Here are some timestamps if you are interested in specific parts of my review! Daily Duo: 1:14 Flower Power Vertical: 15:55 Life Planner Options Overview: 23:13 New Accessories: 28:45 My Launch Day Order: 39:09 Thanks for watching!
I love the colorful vertical! I bought my 3rd erin condren life planner in my first 18 month . I love her positive phrases and love how each month is color coded.
You made my decision when you went through the colorful layers. That is definitely the one I will be going with in the daily duo. Love!!! Thank you for sharing!
I’m really quite amazed how toned down the colorful layers daily duo seems! Day to day there isn’t much color. It’s seems bare almost. I’m a huge flower power fan and ordered that in horizontal 💜 I’m so excited! Great video, Laken!
Thank you for linking other people doing reviews by what they are reviewing. I’m not big on the colorful versions so i really appreciate you making it easy to find those things and love your time stamp comment. Soo helpful for seeing some highlights overviews especially as many of us are going to be watching MANY review videos lol
I don't feel bad about my excitement or length of my video lol. I was torn because I love the daily but the flower power insides were gorgeous. You just sold me on getting this for launch day :)
I’m living for the dailies. I’ve waited years for this! I actually love that Saturday and Sunday aren’t huge- and I also work Saturdays- but I feel like I’ll just use the Monday that I’m off for Saturday- I wouldn’t want them in a quarter personally! I love that there’s only 2! I also am so glad there’s mini calendars and no hexagons! Great job EC! You got this one out of the park!
Finding it so funny that those who are not into florals usually are being drawn to them. I am usually drawn to floral but am absolutely in love with the colorful layers this time. I am thinking daily duo for 2021 but I am not buying until the Fall launch I think.
I just ordered the vertical life planner in flower power for next year 2021, the flower sticker book, the flower sticky notes, 2 covers, 2 sets of note pads and a wonder women softbound note book. Great video! You gave great overall review of all new releases for me. 💕
Another great review and I will buying the 18 month Life planner , the pens, sticky notes and the marker pens. Thank you so much for the great review. Mary
The Flower Power is way prettier than I was expecting! The quote pages and monthly views are especially beautiful, and I love the font! I thought I'd be getting the layers, but now the floral is on the table so now I have no clue what to get! I'm definitely getting a vertical planner, layers washi, stickers, sticky notes, and a notepad!
I was dead set on not buying a weekly planner and instead getting a monthly because I didn't stick with it last year (pre-pandemic - I'm not counting planning once the world turned over). Now I'm thinking about using it for mental/physical health tracking, self care, etc. I figure I can always transition how I use it once grad school starts again in the fall. It's so hard choosing between the flower power and the colorful layers!! I wish I had the money to get both so I could use one theme for one half of the year and the other theme for the second half.
You wish it started tomorrow! That is why it starts May 1st. Go for it Laken! :-) I really like this Dailu duo in Layered collers! Thank you for the flip through.
I love the daily options! I wish it had more notes pages, but I know I can add them myself... so many great options !! I love launch week 🥰 so excited to see your video !! Thank you 😊
I love the look of the rock formation colorful cover. I wonder what all of the prior years launch designs were....hmmm, might go browse UA-cam to see. I love the matching carrying case as well. SO GLAD they fixed that tab to the MONTH, thank the maker!!! :) Hmmm, not a fan of those flowers.....might have to skip ECLP for next year.
There are insides with the other pattern, not the flowers! The past designs: 2019: Kaleidoscope 2018: Woven Wonder 2017: Painted Petals 2016: Midecentury Circles
Yesss loved hearing your thoughts on everything! I definitely watched till the end 💕 I can't get over the with inside of the flower power!! 😍 My video is still uploading... hopefully it will be up shortly to share the neutral vertical ✨
I have a 6 month daily from Plum Paper Planner and they have Saturday and Sunday as their own pages which only adds 26 extra pages per 6 months. Originally I used the EC petite daily but my weekends are sometimes more busy than my weekdays so I switched to Plum Paper and I would never go back to an EC daily even with a coil bound option. I do love the two themes for this launch though.
I'm such a dork! As soon as I saw that the 6 or 12 boxes were color coded to the months instead of rainbow order...thrilled! I am team Daily Duo all the way, and HOLY OMG the price! I was prepared to pay $80. I'm shook. Totally perplexed about the 8 months at-a-glance page, but I actually like the mini calendar on the daily layout. I have missed that on my current setup. The little blank next to it is a great spot to put a decorative sticker without stealing productive space. The icing? Double the sticker pages. I an THERE first thing launch day!
