Pocket Domino - Pastel Colours Theme

I made some new dividers today for my pocket Domino in lavender, this is going to be my daily diary.

The paper is from Basic Grey, What's Up collection. Here is a link to some online stockists:

http://www.basicgrey.com/scrapbook/dealers/online

The picture above gives you a better idea of the colour scheme, and below is my ideas board. Not only was my pastel colour scheme inspired by the paper collection, but also by the lovely pages Jennfer Reyes has done in her Songbird. Visit her blog at http://mypurpleylife.blogspot.com =)

Here are my new dividers:

 

Cover page

 

 

Tabs, labelled with small rub-on letters (mine are from WHSmiths)

 

 

Diary tab

 

 

Today marker - front

 

 

Today marker - back

 

 

Money tab

 

 

Food tab

 

 

Notes tab

 

 

 

 

 

The Hunt for Mini Notebooks

I had a plan. Not a dream, a plan to put into action for my new Pennybridge (she's a GORGEOUS little bundle of purple-y joy!). However after putting that plan into action today... it failed.

I thought... why go out and buy something when I can make my own little notebooks? Why spend more money on something when I can be creative and make do with the materials I have? So I twoddled off to the office to create... a mess. And then I gave up. I was trying to make little notebooks so I can keep my financial spending record, general notes and a little journal in the pockets of my Pennybridge but alas, my stapler is crap, my paper measuring is atrocious, and my patience is lacking.

So... I'm going to share with you, while I'm on the hunt for mini notebooks, what I find, to help any of you who may be considering making your own and make a right botch job of it like I did! Seriously it's that bad that I'm not even going to post pictures. Ok, maybe just a few.

Here she is, in all her purple-y glory. The non-leather is just beautiful. She's lovely to hold, really well made, no issue with rings, doesn't lay flat but that doesn't really bother me. Also a picture of the inside, you can see all the pockets on the left (that part opens out like a wallet and there's a little zip compartment in there.) Even the pen loop is purple!
























And here is my attempt at a mini notebook. Measurements = not.even.close.

 

I did get one achievement out of it though, a pretty cover page =)

 

 



For any of you who didn't see my mood board (oooh get you) on the Philofaxy Facebook page, here it is again. This is the look I'm going for, kind of gothic, victorian-esque, black, purple and teal. So much prettiness!

 

I decided to do a mood board because, after my epic fail, I felt a bit "where do I go from here?" It's a really good visual way to explain to yourself what you're doing =)

 

 

Anyway... on with the search! So what exactly am I looking for? Probably a set of 3 plain notebooks which I can decorate, which aren't too expensive so I can replace them when they are full up... and they have to be maximum size 12cm x 8cm (the same size as pocket paper). Also has to be from a UK website.

First stop... MOLESKINE. Fairly hopeful seeing as I'd seen these on the Paperchase website. Pocket size, too big. Volant books however, only 6.5cm x 10cm, perfect size, not too thick, range of colours, and £5.50 for 2 notebooks. £4.50 delivery. WHAT?! Are you kidding me? That's a joke. Fair enough if I was ordering a large item, or several things then I might have considered it but that's almost as much as the item itself, which would fit in a jiffy bag.

Stop 2... PAPERCHASE. All spiral-bound, which I would worry about it indenting the cover or my front page. I did find this little guy on the left, 11.6cm x 8.9cm. Unfortunately the extra 9mm on the width might get in the way of the rings when put into one of the pockets on the left inside cover. Also saw this Kraft A7 notebook, at 10cm x 7.5cm. Good size, but £2.50 each so if I wanted 3 that'd be £7.50. Definitely an option, but I'm going to carry on looking.

 

 

 

Stop 3... PRETTYDANDY.CO.UK. Never been on this site before, but these caught my eye...  Hideous covers in my opinion but that can easily be solved. Only £4.95 for a set of 4, but no size given on the website!

 



Stop 4... TEMPTATIONGIFTS.CO.UK. Again, never been on this site, but found this (wasn't even what I was looking for). Size... 24cm x 17cm. WAY too big. I really want this. Can someone shrink it for me?

 

So now I'm getting really fed up. Too big, too expensive... now you can see why I tried to make my own. Sod it, I'm going to eat my pizza.

 



 

Travel-o-fax

Today I've spent some time making a Travel-o-Fax as we're going on holiday to Rhodes (Greek island) in October for my birthday.

Picture heavy post!

Pocket Domino in Lavender, was not in use and I felt bad for her so here she is, filled with loveliness!

 

 

First tab- info. Very important, a bit vague, but this is where personal details and SOS is kept.
Note: all of the pictures on the dividers are from Pinterest.

 

 

Using Ray Blake's template again for my tabs, I can't get over how easy these are to make.

 

 

First page in the Info section, with a cute quote "May your travels lead you to some amazing places." There's a little picture of a vintage style balloon above it.

 

 

SOS page... very important!

 

 

 

 

Second tab, Hotel. All our hotel details in here. By the way, all the pictures have a vintage-y duck-egg and coral-y pink colour scheme to them. Also a map of where the hotel is.

 

Travel flight information.

 

 

Things to see and do in Rhodes... obviously if we book to go somewhere else another time I can make new inserts for all the sections and archive the old ones/use them in a travel scrapbook.

 

 

I typed up some information about the history of the island, local attractions, etc. I wanted my pocket travel-o-fax to be a combination of a travel planner and a guide. I didn't want to use the Travel Pack from Filofax as making my own inserts would be cheaper and more tailored to where I am going.

 

 

Journal section... I always love to scrapbook my travels when I return, so to make sure I don't forget anything I've included some journal pages.

