I typically only plan and coordinate weddings, but this one conference has and always will have a place in my heart and space on my calendar. Plancation is a three day conference for women that use paper (and digital) planners to help make sense out of this thing we call life. Some are in it for the pretty pages, some for the organizational pluses and some for memory keeping (or some combination of all three), but we’re all thankful for a place to go and people that share our same obsession for all things paper.
This was my third year attending, second year planning the conference and let me tell you, the group who put this shindig on pulled out all the stops this year! Being the fourth year we took it back to high school, specifically Sweet Planner High (based on the books/TV show Sweet Valley High). First year attendees were freshmen, second year sophomores, etc. ID badges were mocked up like school ID’s and the tables were all based on cliques from our high school days. Attendees were able to vote on their clique (or choose to belong to none) and when we opened the doors they were able to choose the table that best fit their clique. Friday night included prom and attendees were encouraged to make their prom dress from planner supplies (or just find a fun and fancy prom dress from the thrift store). Saturday included a competition to have a group of people dressed up cosplay style in their favorite high school based movie (this girl was good girl Sandy from Grease). Saturday night was our traditional glow stick pool party. Sunday was our self care day and attendance in pajamas was encouraged (and may or may not have included a few mimosas).
All in all it was yet another amazing conference with loads of new friends and old, lots of memories, tons of encouragement and some goodies as well!
Check out Planner Girl Chatter on your favorite podcast platform for more shenanigans (definitely not suitable for work or kiddos, lol). And if you are interested in joining the next Plancation adventure check out the website Plancation.
Professional Team -
Venue - Doubletree Hilton Phoenix-Gilbert
Coordinator - Sweet I Do’s
Audio/Visual - Divinity Event Lighting
