Before the pen: Feb. 13-Feb. 19.

This makes me happy! This is going to be a short week for me since I will have Monday off for President's Day. But I already know that this will e another eventful week! And I'm ready for it!!





Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} Design Sticker Store
Stickers {love} PIpsticks& personal stash & my own

Before the pen: Feb. 06-Feb. 12.

After such a down week last week I wanted something "sweet"-like to make me smile and few things can make me smile faster and put me in a more better mood than ice-cream! Anything sweet really! I know I have such a sweet tooth, I'll never deny that! But this sticker kit and these stickers definitely put me in a more happier mood just by looking at them! It will be a good week!

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} Planner.Pickett
Stickers {love} Pipsticks& personal stash & my own

Before the pen: Jan. 30-Feb. 05.

Wow! Time sure is flying! This week will be bringing the 2nd month of the year: February! I can't believe how fast it's all going! In the past, the second month has usually been hard for me...but this year it WILL be different! One day at a time, is what i have to tell myself!

 I have decided to add tracker stickers for all the postcards/letters/mail that I send out and receive. Last week, I had started to write down all the ones that I received and reminders of the ones that I had to send out still, and I realize that if I was going to keep doing that, I need a more organized way to do it...hence that tracker stickers. :) I like how they make my planner more organized looking. :) I do like to doodle in my planner every-so-often though...and there's not much room for that, but I figured that this IS my "master planner" and so it would make sense that more stuff would been to be tracked on this planner than my other's. At least I can doodle and express myself art wise in my other planners! But I do love how this one is coming along! :)

Well, here's to the new week and a new month! Whoooohoooo!! :)


Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & personal stash & my own

Before the Pen: Jan 23-Jan29.

I am excited for this week! This will be a good week! I specifically picked this sticker kit from DesignStickerStore because I just love the color combination and I love all the flowers and polar bear stickers. I tried to make it so that whenever I see this planner in the morning when I wake up and when I get home it will make me smile. Simple things make me smile and seeing an organized and pretty layout in my planner makes me smile. :)  I am consciously going to work really, really hard to sleep at a decent time. I bought Melatonin pills...so if it comes to it, I will take it. I hate taking pills of any kind. Oh yeah, I have to say...I LOVE the rubber stamps that I got from Target! I am SO thankful for the dollar section at Target! :) This will be a good week. :)


Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} DesignStickerStore
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & Pipsticks & personal stash & my own

Before the pen: Jan. 06-Jan22.

I may have today off in honor of MJK jr...but this week is going to be busy, busy, busy! I decided to make a sleeping schedule tracker,  because I really am struggling in the sleeping department of my life! I love to sleep though! But my brain is always active, and won't let me go to sleep at a decent time! I do try though...I really do. I even go to bed at a decent time, but I am just laying there with a mind that doesn't stop for hours before going to sleep! I hate it! I am going to see if it helps me visually when I document the times I go to sleep and when I wake up! I am not saying that it's going to work, but at least I can document my sleeping pattern and visually see if I have a problem.

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & Pipsticks & personal stash & my own

Before the pen: Jan 02-Jan 08.

I LOVE the stickers that I used in this layout! I love the color combinations of pink, white, black...and anything with gold! I love flowers. I love stripes. I love polka dots. I love this whole layout! Although this is my second week using this classic planner, I feel like as if it's new, new, new....maybe its because its a new year...and I am glad that I get to use this beautiful layout! It's my last week of break...and so I have a lot of things planned that I want to do before school starts again. But here is to the first full week of the new year!

I thought that it would be fun to take a picture and post up the first entry I had last year in my compact Passion Planner! I had gone back to California for the holidays and so I was still there for a part of it...and it made me smile to see that at this time last year, I was with my best friend. :)


Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} planner.pickett
Sticker {love} Pipsticks & personal stash

New Planner! Before the Pen: Dec. 26.-Jan.01.

I came home last night from our amazing fun family Christmas party and couldn't sleep. So I wanted to do some prepping for the coming up new year with my new planners and journals. When I took out my Classic Passion Planner, I realized that because I had re-dated the planner (it was a 2016-2017 Academic Planner at first, and I didn't need it for the remainder of the year, so I just changed the dates so that I can use it next year), it was suppose to start on the 26th!

