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#MakeTodayMagical: BDJ 2019 Launch Weekend

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Hey, planner addicts! We all know what this season means to us. It’s planner season! If you’re like me then you’re probably already thinking about what planner you’re going to use next year. I have definitely already chosen mine but if you haven’t yet then maybe this weekend’s magical event will give you an idea.

BDJ 2019 Launch Weekend

I have used different types of BDJ planners over the past few years and I’ve truly enjoyed all of them. However, I have never been able to take part in any of their launches yet but that’s about to change this year because I’ve been invited to attend the BDJ 2019 Launch Weekend. Yay! I’m so excited!

Viviamo! Inc., makers of Belle de Jour (BDJ) Power Planner, makes this year magical with the launch of its newest products on October 20-21, 2018 at the Estancia Mall in Capitol Commons.

Going by the theme ‘Make Today Magical’, BDJ takes you to a whimsical journey at the launch weekend—a two day jampacked celebration filled with various activities, workshops, and talks that will help bellas transform their lives for the year ahead.

“We believe that the magic starts from within, says founder and president of Viviamo! Inc. Darlyn Sandra Ty. ”Our 2019 theme ‘Make Today Magical” reinforces the concept of paradigm shift– the magic in changing the way you think, how you perceive things, and how it can powerfully change the way you live,” she adds.

To make this possible, BDJ organizes a full experience that will help uncover your own magic and live life to the fullest. Get your inspirational boost and strive to achieve your goals with Passion/Purpose talks from various women, travel and entrepreneurial organizations.

Unlock your creativity with fun skills workshops— Play, explore, and try out calligraphy methods including Basic Brush Calligraphy, Calligraphy Blends and Shadows, and Calligraphy with Backgrounds and Wreaths Calligraphy with Leah Ang of Calligraphy Love MNL; or master the skill of creating double-tap worthy Instagram photos with content creator Kenneth Amparo. Visualize and design your best year yet with Serious Play workshops—Life Builds session with Lego instructor and life coach Ina Bacud, or Vision board-making with expert and coach Trixie Esguerra.

What’s more, Make Today Magical also gives you access to team sharing and mentoring sessions on life and business with successful women entrepreneur and the brainchild of BDJ Power Planner Darlyn Sandra Ty, mental health advocate Dr. Gia Sison, MD., and the woman behind the famous Witty Will Save the World Co. journals and notebooks Chinggay Nuque.

An exclusive one-on-one coaching session with a Gallup-certified strengths coach is also included in the launch weekend perks.

Apart from these, event-goers also get to take home a wide array of BDJ products, a Make Today Magical kit with over Php5,000 worth of items, DIY beauty workshops, and goodies from several craft and brand partners.

How to Join

To experience these amazing perks, buy the launch tickets that give you access to different levels of magic:

  • Basic ticket – priced at Php500 includes a planner of your choice (BDJ Classic, BDJ
    Limited Edition, Navi Journal, EIP, or Focus and a Calendar Pad), passion/purpose talks, access to craft booths, glitter tattoo, and glambooth
  • Silver ticket – priced at Php1,000 includes everything above, plus, Calligraphy workshop with Leah Ang or IG Photography with Kenneth Amparo, boomie booth, and Gratitude jar design activity
  • Gold ticket– priced at Php4,000 includes all of the inclusions of the basic and silver ticket, plus a choice of either Life Builds with Ina Bacud or Vision Board Party with Trixie Esguerra, Tarot reading, Canvas Bag Stamp Station with Alessa Lanot, CoachMe Session with a Gallup-certified Strengths coach, MentorMe Session with Life/Business mentors, DIY session (cake decorating, DIY home remedies or makeup workshop), a scoop of Baskin-Robbins, goodies from craft partners, and a Make Today Magical kit.

For the coming year, believe that the magic lies within you, and that you have the power to turn your goals into reality with Belle de Jour Power Planner. Buy your tickets for the BDJ Launch Weekend and get your products at all leading bookstores nationwide and on their official website at ilovebdj.com.

Hope to see you guys this weekend! It’s going to be so much fun!

One Book July 2018: Pocket Kikki.K Time Planner

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Hi,guys! I’ve been MIA here lately and that’s because things have really become more hectic now that we have started another homeschool year. But I’m so happy I was finally able to film and upload a new video on YouTube sharing what I’m using for One Book July 2018.

For those of you who don’t know, One Book July is a planner and journalling challenge that started four years ago. There are different challenges per year but the main premise is for you to take a hard look at your planning system and take this month to tweak or experiment on things to see if they work better for you.

The initial challenge was really to use just one book (what we call “planners” in the planning community) for all your planning needs. But the organizers have said plenty of times already that there really are no rules. As long as you take this chance to better your system, you can really do whatever you want.

