Carpe Diem - Ballerina Planner (The Reset Girl) - Part Two - Inserts, Sticker Heaven & Lots of Planner Accessories

Now that I've introduced you to the Carpe Diem Ballerina Planner for the Reset Girl shall we now indulge in a world of pretties to make your planner come to life!

Whether you are going to be using the 'Ballerina' or already have a planner you are in love with you can transform it with all the beautiful additions from The Reset Girl collection. I'm going to share the ones I've bought for my planner and show you some other lovelies available too!

So where do I start? How about the Dividers, for me this is the essential part of planner organisation so I can put my life in to little compartments! You get 6 in total:

These are super fab! Not only for their practical purpose but LOOK at those designs! I'm loving the 50's vibe with the ladies bringing a little bit of vintage to the party.

I have a few basic 'structure' items I like to use so as well as the Dividers we have the perfect Pocket Dividers, great for keeping stickers, photos & all sorts of bits in:

You get three of these in the pack all of them have pockets on both sides giving you plenty of room for all your 'must keeps' throughout the year. 

Another item I've always liked in my planners are dashboards, I just love having a little inspiring piece to see me through the week. In my next blog when I share my set up you'll see exactly how I use them.

Don't you just love all the detail all of the dashboards & dividers?! They are seriously irresistible ... I love all the little quotes, the colour palette is ADORABLE, the muted tones are truly beautiful. 

My last 'essential' for my 'Ballerina' has to be the 3 x 4 cards ... well with that little window winking at me in the front of the planner it really is just begging to be changed regularly with a cute card to reflect my mood!

Although the main detail is on the front of these cards I'm almost tempted to buy a second set as they all have pretty patterns on the back to match the rest of the collection. Again the detail is phenominal:

If you read my previous blog you will know that the reason I bought this planner is because it incorporates everything I love ~ crafting, creating, sewing, planning (of course!!) muted colour palettes, the whole pretty stationery thing, being organised, stuff for business and of course ..... THE STICKERS!! ha ha .... oh the stickers, glorious stickers to bring a smile to my face and my months & weeks throughout the year. 

These stickers are great and I plan on adding some more too as soon as 'payday' comes around. Each of these sticker buys have 8 sheets of stickers (2 of each design). From left to right: Inspiration Quotes, Icon Stickers & Basic Monthly Stickers.

Just look at some of the details here, OMG! seriously whoever designed these needs a medal and a jolly big hug! As you can see things like 'Plan it like it's HOT!', washi tape strips, sewing bits, cameras, planners, 'Planner Girls are the Happiest Girls' (well we all know that!!)and SO much more to make are planners attractive and motivate us along the way ~ simply pretty, perfect & practical too! 

I also needed some really practical things for my planner but even the basics are well thought through:

From left to right: L - Monthly calendar stickers (these are perfect I like to be able to check back & forward & here there are 6 of each month and I'll show you how I use them ALL in my next blog for 'my set up'. M - Essential papers (lined and graphed) 18 sheets of each and the paper quality is really good not flimsy at all. You also see in the middle pic a 'Get it Girl' to do list which is hole punched and the Ballerina planner has an allocated place for it in the back of the planner. R - The Doc-It Journal, now this was one of items that really sold the whole Reset Girl thing to me. It fits perfectly in the back of the Ballerina planner and great for bullet journals etc. Again I'll show you more of the Doc-It Journal in my next blog.

I can't wait to start using my planner to enjoy the work that has gone in to creating all of these pretties! I'm just finishing my set up at the moment so that it will be ready to use from the 1st October. I may have to buy a few more bits though ... not sure I can wait to put them on my 'Christmas wish list' ... so here's what else you can get in the Reset Girl collection:

Page Pins, Page Markers, Clear Stickers, A stamp with clever little phrases perfect for planning, word label stickers (these look great!!) perfect post it notes and of course 'matchy matchy' washi tape!! <sigh> 

If you're salivating at how fab these are and how much you need them in your planner life here's some trusted places you can buy them in the UK:

Craftie-Charlie: http://www.craftie-charlie.co.uk/
TheHomemakery: http://www.thehomemakery.co.uk/
Mrs Brimbles: http://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/

See you next time when I get to show you my planner set up and maybe share some ideas about how to get the most out of your planner!! 

