Happie Add-Ons To My Planner

Hello, it is Wan back on the blog, and today, I am going to share with you how I deal with busy months that require more planning space than is available in my planner.

I don’t know about you, but November and December tend to be really busy months for me. I have to start Christmas preparations (buying presents, etc) early because we have family living far away and we all know about those pesky postal delays that occur during the holiday season, don’t we? So, in order to have a buffer against such delays, I like to start sending presents off in the later half of November, which means I start getting busy with Christmas preparations from early November. In addition, I also start looking into places that do Christmas dinners during the latter two weeks of November because we host Christmas for my side of the family in Singapore, and we tend to buy in, rather than cook. All these extra activities need to be written down and tracked somewhere (with my leaky memory these days) and with my daily planner being maximally utilized even without these extra areas to co-ordinate, I had to get a little creative. Now, I have to say upfront that I don’t do all of my Christmas/extra planning in my daily planner (that is housed in a separate fauxdori insert that acts as Christmas preparation central), but I do need some extra space in my daily planner for some areas of Christmas planning. This is where the unpunched A5 inserts from Happie Scrappie come into great use.

First, I want a place to track presents for everyone, so I chose a grid style page and laid down some washi to make three separate columns.

I then used some of the stickers included in the kit for the headings. My three headings are “Names/Ideas” (for the person I am buying for and any ideas I have for their presents), “Budget” (the amount set aside for them) and “Actual” (the actual amount spent).

Once that is done, I used the magnetic clip to attach it in my Happy Planner (which is my daily planner). I chose this way of securing the page (rather than a more permanent way) because when I go Christmas shopping, I like to take this with me in the fauxdori insert which is Christmas preparation central, and thus, just loosely securing it this way makes it easier to move the page between the two planners. (As a side note, while I try and keep things as authentic as possible by showing pictures of pages that I have actually used, I have deliberately chosen to show a picture of an empty page with just the relevant headings in this case because some of my family follow what I do, and I don’t want them to know what I have actually budgeted/spent on their presents, so I apologise for the less than realistic pic. I assure you that it is currently all filled in in the planner.).  

The second page I created/used was actually inspired by the Happie Scrappie insert page itself (this is one of the great things about the Happie Scrappie inserts, they are all designed so well that it is often apparent what you should use them for). I have tasks that I perform regularly that I still sometimes write in my planner (because, as I have said, I have a leaky memory) and one of the insert pages included in this month’s kit is designed to be a tracking insert. That being the case, I moved all my regular tasks to the insert page, which freed up room in my daily planner for the extra Christmas activities that I need reminders for (for example, pick up Cold Storage Christmas brochure, etc).

I also took advantage of the little grid style area at the bottom of the page to highlight the tasks that HAD to be completed that week. With it being such a busy time, I found this to be extremely useful in ensuring that time sensitive tasks were not missed and thus, duly completed.

The page is then attached to the Happy Planner with a piece of washi tape (the same one I used in the layout that week to keep the look coordinated).

That way, I get to keep everything I need in my daily planning all in one place, and there is also the added advantage that the insert has extra space for anything else that I might want to track/plan in the week (it helps that the second side of this insert also features a grid style page which functions very well as note paper).  And just so you get a clear idea of how the page looks in my Happy Planner, here is a pic. 

So there you have it, a way to ensure that your planner can stretch to cover those busy times when you need more planning space. And that is it from me for today. If you do adopt this method of ‘expanding’ your planner, do tag us on IG or post in our Facebook group, because we would love to see it. Have a great day and Happie planning!

~ Wan

Things that I used in this blog post.

Christmas Winter A5 Inserts

Winter Theme Magnetic Bookmark

Christmas Winter Label Stickers

Plan with me using Happie Scrappie Goodies

Hi everyone, its Lucy again on the blog today. I seriously can’t believe that it is December already. I bet all of you are starting your Christmas shopping, turning on the playlist for Christmas songs, taking out the Christmas tree that has been hiding deep inside the store room (well, this could only be me). Whatever you are up to, it must be busy good.

