Custom project

Flourish: a life planner designed from scratch

Custom interior system, cover, print run, and a launch website. More than 100 planners were out the door in the last week of 2025.

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Author: Michelle Johnson
Genre: Planner
Format: Hardback
Launched: 2026

Michelle Johnson and two friends on a porch bench, each holding a Flourish planner

A vision, not a manuscript

Michelle wanted a planner for women who are ready to flourish in every area of life: wellness, prayer, and lifestyle. There was no manuscript in the usual sense; there was a vision and a structure.

The Flourish planner cover, deep green with gold foil, on white paper

A planner is a design system

We built the interior page by page: monthly declarations, goal pages, a quarterly reset, and the rhythms in between. Then the cover, the print run, and a website and trailer for launch.

Flourish open to a monthly declaration and goals page

Close-up of hands holding the Flourish cover

Flourish open to the Quarterly Reset page

Michelle Johnson holding Flourish against a lace blouse

From page grid to porch

Everything from the first page grid to the box of planners on Michelle's porch.

Custom interior layout system
Cover design
Hardback print run
Launch website and trailer

Michelle Johnson holding the Flourish planner in front of her

Launch week

The planners arrived the last week of 2025. Michelle's post that week: over 100 already being delivered or set out for pickup.

Michelle Johnson reading Flourish in a rocking chair on a dark wooden porch

Three women holding up copies of Flourish

Michelle Johnson seated with a stack of planners

Michelle Johnson in a rocking chair with Flourish

What readers said

From Facebook posts by readers, December 2025 and January 2026.

“Colin took the time to understand my vision, built on my initial ideas, and brought them to life beyond my expectations.”
Michelle JohnsonAuthor, Flourish

“I have absolutely fallen in love with the new calendar she created. I have already learned so much, and it's only day 6 for me. It's thoughtful, encouraging, and exactly what my heart needed.”
Abby B.Flourish reader

“I got my awesome planner in the mail yesterday, and it's so beautiful. I was scared at first, because the package had been shoved tightly into our mailbox. I guess it's indestructible!”
Mandy R.Flourish reader

“Not just a planner, but a lifestyle change to better discipline, spiritual growth and healthy lifestyle changes!”
Sarah B.Flourish reader, Rainbow City, AL