November Sub - Give Thanks

Hey Y'all! 

Hubby and I are getting ready for a friends Halloween Party this weekend, so basically, I am getting ready for the Party. I have gotten all of our pieces to our costumes, and am baking cupcakes today! It's going to be awesome and you can expect pictures next week! :) 

For now, you saw that title and were expecting to see a post about Thanksgiving, not Halloween! So let's get to it! 

The November Sub actually came to me about 3 weeks ago, but I thought I would post about it a little closer to it actually being November. 

Also, it's not my favorite sub. It's not strictly Thanksgiving, it's a VERY similar color palette to the October Sub, and there are a lot of stickers that I probably will just not get a lot of use out of. Let me quit yakking about it, and let you see what I'm talking about. 

I do like that she remembered to include the Purchase Sub reminder sticker this month. If you didn't get the sub last month, she sells a sampler sheet that has those reminders on them, here. I'm not thrilled about the card, because I already have my own thank you cards leftover from when my little man was born (ENDLESS BABY SHOWER THANK YOU CARDS!!) lol. I don't foresee myself using the label stickers much because they are so wide! They take up a big chunk of the EC boxes. 

I like the half boxes. Those turned out really neat! The quotes page looks awesome, but I don't really put quotes in my planner, especially not full box quotes because I want to fill it up with things I do. I like the idea behind the acts of kindness stickers because I think we should always strive to do kind things for others, but I never really plan out doing those kinds of things. They usually just happen. I don't know, maybe I'll use them. 

The Thanksgiving sticker set is adorable. That one will most likely get used with the leftovers I have from the October Set! 

Overall, I don't love this month's sub. I will still order a December one, so it hasn't deterred me at all because I have been ordering these each month since June, and this is the first one that I really just don't like. That is not bad at all. 

Don't worry Kayla! I still love your shop, girl! In fact, I just ordered a bunch of washi from her website, so expect a haul once that shows up! :) 

Have a great weekend, and I will see y'all Monday! 

Week of 10/12 - 10/18

Hey Y'all! 

Happy Columbus Day! 

This week continues the Halloween themes I've had going in my planner for the entire month of October! This week starts some pretty fun fall festivities, and I can't wait! 

It's Freaky Fountain week! :) I have been looking forward to using this Darice Book for awhile now! Halloween is such a fun time, anyway, but when you add in the cuteness of a soda shop theme, this is bound to be a great theme!

All of the wash tape used this week is from Michael's except the skinny washi separating the weekend. That one is from Hobby Lobby and was part of a set. 

As usual, the hydrate sticker is from Oh, Hello. The half box is from AWigsDesigns, and the rest are all by me! I am actually enjoying being able to slowly become independent in supplying my own stickers. It feels nice to be able to save money on everyday functional stickers, and it helps me justify purchasing some more elaborate stickers that I wouldn't be able to design for myself (at least not easily). 

Appointment stickers and churches are from Oh, Hello. I used some of the fall stickers from the October Sub (posted about here), and again, the half boxes are from AWigsDesigns. So are the baking stickers. Everything else is my own designs! 

As you can see, my dad's birthday is Sunday! I'll be baking his cake this weekend, and since his birthday is in October, he always gets a Halloween cake. I will be posting about how I made it next week! We will also be going to a Pumpkin Patch on Saturday so I will be posting about that experience as well! 

In the meantime, look forward to Thursday! I have my November Sub from Oh, Hello, and I will be posting about it then! 

I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday so far! 

Talk at ya later! 

Week of 10/5 - 10/11

Hey Y'all! 

This weekend was a wee bit crazy. My son and I were rear ended on Friday. We are ok, but my car is a little worse for wear. There may be a new (to me) car in my future, but I don't know for sure. Just kind of waiting on the insurance company to call back. Bleh... 

Anyways, on to the more fun stuff! 

Here is this week's Halloween spread! This weeks sticker book is Witches Way! 

Not a super heavy week as far as happenings. Monday and Wednesday are kind of busy, but everything else is pretty bare. However, things are already starting to pop up, so I have a feeling it will fill up quick. 

The Hydrate Sticker is from Oh, Hello (as usual). The Half Box on Monday is from AWigsDesigns, which apparently is closed now. The rest, (except the Witches Way stickers) were all made by me! I am so excited about being able to make my own stickers!

The Church Stickers are from Oh, Hello. 

So, I love decorating my planner, and I love sharing the spreads with you guys. But after awhile, it gets difficult to think of things to say. Especially, now that the majority of my stickers will be self-made.

