DIY 2018 Planner by Melanie

Hi Everyone! Melanie here today to share with you my planner for 2018. I LOVE having a planner! Over the past few years I've tried several different ones--but never really found one that I could use efficiently or that matched my needs. So . . . this year I decided to make my own :)

(Front Cover)

I wanted one that was light and compact; a planner that wouldn't end up half-unused. After searching around for blank journals, I found one that I preferred with dot pages. This makes it easy for me to line things up, but not feel like I have to fill up every line.

The look of colorful, decorated planners is BEAUTIFUL--but it doesn't work for my style of what I need a functioning planner to be. Using SRM stickers and stamps is perfect for designing my own planner because of their classic style and clear backing. It would be easy to add color to any of these pages if I wanted to.

(Inside title page)

(Year at a glance)

I tried to incorporate my favorite layouts from other planners, as well as ideas of my own. I need the year at a glance and planning ahead pages for the upcoming months. Because I am only making one month at a time (so I don't have wasted pages in between months), the layout with upcoming events is really important for my planning.

As you can see I used a ton of SRM stickers to set up these pages and they turned out better than I had imagined!

For the monthly layouts, I am using the new planner season stamps. For the February layout, I used both the Winter Plans and Spring Plans sets, as well as the Notes to Self Planner stamps for the days of the week.

I love having these pages tailored to my needs and style. Happy planning! :)

SRM Products Used:

Sticker Stitches/Black

Mini Calendar Stickers/Standard 2018

Year of Memories Sticker/2018

Clear Planner Stamp/Winter Plans

Clear Planner Stamp/Spring Plans

Clear Stamp/Planner Notes to Self

Plan With Me by Angie

Hello friends!! Angie here with you today!  I hope your new year is off to a great start!  

Speaking of starts, have you gotten your planner for the year organized and ready to go? Making your planner pretty yet functional doesn't have to be difficult.  Today I'm sharing how I'm organizing my 2018 planner showing you my January pages.

 I'm using a small planner from Michael's this year and I don't have a lot of time to spend on decorating. If you want quick and simple but beautiful planner pages, try SRM's amazing planner stamps. 

I used the seasonal plans stamps for my pages. I love that this stamp set has all the months of the year and little icons that represent each month. 

 SRM also has amazing clear stickers that can be used in your planner. I used the winter sentiment stickers and the year of memories stickers. Some of these stickers come in long strips but don't be afraid to cut them down to make them fit your planner pages.

The small calendar numbers are awesome for numbering your days in your planner. They are just the perfect size! 

I hope you will give these amazing products a try for your next planning session!

Hello 2018 by Shantaie

Shantaie with you today to help ring in the New Year!

I'm that person. The one that inevitably forgot to send at least one person a Christmas card, or that received a few cards from friends and family but never got around to sending one to them. I find sending a New Year's card to be a great way to stay in touch when Christmas slipped past me! 

I also love making New Year's cards because they give me the opportunity to send a year full of wishes while using as much sparkle as my heart desires! 

This card uses this cut from the Silhouette store, and was used as a shaker design filled with sequins and shimmer confetti. I added a star border from take 2 stickers by the dozen graduation ( I love using stickers in more than one way!) and the sentiment from express yourself new years was added to a white strip of cardstock and popped up with foam tape. 

This card will fit in a business size envelope and is surprisingly quick to put together making multiples a snap!

Happy 2018 to you!

New Product Introductions - 2018 Mini Calendars - Day #3

Welcome to Day #3 of SRM's new product introductions.  Today were share with you some of our most popular products that we do each year.  Here are the 2018 versions of more products that are great for planners, calendars, scrapbook pages, cards or for creating mini calendar gifts. 

Here is the Decorative Mini Calendar for 2018.  What would you make with this fun sticker printed on clear so that the patterned paper or cardstock shows through? 

And the 2018 Standard Mini Calendar that's a bit more tailored. 

And the always popular and very versatile 2018 Year of Memories stickers that can be used for oodles of projects!

Which one do you crave for your stash?  Leave a comment on the blog or on Facebook for a chance to WIN your favorite sticker! 

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