Great video!! Also that colorful layers cover with the Laken Strum!! Love it! I'm currently in an academic planner for this year because I wasn't a fan of the kaleidoscope design. However layers is GORGEOUS. Might need to grab some new accessories and then I'll probably end up with a colorful horizontal when I shop for Black Friday!
It would be so much work but I want the neutral weekly layout and colorful everything else like you did last year. We can’t be the only ones who think like that!
That's exactly what I need! I want neutral weekly spreads and colorful everything else. I'm having such a hard time picking a planner for that very reason. If the colorful didn't have those header blocks or the shading on the bottom, it would be perfect. I'd even like the weekly spreads way better if they'd just cut out the shading.
That would be awesome, Laken! Ashley, that’s my problem too. I tried colorful last year but the headers and shading bothered me too much so I ended up back with neutral.
I have my eye on BRAVE too! I hope the colors are customizable. I'm glad to know the Layers cover is included on the second d book so I dont waste my pick.
Great release video. Now I want the duo for work and flower power vertical as my catch all. I am also possibly considering a colorful layers in horizontal for a faith planner. Yikes... I want all the things 😍
I'd love to use the daily as a work planner, but... I work on Saturday and Sunday. lol I really hope they consider coming out with quarterly daily planners in the coil with full pages for the weekends.
BEST REVIEW! I completely agree with everything! Sticking with petite daily, monochrome pages in both layers and floral are beautiful, need double washi pages, highlighters should be thicker & with black pen... everything! :)
I wish the markers would be a little thick as well , I also use my marker and pen calling them reading pen it would be awesome to have one pen , also I wish they had separate options to buy the pen with different pen tips and more colors as well , do they have flower power washee? Amazing review
Watched Jen Plans video and it looks like the flower hourly colors are bolder than the vertical 🤔. Maybe it’s just difference in lightning, but I like the lighter vertical look better!
I think the daily duo would be a great work planner and I think I’m going to get it for that purpose. I like the month calendar on every page for work because I look at a calendar multiple times a day but if I was using this in any other way, I would hate it being on every page.
Agree with you on the petites. I am sticking with mine, but wouldn't it be great if EC came out with petite planners in the flower power? Thanks for the great review!
I'm soooo torn now...🤣 i was so ready to get the layers neutral vertical, but now....that flower power vertical is so BEAUTIFUL!! I do use sticker kits..thats why I wanted to try neutral...Buuutttt.....that flower power is calling my name hard! 😆 Thank you Laken for this review!
I'm not to nitty-gritty and gotta be matchy-matchy so that's why I think ill be ok getting the flower power. It won't bother me much. I'm gonna watch the video again to get a real good look at the page flag in weekly spread. I wanna be 100% by Monday! Hope yall are doing well during all this. Stay safe!
Thanks for showing the double-ended pens in detail. Totally hear you on the width of the highlighters, but on the other hand, it's proportionate to smaller handwriting and smaller spaces (like the PetitePlanner). Yeah, super fiddly with all the things but I figure I could make a decision on four colors for a spread (like, four tips max on two barrels) and actually fiddle less than I already do with all the pens of my current desk. : -) Love your videos. Thank you! Be well, stay well.
Trying to decide what my 2021 planner will be. Love your comparisons. Just to confirm, can we order the 12 month weekly starting in Jan 2021 when these release or not til the end of the year?
I honestly expected to not like the floral but oh my gosh. I think I love it. Not vibing with the cover but love the insides and how colorful it is. The layers colorful is a bit too neutral for my taste and I wasn't wild about the layers in general. But I think I'm going to go with the flower power and get a different cover for it that isn't as loud. Loved the video thank you so much. Also, could you share (here, instagram wherever) the corner designs on the weekly spread for each month. I'm just curious about what they look like as the months change.
I’ve been waiting for a punch before buying the binder for my spiritual planner. And the layers message is just a fitting theme. I’m thinking a flower horizontal for inside? Gah! Decisions decisions but thank heavens for the afterpay feature now, because I need to still get my Wonder Woman items... 💸💸😂
PlanwithLaken umm... I’m thinking mostly note pages/worksheets for the various holidays for keeping track of the various correspondence and whatnot. I can slide into those into that month or week.
I'm so excited about the coloful layers! There is no giant decorative box in the top left - they put the calendar there instead! I am DEBATING the colorful layers hourly, though....the lines are back...so tempting!
