Monday, 2 July 2012

Filofax Puzzle Book

I made this a Filofax Puzzle Book a couple of years ago but thought I would share it with your all now.  It just gives another idea of what Filofax Organisers can be used for.

I enjoy doing Puzzles so wondered if a puzzle book could be made to fit into a Filofax.  I had an A5 lying around unused, so got to work.

First I got myself a Puzzle book from WHSmiths.


Then it was time to take it apart.  First I pulled all the pages out the book, then got my cutter out and sliced off the the raggy edges.



Next for the holes to be punched....this was a daunting task as I didn't have a Filofax hole punch  and there was an awful lot of pages to get through, so I came up with this idea.....hubby's cordless drill ....


It kind of worked, but the holes were a little rough, so I spent the next hour with my single hole puncher, doing it manually.


Lordy be, was I glad when that task was done!  Next to put them into my Filofax.  I used a A5 Metropol in brown.


The finished result:





I think it looks quite smart.  I can imagine sitting on a train or plane journey and pulling this Filofax out, people will think you're been very busy, when in fact, you're doing a relaxing puzzle.


Just want to apologise for the picture quality, I reduced the size of some of the photos so they would upload a bit quicker (like I usually do), but this time I lost a lot of the quality.  Lesson learnt for next time.







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5 comments:

  1. Unknown2 July 2012 at 17:26

    When my son was little and went to the beach every summer I made him a looseleaf book full of puzzles and word games. I printed them off the internet, this is MUCH better idea! Getting them all from one book! Wish I'd done that instead!

    Tracy

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  2. Anonymous2 July 2012 at 22:03

    Great idea, i'm not into puzzles personally but it's another great use for a Filofax :)

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  3. Mary3 July 2012 at 02:34

    You're so clever Gail! I love this idea too!

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  4. Ms. C9 July 2012 at 15:22

    That is sooo cool! You wouldn't necessarily have to fill up the whole book, either, you could just have a "puzzles" section in a personal A5 (complete with tab to indicate, of course!) and then just put, oh, say ten puzzle pages in at a time. Then they would be there when you're bored, waiting in line, etc! I'm doing it! Thanks for the great idea!

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  5. empressbat27 February 2014 at 12:16

    this is such a great idea. I'd like to do this as a section in my filofax (im a one filofax owner!)

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