Bullet Journal Ideas: 4 Weekly Spread Layouts for October 2019
Hey there everyone! 🍄
As always, when I plan my month in my bullet journal, I like to also plan ahead all my weekly spreads. That way I'm prepared and I don’t have to rush every Sunday to plan my weekly. It’s also very functional to do it this way, because you can plan appointments and tasks easier and more efficiently. The theme for October is 'Mushrooms' and you can see how I've setup my bullet journal for the month in this post.
Hey there everyone! 🍄
As always, when I plan my month in my bullet journal, I like to also plan ahead all my weekly spreads. That way I'm prepared and I don’t have to rush every Sunday to plan my weekly layout. It’s also very functional to do it this way, because you can plan appointments and tasks easier and more efficiently throughout the month. The theme for October is 'Mushrooms' and you can see how I've setup my bullet journal for the month in this post.
For my first weekly spread I decided to use a new layout that I got inspiration from the lovely Boho Berry. I made some changes and I’ve adjusted it to suit my day to day needs. It’s a vertical layout that uses half the page for the weekly day to day planning, and the other half of the page is used to generally plan tasks without allocating a specific date for them. Of course, you can utilise the page in any way you want and you can add any section that is more functional for you. For example, you can add some habit trackers, weather forecast etc.
As you can see, I made a mistake with the days. I remember in my first year that I’ve started using my bullet journal I would have been devastated with this mishap. However, nowadays it doesn’t bother me that much. I just stroked though it and added the right day on top. How do you deal with mistakes in your bullet journal? I have this and that blog posts talking all about them! 😃 Also, I love how the little snail turned out in this page! 🐌
For the second weekly spread I chose one of the layouts that I use almost every month. I love the way the space is arranged in this layout and how much room you have to add your to-do lists and your appointments. In the notes section I’ve added a very cute mushroom house. I love how the colours turned out and I’m happy that I chose more blue-grey colours instead of the typical red.
For the third week of October I used another weekly layout that I use very often. It’s so easy to create and it’s my go-to weekly spread when I don’t have much time to be creative. Very clean and simple layout that I can’t wait to use. Of course I had to add some cute little mushrooms at the notes section to follow the monthly theme.
Lastly, the fourth weekly spread of October I decided to use some stickers from my shop to decorate it. I have to say that it is my favourite one of the month! The little mushrooms are so nice and cute, and they add colour to the page without making it overwhelming 🍄
Cute Mushrooms Mini Stickers! 🍄
SUPPLIES USED:
Tombow Dual Brush Markers (N65, 946, 192, 993, 603, 373, 158, 025, 815, 443, 528, 533, 493)
So, these are the 4 weekly layouts for October. I hope you liked this post and that you found some inspiration for your own weekly layouts. If you liked the theme and you'd like to recreate it, please send me some pictures. I'd love to see your pages!! You can always contact me at squarelimedesigns@gmail.com
Improve Your Handwriting Challenge - October 2019
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For October it's going to be 31 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Palindromes'. A palindrome is a word, phrase or number that reads the same forwards or backwards.
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For October it's going to be 31 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Palindromes'. A palindrome is a word, phrase or number that reads the same forwards or backwards.
HERE'S HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Follow me (Christina) @squarelimedesigns over on Instagram.
Each day there is a corresponding prompt, that you simply have to write on a piece of paper. You can also choose to have a dedicated notebook for your daily handwriting practice. Try and focus on the word and the letters as you write them. You can repeat the word as many times as you want. Look at the way that you wrote the word the first time and the way you wrote it the last time. Is there a difference? Do you think you need to work on a specific letter?
Take a photo of your practice and tag it with #improveyourhandwritingchallenge, so that it gets added to the feed.
At the end of each month look back at your practice pages and see how you've improved.
Make sure to encourage each other and have fun!
Please share this post to spread the word and invite others to join in the fun and improve their handwriting as well!
Thank you for joining in!
Christina x
Plan With Me: My Bullet Journal Monthly Setup for October 2019
Hello everyone! 😘
I know it’s been a while but I’m finally back with another plan with me blog post!
