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2021 planners: Our top diary picks for next year

With the year something of a COVID-induced blur for most people, it’s hard to believe that the Christmas and New Year period is almost upon us. But as usual, we’ve scoured the scene to bring you our edit of next year’s most stylish planners.

Emma Kate Co. Weekly planner in mustard: A personal favourite of ours, this planner is minimal and beautiful with plenty of room for you to make your own mark. It’s got an expandable pocket (to keep your receipts and general ephemera safe) plus it’s housed in a hardcover keepsake box making it a great gift. $59. This was Jen’s planner choice for 2020.

The Somewhere Co. 2021 Hardcover Agendas: Available for pre-order now (shipping next month), these planners are almost too pretty to use. ‘Auburn Day’ was created by Australian artist Brook Gossen (we love its rich, moody florals) while the colourful yet muted ‘Wild Monstera’ was created by Australian artist Cass Deller. Both are finished with chic rose gold foil detailing, a ribbon tab and elastic band to keep everything safe. $49.95.  

The ‘Auburn Day’ design
The ‘Wild Monstera’ design

Studio Milligram 2021 Weekly Agenda in ‘Art’: A neat A5 in size, this spiral design has a fabulous, abstract design on its cover. Each open page greets you with a view of your week on the left page, and spaces on the right for you to set your agenda and take notes. $32.95.

Typo 2021 A5 Oxford Daily Diary: We love the retro feel of this compact number and there are seven equally cute designs to choose from. $19.99.

Bespoke Letterpress 2021 Day to a Page Linen Bound Planner: While the linen cover makes this option a chic one, it’s the decorative internal illustration by House of Heras that really makes it sing. Gold foil edging only adds to the stylish mix. $46.95. Jen’s got the pale blue one for next year.

Rifle Paper Co. 2021 Appointment Notebook: A consistent performer, does America’s Rifle Paper Co. ever get it wrong? We love this gorgeous dark floral design. $34.95.

Papier Leopard Print 2021 diary: This green leopard print is one of several fabulous designs in the Papier range. And what makes it even more enticing is that you can personalise the cover. $46.99.

Amelia Lane 2021 life designer, desktop daily: Featuring a plethora of thoughtful life organisational tools, these planners helps you get on top of your big picture goals, health and finances, as well as your schedule and to-do lists. We like the ‘Daily Meal’ ‘Habit Tracker’ and ‘Vision Board’ tabs. $69.95.

Australian Women’s Health diary: This diary raises funds for breast cancer research meaning buying one literally helps save lives. Also, it’s packed with info on a wide range of health topics and this year’s edition features real-life stories of women who have been affected by the disease. $18.95.

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2020 planners: The best looking diaries for next year

I don’t know about you, but I find it quite terrifying that 2020 is just around the corner! But what better way to plan for the new year than with a chic planner? As usual, we’ve scoured the market, saving you the hassle, to have you organised in style.

Amelia Lane 2020 Life Designer (signature weekly) in wild garden, $59.95: Aside from its good looks, this diary lays out a ‘whole of life’ concept helping you organise big picture goals, health (including meal and exercise planning pages) and finances as well as your daily schedule and to-do lists.

Amelia Lane diary

Milligram Studio 2020 A5 Non Diary (artwork), $39.95: While this diary has lots of practical features, it’s the fabulous front cover artwork, by Melbourne-based artist Spencer Harrison (aka Spenceroni), that caught our eye.

Milligram diary

Blacklist 2020 Standard diary – paint splatter, $44.95: This limited edition vegan leather diary is embellished with a blind embossed cover and hand painted pink paint splatters.

Blacklist diaries

tinyme Weekly diary, from $30: This cute diary can be personalised with your name and is available in A5 and A4 iterations. We like its month and year at a glance spreads.

Tiny Me diary

kikki.K 2020 A5 bonded leather weekly diary in vintage rose, $39.99: This diary has weekly and monthly layouts, plus stickers to customise. You can add monogramming for a personal touch and it’s available in jet black, mint and maple too.

Kikki-k

Blushing Confetti ‘Champagne’ & ‘Botanical’ Allsorts weekly planners 2020, $54: Featuring hand-painted illustrations, plus gold foil detailing, these planners are one some of the prettiest around. They also feature yearly and monthly budget trackers, plus yearly and monthly goal setting pages.