This week I have been busy prepping for upcoming Christmas party with my best friends and busy with work stuffs at the office. So I have lots on the “to do” list and places to go to. What could be more perfect than to organize all the lists and things to do by using the A5 Happie Scrappie inserts - week on 2 pages. Just look at the inserts, they have the Christmassy touches with all the decoration. I especially love the blue color border, the winter penguin, the snowman and the snowflakes. It is almost as if you do not have to decorate the inserts at all.

As most of you are aware of, I have been using InkwellPress Planner for my office planner. The similarity between InkwellPress Planner and the Happie Scrappie Week on 2 pages inserts is the horizontal layout. I plan to project the similar layout I used on InkwellPress Planner to the Happie Scrappie Week on 2 pages insert. This layout keeps me organised all the time.

Let’s start by adding washi tapes to both sides of the inserts.

Next, I divided each day into two parts, one side for to do list and the other side for schedule. I used the label stickers that came from the kit to label the “to do” and the “today” each day with stamps from StudioL2E. I also stamped the date with StudioL2E stamps. How adorable are these stickers. I love the little icons and the colors.

I then used the checklist stickers and the tiny dots that I have leftover from the past kit for the to do list and listing of the daily schedules respectively.

When I finished filling in most of my to do lists and schedules, I moved on to the empty space before Monday. I used this section for my weekly goals.

Last but not least, I used the mini notepads to note down “list of movies to watch”, “songs to listen to” and “keeping track of my daily habits”. I pasted the sticky notes on the grid style insert.

That will be all for today. I hope you have gained some inspiration on how to use your inserts. Wishing all of you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Xoxo,

Lucy

Things that I used in this post.

Christmas Winter Label Stickers

Vintage Christmas Page Marker

Christmas Winter A5 WO2P

Christmas Winter Mini Notepads

Christmas Winter Magnetic Bookmark

Vellum Semi Transparent Stickers

How I Use the Exclusive Happie Scrappie Inserts

Hello friends! Its Ruthie here sharing with you how I have used the exclusive goodies in the September Happie Scrappie planner kit.  First off, I used the box inserts as my main weekly inserts.  The number of boxes were perfect for the days of the week.  I used the Joyful Planning stamping set from Marryl Crafts to date them-the size of the stamps were also perfect for the size of the boxes.  The boxes are a good size for keeping track of important events during the week.  It serves as an overview of my week, since I mostly use daily inserts to keep track of day to day stuff. 

One of the perks of subscribing to the happiescrappie newsletter is she offers exclusive codes, sales and free printables!  This month she included a printable for an A5 and personal size planner.  I printed the personal size freebie, and I started using it as a daily to do list.  It can serve many purposes-a place to jot down just about anything! 

Also included in this kit was a super cute calendar notepad.  It seems perfect for tracking monthly goals such as no-spend months or exercise routines.  I considered using it as a countdown for Halloween as well!!  What I love is that it fits in my pocket and mini sized planners as well.  

Everything from the inserts to the stickers to the cute charm Sam created was so well coordinated.  I’ve always said that one of the things that I love about her monthly kits is that everything matches so well which makes for an easy planner set-up and decoration! 

Hope you have enjoyed this kit as much as I have.  As always, thanks for reading! Happie Planning!!

XOXOX,

Ruthie

@threadofhearts

Things I used in this post.

Monsters Theme Inserts

Monsters Undated Calendar Notepad

Monsters Theme Stickers

Monsters Magnetic Bookmark

Acrylic Monsters Keychain Charms

Monsters Page Marker & Dashboard

Traveler's Notebook Weekly Setup using Happie Scrappie Planner Kit

Happy October Friends! It’s Mits and I’m here to share with you my monthly and weekly setup in my Traveler’s Notebook.   As I have been neglecting my missmicchan YouTube channel, I decided to film a video of an unboxing and me setting up my week on 2 page spread in my Filofax. You can check out the video here:  

As for my Traveler’s Notebook , I continue to use the week on 1 page insert from Happie Scrappie because I love it so much! http://happiescrappie.bigcartel.com/product/inserts-ice-cream-popsicle-themed-grid-inserts-a5-travel-notebook-personal-sized  

When I saw that the kit had an insert included, I was torn because I wanted to use both inserts. I’m not one to stuff my Traveler’s Notebook, so I did what some people might not like, I took apart the notebook *gasp*

I took out the page that I wanted to use and just glued it on top.  Now I can have the best of both notebooks for this week J

One thing I loved about this planner kit was the amount of stickers it had. I used the heading stickers in both my monthly and weekly spreads. I also like that there is a blank one so that you can customize it for your needs.