Sarah X

Carpe Diem - Ballerina Planner (The Reset Girl) - Part One - The Boxed Set

Oh My Gosh!!! I think I've finally found my 'unicorn' the perfect planner ........ !! Let me introduce the Carpe Diem Ballerina Planner featuring the Reset Girl Designs ....... all I can say is WOW! WOW! WOW! I'm in love ........ !! 

It's really perfect for me as it incorporates everything I'm in to - pink!, sewing, planning, creating, pastels, inspiration in fact I don't know what there isn't to fall in love with so let's have a look shall we?!?! ...

As I'm no good at videos I thought I would walk you through all the beautiful features of this planner here instead .. Everything you see here is all included (yes I know you'll find that hard to believe!) in the box set although you can buy the planner separately without any of the inserts. So let's start with the cover ~ a gorgeous pastel salmon/baby pink faux leather with a gold snapper and the gold glasses charm. Look inside and you'll find everything you could possibly need: 3 little pockets on the inside for business cards, post its, paperclip decor etc and a little window pocket perfectly sized for the 3 x 4 pocket cards (one included in the boxed set) or a photograph, plus an interior pocket to slip receipts, to do lists etc.

You can't really see here but in the inside back cover you have a pocket that perfectly fits the 'Doc It Journal' and a space for the 'To Do' list (you'll see these in my blog Part Two!). The planner features beautiful gold rings that are a really good size to be able to keep plenty in your planner & an elastic pen loop for your favourite pen. Now if all that isn't enough let's explore the beautiful contents included in the box set.

I  total you get 24) Monthly Calendar Pages (Undated), (12) Monthly Tabbed Dividers (Undated), (72) Vertical Weekly Inserts (Undated), (1) Acetate Dashboard With Gold Foil Print, (4) Assorted Decorative Inserts and (1) 3 x 4 Pocket Card - In the picture above you can see the 4 Decorative inserts.

Ok - let's explore the months .... shall we start at the beginning? ~ Here's JANUARY, with the Monthly Tabbed Divider, the Monthly Goal tracker, the Vertical weekly set up for the month & really useful monthly log. Everything co-ordinates beautifully and as you'll see from the whole collection the attention to detail is second to none.

Right let's whizz through the rest of the months so you get to see all the inserts, For each of the months I've just photographed the Monthly Tabbed Dividers & the Goal Trackers a the weekly inserts & monthly logs are all the same just in the colours to compliment that month's theme.

FEBRUARY

February is all about the typewriter and getting organised.

MARCH

March is full of pretty florals and coffee cups

APRIL

One of my favourite months with all the cute little birds

MAY

It's all so blooming lovely!! And killing it 'Like a Boss' 

JUNE

A super colourful month with geometric designs & clocks

JULY

Gorgeous colours for Summer and cute cameras for capturing the moments

AUGUST

Tick Tock!! Corals, pinks & browns & inspiration aplenty! 

SEPTEMBER

September is for vision & planning - love this idea

OCTOBER

Seriously!?!? WOW! My perfect month all that crafty loveliness!

NOVEMBER

More blooms with cute little details 'Beautiful Girl' ~ thank you!!

DECEMBER

It's the end of the year and the perfect time to 'Reset Your Life' 

I think you'll all agree each month is just going to get you inspired and feel positive to achieve your goals whatever they may be...

