Hi friends, Elizabeth here from Plant Based Bride, and I'm back again with another video. This one is my January
2019 plan with me! Before I get started, I want to say a big thank you to Four Sigmatic for sponsoring this video!
I have actually been using and loving Four Sigmatic's products for years and was so excited when they reached out
If you're unfamiliar with Four Sigmatic, they're a finished company started by a group of fun guys who love fungi, okay
I'll see myself out. But really, they started by combining coffee and chaga
Mushrooms and now make a wide range of products based upon their belief in the real magic of functional mushrooms
They make drinking mushrooms and other superfoods easy with their organic gluten-free and vegan
Products that also happened to be absolutely delicious, which I can tell you from my own personal first hand
rigorous taste testing. In today's video
I'm going to be sharing three of my favourite drinks in their line so you can join me in being
#onshrooms all day every day.
So I'm gonna start off by making some coffee because if you know me, you know, I am a coffee
Addict to the bone. Four Sigmatic is known for their mushroom coffee
Which is a blend of 100% Arabica organic coffee and a variety of mushrooms
My favorite of their mushroom coffees is this one which contains lionsmane and chaga. Lionsmane is an all-natural
Cognitive enhancer and has been shown to support memory and concentration
Which is good because I tend to get distracted very easily
Not only does it feel like giving your brain an energizing hug
But it also has a lovely medium
fruity coffee flavor and each serving has the same caffeine as
About a half a cup of regular coffee and it's less acidic than regular coffee because the chaga
Which makes my stomach very happy. These packets are super convenient so I love to make them in the morning
All you need to do is pour in the powder and add hot water and you're good to go
But I love to add a dash of cashew or coconut milk for a little extra creaminess
And don't worry. It doesn't taste like mushrooms
Really.
Want to try?
I love to pop a packet in my backpack
Especially when I've hit snooze a couple too many times so I can make a quick cup at work
They're also great for making me feel a little more positive on mornings when I have to be up before the sun.
Be sure to check out the link in my description for 15% off your first order with Four Sigmatic!
So now that I have my creativity and focus turned on and my coziness factor turned up by at least 10 notches
it's time to get to planning. Starting off with my
Welcome 2019 page. This page isn't in keeping with the theme for January, it's its own little thing
I wanted it to be separate just a way to
Transition from 2018 into 2019 because it's pretty common to start a new notebook in the new year
But because I'm only about halfway through mine, that didn't make any sense
so this page is sort of my transition period from 2018 to
2019 and I might end up actually adding a good by 2018 page on the left once I actually get to the end of 2018
Let me know in the comments if you think that's a good idea
So I'm just using my Windsor and Newton Cotman watercolor set to do a bit of a blue and yellow background
and once that is completely dried just flicking some more pigment over the page to get a bit of a splattered effect and
And then going back in with a pen to do the hand lettering
Moving on to my January cover page and this month's theme is actually letterboards!
If you follow me on Instagram
you will know I love my letterboard and I post with it all of the time and
I realized that I'd never seen the letterboard and bullet journaling communities
collide, so I decided to be the first one!
My cover page is designed to look like a flat lay that I would do on my Instagram
So the center of the image is gonna be the letter board was just gonna say hello January
But the rest of the cover page is kind of going to be like the background of an Instagram photo
Where I'm going to have some plants in the corner
I have a plaid blanket on the table a branch which is inspired by the birch branch
I actually have on the table here while I'm filming a coffee cup full of my Four Sigmatic mushroom coffee
Of course and a couple pine cones just for a little bit of interest and some wintery vibes. For the letter boards
It's very simple. I just cut out a rectangle using black construction paper
I then cut out little strips from this brown wrapping paper to be the frame of the letter board
I then used my black tombow brush pen to draw lines across the letter board
Which are probably a little hard to see on camera
But those are to represent the lines that you see on a felt letter board
Which is where you actually stick all the letters in, glue the frame on and you're good to go!
I used my posca white paint pen to write the letters on the letter board
Using my actual letters from my actual letter board as an example so that I could get an idea of the font.
Here is a close-up on how I actually drew the pine cones
I started off with a white pencil just to kind of sketch out where I wanted those snow tipped edges to go
Using this pinecone as an example
Then I went in with my beige tombow brush pen just to fill in the shadows
of the pinecone then with my dark brown tombow to fill in the deepest shadows to give more dimension and
When I was happy with all of that
I went in with my posca white paint marker and
Did all of the highlights in that so that it would be a much brighter white that would really stand out on this brown paper
I decided to draw this on this brown wrapping paper that I had that I was using for the borders of the letter boards
Just because I thought it would make it a little easier since it's already brown
It gives me a good base for the pinecones
But you could definitely do this just directly into your bullet journal or do it on white paper and just color in all of that
brown yourself! Now, it took me a little while to do those two cover pages. I have to be honest
I finished my first coffee and it's definitely time for a refill and I don't know about you
But I'm ready to turn up the coziness even more
So I'm gonna make a cup of the mushroom mocha. Coffee and chocolate are two of my favorite things, and this drink gives me such
Wintery holiday Christmasy vibes and I love it so much
It's another great one to add plant milk to for that super duper creamy
Chocolatey flavor and it seriously so convenient it basically takes me the time it takes to boil water. By the way
I'm pretty sure anyone on your Christmas list would love to receive some of this mushroom mocha mix in their stocking
It's also perfect for Christmas morning. Who wouldn't want to drink a delicious mocha while they're opening their presents?