I might switch to doing one of these every month so that you can see my favorites. Or maybe, I will just post pictures without descriptions. I don't know. I haven't fully thought it through, but there may be some minor changes coming soon. 

Hope y'all have a great week! If you have any suggestions about what you would like to see from me, please let me know in the comments! 

Fall Darice Sticker Haul

Hey Y'all! 

I was trying to save this for when I had more, but I have not been able to get out to Michael's yet (it's about 20-30 minutes away depending on traffic). Plus, I am not sure that there would be any out there if I went. My Michael's isn't as up with the times as others I have seen. 

Case in point: I had to go to a Michael's while we were in Orlando to get these four books. 

Plaid Pumpkin is the one that I have been REALLY wanting since I first saw it a few weeks ago on the Helloigan Facebook page. It did not disappoint! It is super cute! I think that one and the Give Thanks books are my favorites!

Of course, I love Turkey & Blessings, and Gobble Gobble too! 

November will be featuring these four books! 

I will also be on the lookout for Winter and Christmas sticker books soon too! 

Put pictures of your favorite sticker books in the comments! I would love to see what you love! And it might give me something else to purchase (which I am sure my husband would just love, right?!)!

Week of 9/28 - 10/4

Hey y'all! 

This week is an exciting week in my planner because it is officially the beginning of my Halloween Spreads! It's also exciting because about 90% of the stickers used are stickers I made myself! Remember how I told you that my Mother in Law was going to let me use her Silhouette Cameo? I got to use it this week, and so none of these stickers were cut out by hand! Woo Hoo! The cut was a little off on some of them, but all in all this was not a bad first attempt. 

The half boxes, appointment box, pencils, to do list, single strips (except the purple ones, and the bottom one on Monday), books, weekend banner, and TV show stickers are all stickers that I made myself! I LOVE the way they turned out.

The book sticker is similar to Oh, Hello's. I love hers so much, but can't afford to keep buying them in all the monthly colors, so I designed my own. They are slightly different because I didn't want to copy them exactly. 

The Hydrate sticker, drawing challenge stickers, church sticker, and little Oh, Hello logo are all from the Oh, Hello Etsy Shop! Thursday her November sub goes live! Check it out! I know I will! :) 

I found the washi tape at Walmart! 98 cents, you guys! It's amazing! 

Closer looks at each side:

You can see where the cuts were slightly off, but I am not worried. I will figure it out better for my next batch of stickers I make. 

I used the Movie Mayhem Darice Sticker book for this Halloween spread! I figured the use of purple in the stickers would be perfect for combining the September and October colors. 

So, as you can see, nothing too crazy planned for this week, just fun planning, and maybe a few baking sessions need to happen! I can take pictures, and let y'all in on the process! Let me know if that would interest you!

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P.S. If you missed the livestream of me singing at my church yesterday, here is the link. You can watch the whole service (a little over an hour), or you can skip to 21:16 for my song. 

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Week of 9/21 - 9/27

Hey y'all! 

Fall is officially here! Today is the first day of the Fall season, and to celebrate, I have decorated my planner in all fall stickers and washi!

Here is last week's layout all finished! I like the way it turned out! Definitely better than it started.

It started out that the main theme was going to be Delightful Lemon's Fall in Love sticker set, but I also ended up including stickers from the Apple Picking set, and stuff from the Oh, Hello October Sub (posted about here). I included some stickers that I made for myself.

I was able to find the sticker paper that is very similar to the paper Delightful Lemon uses (it doesn't feel exactly the same, but it is close enough for Government Work!). So, now I am able to make these really good quality stickers for myself. My MIL has a Silhouette Cameo and is letting me use it so soon, I will have stickers that I don't have to cut out by hand anymore! Yay! That makes my hands happy!

The TV stickers were of my own making again. The pencils are also mine. Everything else is either Delightful Lemon, or from Oh, Hello, except the hydrate sticker. That is from VintageGypsyRoad.

As you can see, I have a solo at my church on Sunday! If you would like to see what I look like, and hear an awesome song about God, tune in to my church's livestream here!
If you are not an early riser, we also save our services in our archives. They are on the same page as the livestream!

I had to get creative with my weekend banner decoration. I didn't have any weekend banners printed out that would have gone with this layout, though I suppose I could have used the September ones that I had.

So Sorry this didn't make it live earlier today! I had the best intentions, but didn't have my pictures uploaded so that I could post. The Drawing Challenge Update will be going up tomorrow! It's already written, just have to click Publish! Have a great evening! 

Week of 9/14 - 9/20

So, since we went out of town last week, I really didn't get the chance to post much of anything. Plus, it's not super wise to post that you are GOING to be out of town on the internet for the world to see. Especially in a planner where there are details. 

