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September Monthly Spreads!
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Make Your Planner Fresh & Functional For Fall!
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Planning With Pockets & Cut Files!
Hi friends! Mik here today to share some more inspiration with you all. Did you know that Simple Stories has several planner’s cut files in the silhouette design store? Yes! There are so many cut files that you can buy and to cut as many times as you want. I was so excited to find this amazing resource! Here is...
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Getting Ready for 2020!
Hey there my friends! Hope this Blog post has come to find you doing well! Have you begun thinking of the New Year that is just around the corner? I know right !? Going by way to fast! Well, I think September is the perfect time to begin setting up your Home Spiral Planner for 2020! Talk about being ready...
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Happy Trails Planning!
Hello sweet planner friends! It’s Kylie back with you today and I am sharing some more planner inspiration with you all. Since it’s pretty much September, I have been busy setting up some planner pages in my Teal A5 planner. We usually always camp for our ‘Spring’ break here in the southern hemisphere in September so I couldn’t think of...
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Falling Love With Fall Farmhouse!
I cannot tell you how excited I was with the Fall Farmhouse collection. Fall is one of my favorite season. I just love all the beautiful autumn colors and the beautiful leaves that changes colors and fall on the ground. I must admit that Fall is one of the things I miss the most since living in Southern California. Fall...
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Fabulous Fall Farmhouse!
Hello again, it’s Emma with you today. I’d be the first to admit that Autumn, Fall, whatever you call it, isn’t my favourite season! I love blue skies and sunshine, Spring and Summer are my months!...but, and this is actually quite a big but, this Fall Farmhouse Collection by Simple Stories, has actually got me quite excited!! I’ve chosen the...
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Recipe Planner!
Hello everyone, it is Kelly here and today I will show you how I used the Carpe Diem recipe inserts to setup my fun new recipe planner! I will use this planner to do some menu planning and to keep all my recipes. On my menu plan page I wrote down my ideas for dinner and I decorated the...
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Life CAN Be "All Sunshine and Rainbows"!
If ever you need a pick me up, just look at the Oh Happy Day! planner and it’ll put you in a good mood! It’s so peppy and fun and colourful, I love it! It’s Cara today, here with a happy, rainbow filled planner setup for September. Why is this year going so fast? I can’t be the only one...
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Let's Wander!
Hello hellooooo.... my friends, It's Henny from @Hennytjcraftcottage again. Today I'm super excited to be sharing with you guys this adorable 3D planner dashboard I created to fit into my A5 rings planner. I loved loved this green shade of planner from Simple Stories, and I thought the color would go perfectly with this new "HAPPY TRAILS" collection for my new...
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Bootiful Memories!
Hi friends! Mik here today with a new blog entry. I’ve just created a new TN set up to share with you today using the Happy Haunting collection. I love how Traci Reed has mixed flowers, pink and Halloween. It’s the cutest collection in a while, and I love it! Halloween holds so many good memories which we can...
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Oh Happy Day Sprial for A Work Planner!
Hey there my friends! Have you ever thought of adding another planner to your line-up that’s just for work? I have and absolutely love how it keeps me focused! “Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” ― Gloria Steinem I have several planners in my current line-up! Home...
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Live Simply Planning!
Hello lovely friends! It’s Kylie back with you on the blog today and I’m really excited to be sharing with you how I have set up my ‘Live Simply’ planner. I’ve really fallen in love with the spiral bound planners and since the Live Simply planner begins its dated year in August 2019 , I couldn’t wait to get started...
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Let's Go Camping!
I have been wanting to go on a camping trip with my family. It's time to plan a family trip in the great outdoor. "Happy Trails" is the perfect collection to use in planning my family's camping adventures. I love how my Marigold A5 Planner match this collection so well. The yellow gold color stands out and makes everything looks...
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Spooky Shaker Fun!
Hello again, Emma with you today. I’d like to show you a really fun and simple way to make shaker pockets, I’ve used them to decorate the front of my tn inserts, but you can use them just the same on dashboards, dividers...wherever you fancy!! I’m using the Happy Haunting collection to set up my speckled dot tn, I just...
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Personal Heart Planner
Hi everyone, it is Kelly here today with a new blog. The last months I have been using an A5 planner as my main planner and I loved using that size. But lately I have been noticing that I don’t need as much space anymore because I also use other planners. Therefore, I want to use the personal sized planner...
