Sketchsie

HAI^^ ❤ 🎀 Illustrator | Paper Goods | Stationery lover | Washi Collector | Scupter ✱ I'm a Workaholic, made of 95% coffee + I make printables! 💛 ✨ Shop For Planner Goodies at 👇 https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Sketchsie ✏️ ✒️ Updates: + new daily planner printables! + new monthly printables! + new weekly printable + tweaking printables ↳ Ill - I'm back ;)

[sketchsie]

V1 Weekly in Monthly

Sketchsie - V1 Weekly in Monthly for Kikki K Medium / Filofax Personal I have set up my Kikki K with my Inserts.  This is a foldable version of a mix of Monthly View with Weekly View.  I am able to track my usual Bills / Events with my Project / Weekly Planning All on One Page.  Freebie coming soon ;)

[sketchsie]

Awesome Multi Page Fold System

Unique Multi Page Fold System Day + Week + Month + Year – ALL IN ONE ©

I’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of custom inserts, delaying my releases. I’m back in action!

While I was working on the free pretty inserts, I had a lot of awesome ideas – things which will make my life easier in creating multi pages / foldable pages. Took a little time to add in my Unique Multi Page Fold System into my Day + Week + Month + Year – ALL IN ONE System. All New Day On Half Page & Day on 1 Page with my old idea of extra side panels for notes / todo – It’s now done and freaking awesome hehe!

Check these babies out – Example of my older SP1 Inserts Optimized + Updated with Multi Page Folding – Choice of Day on Half Page OR Day on 1 Page + Extra Note Section^^

I hope you love the system as much as I do 😉

[sketchsie]

Printing & Cutting Instructions Updated

It’s Super Easy To Set Up: Print, Cut, Fold or Punch, DONE. All In One Planner – Day + Week + Month + Year Foldable in Bookbinding Order!

Printing Instructions

Print on A4 / Letter – Landscape + Actual size. Don’t forget to test print 2 pages.

Print odd pages first.

After your printer has printed odd pages. Flip the entire stack of printed pages vertically upwards. Put the printed paper pages back into the paper feed.

Print even pages.

All inserts can be printed with Duplex – but may lose quality.

SP – MTN REGULAR / PASSPORT + FILOFAX  A5 / PERSONAL / COMPACT / POCKET

ALL in Bookbinding order – Undated.  (DO1P / DOHP) – 1 month worth of day pages with weeks in between. Print more when needed.

Cover

Month on 1 Page

7 days – Flexible – Day on 1 Page / Day on Half Page.

Week on 1 Page.

The rest of the month is made up of remaining days followed by week etc.

Cutting / Folding – Midori

Stack

Cut the left & right side (square grid up to border) . Or you can leave them intact and fold away out of view until needed for extra note taking paper whenever needed.

Fold in Half – Stitch / Staple Centre.

Tuck Meal planning under the Day page.

Order of pages: 2,4,6..28 Facing up. When you fold it like a book – It should be in order with the front cover.

Cutting / Folding – Filofax

Stack

Cut the left & right side (square grid up to border) . Or you can leave them intact and fold away out of view until needed for extra note taking paper whenever needed.

Fold in Half – Cut & Punch – For hole punching. All you do is align to the centre page border.

Tuck Meal planning under the Day page.

Order of pages: 2,4,6..28 Facing up. When you fold it like a book – It should be in order with the front cover – Place MyWeek Page to the right of your planner. Place myMonth Page to the left of the planner. Place myday page over myweek and fold mymeals behind myday. Voila you have the day, week & month all in one view!

LP – MTN REGULAR / PASSPORT – FILOFAX  A5 / PERSONAL / COMPACT / POCKET

Cutting / Folding – Midori

Day Pages in Bookbinding order.

Cut along cutting line (dashed line marker – top & bottom of the inserts)

Fold along the folding lines (line marker at the top and bottom of the inserts.)

Place Front Cover first.

Place Month Page opening out to the left.

Place Week Pages on top of the month page – opening out to the right.

Place the Day Pages Booklet directly on top of the week page. This should be in the centre.

Cutting / Folding – Filofax

Day Pages in Bookbinding order.

Cut along cutting line (dashed line marker – top & bottom of the inserts)

Hole Punch the Centre (the part with our website info)

Fold along the folding lines (line marker – top and bottom of the inserts.)

Place Front Cover first.

