personal wide rings | B6 van der spek | 2021 planner setup

[@AngellaAvenue]

The undyed with the gold rings is so pretty.

[@plan2create]

I am really liking the whole combo!

[@Lifewith_Lucy]

omg I love your inserts and your planner. Beautiful setup!!!!

[@plan2create]

Thank you so much, Lucy!! Do you use personal wide?

[@emclements19]

Hi! May I ask why you picked a B6 instead of a personal wide VDS? I’m in the process of deciding between the two sizes and I wasn’t sure if you use personal wide inserts why you wouldn’t have picked that. 🤭 it’s so hard to decide!

[@plan2create]

Hmmm that’s been a while and I can’t remember my reasoning, exactly, but you’re right… so many options! 😅

[@jeannebrinkman8889]

Hi Julie... Love your setup. Your planner is gorgeous!!! I am a morning person. Sometimes early 5:30 and sometimes more like 7am. I like to ease into the day..Coffee ...meditation/ Bible reading.. Online Bible study at 9am. So I may get a load of laundry going and empty the dishwasher. Than I review my planner for appointments. I am definitely a forward planner. Out of necessity mostly...due to caregiver for my Mom. All appointments, budgets and bills and medications for her. My planner has been my sanity and security. Your ideas and videos are tremendously helpful.❤️❤️❤️

[@plan2create]

Wow, 5:30 is impressive! I am usually up and around by 7, but I'm a slow starter, lol. Your morning routine sounds nice! Being a caregiver is a hard job! She's blessed to have you looking after her needs, Jeanne!

[@planwithtiffanita]

Thank you for sharing! Great set up. I believe the word you were looking for at the end was 'page lifter'. I look forward to seeing more videos.

[@plan2create]

Thanks so much for watching, Tiffany! And darn if I didn’t just draw a blank on that one. 🤣 Thanks!!

[@cardsstampsandink]

Love your new VDS planner and your setup Julie! I'm a go with the flow routine person however if i were to write it down I am sure it would most likely be the same every day. The plastic thing at the back of your planner is a page turner by Foxy Fix. :)

[@plan2create]

Thank you, Karen!! 💕 I could NOT pull that name up outta my brain! 🤣

[@candaceambermarie]

I bought that months of the year insert and I am using it as a master Birthday list

[@plan2create]

Hi Candace! 👋🏻 Such a great use for it!!

[@waterlily01109]

I do 5x7 for my B6 planners. It’s super easy. And I can print my own dashboards on 5x7 photos.

[@plan2create]

Ooh, that’s a great idea! I’ll have to check it out. Anything that’s easy to measure gets my attention! 🤣

[@darmuzz]

Lots of good ideas here! May I suggest you put a business card or custom-printed card in a slot inside the front cover, giving your contact details - in case your planner is ever lost? Unless it never leaves your house :)

[@plan2create]

Thank you! That’s a great idea... but I rarely take this planner out with me. 😅 it wouldn’t hurt to have it there just in case though!! 🙌🏻

[@xenazahra]

Love your setup for 2021 Julie! I think the undyed looks amazing with the pops of colour in your planner. I am a go with the flow kind of person but I really want to start creating morning and evening routines that I can follow and give my days more structure. Always trying to be a better planner girl LOL 😆 Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year to you and your family!

[@plan2create]

Okay, I love that... always trying to be a better planner girl. I so relate. I crave order and organization but it doesn’t always come naturally to me so I’m a work in progress... just trying to be a better planner girl! ❤️ HNY!!

[@colleen5236]

Your planner looks so clean and functional! Love the inserts you created. :) Excited to see how they are used and the see "Let's Date" theme.

[@plan2create]

Thank you so much!!

[@traceybeaumont8535]

Lovely set up Julie. I have a really good morning routine when it’s a school day which I’d love to build on as I get so much done and it flows stress free. I tend to run out of motivation in the evening so that’s an area I’d like to improve. I printed various yearly calendars and trackers for the front of my planner and decided to try the halfsies for Jan. I’m just deciding on monthly pages. I love the process of doing my monthly pages but rarely ever look back at them. I print your MO1P for forward planning. I use calendar on my phone too but like to scribble few bits in and get a feel for the month, plus a few notes. I have printed some inbox pages but like the idea of the book 🤔 I did enjoy having a few sticky notes on my page marker for to do, notes, to buy & meals. Can’t wait to see a Dec flip through and date stamping

[@plan2create]

Thank you, Tracey! Sounds like you have a great system going! Do you even have to track your morning routine? Or does it just come naturally at this point? (Goals).

