March Bullet Journal Set Up 2019

We are approaching the end of February, which means it’s time to set up a new month in my bullet journal. Keep reading to plan my March bullet journal setup with me.

I hope it helps to give you some inspiration to use in your own bullet journal.

Bullet Journalling Supplies Used:

• Leuchtturm A5 dotted notebook
• Arteza watercolour real brush pens
• Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen (hard)
• Pigma micron fine line pen (No. 02)
• Pentel mechanical pencil
• Eraser

MaRCH bULLET jOURNAL SETUP

This month, I was inspired by a painting I shared on Instagram of a hummingbird. I decided to include hummingbirds in this month’s bullet journal theme but also wanted to keep things simple and clean-looking.

Last month was full of drop-shadows, for example, but I opted for keeping more white space in my March spreads.

March cOVER sPREAD

For my March bullet journal cover page, I created a double-page spread.

On the left, is a quote page. I opted for the quote, “where flowers bloom so does hope” and included a cute hummingbird and some pink floral doodles at the top and bottom.

Given I’ve been a little up and down with my health recently, I thought this was a nice quote to include.

I first drew the illustrations in pencil using my Pentel mechanical pencil and once I was happy with them, I went over them using a No.02 Pigma micron fine line pen and erased the pencil lines.

Colour Scheme

I kept the colour scheme to four colours throughout this month’s spreads; pink, green, black and grey.

I used my Arteza watercolour real brush pens in light green, rouge pink, bubblegum pink, ice blue (which is more like a grey) and dolphin gray.

Drawing The HUmmingBird

For the hummingbird, I first coloured the entire bird using the ice blue brush pen. I then used the dolphin gray to darken the tail, underbelly, head and the edge of the feathers on its wings.

Next, I dotted the light green over its back to create the illusion of green feathers. As a final step, I used the micron fine liner pen to draw the bird’s eye.

I used this technique when drawing all of the hummingbirds you’ll see, opting for pink feathers instead of green for some of them.

Title Page

I titled the opposite page with the month and then framed the lettering with some leave doodles. 

I’m really happy with how the cover page turned out.

I invested in a Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen and used it to create the lettering. I then added small highlights using a gelly roll pen.

I do think I need to practise a lot more with using a brush pen because I find it more challenging to use than a calligraphy pen. However, I think this is not too bad for a first-time effort!

March Monthly Spread

I opted for another full calendar spread for March. I did this for the first time last month and I much prefer it to a list view.

The boxes of the calendar are 6×6 and I drew the calendar using a No.02 Pigma micron fine line pen. 

I titled the days of the week using the Fudenosuke brush pen but used the fine liner for the dates. I then highlighted these using my light green Arteza brush pen.

At the top left, there was white space so I filled this with the name of the month and floral doodles.

At the top of the right-hand page, I created a space to list my monthly goals. I then added a hummingbird and leaves on this page.

March Bullet Journal Habit TRackers

In the next spread, I created my habit trackers. Last month, I started using a steps tracker to help bring my awareness towards how I was pacing myself.

I really enjoyed having this visual and decided to include it again this month. It’s simply a bar chart with the dates on the x-axis and number of steps on the y-axis. For my scale, one box equals 1k steps.

On the right-hand page is my habit tracker. I had been using individual habit trackers (which you can see in this post).

However, this month I opted to go back to charting them all together. I list the days and dates of the week along the top of the page and write the habits down the lefthand side.

Whenever I complete a habit, I will fill in the corresponding square on the chart.

At the bottom of this page, I drew another hummingbird and floral doodle.

Gratitude & Blog Tracking

This month, I have decided to include a page for daily gratitude. Each day, I will write one line.

I decided to define each line by colouring them in, alternating between the pink and green brush pens.

I don’t think I’ll do this again though. The Arteza brush pens have a soft brush tip and I was just far too messy with them!

On the righthand page, I have a spread for keeping track of blogging-relating things.

I have given myself an area to write down post ideas. Below this, I have created a table to keep track of any blog-related income and expenses.

As I mentioned last month, I do keep track of my income and expenses properly but I like to note them down in my bullet journal too.

March Weekly Spreads

I always like to keep my weekly spreads quite simple. This month, I split each page into four horizontally to create boxes for the days of the week.

This means I also have a box for writing down weekly tasks and notes. I like to have an area to keep track of my weekly tasks as I don’t plan my weeks rigidly.

Instead, I wait to see how I feel and then decide which tasks I will be able to achieve each day.

I have also split the daily boxes to give me a separate area to write down the daily tasks I decide on.

I used a Pigma micron pen and then went over the horizontal lines using the green Arteza brush pen and the vertical lines with the rouge pink one.

As final details, I added a little hummingbird in the bottom right-hand corner and some doodles of flower buds and leaves.

March Highlights Page

As a final page for my March bullet journal, I have a highlights page. This is a page that I title but leave blank so that I can record my memories from the month.

I framed the page title with doodles of leaves and that’s it!

It’s incredibly simplistic but always turns out to be my favourite page each month.

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So, there you have it! That’s my March 2019 bullet journal set up.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and found some inspiration for your own bullet journal spreads.

Further reading:

• February bullet journal set up 2019
• Starting a bullet journal
• 10 strategies I use to improve mental health