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February 10, 2017

Kate Spade Planner Review – Pros, Cons and a Video Flip Through

One of the planners I considered using for the 52 Planners in 52 Weeks challenge was the Kate Spade Planner. I ended up deciding not to use it (I explain more about why in the video and in the cons section of this post) , but thought I would share a video walkthrough of the planner, in case you were thinking about using it.

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Sizes: Medium is 7.8″ high x 6″ wide (shown in the video) and small

Cover Style: the cute gold polka dots shown in the video and also available in black horizontal stripes

Style: Week on 2 pages, horizontal, lined  – it’s the same layout regardless of the size

Weekend style: Saturday and Sunday each have half a planning space/combined

Week starts: Sunday

Cost: This planner is a bit pricey (although it is on sale now since we’re already a month into 2017)

Pros of the Kate Spade Planner

  • Come in 2 sizes – small and large
  • Sophisticated, simple and clean design
  • Gives you a bucket list of sorts for each month
  • Plenty of room to write in the weekly spread
  • Simple cover design – the gold foil is very pretty!
  • Very study thick cover – the thickest cover I’ve see for a planner
  • Pocket folders – not one but 2 pocket folders
  • Notes pages dispersed throughout the planner in between the months
  • The daily planning spaces for Monday through Friday could be divided with a ruled line or some washi tape to create a 2 section planning space
  • Simple clean layout that can be completely customised to your liking
  • 17 month planner – runs from August 2016 through to December 2017
  • Gold coil – and the gold effect doesn’t look ‘cheap’!

Let’s take a look at the inside pages of the planner

The front cover is sturdy, thick cardstock with space to add your contact details and a pocket folder

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Annual holiday’s pages (for USA only)

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Plan your year ahead

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2 page Monthly spread

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2 page weekly spread

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The planner runs from August 2016 to December 2017

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Each month has some notes pages

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They also include the first week of 2018 if you’re waiting for your new planner to arrive!

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The same pattern on the front appears on the back cover

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The Kate Spade Planner Comes in 2 Sizes

Size comparison between the small and large size – Weekly view

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Size comparison between the small and large size – Monthly view

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Size comparison between the small and large size – Dividers

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Cons of the Kate Spade Planner

  • Small writing space
  • Basic design – there is only lined writing space for each daily spread
  • Hard to find planner stickers to match
  • Monthly writing space is small
  • Expensive
  • The notes space on the sidebar of the monthly spreads is very narrow and not really useable for more than 1 word per task lists (although there are 2 notes pages for each month dispersed throughout the planner)

While the Kate Spade Planner was not for me, I do love some of her other products including the polka dot luggage tag.

Want to follow along or join in the 52 planners in 52 weeks challenge? Click here

I shared week 1 of the challenge in this post.

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  • Plum Paper Planners Haul & Review (better than the Erin Condren?)
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  • Honest review of the Happy Planner by Me and my Big Ideas (MAMBI)
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  • MAMBI Happy Planner Recipe Organizer Review
  • Review of the DYMO Letratag label maker (is it worth buying?) 
  • Review of the Scrappy Planner by Lori Holt (and comparison with the Quilter’s Planner 2017) 

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