Missing in Action

I know I have been absent for a while again. I had some stuff going on in my life and took some time off from all my blogs and youtube for a while. Oh, in case you didn't realize I have multiple blogs and Youtube channels. The links for all my blogs are at the top of this blog so if you are interested you can go check out the rest if you haven't before. Anyway, I had taken some time off them started posting on most of them again. I had been writing and filming for all the blogs/channels then my computer crashed. I had somewhere between 10 and 15 blog posts/videos in process. Since I normally don't backup posts or videos until they are complete I lost all of the ones I was working on along with all the photos to go with them. YIKES!!

I am still without my main computer. My son, Erik, (my IT guy) says he is fairly sure he can get my files off my old hard drive later. In the meantime he is working on putting together a new system for me. But because he is working full time and trying to keep the price as low as he can it will take a while. Currently I am using my old (previously) retired laptop, it is really slow and not terribly reliable (it tends to shut off randomly)

I am doing my best to get back up to where I can post on all my blogs and channels but it might take a while yet before I get back on any kind of “normal” schedule. Please be patient I should be back soon. In the meantime I will be posting when I can with what I can.

Plan with me in my Recollections Planner –In the Garden– (ft KatkaCreaPlanner)

Watch the video here.

This week in my Recollections Planner I am using this gorgeous photo kit called In the Garden from the Etsy shop- KatkaCreaPlanner. I love this kit it is so pretty and just looks like spring. It even had all the stickers I wanted to use contained in the kit so I didn't have to raid my supply of other stickers to complete the spread. The only thing missing that I wish was included was a bottom washi for the first page. I did pull in one of my favorite glitter washi tapes for this spot and I love how it looks.

I have a Facebook page for this channel/blog and I would love it if you came over and hit that like button. I will be announcing all the videos and blog posts there so it will make it easier to catch all of them. I hope to get the conversation going too so feel free to stop by and say howdy any time.

Plan with me in my Recollections Planner – Mother's Day– (ft Design Sticker Store)

Watch the video here.

I love this Mother's Day themed kit from Design Sticker Store it is just so pretty without going over the top. You can find it here, when I got mine it was priced at $.99.

And the colors of the kit blend nicely with the existing colors of my planner so that was also a big win for me.

And even though this is only a 2 page kit it was really complete, I did decide to add some work stickers that I got from J S Digital Paper on Etsy. I love these and there are so many colors on the sheet.

I have a Facebook page for this channel/blog and I would love it if you came over and hit that like button. I will be announcing all the videos and blog posts there so it will make it easier to catch all of them. I hope to get the conversation going too so feel free to stop by and say howdy any time.

Plan with me in m Happy Planner –Thanksgiving–

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This week I decided to offer another free printable via my blog for the Happy Planner. I love Thanksgiving and my birthday is this week too so I thought those were the perfect excuses. I am sorry it is kind of late for this year but I just didn't get it finished in time for last week.

The kit is 3 pages and made to fit the Happy Planner. I hope you enjoy the kit and let me know how it worked for you.

You can find page 1 here.

Page 2 here.

Page 3 here.

I have started a Facebook page for this channel/blog and I would love it if you came over and hit that like button. I will be announcing all the videos and blog posts there so it will make it easier to catch all of them. I hope to get the conversation going too so feel free to stop by and say howdy any time.

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Plan with me in my Recollections Planner –Autumn– (ft Bling Bling Planner)

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This week in my Recollections Planner I am using a kit from Bling Bling Planner called Autumn. Since this is the week of Thanksgiving it will probably be the last fall themed kit of the year. Time to start thinking about Christmas themed kits now.

The one thing I have trouble with when using kits from Bling Bling Planner is that they aren't consistent in what they include. It can be confusing to say the least. With most shops you can be pretty sure what the kits will have, unless there has been a redesign of the kits. That is because most shops I am sure make a basic template and work from it. Just filling in with the digital paper designs and clip art and changing the colors to go with each kit. It seems like every kit I get from this shop is pretty different.

This time I was in need of both meal stickers and hydrate stickers. Luckily I had those in my stash.

The meal ones I used were from Sweety Stickers on Etsy.

The sidebar hydrate sticker is from a shop that doesn't seem to be on Etsy any more. 

This kit also only had the check flags but no full boxes for the to do section. Since it did have full size boxes with the middle whited out I am going to attempt to use those for my to do lists. We shall see next week if that worked. I did find a single ombre checklist to use in the sidebar, it was a lone sticker in my leftover Happy Planner stickers so I have no idea where it came from. Probably a kit I used at some point but I have no idea what one or where it was from.

As I mentioned in the video I have started a Facebook page for this channel/blog and I would love it if you came over and hit that like button. I will be announcing all the videos and blog posts there so it will make it easier to catch all of them. I hope to get the conversation going too so feel free to stop by and say howdy any time.

I've finally joined this century and have an Instagram (I just need to actually post on it......) You can find me here.

Thanksgiving Kit Freebie

I decided to write a separate blog post about this since my Plan with Me won't be going up until Wednesday of this week. I created a Thanksgiving week Happy Planner kit and it is free with the links below. It is in a 3 page format and I hope you enjoy it.

I decided to do this for several reasons. First I just wasn't finding a Thanksgiving weekly kit that I really loved. Second I decided to do it as kind of celebration of my birthday this week. And finally I am trying to practice making kits because I would like to open a sticker shop on Etsy and I figure practicing on free kits is a good way too work on skills.

That being said if you have suggestions for improvements please let me know. I would love some constructive criticism. I already have made a note to try to improve/change the font on the sidebar headers, I know it is really hard to read. I do love the font so maybe I can come up with a way to make it stand out more.

You find page one here, page two here, and page three here.

So have fun with the printable and be sure to show me a picture of your spread if you use it.

Plan with me in my Happy Planner –Fashion Fall– (ft Design Sticker Store)

Watch the video here.

This week for my Happy Planner I was once again trying to find a sticker kit that would coordinate with the existing pink in the Happy Planner and still be fall themed. I think this Fall Fashion kit from Design Sticker Store does a pretty good job. It isn't exactly the same pink as in the planner but it blends nicely, better in person than on the video or the photos actually.

This was a very small kit, only one page so it wouldn't be the choice of someone that wanted a no white space look but I find no white space a bit much in the Happy Planner anyway, I did add some date covers, they were from My Planner Envy a great site for free printable planner stuff. There were even matching habit trackers included.

I also added a strip of gold washi tape to cover the bottom header strip in the planner.

I think the only thing I wish had been in the kit would be one more decorative box and maybe one more ombre checkbox. That being said I am very happy with how the spread turned out without these items so they weren't that big of a deal.

I am not normally a fan of the fashion girl thing but it is not overpowering in this kit so I do like it here.

I have started a Facebook page for this channel/blog and I would love it if you came over and hit that like button. I will be announcing all the videos and blog posts there so it will make it easier to catch all of them. I hope to get the conversation going too so feel free to stop by and say howdy any time.

I've finally joined this century and have an Instagram (I just need to actually post on it......) You can find me here.