Place Month Page opening out to the left. (These are reverse foldable pages)

Place Week Pages on top of the month page – opening out to the right. (These are reverse foldable pages)

Place the Day Pages directly on top of the week page. This should be in the centre.

[sketchsie]

The Pretty Inserts Freebie

The Pretty Inserts Freebie is here. The file is A4 Landscape for MTN Regular & Filofax A5 – Undated

Download The Pretty Inserts Freebie Here

The MTN Regular is slightly narrower for the design functions of upcoming monthly and weekly pages. The download link will be updated the moment the new pages for Monthly / Weekly & Filofax Personal are ready. Will try keep the link alive – Please let me know if it gets disabled. Link Updated 1st Jan 2015 14th Jan 2016

Printing Instructions:

Super easy to Print – MTN

Print Landscape – Front & Back – Actual Size (for A4) / Fit to Page (Letter)

Fold in half (Valley Fold)

Fold along the outer dotted lines (Mountain Fold) – You can cut the folded NOTE section if you don’t want to use them or keep them folded out of view whenever they’re not needed.

Super easy to Print – Filofax A5

Print Landscape – Front & Back – Actual Size (for A4) / Fit to Page (Letter)

Fold in half (Valley Fold) Cut at the center.

Hole punch the center.

Enjoy!

[sketchsie]

SP3

Phew It’s been a busy time, a lot of custom orders taking time! I wish I had more time..

Unveiling of SP3.. Woot Woot

Day On 1 Page:

AM / PM Overview 

The little Triangle Colours - Yellow, Red & Blue is Time Tracking e.g 15min task etc.

Project Tracking on Weekly Page Foldout on the Right.

I use simple bullets - colour coded + hashed dashes to see my weekview timeline. Blank Spaces for actual name of task. 

Each Project is colour coded ;)

Fold Out Month On 2 Page on the Left. For Calendar - Birthdays, Bills, Events and other Special Occasions. I sometimes use it for tracking my projects, blog planning etc.

Clean & Simple Pages Dated 

[sketchsie]

Usage Example

How I use my planner.  

I usually use my A5 planner for home / work / business  – much easier for me to keep track of everything. I also have a Personal Planner for Ideas / Projects & Molskine for sketching and testing folds. I tend to decorate less, but keep it colourful. I have a lot of repetitive tasks – so I write those on sticky flags / washi tape with corresponding pen colours to match. I also have my own legend / indexing system on acetate.

Usage Example #1:

A5 Filofax – Red Domino

A5 Pretty Planner Starter Inserts – Sunday – DO1P – It’s lite and compact with Meal Planning on Reverse!

Pens I use: Rotring Tikki Pen for Handwriting. Black Ultra Fine Sharpie for Writing on Washi Tape.

Washi Tape: Rainbow Coloured Washi Tape / Slim Washi Tape. (6mm)

Sticky Flags: Filofax Sticky Page Flags with Post It. (6mm)

Small Round Stickers: I picked these up from my Local Shop – Wilko – You should be able to find similar on Etsy, Ebay, Local Shopping US ( Target), UK (Sainsburys / Tesco / Asda, Stationary Stores like Colman’s, Whsmith, Paperchase)

I organise my pages into Month / Day / Week / Year – I fold the Meal Planner Under MyDay – The Layout is Flexible! I’ll usually start with writing anything, everything that is on my mind, I usually take out all the tucked pieces of paper / moleskine of things I want to do to be pencilled in my planner – ideas for blog posts, giveaways, ideas of designs, fixes + tweaks, reminders and write them on sticky thin / slim washi tape / sticky page flags. The idea is..I want it to be removable / reusable for repetitive tasks – so that I can begin to sort out into my legend system. I usually sort according to Web / Etsy / Personal Projects / VIP Updates / Shopify & Pretty Box with Colour Coded Descriptions.

The Starter Inserts are Undated – I Added my Own Month, Date, Day & Week Numbers. It’s very easy to print.

I wrote all my tasks on to Slim Washi Tape & Placed them on to MyWeek – I wrote additional tasks for MyDay. I use the Sticky Round Stickers on the Slim MyMonth Calender.

Usage Example #2 :

A5 Filofax – Red Domino

A5 Pretty Planne Inserts – Sunday – DO1P – I print a few months at a time from the Yearly Inserts.

Pens I use: Rotring Tikki Pen for Handwriting. Black Ultra Fine Sharpie for Writing on Sticky Page Flags.

Sticky Flags: Filofax Sticky Page Flags with Post It.

Washi Tape: MT Slim Washi Tape on Borders.

