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A Look Inside the Erin Condren Life Planner – Vertical Layout

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Hello planner peeps!  You know the good feeling when you open a Christmas  or birthday gift and it’s just what you wanted?  Well, that was just about how I felt when this “happy mail” arrived in my mailbox.

Yes, it has arrived…my Erin Condren Life Planner for  2020. 

I also received a few extra goodies that Erin Condren graciously included in my delivery.   So, this way I can give you a review of this lovely and colorful planner and share my observations with my readers. 

It would be important to mention that the Erin Condren Life Planner comes in a beautifully decorated box, so unwrapping it was kind of fun.  No plain, boring box for Erin Condren!   Too bad, the shipping company plastered it with a bunch of sticky shipping labels.

 

erin condren life planner and supplies

 

Planner Review

So, let’s get started…

Three Weekly Layouts to Choose From:

  • Vertical – This is the classic layout that divides the planner into three time blocks for each day.  Erin Condren use to label these but they are now left blank for you to  customize as you please. The headers are about 1/8″  of an inch rather than the 1/4″ they used to be. You  choose  between the colorful layout or a neutral layout.  I chose the colorful layout. You can the customize the planner to your liking or preference.
  • Horizontal – this layout has ruled lines, and shows the week as the name suggests in horizontal blocks.
  • Hourly – this layout is designed with hourly increments, I believe this layout would be awesome for someone who has strict hourly commitments or someone who has several appointments or specific schedule throughout the week within  specific time blocks.

Interchangeable Covers

The Erin Condren Life planner comes with a strong coil and interchangeable covers made with thick mylar.  Of course, you have a huge variety of cover design choices  that you can choose from.

You can choose from beautiful florals to minimalist designs to pictures of your family, it’s really up to you.

Yes, that means once you buy your Erin Condren Life Planner you could exchange your covers with either new ones that you can purchase from Erin Condren’s website or you can DIY your own.   There are so many options to personalize your planner.

Don’t forget you  also can personalize it with your name.  I chose not to for mine.

Either way, you are not permanently stuck with a cover that you might want to change.  I ordered the silver foil floral cover with a platinum coil, although due to the reflection and lighting in my picture  it looks more like gold.  I ordered the Metallic Budding Romance Life Planner which comes in rose gold, gold or silver. 

Last year, Erin Condren  released binders that are either softbound and can be carried in a traveler’s notebook type of binder or a new binder cover with rings.  So, now you have even more choices or options on the type of binding you may prefer.

Binding and Paper Quality

In addition, I thought I would mention the great thing about the super strong coils on this planner.  The planner lies flat when you open it and the pages turn smoothly without catching and the coils do not  easily bend or get crushed. 

The paper in the planner is very thick and smooth.  The Erin Condren site states it is 80 lbs/ 120 GSM.  Why is this a good thing?  It  allows you to write with a variety of pens without bleed through to the other side.

This is another failing of less expensive planners…they look good but you can’t write in them without smudges, tearing the pages  when you erase your writing or bleeding through when using markers or gel pens.

That’s a feature that seems to happen with more inexpensive planners that you can purchase at  office supply stores or at cheaper box stores.  The planners look beautiful but don’t hold up under daily wear and tear.

What’s Inside the Erin Condren Life Planner 

You might be curious about what actually comes in your planner.  The following is a list of the many pages or parts of the planner that are included:

*Year at a Glance pages

*Monthly Blocks to write in birthdays, and anniversary’s , if you choose to do so.

erin condren monthly goals page

*Sturdy monthly tabs

*Monthly goals page after each monthly tab to write in your birds eye view of that specific month’s goals, birthdays and events to remember.

*Month at a glance view

*Weekly pages for each month, here’s where stickers, planner decor and your weekly and daily planning  happens.

weekly layout, erin condren life planner

Weekly Layout for the Erin Condren Life Planner – Vertical

*A few notes and contacts pages in the back pages of the planner

*A sturdy pocket with  kaleidoscope print embossed with gold foil.

