Plan With Me- Haunted House (October 19-25, 2015)

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This week I stepped way out of my comfort zone and totally changed the colors from what Erin Condren put in the planner. I was nervous but I really wanted to use the haunted house paper that I had found and I felt like the orange would really detract from it. In the end I am so glad I did what I did.

The paper that started this theme was the purple/pink and black haunted house design that ended up as two full boxes on the spread. I loved it at first sight. I had thought I was going to use it in the side bar and at the bottom of the pages but decided against that in fear it would be just to busy. Instead I used a spider design in those places and I love the way it turned out. Also this allowed me to justify using my favorite design twice in the full boxes.

To accent the theme I went with a color scheme of purples and grays/blacks and I think the combination is striking. I will have to use my white pen on some of the boxes if I use all the space but that is fine and I love the look.

The only sticker I am not totally happy with is the decorative haunted house I put on the side bar. I love the house it just doesn't go with the colors because of the blue and green but I loved the basic design so I just went with it. I l think it is going to be fine but I wish I could have found a similar haunted house with the correct colors.

The only purchased stickers I used was one leftover flag from one of the printable September kits that I had but I have no idea which one it came from since I purchased several and they are now all mixed together. More than one had similar flags.

The other purchased sticker was the printable planner sticker from FaryePlans on Etsy. These are such cute little planner stickers, I absolutely love them!

So that is it for this week I hope you enjoyed my plan with me and come back to see what I do next time. 

October 2015 IPSY Bag

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It's the middle of the month so that means another IPSY bag to open. I am really enjoying these a lot. I have to admit I wasn't so sure about them when I signed up but I am glad I did now.

This is bag number 3 for me and I am definitely starting to have some opinions on what I like to get and what really doesn't do it for me. I have liked most the of the bags so far although I must say this month is my least favorite and I will get into that in a bit. I have liked most of the makeup and the nail polish I got I have used several times now. As far as the skin items so far I haven't found any that I even like.

Now onto this month.

The theme seems to be “Alter Ego” which seems appropriate with Halloween coming at the end of this month.

The bag.... Well I really like the gold side, very pretty and it feels nice. As for the black side.... I really don't care for the shiny black material. I know it is going to show every finger print and bit of dust. Heck, it came out the envelope needing to be cleaned up. So I have a feeling that this bag will end up sitting and not getting used that much.

The first item I pulled out of the bag was an eye shadow brush from Royal & Langnickel with a retail value of $3.99. I am really excited about this because I know they make some excellent artist brushes so I am looking forward to see if this carries over to the make up brush too. I do love a good brush.

Next was a tub of MICA Beauty Cosmetics cream eye shadow in bronze. I was disappointed to find a crack on the top surface and it really feels like a thick skin has formed on the top of the product. When I did get down past this layer it is creamy and it is a pretty color. I don't use a lot of cream shadows but sometimes they are just the what is needed as a base under another product. I want to mention it was actually hard to wash off the swatch I had on my hand so I am hoping this means the product will wear all day when I do get around to using it.

Our next product was the Argan Face Serum from Nourish Organic retail price of the full size: $23.99. It is a really thin oily product and remained sticky on my hand until I washed it away. Not sure how that will translate to my face and I am not sure I really want to find out. I really don't like sticky face products.

The liquid lipstick from Meet Matt(e) Hughes is a gorgeous color!! I can't wait to try it out. I really hope it wears well because I love the color that much! (full size retails for $17)

The last item in the bag this month was a Scrub Me nice and gritty body scrub. I am excited about this one partly because of the fragrance. I can't put my finger exactly on what it reminds me off just that it for some reason makes me think of my grandma and grandpa's house from when I was really little.Full size of this product (8 oz) is $22.99)

So that was my bag for this month. Did you get an IPSY bag? What did you get? 

Plan with Me- Jack O'Lantern Theme (October 12-18)

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This week I wanted to continue the celebration of October with a Jack O'Lantern theme in my planner. I love how this turned out. I was lucky to come across some digital paper that fit the theme perfectly and it is in colors I love too!

I am still fighting with my Cricut a bit but less than last week. I will come out on top in this battle. LOL

I was able to make some really cute stickers this week. I especially love how my hydrate stickers turned out.

