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- It's almost September, guys.
I honestly kind of refuse to believe that this is true.
I just feel like I'm in a weird time warp
because the fact that we're in the last quarter of 2020
is just, it's just strange.
Hello friends. It's Amanda.
Welcome back to my channel and of course,
welcome back to yet another plan with me video.
Today, I'm doing my September bullet journal setup.
I feel like I desperately need some order in the chaos.
If you guys haven't heard the exciting news yet,
I recently announced the first ever Shop AmandaRachLee
washi tape collection and dotted notebooks.
By the time this video goes up,
they will have already launched,
but it has been such a long time coming.
I have been working on these for quite some time
and I've been really excited to show you guys.
So the fact that they're finally out is very exciting.
I announced all of it on my Instagram.
So if you did miss out on all of the information
about the collection, I'll leave it down below,
but I'm just really happy that I can finally
use the washi tapes in my videos
because I've been wanting to,
but of course it was kind of like a secret.
So we can finally use the washi tapes
in this month's bullet journal spread,
which I'm so excited for.
So let's just get started here.
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Grab your bullet journals, your snacks, cup of tea,
stationary, washi tapes, and let's do this.
So for my September bullet journal theme,
I decided to go for a computer screen
slash computer window theme.
Now I know I'm not the first person
to do a theme kinda like this.
I've seen a lot of people do some sort of version of this,
but the particular post that I was inspired by
was actually on Reddit and it was
by the user ThirdNookling.
They did a vapor wave theme, which had
sort of like old school, Microsoft Paint,
Microsoft Windows XP vibes to them.
And I really loved it, especially considering September,
I know a lot of you guys are going back to school
and in this weird new time,
a lot of people will be going
back to online school slash just in general.
We've all been online a lot more so recently.
So I thought this theme would fit perfectly.
So I decided to put my own spin on it.
I really wanted to do a purple theme for some reason.
I don't know why I had my heart set on purple for September,
but I just feel like I haven't done purple
in a while in my bullet journal.
So, you know, I went for pastel purple
and I really liked the way that it turned out.
So this theme is actually super, super easy to do.
A lot of the doodles were just the rounded
computer window screens, so compared to last month,
which was very doodle heavy,
I thought this was very nice and simple
and you could simplify it even further
and just not draw as many computer windows.
Along with the pastel purple tones,
I also used a beige marker as sort of a pop of color.
And with that, I thought I would throw in
some of my washi tapes from my washi tape collection.
This is the light neutral set.
Currently this set is sold out,
but we're working on restock so don't worry.
If you are interested though, we do have
a few other sets still in stock,
as well as all of the dotted notebooks
that I use are available on the shop website.
Anyway, that was my plug. Back to the cover page.
As you can see, I'm just drawing a bunch of computer windows
with various things inside.
So for September I drew a mini calendar in one of them.
I also drew a little quote that says,
do you want to recharge,
and error screens and loading screens.
I had a lot of fun with filling in
what goes inside each computer window
and you can kind of fit that to your vibe this month.
The main thing is just making sure
that it has the three buttons at the top, but in general,
they're pretty easy to doodle.
And I think they turn out super cute.
To go along with these simple vibes of this setup,
I also decided to go for more of a simple style
with my lettering so I didn't do
any sort of calligraphy or cursive.
It's all this lowercase type of lettering.
For my titles, I did do sort of like block style lettering
and then I colored in the background
really quickly with like a circle of purple.
And I really liked the way that it looked.
I think overall, it looks very cute and quirky.
On the other side of the cover page,
I decided to go for that Microsoft Paint Window.
This is such a throwback.
I remember doodling on Microsoft Paint in classrooms
or just at home whenever I was bored
and playing around with that with a bunch
of the different tools.
So I drew a Microsoft Paint Window and then inside it,
I drew a simple quote and this was just really fun to do.
I would recommend filling in the windows
with whatever you want, whatever you
speaks to you for this month, whether it be quotes or,
you know, you can add more modules
if you want more organization for your cover pages.
And it's just a really fun theme to play around with.
I think there, the possibilities are kind of
endless with this so my quote just says,
"Hey, you got this" because you know,
we just need that three quarters
of the way through 2020 motivation.
So if you guys are going through a tough time, you got this.
I believe in you.
Anyway, for my September calendar monthly log,
I also drew this as a computer screen window
with this theme, it's so, so easy
to integrate the theme because pretty much in any instance,
when you're creating a section or a box,
just turn it into a computer screen window,
automatically, integrates well with the theme.
So for the calendar I decided to make it
look like each day of the week is sort of
like a different tab in your internet browser window
and I thought it turned out very well.
I know a lot of people ask me for the grid spacing
for each spread, and I try to remember,
but sometimes I forget so for this particular spread,
each individual box is six by six boxes.
The only markers that I used for this setup
were the pastel purple, the slightly darker purple
as well as that beige tone and two of those markers
were actually crayola super tips.
And one of them was a Tombow dual brush pen,
but as usual I'll leave the exact details
of what I used for this set up in the description box below.
But I did wanna keep the color palette pretty simple
just to go along with that simple vibe
that we have going along, even in the negative space,
usually I would feel the need to fill in
with a lot more doodles, but I kind of liked
the negative space, so I just, you know,
added a few strips of washi tape
and that was pretty much it.
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Next step we have my tracker spreads for the month
and as soon as I decided on doing this theme for September,
the first spread idea I had was this tracker spread
because these computer windows screens,
although they are cute and go with the theme and everything,
they were just perfect for spreads like this,
where you need to divide things out.