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Live Simply Setup and Spiral Planner Hacks and Tips
Is there anything better than a brand new planner to set up? It’s Cara here today and I’ve got the gorgeous Live Simply planner all set up for August. I started with the birthdays for August, I created a bookmark that I punched and added in. I stuck a few sticky notes to it so that I can jot down...
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Fresh Starts!
Hello... It's Henny here today sharing with you my new "LIVE Simply" spiral planner. It's a Carpe Diem brand new spiral planner with a beautiful "Farmhouse" print. This new sprial planner has a hard cover, with 12 months of dated planning as well as weekly planning. I'm was in love with this planner the instant I saw the sneak peek!...
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Live, Love & Explore!
Hi friends, it is Mik here today with a new blog entry. Today, I’ve chosen the beautiful and funny Happy Trails collection to show you my new set up in my Cream Dot TN. I love the nature. Being on it makes me feel at peace, at home. To walk among trees and to feel the fresh air is...
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Create A Seasonal Planner!
Hey there my friends! Have you ever thought of creating a seasonal planner? ONE each for Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter? I thought it’d be fun try it out and absolutely love it! The Simple Stories Cruisin Kit made it so much FUN! Just think of what we could create for Fall! To escape and sit quietly on the beach...
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Planning With Heart!
Hello planner friends! It’s Kylie back with you today and I’m sharing some of my latest planner set up’s and spreads with you. Lately I have had two planners I’ve been using at once- My A5 Robin’s Egg planner and my Typewriter Circles Traveler’s Notebook. The A5 planner, I have been using for journaling and the TN for my monthly...
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Oh Happy Day!
It's a happy day indeed. Carpe Diem came out with many new Spiral Planners. They are all so beautiful. Today I want to share with you how I decorated my "Oh Happy Day" Spiral Planner. Let me tell you that this planner is full of fun and vibrant colors. This is a 17 month weekly planner which starts in August...
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Simply Amazing!
Hello again, hope you’re having a wonderful summer! For this blog I’d like to show you something fun and a little bit different! I’m going through a phase of loving anything retro!, so when I spotted this floral paper in the new Happy Trails Collection it just screamed 70’s wallpaper...and I needed to use it!! I started off by fussy...
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New Live Simply Spiral Planner Set Up
Hi everyone, it is Kelly here today with a new blog. In my last creative team box I received the gorgeous new spiral planners from the Carpe Diem collection. I decided to use the Live Simply spiral planner as my new social media planner. In this blog I will show you how I have set my planner up for the...
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Planning for your home!
HOME planner - The name say it all... this is the perfect planner for your entire household! I'm using this HOME spiral planner for my family daily plans. It will stay in my kitchen for easy access to everything from family plans to cleaning to grocery shopping! This Home planner also has a coordinated sticker tablet that I store inside...
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Budget Cuts? Naw, just Budget Stickers!
Ok, I have a confession… I can’t believe I’m about to say this but… here goes! My name is Cara and I am terrible with money!! That’s not to say that I overspend, I’m not in debt at all, it’s just that I don’t track my money and I really don’t know exactly where it all goes. Phew, ok...
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It's Summer Time!
Summer is the time for sunscreen, open air parties, pool, beach, lemonade, flip-flops… I love summer and all its luminosity. Did you ever notice how super happy everyone is in summer? That’s vitamin D saying hello and recharging all our energies! Today I’ve chosen the warm and refreshing Sunshine and Blue Skies collection to show you my new set up...
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How To Set Up A Gardening Journal!
Hey there my friends! Flowers, Sunshine and a Watering Can in my hand make my heart sing! How about you? It’s one of the many things I absolutely love about Springtime, Summertime and Fall! This year I decided to create a set of three Gardening TN’s to record my gardening each year! I hope it inspires you to create your...
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Home Planner Set Up!
Hello beautiful planner friends! It’s Kylie back with you today and I’m super excited to share with you my new, spiral bound, ‘Home Planner’. I have a confession to make…. I have never used a spiral planner! Nope! Not once. However within about 5 seconds of this beauty arriving I knew I had been depriving myself! The ‘Home Planner’ is...
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Live Simply Spiral Planner!
I would love to live simply, Magnolia style. If you don't know who Chip and Joanna Gaines are, you are missing out. This "Live Simply" Spiral Planner totally reminds me of the Magnolia homes. This planner belongs to Me. The very first thing I decorated is this page and adding my name using the alpha stickers. I used washi tapes...