I think the front pages in the duo was the attempt to recreate the back pages of a vertical/hourly/horizontal ec for future planning. They are very similar. I am excited about the daily duo.
Love your video so much. Thank you for sharing, Laken! Will you not be using an EC as your main planner in 2021? If so, which one(s) will you be using?
Awesome review thank you! I agree with you on soooo many points. The little calendars on every page in the petite planners are so irritating. Im a bit disappointed in the lack of colours inside the colourful, I want more 😆
Can you compare last years colors with the weekly layout and even the monthly quote page and the name page behind the vellum page. My color seems muted this year.
Sorry for asking obvious question the Daily Duo is going to be my first EC planner! I know you said this before - but what pen do you prefer for the EC and the EC stickers! (will take any advice for an EC-planner newbie). I usually don't like colorful planners but those blues in the colorful daily - OMG have this blue planner girl's heart.
If you want to hear from the peanut gallery, but at least for the stickers (especially the event ones that come in the back) they can be a little slick and you want a Sharpie Pen in that case cause it doesn't smudge. Of course, I love a Sharpie pen all the time...lol!
I agree with Jennifer, the stickers can be a little slick so felt tip pens like flairs don't work. However on the paper, the grit makes every pen feel great! I love the TUL pens and the papermate flairs!
They really need more dinner foil!! I'm tired of the gold and rose gold. So happy they have silver on some of the stickers! I was hoping the weekends would be separate pages. Our weekends are the busiest and that's where I need the most space.
Laken, I was just wondering how you do your video set up with your camera when you film these videos. I'm curious to maybe start doing it myself, but I don't know how you set up the camera. Also, what editing program do you use? PS Love your videos!! :)
I wonder if they put May and June on that page because they will be available to purchase at the end of April? I love the flower power one 😍 Great review, I’m excited for launch day! I think I want to try the daily duo and probably that marker set.
Thank you so much for your thorough review! I love the daily but am disappointed Sat and Sun share a page. Wouldn’t it have taken only approx 13 extra sheets per book to have Sat and Sun have their own pages (52 weeks per year, so 26 per 6 month book, and the pages are double sided already so about 13 extra sheets)? Would it have been too thick to coil with just 13 extra pages per book? Maybe I’m not calculating it correctly. I just love the daily coiled but am bummed that so many planners assume that people need less space on sat/sun as many people work on the weekends or have a lot we still need to get done on weekends
I wish I knew the right answer, but my thought is they want the days of the week to consistently be on the same side of the coil. So if they did Saturday and Sunday separately, there would have to be a "weekly" notes page or something to fill in that other half of a page, which would make it way too thick. Maybe something they'll look into in the future though!
Will full box stickers fill the vertical boxes? It looks like the full box stickers are smaller than the full box. If so, do they cover the color bars?
I’m excited that the colorful layers and flower power have headers. I’ve been using the neutral from last year and I miss them 😂 are the full boxes the same size? They look like it
I'm a colourful vertical layers for sure! However the daily duo would be great fro work. Right now my plan is to order the vertical and then use the 20% coupon for the duo which will bring down the cost to equal that of the vertical. Sounds like a plan to me...lol
@@PlanwithLaken That's to bad! Won't be buying a daily coil then... Or the other one. They should have given us a daily in coil without time slots! UGG! Thank you so much for your reply!! Your AWESOME!
Thanks again for staying up past your bedtime for this. I loved dot grid pages! 😭😭😭😭😭 that's the only think I'm gonna miss. I used the full dot grid each month as a habit tracker. I think I might like the daily but will I be able to buy the second 1/2 of 2021 on it's own? Because if I buy now I won't need the 1st 1/2 of 2021 again. 😫
@@PlanwithLaken Erin clarified last night on her live that the Daily Duo will also be available to purchase for the Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 months. So there are 2 options,. July 2020 - Jun 2021 and January 2021 - December 2021.
I wish sat and sun were separate. Working 2 service industry jobs, those are regular work days for me. And I can see moms with lots of Saturday activities would want more space
@@lipstickliving46 Basically taking the pages off the coil (it's more simple than you think!) and putting the pages together how you want! A lot of people do this simply to carry less pages or maybe they want colorful monthly pages and neutral weekly/daily pages.
Thanks for this video! You covered the details of the EC DD perfectly!
Big ups to the links for the planner friends in the description box also.
Here are some timestamps if you are interested in specific parts of my review!
