5 minutes read Continuing with the book theme I created these weeklies for September planning. The first spread is just an open book with pages on each side:
Open book – I quite like this design and I haven’s seen it anywhere so far.
The next week is a bunch of books laying around waiting to be filled with all the to-dos.
This spread couldn’t be simpler if I tried – a bunch of books – literally across the page.
For this one, I had a fun idea to make the library pockets and cards out of paper and card and actually glue the pockets on but decided against that because the bujo will travel with me for quite some – you’ll hear more on that in the video tomorrow;).
Library cards as my dailies.
The last September weekly is just a focal image in a central layout – because I need one of those each month;). Which one did you like the most?
5 minutes read Here is my August bujo weekly – some spreads are “stolen” or adapted from other artists and some are created by me (usually you can tell:D). The first one I’ve seen all over Pinterest so I don’t know the original source but I like the idea and this lighthouse. So adapted it a bit but the main composition is the same and I really like it – it’s easy and it looks nice. We’ll see how it will work in practice but I don’t see a reason why it wouldn’t work.
As a warm-up, I started with a copy of a very popular bullet journal spread.
The next week is a study of a watercolour painting (again from Pinterest and I couldn’t find the source) and it looked so nice I had to use it as my focal image for this spread:
The focal image of this spread is a study of a watercolour painting from Pinterest.
Now this one is my own – I thought of all the lighthouses that have stayed in my memory either from real life or photos and drew them here (tomorrow in the video you’ll hear the story of the circles so stay tuned;).
All the lighthouses that reside in my memory – each for a different reason…
Same with these red and blue dots – more on that in the video. But I wanted to have one of those lighthouses with crashing waves in my bullet journal. They look so magnificent – standing against the force of nature and in a strange union with it…
Crashing waves – because every lighthouse here experiences them.
Now, this is a bonus page: as you know August does not have 6 weeks – it only has 5;). But… I migrated my bujos, and forgot about the first spread in the old journal… and that’s how you get this bonus page. I actually started using it for my upcoming work schedule:).
A bonus page because I forgot how to count;)
Tomorrow I’ll show you how to draw them. Which one is your favorite? I’m curious to know:)
3 minutes read I’m back with more colourful ice creams! When I was little I remember moms discussing how the bright colours of ice cream means it’s not natural and that it could never be made as bright with natural ingredients. I’ve seen raspberries so I was a bit suspicious;).
A horizontal layout with 6 scoops on top of one another.
Because I love ice cream I’ve tried a bunch of different recipes (literally all but 3 in a book of 100 recipes;) and let me tell you – that is not true! Well, it is true for the milk and egg kind of ice cream because those two ingredients dull the colours down but if you make a sorbet from pure fruit the colours will be gorgeous! Just don’t add any cream or milk.
A very easy design with different kind of ice cream treats. An ice cream sandwich is missing, though.
Raspberry sorbet is wonderfully bright pink, blackberry gives the perfect violet shade and lemon is yellow as the noon sun:). Not to mention the tangerine, mint and cocoa – they all give very rich and beautiful colours. So I painted ice pops in those favourite flavours:
Here, the ice pops are the dailies. I could make one kind of ice pops each day… I’m sure kids wouldn’t mind;).
Of course, if you want to take ice cream to the next level, add some sweet additions like cut up fruits, hot or cold sauces, maybe a cherry on top… and you get a sundae that you could eat on every given day;).
Ice cream sundae is the best dessert on earth! The colours, textures, crunchiness, fruits… and of course, ice cream… It had to become the layout for the last week of June.
I hope you like a spread or two – or a scoop or two;). Ice cream is the perfect dessert for allergies because you can make it without the allergens, it’s the perfect dessert for people trying to loose weight because sorbets feel really decadent but are mostly fruit,… and it’s the perfect pick me up, as we all know;). And the perfect on the go food;). And… ok, you know I’m in love with ice cream;).
minutes read Here are my Easter bujo weeklies; supplies are listed at the bottom. First a spread of Easter eggs – the layout is horizontal and eggs just mark each section.
A fun twist on a classic horizontal layout.
And more eggs but this time with a bunny;) Here, a daily shall be written inside each egg:
More Easter eggs – this time they will become daily entries.
Then it’s time for a change – a vertical spread with two hopping bunnies:
Let’s hop into a vertical layout with two hopping bunnies.
And a cute one with a bunny in a pot – I told you I have a soft spot for those;). This layout is kind of circular with a central image.
And settle down in a cosy (s)pot – like this bunny;).
And a diagonal spread with another bunny chasing some bees – why you’ll get to know in a month;).
Getting ready for the new month… bunny chasing bees….
Supplies used: – black fine liner or technical pen in 0,3 and 0,5 – basic set of watercolours, round brush, jar of water and a rag – Pitt pen with brush nib in yellow – optional: pencil and eraser for the sketch – and bullet journal or another notebook, of course;)
5 minutes read Last week I’ve shared my rainbow monthly and this week here come weeklies. They are my most used spreads so I like to take a double spread for every week so I can fit everything on it. After some more challenging painting (like portraits) these are really really easy, always look great and everyone can do them – perfect for the very beginner! And a good way to practice your colour mixing;).
