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August 3, 2018

Amy Knapp’s Family Organizer Planner Review (Pros, Cons & a Video Walkthrough)

While on the hunt for planners with my favorite style of weekly layout (horizontal), I came across the Amy Knapp’s Family Organizer – a simple, affordable planner.

This is not a sponsored post – I purchased the planner myself and all opinions are my own.

Quick facts

  • Size: 6″ wide x 8.25″ high
  • 18 Month planner
  • Coil binding
  • Softcover
  • Dates at a glance + monthly planning page
  • Neutral or colorful inside pages (you pick)
  • 2 page weekly spread (starts on Monday) horizontal + to do list format
  • 2 Page monthly calendar (starts on Sunday)
  • No tabs
  • Extras pages such as contact numbers, passwords and notes for the babysitter
  • Lined notes pages at the back
  • 2 sheets of functional icon planner stickers

Price: Approx $15 USD

Let’s take a closer look!

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While the planner is called a Christian family organizer, anyone could use this planner. The only Christian element are the bible references in the weekly spread.

Mentioned in the video: printing tips tutorial

The Cover

The cover is a very thin material – not cardstock but not plastic – kind of in between. While there are rounded corners I think this will get damaged quite easily throughout a year of use.

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The pocket folder is built into the back of the front cover. There is only a small opening so could get annoying pulling large pieces of paper in and out.

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Dates at a glance

I really like this monthly planning page – one of my all time favorite layouts for this type of page!

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Monthly Calendar

The monthly calendar starts the weeks on a Sunday.

Holidays are pre-printed and the font is small so it doesn’t take up too much planning space 🙂

I really like the monthly projects sidebar solely for the reason that it’s lined and it has thicker lines to create multiple sections.

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Unfortunately this planner does that thing where it splits the boxes into 2 triangles in the space of 1 box rather than restarting the numbering in the top row.

Weekly Planner

Week starts on a Monday (not consistent with the monthly calendar) with holidays pre-printed on the pages.

I don’t like the dates at a glance box cutting into the to do list space.

The grocery list and menu sidebar are perforated which is a great idea however you’ll need to flick to the next week’s spread to write the grocery list (to keep the menu and grocery list on the same piece of paper).

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Saturday and Sunday each get the same amount of space as a weekday 🙂

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Quick Reference Pages

Wide spacing between the lines is good if you have large handwriting

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This planner includes plenty of extra pages, and plenty most other planners don’t include.

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Babysitters Info

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Notes

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Planner stickers

Various functional icon stickers for all the typical things:  birthdays, party, travel, dentist, doctor, girls night, vet, school, payday etc.

The stickers peel off very easily from the sticker backing.

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Tabs

There are no tabs in this planner.

Pen Testing

I tried various balllpoint, gel, fine tip and marker tip pens – there was some very light ghosting on the back side of the page. I also did some highlighter and stamp swatches. The highlighters also had some ghosting and, as always, the MAMBI stamps bled through the page ?

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Pros of the Amy Knapp Planner

  • Portable size
  • Minimalist color scheme
  • Planner stickers included
  • Pocket folder
  • Plenty of extras pages
  • Very cheap
  • Plenty of extra pages

Cons of the Amy Knapp Planner

  • No tabs
  • Can’t fit much in the pocket folder – especially not large pieces of paper
  • Cover is thin cardstock – I can foresee this easily getting damaged
  • The notes for the babysitter and password log are close together – if you’re leaving the planner for the babysitter you may want to rip the password log page out

Would I use this planner?

Yes. This planner has a good ‘base’ weekly layout – the design just isn’t quite perfect. The dates at a glance calendar is awkwardly in the middle of the page. The perforated sidebars is a good idea however since the printing of this planner is double-sided, you’ll be ripping part of another week’s planning page or monthly calendar.

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  • Passion Planner Review – Compact and Classic Sizes (Pros, cons and video walkthrough) 

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