I think with the exception of the stickers from a Darice sticker book or two I made all the stickers I used except the little planner one. That one came from FaryePlans on Etsy.

Thank you for checking out my blog and the video. Here are some pictures of the two pages in the spread. 

Plan with Me Pumpkin Patch

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Since we are now officially into the month of October I decided to do Halloween type themes all this month. I am starting off with this Pumpkin Patch theme which I think it really cute. And really not overly Halloween for those of you that don't like the holiday.

I got my new Cricut Air about a week and a half before the filming of this plan with me and I am definitely s till in the learning process with it. I did manage to make most of my stickers this week though (and for the most part they were even the correct size!)

The only purchased stickers were some of the decorative stickers which I got at the local teacher store. They do have a wider white border than I would like but for the price they are fine.

The only sticker from an Etsy shop I used in the video was the planner sticker that I purchased as a printable sticker from FaryePlans.

Since I didn't remember to take the photos of the spread until Tuesday morning I had added a slow cooker sticker to Tuesday from The GiftedPepper on Etsy.

Plan with Me Fall Leaves

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

I still need to get my rhythm down for filming my PWM videos. I haven't gotten to the point where I feel comfortable doing them and I know that comes out in the video. Please hang in there with me and I do promise to get better at this.

On the bright side I did place my order for an electronic cutting machine and it is supposed to arrive this week. Hopefully I can start creating my stickers with it very soon. I know that will make finding the right sticker a lot faster. And I have a ton of ideas for things to make with my new toy. I am sure there will be future blog posts and videos with fun projects using it.

Now on to today's plan with me!

I decided way back in August that I was going to do a fall leaf theme this week in honor of the first day of fall this Wednesday. I started looking out for fall leaf stickers whenever I found stickers in stores. I found enough I think that this page turned out really pretty.

I do wish that the white out stuff was easier to use. I always make a huge mess with it. I think I am going to start cutting some strips of sticker paper to cover the colored bars that are meant to divide the day rather than trying to use the white out. It is far less messy and although it adds a little more bulk to the planner I think it is still the better option in the long run.

So when I looked at the fall leaf stickers I had collected I found that the colors ranged from green, yellow, orange and even a little purple. I also had some stickers that had gold foil in them.

Since I was unhappy with the washi tape at the bottom and on the sidebar last week it decided to go back to the scrapbook paper in those places. I did want to use some washi though so I decided to add it to the very top of the page. I have to say I love it there. In retrospect I do wish I had cut it a tiny bit narrower but this is fine this week. The scrapbook paper I found this week had not only the leaves but also some gold foil so it really added to the page. I love the depth that it gives with the leaf stickers layered over it.

Since there is both green and yellow in the stickers I decided to use up some of the heart checklists I had left from August. I love how they look up there and I am so happy to use those up. As I went through the sets of functional stickers I have used so far in my planner I found that I could also use up a good amount of the Bohemian Autumn set left from my apple theme week. And I mixed in some of the ones left from the last two weeks that came from September sets I had purchased.

I love that I was able to use up so many of the leftover stickers from the last several weeks. And I also love all the color they give. I think it really helps with the fall leaf theme.

I am going to try to get all the links to the shops I purchased the stickers from. I really hope I don't miss any, if I do I apologize.

The green and yellow checklists came from the Freshly Squeezed set from Printable Stickables

Today headers, hydrate stickers, weekend banner, and to go checklist are all from the Deluxe September Monthly Kit from MissSabineElise

The two full boxes I used on the weekend came from the Apple Sticker Set from Lemon Wishes Designs

The heart checklist flags, medium flag, and the errands box are from the Bhohemian Autumn set from AshlyLynnImpression

The purple flag and scalloped box are from the September Complete Kit from JWPlans

the watering cans are from Hannah4stickers

The bathtub and nail polish are from Little Blue Garden Printables

The weather dots and the shipping box are from Stamped by My Heart

The planner sticker is from FaryePlans

I think that is all the stickes I used if I missed any and you want to know where they came from let me know in the comments.

