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May 21, 2021May 20, 2021

2021 Home Edit Day Designer Planner- Setting goals, weekly agenda, and monthly inspiration!

2021 Home Edit Day Designer Planner Review- Setting goals, weekly planned, and monthly inspiration!

I am super excited to start using this Home Edit Day Designer Planner. I have been using the Day Designer brand since I have been married for the past 6 years. The Home Edit Day Designer Planner has pages in the front to help you set goals, a simple weekly agenda to align your days with, AND monthly inspirations in the back for EACH month!

I hope you find this review helpful. I found this Home Edit Day Designer planner at my local Target for $15!

Click here if you would like to watch my video review! Much more detail!

Fun things about this planner:

-color coordination for each month – If you have watched Home Edit on Netflix you know that is something they love!

-2 small pages of stickers – I feel like they are cuter than my last planner.

-2 small folder pockets in the front! – So perfect for things you don’t need to forget.

-Each month starts with a cute quote introduction page.

The Planner layout

In the front – you have some normal planner pages. You have a monthly calendar for the midyear 2021-2022, meet Home Edit girls page, pages to write goals and routines, and important dates page.

In the middle– You have a 2 page spread for each month and a 2 page spread for each week.

Each month has a 2 page spread. One thing new I love, at the end of each month, there is a page split into 4 columns- Things I did, Things I did but didn’t have to, Things I didn’t do, Things I absolutely had to do – so need to do next month. I love this feature for reviewing at the end of the month.

Each day of the week has its own column except Saturday and Sunday, which is splitting a column in half.

Each day includes a section for top 3 things to get done, agenda, and everything else.

I recommend the app “Fly Lady”. This is a great app that allows you to set up daily routine for morning, afternoon, and evening. This is where you can list your daily chores so you don’t have to write them in your planner. You can also have the app send you notifications. I hope to use this app more.

End of Month review

-In the back – WHICH IS MY FAVORITE!

I absolutely love that they added this feature this year! I have owned 6 Day Designers and I have never seen this.

For each month has a page that focuses on different things to work on that month. Click my video above to see the pages in more detail!

-July -Stay Getaway Ready – checklist for packing

-August – Fall into your Routine

-September – Operation Get Cozy – movies to see, shows to watch, books to read, podcast to listen to checklist.

-October – Refresh your Fall Wardrobe checklist

-November- Holiday Season Begins – Checklist for people’s gifts.

-December – All is Merry & Bright – Holiday Decor checklist

-January – New Year’s Intentions (Not Resolutions) Ideas

-February -Focus on Finances

-March – Spring Forward – Ideas to get done

-April- Spruce up for Spring – Items to purge

-May -Make time for Self-Care – self-care ideas

-June- Surviving in the Great Outdoors – Outdoors checklist

I am so excited to uses these ideas each month. There are tips at the bottom of each page for the different activities suggested for the month.

There is also a couple blank note pages in the back. I used these pages for things like my Christmas list.

I am so excited to use this planner! I have not been this excited over the previous Day Designers.

I hope you found this review helpful! Highly recommend this planner! You can check out my Youtube Channel or here on the blog for more Day Designer Reviews!

~Gracefully Fashionable Britt

November 1, 2019October 31, 2019

Planner Review : Day Designer Midyear 2019-2020

Happy Fri-yay!

Don’t you just love days when you are checking things off your to do list! Every check mark gives me a little joy on the inside. That is why I am totally a planner girl!

Even from my elementary school days, I have always loved planners. I was the girl in third grade that would always write down her assignments and test dates in an agenda I would get each year from Walmart. Is that nerdy? 😉

Anyways, I have used a planner my whole adult life. I needed it in college to survive and in marriage to keep my husband and I functioning. I write down doctors visits, to-do lists, and meal plans in my planner.

Since I have been married, I have always used the Day Designer brand. I first fell in love with it 4 years ago at Target and I have not strayed since.

I have purchased from Target twice and ordered online a couple times for my planners.

If you want to watch a quick review – Click here!

So let me explain quickly why I love this planner ~

The Calendar –

t’s perfect! There is enough room each day for me to write out multiple appointments or events. Plus there is a note section where I write all my bills for the month.

Weekly Daily Agenda –

I love how there is a top 3 to try to accomplish at the beginning of each day. Since I have a 4 month old baby, usually 3 things is about all I can accomplish.

