Creative Planning and the fascination
with planners are now creating a buzz in the online community especially
on Instagram and Facebook groups. That being said, you can see a lot of
planners aesthetically designed with planner bling and accessories.
Just recently, admins of the Facebook
group Journal and Planner Enthusiasts of the Philippines held one of the
biggest gathering of creative planners – the Journal and Planner Enthusiasts Philippines Grand Meet 2016. The event was held at EDSA Shangri-La mall last October 15.
My planner seatmates
joined the Journal and Planner Enthusiasts Philippines Grand Meet
2016’s open session – Creative Planning with Chinky which is scheduled
in the morning. If you are from the Philippines, you definitely know
Chinky. We were then really ecstatic to know that she will be doing a
demo on how she decorates her planner.
My planner seatmates
joined the Journal and Planner Enthusiasts Philippines Grand Meet
2016’s open session – Creative Planning with Chinky which is scheduled
in the morning. If you are from the Philippines, you definitely know
Chinky. We were then really ecstatic to know that she will be doing a
demo on how she decorates her planner.
Maintaining more than 1 planner works
for her because she separates work and her personal planner. She
provided tips on how she would use her washi tapes and stamps. She also
mentioned she love using doilies and ephemeras. While she’s planning,
she asked us to design our weekly planner spread, too then she would
select 3 winners among us attendees!
Guess who won 3rd? M-E! Yey!
After the open session, my Planner Seatmates Cathrea, Ira and Toni had first our lunch with Kuya Albert, Kiddie and Kay.
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| Counter Clockwise: Ira, Kuya Albert, Toni, Kay, Kiddie, Cathrea and me |
We returned on the venue by 1:30 and the booths are already set up.
Planner babes need not wait for long for their orders to be delivered
because the online shops are here! Arts and Crafts haven for a day,
indeed! We really can’t wait to check for the arts and crafts supplies
being sold. Yet, we also wanted to mingle with other planner girls so
we lined up and registered first. I have noticed how this event is so
organized. There is a registration booth, the booths per shops are
properly structured and there are areas where we can do DIY.
Our first activity is the getting to know your seatmates. We introduced
ourselves to fellow planner girls and showed our planner/s. One
representative had to go in front to introduce the team and name all the
planners on our planner stack! Quite hard game so I didn’t volunteer to
be the team speaker. Nyahaha.
This meet offered 3 workshops which is about artsy things that can be
used along with creative planning. First is Knic’s Bujo 101 session.
Bujo or Bullet Journaling is something I haven’t done yet on my creative
planning journey. It is a creative and personalized way for listers or
list makers on organizing. A lot has been hooked to it lately. Thanks to
Knic for prepping a hand out/quick reference guide. I have met her
already. She’s a sweet and nice mom (plus a full time employee).
Definitely, bullet journal works for her.
One of my favorite in creative planning – Aina also shared to us the
basics on brush lettering. I always enjoy checking Aina’s Instagram
feed. Her handwriting is so-so-so beautiful! She writes very neat and I
love seeing her vintage artsy planners and journals. All attendees had a
free Zig brush pen on our totes but I just can’t help but stare to what
Aina is doing and just listen to her. Well, I can still practice on my
free time. Haha!
And last is Jenni’s Basic Watercolor Techniques session. I was looking
forward to this because I long wanted to try water coloring. I see a lot
of planner girls who do this to decorate their planners and I am always
in awe with their artworks. My seatmates enjoyed the activity too
especially coloring!
So here are my practice sheets and my coloring. Don’t laugh because hey,
I got that pen because of it! Although I won because I made it to the
first 10 who finished. <3
In between sessions, raffle prizes are being given. I got myself a
Ploodle your 2016 Planner. I also go to the DIY section. I laminated
these cards and made it a dashboard for my planner. Also, the org com
cooked up a game on awarding the Ultimate Shopper/Hoarder during the
meet. My friend, Toni won! It was her time to get the items she needs.
This cute photo was printed using a Kodak Mini Printer. Kodak was very generous to raffle a number of power banks during the meet. Well, solve na ko sa free photo print!
I would like to thank the admins of this
planner group and the organization committee who made this event super
successful. I was so lucky to make it on the list of attendees. The
sessions are very informative and I get the chance as well on getting
the arts and crafts supplies I need. I went home with 2 large tote bags
with me. And what did I do when I want home aside from staring at them?
Organize them all!
And take some photos, maybe?
See you on the next planner meet, ladies!
-xoxo-
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