Plan With Me // November Monthly - A & M Memories Designs

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Crunchy

Leaves,

Crisp

Air,

Autumn

Arrived!

November is such a lovely month, I thought it deserved TWO monthly spreads. I don’t usually do two but my Volunteer Happy Planner needs a little love once in a while. 

This spread was given to me by the lovely Angela over at A & M Memories Designs. I am a part of her planning and design team. I am given spreads to review and share with you guys. More about that later. 

The monthly kit is her November Kit printable for the Happy Planner. She also has the same one for Erin Condren Planners.

Here is the grand reveal. Three pages of printables in gorgeous fall colors. 

 

The only thing I think that could be improved upon is how stickers are arranged for printing. I wasn’t thrilled the sidebar printed on its own page. I LOVE the sidebar, I just feel like I wasted paper printing it.

Also, do my colors look off? Everything looked great online but I think my printer went wonky. The ink is no where near out. Oh well. Colors will vary from screen to screen and printer to printer.

 

The date covers and sidebar fit perfectly. Angela even included covers for the empty boxes. I really love that detail. This kit has a nice autumn feel with the pumpkins and leaves. 

I love that the holidays and Daylight Savings Time was included. I often forget these things. Veteran’s Day is especially important in my volunteer planner since all my volunteer work is for disabled veterans. 

I really like how this turned out. I’m mad at my printer but it was bound to happen sometimes. 

 Supplies I used:

Paper

Staples® White Inkjet/Laser Full Sheet Shipping Labels, 8-1/2" X 11, 100/Box

I like these over the Avery sheets because they work for both inkjet and laser printers. I know there is also some amazing papers on onlinelabels.com. For personal printing the matte or glossy papers are your cheapest bet. The weatherproof paper is my favorite though.

Printer

HP OfficeJet Pro 6830 Wireless All-in-One Photo Printer

Daiso Japan precision knife

Metal ruler

Small scissors 

What pen do I use on a dark kit?

I have a white gel pen for the black and dark parts. The rest of the boxes work well with any kind of pen. I tested a glitter gel pen, ball point pen, staedtler fine liner, an inky pen, and a colored fine point mystery pen. The glitter gel pen and ballpoint pen smeared if touched immediately. Give those time to dry. About a full minute. The other pens were dry in seconds, which was shocking. My favorite inky pen usually needs 30 seconds to dry. 

Use code NATALIE15 for 15% off your order from A & M Memories. I don’t receive any kind of kickback or anything. It’s just a nice way for you to always have a sale. Mention my name for a free sampler. 

I’m a part of the Design and Digital Team for A & M Memories. I am required to make 4 posts a month. I receive the items free of charge to review and bring to you. I do not receive any compensation for the posts or for you using my discount code. You can join the A & M Memories Facebook group for updates and exclusive sneak peeks. 

Plan with Me // Oct 15 - 21

I received this weekly sticker kit for free in exchange for writing a review post.

I loved decorating my Happy Planner for this week. I have a lot going on this weekend with a planner meet up and my grandmother’s 96th birthday. I wanted to make the week special. 

The sticker kit is Vampiress Vanessa by A & M Memories. 

I love the rich dark colors and spooky decorative stickers included. 

Let’s dive right in and gets started on this Plan With Me (PWM).

I totally forgot to take pictures before I started cutting. Oopsie! This kit comes with 4 pages: boxes, headers, decorative boxes, and decorations/glitter headers. It features a beautiful vampire graphic in four skin tones; black, blood red, maroon and green colors; spooky graphics; and glitter. 

With every kit I use, I do a zigzag with the decorative boxes. It’s just my thing. I also love that this kit included date covers. Nothing bugs me more than to have a gorgeous spread ruined by pink pastels at the top. 

I just continue to fill in my planner with boxes and lists until most of the white spaced is filled. I prefer as little white space as possible. Even with filling up the whole week, I still had almost all of my headers and half of my boxes left over. I could easily use them in another spread. 

I LOVE the way this turned out. It’s spooky and elegant. It’s defitely worth the price. I added a Halloween Countdown printable by Pink Pixel Graphics to help me keep track for my shop and decorating the house.  

Supplies I used:

Paper

Staples® White Inkjet/Laser Full Sheet Shipping Labels, 8-1/2" X 11, 100/Box

I like these over the Avery sheets because they work for both inkjet and laser printers. I know there is also some amazing papers on onlinelabels.com. For personal printing the matte or glossy papers are your cheapest bet. The weatherproof paper is my favorite though. 

Printer

I have an inkjet printer at home but I had Staples print these stickers. I learned that if you bring your own paper, Staples will print it for FREE. Even color prints. 

Daiso Japan precision knife

Metal ruler

Small scissors 

What pen do I use on a dark kit?

I have a white gel pen for the black and dark parts. The rest of the boxes work well with any kind of pen. I tested a glitter gel pen, ball point pen, staedtler fine liner, an inky pen, and a colored fine point myster pen. The glitter gel pen and ballpoint pen smeared if touched immediately. Give those time to dry. About a full minute. The other pens were dry in seconds, which was shocking. My favorite inky pen usually needs 30 seconds to dry. 

Use code NATALIE15 for 15% off your order from A & M Memories. I don’t receive any kind of kickback or anything. It’s just a nice way for you to always have a sale.

I’m a part of the Design and Digital Team for A & M Memories. I am required to make 4 posts a month. I receive the items free of charge to review and bring to you. I do not receive any compensation for the posts or for you using my discount code. You can join the A & M Memories Facebook group for updates and exclusive sneak peeks.