September is almost over and I’ve finally finished setting up my bullet journal for October. I have a confession to make. I didn’t use my bullet journal in August and most of September and I have to say that my productivity was highly affected!! I really missed planning in it and being organised with all my to-dos, so I'm more than ready to start using it again!
The theme that I went with for October is ‘Mushrooms’. 🍄 I find mushrooms cute, and very tasty (!) and I’m really happy with the way my pages turned out.
Hello everyone! 😘
I know it’s been a while but I’m finally back with another plan with me blog post!
September is almost over and I’ve finally finished setting up my bullet journal for October. I have a confession to make. I didn’t use my bullet journal in August and most of September and I have to say that my productivity was highly affected!! I really missed planning in it and being organised with all my to-dos, so I'm more than ready to start using it again!
The theme that I went with for October is ‘Mushrooms’. 🍄 I find mushrooms cute, and very tasty (!) and I’m really happy with the way my pages turned out.
Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the post, because there's also a video, where I'm showing you exactly how I've created each spread.
For the front page of the month, I decided to create a mushroom house and lots of little mushrooms around it. I got inspired by the amazingly talented @manka_kasha. I can literally get lost in her drawings. I highly suggest that you check her work out. It’s amazing! I love how the front page turned out and I’m glad that didn’t use the traditional more warm colours that you usually associate with autumn. Instead I’ve opted for more cool blues and greys.
Next comes my Monthly Layout. I used my usual grid for the monthly layout and I’ve also added a to-do list on the left for each week. I like when I am able to allocate specific tasks for each week of the month. I find that I am more productive and that I’m actually getting things done, this way.
Each square is 7x7. I’ve also added lots of mushrooms and a shy hedgehog at the bottom! 🍄
Lastly, I’ve created the first weekly of the month. I decided to use a new layout that I got inspiration from the lovely Boho Berry. But I’ve made some changes and I’ve adjusted it to suit my day to day needs. As you can see, I made a mistake with the days. In order to fix it, I just stroked though it and added the right day on top. 😃 How do you deal with mistakes in your bullet journal? If you’re interested, I have this and that blog post talking all about them! 😃
Also, I love how the little snail turned out in this page! 🐌
SUPPLIES USED:
Tombow Dual Brush Markers (N65, 946, 192, 993, 603, 373, 158, 025, 815, 443, 528, 533, 493)
And that is my bullet journal monthly setup for October. I hope you liked it and that you’ve found some inspiration and ideas to setup your own. Let me know in the comments below what theme you’ve chosen for this month.
Improve Your Handwriting Challenge - September 2019
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For September it's going to be 30 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Virtues'.
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For September it's going to be 30 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Virtues'.
HERE'S HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Follow me (Christina) @christina77star over on Instagram.
Each day there is a corresponding prompt, that you simply have to write on a piece of paper. You can also choose to have a dedicated notebook for your daily handwriting practice. Try and focus on the word and the letters as you write them. You can repeat the word as many times as you want. Look at the way that you wrote the word the first time and the way you wrote it the last time. Is there a difference? Do you think you need to work on a specific letter?
Take a photo of your practice and tag it with #improveyourhandwritingchallenge, so that it gets added to the feed.
At the end of each month look back at your practice pages and see how you've improved.
Make sure to encourage each other and have fun!
Please share this post to spread the word and invite others to join in the fun and improve their handwriting as well!
Thank you for joining in!
Christina x
Improve Your Handwriting Challenge - August 2019
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For August it's going to be 31 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Awesome Alliterations'.
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For August it's going to be 31 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Awesome Alliterations'.
HERE'S HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Follow me (Christina) @christina77star over on Instagram.
Each day there is a corresponding prompt, that you simply have to write on a piece of paper. You can also choose to have a dedicated notebook for your daily handwriting practice. Try and focus on the word and the letters as you write them. You can repeat the word as many times as you want. Look at the way that you wrote the word the first time and the way you wrote it the last time. Is there a difference? Do you think you need to work on a specific letter?
