Review of the Scrappy Planner by Lori Holt (and comparison with the Quilter’s Planner 2017)
If you’re a crafty person and need a planner combined with a project planner, then the Scrappy Planner may be the perfect planner for you!
I recorded a video and photos of the planner but accidentally deleted them from my iPhone #epicfail so we’ll just have to make do with the pretty professional photos courtesty of the creator of the planner, Lori Holt (which are 10x better than the photos I took anyway)
About the Scrappy Planner:
- 7.5” wide x 9” high
- Laminated cardstock cover
- Coordinating accessories including sticker book, pens, page markers, daily planning notepad, gingham washi tape
- Spiral binding
- Undated – write dates in or use date dot stickers
- Full color printing on the inside pages
Related Post: My all time favorite planner pens: Pilot Frixion Erasable Pens Review
Pros of the Scrappy Planner
- Light to carry
- Portable size (7.5” wide x 9” high)
- Days are color coded
- Checklists for each day (perfect for list makers)
- Lots of matching accessories including bookmarks/page markers, pens and even a sticker book (filled with tons of icon stickers!)
Some of the adorable coordinating accessories!
Cons of the Scrappy Planner
- Undated (this can be a pro or a con depending on how you plan)
- Dividers are a bit flimsy
- There are notes pages – but not many
- One page weekly planning space with checklists – you could keep track of appointments, birthdays and the like in the notes section of the weekly spread, but if this is something you prefer to see on each day – then this may annoy you
Overall, the Scrappy Planner is a very simple planner with no frills. It is ideal:
- If you’re just starting to use a planner
- List maker
- Are thinking about upgrading from a monthly calendar to a weekly planner and aren’t sure if a weekly planner is right for you
- Only use a planner occasionally, to plan busy weeks
- You’re a crafter and want project planning and quilting reference notes built in (or if you aren’t a quilter you could always rip those pages out of the planner, but undated weekly planner printables would be a more budget friendly alternative)
- If you’re not interested in planning using planner stickers
Related: Review of the Quilter’s Planner 2017
A similar planner you may also be interested in is the 2017 Quilter’s Planner. Some of the differences between the Scrappy Planner and the Quilter’s Planner are:
- Quilters planner is dated while the Scrappy Planner is undated
- The quilter’s Planner is larger than the Scrappy Planner at 8.5″ wide x 10″ high compared to 7.5” wide x 9”
- Monthly calendar
- Both have spiral binding
- The project planning pages are larger in the Scrapper planer (2 pages per project) compared to 1 project per page for the Quilter’s Planner
- The Quilters’ planner has a 2 page per week spread with more writing space. It also has an hourly layout. The Scrapper planner has 1 week per page with a checklist for each day and a notes section for the week
- 6 quilt patterns by Lori Holt are included in the Scrapper Planner. There are 14 patterns from various designers included in the Quilters Planner
- The Quilters planer includes extras pages such as blank notes paper and graph paper
- The cover of the Quilters Planner is sturdier
- Both include reference guide for quilting
