Boys are just as sweet, if not sweeter!

As much as I love the "Dream Big" Collection, I wanted to give some love and special attention to the "Lil' Dude" Collection [1].

While everyone is going gaga over unicorns, fairies, rainbows and mermaids, I wanted to use something out of the norm.

The "Lil' Dude" Collection is perfect since most planner girls don't use boys products in their TN's and planners.

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I decided to use my Typewriter Circles Traveler's Notebook. As always, I created covers for my inserts. I love the robots, video games, trucks, fidget spinners, rubik's cube and so much more.

I finally put my Stitch Happy Sewing machine to use. I wanted to add black stitching all around the border of each of my covers. I love how it adds a little bit more detail.

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The inside of my covers all have pockets. I cut the length of the papers into the size of my notebook insert but I left the height alone, which is 12 inches.

Then I just folded the bottom part of paper over to create the same height of my notebook insert and voila you now have pockets.

I don't plan to permanently glue my inserts so I can change the covers whenever I want to match the theme I'm going for in the future.

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I am planning to use this Monthly insert all year long. Without gluing the notebook insert to the cover, I will be able to take it out and use it in another TN with a different set up.

Having to use it this way, I can use the pockets in the front and in the back to hold stickers, bits & pieces and other elements I want to use later on.

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Carpe Diem now offer Monthly, Weekly, Daily, Dot Grid and Blank inserts. I can use these covers for each of the inserts, or I can just leave it as it is and use it as pockets when I add them inside my TN.

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The front cover is so mesmerizing that all I want to do is stare at this whenever I open my TN.

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I also wanted to add fun elements in my pockets, but at the same time I didn't want it to be too bulky. I decided to sew more black stitching on some of the elements I chose to add in my pockets.

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My "Before the Pen" layout for the month of September.

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I will be adding some journaling and photos to these pages.

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This was my first time sewing on papers. I still need to work on my stitching so it will be straight, clean and precise.

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Although the "Dream Big" Collection would've been perfect to use to create a set up for August since it's my Birthday month, the "Lil' Dude" Collection is just as sweet, if not sweeter in my TN.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope I was able to inspire you to use more boys products in your planners and TN's in the future.