Now you've seen all the monthly tabbed dividers but incredibly the vertical weekly inserts also have there own!! There were too many of these to show you as each month has a weekly set and each weekly set has a pretty divider at the start and one at the end but here's a few to give you an idea:

Apart from just absolutely loving the reset girl collection I'm just overwhelmed and amazed at the attention to detail from the designers at Simple Stories (www.simplestories.com) to have even come up with these ideas - personally with this collection it's like someone walked around in my head for a couple of days and totally put everything I need in to one perfect planner! (You just wait until you see all the gorgeous inserts, stickers and accessories which I'll share with you in Part Two that complete your planner so perfectly and you will see what I mean!) 

Here's a little close up of some of the beautiful details The Reset Girl has to offer in the Carpe Diem Ballerina Planner Boxed Set:

If you would like to own one of these little beauties for yourself you can buy them at any of these trusted places in the UK:

Craftie-Charlie: http://www.craftie-charlie.co.uk/
TheHomemakery: http://www.thehomemakery.co.uk/
Mrs Brimbles: http://www.mrsbrimbles.co.uk/

I hope you've enjoyed this little tour ... check back for Part Two (the inserts & extras) and finally Part Three (my set up) 

Much Love as always

Sarah X

Beautiful Home Accessories Now Available

WOW !! So I have been a busy girl sewing a lovely new collection of home accessories. I'm hoping you are going to love the new range, lovingly handmade using gorgeous Tilda fabrics and a pretty hessian linen with a cute little white heart print. 

Everything is now available to buy on the website or if you are local you can come and visit me at my Sarah's Simply Handmade events Autumn 2016 in Norfolk in the lead up to Christmas.

Let's start off by showing you a lovely range of cushions to cosy up to this Autumn, I'm really loving the 'Forest Friends' print and most of my cushions have a different complementary fabric on the back to give them some interest and allow you to 'play' with your decor! All the cushions have been fairly priced between £15 - £18 (Shop for cushions here)

When I made the range I made sure to use complementary fabrics for those of you that might want to buy more than one piece to go with your room schemes at home as you will see here with these cute shabby chic hearts, with a little hint of lavender to bring the countryside in to your homes. Hearts are larger than average measuring 13 x 16 cm and are priced at just £8 each. (Shop here for hearts)

Of course I've made hearts and cushions before but I also wanted to bring in some new ideas starting with some fab little doorstops, really you have three different styles to choose from .... first to show you are these perfectly practical little cube doorstops (£12.50 each) filled entirely with rice to weight them down and make them strong enough to keep your doors open:

I also have a couple of my cute doggy doorstops (£17.50 each) available but I will be making more of these in due course or you can have one made for you in fabrics to suit your own decor schemes at home! 

Finally and maybe my new favourites are the gorgeous 'Little Houses' (£15 each) .... these can either be used as an ornament to place in your home or as they are half filled with rice to add some weight so they would work equally well as a doorstop for you. (Shop all doorstops here)

The other items I have made for the new range are all storage related as such, I had these gorgeous little wire hangers with hearts and so I've made some pretty little storage caddies (15 each) that you can use anywhere around the home but I think they would work perfectly in bedrooms, and also some beautiful sets of three fabric storage baskets (£20 each). (Shop all storage pretties here)

To complete the storage idea I've started making some pretty but very practical peg bags (£12.50) to brighten up an boring laundry day. They all feature a 30 cm wooden coat hanger for you to hang the bag on the washing line whilst putting out your linens:

and to go with these some large fully lined drawstring bags that are perfect for use as laundry bags. The large drawstring bags feature a loop at the bag to hang on a peg or door and tie with a soft rope tie (£18 each). (Shop peg & laundry bags here)

I will be making a few more bits to just complete the range but I know from experience many of my customers always like to have things made to order to match their own schemes at home. By choosing a made to order item you get to choose the fabrics and colours you like and have the perfect sized items for you, you can also have items personalised if you so wish.

I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of these beautiful handmade home accessories made entirely by me at Sarah's Simply Handmade in your homes .... 

Much love as always 

Sarah X