My planner for 2016

I am keeping a planner again this year.
I love my planner and I love planning …. or I love decorating it…either way, its fun :)
I use the Day Timer and its inserts.

Here is my 1st pages of the year.
Because it had the last week of December on these pages I adhered some pretty pattern paper to cover up the days (I am planning on writing my goals on here).
Because not much was done the 1st and 2nd of January, I just added some die cuts that I had extras of.

To decorate up the pattern paper I adde some of the Heidi Swapp washi word tape.

Here is my first full week decorated.
I am thinking I am going with the gold theme this month ;)

I cut some flags out of the same pattern paper that I had used on the first pages.
I then added a piece of the washi tape to the flag :)
It wasn't until I posted this photo that I noticed the pattern in the paper and the washi tape are the same pattern…pretty cool eh..and I didn't even plan that :)

I am loving the look of the gold  Heidi Swapp washi tape.
But am a bit disappointed as to the quality.
Some of the washi tapes are hard to peel off the roll as it sticks to the roll, it rips when I tried to pull off a section, and one tape I wasn't even able to use :(
I had the same problem with some of Tim Holtz washi tapes years ago.
Mind you, I have to say, I love most of their other products :)

I am just sitting here chuckling knowing that I will never be asked to review a product from a manufacturer, lol.

I am using other planners for other purposes and will share those in a future post.
I was actually thinking of using a different planner this year, instead of my Day Timer…but this is my 4th year using a Day Timer.
I just wish they would make this size pages in a vertical format…but you know what they say about wishing ;)

I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

Planner Day

Today is Planner Day :)
Every Sunday is my day to figure out my week and fill in my days.
At the start of each month I decorate my planner days for the month with washi tape and fill in important dates…like Kristy's birthday :)
I like to do this monthly instead of weekly, it is just easier for me.

I then add in my Personal, Home and Creative time management for each day.
Lastly I write in my Home Cleaning or my Zone tasks in each day, as well as what I am going to do with my personal time and my Creative projects I want to work on.
That is the fun and easy part…its fulfilling those tasks that is the hard part :)
Do you plan your weeks?

Onto My Day:

I got in my work shed today to cut the wood for one of the centrepieces for Ashley.
I had to move things around…..I have to really organize my work shop this summer when it is warmer.
It was cold today, but I plowed through.
I couldn't get the power to work in there…I did everything and was so frustrated.
I kept coming in the house to tell Wayne, and he would suggest resetting the breaker…which I did repeatedly.
Finally he came outside to help me out.
Guess what he did…..he reset the breaker and it worked.
Even though I did it many times, it worked for him…..so he felt like the "man".
I was just happy that I got to use my miter saw, so much easier than using a hand saw, teehee.
I just cut enough for a one as I wanted a prototype to make sure Ashley likes them before working my butt off to make them all, lol.

I hope you all had a very Creative Walking Day Sunday :)

Tracy :)

Mini Planner Pockets

These are my pages for this week.
I didn't get a chance to fill my week in as I was making these pockets for my journal.
Tonight was the Walking Dead, and I don't do anything when my show is on ;)

I was thinking the other night (as I was in bed, trying to go to sleep) of putting my chore list on my pages, but in a way where I can move them from week to week.
At first I thought I would laminate my lists in a dashboard form.
But then I had a genius idea….okay, maybe not genius, but I think it is pretty darn clever ;)

I remembered I had these name tag badge holder thingies.
I bought them a very long time ago, I think from the dollar store.
I thought they would work perfectly.

I printed up my chore charts.
I clean a room a week. I may not get them all completed in that week, but if I don't get them completed, I just start again on that week when the time comes around again.

I printed them on pattern paper, inked the edges and then did a bit of stamping.
I then used my hand punch (the same one I used when I was a papergirl as a kid, yup I still have the punch…..40 yrs later) to punch the plastic holders so they fit in the binder rings.

As you can see here, I added some pattern paper to the back of the chore charts, we like things pretty :)
I also like this as I can write with an erase pen, on the blank back for other things I  may need to do or remember and can then erase it later.

Ohhh but thats not all.
I also made a video on how I made them with more information :)
If you would rather watch the video on my YouTube channel, for the full screen, just click on my link "Tracy's Treasures24"
Can you believe I didn't post for 2 days in a row!!
I can't believe it either.

I hope you all had a very Creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)

Planner Pages

I thought I would share my completed week in my planner :)
Because most of my markers bleed through my pages, so I like to use sticky notes to do my writing on.
I am going to have to check out those flair markers Becky
was telling me about :)

Today was a busy day.
Not only did I have to get ready to go out to the cottage, but we made a quick decision to go on a little road trip :)
Every year my daughters and my SIL/friend, Sharon and I go on a girls trip.
Every year it is to the same place….Minneapolis :)
So today I had to run and get medical insurance, American money, an oil change in my jeep, fuel up the jeep, and also get ready to head out to the cottage.
Wayne and I will come home early on Sunday, then I have to repack for our road trip and head on the road.
So excited.

