Consider this the start of a monthly series where I share some inspiration from my own bullet journal themes and share how you can replicate them! This post contains links to my shop as well as some affiliate links – the latter means that I earn a small commission if you shop through them. However, I will only ever recommend products I use myself and truly love. As always, I appreciate your support.

For February, I decided to subtly reference Valentine’s day, and since I like to incorporate pressed flowers in my journal, I chose small pressed roses and rose buds to create a romantic collage theme. Here’s how each spread turned out, and how you can recreate this theme in your own journal. You’ll find all my supplies and some inspiration at the bottom too!

1. Romantic bullet journal theme
   1. Cover page
   2. Memory log
   3. Calendar
   4. Weekly spreads
   5. Book log
2. How to create your own romantic bullet journal theme
   1. Pressed roses
   2. Patterned paper
   3. Alphabet stamp set
   4. Fineliners
   5. Journal

Romantic bullet journal theme

COVER PAGE: a romantic flower frame

I’ve been wanting to try framing my cover page with a cutout window, and this felt like the perfect opportunity. On the right, I used different ripped pattern paper to create frames around the central pressed rose. On the left, I added a romantic quote from “Alone with you in the ether” by Olivie Blake, which is visible through the frame when you turn the page. My initial idea was to use the inside of the second page as a brain dump, but I liked the final look too much as is, so I left it simple and clean.

MEMORY LOG: framed rose buds

I use this spread to record any memorable events that happen during the month. Here, I wanted the flower frame to be the centerpiece of this spread, so I used a very minimal grey grid for the days of the month.

CALENDAR: a simple layout & single flower

Once again, I made the functional part of this spread minimal, using my favorite calendar layout and a simple list box next to it. This way the simple patterned paper box and single pressed rose really stand out. It turned out to be my absolute favorite spread this month.

WEEKLY SPREADS: minimalist & patterned tabs

Because I use these spreads every single day to de-clutter my brain, I realized I prefer them to be super minimal. I created minimalist weeklies by alternating between plain brown boxes and light grey grid boxes for each day, with a simple stamped header. The only decor element brings everything together: I created simple tabs for each week using the same floral patterned paper as my other spreads.

BOOK LOG: mixing patterns and pressed flowers

This is actually my least favorite spread this month (I think it turned out much too busy), even thought I love the pressed rose buds in this collage frame and the little rose leaf detail. If I were to do it again, I would simply avoid the busy background pattern.

How to create your own romantic bullet journal theme

If you want to recreate this theme in your journal, or create your own version of a romantic floral collage, here’s everything I used:

Pressed roses

To make this extra easy for you, I created some real pressed roses stickers inspired by this romantic collage theme and using the same type of roses and rose buds. This means that you don’t have to worry about pressing flowers and gluing them in your journal, you can use these directly. You’ll find that the real pressed flowers are already fully dry and well attached to the backing sticker! Check out these and other stickers with real pressed flowers in my Etsy shop.

Alternatively, I created some realistic stickers of pressed rose buds and leaves that look super realistic in your journal. The advantage is you can use them in any journal to get the same romantic vibes without having real 3D flowers in your journal. I also have quite the collection of realistic pressed flower stickers in my Etsy shop.

If you want to use your own pressed flowers in your journal instead, check out my tips for using pressed flowers in your journal.

Patterned paper

I used a combination of floral and vintage patterns for this theme. I tried to keep everything from clashing by limiting myself to simple kraft paper, book pages from my favorite romance book, and simple black and white (or off-white) patterns that I printed out. Then I chose a single, more detailed floral pattern that I printed out in either brown and green tones to add some color. Here are some patterns you could print out to use yourself:

Alphabet stamp set

Fineliners

For this month’s spreads, I used uni-pin fineliners in brown & light grey and in 0.5 and 0.1 nib sizes. I got these as a set, which you can find here.

Journal

I hand-make my own journals so I can be extra selective about the quality of the paper I use (and, of course, decorate them with pressed flowers). Currently, I am using a watercolor journal with 200gsm hot-pressed watercolor paper and blank pages – this paper is thick and absorbent, perfect for painting and crafts. You can find all my handmade journals here.

Which is your favorite layout from this month? Would you recreate this romantic theme in your own bullet journal? If you do and share your spreads on socials, be sure to tag me @petites.pensees.papeterie so I can see!