The Filofax Classic Mash Up

Hello everyone.

I have been meaning to do this post for a while now, but never seemed to get round to doing it.

So today I shall show you my Classic Mash Up.




Filofax brought these out in December 2012 as a limited edition. I wasn't quick enough at the time to buy one, and they sold out before Christmas.
I kept looking and hoping that they would appear on eBay, but they never did.

In June I decided to contact Filofax to see whether they had any that had been returned. There weren't any.




However, I did manage to get hold of one from a fellow philofaxer who was selling it. I was thrilled!!!




After receiving it I contacted Filofax again in the hope of finding out more of this elusive item.




I received the following information.
"The Mash Up was made using pieces of development leathers. The majority of leather which Filofax uses is developed and designed inhouse specifically for each range, direct with the tannery. In the case of these two products, all leathers came from varying developments over the last 6 years or so, which used Italian tanneries leather. They were put together to 'clash'
or 'complement' to create a truly unique piece. Only 25 of each were made".




My Mash up is the "Multi". It also came in "Red" (photo taken from Google)





I have stuck some stickers on the inside of mine to brighten it up as I thought compared to the outside, it was quite plain.

Initially the Mash Up wasn't very well received in the Philofaxy community, receiving various negative comments. However, when I posted photos of mine on the Philofaxy Facebook group people loved it.

So there you go. A quick look into a limited edition Filofax. If you ever come across a Mash Up you are very lucky.

Thanks for reading.

:)



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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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COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCED

I would like to thank everyone for their entries to my competition to win the filofax Metropol. I had fun doing this and even more fun reading the entries.

I had a tough decision between two entries that required me in the end to bring in an independent judge.

So lets have a look at the photo again, to remind us what caption I was looking for as a winner.





The winning caption is.....................

"In solidarity with the company losing half it's profit, Gordon Presly stands stoically with half sleeves"

And the winner is Kristin Peters.

Congratulations Kristin, drop me an email and I will post your prize out to you!

Thank you everyone who took part, and entered the competition. Look out for another Filofax giveaway soon!!!

:)


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Competition now closed

Thank you to everyone who has entered my competition to win a Filofax Metropol in Kingfisher Blue. The competition is now closed, and I will announce the winner on my blog on Nov 22nd.






Good luck!!!!!!!!


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Filofax Competition time

********COMPETITION NOW CLOSED********

Earlier this year I took part in a Holiday Essentials Challenge run by Filofax. The idea was to make a mood board for three Filofaxes given by Filofax themselves.
Today I am holding a competition to win one of these Filofaxes, the Personal Metropol in Kingfisher Blue.




There was an article on here Scotsman.com that told of the troubles that Letts Filofax were facing. Attached to the article was the following photograph of the CEO of Letts Filofax, Gordon Presly.




To win the Personal Metropol in Kingfisher Blue all you have to do is the following.............................
I would like you to come up with a caption that best suits this picture.
The one I find the funniest will win.
The competition will close on November 20th 20.00 GMT, and the winner will be announced on November 22nd.
Terms and conditions.
# The judges decision is final.
# To enter you must follow my blog, comment below to say you do, then email me your caption.
# Email your entries to me at icclewu@hotmail.co.uk
# If the winner doesn't contact me by Nov 25th 20.00 GMT, another winner will be chosen.
# I do accept bribes (haha).
# The above term is a joke.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Philofaxy meet up. 22/9/12

Hello everyone.

Today I'm going to give you a round up of the Philofaxy meet up held in London on Saturday.

This was my 3rd meet up and I was very excited to be going.





My journey started by train, travelling down from Retford station to Kings Cross.

As it was a nice day and no one was meeting me at the station, I decided to walk to The Tate using ios6 maps on iPhone (risky I know, but worked).





I arrived there early and was pleased to see Steve there already.
Slowly other members arrived and very soon we were able to go inside for lunch.

People in attendance were;
Me
Steve
Imy
Thomas
Alison
Rebecca
Jess
Yasmin
Keji
Sarah
Andy
Preethi
Christa
Anita

As soon as we sat down the Filofaxes were out.





We were split into two tables which worked quite well actually. It gave us the opportunity to chat with those on our table during the meal, then all swap around afterwards.













Anita waving her Filofaxes at me in the background :).

After we had finished lunch, we headed over to City Organiser.









Andy had very kindly agreed to option the shop once again for us to browse/purchase to our hearts content.

Our first port of call once inside City Organiser was to check out the new Temperley range.





As you can see I was not impressed with the Ikat.





And Alison looks horrified by the Ikat.

I will be doing a separate post on the new Temperley range, so keep an eye out for it.

After we had finished at City Organiser, people split off to do their own thing. Some people went home/hotel, but me, Imy, Anita, Sarah, Preethi, Christa and Keji went shopping in Artbox, Muji and paperchase.

After we said our goodbyes to Christa and Keji, we made our way over to Vapiano where we met up with Steve and Thomas for a meal. It was a lovely place and the meal was fantastic. You can watch them cook your pasta meal.

At the end of the night we said goodnight to everyone and headed towards our hotel. I was sharing with Imy, and Steve was in the same hotel, so we had a drink in the hotel bar, then retired for the night.


This was a fantastic meet up, and my favourite to date. It was lovely and chilled out. I loved meeting new Philofaxy members and of course seeing the old ones again.

It was a very magical weekend.

:)


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