I am happy to say that I am the proud owner of the elusive Erin Condren Rose Gold 2016 Life Planner... in vertical. I first got my EC April 23rd, 2015 & you can see the general inside look in my unboxing video that I filmed back then:
This year, Erin has launched some changes to their vertical planners as well as introducing the horizontal planner (which I do not have but you can look at Kayla of Microscope Beauty video here -- let her know I sent yah!). She also completely revamped the look of the vertical planners to accommodate fans requests (which is totally awesome of her to listen to her customers!)
So, prepare for some heavily loaded, picture talking ^__^
Top: 2014-2015 beginning pages | Bottom: 2015-2016 Rose Gold beginning pages
When you first open the planner, the rose gold planner has a gorgeous sheet of velum over the cover page & the velum has beautiful rose gold foiling/embossing. It is absolutely gorgeous, all the small details. Changing the cover page to a white, simple cover page versus the black with confetti all over it looks more professional & stream line than with the old version. & the pages following have changed too (as seen above).
After the beginning pages, you get into the calender section! Well.. the start of each month, I should say.
Erin has even changed the way the Year at a Glance looks on both versions (the 2016 planner is on the left). She has also added a monthly goal sheet as the next set of pages after the Year at a Glance in the Rose Gold 2016 planner.. I am not sure if the other 2016 planners will have these goal sheets but this is such a good idea.
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| Top: 2016 Rose Gold Bottom: 2015 Life Planner |
The cover sheets/dividers for the months have changed too. I love how they have a note sheet before each divider for monthly notes as well as sayings on every divider. Such a neat little touch.
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| Left: 2015 Life Planner Calender Right: 2016 Rose Gold Calender |
Erin has also changed the way the Calenders are done too. On the older style Life Planners, at the top of the right calender page was always a quote, in 2016 they have removed this quote giving you room for whatever you want to put there. They have also changed the calender side bar - but not by much. In the 2015 edition, it said NOTES & in the 2016 edition it now says GOALS & has cute little bubbles around it (that I know some people find annoying in the weekly layouts).
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| Weekly View 2016 Rose Gold Planner |
This is perhaps the biggest change in the ECLP line - they have removed the morning, day, & night headers, removed the monthly view, the words at the bottom, those decorative bubbles, & got rid of the section header that says Weekly Goals & Notes on the side bar. I know a lot of people are happy about this change.. I am unaffected because I covered everything with stickers from my shop anyway. They also adjusted the color scheme for 2016 too. I can take or leave the color change - it doesnt bother me one way or the other.
In the back of every ECLP are stickers & a heavy cardstock laminated pocket with their perpetual calender (which is a little booklet with a page for each month & dated lines to write down important yearly dates - anniversaries, birthdays, etc) In comparison to last year, they made the colors brighter - yet muted?? - & more professional looking than in the prior planners. The preprinted stickers have changed in colors & can we just take a moment to admire this cute like VOTE! sticker?? I am not sure how the vote sticker is going to work in the international orders since it looks like an American flag.
The extra goodies that come in the new planners is totally awesome! They come with referral cards - yah know, for if youre on the go & someone compliments your planner. That is such a neat idea considering not everyone is going to remember their referral code if someone wants it & if its a stranger, I doubt strangers are going to give you their email address so you can email them the referral link. Smart thinking, EC. They also included a sample sheet of their Do it All Dots which are cute but I think I will be sticking with using my favorite Etsy shops for these little guys. They also included a sample of the coil clip (the little plastic sticky thing that you can attach extras into your planner with). This is great for the project I plan on doing with all the kids VBS gear.
& now for the reason why this post is called The Metal Dilemma. I ordered the Rose Gold edition because I am in lalalalove with anything rose gold & even though my current EC lasts until the first week of January 2016 I ordered, I had to jump the gun & purchase this planner because Erin made the announcement that these bad boys were going away the very weekend I was ordering. Of course, I order & then a few days later they announce theyll be around until September... welp... crap.
So I waited... ooooh... maybe 2 weeks or so for this elusive planner to reach my grubby little paws. The box was a gorgeous damask pink & white & just everything I hoped it would be! Until I opened it. Sort of. When I opened it, I saw the usual tissue wrapping & product packaging which made me happy to see. Then I cast my eyes upon my one-of-a-kind TARDIS INTERCHANGABLE COVER that I custom designed & ordered & my beautiful Rose Gold planner. Upon inspection, I had noticed that the coating on the coil had all ready begun to tarnish & come off the coil! Slightly annoyed & upset (because I wouldnt even be using this planner for another six months!), I have contacted customer service & await a response. I really hope they can tell me what to do to fix this problem. If I had all ready used this planner & handled it enough for the coil to start tarnishing I wouldnt be so miffed but I handled this for maybe 5 minutes just for product photos.
Did anyone else order the Rose Gold planner & have issues? Other than this little snapfu, I have never had problems with EC before & totally still recommend them. If you havent ordered before, be sure to use the link below, sign up, & receive a $10 off coupon to use off your first purchase.
I would love to hear about your purchase with ECLP!
*I am not affiliated with Erin Condren. Every sign up through this link also gets me a $10 credit. ECLP offers this referral code to every customer that signs up so you too can start earning referral credits.
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