Blushing Confetti

Blushing Confetti

Papier Tigre 2020 agenda diary (shown in ‘Bricks’ and ‘Geodes’), $49.95: The Parisian brand delivers the goods again this year with its stylish, abstract graphic range. As always, these diaries are finished with the brand’s signature black and white elastic trim.

Paper Tigre

Paper Tigre

Kmart 2020 Slim diary, $4: One for the minimalists, we like these diaries for their super-petite size and fabulous price.

Kmart diaries

Jen has already bought her monogrammed Emma Kate Co. 2020 Planner in champagne gold, $59 (she couldn’t resist)! With three ribbon dividers and foil edging, it’s definitely pretty as well as practical. Very pretty! Gold too bling for you? Don’t worry, there are seven other plain and patterned options!

Australian Women’s Health diary, $18.95: If you’d like to buy a diary that saves lives, this is the one. Last year, it raised a whopping $950,000 for breast cancer research!Australian Women's Health Diary

Haymes Paint 2020 colours: A new millennial pink?

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Best 2019 planners: our pick of the good-lookers

It’s hard to believe that it’s that time of year but diary buying is upon us, yet again! And while there’s nothing wrong with using your smartphone to organise your life, there’s something about the tactile allure of employing a pretty planner to do it for you. These are our top picks…

Blacklist 2019 linen diary, $44.95: Available in chambray and grey linen, this is one for the minimalists out there. The diary features a monthly overview, a week a spread layout, monthly title pages, side tabs and ribbon marker plus notes and contacts pages. I love the gold foil stamped typography contrasted against the linen on the front.

Blacklist linen diaries

Blushing Confetti pink floral hard cover agenda 2019, $35: Featuring a shock of florals on the front (illustrated by Australian artist Cass Dellar) this fun diary covers 14 months (December 2018 – January 2020) and has rose gold foiled numbers and edges too.

Blushing Confetti

Papier Tigre 2019 agenda diary notebook, $59.95: Covered in fabric, I love the vibrant diagonal print on the outside of this diary by Papier Tigre – a company founded in Paris. It features a 13 month date range (December 2018 – December 2019) and a fabulous contrast elastic strap.

Papier Tigre diary

Life Simplified Planner 2019, $29.95: These spiral bound planners feature a week to a spread in addition to a weekly meal planner, budget, grocery and to-do lists. There’s also a monthly planner and you can have one custom made with any name on the front, making them an ideal Christmas gift.

Lark planner

Milligram Studio 2018 Agenda diary (Allegro Artwork), $49.95: This collaboration with Sydney artist Evie O caught out eye. The format is very flexible and adaptable to each individual user as the diary features pages that can be used according to personal organisation styles, with the benefit of hints of colour, illustrated icons and stickers bringing vibrancy and attention to important dates and meetings.

kikki.K 2019 A5 bonded leather weekly diary in dusk blue, $39.95: A classic design from the Scandi-inspired stationery brand, this leather diary with gold foil detailing is available in charcoal grey and blush too.

Kikki K

Alice Pleasance 2019 agenda (rainbow), $39.95: Featuring bold colour-blocking, this hard cover diary contains a bookmark, elastic strap, and inspirational icons and sayings within.

Papier Damour planner

Typo A5 2019 weekly ‘Buffalo’ diary, $16.99: A bargain price, this planner features printed artwork inside, a ribbon page marker, weekly layout and monthly reference calendars.Typo

MiGoals 2019 limited edition ‘Goal Digger’ diary in coral, $44.95: This organiser has all the features to organise your life but it’s the slogan on the front that caught my eye. Fun!

Milligram planner

Amelia Lane life designer, compact daily organiser in ‘Aqua Palms,’ $49.95: As its names suggests, this multi-tasking organiser is much more than a diary. Good looks aside it features daily meal and exercise tracking, monthly goals and habit tracker, a monthly budget overview plus bucket list and vision board.

Amelia Lane diary

Otto A5 week to view 2019 zippered diary (palm), $19.95: This diary boasts all the usual organisational suspects but I think the zip would be super handy for containing notes, receipts and any other life ephemera.

Officeworks Otto diary

2019 paint trends