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

After the Pen

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

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.

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:

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!)

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….