Colleen is in her prime on this episode with Mary Kay from Cocoa Daisy. With her most excellent customer service voice Mary Kay educates us on how she got started with the company, the Pen Gems, and friendships that came from the scrapbooking world. You’ll want to tune in to get our tips as well on how to make new friends in any community you love. 

Jamie opens with a confession

Starting with Cocoa Daisy

How Mary Kay got started with the company

Joining the planner bandwagon

Non-leather dori’s

Colleen’s preview get’s shut down

How Colibri Charms began

Self obligations to love kits

Tip In’s explained again

The new Daisy Dori

Memory keeping with Cocoa Daisy

Plannerversary

The Cocoa Daisy Pen Gems

Wedding pen

Plancation team competitions

Events going forward

Interacting with the planner community

Stalking your future friends

How Colleen, Jamie & Stephanie came together

If you don’t stalk your friends, how will they know they need you?

The problem with agenda’s

Jamie’s “ish” time

Stephanie runs corporate meetings

Colleen’s no agenda, agenda

The raccoon effect

Denver weather

Cocoa Daisy

Planner Fans FB Group

Colibri Charms

Pen Gems

A BIG name change reveal! Sierra owner of Wesly Rose Studio shares her new company name with the hosts. They go on to chat about everything from YIF’ing, France, and her pacific north west planner posse! Also, we issue Stephanie a challenge in the Planner Girl Chatter Facebook group.

You can follow Sierra’s adventures on River and Ink - https://www.instagram.com/river.and.ink/

Show Highlights

Why Westley Rose Studio

Hobonichi cousin

Budgeting for future planner events

The beginnings of her shop

Teaching herself everything

Love of baking

Cakes - Store Bought & Vegan

YIF - A definition

Pen or pin

Writing on the Hobonichi paper

Finding your place in the community

PNW planners

Fav planner groups online

Colleen’s France trip

TV shows Stephanie has missed

A challenge is issued

Big Brother

Golden Girls

Hobonichi

Sugary Gal Shop

Winter Planner Land

Cafe Poca Costa

West Coast Planners

Michelle Murphy Ramey

Katie Belle

Dana Koshack - The Very Best Thing

Kristen Pickett

Planner Adventures

Design Pandemonium

Kit Life

Returning Guests Sandra with The Sassy Club and Stephanie with Sticker Insanity come on to discuss the latest trends they see in planning, what they are loving and what they are buying. Jamie shares a planner move, and Colleen & Stephanie practice a little bit of French and Spanish.

Show Highlights: 

Sandra shares a house update

Video’s we are watching

Oh Joy Collab with EC

Trying not to buy all the pretty things

VillaBeautiful Kits

Foxy Rings

A6 Size

Clear Rings

Where Stephanie Owen is buying inserts

Cutting a streight insert

Travlers Notebooks

Keeping and using the things we love

Shopping the PBC Sale

Coture Pens

Can we gold foil that?

Passion Planner - The unsung planner?!?

Finding the right fit.

Jamie retires the mullet planner

Are no white spaces done?

Things we are over

Colleen & Stephanie practice speaking new languages

Show Mentions

Erin Condren

VillaBeautiful

Rings

Foxy Fix

Gisennia Plans

Annie Plans

Cutter Bee

Pen Gems

Coutre Pens

Virgo Paper

Indyand Ivy Inks

Sticker Insanity

Live Life & Create

Let’s Plan It

Aurora & Avalon

Mimi Rose

Planner Bomb

The Gootzie Project

Happy Planner

Simplified Planner

Passion Planner

Inkwell Press

Kit Life

Planner Girl Chatter friends tell us all about their trip to Go Wild. The tables they chose, the speakers, and all the events they attended (or didn’t). Plus we chat about Go Wild 2019!

You can follow Margie Foster, Shanelle Jordan, and Amanda Pearson on Instagram. 

Show Mentions

Planner Girl Chatter Buttons

Table Choices

Moments with Michelle Baxter

Butt Pucker

Margie’s trip to Waco

Happy Planner HH

Competition heats up

Erin Condren’s Session

Meka Allen makes TN’s stars

Emily Ley gives a few take away’s

Saying “No”

Heidi Swap get’s venerable

The Vegan Meetup

Q & A Panel

Kristen’s BIG announcement

Dasha shows up

Planjamma

Go Wild 2019

Show Mentions

Wild For Planners

Design Pandemonium

Libby & Co

Bubba Bear

North Branch Tables

Gabriella Elena

Luc Katy

Quirky Heart

Jan with a Plan

Erin Condren

Lights Planner Action

IndynIvy

Let’s Plan It

The Gootzie Project

Meka Allen

Emily Ley

Tonya Dalton

Heidi Swapp

Light The Fight

Jen DuFore

Whitney English

Krissy Anne Designs

What would you like to improve on creatively or organizationally while using your planner? The hosts invite Sara Fehling back to the podcast to pick apart all the things they wish they'd be better at. Discover how just when you think you've gotten good at the creative side of planning you then learn, there is so much more you could do. 

