Filofax Swap

Is anyone interested in swapping some Filofaxes?  Last week I did a blog on my collection and I do have a few I no longer use or will use.  Yes I could put them on e-bay, but I will only spend the money on something I don't really want, so I would really like to do a swap if anyone is interested.  

Here is what I have to swap:

Personal Zipped Chilli Cuban, 30mm rings, never used, Boxed.
Personal Raspberry Finsbury, never used, still boxed.
Personal Black Domino.
Personal Electric Blue Domino.
Personal Magenta Metropol, never used, Boxed.
A5 Brown Metropol, boxed.

Day to 2 pages personal sized Filofax Diary, used a few days in January, but that's it, it's just got a lot of space and I don't want to waste it.

Also 2 days to a page Filofax Diary insert.


Wanted:
Midori Travellers Notebook Passport size 
Franklin Covey personal size with large rings
A5 Adelphi
A5 Balmoral 
Winchester ( I wish. lol) 
Midori notebooks
A5 2 Pages per day Diary

But will consider anything, e-mail me at gailwheatley@hotmail.com

Filofax - Month to View

A lot of people are showing their week on 2 page layouts, I would like to share my Month to view layouts in both my A5 Malden and Personal Regency.  

A5 Ochre Malden:  Lots of stickers  for this one.

Personal Brown Regency:  No room for stickers so coloured ink instead.

As you can see, I keep the same info in both:

I love these Monthly spreads, they allow me to see quickly, if I have a free day.

My Main Filofax

The two main Filofaxes I use are, the A5 Ochre Malden, which I keep in the house and a Personal Regency,  I carry around in my hand bag.

A few days ago, I blinged up the A5 Malden household Filofax, I adore this Filofax, it is beautiful, I did a Video blog of it here before the recent update:

Personal Regency in brown:

Both hold a lot of stuff:

The A5 Malden is around 2kg in weight:

Thanks for reading x

2013 Filofax Collection

Anyone want to swap, scroll to bottom?

In July 2012, I did a blog on my Filofax Collection.  Today I would like to show you my updated collection because since then, I have sold two, swapped one, returned one and bought a couple more.  I now have 29 Filofax.

My A5 Collection

My Personal/Pocket/Mini Collection

 Here is a list of what I now own.

A5 Size

1  Black Identity
2  Brown Metropol
3  Brown Cuban
4  Raspberry Chameleon
5  Red Chameleon
6  Pink Finsbury
7  Red Finchley
8  Imperial Purple Finchley
9  Black Holborn
10 Zipped Wine Holborn
11  Ochre Malden
12  Purple Malden
13 Black Flex
14 Red Domino
15 Magenta Flex






Personal/Pocket/Mini

1  Zipped Chilli Cuban
2  Brown Ranger
3  Raspbery Finsbury
4  Electric Blue Domino
5  Ochre Malden
6  Brown Regency
7  Crimson Malden
8  Black Domino
9  Black Holborn
10  Magenta Metropol
11  Black Chino
12  Pocket Red Metropol
13  Mini Raspberry Finsbury
14  Black Windsor


I have done some blogs on different Filofax, Just click on each title.

Raspberry Chameleon

Red Chameleon

Pink Finsbury

Red Finchley

Imperial Purple Finchley

Zipped Wine Holborn  and here

Ochre Malden and here

Purple Malden

Black Flex

Magenta Flex

Zipped Chilli Cuban

Brown Ranger

Brown Regency

Not all of them are in use these days but a fair few are.  I've also got a couple I would like to swap if anyone is interested?  (UK swappers only, sorry but postal rates are dreadful here in the UK!)  So if anyone is interested in swapping:

Personal Zipped Chilli Cuban, 30mm rings, never used once, still boxed.
Personal Raspberry Finsbury, never used, still boxed.
Personal Crimson Malden, Boxed.
Personal Black Domino.
Personal Electric Blue Domino.
Personal Magenta Metropol, never used, Boxed.
A5 Brown Metropol, boxed.

I also have 2 pages to one day personal sized Filofax Diary, used a few days in January, but that's it, it's just got a lot of space and I don't want to waste it.

Also 2 days to one page Filofax Diary insert.  Swap anyone?

Really after another Midori Travellers Notebook and Franklin Covey personal size with large rings, so if anyone has one they no longer use and want to swap, give me a shout.  Will consider anything!

