The Filofax Doodle

This week I received a Doodle from my wonderful friend Lynn. It is an amazingly cute little Filofax. I have already taken out the inserts I didn't want in there and put my own stuff in, however I took some photographs of the contents. Sorry it was not a proper unboxing. I keep forgetting to do those, but I will show you exactly what it comes with and give you my thoughts on it as a whole. This could get picture heavy...let's dive in.

The Doodle comes in a white cardboard sleeve and a clear slipcase. I didn't save either of these pieces. Well so far I am not off to a great start.

Inside it comes with:

• A flyleaf
• A 'title' page
• 12 pages each white, blank, graph, pink, green, and blue papers
• A plastic pocket/pen loop
• Small acrylic Spirograph tool
• Frosted page marker
• very small piece of test material
• 6 blue and green dividers (3 of each colour)

I have customized it to use as a creative binder. I have used the dividers to section off types of paper and drawing. I found a zipper pouch from Dayrunner and used it to house the Spirograph tool, so that I don't lose it, and I can have it with me when I take the Doodle somewhere.
The size is perfect for me. I love the colour of the elastic. Part of me wishes that the cover was wipe able so that I could change the design as I evolve artistically.

Things I have inside now:

• Dayrunner zipper pouch with Spirograph tool inside
• 6 dividers
• flyleaf
• Doodle title page
• Zentangle pages I created
• Cotton Cream blank pages
• Sketch pages cut to size
• Graph paper
• Plastic pocket/pen holder

As of the time I am writing this I still have not decorated my cover. I am finding it hard to commit to something. I don't want to later change my mind. I find Sharpie markers (extra fine if you are using the Spirograph tool) and the Bic Mark-It markers work the best. But they are both permanent so keep that in mind before using them.

I really hope the Doodles come to the USA Filofax site. My kids would all love one. What a great concept. An A5 size would be great too.

The front cover...Still undecorated, I am on the hunt for some carbon paper first

The inside front cover embossing

You can faintly make out the 3 letter stamp...Can someone please tell me what these are for??

This is a zip pocket from one of the organizers from Barnes and Noble (though I got mine somewhere else) I have the microscopic fabric swatch, and the Spirograph tool...Love that thing

The title page that comes with it. It is behind the flyleaf, but I was trying to avoid the glare.

It comes with 6 numbered dividers in a storm cloud blue and a minty/seafoam green. I just cut up an address label and labelled them. Zentangle, Spirograph, Drawing, Blank....

And Graph...The last one is still blank right now.

Behind the Zentangle tab, I just have some practice sheets

Behind the Spirograph tab..I did these with a uniball rollerball pen in black

Behind the Drawing tab, this is just a quick line design I did using the Mr. Sketch markers I just bought my kids

Behind the Blank tab I just have some cut up sheets of sketch book paper...I am going to try and use some paint in the future...I miss painting.

Behind the Graph tab is...you guessed it Graph paper...I am not sure what I am going to do with this...May end up trading it if anyone is interested.

An interesting side note...The graph paper that came in the Doodle and actually ALL the inserts have the date of 2013...Brand Spankin New!!! The to-do sheets have round check spots instead of square...

Here is the plastic pocket/pen loop insert...still not sure how I feel about it. The pen loop sticks out too far sometimes, which makes the pencil I am using (currently an Eagle Top Notch .7mm) stick outside the Doodle...Annoying!!

The pen loop up close and personal...The cap of pens gets stuck on the part at the top where the notch is...

The pocket part of the insert...and the reflection of my Iphone and hand...

 

And the boring backside...but on the plus I think the elastic would be easy to adjust if needed....

 

 

 

 

Well thanks again for stopping by...I'll try not to make it so long next time....

 

Cheers,

Steph

 

2013 Personal filofax set-up

Hi everyone. Sorry it has been a while since my last post. My entire house is quite ill at the moment, including myself. It has made for a long holiday season.

Today I thought I would show my set-up for 2013 in my personal chameleon. I have 2, the aqua and a black one I just got for Christmas from my husband. I am currently using the black one, mostly to break it in and give my aqua a bit of a rest. The Chameleon is truly the Filofax for me I think.

I am trying a few new things this year. I have a seperate To-Do section for more major, or lengthy to-dos, and I am using the week on two pages cotton cream that was wonderfully gifted to me by Sam. (Your thank-you package is on its way, I hope you like it.)

Get ready for some pictures.....

The front cover...I love the chameleon...

Some goals and resolutions.

Inside the front cover

A pocket I made using an Avery product I found at Staples.

My 'flyleaf' with some post it notes on it ready for use.

Awesome stickers from Tracey

Some blank filofax paper that I perforated into three sections, but you can't really see it unfortunately.

My To-Do tab (kinda boring)

My first attempt at using the To-Do sheets. I hope this works out for me.

People tab, has various phone numbers and addresses in it.

