Plan With Me | Week of Apr 6 - 12

Apr 6

Here’s what this week is looking like in my planner. ✨

I’ve been leaning into a mix of creative work and everyday routines. Finishing up my printable designs, sketching new pieces, and continuing my little experiment with repeating patterns (this time with my violet + clover idea).

A lot of this is happening in small pockets of time—especially the car pickup line—so this week is less about doing everything and more about gently moving things forward.

✨ Plan With Me is a series where I share a peek at how I organize my week as an illustrator, blogger, and small business owner. It’s part planning session, part creative diary, and part gentle accountability.

Each week, I sit down with my planner and map out what’s ahead — creative work, blog posts, and the routines of everyday life.

If you like this kind of cozy behind-the-scenes routine, you can browse all the entries in the Plan With Me archive here.

a cozy morning planner setup with a stack of planners and intention journals with a deck of botanical oracle cards nearby

This Week’s Plan:

After a busy week of celebrating [my birthday AND Easter], I’m excited to get back to my repeating pattern experiment! This time working on a violet + clover design using my Cricut.

I’m also wrapping up final edits on my printable sheets and sketching out new recipe card designs. And if I‘ve managed to accomplish all those sketches, I’ll start the sketch for my next portfolio piece.

I get most of my sketches done in the car pickup line, so there’s lots of opportunity during the week. 😅

Work:

Final draft of printables

Finish recipe card designs

heART journal for March + Easter

Template process blog post

Publish 4x

Make + publish pins for blog posts

Admin/planning day

Write something

Sketch something

Collage something

Learn from another artist

Read about illustration history + lore

Brainstorm new products

Brainstorm new characters

Practice character development

Plan new collection

Develop new products

Home:

Mow the yard (first cut of the year!)

Finish painting bathroom

Library day with kids

Happy Meals + park date

Meal Prep - pineapple + apple salad

Clean bathrooms

Mop floors

Laundry

Meal planning

Groceries

Drop off donations

Organize a space or nook

Meal prep

Clean altar

Water plants

Mind/Body:

Gym x4

Park walks x3

Track cals + protein

a.m. pages

Sunday Planning - IFTW / pull cards

Take medicine + vitamins

Wash face daily

Lymphatic facial massage

Qi Gong/Yoga x3

HYDRATE

a cozy creative planning routine showing two open planners and two notepads filled with creative plans, weekly meal plans and oracle notes to remember

A cozy oracle card and planning setup with botanical oracle cards (dandelion and blue vervain), a weekly planner spread, and illustrated ‘Dirt Gems’ deck styled on a soft blanket with natural, earthy tones.

Last Week’s List:

✨Here’s how last week went: the good, the messy, the mess ups and everything in between…

Work:

Finish March heART journal

Sketch recipe cards

Make font on Calligraphr

Publish blog 4x [3x]