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September 4, 2019

Practical Paper Co Weekly Planner & Dot Grid Notebook Review

If you follow my blog you’re probably already familiar with my favorite weekly layout – days of the week on the left page and checklist on the right page.

Practical Paper Co have a number of weekly layouts and this is one of them! They have a few pages sizes to choose from so I opted for a medium coil bound and an A5 unpunched version (which I punched and added some ARC discs to).

I also did a review of my custom Practical Paper Co Dot Grid notebook here.

Practical paper co planner haul a5 unpunched custom bullet journal dot grid notebook weekly planner

Practical Paper Co Weekly Planner

Quick facts

  • Cover Size: 7.5″ wide x 9.5″ high
  • Page size: 7″ wide x 9″ high
  • Softcover
  • Coil binding
  • Cover personalisation
  • 2 page Monthly calendar (starts on Sunday)
  • 2 page weekly spread (starts on Monday)
  • Neutral inside pages
  • Optional add on pages including checklists

Let’s take a closer look!

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  • Line spacing on medium page size (7″ wide x 9″ high) = 0.6cm
  • Line spacing on A5 size = 0.4cm

I also did a review of my custom Practical Paper Co Dot Grid notebook here.

The Cover

Practical Paper Co offer a choice between laminated cardstock and cardstock with a frosted cover. I much prefer the cardstock with frosted cover that I chose for the weekly layout.

There’s many covers to choose from (and they’re different to what most planner companies offer). I nearly went for a glitter cover… but opted for the marble at the last minute!

practical paper co weekly planner review and bullet journal pros and cons pen testing paper quality

There is no extra cost for cover personalisation 🙂

custom weekly planner practical paper co review video pen testing ghosting bleed through horizontal spread and bullet journal

Approx 0.5″ thick

The cover extends beyond the pages so if you did add tabs or sticky notes, they’d be protected by the cover.

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At the front of the planner is 1 lined notes / checklist page before the monthly calendars.

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Monthly Calendar

Starts Sunday (not consistent with the weekly spread)

practical paper co planner review monthly spread weekly monday start horizontal vertical custom cover you choose

practical paper co planner review monthly spread weekly monday start horizontal vertical custom cover you choose video flip through

Unfortunately the monthly spread has split boxes.

It’s a USA company so has USA holidays pre-printed.

practical paper co usa planner split monthly calendar boxes minimalist custom cover

Weekly Planning

You can start the planner at any month of the year (although can only order a few months in advance – I ordered in June and started it in September).

This is my all time favorite weekly spread layout – the only problem with this one from Practical Paper is the wide margins at the top and the bottom – probably the perfect space for washi tape though.

Read more: Favorite washi tape for planning, planner decorating & color coding

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practical paper co weekly planner monday start horizontal lined notes checklist review pros and cons pen testing monday start

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practical paper co weekly planner lined checklist and horizontal weekly spread

Extras pages

You can choose from a few different add on pages – I opted for the things to do page (includes 10 double sided pages). For $3 USD for a simple layout it seems a bit steep, but since it’s coil bound it’s not ideal to add extra pages yourself.

Some of the other add on options are: bill trackers, cleaning checklist, contacts, fitness, notes, wedding and grocery lists.

practical paper co planner review monthly spread weekly monday start horizontal vertical custom cover you choose checklist add on pages

I found it a bit odd that the line spacing in the planner is 0.5cm but then the add on page is nearly twice that at 0.8cm.

practical paper co weekly planner things to do checklist add on pages

Pen Testing

I did a pen test in the custom bullet journal I also purchased from this company:

The paper is bright white and smooth to write on….

practical paper co bullet journal bujo dot grid 5mm spacing bright white paper quality ghosting bleed through pen testing

But very prone to ghosting…

practical paper co pen testing review

Arcing the refills

If you want to discbind them and you purchase the refills – just note this literally means refills only – they won’t send a cover.

I opted for the ARC punch (it has a slider thing that you can move to perfectly punch different page sizes including  A5 whereas the Happy Planner punch doesn’t have this).

Read more:  Guide to Discbound Planners & Frequently Asked Questions and ARC by Staples versus MAMBI – Which discbound system is better?

I managed to just squeeze the pages onto the smallest size ARC rings (0.75″ diameter). It took about 10 minutes to punch all the pages (usually quicker but I was super careful not to get the pages muddled up).

practical paper co hack into discbound planner 2 page monthly calendar

practical paper co hack into discbound planner

arcing my practical paper notebook into a discbound planner minimalist monthly and weekly spread

I like both page sizes!

practical paper co hack into discbound planner a5 weekly spread monday start

Practical paper co planner haul arcing my notebook weekly planner a5 versus medium page size

PROS OF THE Planner

  • Cheap
  • Doesn’t weigh much
  • Plenty of cover options to choose from
  • Plenty of weekly layouts to choose from
  • Option to have the pages unpunched if you want to use them in a discbound planner or 3 ring binder
  • Free cover personalisation
  • Plenty of optional extra pages to choose from e.g. checklists

CONS OF THE Planner

  • No monthly planning pages
  • Paper is prone to ghosting
  • No monthly tabs and no ribbon bookmarks

Would I use this planner?

Yes! The weekly layout is my all time favorite way to plan the week.

Update: The company has decided they are no longer shipping to Australia. Not sure why since they didn’t offer free shipping so the buyer paid for shipping anyway….

More planner reviews:

  • Artist’s Loft Dot Grid Journal Review
  • Clever Fox Weekly Planner
  • Blue Sky Noteworthy Planner

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  • Why horizontal is my favorite weekly planner layout 
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