 Hey everyone and welcome back to a monthly plan with me. This is my December 2016 spread. I am actually filming this. This is, um, today is actually October 2nd. The reason I am filming this so incredibly early is because I am going to a fun event called the Planner Games and that is going to be in Minneapolis and I'm going to have a fantastical time. However, I need to do some things because, okay, so they have like some actual like games and unfortunately, oh I need some undo, unfortunately I don't have a lot of stickers that kind of match with the theme of some of the like contest entries. So what I'm trying to do today is kind of make up some entries because I said you can like pre-plan some spreads or you could like enter in some spreads from before. Like I'm only going to enter in two separate categories because I just don't have enough stickers for like other things. Um, I don't know, like I'm just not going to, not going to waste my time and energy when I think other people will probably have a better chance of winning those. So anyway, I'm just going to use what I have and I'm not going to go out and like buy anything new, you know what I mean? So anyway, I think I'm going to pull this one up. Yeah, I will pull that one up. These are actually matte removable stickers, which is pretty awesome. I'm actually going to pull this guy up too. This bill sticker, this is from Adriana Piper. I actually had her custom make these for me and I absolutely love them for like the first couple of months. And I just felt like I wasn't really utilizing them anymore and it's just really sad because first of all, they're super cute and then like I'm kind of angry that I like spent like all that money, you know, so anyway, but I'm going to pull this sticker up because I want to do something different in the sidebar. Oh my goodness. Don't break the paper, Emily. All right, let me see if I can just lift this up a little bit until about that point and then I got to pull some more liquid on it as far as I can take it. I just don't want to like ruin the pages. Oh God, it's like so much liquid coming out, but I know, I know it's good. It's fine. It's fine. I'm just freaking myself out, you know? It's what I do best, you guys. It's what I do best. And this actual like sticker, I'm not going to reuse because it really only fits the sidebar. I mean, I'm sure I could put it somewhere else, but I mean, if I'm not using it in the sidebar, I really ain't going to use it. So yeah, it's just one of those things. But as your planning style changes and evolves, sometimes you have to just kind of like let go of some things. And yeah, it's, you know, sad that you spent money on it or whatever. But you know, if it wasn't already laid down, I would totally like give it away, but it's already laid down and has my handwriting all over the darn thing. So it's unfortunately going to go somewhere else. All right. Come on. And I'm really not concerned. There is a little spot that's like coming up, but I'm really not too concerned because I am going to, here we go. Perfect. I'm going to actually put washi over that section. So that'll be good. All right. Let's get this baby to dry and then we'll get into the planning. Actually, while I'm doing that, I need to do this side because this little Christmas thing needs to go bye-bye. Say bye, guys. Perfect. All right. That's gone. See, this is already like dry on this side. Oh, it's like really tacky. That's okay. I was on there for a long time, but I am going to put some washi down in just a little bit. So anyway, I was going to tell you the theme for this specific planner spread is like silver based. So I am going to go with like a silver and purple theme just because this is obviously purple. And so I'm going to change my birthdays in here to purple and then, you know, whatever. So these are actually matte removable paper from Coffee Break Planner. I will post them below if you are interested. Oh my goodness. Oh, that feels so weird. It's like so tacky. Charles is on the 16th or Neil, I'm sorry, Neil is on the 16th and Charles is on the 21st. Okay. So in my Erin Condren monthly designer sticker book, I think I'm going to take like a couple of these that are silver and put them in like right around these. I don't know. I don't really know what I'm doing you guys. It's like seriously, I have no idea what is going on. Just because this is just really, I use this mainly for travel for the most part is kind of how I use my monthly view and, you know, it all works out. All right. And then so perfect. All right. I like the way that looks. And then let's see. I have this. This is some like crackle, like silver crackle washi, which I thought would be really cute in here. I'm actually going to be traveling for quite a bit of time. So this will be exciting. I'm going to just mark off my days here. So I'll put it at the bottom of the days and then I'll like write in where I'm going and what I'm doing like up above it. I feel like my lights are oops about to go on me, but we're just going to go with it guys. We're just going to go with it. Where is my sticky note? I think I come, yeah, I come back on the 27th. I'm trying to remember like all the things. It's really difficult in P.S. you guys, like I know this has like no bearing on anything, but it is probably about like 1130 at night and normally by this time I'm like winding down and like washing my face and the dogs already walked and we're just like chilling in bed or whatever. And oh my gosh, I am like trying to get so much done this week so I can, you know, have a nice relaxing vacation. I'm actually going to Boston this upcoming week. So I'm super excited about that. Oh man, what's up with this? Oh, there we go. So I'm like super pumped for Boston. I've never actually been to the New England area ever. So I'm pretty sure that I'll like it. The photos look amazing and I am a huge fan of seafood. So I think it's going to work out really well. And then I get to visit my friend Kristen. So that'll be super exciting. Fun fact, Kristen actually has two Shiba Inus. So she's got like double trouble. I mean, I've only got one trouble and it's intense sometimes. So yeah, okay, so that is done. All