Reflections

Around this time 10 years ago, my winter break from college was coming to a close. I was single and had a huge crush on the cute boy that worked at the mall. As an excuse to stop by, I made some cookies over break and packed up a small bag just for him. I made the trip to the mall, giving him the homemade cookies, and my instant messenger user name. We did a little flirting online before he finally came to my dorm to hang out.

10 years later this boy is now my husband and doggie dad to my fur baby. There have been many ups and downs, countless tears, and hours of laughter. As I reflect on these past 10 years I cannot imagine anyone else by my side. He has rejoiced with me in the triumphs and held me close during the heartaches. We have had serious debates about the various political canidates and major world events. We have acted like teenagers in love, tickling eachother and holding hands in public. He is my rock; my support system; my cheerleader; my best friend.

These past 10 years have not been a walk in the park, but I would walk through the fire again as long as he was by my side.

Plan With Me - The Paperly Boutique

I'm a little late getting this post up with week. But...
My PWM this week uses a new-to-me Etsy seller - The Paperly Boutique. I was attracted to the muted green and taupe colors of this kit and the simple, functial stickers. As we start the new year I am looking to be more organized and proactive with my planning. This kit offers a wide range of funtional stickers, m/d/n headers, page flags, and event markers. These repositionalable stickers are high quality and the price is great for the amount of stickers that come in the kit. I would highly recommend this etsy seller to anyone looking for weekly kits!

Plan With Me - New Year's

Hello all!!

It's been a few weeks since I did a PWM post but here is my spread for the week of New Year's! I picked up this black and gold kit from Let's Plan It on Etsy at the beginning of December. Britne includes so many amazing functional stickers in her weekly kits and this kit also came with a small sheet of decorative stickers. I forgot to take some haul photos before I started the decorating process but I think you get a pretty good idea of what the kit includes from the shots I took. There is also about a full sheet of stickers left over that I just did not have room for, making the price of the kit a great deal! They will be great to keep around as supplimental stickers for future spreads.

I don't generally make New Year's resolutions but I want to make a concious effort to be more organized in 2016. Utilizing my planner each week is the best way for me to keep my schedule on track and keep up with all of the odds and ends that I want to accomplish day to day. I find that the bright colors and fun decorative stickers help me to enjoy the planning process and ensure that I will pull out my planner daily.

I would love to see your planner spreads for the holiday weeks! Share them in the comments below or tag me on instagram @brunetteplanner!

Plan With Me - Gobble Gobble

 

 

I am in love with this week! The colors are gorgeous and it has me excited for the fall weather and turkey day! I used the weekly kit from Rory's Sweet Addiction that I featured in my last post and used a sticker book from Michael's to fill in some of the gaps and decorate it up a little. This kit came with so many checklists, half boxes, and icons that I have enough left over to do another week!

I added the two small polish bottle stickers and the blogger icon from The Organizing Companion.

I'd love to hear how you are decorating your planners for the holiday!

Etsy Planner Haul

I recently got in two orders from Etsy that I wanted to share!

This first order is from The Organizing Companion. 

The freebie that she gives is great. I appreciate the variety of functional stickers to add to my weekly spreads. 

I ordered this lovely fall kit. I used it for my weekly spread last week and absolutely loved it! The morning/day/night coverups are perfect for my planning needs and I love the mix of decorative and plain full boxes. 

These last three were just some random sheets from her shop that I really liked. The water color blogger stickers are perfect to denote any blog posts that I want to get up for the week. I also love the mix of solid and glitter nail polishes! 

Her high quality stickers are reasonably priced and were cut perfectly. They also shipped out earlier than I was expecting!

This next order is from Rory's Sweet Addiction. 

I also loved her freebie! The bright colors will go well with the spreads I have planned for the coming weeks! 

This is the first order I've placed with Rory's Sweet Addiction and I chose this four page fall kit. It includes one page of functional icons and checklists, one page of "washi" stickers, one page of full boxes, and one page of half boxes and ombré checklists. 

I really like the colors in this kit and think they will match with some of the Thanksgiving Darice sticker books that I have. I also think that there will be enough stickers here to make two full spreads with the addition of some decorative stickers. 

I also think that her sets are very reasonably priced and my order shipped out before I was expecting it to!

These are sellers that I have not ordered through before but I am glad I did! 

Plan With Me - Fall Foliage

This week I used a weekly kit from The Organizing Companion on Etsy. This is the first weekly kit I've used and I challenged myself to use only the stickers from this kit to fill out my week. It is more functional then decorative but I am really enjoying the structure for this week. 

I did end up using my water color blogger stickers, also from The Organizing Companion, to denote my blog posts. They are my one exception to my challenge 😊

These checklists have been incredibly helpful as I plan out my days. And the icons have added a fun touch to my daily chores. I also love the colors in this kit and the quality is incredible.

Look out for a haul coming later this week featuring this shop as well as another new find!!

Plan With Me - Autumn

Happy Autumn!

I skipped a plan with me post last week since I had not really decorated my planner and didn't end up using it as much as I would have liked. It turned out to be a very busy week at work and I didn't have time for much else.

But I'm back at it this week and I love the way this week has turned out!

I was inspired by a family sticker set I found at Michaels as well as a sample set from Libbie & Co on Etsy. This feels very autumnal without being full of dark colors. I also could not wait to use the grass washi that a planner friend found for me!

I don't love that the polka dots on my happy planner show through the washi but I was out of white out, so what can ya do? 

I am finally getting this up half way through the week and I love looking at this theme every day - It reminds me to be thankful for the family that I am blessed to have. 😊