I was able to snag this gorgeous Beach themed planner sticker on BEaYOUtiful Planning's website and I loved it! Again, I need to say, that I really need to learn how to make my own stickers already! :)

But here is the layout in my new Passion Planner! I am excited for it. I need to get used to the Classic size rather than the compact size because this is double larger than it's smaller one! I am also going to be playing around with the planner set up because I don't know if I like this way yet...but we will see. I am going to be having TWO Passion Planners this week, but that's okay, I am still figuring out this Classic sized planner! :) But like I said on my other Before the Pen entry for this week, I want this week to be a calm week. Which is why I choose a beach theme for this week. Even though it's winter time, every day is a beach day here on the Hawai'ian Islands! And I love it! And also because since I want this week to be calm...the ocean is where I feel the calmest, so I thought it was a good idea to have my first theme of the new planner to be a beach them! :)





Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} BEaYOUtiful Planning'
Stickers {love} my own & personal stash 

Before the Pen: Dec. 25-Dec. 31.

I had to take a picture of the last week of the year! I am going to miss my compact Passion Planner. I had gotten a Classic Passion Planner as a gift earlier this year and I will be using that one, and it seems like there is SO MUCH room in it, but for now, for one more week I can enjoy this compact planner. :)

This is a good quote to leave the year with. And I have looked through my planner and read the things that have happened through this year...and I would like to say that this was a good year for me. Had plenty of ups and down...but I am still here, and that is something to be proud of. :)

For the last week of the year, I decided to use this free planner sticker printable by LaghingAndLosingIt. I love how it's Christmas-y, but not ridiculously so. :)

And there she is! My last layout in my Golden Passion Planner. I love it, and I am glad that I was able to use these planner stickers. I want this week to be relaxing. I hope that this week is relaxing and calm. I don't really have any set plans for this week, must a list of things that I would like to do. And I want to keep it like that. I am so thankful for this break. I need it. :)



Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} LaghingAndLosingIt
Stickers {love} LaghingAndLosingIt & my own 

Before the Pen: Dec. 11-Dec. 17.

I was able to get another FREE planner sticker layout from SNSTreasures! I really need to get on the wagon and learn how to make really nice planner stickers like this so that I can share it with people! I would LOVE to do what she does and create these beautiful planner stickers that people would want to use! I know that I will definitely let people download and use them for free, because I really appreciate those who let us do it for free. This is a fairly new one that she did...and I love it! :)

I was pretty bummed because originally I had planned to use my planner subscription to Sparkles of Stickers in my planner this week, but I have yet to receive them. I really like the stickers...but I feel like if it keeps being like this, then I might have to unsubscribe to them. But I am glad that I was able to download some stickers from SNSTreasures and use them this week.

I usually like creating my layouts a two to three weeks before the week comes, however I did leave this week blank hoping to get my planner stickers from my subscription, but I didn't so I used this one. And I couldn't be more happier with how it turned out! :)

And here it is, all ready to be filled out and documented with some memories I would like to keep! This week (hopefully...crosses fingers) should be a calmer week. I think that I want to start doing our Christmas project for our parents...there are few birthdays and family time this week....so here is to this week! Yay! Go for it! :)

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} SnsTreasures
Stickers {love} StickiiClub & personal stash 

Before the Pen: Dec. 04-Dec. 10.

I don't really know why, but this is one of my favorite layouts. :) I love how the glittery washi goes so well with the stickers and I think that it adds a special BAM o it...and I love love the shiny and glitteryness! :) But I hope that this week is more smoother than the last. I know already that we are down a teacher since one of the teachers went to the Philippines for three weeks...and the sub that she got said that she will only sub if her daughter comes to school, and so it so happens that she will be in my class. I hope that that does not disrupt anything...but I don't think so, she use to be in my class...so that is okay. She is suppose to be in in the next class up, but she isn't potty trained yet, so she has to be in my class for the time being. I know that I have a lot of craft that I want to do, I have to do the gifts to the parents and so that will happen this week...and I am going to try to get the keiki's back on schedule with everything...so here is to this week! :)

 Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} Sparkles of Stickers
Stickers {love} personal stach

Before the Pen: Nov. 27-Dec. 03.

Here is the new layout for this week! I already know that this week will be super-extra-crazy busy! But that's okay...that means that there will be no time to be bored! :) I love the quote "Fall seven times, stand up eight" it's a quotes that I hold dear when things feel like they are falling around me...I just have to find the energy to stand up and keep going. :) During this week, it's my childhood best friend's birthday, and I remember the moments that we shared together. :) I know that also this week we will be practicing for our Christmas program for the preschool. Our Christmas program will be this Friday already! Ahhhh! I hope I survive that crazy-ness that will bring! At least it will be half day on Friday...but I have to babysit my niece after school...oh my. Oh well, I love her and we will just go home and take our nap together! *laughs* It's also the week of my Grandma who passed way a few years ago. I miss her. What else is happening this week...?! Lots and lots...I know that I want to start making/designing Christmas cards to send to my family/friends for Christmas...so lets see if I can at least make 2 a night...at least! Well, here is to the week and the crazy-ness the holidays bring! Cheers!

 Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} Sparkles of Stickers
Stickers {love} Pipsticks

Weekly Planner Layout: Nov. 20-Nov. 26.

Here is my weekly spread for this month "before the pen" I can not express just how much I LOVE my Passion Planner! I have to say that it's one of my top favorite planners that I have ever used. I really does keep me in check! I do have one for next year, but I have different plans/reasons on how I am going to use that one...and so it might not be featured on my blog (or other social media) as much as it is now...but it might make an appearance every so often...but I really love this planner. That being said, I am excited for this week. I have two work-free days for Thanksgiving. And I am so thankful that I have Black Friday off. I know that not many people do, so I am glad that I do have it off. I don't normally go Black Friday shopping, and I doubt that I will this year as well (most likely I will be be Cyber Monday shopping for my TV that I want to get!)...so I am thinking of spending it with family...preferably at the beach. I can always do the beach at any time of any day and I don't think that I'll ever get tired of it! :) I used the planner sticker kit from Sparkles of Stickers. I LOVE the hot air balloon stickers! They are SUPER cute! :) And I also decorated my spread with stickers that I got from my Pipsticks sticker subscription! I do make my own "clean room," "Blog," and "Habit tracker" stickers...and I want to look into making my own planner stickers. I think that if I do, I won't do it for money (at least at first)...because I really do appreciate those that make planner stickers and let people use them for free (as long as your tag and mention them...which duh, why wouldn't you?!) But I think that I'm going to looking into doing that! But I need to start my day now! I am excited for this week! And before I forget, I am thankful for YOU! Thank you for reading my blogs! I appreciate YOU! :)

Planner {love} Passion Planner
Planner Sticker Kit {love} Sparkles of Stickers
Stickers {love} Pipsticks

Weekly Planner Layout: Nov. 13-Nov. 19

While doing some web-surfing the other day, I came across this free planner stickers printable from SnsTreasures! I instantly fell in-love with the bright and happy colors and the fall feeling of it all...and I knew that I had to download and print it out so that I can use it!

I ended up looking her up on IG, and I started to follow her because I love her planner sticker designs and I love how she uses bright colors! I love love love bright colors...they make me so happy when I see them!

So, of course, I had to use it in this weeks layout in my Passion Planner. I love it! I added some washi stickers of my own, and other stickers that I created for my own use. But I just love the look and layout of this weeks spread! I love the brightness of it and it makes me feel as this this week will be SO MUCH better because of it! :) (I promise there was no sarcasm in there! :)) So, yes, here is this week's spread; I'm excited to start filling it out with whats going on this week (and it's going to be a busy one! I know! :)

Weekly Planner Layout, 23-29.

I'm ready to start a new week! I love this layout in my Passion Planner! I used the second kit that I got in my Sparkles of Stickers subscription this month and some Pipstick sticker's here and there! And I really do love how it turned out! I love the fall feeling to it...it's my favorite season, and we don't get to experience it here in Hawai'i. Oh well...I'm not complaining, but I do miss my fall season! I'm up and ready to fill out this weeks events and happenings!

Weekly Planner Layout 16-22.

I have gotten asked a few times from friends why I don't share my planner layouts. I just don't. I have way too many planner/journals to do something like that...but then I decided, if I do so with just one of my planners...I don't mind. :) I usually like to make my layouts for the month in the beginning of the month and just add from there. So, near the end of the previous month, I like to sit down with the majority of my planners and journals and just take a few hours here and there to make layouts for all of them. This one that I am going to share with you is the layout from my Passion Planner, the planner that is usually always with me. I have subscribed to Sparkles of Stickers and so this is the first time that I have used her stickers in any of my planners. And I have to say that I really like it! I don't really do the whole "no-white" layouts, but I do like color, so that is why I do my layouts the way that I do. :) I also subscribe to Pipsticks, and I used some of the stickers that I got from there. :)

So, this is my layout for this week. I don't like covering everything, because I tend to write everything down...so I want room to write things as they come along. I am still debating whether or not I should post a picture of my week "after the pen." Since this is my main planner, I do have a lot of personal things written down, so I might just do only "before the pen" pictures. Although I do write down the things that I already know is happening for sure. But yep, here is me sharing my first "before the pen" layout of my main planner. :)