That being said, I have decided to post last weeks spread today, then I will post this weeks spread on Wednesday. It looks fantastic, if I do say so myself! 

Last week, I went with a Halloween Theme because Hubby and I went to Halloween Horror Nights! It was SO much fun! We used to go all the time, but haven't been since before I was pregnant with Little Man. It was great, but we were exhausted! Little Man has been sleeping through the night since he was about 2 months old, so we have not stayed up that late in awhile!

I decided to combine the Delightful Lemon September Set with the Spooky Pumpkin Darice Sticker Book. Then, I threw in a few of my own stickers, and some Oh, Hello Stickers. (surprise, surprise)

Here, you can see the Hydrate sticker from Oh, Hello, and the Drawing Challenge stickers, also from Oh, Hello. Oh! And the books are from Oh, Hello too! All the pumpkins are from the spooky pumpkin sticker book. The Scale, and Pill Bottle stickers are all from AWigsDesigns. Little Man had a double ear infection and Pneumonia in his left lung so he was on lots of meds for that. Poor thing. Lucky for me, he is still a happy little boy no matter what! 

The To Do list, and the Dancing With The Stars stickers are mine. Everything else is from the Delightful Lemon September Set. 

This is my favorite side of the spread! I think it turned out great! The Universal and Islands of Adventures Stickers are mine, along with the Weekend Banner. I didn't write what we were doing at church last week because we weren't there. It's back to normal this week though. I found the road wash at Hobby Lobby and it is perfect for road trips! You can also see some of the October Sub stickers in this spread too! 

I had lots of fun with this Halloween Spread, and I think it looks even better all filled in! Let me know if you would like to see a spread after it is all filled in for the week! I might be persuaded to post that! :) Hope your Monday isn't too bad! See y'all Wednesday! 

P.S. So sorry for the lack of links! AWigsDesigns is on a break from her shop, and Oh, Hello is out of a lot of her stock because of her website opening yesterday! You should check it out!
http://ohhelloco.com

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Oh, Hello October Sub

Hey y'all! 

I know, I know. You want to have me lynched because I haven't been on here since Friday! Ugh, I am disappointed in myself for that one. However, I plan on making you forgive me by posting about my October Sub from Oh, Hello! She has changed when her subs ship out. They used to ship out the 20th of the month, now they ship out the 5th! I got mine on the 9th! That was kind of awesome! 

Her theme this month was Fall Into Autumn. Kayla said that this was her favorite sub so far, and being a fan of autumn, I kind of have to agree with her! 

The patterned stickers are boxes and strips of varying sizes for decorating the Erin Condren boxes. The half boxes and meeting boxes are her usual ones just in fall colors. Then she included a sheet she calls the Fall Outing sheet. It is kind of a Fall Bucket List of sorts with things like, Drink a Pumpkin Spice Latte (already did that one! :)), Carve a Pumpkin, and Decorate for Fall (you guys know I have already started that one from this post, and this one). The last sticker sheet is unlike any of her other sheets. It is entirely a decorative sheet with no functional stickers whatsoever. I love this because it is not something I would normally purchase for myself (outside of the Darice books). You can see all the animals, trees, pumpkins, apples, and leaves. There are even a few PSL's in there too! 

Unfortunately, it appears that these sheets are all sold out already, but she usually restocks things fairly quickly! 

I definitely have to agree with Kayla, that this is my favorite sub so far! the next one goes live on the 1st of October! She and her fiancé Alex are launching a new website on Sunday so be sure to check that out! 

So, don't be mad, but Hubby and I are going out of town this weekend, so there won't be anymore posts until Monday. I promise I will make this up to you somehow! Maybe extra posts next week! 

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend, and maybe enjoy a Pumpkin Spice Latte or two! I know I plan to! 

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Etsy Sticker Haul

This is the largest amount of stickers I have ever purchased at once! And it's only from two different shops! 

Oh, Hello Stationery Co. had a Whoops sale last week, and, for once, I finally got some! A whoops sale is where the owner puts together all the stickers that are slightly less than perfect and sells them for a discounted price. The imperfections could be the cut being slightly off, the color being slightly off, or small smudges. Also, it's all random sheets. Kayla puts hers in packs of 10 sheets for $6. I managed to snag three! 

This is the first pack I got from the whoops sale. The only ones I won't use are the cat box stickers. I don't have a cat, but I have managed to trade them with someone else who got some stickers I could use. Most of these just have the cut slightly off. The dinner stickers have a slight color problem, but nothing that makes them unusable. The donuts have a few smudges. 

