19 Jun 2013

a blast from the past - an old planner of mine

Whilst unpacking, I found this planner that I used for a few months during my first year at university. I had the choice of using a Filofax or this planner and I remember opting for this one as it was so pretty and cute. You will see why as the post goes on :)

I had bought this planner in Hong Kong in the summer of 2009 because of the front cover. The colours were muted and the picture was illustrated - this was reason enough to plonk down a few Hong Kong dollars just so I could call it mine!


Anyway, inside, there were weekly planning pages. Here is how I used them at the time:


And yet another week (you can see that I've always used a fair bit of colour!):


And one final week before I show you the bulk of the planning pages:


After the weekly pages, there were more weekly pages, but this time with more space. The cute illustrations are a constant theme in this planner.


The next picture shows yet another week, but a more messy (and busy!) one. It was at this point that I reverted back to a Filofax as the mess got too much for me.


There were a few random note pages spread out through the planner. Here is one of them:


There were also some cute pages which had illustrations like this:


At the back, there were more note pages (which also had illustrations), some 'contacts' pages and an 'about me' page at the back.

I posted about this planner back in August 2012 but this is a more thorough post with regards to the actual planning pages. I have hacked away any spare pages and then punched them for use in my organiser but with the paper so cute, I've not had the guts to use them yet - do any of you also get the stationery jitters when things are too cute?!

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  1. Nice planner! I like Asian planners, I could fill up an empty suitcase with stationery if I ever went to Hong Kong or Tokyo!!
    But I wonder if the 'weekly' pages that have 5 boxes of vertical days are actually monthly planners? Each box is 1 day, 5 weeks etc?

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    1. I'm not sure - I think they are pretty much free to be used how you want. I just love how Chinese/Korean planners (not experienced Japanese ones yet!) are a blank canvas and to be used how you fancy :) I think those boxes could be used either way depending on the user's needs x

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  2. Hi,
    I see you use some Smythson paper. Do their holes fit personal size Filofax binders? How about the A5. Thank you for your help.

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    1. Hi! Yes, the Bond Street size and Filofax personal size are identical in size and hole placement. As far as I know, the Duke size organisers are equivalent to Filofax A5 organiser size but don't quote me on that - I haven't done a direct side by side comparison and that is only what I have heard. I can only vouch 100% for the personal sized paper :) x

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    2. Thank you, that helps!!

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  3. Awww such a cute planner! I love the idea of using a planner, but I never stick with it :( x

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    1. Thank you! And aw, maybe you just don't need one right now? :) x

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