9 May Monthly Spread Ideas for Your Bullet Journal

It’s time to start thinking about what our bujo spreads will look like for the coming month! I’ve already started plotting out my month and how many pages I’d like to use since I’m trying to make my current journal last until September. With my wedding coming up in five months, I have so many different lists and collections taking up a ton of space. I like to include habit trackers, “brain dump” pages, and consolidated monthly to-dos to keep me on track. Anyway, here are nine monthly spread ideas for your May bullet journal pages. Fair warning, there’s a ton of watercolor inspiration!

To view my April 2020 bujo inspo, check out this post.

1. Floral watercolor

This May title page is so gorgeous! It looks like the artist took actual pressed flowers and glued them onto the page. My favorite craft glue to use is Scotch Clear Glue because it’s inexpensive and it dries quickly & clear. I’ve actually used it in place of superglue to repair a thin decal on one of my to-go coffee cups a few months ago and it’s still holding up after several washes. The colors shown in this picture are included with the Crayola Supertip marker pack and the Tombow dual-tip brush pen “bright” palette and “portrait” palette.

2. Green & gold embellishments

Gold and forest greens are the best color combinations for spring bujo spreads. The most vivid gold embellishments can be made using this Sakura Pen-Touch Paint Marker. It’s also great if you’re into DIY arts & crafts, as this pen can also be used to draw on other mediums like ceramic, glass, or cardboard. If you’re looking to get this sort of thickness in your lettering, you’ll need Tombow Fudenosuke brush pens. They have the perfect tips for headings or the days of the week in your weekly spreads.

3. Minimalist pastel watercolor

This simplistic spread can be made easily by using any beginner watercolor roundbrushes and either paints or Tombow dual-tip brush pens. I love using Tombows because they’re so versatile and allow you to keep the exact same colors throughout your spreads. Dab little bits of color on the page with a brush pen and then spread it around with a wet roundbrush to create a nice watercolor background. Mix and match with different color schemes and have some fun! Once it dries, use your MICRON fineliner pens to add in the breaks & days of the week.

4. Pink & gold fairy garden theme

I love how magical this spread is! If I were replicating it, I’d use Tombow dual-tip brush pens, the colorless blending pen, and white and gold gel pens. My favorite white gel pens to use are Uni-Ball Signo Broad Points. I actually used them to address all of my Save the Dates for my wedding recently on olive colored cardstock envelopes and they turned out really well! If you’re looking for this gold gel pen specifically, it can be found in the Sakura Gelly Roll metallic pen set.

5. Simple quote page

Disney quotes are right up my alley. I have a whole collection that’s strictly motivation from Disney movies. If you’re looking for this color Tombow, it comes as a part of the “muted” palette. From what I’ve found online, purchasing palettes is often cheaper than buying the individual pens you’re looking for.

6. Typewriter font quote with floral decal

This book by Paper Peony Press was a godsend when I wanted to learn how to handletter different fonts in my journal. It’s a cute little workbook you can take with you on the go with tons of projects & space to try the examples yourself. It has given me a lot of inspiration for doodles to fill negative space in my spreads. If you’re looking to learn new fonts to add variation in your journal, it’s worth the read.

7. Plant-based theme

This plant-lover habit tracker page can be made by combining Stabilo fineliner pens and Zebra mildliners. You’ll need the colored fineliners to add the detail to the plants. The mildliners are the perfect thickness to highlight the titles and they also have fine-tips on the opposite ends to circle your days in the same color.

8. Watermelon pinks

Personally, I think GC dual-tip brush pen markers make a great alternative if you don’t want to drop dime on Tombows. They’re awesome for watercolor painting! With this watermelon spread, I’d use the different pinks that come in the pack (there’s 100 colors in total) and blend them together with a wet roundbrush directly on the page.

9. Spring foliage watercolor

I am crazy for foliage watercolor spreads! There’s just something so calming about them. If I were replicating this example, I’d use the Tombow dual-tip brush pen “landscape” palette and the colorless blending pen. The blending pen comes included as a bonus in every dual-tip palette, so don’t worry about purchasing it separately. For the simplistic handlettering, I’d use my MICRON fineliner 08 (0.50mm) and 03 (0.35mm) pens.