There was one repeat in the second whoops order. Again, I was able to trade them for different stickers. The half box to do lists had one section that the color was wrong, but I accidentally covered up that one section in this picture. If you scroll up to the first picture you can see the corner of one that the color is wrong. It is orange instead of a light red. The rainbow books are also off color. They are darker than they should be, but I still like them! 

More cars, donuts, weather stickers, dinner, and cat boxes, and easy stickers. But those Christmas stickers!! :) My heart is happy! Can't wait for Christmas! 

I also made a regular order to Oh, Hello at the same time I ordered the whoops items....

More boxes and churches. I got the makeup brush stickers to remind me to wash my makeup brushes! I just don't do it enough. The sampler at the bottom is the freebie that comes when you order from them. Though, now they have a fall themed one that is SUPER cute! 

My last order was from a shop called Delightful Lemon. I am LOVING these stickers! I used them in my weekly layout this week, and they are just wonderful. The paper type is amazing! I plan on ordering some as soon as payday comes around! ;) 

Can we just talk about the coffee stickers?! Adorable, not to mention I am set on coffee icons for when I go to starbucks! 

I think my favorite sticker sheet is the Fall in Love one in the center. The box on the left has a Fall Bucket List, and I fully plan on using the sticker and completing that Bucket list! I am going to use that sheet the first week of fall. 

I hope you enjoyed my haul! Give these shops a look! They are both great! 

Enjoy the rest of your week! 

Week of 9/7 - 9/13

Hey y'all! It's that time of the week again! 

I had lots of fun with this weeks layout, which seems kind of silly when you see it. It is almost entirely functional stickers. This is the first week since I got my Erin Condren that I have done a layout without one of the Darice sticker books! 

The majority of this weeks stickers come from a neat shop called Delightful Lemon. I LOVE the paper she uses for these stickers. I will be finding it, and purchasing some for my own stickers that I make myself (cue maniacal laugh!). The paper is thicker, but not so thick that it makes me worry about planner bulge. And it's matte, which is my favorite. You can write on it with literally ANY pens. It's just fantastic! 

Let's take a closer look!

Can we just take a minute to look at that list of laundry that needs to be done? I am ashamed....and low on clothes..... anyway, back to things!

The pencils are back! Those, the Hydrate sticker, the books, and the drawing challenge stickers are all from Oh, Hello Stationary Co. The hydrate and college stickers are currently out of stock, but I am sure they will be back in no time. 

The washing machine sticker is from AWigsDesigns. 

Everything else, is from Delightful Lemon's September Set. There is no satisfactory way to describe the paper for these stickers. You really just have to try them.

As you can see, there will be a Sticker Haul post on Wednesday. It will have a lot of the stickers from today's post in it! 

The weekend banner is one I made. The church is from Oh, Hello. The football washis are from Office Depot. Everything else is from the September set again. 

I am surprised how much I actually love this layout, even without all the cutesy stickers! Share some pictures of your layout in the comments so we can all get some inspiration! 

Have a great week everyone! 

Week of 8/31 - 9/6

Hey y'all! It's that time again! 

Here is my spread for this week in my planner! 

As you can see in the picture, I used the Darice Garden Royalty sticker book. I love this book, and I thought the green and purple would be perfect for incorporating the August and September colors together in one spread. This book is pure fairy tale goodness! I may have to use it again when Once Upon a Time premiers (Sept. 27th)! 

There is not a whole lot going on this week, which is nice as far as relaxation goes, but for planner decorating, I just felt anxious. I didn't want to use up too much space on cute stickers, and then not have enough room in case something comes up. But I also hate leaving it this blank! #plannergirlstruggles #amiright?

Let me just say, that since I put this up so late today, I have already had the chance to not get things done that I put down in my planner. Guess what I didn't do? If you guessed Zumba at 8:30 this morning, you are CORRECT!! I just couldn't drag my sorry self out of bed this morning in time to be able to get little man ready to go. So, instead, we did a little shopping and got lunch out! It was actually kind of nice! 

I was able to put the pencil stickers from the September Sub to use this week as a way to mark my blog posts! So I guess you get a sneak peak at what is coming up on Thursday! 

If you have really good eyes, you might have noticed my Oh, Hello Subscription reminder sticker! I am so excited that the October Sub goes live tomorrow! You can purchase it at 9AM and again at 3PM. These things go FAST people! Fair warning! 

Wednesday nights are always busy for me. We have dinner at church, then I lead the children's worship, then I have praise team rehearsal, then choir rehearsal! It's crazy, but I love it, and it's my only night that is busy like that. 

