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August 2022 Plan With Me – Loose Floral Wreaths
Here’s the theme for August 2022’s Plan With Me: Loose florals in a wreath with even more loose watercolor. Plus, add floral stickers for ease and speed up the process.
Isn’t it crazy that during the times that we probably need planning and tracking the most, we neglect it? At least I do. Knowing that I use my bullet journal planner better when I include some ‘pretty’ elements, I decided to revert to an old favorite style.
August 2022’s Plan With Me Features:
This month’s plan with me features loose florals, looser watercolor paint, and stickers! I don’t normally use stickers, but they fit perfectly with the theme this month.
What a busy few months it’s been. We moved at the end of March and turned our lives upside down. Honestly, I’ve been striving so hard to return to a ‘normal-like’ state of being. I haven’t adequately kept track of my life since we started packing. Can I tell you that I am excited for the kids to go back to school? I’m partly glad the kids will be out of my hair (and out of their siblings!), but I’m excited about the daily routine.
If you’d rather browse through the gallery of images at your own pace, check out the gallery post. If you’d like to find out what inspired me for this month’s plan with me, read on.
Products Used:
- An Illustrated Guide to Garden Flowers
- Archer & Olive Notebooks
- Circle Maker – Helix Angle Maker (one of my favorite tools ever!)
- Daily Floral Wreath Stickers Blank/With Numbers – Chocolate Musings Shop 31 Floral Planner Day Number Stickers - Line Drawing - Hand drawn (Available With/Without Daily Numbers)
- Daily Floral Wreath Stickers Blank/With Numbers – Etsy Link 31 Floral Planner Day Number Stickers - Line Drawing - Hand drawn (Available With/Without Daily Numbers)
- Daniel Smith – 15 Half Pans Ultimate Mixing Set
- Daniel Smith – 238 Watercolor Dot Color Chart
- Daniel Smith Watercolor Paints
- Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants
- Empty Watercolor Half Pans
- How to Draw Modern Florals
- National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers
- Paper mate White Pearl Eraser (Latex Free)
- Pentel Hi-Polymer Erasers
- Pentel Sharp Mechanical Pencil .7mm Metallic
- Princeton Heritage Synthetic Sable Paint Brushes
- The Pigeon Letters Paint Brushes
- Winsor & Newton Fineliner Pens – Pack of 5 – Waterproof (Assorted Sizes)
Doodles – A Perfect Way to Get Out of a Funk
I included a few doodles this month in my planner. Partially to get me excited to use my planner again. (I use it so much better when I like the design.) Do you have something you know you need to do to bring yourself out of a funk? For me, it’s doodling.
Doodling flowers is easy – at least when I have a guide. I’m not the point of thinking about flowers and drawing from memory or thin air. So I usually need some inspiration. Check out the links below for posts on how to draw flowers or how to use flower doodles in your bullet journal.
Doodle & Floral Blog Posts for More Inspiration
Here are some doodle/floral blog posts for even more inspiration check them out!
- How to Create Floral Alphabets – 5 Ways
- Floral Wreath Bullet Journal Theme – May 2019 Plan With Me
- How to Learn a New Skill in 5 Easy Steps – and Keep Your Life, Too
- How to Draw Circle Wreaths – 3 Simple Ways
- The Easy Way to Draw Flowers With Marker Tips
- My 5 Favorite Flower Drawing & Reference Books
- Find Your Inspiration (When It’s Lost)
Pages in My Planner This Month
August 2022 Plan With Me – Individual Pages
Welcome Page
I drew one of my classic floral wreaths sprinkled with dark reds, a few yellows, and deep greenery – which I think are perfect colors for the end of summer and a nod to the fall colors to come.
Monthly Calendar
Using one of my favorite stencils, I created 2.5cm square boxes and scattered loose florals around the page, consisting of poppies, black-eyed susans (only I colored them blue instead of yellow), marigolds, and vines. By the way, if you’d like to add some fun, random holidays to your calendar, check out these August Random Holidays.
Habit Tracker
Aided by one of my all-time favorite tools – the Helix Circle Maker, I created a circular habit tracker with 4 habits and a few lilacs peeking around the habit tracker.
More Posts About Habit Trackers
Brain Dump – Dubbed “Blooming Thoughts”
One of my favorite ways to disguise my brain dump page is to call it by a different name. I call this month “Blooming Thoughts,” highlighted by a faux calligraphy title and mason jar with carnations.
Check out these brain dump-related posts:
Weekly Pages
Each page has the same design, which is my go-to weekly design. The planner layout is 4 cm (8 dots) wide and a good height to allow plenty of daily to-dos and appointments. Plus enough space at the bottom for weekly items such as meal plans, shopping lists, or weekly-related to-dos. Rather than drawing wreaths, I used floral wreath stickers from my shop.
Floral Wreath Stickers From My Shop:
Journal Page
I love a page where I can jot down funny quotes from my kids or essential things that happen during the month. This page is enjoyable because I used paint splatters all over the page in different, bright colors to finish it off.
Let’s Go!
In the words of my 13-year-old: Let’s GOOOOO! I look forward to getting my life back onto a regular schedule. I look forward to using my bullet journal planner to help organize my thoughts, calendar, and life.
I’d love to hear what inspired you this month or if you have a favorite page from my notebook. Happy planning!
