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Affiliate Spotlight: Debbie Pettit | @debbie.pettit

✨ Affiliate Spotlight: Meet Debbie Pettit (@debbie.pettit)

We’re so excited to introduce you to this month’s PlannerKate Affiliate Spotlight—Debbie Pettit! From creative journaling to memory keeping and weekly planning, Debbie brings heart, creativity, and a love of community into everything she does.


🌴 From the Midwest to Sunshine State Living

Debbie spent most of her life in central Illinois, with a few adventures in Colorado and Wisconsin along the way. In 2022, she and her husband retired and made the move to sunny Florida—trading snow for sunshine and embracing a slower, joy-filled lifestyle.

These days, you’ll find them soaking up the sun on the golf course or relaxing poolside. But when Debbie heads indoors, that’s where the real magic happens…



🎨 A Creative Spirit in Every Season

Inside her studio, Debbie is in her element—scrapbooking, planning, journaling, and stamping. Her love for creativity has also helped her build meaningful connections over the years. Through her Creative Memories business, she’s made lifelong friends in every place she’s lived—and Florida is no exception. In fact, she recently started a local scrapbook club so others can gather, create, and connect. 💕


📝 A Lifelong Love of Planning

Debbie’s passion for planning runs deep—something she credits to both of her parents. She can’t remember a time without planners, notebooks, journals, and all the pens!

Her years as a teacher only fueled that love (because let’s be honest—who doesn’t love a good excuse to shop for school supplies?).


📔 Debbie’s Current Planner Lineup

Debbie’s planner stack is both functional and creative:

  • Erin Condren Hourly LifePlanner – her current everyday planner (after 10+ years in vertical layouts!)

  • Hemlock & Oak – perfect for creative journaling, especially with stamp-friendly paper

  • Creative Memories Scrap Journal – her go-to for memory keeping with photos and storytelling



💖 Falling in Love with PlannerKate

Like many of us, Debbie discovered PlannerKate through Instagram and the Erin Condren community back in 2014—right around the time she got her first LifePlanner.

From binge-watching Plan With Me videos to now enjoying quick reels and voiceovers, her planning style has evolved—but one thing hasn’t changed:

Her love for PlannerKate stickers.

“They are always a perfect fit, removable, easy to write on, and the patterns are so beautiful!”

She especially loves how responsive Kate is to the community—sharing how a suggestion she made turned into a product (hello, STK-168!) almost overnight.



⭐ Favorite PlannerKate Picks

Debbie has some tried-and-true favorites that she keeps coming back to:

  • Functional Sampler (Weekly Kits) – a true all-in-one sheet with date covers, labels, trackers, meal planning stickers, and more

  • Washi Strips – perfect for adding color and layering across spreads

  • DD Headers Sheet – for even more variety and coordination

  • V-100 Monthly Redating Kits – her must-have for adding a pop of color to monthly layouts




🖊️ Planning Style: Functional Meets Creative

Debbie proudly claims #teamblackink, using bold pen on the page while letting stickers bring in the color and personality. She loves a clean, functional layout—but admits that sometimes her love for layering and “sticker play” takes over (and honestly, we love that for her). White space is also key in her spreads, giving her room to write and allowing the design to breathe.



📸 No Ritual, No Rules—Just Real Life Planning

Here’s something refreshing: Debbie doesn’t stick to a strict planning routine.

While she aspires to plan on Sunday evenings, she embraces flexibility and plans when it works for her. One thing she does love? Photographing her spreads the next morning in beautiful natural light.



🌐 Connect with Debbie

You can find Debbie sharing inspiration, creativity, and real-life planning across her platforms:

💛 Why She Loves the PK Community

For Debbie, being a PlannerKate affiliate is about more than stickers—it’s about connection.

“Being part of this amazing community where others cheer you on and inspire you with their own ideas at the same time.”

✨ A Quote Debbie Lives By

“Keep a notebook. Travel with it, eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into it every stray thought that flutters up into your brain. Cheap paper is less expensive than gray matter. And lead pencil markings endure longer than memory.”— Jack London

We’re so grateful to have Debbie as part of the PlannerKate family. Her creativity, warmth, and passion for memory keeping and planning are truly inspiring.

Be sure to give her a follow and let her know we sent you! 💕



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