A tour of my Osterley compact

Hey everyone.
Today I have for you a tour of my Filofax Compact Osterley in grey.
It is a video, yes that is right a video tour of my Osterley called Oscar.




Now I apologise for the crapness of this video. I hate doing videos and having photos taken of me, especially when I can see me.
So I hope you enjoy it, click on the link, and any comments/questions feel free to comment below.
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My Osterley tour
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Guest post- Esmé's Filofax

Hey everyone.

I am soo excited today to tell you that this post is a very special guest post!!!!

This guest post is a rather privileged look in to Esmé's Mini Finsbury Filofax. Esmé is my youngest daughter and is 4 years old.

When asked what she used her Filofax for she said "just scribbling things and stuff".

So without further a do, it's over to Esmé.





My mummy gave me my Filofax. I like it because it is small and pink and sweet.




I keep important things at the front like train tickets, so I can go on the train. The sticker of the Master is mummy's. She loves the Master. The chicken is mine.




Mummy made my dashboard. I wanted one because mummy has one in her Filofax which she writes things on. Mine has got mice on it though.




This is just the back of it where I write my name.




These are my animal stickers. I like stickers.




My mummy gave me the little pen to put inside so I can write things when I'm out.







This is my scribbling page where I am planning a party.




This is where I write things I need to look for, like toys and games.




I keep my money in here so it's safe.




In here I keep my spare stickers.




I got the hole punch this afternoon and put some holes in my stickers so they don't fall out of my Filofax.
















So there we have Esmé's Filofax.

We hope you enjoyed this post.

Esmé would love to hear any comments you have on it.

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My first Filofax YouTube video

Hey everyone. I have finally made my first YouTube video. it can be seen here.
My Filofax Pocket Chameleon
Hope you enjoy it!!
:)


*******UPDATE********

Thanks to Mstraat for the name suggestion for my Chameleon. He is now named Pascal.




Thank you :)

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Why I changed from Personal to Pocket Filofax

Hello.
Today I am going to blog about my decision to move from personal size Filofax to pocket.

Here are my reasons which I will go through.

Diary space.
Portability.
Functionality.

I use my Filofax for my everything. It serves as my;

Diary.
Reminder.
To do.
Purse.
Coupon holder.
Password reminder.
Notebook.
Someone to cheer me up.

I thought I had all of that when I found Iggy the personal Enigma which I blogged the set up Here
He filled all of the purposes shown above.

My move to personal was only meant to be temporary leading up to Christmas. It enabled me to track successfully my Christmas section Here
Then once I bought the Day-Timer diary I fell in love with monthly tabs. Iv never seen these available for pocket Filofax so stuck with personal.

Now I'm coming to the end of my uni course I don't have anywhere near as much to write in my diary. No lectures/seminars/deadlines/to do etc. This got me thinking. Why do I need such a big diary? It's depressing when you look at it and it's empty. You can only fill it with so much crap to try and make it look interesting, and it is more cumbersome to carry around than a pocket. I got chatting with Imy one night on FaceTime and she felt the same. She did a Blogpost on it.

We came to the decision a pocket move was in order. As I loved the personal Enigma I decided to get the pocket Enigma and call him Ziggy.

Here they both are.




I said about my diary looking empty in the personal size, so here is a pic of this weeks diary with both the personal and pocket.



And here is last weeks.



A lot of the to do's in pink I don't really need to have in the diary. It's just a checklist.
And since I have made my own monthly tabbed dividers Blogged here I am happily back in a pocket set up. It ticks all criteria for my "everything", is more portable, fully functional, and the right amount of diary space.
Sorted!!

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My Enigma Love

Hello everyone. Today I thought I would introduce you to my Filofax Pocket Enigma. As I no longer need a lot of diary space I decided to move down from personal to pocket. But that is a different post to come soon. **update** now here**
So here is my Pocket Enigma Ziggy.




I adore the enigma in vermilion and am so excited about this set up.




I am using my Bic Fashion pen. I know it doesn't really match the colour of the Filofax but I love having different coloured ink instead of the usual black and blue. I have my two most used cards at the front and in the little pockets I have my note money. In the zip pocket I have have steps and little notes. On the right there is my ever faithful dashboard that I blogged about Here




On the back of my dashboard I have my sticky hot lists from Day-Timer. Then there is a photo of my girls.
I am so excited about this next bit. I have never got on with dividers in pocket when I have my Bic pen in the loop and started using top tab dividers that I made myself. After a long think, I came up with a genius idea. Why not make some top tab dividers to match the enigma.
So I printed off a picture I found on google and made three dividers.
Here is the first.




Isn't it fantastic!!!!




Behind the first tab I have note paper. It is Hello Kitty from Yasmin who sent me a full set of Hello Kitty inserts :).




Behind the second tab is my information section. It has personal details, Filofax registration number, passwords, Esmé's alphabet learning and anything else I need in there.




Then we have my third tab. Now this one might change. It currently is my address tab. As I only have 6 addresses in there, they might get moved to the information section and this be something else.
Then comes my diary.




I'm currently using a month on two pages tabbed that I made myself from Hello Kitty monthly diary pages. Above you can see the front of the tab, then below, the back.




I made the tabs from A-Z tabs from Filofax, 2 letters per tab.




I'm also using a cotton cream week to view ruled diary from the Filofax website in Germany. I love this diary set up. Especially how Saturday and Sunday are the same size.




Next I have a clear pocket with stickers in it for decorating my diary etc.








Then we have a clear pocket with coupons in for shopping and a card holder with store cards in.




I use the popper pocket at the back for holding money.
I love being back in a pocket.




It's so much easier to carry around.




I hope you enjoyed the tour!!
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Filofax Dashboard

Hi everyone.
I have been asked to do a post on my Filofax "Dashboard". My dashboard is my first port of call when I open my Filofax and holds information that is quick to access. My dashboard at the moment is the Filofax assorted sticky notes small-pocket. They can be purchased Here




I use my dashboard to keep track of the family, my to do list, shopping list, and anything I need to remember.
So here is my dashboard.




The orange post it is for my eldest daughter. The pink post it is for my youngest daughter. The yellow post it is for my other half. The blue post it is for things I may need to remember. And the big post it is for my shopping list and also my to do list.
So here is how my dashboard looks today. I haven't written my to do list on there yet.




So we can see that my eldest hasn't got anything coming up at the moment. My youngest has got a school trip on Wednesday. My other half is away next weekend and I need to remember next time I'm in Aldi to look for that wine. Then there is my shopping list to get things in for lunch today.
The good thing about the dashboard is you can change it to suit your own needs. I do use it for general to dos, appointments and everything I need to remember. I only started this one yesterday so I may tweak it a bit and change the post its on it.
Here is a picture of the dashboard on my personal Filofax.




This one was also the Filofax sticky notes for Personal size Filofax. I had used the original post its that were on there so used my own.

I hope you find this post useful.
Thanks for reading.
:)

**UPDATE**
I have had a play with my dashboard on my pocket enigma now, and have personalised it. When I open my Filofax I like to be happy with what I'm greeted by, so by making my dashboard unique I can do this.
I have basically taken off all of the original post its and put my own on.
So here we go. My dashboard.



It is basically the same design that I used on my personal Enigma. I loves the colours on that on and as the saying goes,
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Enjoy.
:)

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