I have two bookcases in my office filled with planners and notebooks, which means I have a brilliant ‘archive’ of different planner layouts. Back in 2017 when I started this blog, I used to try a different weekly layout every week.

As the years went by and I figured out what I liked and didn’t like in a planner, I switched to using different planners every other week.

In the past few years I’ve gravitated more towards using my own printables (fast + easy when I’m lazy), relying on different checklists, drawing up simple bullet journal spreads or reverting back to my all time favorite planners.

I decided I needed to use some of the planners I’ve reviewed but haven’t tried yet and one of them is the Craft Planner by Cobbery. It was a kickstarter back in 2018 and is no longer sold. So why am I talking about this planner?

Because we’ve all seen the generic horizontal, vertical and nowadays dashboard weekly spread (not sad that the dashboard layout has become a ‘common’ layout now though!).

The Craft Planner has some structure, but it’s still a flexible layout. It’s also a layout that’s easy to recreate in any bullet journal notebook.

Learn more about the planner in this post: Review of The Craft Planner by Cobbery (Pros, Cons & Pen Testing)

Before the Pen

The planner doesn’t have a traditional weekly spread.

Instead, this planner is more of a project planner that you can flexibly use for weekly planning.

After the Pen

Love the layout. I work my day job Monday to Friday, I don’t have much time in the evenings on a weeknight so that time is mostly for life admin. I have more time to do things on the weekend so separate lists for Saturday and Sunday are helpful to make the most of those 2 days.

The boxes at the top are good for notes, reminders and since there is no daily sections, for putting in appointments. You could go further and do hydrate trackers, fruit and vegetable intake etc. I use a monthly habit tracker so don’t repeat those in my weekly spreads.

Related posts

• How to choose the right habit tracker for your planner
• 15 habit tracker tips & ideas to try
• 100 things to put in your habit tracker of your planner or bullet journal (plus free printable habit tracker)

I’m only using my planner for myself. I don’t have kids or anyone else’s schedules to keep track of. This type of spread works well if you don’t need large boxes for each day of the week like most planners have.

Sometimes I’ll do a timed schedule for Saturday and Sunday instead of just the checklists, but the things on my to do list this week were tasks that I wasn’t sure how long they would take, so I didn’t bother trying to do a schedule.

This week was my first week back from my latest Europe trip. I shared the itinerary in this post.

I’m not sure if it’s the combination of the Pilot G2 pens which I can write really fast with thanks to the comfort grip, or if it was the grid pages making it hard to see where I was writing. But my writing was even messier than usual this week. I was also avoiding using whiteout as the pages are more yellowish than white so if I’d used white out it would really stand out.

The paper in this planner is thin, my writing indented on the backside of the page.

Tip: If you have a planner or notebook with thin paper, place a piece of printer paper underneath the page to absorb excess ink, so you don’t see the other side of the page when writing, and to reduce indenting. I secure the paper with a paperclip.

I didn’t do that when I tested out this planner as I wanted to see how the paper held up. If I use this planner again I’ll be adding the piece of paper underneath.

Supplies Used

I kept it extremely minimalist this week and only use the Pilot G2 pens and the Pilot Frixion erasable pens.

Related post: Paper Mate Inkjoy versus Pilot G2: Which gel pen is best?

Would I use this planner again?

I probably won’t use the Craft Planner again for weekly planning as I don’t like how bold the grid is.

I do like this layout for a weekly spread, and have created similar iterations of it in my bullet journal over the years.

If you’re someone that doesn’t have much time on weekdays either, try a layout like this with larger sections for weekend planning – it really is helpful.

Past week spreads

More than 200+ past weekly spreads here.

Planning tips

• 50 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Planner
• Using a planner key and symbols to code your planner (efficient planning methods)
• The best tools for habit tracking in your planner or bullet journal (my top 10)
• 5 Ways to get ideas for your planner spreads

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