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Ultimate Comparison: Erin Condren Life Planner versus Plum Paper Planners - Which planner is better?
I've bought many planners to try for the 52 Planners in 52 Weeks challenge - most of which are Plum Paper Planners. A lot of people rave about Erin Condren Planners but not so much Plum Paper. Both planners are quite similar so if you're trying to choose between the 2, here is a detailed [...]
Favorite pens for writing headings in my planner
I have a slight addiction to pens and have become rather particular with which pens I use for what, especially when it comes to writing headings / titles where I prefer to use thick / marker style pens so they stand out more.Favorite pens for writing headings in my plannerTo enlarge the screen of the [...]
6 Useful ways to efficiently plan your week using highlighters
After pens, highlighters are my favorite tool for color coding my planner! There are a couple of ways I use highlighters to efficiently plan my week:How to use highlighters for planningTo enlarge the screen of the video, click the square icon in the bottom right hand corner of the video (it will say ‘full screen’ [...]
Officeworks Otto Goals Planner for 2018 (Review & Video Walkthrough)
Officeworks is one of my favorite places to buy stationery. So when they released new planners in their Otto range (their exclusive Officeworks stationery brand that always has nice notebooks etc.) I had to buy the 2018 Goals Planner!This is not a sponsored post - I paid for the planner myself - all opinions are [...]
Bloom Teacher planner review and flipthrough
I knew I wanted to try using lesson planning pages for the 52 Planners in 52 Weeks challenge. It was a choice between the Bloom Teacher planner and the Erin Condren Teacher planner. In the end I chose to modify the Erin Condren teacher planner into a weekly planner (see this post). If the Erin [...]
How to print printables at Plum Paper planner size from your home printer (step by step tutorial)
A question I get asked all the time, is whether my printables can be printed at Plum Paper Planner size. The answer is... yes!You can use this same method to print pages at the MAMBI Happy Planner, Erin Condren, Limelife Planner, Day Designer, personal size or any other size you like!To enlarge the screen of [...]
How to keep blog post ideas organized and color coded using Microsoft Word (plus, download a copy of my template for free!)
My internet connection can be rather unreliable so I started drafting blog posts in Microsoft Word. But then it became rather messy and I couldn't find the drafts I needed when I was ready to copy and paste them into Worpdress for publishing. So I created a template in Word to organize all my blog [...]
Practicing Calligraphy: Free printable brush lettering worksheets
After seeing Instagram flooded with calligraphy and being jealous of everyone's ability to hand-write such pretty letters I wanted to try it for myself! Given my hand-writing looks like chicken scratch has never been very good, I did some Googling to find some free worksheets to start learning how to write calligraphy!Practicing CalligraphyThe Tombow Website [...]
Arcing my Plum Paper Planner - everything you need to know if you'd like to try it yourself!
I'm a huge fan of the Arc system and the Plum Paper Planners so I thought, why not combine the 2?Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post, I just really like these planner companies Arcing my Plum Paper PlannerPlum Paper have many different planner layouts (I may or may not own 7 of them...) - [...]
How to store planner pens (5 ways - and my favorite method!)
Some women buy clothes and shoes, I buy stationery - especially pens! The addiction has gotten a little out of hand so I've had to find the best way to store them. If you're a fellow pen addict, here are 5 ways to store pens!1. Pen cupIf you don't have many pens, a pen cup [...]