Here’s a snapshot of my weekly spread, so cute and colourful, yet so functional at the same time J  I used the dots and banner stickers as indicators and to decorate my weekly spread as well.  By the way, you can still purchase these from Happie Scrappie: http://happiescrappie.bigcartel.com/product/planner-stickers-doodled-hearts-round-dots-banner

 …and because the holiday is soon approaching, I decided to participate in a no spend October.  This notepad is PERFECT for this! You can also track things that you need to do on a daily basis such as: IG challenges, inktober, hydration, exercise etc.

You can check out the video here:

I hope you’re all having an enjoyable October ! 

Much love, mits

Things that I used in this blog post.

Happie Scrappie Stickers

Monster Theme Traveler Notebook

Banner Stickers

Dew Drops Stickers

Project Management ‘Monster Style’

Hi, it is Wan on the blog today, and I will be showing you how I used my fauxdori insert from the October Happiescrappie kit to help me manage my design/creative team projects.

I am not the most organised person in the world, so I find myself scrambling to meet deadlines simply because there are times when I would mix up the dates, etc. I know things have to change and I was trying to work out how I could design a layout to coordinate everything when my Happiescrappie fauxdori planner kit arrived. The moment I laid eyes on the pages of the fauxdori insert, I KNEW that it would be just perfect for my project management in terms of the work I do for the creative/design teams.

This fauxdori insert is slightly different from the other ones I have received so far in that the pages are not all the same, which makes it easy to keep things interesting. It also gives you an opportunity to get super creative with layouts - win-win! After looking through the different pages, I thought the pages would work well in groups of 2 and 3 for my purpose, so that was how I planned my layouts. 

First up in the insert is the set of 2 pages that I have allocated to the month of October. As I needed three sections, I used washi tape to tape a journaling card from a previous month’s kit to one of the pages. I then stamped a heading using a picture icon and the word ‘ideas’ so that I have a place to use as a brain dump for the ideas I have for the month.

I then moved to the opposite page and labelled the little sweet post-it illustrations with stamps for the smaller projects I undertake as part of my creative/designer team work. As these are usually photos, I used a cute Instagram logo followed by a number because I usually have a target number I would like to hit (other than that required), and labelling them that way will keep me straight on where I am up to in that month.

Now that all the stamping for this set of pages had been done, I moved back to the page that I have attached the journaling card to and used stickers to demarcate the three bigger projects I usually have for the two teams before filling in the necessary information. With the due dates as well as the steps required to complete the tasks all written down, it would be so much easier for me to keep on top of things.

With that done, the layout for these 2 pages is complete and I can now easily track where I am in terms of all my creative/designer team projects for the month of October.

Next up is the layout I designed for the set of 3 pages for the month of November. As one of the pages has a blank space perfect for the brain dump, I did not use a journaling card as for the first set of pages, but just used the same stamps I used for the heading of the journaling card to label the space.

I then used stickers on the opposite page to mark out the three projects just like what I did for the first set of pages.

As for the third page, it has little squares that gives the page a similar feel to the page with the post-it illustrations, so I just went with the flow and used the page in exactly the same way as I have used the post-it illustrations. As you can see from the attached picture, I labelled the squares with the same stamps that I used for the post-it illustrations.

After stamping in the headings for the squares, this set of pages is now all ready to be used for my projects in November. As a side note, although I am currently using this insert for project management in terms of my creative/design team work, I think this kind of layout would work too, with some adaptation (like different headings), for any kind of project management (project life, gardening, paper crafting, etc).

And this is it from me for today. I hope that this post has given you some ideas on how you can use your fauxdori planner kit. Have fun and Happie planning! 

~ Wan

Things that I used in this post

Monster Theme Fauxdori Inserts

Forest Critters Label Stickers

Heart Checklist Stickers

Popsicle Summer Journaling Cards