Daily Duo: 1:14
Flower Power Vertical: 15:55
Life Planner Options Overview: 23:13
New Accessories: 28:45
My Launch Day Order: 39:09
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for a great video. Greatly appreciate listing the other reviews by type of planner.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, you have converted me to erin condren. I was gonna go for a cheap planner but everything on there site is just so pretty 🙈 xx
I love the colorful vertical! I bought my 3rd erin condren life planner in my first 18 month . I love her positive phrases and love how each month is color coded.
I was so excited to see your married name on your planner! xo
Yay!! I just felt like it was time to start getting my new name!
Falling more and more in love with the Colorful Layers with each video.....haha
LOL I also love it the more I look at it!
You made my decision when you went through the colorful layers. That is definitely the one I will be going with in the daily duo. Love!!! Thank you for sharing!
Yay! Thank you!
I’m really quite amazed how toned down the colorful layers daily duo seems! Day to day there isn’t much color. It’s seems bare almost. I’m a huge flower power fan and ordered that in horizontal 💜 I’m so excited! Great video, Laken!
It really is!
Thank you for linking other people doing reviews by what they are reviewing. I’m not big on the colorful versions so i really appreciate you making it easy to find those things and love your time stamp comment. Soo helpful for seeing some highlights overviews especially as many of us are going to be watching MANY review videos lol
You are so welcome! I know there's so many options and information!
I Love ALL the quote pages and the saying across top of 2 pgs new beginnings etc
I don't feel bad about my excitement or length of my video lol. I was torn because I love the daily but the flower power insides were gorgeous. You just sold me on getting this for launch day :)
Yay!! Your video is in my watch later folder - I'm still working through them! Can't wait to hear your thoughts!
I love the flower power 😍 Thank you for sharing!!!
You are so welcome!
Definitely getting the daily planners. I am so excited about this!!
Lovely review spot on thank you for sharing . Flower power vertical for me and all accessories for both . 😄
Yes! All accessories for both!!
Thank you for such a beautiful and thorough video! xx
Thank you for trusting me with such an important review!
I’m living for the dailies. I’ve waited years for this! I actually love that Saturday and Sunday aren’t huge- and I also work Saturdays- but I feel like I’ll just use the Monday that I’m off for Saturday- I wouldn’t want them in a quarter personally! I love that there’s only 2! I also am so glad there’s mini calendars and no hexagons! Great job EC! You got this one out of the park!
I'm glad that the daily layout works perfectly for you!
I really liked the Layers, but now that I see the Flower Power in Vertical...I’m sold!!!❤️
The flower power is so pretty!!
Well, damn, now I want all the things.
EEK! So many beautiful new products!
Donna Mac Donald ikr
Your reviews are excellent.
Thank you so much!
Finding it so funny that those who are not into florals usually are being drawn to them. I am usually drawn to floral but am absolutely in love with the colorful layers this time. I am thinking daily duo for 2021 but I am not buying until the Fall launch I think.
That's so funny! I also have so many different feelings once I see things in person!
dying over that daily duo. Thank you for the preview.
You're so welcome! It's a gorgeous book!
I just ordered the vertical life planner in flower power for next year 2021, the flower sticker book, the flower sticky notes, 2 covers, 2 sets of note pads and a wonder women softbound note book. Great video! You gave great overall review of all new releases for me. 💕
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful! I hope you love your new planner!
I'm definitely going to need one of each sticker book. Wow.
You and me both!
Another great review and I will buying the 18 month Life planner , the pens, sticky notes and the marker pens. Thank you so much for the great review. Mary
That is an awesome order! Thanks for watching!
I was yelling “FLIP the page” with the daily year calendar page! Lol!
LOL I can't believe I ranted for so long before flipping the page
I’m really loving the flower power vertical and that coordinated sticker book😍😍😍😍
The new sticker books turned out so cute!!
I’m glad that they have more tips for the pens, I got the pen from the spring seasonal box, so I’m so glad that they made more colors 💙
Yay! I will tell you though, I realized after filming that the colors from the SSB are repeated in this set.
The Flower Power is way prettier than I was expecting! The quote pages and monthly views are especially beautiful, and I love the font! I thought I'd be getting the layers, but now the floral is on the table so now I have no clue what to get!
I'm definitely getting a vertical planner, layers washi, stickers, sticky notes, and a notepad!
I think if you can deal with the flower on each weekly layout, the floral is so gorgeous!!
