Thursday, July 31, 2014

My intro...

Hey! My name is Linda and I was born and raised in California. My favorite color is cobalt but I am currently loving that bright, highlighter, green color. I love doing anything that involves being creative like: drawing, scrapbooking, organizing, planning, diy projects, and writing lists. I am the type of person that needs everything to be organized in order to function. I also have the worst memory and that’s where my love for planning comes in. If I didn’t write lists then nothing would get done. I haven’t stuck to a specific style of planner in the past and that’s because I haven’t found one that works the way I need it to yet. I say yet because I’m still on the hunt for a planner that works the way I want it to. I am currently waiting for my first Erin Condren life planner to arrive so fingers crossed that I end up liking it. I recently stumbled upon the whole planner/scrapbook/journal trend. It’s amazing how much people do with their planners to customize them for their needs (I’m all about customizing). All the decorated planners I saw on instagram inspired the scrap booker in me to run out and buy lots of supplies. I had no idea what washi tape was and now I have a bunch of it. Since I don’t really have time to scrapbook anymore I think the idea of decorating my planner pages is exciting. I told Rebecca about it and now we are even more obsessed with office supplies than we were before (and we were already pretty obsessed). This is turning out to be a fun new hobby for us (not to mention a good excuse for me to buy an excessive amount of stickers and sticky notes). Well, that’s a little bit about me, thanks so much for stopping by!

-Linda 

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Introduction-Rebecca

Welcome to It's a Planner's Life Blog! 

I know the first post is usually always an introduction of the writer, in this case there will be two introduction posts...and no it's not because I am so interesting that I will be needing two posts to introduce myself but because I am only half of this blog. My best friend is the other half. You will learn more about her once she posts her own intro. Now on to the post...

Hi! My name is Rebecca and I am 29 years old. I was born and raised in beautiful California, USA. I am a mother, girlfriend of 7 years, crafter, and now obsessive planner! Not that I haven't always been a planner...for as long as I can remember I have always loved making sure that I always had a plan for everything (it calms me although it drives the BF crazy). I have just grown a bit more obsessive these days with all the adorable things that I am finding that I can do with my planner! 

Maybe I should delve into this a little deeper, I have always been a crafter (as mentioned above). My Mom is a crafter and a half, she can sew, paint, quilt, crochet, stamp, scrapbook, etc. I, myself, found my niche in scrap-booking, digital scrap-booking, and recently painting (and when I say painting...I mean with stencils because I can not draw to save my life). So, when my best friend introduced me to the world of Planners it was amazing because it is right up my alley and I am super excited to get into this some more! 

My interests include photography, stationary, creating, scrap booking, makeup, shopping, the color: baby pink, animals, etc

My Planner: I currently have an Aqua Day-timer Family Plus ( I got it at Walmart about a year ago before my planner craziness began) I just needed something to organize myself better. Its a wonderful planner and I have gotten and am still getting a great deal of use out of it, but I have just ordered my very own Raspberry Finsbury Filofax and am so excited to get it. I will still be using my Day-timer but as a home-school planner for my son.

Wow, its always so hard to write these intros...but I hope you join us as we begin our planner journey! Thank you for taking the time to read up on me!