Usage Example #3 :

A5 Filofax – Red Domino – I’m still trying to get my unicorn: Kikki K Mint Gold Polka Dot – A5 + Medium + Personal – If you have it for sale please let me know!!

A5 Pretty Planner Inserts – Sunday – DO2P – I need space – and lots of it!

Pens I use: Rotring Tikki Pen for Handwriting. Staedtler for Colour.

Sticky Flags: Filofax Sticky Page Flags with Post It.

Notes On 1 Page Addon: When designing – I’ll use the Isometric Grid or Full Square Grid instead of using Day Pages.

I am ambidextrous – But I prefer left hand for opening and getting to my planner pages – organise my pages into Month / Day / Week / Year– Folding and tucking the pages when not in use. I rarely use Year Planner – But I keep at the back – To track Birthdays / Bills / Holidays. I’ll usually start with writing all I need to do for the month on thin / slim washi tape / sticky flags. I then begin to sort out into my legend system. I usually sort according to Web / Etsy / Personal Projects / VIP Updates / Shopify & Pretty Box with Quick Reference Icons & Colour Coded Descriptions.

I have a lot of repetitive tasks – so I’ll write a lot of those on sticky flags so that I can move them on to my day / week pages. My Idea Page acts as a Dashboard until I move them to their permanent areas. At this point my Idea Page is FULL – I’ll take the time now to save it to Evernote Web Clipper – So I have a copy of all my month’s tasks / craziness backed up and for reference.

My Month: 

I print, then hole punch on the page (on the right of it) It fully opens out to the left – I have a full page of use. The Left side for all Month Quick Reference Icons. The right is Colour Coded Descriptions (using my Idea Page as reference as to what needs to be placed) – I sometimes add more detail in this section, but I prefer to use my weekly pages / day pages for indepth details.  I usually fold it towards me, and place my day page ( Left Page) over the folded Month when not in use. My month is very full with no days off – it’s been like this for nearly 3 years!

My Day: 

I find it’s easier for me to keep track – Day Page on the Left (Day on 2 Pages) & Day Page Blank Page on the Right – It gives me additional space to write more without hitting the centre filofax rings ( I absolutely hate when I am writing and it hits the rings it drives me nuts!) Sometimes I would change the Pages to Notes on 1 Page if I want to use it for designing (using Isometric Grid for 3D / 2D Logo / Game Design Work / Sketching New Mock Up / Layouts) I usually keep the New Notes Pages at the back of my Planner and only take a few pages whenever needed to the front. Note Pages Addon can be found in my shop 😉

My Week: 

In general, I always keep my Day + Week Open. Day Pages on the Left & Week Page on the Right (hole punched on the left of the page, it fully folds out to the right) I write in my day numbers and week numbers ( cross reference with month for the week and day numbers) I usually keep repetitive tasks on sticky page flags and keep the unused common repetitive tasks on page flags on my weekly page towards the bottom – it acts as a dashboard – where I can quickly grab it whenever I needed. I don’t like to flip back and forth to get things I need. I place little pink page markers in the upper centre rings to match the day I am working with.

I have all Month / Day / Week aligned to my Legend / Indexing System

When I am finished with my month and moving onto next month, I place all the older Days, Weeks & Month into my Idea Page – The Idea Page is foldable to keep them all inside it – I then place them in my own DIY White Archival Box to store them. The DIY White Archival Box is sorted with Month & Year on Archival Tabs for easy reference.

[sketchsie]

Pretty Notes Paper Addon

Pretty Notes Paper – Addon & Freebie!

I have been like a madwoman creating these Notes Papers for my Notes Paper Addon. So far it’s looking great, just a few more tweaks to go. These should be available forNotes on 1 Page & Notes on 2 Pages either later today or tomorrow. Created the following so far: Plain, Lined, Grid, Dot Grid & Isometric. I may include a freebie for download. Watch this space!

UPDATE: Freebie Here + Pretty Notes Paper Addon is in our Pretty Shop!

[sketchsie]

SP2

[sketchsie]

SP1

[sketchsie]

Starter Inserts

Planner Day | Week | Month | Year Starter Inserts ©

We all go through planner inserts like there is no tomorrow, but at times it can get a little pricey – over the years while using planners, a lot of questions popped into my mind – Are they good enough for me? Is it easy to print? What if I mess it up – I don’t want to waste my money.  Most of the time it’s the price which stops us feeding our little addiction.

