Let’s talk about How to Color Code your planner! How many of you love colored pens? I know I do! Who doesn’t love pretty colors right? How many of you actually use every color in that pack of 10 or 20 that you purchase at Staples or Target? Not all of us actually do and it’s not because we don’t like the color necessarily it’s because we don’t know what to use that color for. Am I right? Yellow? Color coding isn’t just for planners this system will work for just about anything whether it’s in your planner, making a grocery lists, or used on a wall calendar. Color Coding is a great way to not only be used for personalizing your planner but the influence of colors helps with memory performance which is totally awesome! Let’s jump right into this…

When it comes to color coding your planner, the first thing you’ll need are some pretty colored pens. So grab all those colored pens that’s are either in your pen pouch, in a drawer or in that cute coffee cup that’s sitting on your desk. I pulled out two of my favorites sets of Papermate Inkjoy pens the flairs and gel 0.7 because I'm not sure which one’s I’ll end up using. Then take your planner, bullet journal, notepad or whatever you want to color code. Lastly, grabs those stickers because what goes better with colored pens…. STICKERS! Here is everything that I will be using…  

One common way to color code your planner is to use a different color ink for each category. For example, you can use one color for bills, one for leisure, one for family members, and so on. This is going to allow you to tell quickly at a glance what things you have going on for a particular day. I would recommend using a color key either on the side bar of the week or on a separate sheet of paper with symbols, colors, and stickers of what you plan to use. You want to make sure these will benefit you and your planning style.  This key will help to organize all your thoughts and once you’ve got a system down it’ll make planning much easier especially if you’re new planner or if you’re just looking for a new system. Choose however many color pens you’d like to use; I will be using 9 different colored pens. Example: Bills will be red, events are purple, dog or pets will be teal, cleaning will be green, To Do is light blue, etc. Feel free to also color code by urgency rather than category and for each family member give them each their own color.

Once your listed key is finished place any stickers down whether it’s a full out no white space spread or just a few icons just start sticking away! I am going to be doing a white space layout on a Happy Planner week just so you all can better see the colors and organization. Now just start plugging your weekly tasks and events starting with good ole’ Monday using your color coding key. I used flag checklist stickers and appointment labels for certain tasks. See the photo below for better example and explanation…

I hope this gives you some color coding ideas. We’d love to see your color coding spreads and bonus hugs if it’s being used with a PopFizzPaper planner kit! Just remember to tag @popfizzpaper so we can all see!

Hi friends- Brittany here! Over the last couple months, I’ve been trying really hard to focus on my finances. I, like a lot of people these days, have all of my bills set up for automatic payment, my income is direct deposit, even my savings are automatically transferred. That system has worked really well for my husband and I in the 7 years we’ve been married but over time it has made us careless with the rest of the money. I wanted to be more intentional with the way we are spending our “extra” money so I decided to start tracking our spending, bills, income, and savings on paper. I also started channeling small amounts of our left over money each week into savings for different projects and/or goals. This paper tracking system has been working really well for me and I want to give you a look at how I’m using stickers to aid in staying on top of our finances! (This is a real week in my finances but I have left out some dollar amounts {like account totals, pay checks, etc} that were a little too personal to share)

I already had quite a few finance related stickers but I decided to pick up the weekly savings challenge stickers as well as the new corner payday stickers. Being a planner girl I also like to decorate my pages just a little with some bright washi tape. Anything involving the use of washi is easy to make a habit so clearly I had to use it ;) And finally my favorite pen at the moment- the PaperMate InkJoy gel.

Throughout the week I break up the day into 3 sections- bills and credit card payments, spending, and then our account totals at the end of the day. Since our weekend spending goes through on Monday I only track what goes through Monday-Friday and the weekend amounts get counted on Monday. I love pulling out appointment labels from PopFizzPaper and layering them with icons- this would work with either the credit cards or the dollar signs! I love days where neither of us spend any money so I make sure that is prominent on the page. Hopefully we’ll get to a point where we can have a few of those a week!

The corner payday stickers are the perfect size- these are the larger style but there are mini ones as well if you’d prefer those. They’d be great in a monthly view or even on your weekly pages. I love using the bill due stickers because they help them stand out and remind me when something is going to go through. They also have space for me to write the amount which I like so I don’t have to squeeze it in around the sticker. In the weekend slots of these inserts I’m tracking our transfers into savings as well as totaling up our spending into categories. At the end of each week I review what I’ve written in and add up how much went to bills, necessary spending, and how much was spent on frivolous purchases. (I like putting down a few mini emojis from PopFizzPaper because it keeps it fun but obviously it isn’t necessary.) Seeing these numbers at the end of the week motivate me for the next week to see how much less I can spend and more I can save!

I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at my finance tracking and how I use stickers to keep the process functional, motivating, and fun! I mean who says it has to be all boring spreadsheets on the computer, right?!

The rage these days seems to be Art Therapy coloring. There are shelves in bookstores and whole tables full of these. There are even planners out from Hallmark that are designed to give you the ability to color and do art therapy! The great thing about this is that Pop Fizz Paper makes stickers for art therapy needs.

When I first saw these stickers I knew I needed to order them because coloring has always been therapeutic to me. I had to figure out how to use them in my planner. My first thought was to use them as deco in my spreads but that would mean I would need more time to plan. I would need time to color them to match the spread and that just seemed to take away from the relaxing nature of the coloring.