I was dead set on not buying a weekly planner and instead getting a monthly because I didn't stick with it last year (pre-pandemic - I'm not counting planning once the world turned over). Now I'm thinking about using it for mental/physical health tracking, self care, etc. I figure I can always transition how I use it once grad school starts again in the fall. It's so hard choosing between the flower power and the colorful layers!! I wish I had the money to get both so I could use one theme for one half of the year and the other theme for the second half.
I loved this video. I'm buying everything!!
Yay! I hope you love it!
@@PlanwithLaken I went on the site at 1am EST and bought my entire wishlist!!!
You wish it started tomorrow! That is why it starts May 1st. Go for it Laken! :-) I really like this Dailu duo in Layered collers! Thank you for the flip through.
So close!
I’m so glad they took the labels off the monthly dashboard and made all the notes pages lined! I will get colorful layers vertical.
Me too! Love your choice!
I love the daily options! I wish it had more notes pages, but I know I can add them myself... so many great options !! I love launch week 🥰 so excited to see your video !! Thank you 😊
Yes! You can definitely add more notes pages!
Best review I have watched. Thank you.
Thank you so much!!
I thought I wanted layers but now I'm leaning flowers...those single color designs on the monthly calendar are so pretty.
AGREED! I didn't think I would like them so much too!
I love the look of the rock formation colorful cover. I wonder what all of the prior years launch designs were....hmmm, might go browse UA-cam to see. I love the matching carrying case as well. SO GLAD they fixed that tab to the MONTH, thank the maker!!! :) Hmmm, not a fan of those flowers.....might have to skip ECLP for next year.
There are insides with the other pattern, not the flowers!
The past designs:
2019: Kaleidoscope
2018: Woven Wonder
2017: Painted Petals
2016: Midecentury Circles
Yesss loved hearing your thoughts on everything! I definitely watched till the end 💕 I can't get over the with inside of the flower power!! 😍 My video is still uploading... hopefully it will be up shortly to share the neutral vertical ✨
Yay! Thank you for watching! I can't wait to see the neutral vertical!!
i realize it's kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to watch new movies online ?
This is my first time seeing the flower power sticker book. 😍😍😍.
It is so pretty!
I have a 6 month daily from Plum Paper Planner and they have Saturday and Sunday as their own pages which only adds 26 extra pages per 6 months. Originally I used the EC petite daily but my weekends are sometimes more busy than my weekdays so I switched to Plum Paper and I would never go back to an EC daily even with a coil bound option. I do love the two themes for this launch though.
(I may have ordered one of those a few days ago....SHHHH)
I'm such a dork! As soon as I saw that the 6 or 12 boxes were color coded to the months instead of rainbow order...thrilled! I am team Daily Duo all the way, and HOLY OMG the price! I was prepared to pay $80. I'm shook. Totally perplexed about the 8 months at-a-glance page, but I actually like the mini calendar on the daily layout. I have missed that on my current setup. The little blank next to it is a great spot to put a decorative sticker without stealing productive space. The icing? Double the sticker pages. I an THERE first thing launch day!
That's a great idea about the sticker next to the mini calendar! I'm glad the daily duo is perfect for you!
Great review! And your new name on the cover!!!!!
EEEK It is so fun to see!!
Great video!! Also that colorful layers cover with the Laken Strum!! Love it! I'm currently in an academic planner for this year because I wasn't a fan of the kaleidoscope design. However layers is GORGEOUS. Might need to grab some new accessories and then I'll probably end up with a colorful horizontal when I shop for Black Friday!
That makes so much sense! I'm glad that you like the layers!! (AND YES the new name! EEK!)(
It would be so much work but I want the neutral weekly layout and colorful everything else like you did last year. We can’t be the only ones who think like that!
I think they're looking into printing that option someday, so hopefully we will get it one day!
That's exactly what I need! I want neutral weekly spreads and colorful everything else. I'm having such a hard time picking a planner for that very reason. If the colorful didn't have those header blocks or the shading on the bottom, it would be perfect. I'd even like the weekly spreads way better if they'd just cut out the shading.
That would be awesome, Laken! Ashley, that’s my problem too. I tried colorful last year but the headers and shading bothered me too much so I ended up back with neutral.
I am probably getting the horizontal planner but I can't decide what theme to go with! so many options this year! 😍😍😍
So many options! Are you leaning colorful or neutral???
PlanwithLaken ahhhh I don’t know yet! Probably neutral but the floral one is gorgeous
Well, I think they just need to have “Laken’s Bundle” as a launch day option. Makes it simpler to get what I want! Great video!
LOL That is such a fun idea!
influence bundles! love it!
