Jan 12, 2011
New Year….New Planner
If you’re like me, then the turn of a new year means a trip to the store to choose a new planner! I must admit that I use Google Calendar for a lot of my business planning (meetings, release dates, etc.), but there’s just something about having a paper planner that I still love! So I keep my personal life (dentist appointments, dinner dates, birthdays and special occasions) organized in a paper planner. While perusing the aisles of Target I discovered a section of planners and they were on sale. I love a sale on something I would have bought anyway! It took me at least a half an hour to flip through all the options and finally settle on this teal planner. Of course, I couldn’t just leave it teal with the numbers 2011 on the front. Uh…uh…no…no! I wanted something bright and sunny and the patterned papers from the MME Tickled Pink collection fit perfectly. This particular sentiment from the New Beginnings set is one of my favorites! I think it works great for a planner! I started by stamping the sentiment onto Choice Snow White cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I cut out the sentiment using the Frame it Up 1 die. Then I stamped the solid roses in each corner with Memento Angel Pink ink. To create the frame around the sentiment I stamped the frame image from New Beginnings onto patterned paper with Versamark ink. I covered it with clear embossing powder, heated it, and trimmed around the outside and the inside of the frame with scissors. Then I just adhered the frame over the top of the sentiment. I wanted to keep it simple since my planner spends most of its time inside my purse. So I just added a small strip of mini ric rac and a few rhinestones inside the flower centers.
So are you a planner person? Am I weird…or do you decorate your planner too? Or maybe you use Google Calendar? Or is there some other life organizing tool I should know about!?
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you all have a wonderful day!
