The Franki Hanke

While I was designing notepads, I had two general types: Pantry Planners (with space to meal plan and grocery shop) and Productivity Planners (with a brain storm and to do list), but what if you needed to make a plan, but it wasn't about groceries?

That's when I realized I should have some more general headers for Project Planners! They have the same concept as the Pantry Planners (on hand, what's needed, and what to buy), but with less specificity so they work for a hardware store, craft store, OR grocery store.

The "Journal Spread" Notepad came together from a conversation with my sister. I had seven or eight of the ten notepads I wanted already drafted, but was struggling with another new angle for the final few.

My helpful, patient sister swapped videos back and forth with me as I digested ideas outloud and discarded drafts that weren't clicking. In one of those conversations, she said something about journaling.

A notepad that looked like a journal spread! I loved that idea! Drafting this felt like a balancing challenge between the visual interest and clutter of a journal with space to realistically write.

The end result is one of my final designs for the project, but a personal favorite!

THIS IS THE OG.

When I set out to design ten different notepads (which I did, in case you missed it), my first idea was a three-part notepad with space to write down the food you already have at home, what you wanted to make, and what you need to buy. I wanted that "food at home" section to be in a cute little fridge (because it's the food in the fridge...)

This version got a few drafts until I was happy with it, which now I am! It's practical and cute!

Plus, that grocery list will have a perforation so it tears off to take to the store!

Certified Cookbook Collector Magnet

Years ago, I used to do a lot of writing work. Often times, I had word counts for the day from 5,000 to 15,000 words depending on how badly I was grinding that day.

A lot of times, I would draw myself a progress bar to track my work through the day, finding the scratching doodle to fill it up quite rewarding.

When I was designing notepads, the idea came back as a fun alternative to yet another checkmark system. This could be a fun, fresh way to track tasks through the day.

To keep it flexible, I used three different line weights so you can track five, ten, or 20 tasks in the day while working towards that sweet reward!

My primary inspiration in designing notepads was born of the idea of a tear-off grocery list that had space to plan before going to the store: what you had on hand and what you wanted to make, so that the grocery list was more helpful and less wasteful.

This version of the Pantry planner fits a lot into a small footprint, but I like the focus of the different sections. Expiring ingredients go into Use First while On Hand fits a brief inventory on what you might want to use up (without urgency). The Menu headers are blank letting you fill in your own titles from days of the week to titles of recipes or events. The tear-off grocery list emulates the look of a receipt and just might be cute enough to live in your junk journal afterwards?

The Kitchen Floor: Home of the Best Breakdowns in Town! Sticker

My sister is the cherry girl. Cherries are her aesthetic North Star. Recently, I've found it deeply inspiring to try and design cherry-themed items that are cute enough to satisfy her expert taste.

This notepad went through two big re-works to end up like this: generous space with big, punchy illustrations (that have a matching washi tape in my collection).

Plus, the verbiage of this notepad leave space to plan a run to the grocery store, craft store, or hardware store depending on what you're doing!

Cherry Pie Picnic Wide Washi Tape

⭐ "Absolutely love this sticker and it makes me chuckle when I see it on my car!" -Remy