I was really excited to receive a couple of cute items from JetPens that I could review and then in turn to offer to one of you as part of a giveaway, sponsored by the fabulous JetPens!
I had a lot of different ideas on how I wanted to use these loose leaf sheets and I want to share two different ideas.
First, I took seven individual sheets and lightly glued each of them together, using the
Kuretake Craft Glue Pen. Then I glued just the very edge of the loose leaf sheets to the page in my planner.
This picture shows a good representation of the color of each note. They are a muted blue, pink and yellow without being too pastel.
This design hinges having a quality paper, due to the fact that I have to be able to fold the
pages back and any bleed through would mar each subsequent day. With that criteria in mind, I wasn't disappointed.
I didn't experience any
bleed through with using everything from sharpie pens, Marvy LePens,
Pilot Juice Pens, some scrap-booking pens and Uni-Ball Signos. Since
this planner is built on a Moleskine base, it is easy to compare the
paper performance. The Moleskine paper isn't even a match for the loose leaf paper, since
these pens routinely show/bleed through. You can see on these folded back pages, nothing has really shown through and definitely didn't bleed through. I think that fountain pen users would be happy with these if it wasn't an extremely wet ink, but I didn't test it on this layout.
You can also see the Washi Memo Note in action here. It is definitely a more textured paper and not as smooth or slick as the loose leaf paper. The sticky part on back is sufficient as well, I just held it down with some washi tape because I have about 50 rolls and I need use it! Ink performed well on these and the pencil theme is perfect for all of us office supply fanatics.
I also hole punched down the side of the page in a few spots, to make it look like it was held on by the ties rather than the glue. The ties are just a bit of washi tape folded on itself and tied in a simple knot. The knots have held fine all week, no extra glue was required.
The second way I used the loose leaf paper was truly as a loose leaf sheet. I had some pockets that I glued into this week's layout and they were the perfect size to hold a few sheets. I think for next year's planner I will incorporate one or two of these pockets into the planner design so I always have a few extra sheets at my disposal. I find that there are quite a few times where I need to make a quick note to give to someone else or put in my pocket, and this way I won't hae to rip any pages out of the back of my planner.
I am excited to give you a chance to win both of the items I reviewed directly from JetPens. All you have to do is visit the official
entry page. Keep in mind you must be a subscriber to the JetPens newsletter and if you aren't, you will have a chance to subscribe on the bottom right of the entry page. And why wouldn't you want to be a subscriber? JetPens is awesome and you will find supplies on there that you will absolutely have to have!
The contest will close at 11:59 PM on Tuesday, November 5th and I'll announce the winner shortly after and your itemswill be sent to you directly from JetPens.
Don't forget to enter for your chance to win!
Created this layout on the computer and glued it in.
To fit the 12 months and 52 weeks in this book I had to have some 2-weeks on one page layouts. 
This is a layout I've used before and created in publisher and photoshop.
I tore this out of a 2$ planner from Barnes and Noble that was on clearance. 
I can't remember where I got this layout, maybe from a planner group, I wish I could remember who to credit. I should start making a note on each page if I use someone's layout. 
The second page is also from a planner group I think. 
This week I decide to try and blend a weekly planner with bullet journaling. The little card has my "key" for the bullet journal. 