Rainbow splatters are very easy to make but can look stunning.
This month all the weeklies are very easy to make but they look quite nice – at least if you’re like me and love rainbows and colour :). For the first week I just made some popped some colour on and splattered some around. I used stamps for the titles of the days.
Rainbow drips are another easy technique that produces nice results. I should use this technique more!
For the next week I let the paint dribble down (turn the notebook when you do that so that the colours can run down). I stencilled the letters on this one with acrylic paint.
The most time consuming weekly layout with all the circles – but it is so worth it!
The third week was by far the most work with all those circles – but I like how it came out. I’ll show you in a video tomorrow hot I made the large circles (the small ones are free handed). The letters on this one are written with a firm flexible nib (the marker felt tip kind of pen, supplies listed bellow).
Splatters around masked areas – easy to make and so much fun! But don’t wear a white shirt (don’t ask me how I know;).
And the last week is full of splatters and resulted in a wash load because I was wearing white:D. I cut out masks from painter’s tape to protect the writing area for each day and splatter the paint around. I should’ve used some more paint so the effect would be more visible. But the nice thing about weeklies is that you only have to live with your mistakes for 1 week – and there’s not that many things you couldn’t put up with for 7 days – at least those that are in your bujo;).
Supplies used: – watercolours – black ink pad and letters stamps – black acrylic paint, letters stencil and a brush or sponge – wide painter’s tape (5 cm / 2” width), scrap cardboard and scissors – Kuretake Fudegokochi pen (a felt tip pen with a firm but flexible nib); any marker would work here – thick fine liner or techincal pen (mine was 05)
minutes read Let’s see how this very sweet bullet journal weekly was done, shall we?
A quick tutorial on how to draw 4 weekly layouts featuring a couple very much in love…
I hope you like it, if you do, don’t forget to subscribe to blog and/or YouTube channel for more – because I have the whole year of bullet journals to come:). And a nature journal series in the spring:).
minutes read Last week I’ve shown you the process and pictures from my February monthly bullet journal and this week let’s dive into the very sweet bujo weekly:
For February I just had to go with a theme in love…
The whole theme was inspired by cuddling. I love cuddling and luckily, so do people in my life (except from my dad but that’s ok:D). So I came up with different poses for couples. On the first one he’s holding her.
One thing that couples do at all stages… talk, daydream, discuss…
Then, they lied down to day dream together – who knows what they are thinking about – maybe they are discussing which movie to watch, reminiscence good memories or picking the names for their future kids…
let’s get physical… with some exercise:) We like partner acrobatics but you can go with something easier – like this:).
Here they are either exercising or rushing into each other’s arms, I couldn’t really decide – I think the partner acrobatics warmup decided to come to the page without my consent :D.
Some of our favourite poses…
And the last is inspired by my “one and only” (neither of us believes in that concept yet we’re together more than half of our lives :D) – my “alpha male” or however you want to call him (something nice, please;). We’ve tried all those poses many times and recommend them, hehe:). Thy some out – you can do many with kids, grandkids or even friends! Or grab your “the one” and do something silly – he or she might like it;).
7,5 minutes watch My last bujo weekly for this year – to help you get ready for the next year:)
Asian themed January bullet journal
Have a very nice celebration, the one you’d love to have the most – either at home, at any fancy gathering or outside – whatever you prefer, enjoy the Silvester’s eve!
2-3 minutes read We’ve planned our January bullet journal and now it’s time for some fun with our bujo weeklies! They are all Asian inspired in honour of the Chinese new year. I like weeklies because there are so many in a year and that takes the pressure off. Therefore, I am not so precious with them so I can experiment and have fun. I can live with any spread for a week;). And if I am not in the mood for experiments, I can just try one of my tried and true layouts that work for me. Wanna see what I’ve done for the January? The first week has a horizontal layout and a Chinese temple in the corner.
Chinese temple in a horizontal layout.
The second week has a vertical layout and a Chinese dragon – the kind that people drag around the streets in their processions. I really enjoyed painting this one – I didn’t think the scales would come out as nicely but I quite like them (I’m trying to get better in recognizing (and writing/ admitting) what I like about my work;).
Vertical layout with a Chinese dragon puppet they carry to the procession.
Hopping into the Chinese new year – the year of the rabbit – with some simplified rabbits with the same pattern that I did on the January cover.
A simple page with stylized rabbits jumping all around.
And for my last January weekly setup I painted a Chinese teapot in the centre – with their traditional ornaments simplified to the bare bones.
The last is a centre layout with a Chinese teapot.
These are all my January weeklies – they were fun to draw and I hope they inspired you to try bullet journaling in January since it’s a really good way to organize your time – creative and fun way that is;).
I hope this inspires you to create your own, with the holidays you celebrate, adapt it to your families traditions, chose your happy moments,… Now we’re allowed to travel, to see family, there will be lots of shows… so you’ll probably be busy and hopefully happy:) Have the best December ever!
Very Arty Fairy 