*A few wire bound pages of gorgeous, colorful stickers with  Erin Condren’s trademark asterisk in gold, rose gold and silver foil.

erin condren stickers

Erin Condren foil stickers

 

*A perpetual calendar in booklet form that includes upcoming holidays and dates for the year.

kaleidoscope back cover, erin condren

Erin Condren Kaleidoscope back cover and perpetual calendar booklet

 

The Erin Condren Life Planner is a popular planner for several reasons, with it’s colorful pages, quality materials and construction,  multiple options to personalize to your preferences, lovely design and interior pages with  personal quotes peppered throughout the pages …it’s a clear winner for your personal planning.  

Now the ultimate question would be is the Erin Condren Life planner going to organize your life, track your expenses, manage your kids’ activities? 

No, not really, that will be depend on your taking action on your tasks and goals.    But it will help  you keep focused, keep all your life’s activities in one place and all those colorful pages will  motivate you to open your planner  day by day to achieve the improvements you want to make in your life.

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Just a reminder, if you haven’t visited my blog before, I have designed over 200+ planner stickers printables just  for the Erin Condren planner alone. 

The following are a few of  those freebies.  

If you would like to see other similar color or subject  themed freebies, check out the list below:

Pretty in Pink Planner Stickers

Flower Power Planner Stickers

Happy Flowers Planner Stickers

Spring Tulips Planner Stickers Printable

 

erin condren life planner

Find Me on Social Media

Also, if you are new to this site, I wanted to let you know  that I have a board on Pinterest  that  you might want to follow that has several pins (ideas) by other planner designers, stationery, home office decor,  office supplies and planner freebies that are mostly planner related, you can view that and/or follow here,  Home Office | Planners & Stationery Favs.

Image Credit

Most images in this printable are original photos or illustrations by Vintage Glam Studio and under copyright with a few that are under commercial use or creative commons licensing.

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Cherry Blossoms Planner Stickers Printable

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desktop flatlay -pink

 

Hello planner peeps!    We are now two weeks into the new year and  the weather is unusually cold here in So Cal and throughout the United States I’m sure.  So, I thought for today’s freebie,  I would provide a cherry blossom themed planner stickers set to help me look forward to spring.

The image below reminds me of the photos my daughter would send me (when she lived in Washington, D.C. ) of all the cherry blossom trees blooming when spring would arrive.  A nice thought when it’s been so chilly lately.

little girl looking at cherry blossoms

These planner stickers are specifically designed for fans of the Erin Condren Planner   (vertical) or similar Week At A Glance Planners  or other horizontal weekly planners such as the  Plum Paper Planner or Filofax.  The functional planner stickers, especially the box stickers,  are sized to fit  within the vertical columns and boxes specifically for the Erin Condren .

However, you can reduce the printable when you go to print in order to adjust the stickers’ size to fit your specific planner. (Some distortion may occur using this method.)

Color Theme

Below is  the color theme used for this set of planner stickers for the Erin Condren (vertical).

color theme

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If you would like to see other similar color or subject  themed freebies:

Pretty in Pink Planner Stickers

Flower Power Planner Stickers

Happy Flowers Planner Stickers

Spring Tulips Planner Stickers Printable

pink planner stickers

Find Me on Social Media

Also, if you are new to this site, I wanted to let you know  that I have a board on Pinterest  that  you might want to follow that has several pins (ideas) by other planner designers, stationery, home office decor,  office supplies and planner freebies that are mostly planner related, you can view that and/or follow here,  Home Office | Planners & Stationery Favs.

There are  more than 95+ planner stickers or  elements total in today’s release.     As always, these stickers and elements  can either be used for journaling in your project life projects, smashbooks, art journals or other types of memory keeping and papercrafting. However,  these were made specifically for you Erin Condren Planner and Filofax fans.

