Tips for collaging in your bullet journals and planners:
1. Reuse and recycle pretty paper, sticker offcuts and found objects.
Save and reuse cute scraps of paper, patterned lolly wrappers, packaging materials, sticker offcuts, pressed flowers, textured lace etc to add layers of colour, pattern and texture. Need help sticking your found items down?
2. Get creative with washi tape and stickers to stick down scraps of paper, sprigs of dried flowers and photos, instead of glue.
3. Tape an envelope or a half cut envelope (to make a pouch) to your page, for storing special items.
4. Create space! Use washi tape or clustered stickers, stamps and offcuts to create a border and section off space for writing. Or use a variety of larger scraps of paper to create panels for writing on. Feeling overwhelmed? Start with a plain base, such as a fairly neutral larger piece of paper or section off your page with large stickers and washi tape to create structure, before adding smaller decorative elements. Spend time shuffling and rearranging before sticking anything down!
5. Look through your collaging elements and pair textures, patterns and colour palettes, to keep your design cohesive. Try pairing different textures and patterns. For example, a scrap of plain kraft paper with a strip of grid washi tape, or a patterned paper with a plain colour washi tape that matches a colour in your pattern! With so many different classing patterns and textures, you might find that a neutral or minimal colour palette works best! Choose one or two bold colours, patterns or textures to feature in your spread. 
What's your planning and journaling style? Have you tried collaging in your planners or bullet journals before? What are your tips and tricks?
Don't forget to share your planner and journal spreads with us on instagram @washigang and via our Facebook Group! If you'd like to enter our monthly competition, use the hashtag #WashiGangFebruarySpread2022 when you share your spreads, to go in the running to win a $10 WashiGang gift voucher!
Do you celebrate Halloween? While Halloween isn't celebrated widely in Australia, it's the perfect time of year to enjoy your favourite spooky movies, books, treats and also a perfect excuse to decorate your journal with Halloween themed washi tapes, stickers and page spreads! Whether you love the spooky season or just want to explore your dark side, these Halloween-inspired bullet journal ideas and prompts will help you get into the spooky spirit while staying productive.
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