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All The Heart Eyes!
Hello, well, what can I say?!...this collection is simply gorgeous!! The colours, the florals...the everything!!! I’ve chosen to set up my A5 Robins Egg with the Heart Collection, the colours work perfectly together! I’m sure you’re tired of hearing me tell you how I set up my pockets, I have my own style, and it’s very rare I change that...
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OH Happy Day Daily Planner!
Hi everyone, it is Kelly here today with a new blog. I used my A5 color wash Carpe Diem planner and the ‘Oh, Happy Day!’ collection. This collection is so fun and bright! I like to alternate my planner inserts from horizontal to vertical layouts. But sometimes I also feel like using a daily insert. Carpe Diem has these daily...
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A Trendy Journal That You Can Take Along With You!
It's Cara here today and I wanted a journal to not only record my daily goings on, but also a place where I could put down some of my thoughts as well. I’ve seen planner girls and scrapbookers alike use traveler’s notebook inserts for memory keeping and I wanted to give it a go. I decided to choose my favourite...
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The Value Of A Moment!
Don't you think that we all need this little reminder that today is our day? Memories are the best treasure of the heart and are our diamonds of the past. Sometimes the only thing left with us are our memories. Hello everyone … it's Henny here today sharing a new blog post. I've created this new project using the new...
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Planner Dashboards!
Hi Friends! Mik here once again to talk about some beautiful and functional planner dashboards using the lovely Simple Vintage Botanicals collection. Do you know about planner dashboards? You wouldn’t believe how many people still don’t know what those are yet or are unfamiliar with them. When you get a planner boxed set, such as those on sale at the...
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My Secret To Filling Blank Planner Pages!
Have you ever been down this road? Too many stickers? Too many options? And all you end up …with is a blank planner page staring up at you? lol! Girl, have I got the .. answer …for YOU! lol! Now I knew that would get your attention! Quick… go grab your favorite cup of coffee and join me as I...
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Accessorizing Your Planner!
Hello sweet planner friends! It’s Kylie with you today and I thought I would share with you all some cute accessories you can make to add to your planner. They serve not only a practical purpose but they also add a lovely aesthetic pleasure to your planner. I’ve set up my beautiful A5 Blush planner for June and teamed it...
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It's A Good Day To Be Happy!
Botanical Secret Garden in my A5 Planner I would love to escape in my very own secret garden. The Simple Vintage Botanicals offers a collection of extraordinary beauty from the papers, stickers, bits & pieces, frames and washi tapes. Having so many beautiful elements to work with, I feel like I've created my own secret garden in my Cream Blossom...
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Getting Organized For Summertime!
Hi there, it’s Emma here! For more months now I’ve been saying I need to get organized and find a balance between, home, work and everything in between! I’ve decided to reorganize my ‘desk planner’, the planner that sits on my desk and is always open ready for me to scribble in. Using the Home inserts and the inserts from...
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Summertime Monthly Spread!
Hello everyone, it is Kelly here today with a fun new blog, and I am totally ready for the summer! I used the fun ‘Sunshine and blue skies’ collection to decorate my monthly spread for June. First, I used the Carpe Diem Numbers sticker tablet to date the monthly spread. I chose bright pink flags that fit the collection perfectly....
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Add The Butterfly Effect To Your Traveler's Notebook!
It’s Cara here today and I have a confession, I LOVE butterflies! I always have, my signature is my initials manipulated into a butterfly, my wedding dress had butterflies on it. I love how feminine, delicate and colourful they are. So you can imagine my excitement when I first say the Simple Vintage Botanicals collection. Ok, I like the flowers...
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Love Grows Here!
Hello sweet friends! It's Henny again here.. I promise it's gonna be a short explanation this time :). So I'm just sharing with you my continued creation where I used the "Spring Farmhouse" collection and put everything together for my TN set up. And I still have so much left over to create more :). This collection is truly gorgeous!...
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Pen Pal Tracking Planner!
Hi Friends! Mik here sharing how you can make a pen pal tracking planner using the gorgeous Oh Happy day collection. Do you know snail mail? This is the term used to refer to the old school, traditional, exchange of letters by mail. My father was in the military and I moved a lot during my childhood and ever since....
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