Take a photo of your practice and tag it with #improveyourhandwritingchallenge, so that it gets added to the feed.
At the end of each month look back at your practice pages and see how you've improved.
Make sure to encourage each other and have fun!
Please share this post to spread the word and invite others to join in the fun and improve their handwriting as well!
Thank you for joining in!
Christina x
Plan With Me: My Bullet Journal Monthly Setup for August 2019
Hello everyone and welcome back to another plan with me blog post!
July is almost over and I’m currently packing my suitcases (let me tell you I don’t travel light!!!😬) for Greece! I can’t wait to go back and see my family and friends. But also I can’t wait for some well deserved time off! This year so far has been amazing and I’m so, so grateful for everything. But it has also been a hard work and I’m ready for a break. But I have lots of new things planned for the rest of the year, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
For now, let’s focus on the August setup in my bullet journal. I am not going to lie, I just wanted to create something fun and easy, because I just didn’t have time to plan something more intricate. So, for the setup of August, I decided to use some of my stickers to decorate my pages. And the theme for this month is ‘Ice Cream’ 🍦
(There won’t be a video for this month.)
Hello everyone and welcome back to another plan with me blog post!
July is almost over and I’m currently packing my suitcases (let me tell you I don’t travel light!!!😬) for Greece! I can’t wait to go back and see my family and friends. But also I can’t wait for some well deserved time off! This year so far has been amazing and I’m so, so grateful for everything. But it has also been a hard work and I’m ready for a break. But I have lots of new things planned for the rest of the year, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
For now, let’s focus on the August setup in my bullet journal. I am not going to lie, I just wanted to create something fun and easy, because I just didn’t have time to plan something more intricate. So, for my August setup, I decided to use some of my stickers to decorate my pages. And the theme for this month is ‘Ice Cream’ 🍦
(There won’t be a video for this month.)
I used three of the ice creams that are available in the sticker set and I wrote ‘August’ with big thick letters underneath. It took me only 5 minutes to create the front page and I really love how it turned out. Really cute, simple and yummy! 😋
I had so much fun creating those stickers for my shop, and I’m glad that I was able to use them for my Monthly Setup too. For the whole month I used the Ice Cream Die Cut stickers.
I’ve also used the same ice creams to create a printable card that will be available to my Patrons in August. If you'd like to become a Patron too and get access to all the printables, then you can visit my Patreon page.
Next comes my Monthly Spread. I used my usual grid for the monthly layout and tried added lots of black details.Each square is 7x7. I also added two more ice creams from the sticker set to decorate it. Simple, and ready to be filled with lots of holiday planning ☺️
I also decided to create all the weekly spreads, for the time that I’ll be away, from now. Because, let’s be honest, I won’t have time to plan and decorate weekly spreads while on vacation. I want everything to be ready for me to fill it in with memories and lots of journaling (not a to-do list in sight!!!). I was inspired by the lovely soosanmoo and I decided to create a dutch door daily system for all my weekly spreads. So, all I had to do is cut 2 pages (as you can see in the picture) and add the days.
I added the days in a row without following a week per spread. That way I could add more days in the 5-page spread and cover all the time that I’ll be away for my holidays. I love this system, and I’ll definitely use it again.
Each weekly spread is different with different shapes and layout, but I made sure to use black and white accents in all of them. And of course I had to use more ice cream stickers from my set to decorate it and tie it with the theme of the month. I’m really glad with the way it turned out and I’m ready now to plan and journal throughout my holidays. 😎
And that is my bullet journal monthly setup for August. I hope you liked it and that you’ve found some inspiration and ideas to setup your own. Let me know in the comments below what theme you’ve chosen for August.
Plan With Me: My Bullet Journal Monthly Setup for July 2019
Hello everyone and welcome back to another plan with me blog post!
I’m not going to lie. I’m really glad that June is almost over and I can’t wait for July to come! June is always more busy, but this year I found it really hard to keep up with all my tasks and to dos during the day. So, I’m ready for some vacations and some time off 😎
In the beginning I was planning to create a different theme from the one I’ve chosen for July. But one of my Patrons (Tracy!) contacted me with a theme idea that was too good to ignore. So, for July the theme is ‘Camping’.
