My Pocket Filofax

So for those of you who follow this blog from my crafting days...I'm sorry, this may be a bit confusing for you! I have decided to blog now and again but it won't be dedicated to craft any more, although hopefully there will be the odd crafty post as I am just starting to make stuff again.

I have been asked by a few of my fellow Filofax addicts if I would do a post about the set up of both my pocket and personal Filofaxes so am here starting with the pocket one which I use as a purse and LOVE!!!

It is a very old black Kensington of the softest floppiest (is that a word?) leather ever. It will soon be replaced by my new pocket Malden (but that is another post!!). I bought this one on ebay for the grand total of 99p along with loads of inserts. I was then lucky enough to win a job lot of inserts and a punch to go with it...can't remember how much but it would have been at minimal cost :)

So here we go......get ready for a hundred billion photos. (I am prone to exaggeration, had you noticed?).

Click on the photo to enlarge it. All photos were taken on my Blackberry Playbook so not the greatest quality, sorry!

This first photo is as you open the purse/filo. You will see on the left are my most used day to day cards and in the pocket money off vouchers. Then there is a clear pocket that I have slipped a piece of double sided scrapbook paper in to 'pretty it up'. Also in that pocket is my Superdrug loyalty card which doubles as a mirror and on the outside of the pocket I have stuck some mini post it notes with double sided tape.

So turning over the plastic pocket you will see on the back the other side of the scrapbook paper with another card in and some cupcake post it notes. On the right is a credit card holder that holds 4 cards (my details are covered up by the pink post its....they are not usually there!)

Then we have some Filofax stickers and some of the gorgeous kraft paper from Paperchase (who stock some great Filofax compatible inserts). I use the notepaper to write my shopping lists, keeping them with my money means I never forget to take them!

The next section is my Year Planner which folds out horizontally. This is NOT my diary. My main diary is in my Personal filo which I will blog about next (if you want! Let me know in the comments section). So on my year planner I just note the days I am working (am or pm or both), my partner's shifts, my Zumba classes and anything else that means I'm not available. That way if I have to book an appointment I know if I'm free. All the details are in my diary.


Next is a section that I haven't photographed.It is a week on two pages diary. I just keep a month at a time in this Filofax and I use it to write our daily meals on. That way if I am out shopping and stuck for an idea for dinner I can refer back. I don't carry more pages as I don't want it to be bulkier. If I am trying to lose weight I also use this section as a food diary. I mark the week with the clear ruler.

Then there are a few sheets of coloured plain and lined paper for notes and random thoughts (I have many!). These get transferred into my personal if they are of any importance.

You may have noticed that although there are some dividers in there I am not really using them. I plan to make some (which I love doing and will show you how to make some with pockets soon).

So the next two photos show where my cash is stored. I will miss the huge coin section when I transfer to the Malden.



Here is the back clear pocket and some telephone number pages.


Last but not least the back of the clear pocket with my fuel receipts in. Also tucked in the back pocket is my lottery ticket.


Let me know if you have any questions, I hope this has been of some use to you and maybe inspired you to use a Filofax as a purse!

Thanks for reading.

Sally x