Fan Friday | Meet Sydeny Hayne

Happy Fan Friday, PlannerKate fam! 🎉 We’re so excited to introduce you to this week’s featured planner friend, Sydney Hayne from Overland Park, Kansas. If you love a beautiful mix of decorative + functional planning (with a side of real-life flexibility), you’re going to feel right at home with Sydney’s style!

💁‍♀️ About Sydney

Sydney has always loved the idea of planning—even back in her elementary and middle school days—but it wasn’t until she discovered decorative planning that everything clicked. Now? She can’t imagine life without her planners!

She’s been using stickers for nearly 5 years, and it shows in the way she thoughtfully balances creativity with function. Her style is the perfect blend of decorative and practical, making sure there’s always space to get things done while still creating a spread she loves to look at.

📓 Her Current Planner Stack

Sydney is currently loving her return to the Hobonichi system—using both the Cousin and Weeks—but she’ll always be a disc-bound/Happy Planner girl at heart. And in true planner enthusiast fashion… she’s using six planners this year 😍

Her approach? Keep it flexible and fun:

• Update planners in the morning when possible

• Catch up later if needed

• Miss a day? No stress—just backplan and move forward

  
  

We LOVE that mindset 🙌

💕 Why She Loves PlannerKate

Sydney’s love for PlannerKate stickers comes down to two key things:✨ Cute + functional designs✨ Repositionable stickers (a total game changer!)

Her must-have?🖤 Black and white icon sheets — they match everything and are perfect for functional planning across any spread.

🎨 Planning Style & Evolution

Over time, Sydney’s planning has become more personal and authentic. While she still enjoys inspiration from the community, she’s really found her groove and what works best for her.

And when it comes to using stickers? Her philosophy is simple: just use them. No rules, no pressure—just creativity.

✂️ Her Favorite Spread Hack

One of Sydney’s favorite planner tricks is customizing her monthly layout to fit her preferences:

👉 She loves a Sunday-start monthly, so she actually cuts and rearranges the headers in her Hobonichi Weeks to create her perfect setup.

We love a good planner hack 👏

🌈 Final Thoughts from Sydney

Sydney shared one piece of advice that we think everyone in the PlannerKate community needs to hear:

“The best way to make planning work for you is to do it YOUR way, because at the end of the day, they’re your planners!”

Couldn’t have said it better ourselves 💖

📱 Connect with Sydney

Want to see more of her beautiful spreads and planner life?

• Instagram: @sydplansitout

• YouTube: @sydplansitout

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Sydney, thank you so much for being part of the PlannerKate community and sharing your planning journey with us! 🫶

And friends—if you’d like to be featured in a future Fan Friday, we’d love to hear from you! ✨