You can follow Sara at Splendidly Imperfect. 

Show Highlights: 

Putting the lettering practice to use.

Missing tasks and Organizing

Doodling in your planner

Layering stickers

Page Layouts

Tracking what happened

Where stickers are allowed to go

Actual planning

Canceled Stickers

Using Scrapbook paper in your planner

Placing the to-do list

Trying not to be basic

Tracking things

Monthly Spreads

18 Month Planners

Good at Making Dashboards

Bullet Journaling

A little watercoloring

Someone bring Colleen chocolate! 

Show Mentions

Slack

Asana

Quirky Heart

Candice Lombardi

Margie Foster

Aimee Cook

Elizabeth Hargraves

Erin Condren

Inkwell Press

From the sticker hole Chaz with Shameless Stickers brings music, games and tattoos to the podcast on this episode. Hear how she’s made her shop a family affair while jamming on the best tunes.

Not only will Chaz be featured at Plancation as a shop, but she will be running games too! Check out all her adventures in Instagram @shamelessstickers

Show Highlights

Being Neighbors

Clear Plastic Planners

Music & Planning

Taking Notes

Serious Tattoo’s

Bringing Shameless to life

Jamie get’s floral trolled

The Sticker Hole

Traveling Baxter

Jamie Shops

JT at Camp Plancation

More music stickers! OMG

Furry Sacks

Artists she’d like to use

A summer reveal

Custody agreements

Tracking your health

Nut Cheese

Copic Markers

Show Mentions

Bubba Bear Studios

Jamie & Stephanie interview Jessica Aske with the Joyful Planner! Midway through the pregnancy of her 2nd child she shares with us everything from being mom and running a ship to how she’s integrated her faith into her business.

Show Hilights

Baby at Plancation?

Requirements of 3 year olds

Working from home with kids

Jessica’s Agendio

Failing at Memory Keeping

Stephanie’s 70’s obsession continues

How Joyful Planner got started

First Plancation

Faith & Planning

Tackling adulthood

Pregnancy Tracking

Shops Jessica shops with

Jamie’s new game

Picking up a book

Sales coming up

Anticipating the new baby!

Show Mentions

Joyful Planner

Erin Condren

Agendio

Chat Books

Confessions Of A Girl Boss

Once More With Love

Ohana Story

Crush It

While planner world is always shifting Colleen, Jamie & Stephane share how they are changing up their planners for the summer. This means new planner rabbit holes to go down and more creative worlds being explored. Give it a week and we may just change our minds as all planner girls do.

Show Highlights

Oh, Grandmas!

Move to Libsyn

Correction Corner or Planner Addendum

A Shed Update

Cindy’s new podcast

Jamie drops a floral bomb

A few accessories

Stephanie ends her PMP status

A more expensive habit.

2 Girls 1 Cup = Trouble

Parallel Plannerverse

Colleen’s France Struggle

Stephanie solves Colleens TN problem

A brilliant idea about France

What we are using right now

Show Mentions

The Uncurated Life Podcast

Dashbox

Cocoa Daisy

VillaBeautiful

Websters Pages

Slice

Love Cynthia

Copic Markers

Dick Blick

Splendidly Imperfect

Kellie Purkie

Courtney Miles

The 1407 Planners

The hosts provide an overview of the Arizona Planner Girls premiere event called Plancation! This third annual event is being held outside of Phoenix in Arizona June 22, 23, and 24 2018. If you didn't guess the event has a camp theme, and a range of planner related speakers ready to teach and share. 

For more information on Plancation or to pick up your ticket click here: TELL ME MORE!

Colleen brings the a fulfilling report back from her visit to Chicago between the food, stationery stores, and her trip to Field Notes HQ you can’t miss it. The hosts go deep in a discussion of documenting the challenges that happen in life. From health issues, to next steps in life, or onto serious family issues. The ladies share how they document these things, and when it’s most important they keep planning during these moments.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

Meeting a new Planner Girl Chatter friend

Visiting the Art Institute Of Chicago

Colleen takes time for Jesus on Easter

Stephanie schools Colleen on “The Bean”

Chicago food

Field Notes HQ

Plancation Pushing

A planner in the wild

Melancholy March

Wrestling with change

Documenting tough moments

Back planning when you don’t get to it.

Small wins in the day to day

Contemplating change

Coping through life

Attempting to be authentic

Legacy

Self Care during these moments