 Well, hello my friends and welcome back to my channel. Today we're going to be doing a monthly view for August 2018. I'm going to be featuring this kit thing. I don't know if it's even a kit. Actually, somebody in my Minnesota planner group posted this and I'm like, I definitely need that in my life. This is an August like cover up. This is from, let's see, Lexi Kylie Designs. This is like a fair theme. Our Minnesota State Fair actually starts on the 23rd of August as well as we are having a Minnesota plan together. So it's actually a ticketed event. It's something that we do pay for typically our events twice a year are like paid for events. It's completely, I believe it's already completely sold out, but it kind of goes with the theme of the month. So I thought I'm going to get this and then I got this one and then I also got these other sheets too. I think you could just buy this sheet and elect to get these other ones. I can't remember how it worked, but I know I got like a bundle. So anyway, I got that and then it came with this little freebie, which was definitely on theme, which I thought was really cute. And then there's these two washes here both from my shop link and discount code will be below if you're interested. I decided to go with like a purple because I thought purple would look nice with the colors that are, you know, in here. And then this, like there's a little ticket washi that says admit one that I think I'm going to use on this day. So yeah, let's get into this, y'all. So let's start with the most important thing, which is like covering up all the things. And I don't do this too often where I like, here, let's do it the opposite way because it'll make my life easier. I don't do this too often where I actually like decorate the top part of it. I don't know, maybe because I just don't find a lot of cover ups that I think are like super special and extra cute. I don't know. I mean, I don't mind just the way that looks either doesn't really doesn't really bother me. But when I saw this one, that another like fellow Minnesota planner person had posted, I'm like, you know, I'm gonna need that. So that's I was kind of excited about that. Oh man, here we go. Actually, before we do this, I'm going to move this little guy, because I know I'm going to probably want to. I'm not sure where I want to position this, but this is these little trash cans and recycle cans are from Coffee Break Planner. And I love her stuff. She has matte removable stickers, which is amazing because I like, I already messed up. So, you know, if you mess up, you can reposition them. And I put this sticker down months ago, like this one, and it just lifted up so simply. I'll leave her shop and info down below as well. If you want to check that out. But oh, it's just so cute. Alright, and I do have these that I want to integrate. This is by Creativity and Ink. And this is a planner countdown. So I wanted to use this on my monthly spread because I don't really, I don't know, I'm like not into it on the weekly spread. Plus, I haven't been doing a ton of weekly spreads recently. So I don't know. I mean, you got to do what's right for you, right? So I think I'm just going to start at the one day and then put it right here. And it's kind of fitting because these colors that are in here, like in here, are kind of in here. So I don't know, it kind of works out. And I don't know, I just like the way that this stuff looks. I know some people like to use countdowns on their weeklies and all that good stuff too. But sometimes when you don't have a ton of stuff going on in your monthly, which I don't, you know, typically have a ton of stuff going on in my monthly, because even if I need to make appointments and things like that, to be honest, I don't usually know about those until like the week of. So these are just things that are already like set before the month starts. However, I do have some fun stuff coming up this month. So I'm pretty excited about it. All right. So we'll do 10 days because the first is on that Wednesday. So yeah. So now let's put this back in. I'll put it down at the bottom here. Just reminds me if it's like actual trash day or it's recycling day because I can never remember properly. Oh well. Okay. That looks cute. Oh, I got nail polish on that. Oh well. Oh well. All right. The Minnesota State Fair starts on the 23rd and my friend Kristen is coming to visit me on the 23rd. I'm so excited. She lives out in Boston. We might go to Sugarland the concert, but I'm really not sure yet. And I have, let's see here, I'm looking for this. This is what I'm looking for. I love these things. Like I don't know if Aaron Conron still has this specific design, but I think these are called bookmarks if I'm not mistaken. But I use this to typically cut all my washi. Some washi is like really difficult. So you have to kind of actually cut it with a scissors. But most of the time you can either cut it with like an old gift card or something like that. But I like to use these because it actually works out pretty slick. But my friend Kristen is going to be here from Thursday and then she's leaving on Monday and we're going to go to the State Fair. And I think if I remember right, she's never been to Minnesota before. So that will be pretty fun. I'm going to show her around. We're going to do some things and we're going to have all the fun. And I'm pretty sure that we'll end up filming some of the experience. So if you guys enjoy the vlogs or I don't know, we might do like a standalone video, I'm not sure. I'm not sure what we're going to do yet. But regardless, I'm excited because I miss her face and I want to see her. So I'm going to leave Sugarland right there. I'm not sure if that's actually going to happen or not. I know we chatted about it, but I'm not sure yet. And also this is linked down below, but this is what I use on any of my stickers that have a little bit more of a silkiness to them. These are from Libyan Co from like years and years ago. I think they just kind of look like little marquees. I don't know. They kind of like go with my theme a little bit. And this is the Pilot Ultra Fine Point Permanent Marker. This is in the blue. I know I've been like writing with blue lately and people are like, are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. But I think it was just time to switch it up from the black. I