The absolute best thing about bullet journaling is that it is customizable. You can create minimal spreads to outright filled with doodles and colors. While most weekly spreads are usually two pages, here are some cool ideas if you were into making a bullet journal weekly spread that is one page.
Reasons why a bullet journal one page can be useful
- There is not much planning needed for the week
- You only write in simple bullet points
- You don't want to waste paper in your journal
- It leaves room for a full page of art on the adjacent page
- The first and last week of the month are only a few days
- You prefer to combine the weekend into one section
bullet journal one page layout ideas
I'm always searching Pinterest for layout ideas. I love to switch things up compared to using the same layout week after week.
So here are the one page weekly spreads we have come up with:
Using a Dutch door style for a bullet journal weekly spread
A dutch door is when you cut out part of a page for artistic or even functional reasons to give a 'door effect.' They are one of my favorite and easiest ways to achieve a month of one-page weekly spreads in your bullet journal and still have your heading or drawings show one on each page. This way, you can make your theme art once and still view it on every spread.
In this January spread, you can make a Dutch door by cutting the weekly spreads vertically in half. This way, I have my January heading showing on the left side and an inspirational quote on the right.
You can also add some washi tape on the edge of each week to spice things up, but that's totally up to you.
To make things even easier, I wrote the days on the left side, next to January, so that when you flip the page, the days will show every time you flip the page.
Finally, at the top of each page, I wrote what week it was for the month, and, there, I had a functional and straightforward layout that did not take much time.
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Another example of a dutch door style is this weekly floral theme. The Dutch door layout was not the easiest to make but is one of my favorites. If you want to see a more in-depth post on this floral theme, then definitely head over here next:
Bullet Journal Flower Theme-How to make a floral dutch door.
Bullet journal Horizontal layout - one page weekly spread
A horizontal layout is minimal and straight to the point when you want to make a one-page weekly spread. It allows room for just the critical stuff and takes no time.
You can separate the days by drawing lines or just some thin washi tape like I did in this spread. Washi tape is your best friend in bullet journaling when wanting a quick layout but adding something pretty without the hassle.
I added a fun coffee quote on the next page that made me smile every time I used my weekly spread.
In this fairy theme one-page weekly spread. I divided the page by each day of the month and a simple swirly border. Minimal, functional, and super easy!
Free bullet journal one-page weekly printable
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Combining the weekend into one space makes it easier to make a one-page spread using six boxes. Now draw some simple florals or doodles in the background. We use an A5 dotted bullet journal, and each box is made up of twelve by eleven spaces. You can find our free printable grid-spacing cheat sheet in the resource hub, which will help make layouts much easier instead of counting dots every time you make a spread. Grab yours here and subscribe to our weekly newsletter and all our free resources.
If you are in the mood to be crafty, I made a little booklet using some brown paper, folding them in half. Then, you can attach each page using some washi tape. Lastly, glue it in your journal. Now it's totally up to you what you do with the rest of your page.
I made a one-page spread in my September arrow theme by dividing the page into nine sections. Two sections were for adding stickers and doodles, and the other seven were for each day of the week. This layout is suitable if you like to see your to-do list of the whole week at one glance. Now, I have enough space to use the other page for a weekly overview.
Here is another example in my November vintage girl theme. I combined the last two boxes and painted some overlaying leaves using fall colors.
one-page weekly layouts using a black-out journal
This weekly horizontal layout uses a simple border of lines and dots using a white gel pen.
In the first section of the page, I drew a mini monthly calendar. Finally finished the page with some snowflakes.
Last but not least, more fun and whimsical theme, filled with joy colorful doodles. I divided the page by drawing a swirly vine with simple leaves and simply lettering the days. Finally, I added more fun doodles to fill in the page.
So while most of our weeklies in our bullet journal consist of two-page spreads, we still occasionally use a bullet journal one-page weekly layout.
I hope this helped you find some inspiration on different ways to make your weekly layouts.
Don't be shy to comment below if you have any suggestions or ideas. We would love to hear your input.
Until next time... 'happy journaling and don't forget to stay safe!'