On Tuesday, I am starting a 31 day drawing challenge. The stickers are from, you guessed it, Oh, Hello! Kayla created an event in her Facebook group for this so we will all be sharing our drawings with each other. I think I will put mine in here, too, so y'all can see them! 

On Sunday's, I like to write what anthem my church's choir will be doing. It helps me remember what to practice. It's also nice to show up on Sunday mornings, and not be saying, "Hey, what are we singing again?!" 

This weeks weekend banner came from AWigsDesigns. She does a listing called "Adopt a Sticker" where you purchase a bunch of random stickers for a highly discounted price and there is something just slightly wrong with them. The color was a little off on some of the stickers on this sheet, but it was nothing that made them unusable. Win! 

On Thursday, I will be posting about the banner I keep on my fireplace mantle all year round, and tweak for each season! There will also be more fall decor posts coming up soon, and planner updates! 

So keep checking back, and have a great week! 

Oh, Hello September Subscription

When I first got into planner decorating, I tried to find something that would give me a good idea of what kind of stickers I would use. I didn't want to just order a bunch of random stickers and hope that I would use them, so I needed a plan. 

That's where the Oh, Hello Monthly Subscription came in. Each month, Kayla and Alex (the owners) put together a subscription envelope with a different theme. It's a great way to try out stickers for the first time, or to expand your sticker collection! I have managed to get one every month since I started!

This month's theme is Back to School! I am not in school, but there are some pretty great organizational stickers in this subscription. I also help out my sister in law, who is a teacher, occasionally so I like to keep track of school holidays and such. 

I think my favorite sheet is the meeting stickers! I have NO idea how I will use them yet. As a stay at home mom I don't really attend many meetings, but I will figure that out! Kayla also includes a little sticker for your planner to remind you to order the next month's subscription! I love it!

Some basic info about the subscription: 

- It goes live in her shop on the first of every month (and it goes FAST!). 

- It ships out on the 20th of each month (so don't freak out if you don't get it right away)

- About a week after she ships them out, all of the stickers in it become available in her shop for individual purchase. (this is great if you were not able to get the subscription, or if you did and just REALLY liked some of the sheets you got!) 

These sheets are currently available in her shop and will be linked here, here, here, here, and here!

My Planner 8/24 - 8/30

So, like I mentioned in my post on Saturday, planner decorating is a thing. I am still trying to figure out the best way to photograph this, so please bear with me. 

Pictured above is my spread for this week. The animals and paper airplane stickers are from a sticker book titled Ride My Bike. The sticker books are $1, and can be found at Michael's and Joann's. Don't try to find them online, though. They aren't listed on the stores websites, and if you can find them online, the price is always grossly inflated.

The grass washi tape is from my washi haul post on Saturday. 

The Don't Forget To Do Lists and Hydrate Trackers (this one is for the Horizontal Erin Condren Life Planner, but they will most likely have the Vertical ones restocked soon) are from the Etsy Shop, Oh Hello Stationary, Co. 

The Scale Stickers are from Stickeriffic. 

The trash can and day labels were made by me! 

Both Payday Stickers, the Appointment Labels, and the Church Stickers are all from Oh Hello Stationary, Co. (in case you couldn't tell, that's one of my favorite shops!) 

The Baking Stickers are from AWigsDesigns

The labels and Weekend banner are made by me also! 

All other stickers are from This Sticker Book. 

Washi Haul

Hey y'all! So I mentioned that I have a lot of random hobbies and interests, right? Oh, good. Well, one of those interests is planner decorating. I know what you're thinking, "OMG, that's a THING?! What a weirdo!" and for the longest time, I would have thought the same thing. However, this is such a weirdly therapeutic thing to do, and it is the closest thing I will EVER do to scrapbooking.

I have an Erin Condren Life Planner vertical edition. Each week I choose a theme, and pick out washi tape and stickers to go with that theme.

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Ok! Back to the Washi Tape!

I got mine at two different stores. The first store is Michaels. They finally got their Halloween washi tape in, so, of course, I went a little crazy. The skinnier rolls come 2 to a pack, and the wider rolls come 1 in a pack. Each pack was $2.99, but there are always coupons you can use in the Michael's app, or if you sign up for their emails.

The second store I went to was Office Depot. These washi's were also $2.99 each. Unfortunately, I didn't have any coupons for this place, so I had to just bite the bullet on these. However, I think they are cute enough that it's a little worth it for me! :)

I plan my week out every Sunday, and I might be willing to show y'all what my layout looks like each week. Let me know if you think that is something you might want to see.