 

 

Local info... restaurants, bars, museums, galleries, etc.

 

 

Planning - checklist for packing, plan of what to do on each day of the week when on holiday.

 

 

And finally, notes. I love this picture on the divider.

 

 

Hope I've nudged your wanderlust!

 

xXx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Book of Shadows - sneaky peek!

Here are some pictures of the dividers I made for my Book of Shadows using art by Jessica Galbreth. Her work is beautiful, take a look if you haven't Googled her already!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Ray Blake by the way for the divider template, really easy to use and very very effective, totally recommend using it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

105 Uses for a Filo

I'm sure many of us have Filofaxes we love but no use for them... So here is a definitive list of ideas!

1. Archive for used Filofax pages
2. Art journal
3. Art ideas and planning
4. Artistic projects
5. Astrology
6. Autograph book
7. Baby journal
8. Baking
9. Beauty (make-up tips, how long to keep make-up before it expires, wish list, etc.)
10. Bedtime stories - nursery rhymes, fairytales, all in one book, your child's favourite collection.
11. Bills organiser
12. Blog planner
13. Birdwatching
14. Birthday book
15. Book journal - wishlist, books to read, favourite books, etc.
16. Business planner
17. Business cards storage
18. Camping information
19. Child information (school details, chores, food they love/hate)
20. Christmas/Thanksgiving planner
21. Chocolate! (Not kept in the Filofax... but more of a chocolate journal, recipes, information, favourite chocolates, etc.)
22. City guide
23. Cocktail recipes
24. Collections - stamps, cards, etc.
25. Condolences book
26. Course information (if you are studying something at uni)
27. Daily planner
28. Design in general
29. Doodles - it's fun to just mindlessly sketch sometimes.
30. Dream journal
31. Emergency planner (your emergency plan, what to do if your pipes burst, etc.)
32. Face-o-fax - like Facebook, but in your Filofax! Birthdays, relationships, events, you could even record quotes or pictures people have posted that you like, and their favourite films/music.
33. Family history/genealogy
34. Family information (clothes and shoe sizes, favourite items to give as gifts, wish lists at Christmas, medical information, etc.
35. Fashion - clothing combinations you like, items you want to buy, etc.
36. Films/movies journal - if you love your films. Rate them, write about them, list the ones you can't miss. Also good if you own Netflix/Lovefilm and come across something you want to watch but not at that moment... add it to your list of films to watch!
37. Finances
38. Fishing planner/guide/journal
39. Fitness planner
40. Flowers journal - language of flowers, about different flowers, etc.
41. Fonts directory (useful for graphic designers)
42. Food planner
43. Gardening
44. From Mum/Dad/grandparents/siblings to you - inspired by this book, fill the Filo with questions for your parents to answer and they can return to you full of memories =)
45. Gratitude journal - what are you grateful for?
46. Greetings card holder
47. Guitar tabs
48. Gym buddy
49. Health
50. Herbal/home remedies information/journal
51. Home binder
52. Home renovation or decorating
53. Home schooling
54. Honeymoon planner
55. Insta-fax - all your Instragram photos in one place. Would be even cooler if somewhere printed them in a certain size and Filofax made little photograph inserts with square shaped pockets like photo protectors =)
56. Instruction manuals
57. Jewellery making
58. Job search information
59. Knitting and sewing patterns/information
60. Language (learning)
61. Letter writing - store letter writing paper, stamps, air mail stickers and envelopes in one place.
62. Life story
63. Lists! Lots and lots of lists!
64. Little book of Calm - fill your Filofax with things that bring you serenity and calm.
65. Magazine clippings/articles of interest
66. Motivational journal - images, quotes, poetry, thoughts that inspire you to be happy or achieve goals.
67. Novel - have you written a novel? Store your manuscripts in a Filo. They will thank you.
68. Pantone colours directory (also useful for graphic designers)
69. Papercraft
70. Party planner
71. Performing arts - dance, acting, etc.
72. Personal journal - record your thoughts, and how much you adore the smell of your purple Malden and could sniff the leather all day as if it were your mother's cooking. Jealous.
73. Pet information/guide
74. Photography information (exposure info, etc)
75. Piano chords
76. Pin-o-fax - like Pinterest, but for your Filofax!
77. Prayer book
78. Pocket travel guide
79. Poetry
80. Project planning
81. Purse or wallet
82. Puzzles (Sudoku, etc.)
83. Quotations you like
84. Recipes
85. Religious information
86. Shopping (food, clothes or otherwise)
87. Smash Book or Scrapbook
88. Smoothie recipes
89. Song lyrics
90. Sticker storage
91. Spiritual information
92. Tea! Information about all different teas. I'm a tea-o-holic.
93. Teaching plans
94. Tourist information
95. Travel journal
96. Travel plans
97. Vehicle information
98. Visitor information (for your guest room when people stay!)
99. Video games - cheats/codes, game strategies, etc.
100. Walking/Rambling journal
101. Wedding planner
102. Wellbeing planner
103. Wikofax - Wikipedia/internet articles that interest you!
104. Wine journal
105. Work - whatever your job may be, I bet you can use a Filofax.

Update on my projects

I've had some time today to get started on some of my projects, so this is just a little update :)

Here is what I've done on my life story book so far. I've done some internal pages as well but I might add some bits and pieces to them.

This is my cover page.

And here is what I've done for my household binder. I decided to order things in my A-Z tabs as I had them spare, and just printed an index on each one. I wanted a printed index but this is better as I can add things as I go along.

I used aqua coloured font for the big letters as it's the same colour as my Domino :)

 

This is my emergency information page, which is on different coloured paper so it can be found easily.