Don't you just love spur of the moment trips :)

Hope you all had a Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

June's planner pages

I haven't shared my planner pages in so long, that I thought I would do that today.
Here is June, my month on 2 pages all decked out :)
I love this butterfly washi tape, it is so so pretty.
I did use dark blue washi behind it to pop out the colours and image.

I figured I needed some more birthday cupcake stickers, so worked on a few last night…now to just cut them all out ;)

It rained on and off most of the day.
We drove a fellow neighbour home from camp. He wanted to bring up his truck for the summer, so he hitched a ride with us.
I wasn't one for conversation today…odd as I am a real chatty person.
But I have been fighting this cold.
I am not one for taking medicine. If I take an aspirin, it seems to zonk me out.
But I couldn't breath, so I grabbed some Sinus pills from Wayne and we sat down to watch a movie.
Before I knew it, I fell asleep... for over an hour…I fell asleep sitting up, lol.
Wayne asked me which pills I took…turns out there were "night time" sinus pills.
No wonder I was out like a light, lol.

I hope you all had a very creative Sunday and a wonderful weekend :)

Tracy :)

Decorating up my planner :)

I am working on my planner tonight.

I haven't decorated it so much lately and when I look at my past pages that are decorated, I just love to look at them.

So I thought, get your butt in gear and start decorating them lady ;)

I brought my washi tape up to the cottage and worked on my Month on 2 pages for the rest of the year.

So tonight I thought I will put in the details…like everyone's birthdays.

I have shared this before, but what I do is stamp cupcakes out on Avery sticky labels, colour them in and then fussy cut or detail cut the cupcakes out to use as stickers.

So I will hopefully get the birthday's complete for the whole year :)

We had stir fry for supper tonight and we made way to much rice.
So what do you do when that happens?
Make rice pudding of course :)
I love when it is warm..yumm.

I spent quite a bit of the day in my jeep.
Heather and Kristy have been practicing driving to get their second part to their licence.
They are pretty good, but we have been at it for a while now…but at the beginning, I know why parents put their kids in driving school…lol.

I hope you all had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Weekly planner pages

Thought I would share my week on 2 pages from this past week.
Because of it being Valentines Day this week, I enjoyed adding lots of hearts with pinks and reds :)

Last year I used my planner as sort of a diary..but in short form.
But I seem to document mine and my families lives in many forms.
My blog, my planner, Project 365.
Do I really need to document it in 3+ places?
No, I don't think so.

So my planner will be used for my "ToDo's" and appointments.
Many of the days will be the same…but I noticed I seem to enjoy decorating it more than using it, lol.

I completed organizing one of my Ikea carts today.
I even took photos….but I forgot to upload them to my laptop and the Walking Dead starts soon, so we will have to wait for another day for that ;)

It was a bit nicer here today -12c.
Wayne thought it was nice enough to do some errands in his shorts and a t-shirt…crazy Canuck, lol.

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I hope you all had a creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)

My Current Day

Guess what I did today.....absolutely nothing.
But I had plans... Ooooh I had plans.
Detail clean the house, tidy up the craft room, redo the front flower bed, start my weight loss journal, start on a Home Journal for Ashley.
Well guess what I did...I sat on the computer most of the day, and most of that was on facebook sites.
Man it feels like I wasted a wonderful day.

Good thing I am joining this planner challenge so I have at least something to share...and hey its creative ;)

Day #4 is "Current Day"
Today the kids start the new year of school.
Sadly, no little ones attending school for me anymore :(
Because it is the first week of school, I decorated my week in my planner with a school theme.
I like how these pages turned out :)

Onto My Day:
Besides sitting at the computer most of the day, I did make supper...nope, I didn't, Heather did that.
I made banana bread...nope, Kristy did that.
I did go through all our mailings and bills.
I also cleaned the filter in the range hood.
I started a list for things that should go into a Home Journal.
I also started a list of things that need to get done if either or both Wayne and I pass away suddenly.
When my girls saw me doing this, they were like "What the heck are you doing!!"
I laughed and told them it is best to be prepared. They were not impressed ;)
I have been meaning to do this after my dad passed away. I know it would have helped me out.

With that I will wish you all a creative and healthy Wednesday :)

Tracy

Planner Pages and dinner at Ashley's

I made a couple of cards today, but I can't share them yet as tomorrow is my DT day.
So I thought I would share my planner pages with you.
This week I have used washi tape (are you even surprised, teehee)
I also used these epoxy stickers I bought at Michael's in the $1.50 bin.
I know they are going to be a pain to write on, being raised up from the paper, but this is the last week of August, Can You Believe That!!!!!
And being that it is the last month, I will have a monthly calender in between to next week. So we will see how much it hinders my writing.

Ashley invited her sisters over to her house to watch the new season of one of their shows.
She also invited them and me for dinner. As Wayne worked late tonight, I accepted the offer.
Heather, Kristy and I got to Ashley's house before Ashley got home from work. So I did a few more coats of paint on the trim, Kristy started cooking dinner and Heather hooked up Ashley's xbox.
Heather said that it felt like we needed to do something as every time we are at Ashley's house we are working, lol.
When Ashley came home she said how nice it was to come home from work and have us there to talk to. instead of a quiet house :)

Here is the dinner Kristy prepared for us.
Seasoned chicken with cooked fresh veggies. It was very good Kristy :)

After dinner, Ashley and I got to work putting her shelves back into her upstairs hall closet.