Note**Please see my Terms of Use below before downloading if you have not to been to this site before.**

How to Use this “Planner Stickers” Printable:

There are several ways you can use this printable to create your stickers and I have included a few in the following instructions:

1) The easiest way to use this printout  is to print it out on a full sheet of white sticker paper and if you own a Silhouette Cameo or Silhouette Portrait or other digital cutter you can cut out the to-do lists or planner stickers using their designer software. ( **Please note:  You must have the Silhouette Designer Edition software upgrade to open pdfs in your Silhouette. I also have redesigned the template so that the margins are within the “registration” area of your silhouette.   You will have to spend some time creating the cutlines for the silhouette  but this should make creating the cutfile a lot easier.)

2) Also another method,  would be to use heavy bond printer paper or you can use 65 lb. white cardstock depending on how thick you want your sticker  and then place adhesive via a snail tape runner or with a Xyron sticker tool or machine.

3) The most tedious  (or time consuming) way is to print out the planner stickers on sticker paper and “fussy cut” out by hand, I have spaced the elements so that you can use a pair of good craft scissors to get a clean cut and handle the fussy cutting.  Another handy tool to have for the straight cuts is a slide or rotary paper trimmer which will reduce cutting around the stickers. Reader’s Tip:  Cut your planner stickers while watching TV.

Video Tut

Here’s a short video showing how I design a basic “habit tracker” sticker:

Facts about the freebie:

  • One  set of   planner stickers on an 8 1/2″ by 11″ pdf file. (approx. 1,5 MB)
  • These elements were created at 300 dpi, so your printing results should be very clear and sharp with a smooth lay down of the ink color.  The preview pictures both on the blog and on Google are at 72 dpi, so very often you can not see all the detail accurately or colors are sometimes distorted.
  • Color scheme:  pink, medium pink, dark pink, light green

As usual these freebies are free for personal use, (check my TOU if you haven’t previously.)  If you have been here before, you know the drill.  If not, you might want to read the quick  TOU below before you access the printable.

Terms of Use

Some things you should know before downloading:

* Vintage Glam Studio printables are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
*You MAY NOT RESELL, redistribute, or claim the original or derivative (redesigned from the original) designs as your own.
*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.
*If you post this on the internet, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog (www.vintageglamstudio.com), so others can obtain the resources.  Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook are great social media sharing platforms, it’s the  sharing without a link back that can be a problem. If you use this printable on Instagram, tag me with #vintageglamstudio or @vintageglamstudio. Thanks!

Freebie # 1 – Cherry Blossoms Planner Stickers- >>>HERE

Cherry Blossoms planner stickers, pink

 

Freebie #2 – Cherry Blossoms  Planner Stickers >>>>>> HERE

Cherry Blossoms planner stickers, pink

Image Credit

Most images in this printable are original illustrations by Vintage Glam Studio and under copyright with a few that are under commercial use or creative commons licensing.  Digital paper from  Poppymoondesigns. 

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Money Planner Stickers Roundup

This post may contain affiliate links. I may receive a commission, at no cost to you, when you choose to use the links provided. See the Disclosure Policy for more information.

 

Hello  planner peeps!  Just wanted to share this set of  weekly money savings planner stickers as you get ready for the new year and  you begin to track your 2020 money “savings” resolutions.

This set of money printables should help you with tracking your money each week or even monthly.  There is a 52 Weeks Money Chart that gives you a guideline as to how much you should stash away each week in order to save over one thousand dollars in your savings account.

You can always reverse the money amounts to deposit and start with the larger amount first.  Regardless, this tool should help you get started with your Reserve Savings or a Christmas Spending account. It’s has been stated that family’s spend an average of $1,200 for Christmas holiday spending alone.  This nifty tool should help you to plan ahead.

To help you get a bird’s eye view of they year,  I have also included the link to an annual 2020 calendar that lists each week for your planning needs.

As for the freebie, these money  savings  planner stickers are designed for fans of the Happy Planner, but they can be used in  your Erin Condren planner as well as other  similar weekly planners.

This is an all purpose planner stickers set.  You might like to print this printable at a reduced size (i.e. 75 percent)  for smaller stickers suitable for personal size planners.