don't know. So I'm going to take like the lighter purple one. All right, so that's down here. And I like legit don't know where I got these stickers. They came like this. So I can't remember where I got them, but they're like little plain stickers. Oh, and then I got these ones from let's see your XOXO prints. And then I have some that's Minnesota. And then I have some Massachusetts ones that I'll be using in just a moment as well. And this little tiny suitcase is from a Planner Topia. So cute. Okay, so I've got my little layering situation all done. And then I'm going to use from the Air and Condor. And this is like the travel stickers. I'm going to use this head home and a little Massachusetts situation over here. All right, so that is done. And at some point, we'll be going to the State Fair and partaking in the delicious, delicious foods. Oh, check it out. I didn't realize this. Okay, so there's like, oh my gosh, I'm so dense sometimes y'all. There's like a whole another strip over here. That's like supposed to go over there. Oh my gosh, I am so dumb sometimes y'all. All right, let me move. Let me see if this will move. I don't think it will. That's okay. That's all right. Okay, so I'm going to line this, line these suckers up. Oh my gosh, the pressure y'all. Oh, it's not lining up properly. Oh, I'm a professional. Clearly I'm not trying to get it to line up. I think it's as good as it's going to get. Oh no, it's going to cover up all this. It's like covering everything. Oh my gosh. Oh gosh, it's going to bother me. Oh, why did I put these down? Let's watch Emily goof up everything. Yay. Oh my gosh, this is like all my fault too. Like there's, I did not realize. All right, I'm not even going to mess with this one. That doesn't really actually bother me. This one bothers me though. All right, I think I got it now. Oh my gosh. There we go. Because we couldn't even really like see the days. Oh wow. But that's all right. This is the joy of planning y'all. Like I'm sure this happens to people that do this at home all by themselves without a camera. I hope. I mean, maybe not. I mean, I hope it doesn't happen to you and you don't get weird like me, but you know, it's all right. Ooh, here we're going to put this like little September guy over here. Maybe. Yeah, I think it's supposed to go here on the little side bar. I think I'm learning so much about this kit. Oh my gosh. Okay, I am going to use one of these stickers and I'm hoping I don't mess it up, but we'll see. But first I should probably put this washi down where I want it. And I think I'm just going to like, you know, do it like this, you know, like it. I like it that it kind of looks like a sticker, but it's like clearly not a sticker. Do this. Yeah, looks cute, right? Well, I hope it looks cute. So this event is called the great Minnesota plan together. And I'm going to use one of those Minnesota things right here. What is up with this? Oh my gosh, I have like a rogue planner Kate sticker. Okay, well, what the heck? All right, I'm gonna put it on here. Oh my gosh, I have another one over here. All right, what is up with this? Why do I have all these planner Kate stickers sticking? I don't even have the sheet out. Oh my gosh. Anyway, all right. Well, whatevs. Okay, so the great Minnesota plan together. Yay. And I got to say this paper is like really a little bit more difficult to write on with these. Sometimes I feel like some of the like paper that shops have can be like really drying on some of your markers, but this was like very drying on this. So I hope this doesn't, you know, poo poo now, but we'll find out, I guess. And I was thinking that I was actually going to be using some of these stickers from Coffee Break Planner, but I'm not sure now. I mean, I kind of want to use this little like ferris wheel thing. Okay, hold on. This is going to be like Emily's screwing up everything. Let's see. I kind of want it as like a background thing. Let's see if I can lift up every single sticker. That sound good. All right, let's see if this works because I kind of want to put it. Yeah, like that. And like clearly can just cover up some of it. And that's all right. Okay, there we go. Yay. All right. My layering game is still strong. Woo! And then I have these really, really tiny stickers. I don't know. It's not from like a specific Etsy shop. This is from Michaels. And I have a whole bunch of like little things here. So I figured I would put like some of the food and stuff on the bottom because the State Fair is all about deliciousness and foods and all the good stuff. Oh, I'm just gonna kind of like pull a couple of different little things. Okay, so I pulled a bunch of little foods here. And I'm just gonna put some like down at the bottom because, you know, the cuteness and all. I'm just kind of like stagger things. Whoa, don't cover it all the way up, Emily. Come on, get your life together. All right, so I think that is going to be it. I don't really have anything else going on for the month that I know about. I hope you guys enjoyed this video, even though I like messed up the entire time. But you know, that's all right. That's all right. I will make sure to link all of the shops down below that I featured and that I use today if I can find them. Also, if you guys are curious, I use an Aaron, I always forget to say this. I, if you all are curious, I use an Aaron Condren on the go life planner. And this is in the hourly layout. So that's what my pages look like. But my monthly pages, I believe the monthly pages all look the same regardless if you get any of their weekly layouts. And Aaron Condren actually just came out with their new monthly deluxe, no deluxe monthly, I think is what it is deluxe monthly planner, which is just monthly spreads that look just like this as well. I think new for this year, I haven't received mine yet. It's in the mail right now. New for this year, I believe that they are going to have little dates for the next month coming up. If I remember right, I think I saw that on Instagram, but I don't have my 2019 just yet. But if you guys are curious about Aaron Condren and all their products, I'll leave a link down below as well. So anyway, I'm going to jet. Thank you guys so much for hanging out with me today. And I will see y'all in the next video. Bye guys. Well folks, it's time to kick it old school. So you can feel cool.