Sneak Peek @ a project I am working in this weekend.

Video setup to come!!!

Review of Personal Raspberry Finsbury

Ok as you can see shes a little hefty at the moment. Which i must say is my main drawback on this is (mind you this is my very first /& currently only Filofax) that here is not much give in the leather. But I will give a list of my personal Pro's & Con's.

Pro's

1. Beautiful Color 

2. Love the Texture of the leather

3. Fits perfectly in my purse

4. Good quality inner lining. 

Cons's

1. Doesn't lay flat on its own.

2. No give in the strap so i have to squeeze it to get it to snap closed

3. Pen loop is very small and does not fit any of the pens/pencil I use. 

4. Do not use the back zip pocket.

5. Don't use the card pockets. 

I know that these are trivial but thats my assessment. I can't wait for my Aqua Malden to arrive. I hear/ have seen via YouTube that you can fit quite a bit in it and think that i will like the pocket set up much more. Granted I will toggle between the 2 based on my mood/ outings for the day. 

I still love it though and still consider her a Win purchase. 

Review of Bazic products I ordered online.

Ok so after taking a look around the blogs I  saw that there were a number of people who were using mini highlighters in conjunction with the Cosmos Travel Wallet... So naturally I jumped on the band wagon... I ordered these from Amazon for not too much $ and well they came in were suuper cute but were dry... so i had to toss them all... was not happy about that.

Then I also ordered these retractible style eraser pens from the same brand on Amazon  because they were cute and cheaper than most I had seen around... well they don't work all that great at least not on the Cotton Cream paper from Filofax and/or with my Staedler drafting pencil that I use.. (my fav... especially since it was my fathers). So I ended up giving the blue one to the Mr for school thinking it may work better with No.2 pencils... I kept the pink for later testing when i go back to school in the Spring. But for my  Filofax i would say they were a Bust. 

First Things First: What I'm working with

This is my Personal Sized Finsbury in Raspberry. Her name is Fin. Yes i know that is a rather masculine name for a female... but I'd rather that than call it a he being pink/purple and full of stickers (though some would argue that that is funner!). She is my First Filofax and I must say it was love at first sight. I have always had a thing against planners with interchangeable pages. I think it stems from my mom always carrying a beast of one for work while I was growing up and well making me carry it when i went with her... It was like medical textbook sized and heft no joke! Plus I always thought they had ugly pages... I know I know... Blasphemy!!! the Horror!!!... well I still feel that way and was always on the search for the perfect adgenda.. With cute designs & colors, enough space to write in all my daily to-do's, assignments, chores, etc... Which in turn ended up in me changing/buying new adgendas 4-5 times a year.. plus i have this crazy thing that since i don't keep a journal I always keep my adgendas... well since highschool. Odd habit that. Which brings me to my next point... i ended up carrying like 3 different notebooks and my current adgenda as there was no way to keep all of my information in one place... I tried DIY'ing my own.. that worked great until i set it up and never used it... Then I saw the Filofax trend and was amazed at the creativity people have with it and knew that it was meant for me... So here we are...