As I continued to ponder how I would use them I realized that I need to take a few minutes everyday to relax that is something I do not do enough. These stickers would give me the perfect opportunity. I began using them in the bottom area of my Erin Condren Life Planner one for each day. 

There are three different designs currently the mandalas, candy pieces and summer themed ones. I alternated them and put one for each day.

It does not take long and you can use them however you want and I colored using Crayola colored pencils. The paper is beautiful and Crayolas worked beautifully. I could even blend the way I usually do in my art therapy books. It was a great retreat just for a few minutes to relax my brain. If you have seen these stickers you should try them out give yourself a coloring break everyday! I can’t wait to add them to my spread in my personal planner so that I can color there too!

Now I just need more designs of stickers for my planner art therapy needs.

Hello Hello Everyone!

Its Juanita again! Today I want to share with you how I like to use these adorable guinea pig stickers.

But first, meet Merry and Pippin. Two of my three fur babies that I love dearly.

I really love these guinea pig stickers because they are so customizable. I color mine to look like my little hobbits and they turned out great! These stickers take colored pencil really nicely!

They look so cute in my planner and I love to use them to mark when its time to clean their cages or for bath time.

So kewt!

Happy Crafting! 

I just love everything about the newly formatted weekly kits. They bring me so much delight and excitement when I get a new one!

There was only one thing that stumped me when I was looking through them. The bottom "washi" designed for the Erin Condren is too wide for my Happy planner. I could cut it down but honestly, that seemed too much trouble. I was looking at it then it hit me It would be perfect for the sidebar!

Now if you have a Happy Planner, how I do this is I line the "washi" sticker with to bottom and the right hand edge of the note lines. As you can see this leaves some of the lines showing and bits of the word Notes. If this bothers you well then all you need is a bit of thin washi. 

I chose this smooth glitter effect washi in gold by Amy Tangerine and ran it down both sides. Gold goes so well with this kit in particular... If you don't have a washi thin enough you can always cut some down with a paper trimmer. 

Now there is that seam but it's easy to fix, you can either put decorations over that or, one of your functional stickers like a check list. I use one of the weekly checklist boxes for Mac's menu for the week. Now I have to do the rest of the planning before I can decorate. 

I don't use my side bar for anything most of the time so besides adding a habit tracker down in the bottom for my violin practice, I just decorate it. The cool thing about the decorative hearts in this kit as they can function as two stickers in one.. Here I used the inside to create opaque heart also. I'd love to see how you use the bottom "washi" stickers in your non EC planner!

Hello Hello Everyone!

It’s Juanita! For today’s post I wanted to share with you how I organize my planner stickers. I like to plan out when I am going to use certain weekly kits.  So, to organize my weekly kits, I use my unused Happy Planner.

 I made some pocket pages out of some decorative folders and the Happy Planner punch.

 I then used the monthly tabs from the Happy Planner and start filing away when I want to use my weekly kits.

 I have a pocket for each week in the month and I put each kit in the week I want to use it. Currently I am planned out till October! 

 I really like this system because it ensures that all stickers I want to use for that week can be found in one place. Now, I don’t have to worry that I won’t be able to find my Olympic tv trackers because they are bunking with my Brazil kit.

 For my smaller, functional stickers I like to use this coupon organizer I found at an office supply store.

 I like to organize my smaller stickers by function. Some of my categories include: icons, appointment boxes, decorative stickers, functional decorative stickers (like clean makeup brush reminders) and check boxes/lists.

 I really like using this system for my smaller stickers because its very transportable and it doesn’t take up too much space.

 This system is great for expanding and growing sticker collections but its also great for when your sticker collection is smaller. It really grows and shrinks with your collection. I really like it! I hope you guys found this helpful!

 Happy Crafting!

Personal Planners are pretty neat because they are so flexible and you can create your own with the exact things you want in it. Another plus to them is that they are small and portable and you can take it with you on the go. My personal planner is more for goals, inspiration, motivation and journaling but I also like to keep just a small calendar in it for quick reference. The great thing is that in a vertical layout insert the Pop Fizz Paper stickers fit amazing!

In a personal planner you do not need everything that you would put in an Erin Condren so I use it for the highlights and the big things. There are certain stickers from Pop Fizz that fit this so well! Let’s walk through my favorites.

• 3 heart checklist half boxes: These are great because they give you color in your spread and a place for those key event items happening for the day. I love that they give you white space feel which is very much how I do my personal planner.

• Appointment flags with border: These I use to mark work schedules and again they give you a small pop of color without being overwhelming. They allow for an open white space feel which is very important to me in spaces that are small.

• Dots in multiple colors: I really like the multicolored dots. I would not use them that much in my Erin Condren but in the personal I use them for little to do lists and to highlight important events.

• Half box checklist flags: I use these to denote anything I absolutely need to get done.

• Decorative Full boxes: I use them to mark the weekend in the personal planner because I don’t like to take up space with the weekend banners.

• Quotes and Habit Stickers: I use these in the notes (sidebar) section of a personal layout to continue with my theme of motivation since that is what my entire personal planner is about.

• Other items: I do not always use these but sometimes I do (icons, page flags, and regular half boxes)

If you have been considering Pop Fizz Paper but were not sure because you have a personal planner well now you know that the stickers fit! They are gorgeous with so many options and one full kit of Pop Fizz Paper stickers will last you several weeks in your personal planner (depending on how you planner decorate of course).

Which Pop Fizz Paper stickers are your favorite?