My Filofax Doodle Design

Hey everyone.
Last time I blogged it was to review the new Filofax Doodle. You can find that Here
Today I am going to reveal my doodle that I finally got round to doodling. **Warning** this is going to be pretty picture heavy :)
So here is the Doodle before I started.




I knew from the start that I wanted to have my name on the front. So here it is all marked out.




Then the creation of the front cover began :)
















And now for the finished picture.




So that was the front done. Then I had to have a think about what to do with the back cover.
I didn't have a clue what to do with the back.
So I drew what came into my head.












The finished picture.




I used the following pens to design my Doodle.
Sharpie permanent markers.
Crayola Metallic Markers.
The Ultimate Markers.
Artline Multi Pens 1.0




















Let me know what you think of it, and give me a shout if you have designed a Doodle :)
Thanks for looking!!
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Filofax Doodle review

Today I received an exciting parcel in the post from Jess at The Ideas Network.




Inside this parcel was a sample (not a sale binder) of a Filofax Doodle for me to review.




The Doodle is from the new 2013 Filofax File Range and can be purchased Here

This binder is very much Domino-esque in style on the outside. Same tough durable PU material, but a thicker elastic fastening that runs vertically.








The Doodle is a compact Filofax with 15mm rings.




Inside, there are no pockets stitched in as it is can be used more as a notebook if required.












However, it does come with a pocket that has an attached pen loop.




This is a fantastic idea, and I think you should be able to buy these separately. So if you are reading this Filofax, take note :).












As the binder sent to me was an early sample, it didn't contain the full set of inserts, but you can find all details on the Filofax website as mentioned at the top.

Filofax say "Be creative and individualise your cover using the spiral doodle tool provided. Includes a sample piece of material to try our your design".
The Doodle is going to be fantastic for those people who love being creative. The spiral doodle tool is reminiscent of the Spirograph toy that was about in the 80's/90's which I loved as a child.








I had a little play this afternoon on paper.




Conclusion

If you love the Domino you will love the Doodle. It's minimalistic insides easily allow it to be used as a notebook, and lighter than a personal domino (if that is possible).
The ability to design your own cover on the binder is unique and allows you to be as expressive as you would like to be.
The Doodle is perfect for people of ALL ages. It would be an ideal first Filofax for a child, or an additional notebook for lists or projects.
Diaries can be purchased separately from Filofax should you wish to have a diary in there.

I love the Doodle and can't wait to start getting creative on it.


Visit my blog next week to see how the designing is going, and discover how I am planning on using it.



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Filofax reviews coming soon

Hey everyone.
It's been a while since I last blogged, but coming soon to Rapunzel's world are two Filofax reviews from the new 2013 range.

I received them this morning from Jess at The Ideas Network.




The Doodle will be reviewed by me, and there will be a further post of how I decorate/use it.

The Back To School will be reviewed by Esmé. This will also have a further post of how she plans to use it.



Come back soon to have a look!!



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Bye bye Filofax, hello Midori

Hello everyone.
Today I am finally going to share with you my Midori Traveler's Notebook.

I decided to move away from Filofax about seven weeks ago after completely losing faith in both them and SlamPR. So I made a makeshift diary, and then finally ordered the midori.

I have now been using the midori for 4 weeks, and love it!!

So from now, this post will be picture heavy :)




I added a little butterfly charm to the page marker.




We have the inside cover, with Midori's sticky pockets. And a craft file on the right with the spotty sticky pockets.








Inside the craft file.




After the craft file I have the midori free diary. It's a week to view.




The free diary is very handy for starting at random times in the year as you write in your own dates and months.




At the back of the diary I have some sticky notes, then the green cover is the quadrille notebook with Muji sticky note on it.




Inside my notebook.




I use washi tape on the edges of the pages to make it look pretty. This is my password page.




Then I had a page for the Filofax meeting yesterday with train times and child care arrangements noted down, and also who was attending the meeting.




This is a rather random page. My phone hasn't been keeping its battery very long. So I've started taking note when I charge it, and how long it lasts.




This is the information page at the back of the quadrille notebook.




Then I have my photoaday list that I'm doing on Instagram.




Next comes my Christmas section.




I have pages for presents to buy people, to do, Christmas card list etc.








At the back of the quadrille notebook I have another sticky pocket for cards then there is a zipped/card pocket.












Then at the back there is some more sticky pockets.








So there is a tour of my midori.

Will I return to Filofax????
I may well do. The meeting was very positive yesterday I saw one at the Filofax shop that I love, but didn't buy :(. So if I can get a new one then I will.

:)



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