Before the challenge this year, I was using a pocket size travelers notebook as my Homeschool Planner and a B6 size travelers notebook as my main planner. I’m very happy with my homeschool planner and don’t plan on changing anything on it. So, for this challenge I decided to just change my main planner especially since I have been feeling frustrated with it lately. It’s mostly due to the bigger size, which I don’t think is portable enough for me.

What I decided to use is this pocket size Kikki.K Time Planner. So many planner girls here in the Philippines went crazy last month trying to get one of this because National Bookstore decided to put it on sale at 80% off. I was so lucky to be able to snag one right before it became sold out.

Anyway, I was initially apprehensive about using this as my main planner because I haven’t used a ring planner in years. Plus, the pocket size is really quite small. But after watching so many set up videos on YouTube, I finally decided on how to set up mine.

Let me show you through the flip through video below what I was able to do.

So, what do you think about my set-up? I think that it’s really functional and that it has most of the stuff that I need in a main planner. It’s not as decorative as my other set-ups but I’m really liking the simplicity.

Anyway, I’ll be testing this set-up for the rest of the month. After that, I’ll let you guys know my thoughts about it. Watch out for it!

DIY Homeschool Planner Set Up

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Last week on my YouTube channel, I posted a flip through video of the homeschool planner I used last year. As promised, I’m back now with a new video showing a flip through of my DIY Homeschool Planner for this school year.

Because the travelers notebook system I used last year worked really well for me, I’m using a similar system this year. However, I’m using a different cover, my pocket wide Foxy Fix Sugar Mochi travelers notebook. I also did some tweaks to improve on some things inside the planner.

It is my hope that this video will help newbie homeschool moms in setting up their own homeschool planners. I remember three years ago when were just starting out with our homeschool journey, I searched for a ready-made homeschool planner that is available locally but I didn’t find any. That’s how I came to decide to make my own instead.

Feel free to get some inspiration from my set up. Take note though that I set this up specifically for our needs so some of the ideas here might not work for you. But the beauty about making a DIY homeschool planner is the ability to include anything and everything that you will need. So, have fun with it!

Hope you enjoy the video (see below)! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Also, I’d appreciate it if you can give the video a LIKE. Subscribe to my channel too, if you wish. I would definitely appreciate it.

Happy homeschool planning!

Homeschool Planner: End of Year Flip Through

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I meant to film a homeschool planner end of year flip through video at the end of the school year last March. However, I was only able to do so today.

I wanted to share how I used my DIY planner using my travelers notebook, a pocket size Foxy Fix Wanderlust in Licorice. I had filmed a flip through video on it during the beginning of the school year and promised I would film another one at the end of the year as sort of a recap on how I used it and whether it worked for me or not.

I’m finally able to share it with you guys today, which is about time because a new school year is about to start in a couple of weeks.

Here’s the video!

I hope you guys enjoy watching the video. My hope is that it will help other homeschooling moms be more organized and productive in their homeschooling. I, for one, can’t live without a homeschool planner because there’s just a lot to keep track of.

Please let me know if you guys have any questions. I would also appreciate it if you can share with me your own homeschool planner set up. I’m sure I’d learn something valuable from it too.

Stay tuned for my next video wherein I will show you my updated homeschool planner set up for the upcoming school year.

Happy planning!

B6 TN Flip Through: Love Mrs. P

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I did a thing. I switched planners! In the beginning of the year I had full intention of using my Foxy Fix Pocket travelers notebook as my planner for the whole year. After all, I love it so much and it has all the inserts I needed. However, it just got to a point where I had to find something else that would make writing in a planner more comfortable for me and my big hands. So, after much deliberation (which I will discuss in the video below), I decided to ask local travelers notebook maker, Love Mrs. P, to make me a customized B6 TN.

Here it is!

I’ve been wanting to have a purple TN for so long because it’s my ultimate favorite color. When I asked Love Mrs. P to show me samples of purple leather, she showed me two. There was a Burgaroo one, which was pebbled and rough and then there was this Distressed Cowhide, which I ended up choosing because it was soft and floppy. In short, this leather is exactly what I wanted.

To go with the purple leather, I asked for light pink elastics and black stitching. It’s just too bad I wasn’t able to ask for a reinforced spine as well. The TN works fine without it but I just prefer a bit more structure on the spine.

I wanted a wide TN so I asked for six strings. I asked for secretarial pockets on both the front and back covers.

When I received the package though, I was surprised because Love Mrs. P included two plain inserts, plus a rose TN charm and a pink monkey fist knot bookmark too. I was really very happy about that, especially considering I only paid Php 1,200 for this.

Anyway, I took my sweet time setting up this new baby and I’m finally done! I am so in love with it and looking forward to start really using it by next week.

If you wish to see how I have set it up as my planner, I have just uploaded a flip through video of it on my YouTube channel. Do check it out below.

In case, you’re interested to learn more about Love Mrs. P,  you can check her out on Instagram or see below for other ways to contact her.

Let me know what you think of my new planner in the comments!

 

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