Hey there! I’m Rachael, a 20-something Aussie addicted to all things planning. From stickers to pens, planner accessories, planner DIY’s and everything else in between – subscribe to the blog to join me on my quest to find planner peace!
I became obsessed with making organization pintables 7 years ago, but struggled to find pretty patterns to add to my designs. So I self-taught myself how to make patterns in Photoshop. My addiction to graphic design has gotten a bit out of hand over the years – I now have 2 Etsy shops: All About Planners where I sell organization printables and my graphic design resources shop Paper Cravings.
I also have numerous ecourses where I teach how to make the patterns I use to create my printables, how to make party printables, how to make planner printables, how to make planner stickers and how to make labels (but I must warn you: making printables is addictive!)
I am an OLM (Obsessive List Maker), a fontaholic, chocoholic, I love chevrons, anything & everything with rainbow colors, the occasional craft project and an organised workspace.
I can be contacted at [email protected]
BROWSE THE BLOG ARCHIVES
I blog about different ways to plan, planner reviews, printables, planner stickers, pens and graphic design. A list of all posts published on the blog can be found here.
Looking for free graphic design video tutorials? They can be found here.
Some popular posts on the blog:
- 100 things to put in your habit tracker of your planner or bullet journal (plus free printable habit tracker)
- Setting up a new planner: 70 Tasks to add
- Ultimate list of the best planner pen brands and how to choose colors for color coding
- Printing Tips
- Printable budget binder/finance binder (editable)
- Planner Organization: How to organize planner stickers
- Planner Organization: How to color-code your planner (so you’ll actually use it effectively)
- How to make a party banner in Photoshop (How to make party printables), DIY
Each week I try a different planner on the quest to find planner peace. See past week’s spreads here.
WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME
Want to open your own Etsy shop? use this link and you’ll get your first 40 listings free! (I’ll also get 40 listings for referring you 🙂
COLLABORATE WITH ME
For all inquiries regarding product reviews and sponsored posts, please email me at [email protected]
Some of the brands I’ve worked with include: Pilot Pens, Corie Clark, 90x Goal Planner, Clever Fox, Agendio, Letter Love Designs, Lorna Leigh Lane, Live Whale, Productivity Planner, Life Inspired, Penny Paperoni, Amelia Lane, Studio 331, Pirongs, Mi Goals, Ashley Shelley, Whistle and Birch, Crazy Goal Planner, The Kind Friend and Get to Work Book
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Hi, I just discovered your website and I absolutely love it! It’s extremely helpful and very easy to get around. I am currently going to school to be a wedding & event planner. I was wondering if you had any advice on an event planner’s planner and how to organize it and if you had any free printables. Also, if you had any advice or comments on any kind of wedding planning binders. Thanks so much and I’d love to hear from you!
Hi Cassie, glad you’ve found my blog helpful 🙂 I do have a party planner: https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/120434851/printable-party-planner-14-sheets-pdf I’m intending to create a wedding planner but don’t have a release date set. I also have an ecourse where I teach how to make printables: http://buildabiggeronlinebusiness.teachable.com/p/how-to-make-printables-in-photoshop
Hello! I’ve just discovered your universe and I love the questions you pose and the COLOUR and printables and the purchase-ables and the Colour!!! Oh yes, have I mentioned the COLOUR?
I am a teacher and I like to encourage my students to view as wide a range of ideas as I can find. It stimulates their interest, makes them think about the important things they want to remember as well as those things that must be done. I like to encourage them to fix what does not work for their individual learning or style and to add it to their universe. I’m looking forward to exploring more!!
I’m slowly negotiating the pen labyrinth. After realising that notes written with the frixion erasable pens and leaving it in a hot car erases everything…….
Your pen testing is the most comprehensive ? thank you ?
Hi Rachael,
Thanks for making such an amazing page. It is so crammed full of useful reads and links that every time I visit I end up with fifty tabs open in my browser!
I was so excited when I realised that like me, you’re an Aussie! When this seems to be much more of an American-based hobby.
Thank you also for all the wonderful free printables! I have just gotten into planning this week and got a cheap-ish American Crafts vertical weekly planner. This product doesn’t seem to exist online so I’m having a really hard time finding printables (especially full squares) that are the right size – do you have any pointers please?
xx Michelle
Hi Michelle, glad you’ve found my blog helpful! 🙂 Planning & planner decorating definitely seems to be more of an American hobby which makes it rather hard to find cute stationery here in Australia (as I’m sure you’re well aware) 🙁
I have a free email course if you need some tutorials and tips for getting starting on making planner stickers: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/212702 and another free email course for making planner printables: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/250908
There’s also a tutorial in this post on how to resize printables (to any page size): https://allaboutplanners.com.au/faq/printing-tips/
Hi Rachel,
Just came across this site. I am also a planner addict, constantly in search of the Absolute Perfect To-Do List/Planner. Thank you for so generously sharing your printable and expertise!
