America, Happy Birthdate

Hello,
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday with friends and loved ones. In celebration of this important holiday I decided to create a page or two in my planner. Enjoy!

Planner- The Week of 6/25- 7/1/2017

Enjoy!

Planner- June 4-11

This week was inspired by my love for Strawberries; they are delicious. Strawberries any one? Enjoy.

Here I added a Dutch door. I have added a Dutch door to my planner for the last two years. Just recently on Facebook I read that small card/page was named "Dutch door". You Tuber had been adding it to their planner for years.

This is the opposite side of the Dutch door. Notes that I want to keep private will be written on the back of the Dutch door.

My Planner

I’ve had a planner in one form or another since first grade. In 2014 I found on You Tube a 3-part tutorial by Pocketfulof Vintage regarding how to create a journal/planner using a composition notebook book. In fact, I remember watching the video after Christmas and New Year’s Eve I set up my 2015 planner using a composition  notebook book. It was one of my best planners because I used it consistently throughout the year until after Thanksgiving of 2015. 

Of course, once you get involved with the planner world, you become addicted to stickers and all the paraphernalia that is available for planners today.

 In March of 2016, I was gifted two full boxes of 12x12 acid free paper that was being thrown out; I switch from a composition note book planner to a three-ring binder and the paper was reduce from 12x12 to 10x10. I went bananas buying stickers and scrapbook papers to decorate my planner. At the end of 2016, I decided to use 8.5 x 11 paper in my 2017 planner.

There are so many planner videos on You Tube and I am inspired by all of them. There is always something to learn and I appreciate all the You Tubers who take the time to make the videos.

Below are three planner videos that inspired me:

1 The first one was by Paloma  where she demonstrated how to make a protective cover for the planner using the Dollar Store chopping mat.

2  The second video was by Miriam; how to use old magazine pages in your journal and how the layout of the pages can be used in a junk journal.

3   The third video was by Garnet Boricua), she decorates her planner using scrapbook paper.  

This year I did not decorate the monthly pages, instead I chose to do a weekly spread. My planner has evolved into a scrapbook, an album, and a journal. I am much more productive when I use my planner because it helps me prioritize what is important and how to use my time wisely. 

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Memorial Day- Honoring Our Fallen Heroes.

This is my planner and I decorated two pages to honor our fallen heroes.

Today is Memorial Day, dedicated to remembering and honoring our fallen soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice and lost their life in America’s war as well as those who are Veterans and current members of the US military.

Today I say thanks for the valor of others, a day to remember the splendor of America and those of her children who rest in cemeteries across America.

Today is the day we put aside to remember fallen heroes, Veterans and current members of the US military.

Today I pray that  leaders around world will find a way to bring peace to every corner of this world so that no more heroes will ever have to die for us again.  

McCall's 6078- TNT

This is the sleeveless version of my TNT cowl neck blouse(TNT/CNB). I compared my TNT/CNB to McCall's 6078 and made minimal adjustment. I added a front self facing lining that was not included in the pattern. Here is the tutorial that I followed when constructing my TNT/CNB.

Later.....

TNT-Butterick 5941- Take II

This is the second version of B-5941.

I wrote a post here concerning this B-5941; this is my second version. I wore the pants with the top to work and it was comfortable to work, easy to get on and off. After a 13-hour day the pants was tooo big in the hip, so I will remove a total of 2-inches from the side seam.

Fabric: the fabric was a two-way stretch that was in my stash.

Construction details can be read in my previous post here.

Alterations:

1.    2-inches total will be removed from the hip tapering to nothing at the knee.

2.    ½ will be remove from the crotch depth

3.    I will create two copies of the pattern; one for a 4-way stretch fabric, and a second for a 2-way stretch fabric.

This may seem like too much work, however, for me and the way my brain function it's perfect.