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For a limited time (AKA, They didn’t say how long) Erin Condren is offering 35% off of all 2020 dated planners and calendars PLUS there’s a $10 off a $35+ coupon code AND free shipping over $75. If you want to get your hands on an Erin Condren Planner for 2020, this is definitely the day to pop in and grab one.
I’m a big fan of friendship bracelets. YES, at 40 years old, and I’ve been making it my goal to learn how to make more and more of them. If it’s your goal too, here’s a quick, easy one that you can check off your list.
The Chevron friendship bracelet can be made using as many threads as you’d like. I’m sharing how to make one with ____ threads today, but more threads just equal a wider (and more colorful) bracelet.
I personally use a 12X12 tile for my work projects like this – it allows me the ability to move it off of my work surface when I need to work on something else, but it makes it not very portable, which is fine because I really can’t count knots and watch TV anyway 🙂
I like to secure the bottoms of my thread with a small bit of washi tape – I tape the threads down straight, but not too tight, I can easily work with and move the threads without them jumbling up, getting in my way, or getting out of place.
From here – there’s just no way to talk you through it with pictures – I’m not that great with words – so here’s a chevron friendship bracelet video tutorial to help you out.
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If you’re new to using a digital planner, you’re not alone – while I first heard of this fun new diddy back in 2018, it didn’t catch on rapidly and I’m only recently hearing more and more about it.
There are several digital planner pros and cons but if I could name my favorite pro, it’s that the stickers are reusable.
I know. Imagine being able to use your favorites over and over again without having to remember to re-order them!
This post will walk through the simple step by step guide to using digital planner stickers in GoodNotes5.
If you accidentally bring too many stickers over (you copy too many on accident) when you hit paste, you can then lasso the ones you don’t want on that page and just delete them off.
The best part, those digital planner stickers can be used time and time again.
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If you’re just getting into digital planning or you’re looking for a new planner for your digital planning fun, here’s 5 undated digital planners that I recommend checking out.
Bonus: You can re-use the undated digital planner year after year 🙂
New to using a digital planner? Check out this post: Digital Planner 101
#1 – This Mer-Mazing digital planner by Goodwin Design is my all-time favorite – you’ll see it in my pictures in posts about digital planning because it’s the one I use day in and day out.
#2 – This Digital Planner By Alejandra Styles comes in a close second for me for several reasons:
#3 – This Undated Digital Planner for Goodnotes by CCMDigitals tops my list for reasons you can probably already name based on the image above:
#4 – The Pastels Undated Yearly Digital Planner by The Magic Happens is on my favorites list. I don’t own it, but I see a lot of great things about it that would make it fall in this top 5 list:
#5 – This undated digital planner from Little Digital Plans is packed and stacked and also on my faves list.
While you’re shopping for your digital planner, here are digital planner stickers I recommend!
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We’ve been talking a lot this week about digital planners – if you’re not caught up, the best place to start is with this post, digital planners 101. As I’ve mentioned throughout each of these posts, there are definite digital planner pros and cons – this post will explore each of these in our favorite format — list :D.
This list isn’t about the number of each bullet in the pros or cons category – I think it matters what your planning style is, the time you have, and what you like to do with your planners post-year-end. I’ll continue to add to this digital planner pros and cons list as I dive into digital planning more and more this year.
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Using a digital planner isn’t new, but just like paper planning, it’s made strides in new developments and incredible supplies such as the availability of actual digital planners and digital planning stickers. While I’m a paper crafter and always into the idea of documenting my life in hard copy, both in scrapbooking as well as creative planning, there are also several things I love about Digital Planners.
There are many different apps that you can use to house your digital planner – it just has to be able to notate PDFs. I’ve listed a few options below for both Android and iOS.
iOS
GoodNotes 5 (this is what I use)
Notability
Noteshelf
Android
OneNote
Metamoji
Because I use GoodNotes 5, this tutorial will guide you as if you’re using Goodnotes 5, too.
I have to admit, I spent more time choosing my digital planner than I’ve ever spent choosing a planner that was paper/hard copy – first because it was a new world to me, one that I wanted to fully explore before making a decision and second, there are a lot of really, really cool options out there.
Much like choosing a daily paper planner, there are several digital planner layout options – landscape or portrait, MAE or hourly, dated digital planner and undated digital planners, all of the same layouts you could want or need in physical form are also in digital.
Because you can duplicate pages, you can really buy this digital planner once and use it for many years – so I think it’s important to spend the time to scout out the one that works best for you.
My life (like yours, I’m sure) is filled with a multitude of different things I track and plan, so I see the need for many different page layouts in my life, that’s why I ultimately chose this one for my daily use.