There is room for an hourly agenda if you need to remember certain times during the day. I use this for any appointments or work events.

There is a to-do list section. I use this for any minor tasks that need to be accomplished. Usually these events roll over to the next day.

There is a tonight section which I use to meal plan.

Lastly, there is a gratitude section for you to count your blessings each day!

The Weekend –

Now this is a bit different than all the other planners I have used. Saturday and Sunday are on a page together. At the top of the page, there is a section for – “Take a Time Out: Fun Things to Do!” I thought this was great to add. Often times on the weekend, I just write things that still need to get done. But this allows you to pause for a moment and remember to ENJOY your weekend. 🙂 .

Next, there is an hourly agenda for Saturday and Sunday.

Last, there is a “Next Week” section and a “Don’t Forget” section.

I absolutely love this planner. The size is perfect for packing around and pink and gold have been my colors lately.

If Target still has this planner I will try to link it here! I did not see it online, but here is something similar . (CLICK HERE) .

It seems to have the same interior but a different design on the outside.

If you have any questions, please leave them below.

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Take some time and enjoy your weekend!!!

-Gracefully Fashionable Britt

March 11, 2018July 17, 2018

~ My Day Designer Planner ~

Hey y’all! Happy Sunday! I love Sunday mornings, it is so nice to just sit down and relax. Usually on Sundays my husband and I sleep in some. We then usually eat a light breakfast then run out for errands.

Starbucks is one of our first stops. We only allow us to get Starbucks on Sundays, or we would go broke. 😉 My husband always asked me if I want to run by Target. He knows me too well. 😉

One thing that I always sit time for on Sundays is to use my planner. Now, once I got married I realized how much I need a planner. Just writing everything down in a notebook did not help me.

Check out my YouTube channel for videos on these planners!

So I found the brand Day Designer at Target and now they are the only brand planner I buy. And I have bought it for three years!

My first one I loved the simple but chic design. It was pretty thin compared to the other two I have. That is because you planned your whole week out on two days. Now, the planners allow each day to have their own page.

Because I loved my first one so much, and I had started following Day Designer on social media, I looked online to purchase my next one!

The next one I got was the full size Day Designer. In a black and white spot print. One of my dream dogs to own is a Dalmatian, so that is what inspired me to get that print. 😉

This planner offered more room for writing. You had a two page calendar spread at the beginning of every month, plus a column on the side for notes. Each square for a day on the calendar was pretty spacious.

Next each day of the week had its own page. Monday had its own page, Tuesday had its own page, you get the picture. 😉 Saturday and Sunday are the only days that share a page.

Each weekly page allows room for your top three, due, dinner, dollars, don’t forget, to-do list, notes, daily gratitude, and section from 5am-9 am (7am. -7pm for smaller planners). All these sections help for planning my day!

For this past year June 2017- May 2018, I purchased the smaller planner in a palm tree print. Now it was an adjustment going from the larger one to the smaller one, due to the size of the page. But I still love my planner.

This planner offered the same options as my first one did in the layout of the page. Also they have helpful planning pages in the beginning of the planner like a chart over your top 5 values, strengths, and passions, your goals for the year involving helping yourself, others, academics, resources, and career. These charts help you make three, six, nine, and year long goals. Plus pages for notes!

I would share pictures of these but mine currently have writing on them, and I don’t want to share all my secrets. 😉

Some of my favorite stickers I have gotten so far! Thanks Meijer and Etsy!

Day designer is actually releasing their new mid-year prints today (Wednesday the 21^st). as I’m writing this! I will be repurchasing one again this year. The ones that I like so far are the new secret garden print, the rosey posey (if they offer that in mid-year), or the black stripe. I know the black stripe print is kind of basic, but it also reminds me of a Kate Spade print. (Also, only if they offer it in the mid-year option).

They do have a new palm tree print coming out Antigua, but I think I’m done with palm tree leaves for a while. So far these are the only prints I have seen they are releasing, so check the website for more options.

Lastly, I’m not sure if I will get the full size or the smaller size this year, I’m still debating. But I will share what ever I get on my instagram page! Check me out on there – gracefullyfashionable.

So for all my planner girls out there, I recommend checking out this brand! I forgot to mention, their price usually ranges from $50-$60 dollars.

Hope everyone has a great day planning!