Adrienne Dennison This is a great idea! I’d get it for sure, lol.
That’s actually a REALLY good idea, they could do Jen’s picks, Amanda’s picks etc. And have discounts on the bundles, they need to do that!
I have my eye on BRAVE too! I hope the colors are customizable. I'm glad to know the Layers cover is included on the second d book so I dont waste my pick.
Yes to the customized colors! Although I always have such a hard time picking!!
Great release video. Now I want the duo for work and flower power vertical as my catch all. I am also possibly considering a colorful layers in horizontal for a faith planner. Yikes... I want all the things 😍
I know the feeling!!
Thank you so much for all the links to the other videos. I'm disappointed that the weekends are on one page, but it's a really pretty planner.
I hear you! Check out @jen_plans on instagram - she did a mock weekend that makes it seem a little more doable!!
Thanks for the detailed review! I need to stop watching videos because I want to buy everything, lol!
LOL I feel the same way!
I'd love to use the daily as a work planner, but... I work on Saturday and Sunday. lol I really hope they consider coming out with quarterly daily planners in the coil with full pages for the weekends.
You could change the days of the week and make the actual Sat/Sun your weekend days??
@@PlanwithLaken That's a good idea!
BEST REVIEW! I completely agree with everything! Sticking with petite daily, monochrome pages in both layers and floral are beautiful, need double washi pages, highlighters should be thicker & with black pen... everything! :)
THANK YOU! I am glad we are on the same page! (pun intended lol)
PlanwithLaken 🤣
Love the Flower Power vertical colorful minus the cover...
Agreed! You can pick any cover!
Great video.
Thanks!
I wish the markers would be a little thick as well , I also use my marker and pen calling them reading pen it would be awesome to have one pen , also I wish they had separate options to buy the pen with different pen tips and more colors as well , do they have flower power washee? Amazing review
Oooh a customized pen option would be great! As of right now, I do not think there is flower power washi.
AHHH "Laken Strum" on your cover!!!
EEK I KNOW!
Watched Jen Plans video and it looks like the flower hourly colors are bolder than the vertical 🤔. Maybe it’s just difference in lightning, but I like the lighter vertical look better!
Do you mean on the monthly or on the weekly?
PlanwithLaken weekly!
First comment! Yay! I’m so excited to see all the goodies! Love your reviews 😍
Thank you so much for watching right when it went up!! It means the world to me
so pretty! I'm excited about the extra note pages in the LP! I wish there was an option to add even more.
Then it would be huge! You could buy a separate notebook and uncoil and recoil to add more notes pages!
PlanwithLaken I found a hack for that! (No uncoiling) Been taking extra pages from my deluxe monthly and adding them in 😊
I AGREE! I never understood why the calendar had to be on every. single. page.
I've heard some people say they like it?! Everyone's preferences are so different!
I think the daily duo would be a great work planner and I think I’m going to get it for that purpose. I like the month calendar on every page for work because I look at a calendar multiple times a day but if I was using this in any other way, I would hate it being on every page.
That makes sense!
Ugh if I hadn’t already bought and set up my 18 month happy planner I would buy a daily duo.😩 I loooooove it!!!
Oh no! You could maybe try selling your HP?
Thank you! This was amazing!
Glad it was helpful!
If they switched to a quarterly and gave us the daily for the weekends I would buy it every year!
I would love that too!
Especially if the had a weekly layout then dailies following and a notes page!
Same!!!
Agree with you on the petites. I am sticking with mine, but wouldn't it be great if EC came out with petite planners in the flower power? Thanks for the great review!
Oooh I hope the new 2021 ones are flower power!!!
I'm soooo torn now...🤣 i was so ready to get the layers neutral vertical, but now....that flower power vertical is so BEAUTIFUL!! I do use sticker kits..thats why I wanted to try neutral...Buuutttt.....that flower power is calling my name hard! 😆
Thank you Laken for this review!
It is so hard! I do think sticker kits are going to be hard with the flower power though unless it matches the color exactly!
I'm not to nitty-gritty and gotta be matchy-matchy so that's why I think ill be ok getting the flower power. It won't bother me much. I'm gonna watch the video again to get a real good look at the page flag in weekly spread. I wanna be 100% by Monday! Hope yall are doing well during all this. Stay safe!
Thanks for showing the double-ended pens in detail. Totally hear you on the width of the highlighters, but on the other hand, it's proportionate to smaller handwriting and smaller spaces (like the PetitePlanner). Yeah, super fiddly with all the things but I figure I could make a decision on four colors for a spread (like, four tips max on two barrels) and actually fiddle less than I already do with all the pens of my current desk. : -) Love your videos. Thank you! Be well, stay well.