For me I needed functional inserts – Inserts which suit me best. After seeing what is out there, with not much choice. I made inserts for personal use. This expanded into others loving my work and wanting it for themselves.

Fast forward to today – I am looking around and it’s the price  – way pricey! A thought occurred to me – Create a SLIM / LITE VALUE STARTER INSERTS PACK for everyone to use, whether you’re a mom, a student, a workaholic like me – Inserts you can get a hold of in a hurry – easy print with day, week & month with meal planning all in one glance.

Here is what I came up with… Day / Week / Month / Year – All in One Glance with Meal Planning

My Month – Starts with Either Sunday OR Monday! Add your Own Month & Dates. Keep track of Bills Due, Doctor Appointments, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Important Events, Pet Grooming / Medication.

My Week – Add your own week day numbers, Add your own week number. You can use a tiny section and have most important tasks placed on the right hand side OR use the full page for all tasks for each day. There is a lot of room. Keep Track of Weekly Tasks: Maintenance, Blog & Social Networking, Cleaning Routines, Gym, Work Events, Gardening, Recycling & Many More.

My Day – Add your own day & date. Each day has hourly intervals to Track appointments, calls, emails, cleaning, daily tasks, blogging, television shows / series and much more.

My Meals – Plan Meals according to days of the week. Make Shopping lists / Grocery Lists. Fold it under My Day when not in use.

Example of Use..

Alternated Show Month, Meal Planning & My Week In One View – Folded My Day / My Meals to the left of my planner. You can use the reverse side to change it to Day Suitable for both left and right handed!

Available on Etsy !

[sketchsie]

The Pretty Shop is Now Open

Our Brand New Online Shop!!

I have to say, there has been days when I’ve not had much sleep. this planner has took a lot out of me – It has started as a hobby and it’s even took far more than what I expected – blood, sweat and tears.  But I have kept working, moving forward – I am soo proud of my Pretty Planner. I still need to work on adding other months – But I’m sure it will be easier!

Isn’t she beautiful?

  I’ve also been getting emails as to when this Planner Inserts will be on sale. So I’ve come to the decision to add Month Trial and launch our Online Store.

Pretty Planner – July 2013 – A5 Life Planner Inserts – Day + Week + Month – All in ONE View! Digital Download PDF –  Print A4 Landscape and fold along the centre. It’s reverse fold-able so you can punch your holes on any side – whether you’re left or right handed it should work perfectly for you. As it’s a digital download, no refunds will be given.

Update:  Pretty Planner July 2013 – to July 2014 –  A5 Life Planner  Inserts – Day + Week + Month – All in ONE View!  Is on Sale!!!

I can also customise some areas if you wish. Email any questions / queries. 

Check out our Pretty Shop!

[sketchsie]

Day + Week + Month + Year Foldable

[sketchsie]

The Month Planner

The Month Planner Pull out with Weekday!!

This has been a very long project. I’ve made soo many alterations to make things fit perfectly. I’ve also gotten sooo many more ideas since starting this Planner. So far I’ve designed it for Two Pages – Allows me to fold it into an A5 Planner–  Fold out whenever I need to view my current month.

I’ve placed the Weekday’s on the left hand side – starting with Sunday – Monday – this flows laterally through out the planner. I’ve also added Week Number examples across the top – still need to check the matching week numbers. This is taking painstakingly a lot of time and it’s very very tedious putting in all the day numbers. I think this is going to take me a few weeks to complete for the rest of the months. I guess I can work with a month to month basis. Print what I need and keep going.

I’ve put my daily planner to good use – it’s finally been printed along with the week planner – So far it fits perfectly with how I use a Planner. No areas are unused – A lot of space for long lists of goals – work, home and personal projects. I’ve also designed Notes Page, Front Page and a Personal Info Page – It’s looking really Pretty – I’m also thinking of other accent colour to use for the main planner. But so far I’m loving the White with Red Accent. I think for now all that is left to do is the upcoming months and at a later date design my Year Planner

Original Sketch

[sketchsie]

The Week Planner

The Week Planner with Week Day Easy View!!

I should be finished with this later today. Tweaking a few things, moving some of the layout. It’s coming along perfectly!  It’s looking soo pretty!

I had a little trouble with where to place Sunday – Monday so that it align’s perfectly laterally through out the planner. But I’ve made it work. So far I’ve made it on two pages – It will fold neatly in place and out of view until it’s needed. So far these layouts are getting a little easier now that I have made a template with the horizonal lateral lines.