I followed your lead and purchased my ARC system only to find out that WINC are no longer stocking and I cannot get replacement discs.
I love this system and want to continue but my planner is getting too big for the small discs and the big ones winc have left are too big.
Do you have may suggestions?
Hi Deb, I buy the rings, punch, notebook etc. from Winc’s online store: http://www.winc.com.au/main-catalogue-browse/staples-brand/staples-office-products/staples-arc-system-notebook/42945274023 it’s saying they’re in stock
An alternative is the Happy Planner: http://carefullycrafted.com.au/search.php?search_query=happy+planner+disc&Search=
They only have 38mm discs in stock and when I spoke to them Friday they are going out of them.
Are the Happy planner discs compatible?
Hi Deb, I’ve just tried the Happy Planner discs and they seem to be compatible in terms of the size of the hole from the Arc punch. However the spacing between the discs is slightly off. I did a post on which discbound systems are compatible in this post: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/discbound-planners-notebooks-brands-that-are-compatible/
Hi there! I’ve been getting your emails now for a while, and following your blog for a few months. Because of your recent email about the LimeLife Planner – you just helped me find the perfect planner for me!
As someone who has a personal life, a full time job (wedding and event planning), and is in direct sales, it’s hard to find a planner that not only meets all the criteria, but is ALSO the right size! Thank you so much for finding your niche and being available for us to enjoy learning from it!
Glad you’ve found my blog helpful and that you may have found planner peace! 🙂
Hi Rachael. I’ve just discovered your website and can’t believe all the info and resources you have here. Thank you so much. I want to start a planner with your printable pages, however I cannot find info here on a hole punch which punches holes for disc binders so you can add and remove pages. I want to buy my own discs and use A4 paper (I’m in Australia) but cannot find a suitable punch for A4 paper. The Levenger Circa is only suitable for American letter size paper. I can’t find an A4 one anywhere. I’ve looked at OfficeWorks and online and nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks so much.
Hi Christine, glad you’ve found my blog helpful 🙂 I am also in Australia. I use the ARC punch from Winc (used to be called Staples) which you can buy online from the Winc website. More on the ARC system in this post: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/planner-organization-use-arc-planner-instead-binders/
Hello Rachael, I just found your site and am enjoying looking through all your interesting posts. I was searching for just the perfect planner and came across your blog. I hadn’t considered making my own planner pages, but the idea has sparked my imagination. I am really interested in your class on creating planners using Photoshop. I wondered if Photoshop Elements would work for designing them as it has a lot of similar tools or if there are tools specific to the full Photoshop program? Also, do you ever have sales on your class (I’m thinking Black Friday)?
Hi Ann, I don’t have Photoshop Elements so cannot say for sure.
I’ve shared a couple of tutorials on the blog: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/category/graphic-design/ including this one on how to make a weekly planner: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/how-to-make-an-a5-size-2-page-weekly-planner-printable-in-photoshop-video-tutorial/
Regarding sales, make sure you’ve subscribed: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/67222 as sale notifications are via email to subscribers only.
Hey Rachael! I’m also in Australia and luckily managed to nab the last remaining stock of the staples arc from Winc. I’ve spoken to them and as they’re transitioning from staples to Winc, and arc is exclusive to staples, they will no longer be stocking the arc system! They’re completely out of stock and am totally dreading next year when I’ll need to purchase new notebooks, I usually keep my past notebooks as resources! So do you have any idea where I can purchase the arc system from now on in Australia?
Hi Madi, so that explains why they were always out of stock when I checked! The discbound systems are interchangeable. I.e. you can use discs from another brand and the spacing is the same as the ARC punch. I did a detailed guide to discbound systems and the various brands in this post: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/guide-to-discbound-planners-frequently-asked-questions/ The cheapest alternative, good quality and available in Australia is, in my opinion, the Happy Planner. My sister stocks the discs, planners, happy notes (blank notebooks which sounds like what you’re after) and the punches in her planner supplies shop: http://carefullycrafted.com.au/happy-planner/
Hi Rachael!
I love your website and I’ve taken a couple of your courses. I love planning so it’s really nice knowing I’m not alone and I look forward to seeing those emails of yours arriving in my mailbox.
I moved house mid Jan this year and I used my planner immensely in the months leading up to it to help me stay on top of everything. However, since the day I moved in I have not picked up that planner once from that day to this. So many wasted pages, I’m devastated but I’m determined to get back into it, even though I have nothing going on now. I’m single, disabled, no children… do you have any tips for falling back in love with planning? Perhaps a blog post or video? I have invested far too much in my Plum Paper Planner and various stationery supplies, stickers etc and as I’ve mentioned I took a couple of your courses and it’s really the only hobby I have. I figured if anyone could help me, it would be you.
Please keep up the excellent content!
Helen
UK
Good Moring/Afternoon!
Thank you for your website/blog/reviews regarding Planners/Supplies. I helps me in this new “Planner World” I’m in. I would like to know which planner/journal do you recommend that lays flat and doesn’t ghost through when using gel pens. highlighters, & colored markers?
