Back To School

Now that I'm going into my third week of senior year, I've finally figured out my schedule and how I'm going to organize basically my life for the next nine months. Of course my Lilly planner is on the very top of my list. This year I opted for the Jumbo Tusk in Sun planner and a white vinyl monogram decal from etsy!

For my backpack this year I'm using the same North Face borealis backpack in black that I bought half way through my junior year, but had my seamstress monogram it in a circle monogram.

(I particularly love using the back laptop section for easy access to my planner!)

And finally for the most important part, my organization for my classes. I prefer to have a separate binder for each class with 5-tab dividers in each binder. Since middle school I've been in the habit of picking a single color for every binder, usually pink, and coordinating a matching cover sheet. This year's color scheme was red and blue as a nod to my future school! (Hotty toddy!)

I just love the red and turquoise color combination along with the white! (btw, the font is called Abraham Lincoln from dafonts.com) It's a cheery combo that can last through every season. Because every binder looks virtually the same from the outside, I handwrite labels on white paper for the spine that differentiate each subject when you can't see the cover and also give it a bit of a personal touch! 

I just love the way it all turned out this year! What are y'alls back to school necessities?

The Lilly Agenda

I've been a huge fan of the Lilly Pulitzer agendas for all of my high school career. I opt for the jumbo sized agenda each year because it fits in so nicely with the rest of my books and binders in my backpack. I find that it's the easiest to just slip it in the laptop sleeve in the back of my backpack!

 I use a monogram decal on the front of my planner each year. This year I used the cutest monogrammed anchor I found on Etsy!

I really like to take full advantage of my planner, so I use every bit of it that I can. On the page with the pocket, I type up and tape down my class list and I cut out the bell rotation schedule from the back of one of the free planners our school gives us (which are completely awful) and keep it in the pocket. I keep random notes, standardized test tickets, info from college meetings, and other odds and ends in that front pocket as well.

On the month calendar pages, I write any long term projects, trips I'm taking, exam dates, or any other important dates so I can see them all at once and plan out my work accordingly.

Weekly, I write out the subjects that I have for each day and the corresponding work due for that class. I make boxes next to each day so I can check off the boxes as I complete things, because really who doesn't like checking things off a list? Also, to make it easier to find the page I'm on, I have a ruler/page marker that snaps into the spiral of the agenda.

The Lilly agendas for next year are in the cutest patterns! I've already pre-ordered my jumbo planner in Tusk In the Sun ($34) and a white monogrammed decal off of Etsy for the cover ($4)

What's your favorite pattern for this year's agendas?