Now that I have my mushroom mocha
I'm ready to keep planning and I'm moving on to my next page, which is my quote page
I say quote page in air quotes because it's not always a quote
It's just sort of a page with a message to myself last month it was a pep talk, sometimes
It actually is a quote, this month I'm going very simple and straightforward,
concise as it were, but I'm just telling anyone who looks at this page, which is mostly going to be me
you're great because sometimes we just need that kind of reminder, you know, January can be tough because
You feel reinvigorated you feel ready, uou want to crush your goals, and sometimes it's a little harder than you expect.
So it's good to remember that you're great and you're gonna get through it, okay?
My concept for this page was I wanted it to look like a letter board was sitting on a wood floor
So I started again with my brown wrapping paper and I started drawing out this wood floor
Pattern basically just drawing a lot of wonky lines some closer together some further apart
Really trying to mimic the look of a wood floor that has a really prominent grain. I also included some knots in there
I think the easiest way to do this is just to look at a bunch of pictures of
real wood floors and try to copy some of the patterns you see
I'm actually really happy with how mine turned out so I used that dark tombow brush pen again for all of the darker lines and
Then I went in with my light beige tombow brush pen to add some depth to certain areas so that it looked a little bit
More 3-dimensional it looks like there was some variation in the tone of the wood, which is pretty common in wood floors
Of course, and I think that really helped to make it look more realistic
I then created my letter board in exactly the same way this one you can only see the corner of so I only needed to
Make a frame for two of the sides
I again used my real-life letter board letters as inspiration for the font for this one and wrote up my message to myself
"UR GR8". I decided I wanted to add a couple other little bits and bobs to this as well
Not to go overboard
I wanted this one to be pretty simple
But I did want a couple things just to make it a little bit more interesting to look at so I decided to draw out
a couple little leaves or fronds and
Use my bigger pine cone that I drew to add a little bit of something to this page
so now I'm moving on to the calendar page and I decided for the actual calendar to make it look like
They're made of lighter letter boards
so a letter board with maybe a white felt instead of a black felt and then to have some accents of
Darker felt letter boards on the top left and bottom right hand corner
I made the black letter boards in the exact same way as I have been so far and for the light ones I decided to just create
The border just create the frame in the same way and that down and then to create a lighter
Horizontal striped pattern to give the impression of that felt letter board look
using my light beige tombow brush pen
I wrote out my letters using my white posca paint brush pen again
And other than that this calendar setup is pretty straightforward
adding a couple decorations a couple little added things here and there just to give it some more visual interest and
a little quote
or reminder to keep it kind this is something that
Has always kind of been a motto for me. Maybe not worded exactly like that
but kindness has always been something that is at the core of my being and the core of
My my values my moral compass
everything that I hold dear everything that's important to me has to have a basis in
kindness
And I think that keeping everything you do based on kindness can
Really change your life and also change the life of everyone you come in contact with
Now I'm moving on to my sleep and mood trackers for this one
I decided to do two large letter boards again doing the light letter board look so starting by creating the frames and then
Going in and adding all the details I need for the trackers
My sleep tracker is basically the exact same setup. I've had for a couple months now so down the left side
Vertically, I have the days of the month and then across the top horizontally
I have two hours of the day and night and then I'll just draw bars for the hours that I'm asleep every single night for
Moods again. I have the days of the month going down vertically and then across the top. I just have some moods
I'd like to track and I'm also tracking a couple symptoms, but I really narrowed it down to the main symptoms
I want to keep an eye on for January which are panic attacks and racing heart
That's another benefit of Four Sigmatic in my opinion
Because each cup has about half the caffeine as a regular cup of coffee
I find I still get the same kick that I would from a cup of coffee
But I find what I'm drinking Four Sigmatic more regularly I deal with fewer
Symptoms of my anxiety because caffeine really does worsen my anxiety
And that's a really good benefit
If you are someone who's struggling with anxiety?
