An Affordable Insert For My Malden

I thought I found planner peace when I put my Papertrey Ink planner inside my A5 Malden...NOT. After a couple of months, I discovered that while having a daily entry is a wonderful idea, it does not work for me. I was happier with a monthly and weekly view. I also decided that I want to start journaling, and will just put asterisks on the days when I make a journal entry in my monthly view. I don't want to feel like I am obliged to journal everyday either. In some days, I just sleep to recover from a grueling work day. It would seem like I did practically nothing while I slept, but in reality, rest is an essential for my being effective and efficient in living and enjoying my life.

I saw these cuties while out shopping for car batteries with hubby at WalMart. The planner is mid-year with a July start and costs only around $5.00, while the address book was around $7.00. I decided to get them both, after all, if I was willing to spend $40 on a PTI planner that I was unsatisfied with, then why not spend a few bucks on a cheaper planner that could possibly give me peace?

The lack of planner peace kept me away from my beautiful PTI/Malden planner and focus, among other things, on pocket letters, but those will be entries for another day.

Here's my Wal-Mart find, giving my Malden a trendy look.

I added some Heidi Swapp Project Life cards and Love embellishment

, a Heidi Swapp circles sticker, a sticky notepad from Recollections, my Target pen, my Pilot Hi-Tech Maica fine gel pen, a homemade large flower paper clip, and some Betsey Johnson clothespins, and voila! My Malden turned into something I would love showing off again. :-D I was quite happy that the address book coordinated well with my Betsey Johnson cosmetic bag.

Who would have ever guessed that a $5 Wal-Mart find could make my heart skip a beat?

Cinderella Pocket Letter

I am not a Disney fan nor am I into princesses. I however, love to draw them. I decided to make some Cinderella pocket letters to swap at the Facebook Group. I cut her using my Cricut at 8 1/2". I colored her with Copic markers and drew on her face. Her dress is from DCWV. I added some Diamond Dust on her tiara and choker, and added Stickles and faux pearls using Viva Decor Pearl Pen on her dress. The background pockets were filled with paper from Anna Griffin, and DCWV. I tried to make each letter distinct because I would go crazy if I have to make one of the same thing! lol!

My next princess for next month is Ariel! Do watch out for her!

My First Pocket Letter!

I made some pocket letters to send to my new pocket pals. I used paper from Teresa Collins' Studio Gold, DCWV, and Heidi Swapp. The Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape, Gold Shimmer Trim, Triangle Metal embellishment and all stamps used are from Close To My Heart. I cut some gold glitter cardstock with dies from Spellbinders, and Tim Holtz. The metal embellishments are from JoAnn's, and the word stickers are from Tim Holtz. I also added some Aqua Dots from Close To My Heart on the label holders. The goodies at the back of the ATCs are some of my favorites that I wanted to share with my pocket pals--a piece of Sea Salt Caramel chocolate, a packet of Green Tea, some embellies from Close To My Heart, white Petaloo flowers, some extra die cuts and a Nate Berkus gold paper clip. I will be varying the embellies for the next batches of pocket letters, but the chocolate and the tea will be constants. I would have to come up with a plan B for the summer since the desert heat and chocolates don't play well together.

To learn more about pocket letters, visit Janette Lane's blog!

April Is Here!!!!

...oh well, maybe I'm a bit late in noticing that. I felt like the White Rabbit in Alice In Wonderland, scurrying about, crying out "I'm late! I'm late!" Well, the week is not done yet, so here are my dashboard and monthly and weekly layouts. Everything that you see in these pages either came from One Spot from Target, Heidi Swapp and the washi tape are from e-bay.

Now why did my week go by extra fast, you might ask. Check out my future posts and you'll know why. :-D

My Vintage Finsbury Personal

I had seen a lot of Kawaii-themed personal planners, and not that many vintage-themed ones. I wanted to decorated my Finsbury with a vintage theme. Granted I don't have much time to make the individual pages pretty, but I wanted it to have components that will make me smile everytime I look at it since it serves as my wallet. I made the dashboard using Graphic 45's Botanical Tea paper. The dividers are from Pink Paislee's London Market paper pack. I embellished them with Gold Shimmer Trim, Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape, some washi tape I got from e-bay and stickers from K&Co. I also have some Jenni Bowlin cards and I fussy cut one of the ladies from my DCWV paper pack to serve as my bookmark. A 4"x6" Picture My Life Card from Balloon Ride also serves as a bookmark. I added a notepad, page flag and sticky notes from Hobby Lobby. Hubby said the sticky notes were so me when he saw them. lol!

I have plans next year to make my wallet Kawaii and my Malden vintage. I can't wait until 2016!

My Birthday Week!

It has been an eventful forty years, everyone. I am glad that I have a serious planner, not just to organize, but also to document. I have made my first pocket letters, my little boy learned how to dress himself, and I am enjoying a cup of coffee before the two men in my life wake up.

Here is this week's page. It has a lot of pink, of course. Stickers are from Heidi Swapp. The Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape and Gold Shimmer Trim are from Close To My Heart. I attached a tiny Korean sticker flake on my birthday grid to remind me to have my nails done.

I am looking forward to a wonderful, crafty week. What's on your agenda?

This Week...In My Malden

Here's my page for this week. With a few stickers, washi tape from JoAnn's and a Dollar Spot clothespin, I am all set for the week!