365/30 Lists: October

Hiya!!

For those of you who want to be involved with the 365/30 Lists for Philofaxers, but aren't on facebook, here is the List of Lists for October, by the wonderful and lovely Imy!!

1 goals for the month 

2 who would you want to be stuck in a lift with ? 

3 favourite Filofaxes 

4 five most craved Filofaxes

5 what would you take on a desert island 

6 perfect music playlist 

7 Halloween party ideas

8 films to see

9 fancy dress ideas 

10 favourite films 

11 places to visit this month 

12 celebrities you would like to meet 

13 favourite pens/pencils 

14 Beauty products I need to try/buy 

15 best stationery websites 

16 what I was doing when I was 16

17 what is in your happy place

18 favourite quotes/sayings 

19 today was amazing because....

20 favourite characters from films 

21 foods to try 

22 colours of rainbow in order of most favourite to least 

23 sports you want to try 

24 ideal jobs 

25 accessories I wish I owned 

26 pets you would like 

27 languages you would like to learn 

28 5 things to do in November 

29 how do you have your drink in Starbucks/costa etc...

30 dream cars....

31 review of month 

If you are on facebook and haven't joined the group yet, please join! Here is the group.

If you have any questions, feel free to comment here, or email me :)

I'm back!! And an update :)

Hello everyone!!

This is my first proper post back after I finished my dissertation last week (feels like longer ago!). So expect lots of posts from me from now on!

This post is just going to be a load of waffle really :)

As I said, I am going to post a lot more from now on :) I am going to set up either a specific blog-planning filofax, or maybe just a section in my A5 filo- I have to decide. Could you guys please help me by voting in the poll in the side bar? Thanks! So the options are: 1) a section in my A5 purple Malden filofax; or 2) A specific blog filofax in one of my personal-sized filos!
I will spend a little while setting it up once I decide, but I know that it will have lots of notepaper (I have tonnes in my collection!), and a diary of some sort- maybe just a month on 2 pages printed from Steve and Ray's fabulous inserts!
I promise my forthcoming posts will include lots of pictures, because I know people get bored by too much text!

As I speak, lots of lucky Philofaxers are meeting-up in London for the Philofaxy meet-up! Lucky duckies! I wish I were there, but I'm hoping to go to the one in November!

Courtesy of Tracy/Icclewu

Currently I am using my lovely new purple personal Malden as my main filofax!

I got her a couple of weeks ago, and I really like her, but she's actually really easy to scratch (I have sharp nails) and she dents really easily :( Normally I'm very panicky about damaging my filos, but I am trying to be less sensitive about this one. I figure that if I use my filos on a daily basis, they are going to get damaged eventually, so I should be prepared for it! Also- and this may sound weird- but as you can see from the photo, and the comparison with her big sister A5 purple Malden below, the leather of my personal is very VERY smooth, and I don't think it has much character to the leather. I think that the scratches (little ones, not big ones please!) and marks bring some life to it! It shows that it is well-loved and well-used!

The 2 sisters :)

I am currently making some pretty filofax dividers out of some scrapbooking paper I get from a craft shop here in Liverpool called Rennies. They are taken from pads of scrapbooking paper/card that come in lots of about 50 sheets, that cost quite a lot! But by splitting them up, I can buy only the ones I like at about 60p each! I love the Cath Kidston-esque type of patterns.

Here's some of the card I am about to turn into dividers- some of them are double-sided too!!

Another one that I have already chopped up into the individual squares/rectangles. I love these ones, they look like book plates. I am going to stick them onto filo dividers :)

Here's a divider I made earlier! It is for my 365/30 filo lists section of my A5 purple Malden! (Sorry about the sidewaysness!)

Next Friday I am moving back home, so these next few days will be spent sorting through my stuff and packing. Boring. The good part of this is that I get to have a rummage through my filofax and stationary stuff!! :D


So that's an update for you! I'll be back soon with lots of posts I have been meaning to do for a while!

Have a lovely weekend!


P.S. For me writing this post, it is in the new blogger format which I don't really know how to use, so I hope it looks OK as a published post!

Retail Recommendations and Product Review: Dodo Pad!!

Hi everyone!

Today I made a video reviewing the 2013 Dodo Pad insert for Personal-sized Filofaxes! So this video is a product review, and a review of the fantastic Dodo Pad company!!