Month on 2 pages made by Jenna

Week on two pages cotton cream gifted to me by Sam

My Notes tab

I have some blank cotton cream filofax pages.

My Stuff tab

Some printouts from the Mayo clinic weightloss program thingy

Some shopping lists I made using my perforator...sorta see it I think

Some recipe and ingredients pages, also from Jenna

Another pocket made using an Avery product

Finally my multi-purpose holder in the back





Thanks for checking out my post. If you like what you see please consider following me. Happy new year everyone.

Steph

Ok then...That was a bust

Well, the first winner I announced never replied to me and I had no other way of contacting her. So without further ado, I announce the second winner of my first ever giveaway.

Number 2--Crystal Charles

Crystal I will be trying to email you to let you know, but if you see this first please message me so we can make arrangements.

Congrats and again thank you to everyone who participated. I hope to have another one soon.

Steph

AND THE WINNER IS.....

Thank you so much to everyone that entered my first ever giveaway. I had great fun reading all the accessories that everyone choses to use. A lot of sticky note users. We are all in good company it seems.

I used the random generator on RANDOM.ORG and the number that came up was:

Number 11- Angie Frick

Congrats Angie, I will attempt to find a way to pm you or email you to let you know but if you see this first, please message me.

I will give it until Monday December 17. If I can't get in contact with Angie, I will select another winner.


Disclaimer: I purchased all prizes with my husbands money, this giveaway was not sponsored in any other way.

My First One

Sorry for not posting on Thursday of last week. I was busy planning this post. My very first........

GIVEAWAY!!!

I am so excited. I am so pleased that I finally have blog followers. People actually read what I write, and I wanted to say thank you.

The prizes are:

An adhesive pen loop
A 2 pack of favorite felt tip pens
A selection of post-it notes


Sorry it isn't much, but it is my first giveaway and I wanted to make sure I could send it internationally. I hope you all will join in.

The rules are simple:

Please be a subscriber. That is the whole point of this giveaway, I want to thank my subscribers.
In the comments section below please leave a comment letting me know what your favorite "binder planner" (filofax or otherwise) related accessory is

You must be 18 years or older and be willing to provide me with your mailing address should your comment be chosen as the winner.

I will be using random.org to select a winner.
(Pictures of the prizes to follow...I broke my camera this past weekend. But I still wanted to get the giveaway up)

That Thing Thursday #2

Hi everyone. Welcome to another installment of That Thing Thursday. This week I am going to vent about my Filofax failure.

Well it isn't actually my failure, but theirs. We have all experienced it I am sure at one point or another. Faulty rings, bad stitching, bottom of the barrel leather quality. Filofax just isn't what it used to be, and that is really disappointing.

EVERY single one of the Filofax binders I have or have had has had a problem with the exception of my compact blue Finsbury.

The strap on my personal aqua Chameleon is tearing, and the colour is fading. The personal Sketch my son uses has ring gaps, the personal Holborn my sister is borrowing has stitching issues.

I have decided to not invest anymore money into filofax until their quality control improves. I know I am not a big shot filofax blogger, and I have just a handful of amazing people that follow me, but I am still a customer who spends my hard earned money on something I expect to last longer than a month or two.

In closing this week I say this to Filofax...
I am sorry that at some point you decided that it was important to put out any product rather than putting out a quality product. I am just a mere customer however I will now be giving my business and loyalty to another company. If you ever decide to return to quality I may be back, but until then good luck in all your future endeavours.

That Thing Thursday

Well, this was supposed to launch last Thursday but I was completely tied up and couldn't get to it. In case you missed my post last week I have decided to do a weekly feature. I know a lot of other people do their week photo, but I usually do that on instagram, so I didn't really want to do it here too.

Thus, That Thing Thursday was born.

The first one I am going to do are the Self stick hot list notes by Daytimer. I absolutely love them. I got them with a daytimer I found at Winners. The planner itself was a bit awful, but the hot list is ahhh mazing.

This is what the hotlist looks like. The sticky bit is along the side where the check boxes are. I have never been a big chekcer-offer. I usually like to scratch off (see below lol) but I may get used to checking the box.

This is one in the front of my Filofax. I have a list of the things to get done around the house. It is getting a bit dog eared but it is still doing great. I have it stuck to a top opening envelope and it isn't leaving any residue behind like some (super sticky post-its come to mind)

 

I have decided to try and use these for a to-do list and I have stuck them to my clear today ruler. So far it is sticking really well. It even gives a small bit of writing room on the back side lol.

 

 

 

I am not sure how this 'feature' is going to go over. I am really excited about it, so I hope I can figure it out better lol.

 

Sorry I had to post the pictures from my Iphone blogger app. I still don't know how that thing works. Please leave me a comment below and tell me the sorts of things you would like reviews or opinions on. I can't promise I can get my hands on them, but I can certainly try my hardest.