If your planner or bullet journal spreads are getting too same-same, here are some ideas!
Colors
Using a multi-colored washi tape is a great prompt / done-for-you color schemes. Highlighters can convert a plain spread into colorful.
- 1 color, 2 colors, 3 colors
- Rainbow
- Pastel
- Neon
- Watercolor
Simple rainbow spread in the Blue Sky Teacher Planner
Blue theme spread in the Life Inspired Plans Planner
Special Occasions
- New Years
- Christmas
- Valentines Day
- Thanksgiving
- Halloween
- Mothers Day
- Fathers Day
- Random holidays like World Nutella Day
Christmas theme in a Kikki K Weekly Planner
Food
- Donuts
- Chocolate
- Ice cream
- Cookies
- Pizza
- Fruit
- Etc.
You could do healthier food spreads… but most planner stickers are for sweets!
Related: Colorful versus neutral planners: which is right for you?
Random
- Disney
- Favorite movie or TV show
- A decade 80’s, 90’s etc.
- Shapes – stars, hearts etc.
- Repeating patterns e.g. chevrons
- Travel
- Magic – witches, warlocks etc.
- Places / city scapes e.g. New York City, Paris
- Flowers
- Space
- Sunset
- Leaves
- Animals – Bees / honeycomb, rabbits, puppies etc.
- Music
- Sunflowers
- Sports
Travel Planning in the Plum Paper Vertical Weekly Planner
Minimalist travel planning in the Leuchtturm
Winter
- Winter wonderland
- Penguins
- Snowflakes
- Snowman
- Santa
- Hot choc
- Mittens
- Elves
- Nutcracker
- Christmas Trees
- Gingerbread
- Fairy lights and pine trees
- Snow capped mountains
- Holiday bucket list
Summer
- Under the sea
- Citrus colors e.g. pink, orange, yellow, green
- Beach
- Poolside
- Nautical
- Picnic
- Ice Cream
- BBQ’s
- Pineapples
- Camping
Related: 7 Reasons why I decorate my planner
Tools for decorating
- Stamps
- Pens (fine tip, gel, marker pens)
- Metallic pens
- Highlighters
- Washi tape
- Sticky notes
- Brush pens
- Stencils
- White pens on kraft or black paper
A good place to start is to choose washi tape, then find pens that match colors of the washi. Or pick stickers you want to use, then match washi and pen colors etc. That’s what I did for the spread below:
Week 35: Planning with a functional minimalist DIY weekly planner printable
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