Hello everyone and welcome back to another plan with me blog post!
I’m not going to lie. I’m really glad that June is almost over and I can’t wait for July to come! June is always a more busy month, but this year I found it really hard to keep up with all my tasks and to dos during the day. So, I’m ready for some vacations and some time off 😎
Also, did I mention that July is beginning on a Monday!!!???? 🤩 For some reason that always makes me happy!!! (Planner’s issues!!!)
In the beginning I was planning to create a different theme from the one I’ve chosen for July. But one of my Patrons (thank you Tracy!) contacted me with a theme idea that was too good to ignore. So, for July the theme is ‘Camping’.
(There won’t be a video for this month.)
I started drawing as usual in my bullet journal and I created the front page (as you can see above). However, I wasn’t happy with the way the colours were blending and I really wanted to create some camping themed stickers as well. So, in the end I decided to leave the monthly planning aside for some time and I focused on creating some cute camping illustrations on my iPad.
I thought that they turned out so cute, that I wanted to use them in my bullet journal planning for July, instead of me drawing on the pages. It was actually nice to be able to finish the monthly planning in no more than 30 minutes, and I was really pleased with the result. So, as you can see above, I used the stickers to create my front page for July. By the way, I’ve always wanted to have a cute little caravan like this! And the little bear is really adorable!!!
You can now find the Camping Stickers in my Etsy Shop and add some cuteness in your bullet journal too. 😘
Next comes my Monthly Spread. I used my usual grid for the monthly layout and tried to use the space as much as possible for all the holiday planning. I’m using an A5 Dingbats Notebook (which is a bit wider than the other notebooks), so I managed to fit in all the squares in the pages. Each square is 7x7. I also added a to-do list on the left and some notes space on the right hand page. I chose to decorate it with a camp fire and a marshmallow! I also have a confession: I’ve never had s’mores before, so it’s definitely one of my to-dos for this summer!
I’ve also turned this spread into a printable that will be available to my Patrons in July. If you'd like to become a Patron too and get access to all the printables, then you can visit my Patreon page.
I also created the first weekly spread of the month. Isn’t it great that the month starts on a Monday!? It feels like everything is in order! I chose a vertical layout that I was using a lot before. I also separated each day in two different sections. You can use the top part to plan appointments, add your top 3 to-dos, add your daily gratitude, use it as a doodling space or plan your meals. It’s such a good weekly layout, with very good use of space of the page. Love it!
Can I also mention here how cute this naughty racoon looks!!! And also those flies for some reason make me smile!!!
And that is my bullet journal monthly setup for July. I hope you liked it and that you’ve found some inspiration and ideas to setup your own. Let me know in the comments below what theme you’ve chosen for July.
Improve Your Handwriting Challenge - July 2019
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For July it's going to be 31 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Camping'.
I'm back with one more "Improve your Handwriting Challenge"! ✨
This challenge is a fun way to practice daily, keep a photo archive of your handwriting and see how you've improved through time. You can also interact online with other people doing the same challenge, and also you can get inspired by others' handwriting too.
For July it's going to be 31 days of handwriting prompts that will hopefully get you to start practicing your handwriting every day. The theme for this month's words is ‘Camping'.
HERE'S HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Follow me (Christina) @christina77star over on Instagram.
Each day there is a corresponding prompt, that you simply have to write on a piece of paper. You can also choose to have a dedicated notebook for your daily handwriting practice. Try and focus on the word and the letters as you write them. You can repeat the word as many times as you want. Look at the way that you wrote the word the first time and the way you wrote it the last time. Is there a difference? Do you think you need to work on a specific letter?
Take a photo of your practice and tag it with #improveyourhandwritingchallenge, so that it gets added to the feed.
At the end of each month look back at your practice pages and see how you've improved.
Make sure to encourage each other and have fun!
Please share this post to spread the word and invite others to join in the fun and improve their handwriting as well!
Thank you for joining in!
Christina x