Plan With Me "Fall in Love"

Ahhh, fall is in the air...

well, it is a little bit first thing in the morning before the sun takes over and heats it up to 85*

I think it's the kids going back to school that's making me think fall, and the changing colors of the pages in my Erin Condren LifePlanner.

Did you think I was going to say leaves?

That doesn't happen much in Kansas, not the way it did when I lived in Vermont.

Does any of this have to do with a PWM?

It does when you take a look at the changing colors I was faced with this week...

Gold into purple smeared all over the place. It's moments like this that I wish I had gone with the neutral layout.

I had no choice but to hop on Etsy and buy some new colorful graphics and turn them into a colorful fall kit that would coordinate with all that watercolored ummm... stuff.

And here it is...

link to this kit in my shop

I called it "Fall in Love" because that's how I felt when I actually found some graphics that had all the colors I needed to make it through EC's next few months of watercolored challenges.

This kit is a four page Sampler Kit. That's what I call the kits that don't contain the full box ombres or washi sheets. I usually use the Full Weekly Kits because of my love for the ombres and washi, but this week I was re-formatting the Sampler Kits as well as trying out some amazing new sticker paper, so I wanted to test it all out and see how far this kit could go.

Without my normal ombre checklist boxes to stack with my headers, I turned the book sideways and placed the headers and checklist flags for my to do's. 

At this point I was already in love with my new vinyl like paper. 

The headers lifted up easily even though it is not labeled as repositionable. I was able to pull them up and straighten them out as many times as I needed and the little babies didn't fade or wrinkle or loose their shape. 

Love.

I tried something new in this set and made a two box spread with that fabulous car.

At this point I also wanted to kick myself for forgetting to calibrate my new Silhouette cutting machine! The cuts are off by just enough to show the white on the top of several of the stickers, but I decided to finish the spread and blog it anyway.  

Guess what I'll be doing today... ugh.

Despite the calibration fiasco, I really like the way they came together. With the lack of washi, and the adorableness of the two box car, I decided to layer that poor miscut weekend banner over the Today headers. I guess I can do without washi after all!

Maybe.

Last week I tried placing a half box at the bottom of each day to give me an extra little space for incidentals. 

At first, I didn't really like the look of it, but it became so useful as the week went on that I did it again this week. However, I didn't really like the look of that last line hanging out there at the bottom, and no washi sheet! 

Tape to the rescue.

And here's my favorite PWM trick I learned from Youtube... the old credit card washi cut. In case you haven't been around long, just keep an old store card in your washi stash. Line it up and tear the tape upward against it for clean straight edges.

One of those, can't believe I never thought of that, moments.

And there it is.

Just a few stickers left. I'm sure I will use most of them as the week goes on.

As it turns out, I really liked using the sampler kit. 

I liked not having any waste.

And the new paper?

LOVE

I just placed a huge order to upgrade my shop, and I will attempt to do a paper comparison post tomorrow.

You know by now that when I say tomorrow, it could likely be a week!

If you made it this far, thank you for visiting, and please leave a comment below so I know I'm not alone.