September 2015 Ipsy Bag

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This month's Ipsy bag comes in another really pretty bag. I love all the texture on the front of the bag this month. And in my mind the color just screams fall! It makes me think of leather boots and cooler weather. I think I must have had a pair of boots that color at one time.

Now onto the products in the bag this month.

The first product I pulled out was the Soothing Moisture Mask from Eau Thermale Avene. I am not about to even try to pronounce that name. LOL According to the company's website it is good fro dehydrated, overstressed skin. I am going to have to give this stuff a try because I think that pretty much describes my life. The tube in the bag is definitly a trial size but I found the full size one (1.69 fl oz/ 50 mil) at Drugstore.com for $26. And the website even found me a couple of local places to purchase the product if I so desire.

Next up was the NYX eyeshadow trio palette. I have a couple of NYX products in my makeup collection but no eye shadows for some reason. I am looking forward to seeing what I think of these. This particular palette looks to be an Ipsy exclusive but similar palates can be found for a regular price of $6.

The next product was the eyebrow trio by Pixi. I don't have any other products by Pixi so I really don't know anything more about them than what I have seen on YouTube video reviews. I didn't find this particular product on the website and suspect that this is a sample size of their full size shades of brow palette. The full size version has 6 shades and comes with a brush for a cost of $12.

The lip crayon from treStique is of interest to me simply because I saw someone else get one in a Birch Box opening last week. Again this is a company I am not familiar with. The color in my bag (Nantucket Nude) is a bit on the orange side for my taste but I will probably at least give it a try. If I don't like the color I do know someone that it will look wonderful on. From what I see on their website the full size version comes with a built in lip balm on the end opposite the lip color and retails for $28.

The last item in my bag is a concealer brush from Crown Brush. I have to admit I am not a fan of this style of brush, I already have a couple and they tend to sit un-used in my brush drawer. According to this companies website this brush sells for $2.98.

So that is what I got this month in my Ipsy bag. What did you get in yours?

If you would like to get your own bag here is a link so you can join in the fun next month.

https://www.ipsy.com/new?refer=v8x2f

Plan With Me- Owls

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The printable sticker kit I used this week was huge! And since I didn't really know what I was going to want to use when the time came I decided to once again cut out all the stickers. Oh man, what a job that was! I usually cut the stickers during the couple of hours my son and I watch TV together in the evenings. This set of stickers took me almost all week to do. The kits says there are over 350 stickers. I do love the kit and plan to purchase more of the complete month kits from this shop in the future but that is a lot time using a pair of scissors.

On a side note, that activity is what I needed to get myself serious about purchasing one of the electronic cutting machines. I have been looking at them for a long time now. I had actually spent about the last month or so really studying the different ones on the market and decided which one I was going to spend a large chunk of money on. I really want to be able to use it for all the different crafts I do so it was a big decision. I actually made my mind up and changed it about a dozen or so times as I learned more and more. I did place my order and my new machine is on its way to me as I type so when it arrives I will do an un-boxing video and blog and show you all what I purchased.

Back to this week's plan with me.

I love the combination of the purple, gray and burgundy colors in this week's kit. These are all colors I love so they combination really spoke to me. I wasn't sure what theme I wanted to with but since the owls were on the kit I decided they would be perfect. For some reason owls and fall really seem to go together for me.

For the bottom area and the sidebar this week I decided to use some of the washi tape I have collected. I ended up doing it off camera because I had soooo much trouble getting it to do what I wanted. It was a real battle for me for whatever reason. And after all the work to get it on the page I am not really sure if I like it or not. I think I prefer the paper in those areas. I think in a future layout I am going to try using both the scrapbook paper and the washi and see if I like it better that way.

One big advantage to using a complete month kit is that all the colors go together so nicely. Also since this was such a big kit there was a lot of choices to consider while laying it out. I especially like that the kit had the hydrate stickers that matched the colors instead of using my normal white ones.

So for the sources of the stickers used this week:

Deluxe September Monthly Kit by MissSabineElise

Weather Dots by Stamped by My Heart

Watering cans by Hanna 4 Stickers

It's Planning Time Kit by Farye Plans

Bathtub and Nail polish from Spa Day by Little Blue Garden

Hair dryer, etc from Pamper by Brothers Sisters Design

I think that is all the stickers I used.

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