I have no idea how they fit in there before we painted them as I had to shave off the ends of the shelves to fit back into the closet. 

Good thing we left Wayne's hand planer there. Would have been nicer if it was electric ;)

It was so hot upstairs. Finally I realized it would be a lot cooler in the basement and brought my project down there....of course I was almost done, lol.

I left Heather and Kristy at Ashley's to enjoy their show and I went home to feed Wayne some supper. 

But I took a turn to Michaels before heading home and picked up a few goodies for myself ;)

I really like the green washi tape. Even though it is packaged up for Halloween, it is pretty enough to use for any time.

I hope you all enjoyed a creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Completed Planner pages from Week #25

Thought I would share my completed pages for Week #25.
I went for a black/pink look :)
Honestly I forgot to write a lot of what happened during this week.
I have noticed that this is becoming more of a short form diary of our daily lives then a traditional planner.
I did like that one week I added my appointments or "to do's" n the left hand side of the vertical line.
I do have a few appointments in that section. It is still a work in progress :)

Do you do this as well?
When I am working with washi tape or anything that sticks to my fingers, I keep an area on my work space to stick it to until I have completed my project.
When I am working on my projects in the living room I use one of these lap desks. As I cut a strip off tape or tiny little slivers that hang over the edge of the paper, I just keep adhering them to my corner of my work desk :)
Just one of my little quirks that I know you were dying to know about me, lol.


















I hope you all had a creative Sunday :)

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Tracy :)

My completed week in my day planner for week #24

I told you yesterday that I was going to share something creative with you today.
So I thought I would share with you my planner pages from last week.
Everyday I plan on doing something creative, and everyday either something happens, or I don't have the oomph to make it happen.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better creative day for me.

Not sure if you can see what that little blue tear drop sticky note says, but it says "My Week to Drive"
Actually that was my last week to drive, as Kristy's last day of school is this Thursday.
Then exams.

I hope you all  have a creative Tuesday :)

Decorated planner pages for week #24 and a Pure Innocence

I wanted to try some new colours (not my favourite) to decorate my pages for this week.
These pages look so plain until the end of the week :)

If you look closely, you can see my writing from the previous week has bled through a bit. I used my Stampin' Up markers last week as I really like the reds of those markers and the fine tip. But don't like that they bled through.
Even though these are not my favourite colours, I still like how they turned out.
But just to make them even cuter, I adhered a Pure Innocence image that I coloured to match the colours I used on the page.

Of course I coloured the image in withe my Copic markers.
Look I remembered to put aside the markers I used, so I could share them with you :)

Onto My Day:
I had so many plans today, mostly consisting of cleaning and organizing.
But guess what I did, nothing.
Well thats not totally true. I chatted on the phone with a friend for an hour or so
I did get in a nap as well ;)

Hope you all have a creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Junes Day Planner pages

I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend :)

Today I thought I would share with you a few pages from my day planner.
I know that the 1st and 2nd of June was from last week, but because they were in the month of June, I put them after June's 2 page calendar.
Because I had a big space on this weeks page, I decided to colour in one of my Gorjuss girls images and adhere it to my page.
I used reds as my mom's birthday would have been on June 1st and she loved the colour red.

As you can see I coloured the sky and masked in some clouds.
I also drew in some grass :)

I even put aside the colours I have used :)
I am getting pretty good at remembering to do this ;)

Here are my pages from this past week.
I stayed with the red for this week as I really like the red washi tape at the top.
I am also trying something a bit different.
I am putting in my "To do" lists and appointments on the left of the thin washi tape going vertical, and writing in point form about the happenings of mine and my family's days on the right hand side of the vertical  washi tape strip.
The arrow is a sticky note. I wrote on it (as I didn't have enough room on my page) I then folded it to fit in that area and stuck it down.

When we came home from camp, we checked out a house that Ashley is thinking of putting an offer on. There was an open house today.
Things sure have changed since Wayne and I bought our last house. Now you seem to have to ask more then the asking price. We always have asked under and still got the houses we wanted. But now, at least here you have to ask higher and hope no one has out bid you. Crazy I'll tell you.

After the open house, we took a trip to emergency to get Wayne's finger looked at.
The nurse wasn't happy that he hurt it on Friday and was just coming into the emergency today.
I think she may have been impressed with his MacGyver skills but said he taped it to tight.
Then she gave him a speech about how he could have got a bone infection and how serious that could be.
I found it a bit entertaining as she was about 1/2 his age ;)

I have to say I have to give a shout out to all us scrapbookers and anyone (who like me) takes photos of everything. As both the doctor and nurse were impressed that I had a photo of his finger all bent up on my phone ;)

Well as it turned out, Wayne's finger isn't broken. The doctor figured he must have dislocated the joint and then popped it back into place. Which Wayne did Friday night as he forced it straight to put it into his make shift splint.

I hope you are not to ill after reading about Waynes finger, teehee.

I hope you also had a creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)