Weekly Spread ~ March 20 to 26, 2017

Hello friends,

It's Marie and yep we're starting another week! Can you believe that today is the first day of spring? I can't, the time has gone so fast. I don't know about your area, but here in New Jersey, USA; we did not get much snow this winter. A bummer as I love snow, however, that's how it goes. Soon we'll be seeing lush green grass and lots of pretty flowers popping up everywhere which is so awesome!

So this week's spread I chose a Disney kit The Aristocats and I'm sorry but I forget where I downloaded this, it is a freebie and once I find the blog I got this from, I'll be sure to post it for you.

It's a beautiful kit and it was a lot of fun using this kit. The first time I ever saw The Aristocats, was when I was 4 years old and visited my aunt in Philadelphia, PA (at that time I lived in Claysville PA). I loved this movie and as many of you know, I'm a HUGE cat lover!

So let's get to it!

So per usual, which is becoming part of my own style. I used a tan with white polka dot digital paper for my sidebar. Then used the cute quote box which says "Ladies Don't Start Fights, But The can Finish Them" Love it! Then I added in my med tracker from AHappyBlueTree, then my glitter tracker for something personal I'm working on, then my Meals box. I love tracking my dinners. Eventually, I'll be marking my breakfasts and lunches each day. Some days I don't eat breakfast or lunch due to my gastroparesis. But days that I do I want to mark it, I will be getting some cute stickers to mark it with. 

So each day I have my daily work checklist, I find this helps each day to check off these daily tasks. Although, I'm finding that I prefer the heart checklist flags, vs. the full boxes. So I'll be switching back to the heart checklist flags.

I'm also continuing to work on placing my basic stickers down on my weekly spreads throughout the year and each Monday I always mark a checklist that I've posted my weekly spread on FB groups, Instagram, and my blog.

On Tuesday, I noted that I have an Etsy order coming in and there are some more stickers on Etsy that I intend to get. Gosh, do I love sales! I'm still working on building up my basic icon sticker collection. For boxes, labels, etc. I use printable stickers and the majority of my kits are printable; however, there are some kits that I can get a la carte and those I'm going to get some full boxes and matching heart checklist flags and deco. So you'll be seeing a variety as the year progresses :)

Wednesday as promised I have a huge Etsy Haul and also a mini-Amazon haul that I'm going to be putting up on the blog. Lots of things coming ahead!

As the week progresses, on Thursday I have my daily cleaning. I intend to clean my bookshelf, my desk and I already organized my stickers, so I'll be cleaning my dresser instead. On Thursday, I used a cute paper due sticker for a review I have due to post on my Marie's Romantic Quill. I love reviewing books! Saturday it's back to planning and then Sunday I'm going to start keeping track of my weight again and also enjoy a nice day of reading! I have SO many books to read and many are for reviews but many are for pleasure too!

Oh also, you'll see this in the upcoming haul, but I got Glitter tape! eeek I'm So excited and I love it!! doesn't it look beautiful? Oh so sparkly!

Well I hope that everyone has an awesome week!

Happy Planning!
Marie

Weekly Spread ~ March 13 to 19 + Last Weeks Spread: March 6 - 12

Hi Friends,

I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, I was just down sick last week and didn't get the chance to blog about my weekly spread. I did, however, do a spread, so I will be showing that in a bit. First, let's get to this week's spread. I love St. Patrick's Day and what I love about it is beautiful lush greens and I love shamrocks! So both this week and last weeks spreads were St. Patrick's Day themed.

Here's the full spread in its entirety. I used a beautiful St. Patrick's Day kit from an Etsy shop known as Print Them All Studio and I'll link her shop below. She has printable kits for both Erin Condren and the Happy Planner. Her kits are amazing! I also have included several Dollar Tree St. Patrick's Day Stickers and I got some cute stickers from a new Etsy shop called A Happy Blue Tree. Their store is awesome and I'll be shopping again from them later this week. I'm working on starting a collection for my functional and icon stickers.   Yes, I love printable stickers, but I find for certain functional stickers and Icons, they aren't practical unless one has a cutting machine. 

Also, I'll be have some huge Etsy and Planner Hauls coming up over the next few days, so keep up with the blog and subscribe to be sure not to miss anything!

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So, this week I will be working a lot on my stickers, I'm going ahead and planning for the year and putting down the basics of my spreads, for example, the full boxes, washi, glitter headers etc. This is going to be a very busy year for me as I'm preparing to write and publish my debut novel and I'll be honest, there is SO much to learn about writing craft. So I've decided to take the time these coming months and basically start my own writing craft course and knuckle down and really master this in order to begin writing this fall. So it'll help me if I can prepare some of my spreads ahead of time and free up more time in my week to dedicate to my studying and writing.

So onward to last week's spread. I also used a St. Patrick's Day kit and this was a free downloadable from Cute Daisy, I'll link her site below as well.

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Originally I was planning to get involved with Camp NaNoWriMo in April; however, I've decided to hold off on that and that a go this coming July. Knowing me, I'll probably still give it a go if I can fit the writing time in and just wing it. Anyhow, I loved this kit and I especially love the Dollar Tree's St. Patrick's Day stickers, aren't they SO beautiful! 

Etsy Shops:

Print Them All Studio: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrintThemAllStudio?ref=ss_profile

aHappyBlueTree: https://www.etsy.com/shop/aHappyBlueTree

Cute Daisy: www.cutedaisy.com


Well, thanks for stopping by friends and be sure to look for my Etsy and Planner Haul posts coming soon! Oh, my goodness did I get a lot of stuff! I'm so addicted to planning and planner materials, oh what fun! I hope all of you have a wonderful week and have a safe and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Love,
Marie