Summer Design Ideas
Published: July 8, 2022
Summer is here and with it come looser schedules, hotter + longer days, and time spent outside. There’s usually less task tracking and more time managing, which often means busier calendars but emptier planners. So here are a few themes, color schemes, and ideas to fill your weekly and daily spreads with summer vibes.
BONUS: Scroll to the end of the post for FREE summer barbecue themed digital stickers and summer bucket list!
We also have a larger set of kawaii summer stickers available in our Etsy shop!
BEACH + WATER
With apps like GoodNotes 5 and Notabilty, you can plan on an iPad and access or annotate it on an iPhone to reference while you’re away from home. iPads are also easy to carry around, so you might bring that with you instead. I love doing some planning while sipping coffee in a little café, especially during cozy weather.
Light teal: #5BBDBF
Dark teal: #205E71
Light blue: #8EB4C0
Dark blue: #27355A
Orange: CB9961
Salmon: C67B7B
Dark tan: #D3C5B0
Light tan: #F6F0E7
Light blue: #A6D2D9
Dark blue: #72A4B5
DESIGN IDEA
Use the highlighter or shape tool in your digital planning app to add faint washes of blue to suggest cooling water or bubbles.
TRAVEL + FUN OUTDOORS
DESIGN IDEA
Add photos and use it for color inspiration. Pick your favorite colors from a photo and use them for fonts, handwriting, and highlights.
You can also use daily pages as a photo journal when you don’t have a long to do list. Use timetables to capture fun moments and note sections to jot down quick memories.
P.S. Don’t forget to use reef safe sunscreen when you go out!
SUMMER FOODS
Summer is full of fun foods and flavors. Some straight from the garden like fresh watermelon, strawberries, tomatoes, and crisp salad greens. Others straight from the freezer: ice pops, ice cream, shave ice. And who can forget BBQs with burgers, hotdogs, ribs and more!
DESIGN IDEAS
Use dessert inspired bright colors as pen and highlighter colors in your digital notebooks.
Use sticky note inserts to list your favorite summer foods and recipes.
Find digital stickers (like the freebies below) of your favorite summer foods to add.
FREEBIES
FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY
Click on the images below to download the freebies.
The summer bucket list is a PDF. It can be physically printed or imported as a page into digital planners!
DIGITAL SUMMER STICKERS
If you like these freebies check out the full set, available in our Etsy shop.
PIN IT FOR LATER