While many people use Erin Condren planners, they aren’t for everyone. Many times people who have Erin Condren planners end up covering up their weekly outlooks with whole sticker kits, generally found from Etsy. While they look pretty and I love stickers too, I simply can’t afford an Etsy kit for 52 weeks plus 12 monthly pages a year. That adds up very quickly for my college kid budget!
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While these spreads are what planner community people call “no white space” they aren’t best for everyone. But if you are like me and wanted to try some Etsy stickers and found a shop with REALLY great pricing (Shoutout to Pretty Cute Planner!) then try it, but don’t buy a ton at first.
Here is the main difference in layout between the Happy Planner and Erin Condren.. the size of the boxes. This is if we are comparing the vertical planners, which is what majority of people in those two planners use. As you can see below, Erin Condren (Lifeplanner) has the bottom notes every week where the Happy Planner just has the three boxes.
If you want to learn more about the differences you can read more about it in my blog post about choosing a planner, or YouTube has an abundance of comparison videos.
Now, with these size differences in mind.. Erin Condren stickers no doubt can be used in a Happy Planner. Happy Planner stickers can be used in Erin Condren planners too, but with weekly super kits from Etsy you would find it harder to fit everything.
This week in my planner I chose to use a kit I purchased from Pretty Cute Planner when she had an awesome sale. I personally like white space in my planner because I do color code, so it adds extra room for writing, is cheaper because I use less stickers or washi tape, and because it lets my eye rest.
As you can see, the full design box stickers are a little short, as are the checklists, but that’s okay. It gave me more room to write and the little labels were super helpful (and who doesn’t love a little glitter?!) She offers the Happy Planner size for most of her kits, but I failed when I ordered. Oh well, it was a learning and teaching experience!
So the moral here is, if you find a kit you really really want that is only formatted for Erin Condren planners, it will still work!
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