Your step-by-step guide to creating cute, functional November journal spreads. Packed with my best layout tips, sticker layering tricks, and creative inspiration to make every page warm and joyful!

Hey friends! It’s Sabitha here, and if you’re ready to get cozy with your November journal but prefer reading along to watching a full video, then you’re in the right place. I’m so excited to share all the tips, spreads, and stationery goodness from our “Staying Cozy” Ultimate Subscription box. Let’s dive in together - bring your tea, your pens, and that comfy blanket!

November’s subscription theme ‘Staying Cozy’ is all about snuggling in as the days get colder, blankets, socks, mugs of tea, and cute little guinea pigs doing their favourite hobbies (knitting and reading)!

✏️ My Essential Tools This Month

• Tombow brush pens:
  • 991 Light Yellow
  • 623 Purple Sage
  • N95 Cool Gray
  • 451 Sky Blue
  • 992 Sand
• Tombow Mono drawing pens: #1 & #3
• Pencil, ruler, eraser, and white correction pen (just in case!)
• Hubman and Chubgirl’s November Ultimate Subscription
• Dot grid spacing sheet
  
  

🧺 Let’s get started with the spreads! 

Cover Page

Let’s start comfy, think of a living room with bookshelves, fluffy guinea pigs, a big window, and a purple rug. I took out the die-cut stickers of our little friends, and gave each their own spot. If you’re nervous about freehanding shelves, the grid sheet is your bestie! Layer colors, add shadow with grey markers, and don’t forget to place those tiny books and yarn balls on the shelves.

Monthly Spread

As always, I start by mapping out the monthly spread in 5x5 grid boxes, then I line the bottom of it up with some washi tape. And don’t stress about squeezing all the weekday names onto a single page! I like to do Monday to Friday on one side, and then let Saturday and Sunday flow onto the next page. That way, the whole week stays visible and you get a little extra room. Our icons from the Hobonichi sheets are perfect for marking events like birthdays, appointments and Happy Mail renewal on the 25th! (stickers make organization fun). Use the gap left on the right page for adding some cozy scenery like more guinea pigs by the window with mugs of tea and a little carpet to set the mood for the month!

Mood Tracker

Talking about mood, this next spread is definitely my favorite! We’re using four bookshelf rows, each “book” is a day, colour it in to fit your mood. Add photo frames for your color key, and don’t be shy with the stickers. Guinea pigs under the shelves? Naturally! Mood tracking can totally be cute.

For the right side of the spread stick the ‘to do’ list (this month’s sub mystery stationery item!) on one side with some washi tape to decorate it. I used some stickers from the planner kit to decorate and the tracker stickers from the Hobonichi kit. 

Weekly Spreads

Each week gets its own personality, some have gold foil stickers in the corner, some have weekly trackers and stickers. I even did a photo frame themed spread, you can color the frames and fill them with mini stickers!

I use a mix of variety pack stickers, planner stickers, washi tape, and little scenes for variety. No two weeks are exactly alike, and that keeps journaling fresh and fun. When you do your own flip-through at the end, I promise you’ll feel so proud of your creativity!

💡 My Journalling Tips

Grid sheets make layouts easy-peasy even tricky bookshelf spreads!
Layer everything: Stickers + colour + washi = joy.
Mistakes? No stress, correction pens are your best friends.
Mood tracking doesn’t need to be plain, have some fun with the layout!

Share your spreads in our Facebook and Discord groups, I love seeing your awesome creations!

I hope this guide gives you ALL the cozy inspiration of our November video! Use your favorite stickers, mix up your layouts, and share what you make. Journaling is about joy, relaxation, and a little bit of sticker magic.

Check out the video here:

Stay warm and creative, and see you right here in the next blog post!