So for each individual mini calendar,
I put it in its own computer screen box.
I did use my monthly calendar stamps
to speed things up a little, to make things quicker
and it was just a really quick and easy spread.
For the title for my habit tracker,
I just put it also in a computer screen window,
but with that same sort of lower case block letter font,
and it works out perfectly because in the top bar
of the little computer screen windows,
that's where I put the individual habits
that I will be tracking.
So I put working out, watering my plants,
taking my vitamins, that sort of thing.
In my cover page, I played around with like
workout dot JPEG or, you know, quote slash PDF or something.
So that's something you can have fun with
with this theme as well.
For my mood tracker below, I came up with the idea
of using the individual file folders that you would see
on a desktop window.
So I drew 30 of them and each folder
corresponds to a different day and I'll be coloring them in
according to my mood.
I thought it was kind of a cute idea and it definitely goes
really well with the theme.
Personally, my desktop is cluttered with a lot of folders.
So this is definitely a very realistic depiction
of what my computer desktop looks like.
If you are one of those people who have
a completely empty computer desktop
or one that's extremely organized, then props to you.
I respect you. It's just not me.
I wish I could be that. (laughs)
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The next spread I made was my monthly tasks spread.
This is something new-ish, but not really.
If you guys have seen the past few setups from this year,
then you'll know that I've been kind of experimenting
with various things, whether it be using categories
in my weekly spreads or categories in my tracker spreads,
that sort of thing.
And what I found is that I do like having
sort of a hub for general to do list tasks
that are throughout the entire month.
So I just had to make a whole spread for it.
Just kind of dedicate an area for it.
So on this section, I have different computer screen windows
to separate things out.
I have one that is a shopping list.
I also have one for like my Shop AmandaRachLee stuff,
as well as a stuff to check out section for this month.
But you can switch out these categories
to whatever fits your lifestyle.
For example, for students, this could be a great way
to split out by subject, just cause, you know,
there's those tasks that aren't necessarily daily tasks,
but stuff you wanna get done within this entire month.
So this is kind of like that master to do list area for me.
But of course, whatever works for you.
You know, this is just what I did for this month.
Next I did my monthly playlist spread
and I had a lot of fun with this spread
because I made the window look kind of like
a Spotify window, which was really fun.
So I printed out a bunch of the album covers,
stuck them down and yeah, it was just a cute,
cute idea that I had.
Speaking of my Spotify playlist, if you are interested
in any of the music that I'm listening to,
as usual I'll link my monthly playlist down below,
but some of the songs include "Dynamite" by BTS,
"17" by Pink Sweats, Raveena, basically all Raveena songs
because I just love her music.
Perfect chill vibes.
But again, all of it will be linked down below.
Also be sure to leave some song recommendations for me
in the comments as usual,
'cause I always love discovering new music.
Final touches for this spread include
layering, smaller computer windows.
I recommend having fun with layering
these little computer screen boxes
if you're gonna try out this theme
because it's a lot of fun and makes it look cuter.
And then of course, washi tape to finish things off.
Finally, we have the first weekly spread for September
and of course I had to use the computer screen windows
to divide out the daily boxes.
Now, normally I would just do very structured columns
and rows, but for this, I really wanted
to make them a look like computer screen windows
that are just strewn about on the desktop.
So I sketched out beforehand.
They're pretty much the same measurements
as my typical layouts, but I just wanted to, you know,
make them look a little bit more random.
So I layered them and made some higher than others
and all of that.
And then I just basically alternated
between the three colors in my color scheme this month.
At the top bar of each window,
that's where I put the day of the week
as well as the number.
So for, for example, Tuesday,
I put Tuesday underscore one.
So it would look like an actual computer screen window.
I don't know, just a fun detail, I thought
(laughs) that was cute.
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The only other extra things that I did for this spread
was a small mini September calendar in the top corner
'cause there was kind of a perfect empty space for it.
and then also some doodles of desktop folders
in the bottom, right with a little cursor clicking them,
which was a nice final touch to this spread.
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Okay. To the flip through.
Here's the final flip through of my September 2020
bullet journal set up.
I really love the way this one turned out,
especially coming out of my August setup,
which was very, very drawing heavy.
This one is sort of more minimal,
but I think it's really cute and quirky
and I can see so many different possibilities for it
for you guys so definitely have fun with this one
and let me know what you guys thought.
All right, my little doodles.
So that was my September plan with me
and bullet journal setup.
I hope you guys enjoyed.
Of course, it's time to showcase
your recreation's from last month,
which I will show right here.
If you do want a chance to be featured in next month's,
make sure you tag me on Instagram at @amandarachlee.
I love scrolling through all of your recreations
and also we do weekly spread live streams
over on Twitch every single week.
So if you wanna see how the rest of my month set up
ends up looking from week to week,
make sure you join us there.
Again as I mentioned, the Shop AmanaRachLee
washi tape collection information
will be down below if you guys missed out on launch.
And I think that's it.
I have a lot of information in my brain right now,
I feel kind of scatterbrained,
but I did just wanna say thank you for being patient
with the videos.
I know there's been a little less than usual
just because I've been kind of busy and preoccupied
with the washi tape launch and all of that.
But I know you guys understand.
Thank you for the support always.
You guys are the best and I'll talk to you in the next one.
Keep doodling. Bye.
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