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Here are some other similar money themed planner stickers that I have provided in the past…

Weekly Money Jars Planner Stickers

All About Money Planner Stickers

Pastel Kawaii Money Jars – Planner Stickers

money tracking printables

Also, if you are new to this site, I wanted to let you know  that I have a board on Pinterest  that  you might want to follow that has several pins (ideas) by other planner designers, stationery, home office decor,  office supplies and planner freebies that are mostly planner related, you can view that board and/or follow here,  Home Office | Planners & Stationery Favs.

There are several planner stickers or  elements  in today’s release.     As always, these stickers and elements  can either be used for journaling in your project life projects, smashbooks, art journals or other types of memory keeping and papercrafting but these were made specifically for you Happy Planner and Erin Condren fans.

Note**Please see my Terms of Use below before downloading if you have not to been to this site before.**

How to Use this “Planner Stickers” Printable:

There are several ways you can use this printable to create your stickers and I have included a few in the following instructions:

1) The easiest way to use this printout  is to print it out on a full sheet of white sticker paper and if you own a Silhouette Cameo or Silhouette Portrait or other digital cutter you can cut out the to-do lists or planner stickers using their designer software. ( **Please note:  You must have the Silhouette Designer Edition software upgrade to open pdfs in your Silhouette. I also have redesigned the template so that the margins are within the “registration” area of your silhouette.   You will have to spend some time creating the cutlines for the silhouette  but this should make creating the cutfile a lot easier.)

2) Also another method,  would be to use heavy bond printer paper or you can use 65 lb. white cardstock depending on how thick you want your sticker  and then place adhesive via a snail tape runner or with a Xyron sticker tool or machine.

3) The most labor intensive  (or time consuming) way is to print out the planner stickers on sticker paper and “fussy cut” out by hand, I have spaced the elements so that you can use a pair of good craft scissors to get a clean cut and handle the fussy cutting.  Another handy tool to have for the straight cuts is a slide or rotary paper trimmer which will reduce cutting around the stickers.   Reader’s Tip:  Cut the stickers out while watching TV.

 

money stickers sample layout

Facts About the Freebie

  • A  sampler set of money planner stickers on four 8 1/2″ by 11″ pdf files.
  • File size : 489 KB ; 312 KB
  • These elements were created at 300 dpi, so your printing results should be very clear and sharp with a smooth lay down of the ink color.  The preview pictures both on the blog and on Google are at 72 dpi, so you often can not see all the detail accurately or colors are sometimes distorted.
  • Color scheme:  light blue

As usual these freebies are free for personal use, (check my TOU if you haven’t previously.)  If you have been here before, you know the drill.  If not, you might want to read the quick  TOU below before you access the printable.

Some things you should know before downloading:

* Vintage Glam Studio printables are for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
*You MAY NOT RESELL, redistribute, or claim the original or derivative (redesigned from the original) designs as your own. That includes redesigned as a free printable on your website or blog.
*Please do not remove the watermark or modify the design in any way other than for your own Personal use.
*If you post this on the internet, please give credit to Vintage Glam Studio & link back to my blog (www.vintageglamstudio.com), so others can obtain the resources.   If you use this printable on Instagram or other social media platform, tag me with #vintageglamstudio or @vintageglamstudio. Thanks!

You can access the pdf file  >>> 52 Week Money Saving Challenge.  Or if you like, click on the picture below for the download.

Freebie#1 – 52 Week Money Savings Tracking Chart

money chart challenge printable

 

Freebie#2 – Single Weekly Money Planner Stickers >>>HERE

weekly money tracking planner stickers

 

 

Freebie#3 – Monthly- Weekly Money Planner Stickers >>>HERE

money savings planner stickers

 

Freebie#4 –  Doodled 2020 Calendar With Weeks  >>>HERE

2020 annual calendar with weeks

Image Credit

Almost all  images in this printable are original illustrations by Vintage Glam Studio and under copyright.  Other images are under commercial use or creative commons licensing.