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May 22, 2019

Happy Notes Half Sheet Review + DIY Half Sheet Printable Inserts

The Happy Notes has become one of my all time favorite MAMBI products! So when they introduced the half sheet (finally!) of course I chose the one with the rainbow stripe cover 🙂

Quick Facts

  • Size: approx 4.1″ wide x 9.25″ high (half the width of the classic)
  • Reversible laminated cover
  • Cover is bigger than the dimensions above (and includes space to add tabs if you want to)
  • Different cover designs available
  • Choose from dot grid, lined or graph paper (refills also available)
  • 60 pages inside
  • Inside pages are printed double sided
  • Color printing inside (color depends on the cover you choose)
  • Disc size: a bit less than 1″ diameter

Let’s take a closer look!

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If you like the notebook, my sister stocks it in her planner supplies shop.

The usual laminated cardstock cover that the Happy Planners have. The cover extends about 0.75″ beyond the inside pages so there’s room to add your own tabs if you wanted to.

MAMBI half sheet dot grid rainbow stripes pros and cons video review

mambi slim half sheet happy notes review pros cons video insert rainbow stripe me and my big ideas

I think this will definitely become a brain dump / list book – especially grocery lists. I may use it for pre-planning the week too.

It comes with 60 dot grid pages although you can squeeze a few more onto the disc if you want to.

mambi half sheet bullet journal dot grid happy notes review flipthrough pros and cons paper quality

The inside color of the dot grid changes depending on the cover you choose

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I did a pen test of Happy Planner paper in this post.

happy planner happy notes dot journal slim notebook planner review dot grid bullet journal review pros and cons size comparison

I really like the half sheet notebooks. The only con is that I wish they came in more cover designs and more inserts.

More Happy Planner reviews for similar notebooks:

  • MAMBI Happy Planner Happy Notes Review
  • Happy Planner Dot Journaling Notebook Review (Pros, Cons & Comparison with the Happy Notes)

DIY printables for the Happy Notes

For all the accessories MAMBI have, there is a lack of insert / refills… so I made my own!

I made quite a few which I’ve made available in my printables shop (click here). I’ve also listing some of them individually in my Etsy shop if you don’t need the entire bundle.

My current favorite is the monthly habit tracker (although I’m thinking about printing 2 copies for next month and splitting work and personal on different pages).
mambi half sheet printable habit tracker rainbow pdf happy notes

I only occasionally use a daily planner on weekends. Standard daily planners don’t really suit me – the schedule starts too early! So I made a printable that’s flexible – can add the times that start when I choose and still space for a checklist too.

happy planner half sheet printable mambi classic size rainbow schedule undated you choose start time checklist

I ended up reversing the covers so the floral pattern appears on the front and the stripe pattern on the inside. Since I leave my planner / notebooks open on my desk and don’t really see the cover.

happy planner half sheet printable mambi classic size rainbow schedule undated you choose start time checklist DIY insert

I prefer to print single sided (and do this with all my printables) for a couple of reasons:

  • Paper is cheap and I recycle it so it doesn’t feel like I’m wasting too much
  • I don’t like writing on the back side of paper. Not necessarily because most pens are prone to ghosting or bleed through, I just prefer to write on a crisp clean, fresh sheet of paper
  • If I write on the back when I tear it out of the book I may accidentally throw out those plans on the back.
  • Since I rearrange pages often in discbound and like to use separate pages for each thing e.g. videos to film for my channel, photos to take for this blog etc.
  • Once I’m finished with one side I don’t want to keep it in my book just because I’ve written on the other side. When I’m finished with a page I want to take it out of the book

happy planner half sheet printable mambi checklist graph paper printable me and my big ideas happy notes refill diy template

And since they only have black stripe dot grid inserts, I made a rainbow one 🙂

happy notes dot grid printable diy insert refill template pdf rainbow bullet journal bujo

 Get the bundle in my printables shop! (click here)

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Comments

  1. Dori says

    May 26, 2019 at 21:22

    Hi! I LOVE your content! Do you print your printable onto their paper or do you have the punch system?

    • Rachael says

      May 27, 2019 at 21:37

      Hi Dori, I print at home using my printer and my own printer paper, cut and then punch with the MAMBI classic punch.

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