AWOL... but I will be back!!

Hi everyone!

I'm sorry I have been away for the past few weeks, I have been writing my dissertation!! I will be FINISHED next Friday, so you can expect lots of new posts after that (and after I have had lots of sleep!!).

I am especially sorry I haven't been able to do any posts for my student followers in preparation for the new school/uni year, as is one of my aims in writing this blog. So if anyone has any requests for a blog post that I can write to give advice etc for students, please leave a comment to this post!!

Also expect lots of blog posts about my filofaxes, stationery etc, with lots of pictures!!

See you soon!!

September 365/30 Lists!!

Hi everybody!

Well, it's the last day on August already! So tomorrow we are starting our new lists club! Here are the list topics:

1. Goals for this month
2. My friends/family would describe me as….
3. Where in the world do I want to visit?
4. Reasons to start ______
5. Reasons to quit ___________
6. My favorite stationery items
7. Midnight snacks
8. Filofaxes I crave
9. I am at my best when
10. Philofaxers I have met
11. Places I’d like to live
12. My proudest moments of me and my loved ones
13. What am I wearing today?
14. If I won the lottery I would...
15. Places I have visited?
16. Imaginary Dinner Party Invites?
17. Favorite Names?
18. Favourite scents and smells?
19. Perfect Filofax?
20. Lists to make?
21. Things to buy at the Philofaxy Meet up / list of stationery you need for your Filofax)
22. Bucket List
23. Things I’d like to learn
24. Jobs I have had
25. Music I have bought
26. Ideal inserts you wish were made?
27. Diary formats tried? Formats to try?
28. What I ate today?
29. Events I would like to attend?
30. Review of the month

Remember you can do these any way you like! I know some people are doing them as posts on their blogs, or limiting it to just a few words, are doing it on their diary pages or in a separate section of your filofax... you can do it any way you want!!

If you are on facebook, why not join our group for this: https://www.facebook.com/groups/196198370510150/

Enjoy!!

365/30 lists!!

Hi everybody!!

Me and the wonderful Imy (http://imysworld.blogspot.co.uk/) have just set up a lists group on Facebook!
It follows the 30 days of lists idea, but we have made it just for us Filofax/stationery fans! Each month we post a list of 30 things you can write about the next month, whether in list form, or maybe as blog posts if you like! We are starting September 1st!

Here's the link to the group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/196198370510150/#!/groups/196198370510150/196202430509744/?comment_id=196204350509552&notif_t=group_comment_reply

If you don't have Facebook, no problem! Leave a comment here and I will email you the new list every month!

A gold day all around, for Team GB and my Filofax!

Hi everyone!

I have had a very good day, and so have Team GB! I am really getting into the Olympics- I'm not normally a sporty person, but it has been brilliant! I was quite pleased that the library is shut at the weekends now (something which I normally hate), so that I was able to spend all day at home and not only do lots of work, but watch lots of the Olympics too!! Today Team GB managed to win 6 gold medals- yes 6!!! I know that USA and China have won a lot more, but we are only a little island nation, and I am so proud of all the Olympians today!! In particular Jessica Ennis, who has such a hard contest in the heptathlon- normal athletes have to be excellent at 1 sport, but she has to be really really really good at 7- a very difficult thing! She has been waiting for a gold medal in this for so long, and I am so happy for her!

I have had a good day too! I have been struggling with writing my dissertation lately, and after a huge confidence loss earlier this week, I managed to develop a new structure to my diss. and get my tutor to agree to it, which has given me new confidence and now I feel like I can really get this thing done, and well! So I tried to do lots of work today; I managed to write about 1300 words today, which is a lot more than I have managed to write all week due to my writer's block and lack of confidence- and my reward for it isn't a gold medal, but a gold star!

A star for today!

I made this month-on-two-pages spread as part of my DIY diary, and haven't written anything in the boxes, so I thought I would use it to record when I have done lots of good work on my dissertation by putting a star on that day! I plan to have every day of the month filled in with a star! (Although I haven't done enough work for the first 3 days!) I bought these lovely star stickers from Rymans, they are metallic colours and very pretty! I wanted to use the pink for my first star, but I thought what could be more relevant for today- but gold! So I have a lovely gold sticker for 4th August!