That is a great point!
I hope they will make a deluxe monthly available in the flower power style.
That would be so pretty!!
Trying to decide what my 2021 planner will be. Love your comparisons. Just to confirm, can we order the 12 month weekly starting in Jan 2021 when these release or not til the end of the year?
You can buy a January 2021 start next week!
I honestly expected to not like the floral but oh my gosh. I think I love it. Not vibing with the cover but love the insides and how colorful it is. The layers colorful is a bit too neutral for my taste and I wasn't wild about the layers in general. But I think I'm going to go with the flower power and get a different cover for it that isn't as loud. Loved the video thank you so much.
Also, could you share (here, instagram wherever) the corner designs on the weekly spread for each month. I'm just curious about what they look like as the months change.
You could definitely get a different cover! My friend @jenmackintosh actually just shared those corner designs on her Instagram!
I’ve been waiting for a punch before buying the binder for my spiritual planner. And the layers message is just a fitting theme. I’m thinking a flower horizontal for inside? Gah! Decisions decisions but thank heavens for the afterpay feature now, because I need to still get my Wonder Woman items... 💸💸😂
So many decisions to make! Love the idea of a binder for a spiritual planner! What will you punch and put in there?
PlanwithLaken umm... I’m thinking mostly note pages/worksheets for the various holidays for keeping track of the various correspondence and whatnot. I can slide into those into that month or week.
I'm so excited about the coloful layers! There is no giant decorative box in the top left - they put the calendar there instead! I am DEBATING the colorful layers hourly, though....the lines are back...so tempting!
Yes! The colorful layers is a perfect balance of color and neutrality!
I think the front pages in the duo was the attempt to recreate the back pages of a vertical/hourly/horizontal ec for future planning. They are very similar. I am excited about the daily duo.
That makes sense!
Love your video so much. Thank you for sharing, Laken! Will you not be using an EC as your main planner in 2021? If so, which one(s) will you be using?
For 2021, I still have no idea! For the rest of 2020 - I will be doing the petite planner, the Makse Life vertical, and the EC Daily for work!
@@PlanwithLaken Sounds awesome! I will be getting colorful layers in vertical with platinum coil.
So many options!!
Yes! Love how many choices there are!
Awesome review thank you! I agree with you on soooo many points. The little calendars on every page in the petite planners are so irritating. Im a bit disappointed in the lack of colours inside the colourful, I want more 😆
AHH! Last year it was too much color so they stepped back! LOL
I’m glad you got the flower power so I can see it in the vertical. Ugh these decisions!! 😩😩
It is so hard to decide!
Can you compare last years colors with the weekly layout and even the monthly quote page and the name page behind the vellum page. My color seems muted this year.
I don't have one of last year's easily available. I would recommend @jenmackintosh on Instagram for comparisons!
Sorry for asking obvious question the Daily Duo is going to be my first EC planner! I know you said this before - but what pen do you prefer for the EC and the EC stickers! (will take any advice for an EC-planner newbie). I usually don't like colorful planners but those blues in the colorful daily - OMG have this blue planner girl's heart.
If you want to hear from the peanut gallery, but at least for the stickers (especially the event ones that come in the back) they can be a little slick and you want a Sharpie Pen in that case cause it doesn't smudge. Of course, I love a Sharpie pen all the time...lol!
@@Jenvick I'm 100 percent open to the peanut gallery - this Daily is calling my name :)
I agree with Jennifer, the stickers can be a little slick so felt tip pens like flairs don't work. However on the paper, the grit makes every pen feel great! I love the TUL pens and the papermate flairs!
currently for some reason the sharpie fine point pens - are my favorite so I have a stock pile.
They really need more dinner foil!! I'm tired of the gold and rose gold. So happy they have silver on some of the stickers! I was hoping the weekends would be separate pages. Our weekends are the busiest and that's where I need the most space.
I agree about the silver foil!!
Laken, I was just wondering how you do your video set up with your camera when you film these videos. I'm curious to maybe start doing it myself, but I don't know how you set up the camera. Also, what editing program do you use? PS Love your videos!! :)
All my equipment, including the stand I use for these videos, is linked in my Amazon store! I use Movavi software.
I haven’t purchased a life planner in a couple years... I’ve been using the TLP and petite daily. But this flower power vertical is pulling me in 😍😍😍
It is so gorgeous! I was surprised how much I loved it too!
