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January 18, 2020 By Dru Cortez

A Look Inside the Erin Condren Life Planner – Vertical Layout

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!  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.

 

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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.

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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.

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Erin Condren foil stickers

 

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

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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.

You Might Like:

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

 

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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.

September 16, 2019 By Dru Cortez

DIY Fall Interchangeable Planner Covers

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Hello peeps!   It’s time to change the covers on your Erin Condren planner for the season so you get a fresh updated look.  Today, I am excited to release this really fun project–three sets of Erin Condren interchangeable planner covers that I designed for your planner bliss.

Some of the best information I found on creating diy erin condren life planner interchangeable covers was on a pin via Pinterest when I released my first set of covers.  You can access that comprehensive article here at DIY Erin Condren Life Planner Interchangeable Covers. 

Please note you will need access to several tools, materials and supplies  such as a laminator, laminate sheets,  a 1/8″ hole punch, scissors  in order to complete this project, but if you are a planner addict you may already have them on hand in your planner stash.

I  designed this set of DIY Erin Condren planner covers in  colors that would coordinate with fall tones.  It’s fun, to change the look of your planner  especially if you like to change your covers seasonally. 

To view Erin’s Condren’s seasonal interchangeable covers click HERE.

These planner covers are specifically sized and designed for fans of the Erin Condren Planner  only .  I suggest that you use a bright white cardstock or photo matte or gloss photo paper to print out your covers so that the colors will be vibrant and the textures will print clearly.

Note:  These planner covers are not designed to upload to the Erin Condren website as they need to have a “bleed” space added in order for you to have them printed and cropped correctly, so keep that in mind.

If you are not interested in using these images as covers, I know that planner fans who  are technologically astute, will be able to  resize the jpg files in order to create a dashboard or project life card for your papercraft use.  While that is totally doable for your own personal use, please abide by my TOU ( it is listed below) and do not sell or share the digital files.  Please play nice.

fall erin condren planner cover

Just a little reminder,  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, you can view that here,  Home Office | Planners & Stationery Favs.

You Might Like

You might also like a previous release of fall themed planner covers for the Erin Condren:

DIY Erin Condren Planner Covers

Here is the planner in a mockup image of what the front of your planner should look like when you are finished with your project.

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

Facts about the freebie:

  • A set of 6 jpg digital files sized precisely for Erin Condren Life Planner Covers.
  • File size – 7 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 you often can not see all the detail accurately or colors are sometimes distorted.
  • Color scheme: black, orange, gold, cream,white

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 designs as your own.  Do not use these files to resell your own products on any other online store such as Shopify, etc.
*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!

Download Instructions

You can access the jpg files below. Click on the orange button  below (pictures posted are low res preview pics)  and you will be able to download the six jpg files  bundled in a zip file.

You must have access to software that can open a zip file. These files should  open in any photo editing software including online photo editing tools like PicMonkey or Canva.  Keep the aspect ratio  as is and the image at 100 percent before printing. The dimensions of each jpg file should be 6.75″ by 8.875″ or 2025 px by 2663 px.

 

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Fall Cover Images Included in Download

interchangeable planner covers

 

Image Credit

The  images used for this printable are  are original illustrations  and  are the direct copyright of Vintage Glam Studio.  Fonts are under commercial use.  Some clip art is courtesy of Vecteezy.

 


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