[@jenntaylor6083]

I'd love to have one of those AM tabs... And a PM as well...like u, I'm hoping to become a good routine girl through my planning. Do you offer any of these in PDF? Awesome content. I stopped here because I have just received my undyed and I'm here loo for undyed advice and inspiration. TY4S.

[@plan2create]

So I just took alphabet stickers and placed them back to back to create the AM tag. It works because those stickers mirror each other. The “P” for PM wouldn’t work quite the same. 😕😅

[@bubblefrog1965]

Hi Julie :) Such a pretty planner! I can see that you added a stiffener, but the cover seems to be not super sturdy and stiff, but more flexible firm, if that make sense. Did you specify anything? I know there is two kinds of stiffeners, like cardboard (and usually foam) and the other one is bontex, which is more bendy. I thought a stiffener would be even more sturdy ... Anyway, I loved seing your new planner :) The leather looks so soft

[@plan2create]

Thank you! I didn’t request anything specific on the stiffener, so whatever that option normally includes! 😊

[@bubblefrog1965]

​@@plan2create You're welcome :) Thanks for getting back to me. Well, stiffener it is then, for me too. I'm so close to ordering now, after figuring out every option. I'll have undyed too, and I'm so excited. Not so exciting about the waiting tho, not gonna lie, haha!

[@aftermissyplans2965]

Thanks again for showing/talking about the stiffener.

[@Lauren-se3kr]

Love this setup! Gorgeous as always - been loving and watching your videos for years. The bit at the back of your planner is a page lifter :)

[@plan2create]

Thank you, Lauren!!! ❤️ And YES!! Page lifter is what I was trying to think of!! 🙃

[@fijipearl]

I so enjoyed this video! So much information and ideas that I want to try out now. I AM NOT a morning or evening routine person. I feel like I’m being controlled ?... I know, I know it’s weird. 😂 I am very close to ordering my B6 VDS, and now that I’ve seen those square corners 😩 💸💸💸

[@plan2create]

So glad you enjoyed it and I totally get what you’re saying... all routines have to be one hundred percent initiated by moi... no outside forces or I’ll feel managed. And I don’t like to feel managed. 😅🤣 I do love the square corners. What leather will you be ordering?

[@fijipearl]

@@plan2create I’m leaning towards the Stardust Matte Croco 😬

[@plan2create]

Oooh, that would be so pretty! I saw they're releasing a new beige croco in Feb and I'm strongly considering that! Similar to the Stardust, I'm guessing?

[@jenntaylor6083]

Question, you mentioned that you chose to go with the PW inserts because of the need for American measurements in inches or something to that effect? I was just wondering if I missed something, aren't the B6 inserts the same as the other B6 items....straight up 5x7 inches?? Is there a different measurement for trimming the size to fit inside a b6 cover? I hope my question makes sense...

[@plan2create]

Great question! I think some shops sell B6 as 5x7 but technically it’s 4.9x6.9 because it’s actually a European measurement. No biggie to do the 5x7 but then I was having a harder time finding my tabs and dividers in the B6 size. I found them in PW and decided just to go that route! 😅 Hope that makes sense! You can’t really go wrong either way!

[@jenntaylor6083]

@@plan2create Thank you so much for your kind explanation. Being relatively new to the community I try to store all the information I can so that I don't waste my limited funds on material that is wrong for me. I'm a total novice in this size so I appreciate your taking the time to help me.

[@courtneynelles1896]

What about a “perpetual dated daily”, where you put in January 1, January 2 etc. but don’t specify the day of the week? Maybe have your M T W T F S S for us to circle. Then it’s not so hard to get right and it’s reusable year to year.

[@plan2create]

Great idea!!

[@jenntaylor6083]

I'd buy a perpetual too!

[@michellealdrich]

TFS and Happy 2021! 💕

[@plan2create]

Happy new year! Thanks, Michelle!

[@nedzworld6132]

If you don’t mind me asking what program do you use to create inserts?

[@plan2create]

I use Adobe InDesign. 😊

[@betzvj5039]

you probably get asked a lot about that pink tab, where is it from? thank you.

[@plan2create]

It’s from an older planner kit from Studio Calico. I don’t see it on their site anymore. 😔

[@betzvj5039]

@@plan2create thank you ♥️

[@jayjulez7543]

Love your name

[@plan2create]

Haha, hey! I love yours! 🤣

[@bobthedancer]

Page lifter ;)

[@plan2create]

Haha, thank you! 🤣