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Showing posts with label Family and the Home. Show all posts
Thursday

Stuck on Stickers- Free printables!

Hi again everybody! Thanks for stopping by! 

If you know me, you know I love to plan. I have always been a sucker for school supplies and right now is one of my favorite times of the year to be in stores-- back to school shopping!! I have such a hard time resisting all of the colorful office stuff. I used to always love getting ready for the new year of school and it did not stop once I entered the world of adulthood. Now I try to find ways to incorporate my love of office supplies, list making and planning in to my day to day life, and I do my best to have fun with it! 

I do not pretend to be a planner pro, because some people get SERIOUSLY  involved with this and are way more talented than I! I have a few different organizational systems I use for my day to day life, but for each one I have to have my stickers! I am stuck on stickers.. they can make any day more inspired and, for me, leads to more motivation! My favorite physical store to buy planner supplies is Michael's, and they often have excellent deals! I have had planners that I have bought off-line and have been personalized, but this year I went with the Large Happy Planner, and I am loving it! You can find the planner I am using here. I love the detachable pages and the extra large room for - you guessed it- more stickers! I debated posting some pictures of my own calendar to show an example of how I usually decorate my planner each week, but I have a lot of confidential information listed in the pages, so I can't do that. If I remember and get a blank set of days decorated, I will post it then! 

I also buy some of my stickers from Etsy.com or other stores on-line, as well as the dollar store. I don't mind if my professional work planner or my bill calendar looks like something out of the 1990's with bright juvenile colors- it is just me seeing it and it definitely brings a big smile to my face! 

What I did not discover until about two weeks ago was the wonderful world of FREE stickers that you can print for yourself at home! There are so many you can find on-line, but I want to share with y'all one of my absolute favorite designers. She has so many free and custom-sized stickers that can be used for your personal use (remember, if you try to sell them or do some sort of mass distribution, it would be copyright infringement), and I am obsessed! I use full page printable labels that you can buy at any store with office supplies or off-line as well. I have used a couple of different brands. I use my color printer and print these babies out, and then just cut them! I use just regular scissors to cut them or one of my special cutting tools, which maybe I will write a post about later  with more detail :). 

So, here it is! My favorite source for free, gorgeous, adorable stickers right now is from Victoria Thatcher. You can check out her site right here. She has an entire drive full of free, easy to download stickers that are custom sized for either Erin Condren planners or Happy Planners. Of course, you can use them for any planner you like! That just means that they are made to fit inside the cells of those two brands of planners perfectly. 

I hope you enjoy! If you do, please comment and share! 

Be well, 
Lisa

Here are some of my favorite sets I have printed! 






Tuesday

Family Summer Fun 2017

Hey everyone! It has been a long time since I have been able to post and I have missed it very much! Our family has been taking on a lot of new changes in the past several months, including selling our home, getting in to a new home in a completely new community, switching schools for the kids, two major surgeries, taking on driver's ed for our oldest son and working on growing my new counseling business. We are blessed and thankful for the changes we have gone through, but it has definitely been a whirlwind!

We took some time to catch our breath at the beginning of the summer and took a small vacation to a beautiful cabin in northern Indiana. Sometimes it is just fun to disconnect from media and technology and spend some time together! We played more board games than I can count, went hiking and hung out by the fire. Lots of memories were made! 

Sebastian (our oldest) has been working hard this summer on football as he is getting back in to the sport after earning the privilege of sports again through hard work at school. We are proud of him! He has been working on lifting weights and is getting super strong- and tall! He has almost caught Joe in height :). Between practices, he has been babysitting for Landon and Lydia and the kids have loved it this summer. They adore their big bubby. We have had lots of fun at our new home in Carmel, IN and we love this community. We have spent some time at festivals, swimming and enjoying the parks too. Just thought I would share some of our summer fun and say 'hi!' to everyone again! Expect more posts to come! 

Think positive!
~Lisa