Original Sketch

[sketchsie]

The Pretty Grid

Unreal! I’ve gotten used to using Illustrator nowadays for the Grid Background – The Pretty Grid is coming along nicely. I’ve made it white with grey lines.

I have been experimenting with a new kind of  grid – a grey grid with white lines. Whitelines – it’s great for whenever I make logo’s, typography. It’s very easy to scan – it doesn’t show the white lines – perfect!

I think I’ll design the Isometric Grid at a later time – Just going ahead with making one grid background layout for now until I need it!

The Pretty Grid Freebie

Woot Woot!  The Pretty Grid is finished. The file is A4 Landscape.

Download The Pretty Grid Here – Will try keep the link alive – Please let me know if it gets disabled. Updated Link – April 2012 - July 2014 - 14th Jan 2016

[sketchsie]

Grid Layout

I’ve never experienced my hands hurting after a month of sketches (day, week, month view layout backgrounds – with room to sketch year layout background – whenever I get time) This process has been quite consuming.

Here’s a Peak at the Sketch – Grid Backgrounds on the right of the page:

I’ve been using my Rotring Tikky Graphic Pen’s with a vengeance – I prefer using pen rather than pencil. I guess that’s how I’ve been brought up whilst learning to draw – strong confident lines. Normally I’d go straight to digitalising but felt I needed to get something on paper first, play with the layouts, cut and make little sections – make it all fit perfectly before going on to Inkscape. I’ve started making the Grid Background – Boy is it hard to resize and align the grid properly! It is long and tedious – Moving one line makes the whole alignment go way off.

Inkscape has been cumbersome to change grid layout columns. It’s not dynamic! So I’ve now moved on to Adobe Illustrator. It’s vector baby – I can enlarge easier without losing quality! With Inkscape it’s not been behaving itself at all! Why is it so hard to make a simple minimalistic grid? I don’t know how I’m going to achieve making the Isometric Grid!

[sketchsie]

Planner Breakdown

The Main Planner – Life Plannr will include: Reverse Foldable Pages – For both Left and Right Handed ( I am ambidextrous – I like to be able to write on any side) Ability to change the layout whenever I would like to. All Pages can be folded in or out – aligned laterally!

Front Page: Blank Page with Logo, Preview of how the Planner will look. Copyright & Website Information.

Front Page Inner Page: Life Planner – Personal Details. Currently I am leaving it blank. I prefer to add my own details without too many headings – I don’t like clutter!

Idea Planner – An area for Notes, Inspiration, Ideas. Journaling, Drawing. With Checkbox’s – A lot of space for writing / drawing.

Day Planner – As of Now I’ve only sketched Day on 2 Pages (Sunday Edition – I work with Sunday’s first for prep work)  – This has room to Write / Journal / Draw – Includes Backburner Notes – Things to do at a later date – Reminders! I will design a Day on 1 Page after testing Day on 2 Pages. This will need a whole new template. But it’s no biggie. Day Planner will be used in conjunction with Week Planner + Month Planner + Year Planner.

Week Planner – The idea with Week Planner is to have a quick glance of all I need to do in the Week. With Weekdays along the edge – I might include Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner in the same section. I’m still trying to figure out where to place them without it looking too cluttered. Week Planner will be used in conjunction with Day Planner + Month Planner + Year Planner.

Month Planner – The idea with Month Planner is to have a quick view of all of my current month tasks in bullet form. Align the weeks to the days in the current month. This is ideal for fast tracking of holiday’s, places I need to be. Month Planner will be used in conjunction with Day Planner + Week Planner + Year Planner. I need to think of a way to make adding all the days easier!!

Year Planner – The idea with Year Planner is to have a quick reference to anniversaries, Birthdays, Appointments and Bills that are due. I can keep it open while viewing month, week and day.

Planner Addons – Future Addon’s – Anything I think of which I will need for my Planner

So far I’ve managed to Sketch most of the draft layouts, they still need to be finalised before moving to digitalising. I am an Illustrator – I like to plan things ahead of time with sketches – have it all finalised with exact measurements.

I am making a list of priorities, repetitive tasks. I’ve managed to figure out a way to systematise everything, so it’s easier for me down the road. Template, Template, Template! I can see my main issue would be template mark up. I’ll need to make the Grid Layouts first, Measure up my A5 Planner Sections – Template it all. Make sure it’s all a perfect snug fit. Test Folding in my A5 Filofax Planner.