All In One Filofax Journal

I decided this year I was going to take my journal and diary writing more seriously.  Deciding what to use was a bit of a nightmare, I  bought so many different Journals, Diaries and Filofax inserts, it was shocking!  I finally decided to write my journal in a Moleskine Diary, then I had a separate notebooks in my Midori Traveller's Notebook for my Reading Diary and Health Journal.  I had another diary going to note down the weather, my food intake and how I was managing my time and finally I had my Crochet Journal.  I was also contemplating on starting a Spirituality/Tarot Journal.  

As you can imagine, in the evenings when I write in my Journals, it was a bit of a haul pulling out all these different journals and diaries.  It got me thinking, I just needed something where I can write down all this stuff on one place.  So, do I use a Filofax and have different subject tabs or can I get all this info down on one page ???

First I needed to decided on a Filofax.  I recently swapped a A5 red Finchley, so I put my 365 Day Journal into this Filofax, then took my favourite A5 Finchely in Imperial Purple and made some inserts for it.

The first inserts I added were, the Monthly divider tabs.  The A5 Finchley doesn't have huge rings so I can only get 4-6 months in it at a time.

Next I needed to make the inserts I wanted to use:

Page 1:

Page 2:

So now I have all my info covered  over 2 pages and I don't have to keep so many different journals.

I've been using this system for just over a week and it's working out really well, plus I get to use my lovely A5 Finchley every day too.  I use 2 four coloured Bic pens so I have 8 colours to work with.

Filofax Flex Conversion

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Since getting my Midori Traveler's Notebook, I have obsessed a little on making another.  I had a go at making a fake leather one, and though it turned out okay, I was not that happy with it.  Yesterday I went on a hunt....covering 4 towns looking for some leather....I couldn't get it anywhere, but what I did get was a Black A5 Flex by Filofax. TKMaxx are selling these at a ridiculous low price of £7.99.  I already own a Magenta one, but I paid £27 for this one last year and I wasn't prepared to "alter" it. lol

So here is what I did.  I punched 3 holes in the top and bottom and threaded some elastic through the holes, like I did on my fake Traveler's notebook.

Again I added some little beads for decoration purposes.

Next I added some notebooks, a Rhodia  and a Julia Rothman (I bought from John Lewis)

Then I slipped the grey notebook, that came with the flex, into the back cover to add some stability.

The notebooks just slot behind the elastic.

This is how it looks closed.

I needed something to keep this altogether and after seeing a Papelote pen holder, I thought I would have a go at making one of these too......well after all, this is a DIY project!  I only had black elastic to work with, so I used a contrasting colour cotton.  This was roughly done, but I guess with a bit more time and patience I could make a nicer looking one.

With some pens added....I love these Frixion pens but decided against using them for Journaling, after all, I would hate all my entries to disappear if I placed the journal near a heat source!

I'm pretty pleased with my Flex makeover, now I have 3 Notebook/Journals in one place!

DIY Traveler's Notebook

A few days ago I bought a Midori Traveler's Notebook, I love it!  The design is so simple, I managed to make a couple of copies today in under an hour.  Not quite the elegance of the Midori but it's a cheap alternative.  I would have loved to of used real leather, but finding 2mm thick leather..... well let me tell you, it would be easier searching for gold!

First a trip to Hobbycraft to buy some Pleather (artificial leather).  It cost approx £3 for half a metre and I got some shearing elastic for £2.  I won't do a full tutorial of how I put it together, it's pretty straight forward.   I cut a long piece of Pleather and folded it in half, glued it together then with a awl and hammer added some holes in the right places.  You may notice though, on this one, I put the middle fastening elastic on what will be the spine (as opposed to the back cover which Midori do.)

I also put in four lengths of elastic, so I can add more note booklets. 

The fastening knot at the bottom, I later added a few decorative beads.

My homemade inserts....Tutorial is here

The first one I made I just used the Pleather, the second one, I added a piece of card before folding it, to give it some firmness.  They are not as good as the real thing, but if you are on a budget and don't want to spend £40 on the Midori cover, then have a go at making your own.  It really is easy and for a fiver, I can easy got another 2 larger notebooks out the Pleather I have left.  Or, if by some miracle you find 2mm leather, make a better one!

Oh and I made this a little larger than the original Midori Traveler's Notebook because I wanted to add a few more booklets and some inserts from My Life All In One Place.  If you haven't read Ray's blog, check it out they are some amazing tutorials on there.


Hope you enjoy, feel free to comment. x


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