Cutting down your caffeine can really help and something like the Four Sigmatic mushroom coffee can be a great option
Because it has half the caffeine we still get that energy. You're still getting caffeine. You're still getting the taste of the coffee
But that could make a big difference for you. So definitely check it out if you like me struggle with anxiety
So it's starting to get late as you can see it's dark outside
I'm trying to really control my caffeine intake
especially after
Early afternoon to try to make sure I'm gonna get a good night's sleep and hopefully be able to get to bed a little earlier
My go-to when I want something warm and cozy to drink is always coffee, but a new find from for Four Sigmatic
That is perfect for winter evenings
Is this mushroom chai latte mix with turkey tail and reishi, which is 100% caffeine free
This is so yummy full of holiday spice and everything nice
With gut support from the turkey tail mushrooms and the calming effects of the reishi. This is such a delicious chai latte, again
I love love love to add my cashew milk in there to get a creamy latte feel it tastes so much like the holiday season
I'm sure it's the mix of spices that they have in there
I had never tried this one until recently and it is now definitely one of my new favorites, especially at bedtime
Reishi is such a helpful mushroom if you struggle with your sleep like I do
so I highly recommend checking out this mushroom chai latte mix for a pre bed ritual type of drink
Finishing off with the very last spread which is going to be my first weekly spread
I'm doing this the same as I did last month
I am continuing on of course with my rolling weekly as you all know
This is my very favorite layout in the entire world the rolling weekly
Running task list, whatever you want to call it saved my life
And I'm not even being dramatic check out my video dedicated
To this weekly layout if you'd like to know more about it. It is really incredible
But as I explained in my December plan with me and my November plan with me
I was feeling like I needed a little bit more room on my dailies than I had fitting it all onto a single two-page spread
So I have started doing this faux dutch door
three-page spread
For my weekly where each day of the week has a full half page and then I just fold the center page in the middle
To create a faux Dutch door so that I can see my task list no matter what day of the week it is
This is such a fun trick
And even though I've done it so many times it still gives me such a kick
that I can just fold my page and be able to use
My task list no matter what day of the week it is and always be able to see it
The photo Dutch door is such a simple concept and yet I find it pretty revolutionary
So for my weekly spread I decided to create a bunch of tiny little mini letter boards as well as one long letter board
For kind of the weekly header. I just thought this would be a fun way to tie in the idea without having each day be
Completely enclosed and the letter board. I thought that might get a bit busy.
Again, I created these in the exact same way as all the other letter boards cutting out black paper and then creating the
frame out of these strips of brown paper and then adding the horizontal lines using my tombow brush pen in black and
Then of course
I went in with my white posca paint marker to write in all of the letters just as I did throughout this entire video. I
also used my white gel pen from Sakura to add the smaller numbers that you'll see I
then went in and added a couple little details again just to tie it in with everything else make it look wintery and cute and
That's the entire setup. So I will flip through to give you a look from beginning to end
I'm really happy with how this turned out. I love
combining two of my favorite things at the moment letter boards and
Bullet journaling together in one very exciting and I hope that you all enjoyed this theme as well!
As always, please tag me on instagram
if you recreate any of these spreads and even if you don't
I love to see your bullet journals here on the screen are some of my favorite
Recreations from the past month you all are so talented and I of interacting with you on Instagram
So if you're not part of the Instagram family already, please come and join us
This is also a great moment to thank my patrons. Thank you again so much for your support
They appreciate you so much
If you're interested in becoming a patron check out the link in the description
At least one of the spreads that I created in
This video will be included as a reward for the $3 tier this month as one of my printables
So be sure to check it out. I want to take another minute to thank Four Sigmatic for sponsoring this video
I'm such a fan of what they do and what they stand for and I'm really excited to share them with all of you of
course
I highly recommend you check out the three drinks that I made in this video
The lion's mane and chaga mushroom coffee mix the mushroom mocha mix and the mushroom chai
Latte mix of course. We are now getting very close to Christmas time
And if you are last-minute Christmas shopping and need something as stocking stuffers or a gift for the health nut in your life
Definitely check out Four Sigmatic they have so many awesome
bundles and kits for the holiday season
Like the mushroom latte kit where you can try the matcha latte at the golden latte and the chai latte or the daily productivity kit
that comes with the mushroom matcha drink mix and my favorite the lion's mane and chaga mushroom coffee mix or
alternatively
you could buy one or a couple of these bundles for yourself because the new year is right around the corner and
2019 you deserves to be #onshrooms every day!
don't forget to check out the link in the description for
15% off your first order with Four Sigmatic their products are really affordable
Especially with that 15% off and their website is actually really easy to navigate
you can sort things by type of mushroom you're looking for or the benefits you're looking for or even the specific type of drink and
There's lots of information about every single product for you to read up on and make the most informed decision for you
So don't forget to use that link in my description box for at 15% off your first purchase
with Four Sigmatic and thank you so much again to Four Sigmatic for
Being my first ever sponsor and for sponsoring this month's plan with me!
I hope you are all doing well
I am sending you so much love during this holiday season, and I will see you very soon in my next video
bye friends