right, let me do this side because honestly, like this is like so tacky right now. I think we need a moment with that situation. Uh-oh, one of my lights just went off. Sorry, you guys, that means my other light's going to go off soon. I don't like it when it does that. So what I'm going to do is see if I can get this whole thing to be lined and washy. And if the bottom's not perfect, that's okay. I can like always change it up a little bit too. Oh, I think if the other light goes, I'm going to have to stop. I don't want to stop. Can't stop, won't stop, right? Miley or whoever said that? I don't even know who said that. There is like a little section in the center that isn't going to be covered, but I think I have a solution to that problem. I'll address in a moment. Kind of like the way that looks so far. All right. I think the way I'm going to address this is to put a little strip down the center as well. Okay, I am going to go with the lavender. I'm going to put it over here so you guys can see it a little bit better. I so apologize for the light going out, you guys. I've actually filmed like three... Well, this is my third video since I've been home. So I think that's the problem. I got a little overzealous and all of them require lights today. This almost looks like a road or something. Oh, I don't like that it's like coming up. That's irritating. Come on. How can I put this down a little bit easier? Okay. So I am going to try something new. This is a Scotch repositionable adhesive roller. I actually got this a while back, but I'm just going to put a strip all the way down and then see if I can maybe mark it like take it off with my thumb if I just apply enough pressure. So maybe this will give us a little bit more tackiness that it needs to just stay down. Oh, I think this might actually work. Maybe. I think I might need some stickers holding it down, but this might actually do the trick. I think this might actually be good. All right. So now I'm just going to go like this and see if I can get like a little extra adhesive off. Oh, yeah. This is like totally working. Oh, yay. Frustrated Emily is now not a frustrated Emily. Okay. So that worked. Oh, my fingers are really sticky now. Let's do this little airline ticket thing. Okay. So I'm going to put this on the 17th. I don't think I'm actually going to write anything in actually because it's just kind of like, well, duh, I'm leaving, you know? Like I'm not doing anything else on the 17th. I am leaving on a jet plane and I will be back later. If anyone's interested, these little stickers, darn it, I always do this wrong, are from Emily Henry. I got them quite a while ago. All right. I laid that down like so crooked. I know it probably doesn't look crooked to you, but these, this specific planner has these nice little guidelines. So I know when I'm messing up, which is kind of nice and also kind of like irritating too. So I think I'm just going to like use the little guideline. Yeah. I think that's, I think that's better. Also, this keeps coming up. So I think I'm just going to put this like repositionable stuff down over here too. This was like the first tail of that washy. So I think that's, that's the problem was there. All right. And then my other little airline ticket will go up here coming back on the 27th. I'm coming back actually like super early in the morning and then like kind of the bummer part is that I got to go to work right afterwards because, you know, I said I would. So there you go. Okay. And then I have some stickers that I want to put down. These are some like little anchor stickers and I'm actually going to be going to Florida. So I'm going to put these down. Oops. Oh my goodness. And they're like a clear backing. They're from I think stick abilities is what it said on there. So I put that right there. Yeah, maybe I'll put it like right there. That looks cute. So I don't know just kind of to like signify Florida, I guess. And then I have these guys. These are the Mrs. Grossman's and let's see here. These are let's get you out of there. These are just some snowflakes and I'll be heading back to Fargo, which will be probably full of snow at the time. And I might as well just put a couple snowflakes on this little bad boy over here. I don't really mind if it goes over a little bit because like I said before, I really only use this for travel and birthdays. Like I don't really use this for much else, honestly. Okay, so that is done. All right. How am I going to mark off like actual Christmas? Do I need to do anything? I don't know. I think I'm going to use this little sticker from the sticker book. It says Mary and Bright on the 25th just because it's like Christmas and most people celebrate Christmas on the 25th. And then I think on the 24th, it's like super sticky. I'm going to put in this, oh, what fun. That's a day that we typically will go to my aunt's place. I know she's selling her house right now. So I don't know if we're actually going there this year or not. But we shall see. Actually, this is not the right size for this, but you know what? We are going to just go with it because I don't want this like sticky and tackiness. And it kind of like bleeds into the 31st, which is just fine because that's kind of like the thing, you know, like it's supposed to be a fun night. I won't be doing anything, but it's supposed to be a good time. All right. Then I'm going to put in more of these little like planes right here because why not? They're cute. They're very, very cute. I still don't know what to do on the right-hand side, but my other like light is just dying as well. So I think this is going to be it for my December spread. Let me get you guys center here. I hope you guys enjoyed the video. I know it was kind of janky with this light completely like shutting off, but I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just had way too much stuff to do today, but we powered through and thank you guys so much for hanging out until the end with me. If you have any questions, feel free to post them below and I will get back to you. Feel free to thumbs up the video if you liked it and then also subscribe. 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