Journal : festival planner

The ultimate packing checklist for festivals

In the March edition of our journal series, we wrote that spring – the gardening season – was the loveliest time of year for many people. But, of course, that doesn’t apply to the multitude of music fans eagerly awaiting the start of the festival season! Before they even set off, festival-goers have a lot of planning to do and a lot of stuff to get ready – from rainproof jackets, essential food, drinks (naturally!), and basics such as plasters. On top of that, the tent has to be retrieved from storage and checked for damage. And let’s not forget portable chargers and cables! We’ve got an incredibly practical solution to ensure nothing important is left behind, allowing you to keep track of everything: create a survival checklist in your journal. That way, nothing gets forgotten and you can tick off completed items at any time. To complete your festival planner, use our edding 1200 metallic colour pens to add suitable drawings, song lyrics or doodles. Available in up to six colours, the metallic effect will make your journal really eye-catching. These colour pens even work well on dark or glossy paper.

Category: Journaling
Products: Fibre and felt pens
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

To create your festival planner, you’ll need edding 1200 metallic colour pens in silver (colour code 054), blue metallic (073), green metallic (074) and violet metallic (078).

Step 2

Decide on your page layout and sketch it out lightly in pencil first. Our example shows one month displayed over two pages. On the left, we’ve written our survival checklist and, on the right, we’ve sketched a suitable motif: the sign of the horns. To make the checklist look more interesting, you could try writing certain lines in different fonts – some in tall, thin letters and some in fat, bold ones. Just let your imagination run wild!

Step 3

Using the colour pens, now go over all your pencil lines. You may wish to colour in some of the text or reinforce some of the strokes; we decided to make each line a different colour. It’s entirely up to you how you finish off the page with symbols or motifs.

Step 4

Not only is the soft nib of the metallic colour pen good for writing, it’s also excellent for drawing and colouring. We chose blue metallic to fill in the background of our horns gesture as well as the words and symbols inside the hand.