I ordered mine the 29th of April’s it’s May 2nd, just asking when do u think printing will be done and then when do U think it will ship?
I'm not sure, sorry!
I think sometimes the out takes are the best part of the video. 😅😂🤣
LOL I actually had even more for this video but decided 30 seconds was probably enough.
I wonder if they put May and June on that page because they will be available to purchase at the end of April? I love the flower power one 😍 Great review, I’m excited for launch day! I think I want to try the daily duo and probably that marker set.
That's probably a great point! I didn't think of that!
Thank you so much for your thorough review! I love the daily but am disappointed Sat and Sun share a page. Wouldn’t it have taken only approx 13 extra sheets per book to have Sat and Sun have their own pages (52 weeks per year, so 26 per 6 month book, and the pages are double sided already so about 13 extra sheets)? Would it have been too thick to coil with just 13 extra pages per book? Maybe I’m not calculating it correctly. I just love the daily coiled but am bummed that so many planners assume that people need less space on sat/sun as many people work on the weekends or have a lot we still need to get done on weekends
I wish I knew the right answer, but my thought is they want the days of the week to consistently be on the same side of the coil. So if they did Saturday and Sunday separately, there would have to be a "weekly" notes page or something to fill in that other half of a page, which would make it way too thick. Maybe something they'll look into in the future though!
Will full box stickers fill the vertical boxes? It looks like the full box stickers are smaller than the full box. If so, do they cover the color bars?
They are a little bit shorter vertically, but they are wide enough.
I’m excited that the colorful layers and flower power have headers. I’ve been using the neutral from last year and I miss them 😂 are the full boxes the same size? They look like it
I can't believe I didn't even think to test that! Yes they are!
Do you have any PlannerKate stickers? If so, can you see if there have been any changes and if they still fit? Preferably the full boxes
I only have icon ones, I'm sorry!
Since the washi is not on the site right now maybe a new one will release that does fit??
That would be awesome!!
I'm a colourful vertical layers for sure! However the daily duo would be great fro work. Right now my plan is to order the vertical and then use the 20% coupon for the duo which will bring down the cost to equal that of the vertical. Sounds like a plan to me...lol
That is a GREAT plan! Love that! Especially since it doesn't start until July anyways
Thank you for sharing! Do they only have the daily in hourly layout?
Not in a coiled version. They have a small daily version that doesn't have hours.
@@PlanwithLaken That's to bad! Won't be buying a daily coil then... Or the other one. They should have given us a daily in coil without time slots! UGG! Thank you so much for your reply!! Your AWESOME!
I agree the flower power cover is gross but I like the inside
Thanks again for staying up past your bedtime for this. I loved dot grid pages! 😭😭😭😭😭 that's the only think I'm gonna miss. I used the full dot grid each month as a habit tracker. I think I might like the daily but will I be able to buy the second 1/2 of 2021 on it's own? Because if I buy now I won't need the 1st 1/2 of 2021 again. 😫
Oh that's a huge bummer! I'm not sure how they're going to do the 2021 daily launch!
@@PlanwithLaken Erin clarified last night on her live that the Daily Duo will also be available to purchase for the Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 months. So there are 2 options,. July 2020 - Jun 2021 and January 2021 - December 2021.
Do you think the binder will have a daily option like the last binder did?
I believe so, but I don't think it's launching until the fall!
I wish sat and sun were separate. Working 2 service industry jobs, those are regular work days for me. And I can see moms with lots of Saturday activities would want more space
That makes sense!
I’m frankenplanning that flower power & the duo. There’s just no way I can pass up the flower power!!
THAT IS A GREAT IDEA!!!!
What is frankenplanning? LOL
@@lipstickliving46 Basically taking the pages off the coil (it's more simple than you think!) and putting the pages together how you want! A lot of people do this simply to carry less pages or maybe they want colorful monthly pages and neutral weekly/daily pages.
Hello! I’m an EC insider and I did see they have the 2021 daily planner. 🤗
YES! We had the wrong information!
PlanwithLaken it’s all good! I didn’t want to come off as rude or anything I just wanted to let you know! 🙂
How much is the daily duo and do you get both at once? Im fine if not but I just am curious of the price
The daily duo is $68 for both books, 12 months of planner pages.
@@PlanwithLaken Oh wow! That is better than I expected! Thank you!
What are the flowers for each month? After they birth month flowers?
I just checked and I think they are just random flowers! There's a few that look similar, but then some that look nothing like it.