July 25, 2016

Week #3: July 25 Weekly Spread - Watermelon Theme

I decided to go with a summer theme "Watermelon". I thought it would be fun, colourful and what better way to enjoy the heat with some watermelon?


Here's a view of the weekly spread, alternating between pink and green ombre "To Do Lists". 


I started off with finding colourful photos of watermelon stock photos off Pinterest, WeHeartIt and even Google (try googling "Kawaii Watermelon"). These were printed on my colour printer, although I don't have the highest quality printer, this does the trick:



I've purchased a relatively inexpensive paper trimmer from Staples to cut out the square pictures I printed. 


This part takes time, I like the paper trimmer as it allows you to really cut precisely. Although scissors are good this trimmer has actually saved me so much time. 


Next I laid out where I thought the pictures would look best, and alternated the Ombre Pink and Green "To Do" lists. 


So these are NOT stickers, I glue them on using regular school glue. This has saved me a substantial amount of money since I don't own a Silhouette or Cricut to make my own. 


Next I selected Washi Tape that fit the colour profile of the Watermelon Theme:


.. and carefully laid down my washi tape.


A little decorating tip - Use a thinner washi tape to overlay your larger washi tape to create a different effect!


I did the same thing with the green washi tape on the bottom third of the planner page: 


My sidebar usually consists of an overview for the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc), a sticky note that has room for a quote, and a little mood sticky. ALl of these were from Recollections, purchased form Michaels


To signify the "Weekend", I use an alphabet stamp purchased from Chapters


& voila! The final layout: 







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