Check out this post for 5 undated digital planners to try!
There are a lot of digital planner stickers available now (a year ago, that wasn’t the case) so you can spend just as much time and have just as much fun choosing digital planner stickers but good news – they aren’t one-time use!
Choose stickers that are pre-cropped or specify that they have a good notes file – this just makes life easier because you can drop the stickers right in without any headache – trust me, it’s worth it to look for this when shopping for digital planner stickers.
Be sure to load up on the basic digital planner supplies to get started – unlike physical planning, these are one and done purchases, but you’ll need a few key items to keep digital planning fun and not a chore.
Save the planner PDF to your iPad and then open the Goodnotes 5 app. Tap on the + sign on the upper left side of the screen and choose “Import”. From there, browse for and select your planner PDF file. That’s really all that there is to it.
I like to load my stickers right into my planner so I never need to leave it. To do this, open your digital planner and flip to the last page (or, wherever you want to store your digital planner stickers). Click on the + sign in the upper left side of the screen and follow the same steps you used above to import your planner.
I hope this crash course in digital planning inspires you to grab your tablet and try it out – in my heart, it will never fully replace paper planning (it’s just who I am) but it does add another element of creativity and organization that I’m excited about and diving into a bit more every day.
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There’s a lot of great digital planner stickers on the net – and even some great tutorials on how to make your own, if you’re into that sort of thing – one of the biggest digital planning pros is that you get to re-use stickers over and over and over again, and these are the ones that are among my favorites (many I actually own, a few from my wishlist) that you should check out – you’re still shopping small AND your planning and to me, that’s good stuff! Links for each of these fabulous items are below the image.
Never heard of digital planning? Check out this recent post: Digital Planner 101
I am often incredibly inspired by Paige Evans and Pink Paislee, but even as a seasoned crafter, I sometimes feel intimidated to try her incredible projects — am I good enough? Do I have all of the stuff? I turn to Google often to view how others use the inspiration to create something beautiful and then I’m double inspired, but I sit on that inspiration.
This time, I actually jumped in and used the inspiration to fuel something awesome, and I hope that when you google run across this, you’ll see that you can make these things too.
Our oldest daughter, Brittani, turns 24 this weekend, and what do you give to a 24-year-old who has everything? Good question. One her dad and I can’t answer – so we turn to money because we hope that she will actually spend it on something she wants (she’s a bit of a save-a-holic). But the presentation – a white letter-sized envelope with a check-in it, leaves a lot to be desired.
I wasn’t looking for the Embellished Shaker Envelope By Lilly Sanchez (design team member for Paige) when I found it, but when I laid eyes on it I was like – this is definitely good stuff…. but can I actually create something like this? I don’t have any of those papers or tools… I absolutely have to try.”
You know I don’t do step by steps on inspiration creations, leave that to the original creator – I will say that I purchased the cut file because I can use it for a thousand things, I didn’t use double-sided paper, so I just cut two of the envelope files and made cuts where it made sense to make this a two-sided envelope. Then I went on with using only what I had on hand – yellow tulle from an old tutu project, a mix of bits and sequins I had on hand from Trinity Stamps and Hobby Lobby, a paper pad that’s eons-old from Michaels, and two colors of embroidery thread which I messily hand sewed to the tulle and cardstock.
If you’re a hand-sew kinda gal like I am (yes, sewing machine and sewing class is on my bucket list, it’s just scootched down a bit) then I recommend taking a needle and a rubber mallet and creating your needle holes before you start to sew so you don’t crease and crinkle your paper. OR you can have some foresight that I didn’t have and just add those needle holes to the cut file before you send it through…. next time, that’s what I’ll do 🙂
I absolutely love being inspired by other creators like this — in fact, 75% of all of my creating starts with inspiration from companies and design teams and it’s a HUGE WIN when I finish and have something that’s really rocking like this to gift to someone else.
If you see incredible crafters out there creating things and you’re feeling the churn of inspiration and intimidation, just jump in and try it, I learned a new skill (hand sewing tulle to create shakers) and a new idea that I’ll definitely continue to use in projects in the future.
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March 16th is National Panda Day. According to nationalcalendarday.com, this is the day where “conservationists and animal lovers alike spread the word about one of the world’s most endangered and adored animals “
Well, you know that we think good cause missions are goodstuff around here, so we’re definitely on-board – and what better way to showcase our love for these adorable black and white puffs than to fill our planners with them AND support small planner businesses at the same time.
It’s already time to release the February prompts for our 2020 Journal Challenge. February is the love month and we’re not here to reinvent the wheel – we all need love – for our selves and for others so grab your journal (or open a word doc) and get started.