I love reading all your post on reviews, there are so many and I lean towards colorful pages/supplies/tools, cute binder covers and pockets galore. Any response is greatly appreciated!
May you have a blessed weekend! P.S. I am also in a planner group and I always recommend your site to our “newbies”. =)
Hi, glad you’ve found my blog helpful and thanks for linking it in the planner group you’re in 🙂
For a dot grid notebook I’d say the Rhodia Goalbook is the best I’ve found so far in terms of not much pen ghosting. However it does have a softcover which is annoying for drawing spreads (the page bends when drawing lines with a ruler) so I don’t tend to use it. Review here: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/rhodia-goalbook-for-bullet-journaling-review-pros-cons-video-walkthrough/
As for a planner, the Mi Goals has one of my favorite planner layouts and it lays flat. Review here: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/mi-goals-goal-digger-weekly-planner-2018-review-pros-cons-and-a-video-walkthrough/
Whether a notebook lays flat is a ‘wish list’ item for me – nice to have but not a dealbreaker. You can always keep the pages open with a butterfly clip. The layout of what’s inside the planner is more important.
Hope this helps!
Hello! I’m trying to get into your library with a password, but I always get an error, please help!
Hi, the password is at the bottom of every email I send to subscribers. To sign up, click here and enter your details: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/67222
Hi I was wondering if you knew where to get cheap (but still good quality) B5 size bullet journal in Australia. The only one I can find was $30 something on Amazon, and that’s not including shipping. I’m hoping to get a journal that’s B5 and has at least 120gsm paper.
Hi Hayley,
The Leuchtturm 1917 B5 softcover fits your size requirements and is close in price. But the paper quality isn’t the best. I did a review in this post: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/leuchtturm-slim-dot-grid-notebook-review-pros-cons-pen-test/
Milligram have a B5 dot grid but it always seems to be out of stock – I’m not sure if it’s discontinued: https://milligram.com/milligram-linen-notebook-dot-grid-b5-black The paper is also thin.
120 GSM paper is hard to find in a dot grid notebook. I did a comparison of 30 here: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/459302 there are some with 120 GSM or better, but not in the B5 page size you’re after.
I have subscribed twice and can’t seem to get back into the free printables or into all about planners past the subscribe page. Please advise me how to solve this problem. I’m getting pretty frustrated. Thank you
Hi Denise,
Here is the link to access the free printables library: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/free-printables/free-printables-library/
The password is in the initial subscriber confirmation email. I also include the password and link to the library at the bottom of every email I send out. Sometimes the emails can go to your spam / junk folder.
Kind Regards,
Rachael
Hello – I’d like to enquire about your products. I was originally going to purchase a full focus planner by Michael Hyatt but I’m also in Australia (NSW) and shipping costs are a bit nuts. Do you have a design that echos the design to the full focus planner ? I’m following his book Your Best Year Ever, where you need a journal.
Thanks!
Nerida
Hi Nerida,
I do not have a planner that is a replica of the Full Focus Planner (as that is someone else’s layout). I have various daily planners, weekly planners and monthly calendars in my shop if you’re looking for printables: http://www.allaboutplannersshop.com.au/
If you only want to use them for personal use, you could make your own printables which replicate the Full Focus Planner’s layouts. I have a few ecourses where I teach how to make printables:
– Microsoft Word: https://buildabiggeronlinebusiness.teachable.com/p/how-to-make-printables-in-microsoft-word
– Microsoft Excel: https://buildabiggeronlinebusiness.teachable.com/p/how-to-make-printables-in-microsoft-excel
– Photoshop: https://buildabiggeronlinebusiness.teachable.com/p/how-to-make-printables-in-photoshop
Hi Rachael,
Great site, thanks. I’m looking for a horizontal weekly planner with a hard cover. Something larger than A5 but nothing bigger than A4. The A4 Moleskine classic planner would have been perfect but I’m not a fan of the soft cover…..are you able to help!
Thanks
Rob
Hi Rob,
Glad you’ve found my website helpful 🙂
Try these:
– Mi Goals: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/mi-goals-weekly-planner-review-pros-cons-video-walkthrough/
– Mi Goals ‘Goal Digger’ https://allaboutplanners.com.au/mi-goals-goal-digger-weekly-planner-2018-review-pros-cons-and-a-video-walkthrough/
– Wordsworth: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/wordsworth-weekly-planner-review-dashboard-layout/
– Milligram: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/milligram-weekly-agenda-planner-pros-cons-and-a-video-walkthrough/
– Erin Condren Focused Planner (softbound though): https://allaboutplanners.com.au/erin-condren-focused-planner-review-softbound-version/
You can find all of my weekly planner reviews in the one page weekly + 1 page notes layout (similar to the Moleskine planner) here: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/category/planner-reviews/horizontal-1-page-weekly-notes/
Kind Regards,
Rachael