Recently I started working on designing a planner. I've had the idea to make a planner for quite some time now. I just REALLY started to work on it and designing it after I made these dividers for my own personal binder.


Currently I'm working on choosing a cover for my planner. This for me is turning out to be the most difficult part. In the end I may just end up offering multiple covers to choose from. In the next couple of days I will be choosing what the contents of the planner will be. I really want this to be a planner that can be used by just about anyone. Some ideas I have are yearly, monthly and daily calendar pages, weekly meal planner, and a goal tracker. There are some more ideas floating around but I want to keep some of my ideas a surprise!




Since I've been talking about making a planner, I decided to make the Freebie Friday a printable calendar for April!

I grew up in a small, predominately white town. By predominately white I mean there were maybe 2 or 3 black families in said town, one of which was my own family. My dad is from Barbados and my mom is white Canadian.

I was never dark skinned, always a light brown and even lighter as I grew up. This however did not shield me from the constant bullying and torment like people tend to assume it should. I remember junior kindergarten being the first time someone had referred to me as a nigger. A fellow classmate (I won't name him), only four years old, was the one who started it. I was teased, my hair was made fun of, and anyone who defended me met the same torment. I clearly remember a group of boys throwing my best friend into mud, in her pretty white dress, simply because she was friends with the black girl.

As I grew up these types of things never went away. In fact they got worse as I developed because my body type was not the same as the other girls. I wasn't thin, I was curvy. Another thing for them to use against me to make me feel like I didn't belong.

I even had an experience where a Native American girl called me a nigger. This was very shocking to me because she was about the same skin tone as I was, and was part of a group of people that should understand what it is like to be hated simply because of your roots.

The worst experience I have had though, has to be with girls who are black (not mixed). The things I have heard come out of the mouths of black girls has to be the most shocking for me. I guess I had a unrealistic idea in my mind about what it would be like to be around black girls. I assumed that they would be easier for me to get along with and would understand me. This was the furthest thing from the truth. Instead I was met with more bullying about sounding too white, dancing too white, being too light and not being "hood". It's baffling to me that they don't understand that just because we may have lighter skin and may be mixed with another race, we still have to face racism and struggles. People don't care how much black you have in you, they just care that you have any at all.

In this world it seems that if you are mixed race you find yourself not fitting in with either side. You're too white for the black people and too black for the white people. Even people who aren't trying to be rude have a way of making you feel like you don't belong by asking you things like, "What are you" or trying to guess what country you're from.

I'm about to turn 28 in May and I still really don't feel like I fit in with either part of me. I still struggle to check the "correct" race on surveys or applications because the majority don't offer a mixed race option. As the world continues to change and being mixed becomes more and more common I'm hoping that people's views change as well, though I don't believe it will happen in my lifetime.

Here are some things I think we as a society need to stop telling girls.


We really need to stop making girls feel like they NEED to be married and that if you aren't married by a certain age then there is something wrong with you. The worst part about this is that we on the other hand make boys feel like marriage is some type of trap that's awful and damns the entire rest of your life. So who exactly are these girls suppose to marry IF they aren't gay? We end up leading these girls down a horrible path of rushing to get married, sadly many of which I've seen end up being in a loveless marriage.

I'm sure I could really go on forever and ever about this topic but I'm going to call it a wrap right here. I'd like to know what YOU think people need to stop telling girls so leave a comment down below and let me know! 

Hey guys! So I've decided as a way to give back to my followers, I'm going to be doing a freebie every Friday. It will be things like invitations, planner pages, tutorials and more! So stay tuned for that starting this upcoming Friday.

Lately I've been putting a lot of work into my Etsy shop, trying to learn how to better market my shop as well as coming up with new listing ideas. I've also been working on a new venture that I will hopefully be able to share with everyone this Summer.

I also have a new project coming up where I'm going to be creating a planner/journal. I'm just in the phase of choosing the pages that will be included. I'm very excited about this because I love writing everything down and planning so I can't wait to create something I can use personally as well as share with other people. Please feel free to leave some comments of things you wish were in your planner.

Watch the video and let me know what you think!