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March 6, 2019

May Designs Blue & Pink Weekly Spread

After finding my weekly spreads getting a bit too same same, I decided to do a 2 color theme this week: pink and navy blue to match the May Designs Planner.

Before the Pen

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Related: May Designs Weekly Planner Review

After the Pen

Blog planning (and a bit of personal stuff) on the right and lists on the left.

trying out the may designs planner notebook pros and cons blue and pink theme blot pens

I used whiteout to get rid of the calls / emails and errands headings and changed them to Europe Trip and Little Things.

I really like the Carpe Diem stickers so opted to use those for some quick decorating – they didn’t come in quite the right colors to match the navy blue and pink theme but oh well.

It was a bit squished by the end of the week as I added things to the to do list. The header section of the planner (month and year) is 1.5″ high – it really doesn’t need to be – it wastes space.

using the may designs notebook carpe diem planner stickers simple minimalist pink and blue theme spread is it worth the money

Despite the price of the planner, the paper quality is disappointing. It’s bright white and smooth to write on but the ghosting / bleed through on the back is really bad:

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may designs notebook paper quality pen test bleed through ghosting honest pros and cons should you buy it

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Supplies Used:

  • Blot pen (pink and navy blue) – these are almost as good as the Papermate Inkjoy Gel 0.7 (and much cheaper!)
  • Carpe Diem stickers (from the ‘calendar’ sticker booklet)
  • Officeworks whiteout ($1 for 2 – bargain!)

using the may designs notebook carpe diem planner stickers simple minimalist pink and blue theme spread

Would I use the May Designs planner again?

No.

I like the page size – it’s small and portable. I like the weekly layout, everything about it is great. But there’s one major thing stopping me from using this planner again – the price tag. if you’re in the US it’s affordable but international shipping here to Australia is way too expensive.

There are plenty of planners with a similar layout or I could just make a printable or draw up a bullet journal spread. The paper quality of May Designs also isn’t the best. The ghosting on the back is enough that I don’t want to write on the back side of the page because of it.

So yes I would use the weekly layout again but I wouldn’t buy May Designs again.

As for the colors – I do like pink and blue and 2 color themes in general. Definitely need to do a pink and green theme, pink and light blue, pink and orange….

Past weekly spreads

  • Using the Planner Pad Weekly Planner 
  • Planning the week using stamps (MAMBI, Carpe Diem & Creative Devotion)
  • 52 Lessons learned after trying 52 different planners in 52 weeks

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