should use matching colours all from the same supplier or use this as a good time to use up some of my craft supplies. This is my creative outlet. I am not looking for perfection in this planner although I can see that looking back in a few years to come it's going to be great fun. My advice is do your own research you will find stacks of products designed for the planner. I already know the silhouette design store has loads of things to help me with my planner. I could actually make my own stickers and planner stationary if I wanted. Honistly I've never actually used the print and cut feature with my silhouette and I really think I need to start using my machine much more. I did actually cut a few things out with my planner in mind. If you look at the picture bellow you will see a massive glittery splodge!, That's my silhouette machine at its best. I will leave you with my first weeks planned pages. I'm not 100% happy with my first page so next week I might get my gorjuss girl pack out and have a play. I hope you have found this blog useful let me know if you plan and have any good tips for me. As always thanks for stopping by xxxx
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AuthorHello Thank you for taking a peek at my page. My name is Lucy and I adore craft and the methods and process behind it. Why not join me and see what I am up to.
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