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1st of March Pages

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  The charm of this kit has a hold on my heart and my love for the Cocoa Daisy grows more and more each month.  Combining several elements from Where the Breeze Begins Stationery kit develops into a beautiful way to begin my March planner. This month's Bullet Journal Stencil helps me create an open ended dashboard that I can set up ahead of time and be ready when I turn the page from February.  Playing on that stencil theme, I printed out 'March' and traced the letters onto the included vellum sheet and simply cut them out to play on the large and small scale of this kit. Starting at the top with the cloud washi, it acts as a base for the large banner sticker.  Traveling down the page I just had to use the stencil again so I can write in my road trip plans in one place along with time blocking my destination which awaits with a little birdie. The vibrancy, scale and detail of the Pet Stickers make this little excursion depiction a delight to look at every single time...
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Notebook Bookmark

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  Having a weekly overview both in schedule and in tasks is very important to me along with a daily page in my other planner. Taking a notebook apart to reassemble it in a way that works for me needs will give me that stability along with the variety that Cocoa Daisy affords. After slicing the stripe pages away from their counterparts, I numbered the weekly pages and mounted them on a piece of planner kit  cardstockpaper.  Using the included permanent marker I wrote out each week on the large self adhesive tabs so I could find my weeks easier. On the backside of the bookmark, I punched and attached the grid paper using some ribbon.  The alphas from the planner kit sticker sheet gave me a chance of labeling each of the weekly agenda item pages.  And instead of having that paper flopping around without some stability, I attached a planner kit sticky pocket to the bottom of the bookmark. That way, when not in use, the extra pages can be tucked away and decorated al...
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Alternative adhesive

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While I love all the natural textures of paper goods there is just something about the adhering quality of lamination that traditional adhesives just can't match. Using the acetate and vellum from the Stationery Kit, I decided to sandwich them together to create a pocketed bookmark. I trimmed the vellum splatter piece to be 2 inches shorter than the acetate and also 1/2 inch narrower than traditional 4.33 x 8.25 standard size I usually have when creating bookmarks for my TN.  Then I lined up the side and bottom edge and put them in the laminating sleeve. Once 'stuck' together, I used a craft knife to slit the top and right side to create a hinged bookmark where I can now store creative elements within my planner pages. Because the vellum and acetate are created in an a5 size,  I needed to trim a little bit and didn't want the bottom sentiment to go to waste. So I stapled it to 2 paper scraps from the Main Planner Kit and made a pocket detail and attached it with one of ...
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