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It’s November!!! This week's Happy Planner Layout

This week’s Happy Planner layout is flowery — because, well, people in Manila are currently bringing flowers to the cemetery for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. Haha! Joke lang. What actually happened was: what I  wanted  for this layout didn’t quite work out, so I ended up adding flowers and leaves instead. Hence, that curved floral thingy smacked right in the middle of the spread. Such an  ugh  layout, but oh wells. I used the  Happy Memory Keeping Floral Memories  and  The Encourager  sticker books for this week’s spread. Sentiment for the week:   Girl, you are super amazing. Crafty things I worked on last week  I finally turned my  Bee Happy Weeklies Aall & Create “paper dolls”  into cards ! It was a little #Inktober inspired project I worked on one afternoon just so I could play with my Distress Oxides again. I made a  hybrid scrapbook layout  for  Traci Reed’s Sketchy Sunday  — it’s a layout for my...
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Weekly Happy Planner Layout | Life is a Party Edition

It’s been two weeks since I last made a planner spread (vacation mode!), but I’m back this week with a fun and sparkly layout using Happy Planner’s Life is a Party sticker book - just in time to celebrate my hubby’s birthday! 



While I haven’t done my planner, I have been working on my Traveler’s Journal. Most pages are about 50–80% done but not fully finished yet. Still, I’m excited because this will probably be my first TN that I’ve religiously filled out while on a trip! I’ll definitely share it here soon.



 This Week’s Layout



This spread is full of sparkle with shiny stars and uplifting sentiments like:

  • Life is a party

  • Bring your own sunshine

  • Throw kindness around like confetti

  • Good vibes



…and of course, lots of birthday balloons for my hubby Ton and our sweet Lucky who also celebrates his special day this week! Lucky is even recycling his birthday outfit from last year because August flew by so fast, I wasn’t ready for September! Plus, it's also my Mom's birthday!

The Cake Topper






I’m also sharing the game-themed shaker cake topper I made for Ton’s 38th birthday (IYKYK). September 1 always feels like the start of the Christmas season back home in the Philippines, and it’s only fitting he was born today—because he’s the start of every joyous season for me, and truly the kindest heart I know. 

If you want to recreate the topper, you can find it in my Design Space profile. Originally designed as a Death Stranding-inspired topper, but I removed the uploaded images so you can personalize it with your own game-themed embellishments or favorite fandom details.


Christmas Countdown Begins!



If you know me, then you know what September 1 means… it’s the return of my Christmas countdowns in our group chats! Some friends say they’re annoyed, but they’re also the first to notice when I miss a day. So here we are—114 days until Christmas, my favorite holiday (right after birthdays, of course).

What I’m Reading & Watching

  • I got halfway through The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter during our flight to Seattle. I didn’t read on the way back because I somehow managed to sleep almost the entire trip—thank you to the two empty seats beside me that turned into my makeshift bed! 

  • I also just finished the entire Cold Case series. Loved it overall, but I was so disappointed by the abrupt ending. It felt like saying goodbye to friends without any closure. Agggghh!

Life Lately

Still catching up on chores—mostly endless ironing after tackling all our post-trip laundry. But slowly, I’m getting back into the groove of crafting, planning, and sharing more with you here. 


Until next week!


Love love, 

Ana

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  1. BeabooSeptember 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM

    Wooow!!! Your cake topper is soooo amazing sis!!! I soooo love it!!!! Ang galing mo An!!! 😍😍😍 And the cake is sooo making me 🤤🤤🤤

    I’m sure you’re very excited to decorate for Christmas! The Fairview main house misses you every time this season comes 🥹

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