More Fun with a Weekly Planner

Sometimes your world is so full of beauty, that you feel inspired to include it wherever you can make sketches -- in the borders of notes, even your planner.  

 I love this time of year for taking walks and picking up the bounty of nature - like this pumpkin and the little green apple.

When I make my week-view planner page, I start with a concept, like having a circle in the center of the page, and arranging the days of the week around it.  Then I label the days and decorate with watercolors (pumpkin & acorns) or colored pencils (apple) and add my week's events.    

The sky's the limit when you're experimenting like this.  You may find that you make a sketch for your planner, and that starts you down the path to creating more.  And isn't it fun to look back on your sketches each week, reminding yourself that you are an artist?

Happy Creating!

Collage & Color Fun with a Planner

Your weekly planner can be a place for creative play.  You get to make a new weekly page every seven days, so you can try all sorts of experiments.  Here's one that I made recently.  I pulled painted paper from my collage basket, then snipped and tore it into interesting shapes, finishing with the daily boxes and doodles in marker.

 

The beauty of collage is that there's no need for precision.  If you get the design sort of in the neighborhood of what you like, you can glue it down, and somehow it always works.

Do you keep a weekly planner or bullet journal?  What if you added some color, collage or other decorative elements?

Happy Creating!