My Filofax Week #17

Hello everyone!

May is almost here - so fast too! It recently rained tons and flooded almost everything in Houston. It seems like May showers got here a little too quickly :)

Here is Week #17 -

And of course, a close - up!

So what happened this week? :) 

• Got a job - in retail but it still something! No money coming in for about three weeks though. So my wallet throws little puffs of smoke whenever I open it - Lol.
• Thanks to Rebecca Crisps over at thecrazytasmanian I was about to purchase a Filofax Finchley in Black. I hope you can see it in the photographs. Thank you so much Rebecca!
• A lot of swaps going on - it's a good thing my boyfriend helped me with that though! :) 
• I recieved my first RAK from a lovely lady named Seiko. She sent me so much stuff that I was just so happy and filled with tears. I didn't get to post a video about it since my camera was down but I will post up some pictures soon! :)

That was it for this week - How was yours? 

Take care.

xoxo Angela

Filofax Essentials Review #1 - Pens.

Welcome everyone!

Here is another series called Filofax Essentials. My main objective will to review essentials that many people use for their Filofax. If you would for me to review a certain product, you can email me @ liveloveorganize21@gmail.com

:)

Today's topic is the essential item - the must have item for your Filofax! What could it be? Pens, of course! There will be other pen reviews but for right I thought I start off with some pens everyone has heard off but might not have seen how they work.

1. The Coleto!

The Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto is available in 3, 4, or 5 barrels. The pen in the above photograph is a 5 barrel pen. It is a quite think pen - It will most likely on fit into a elasticized pen loop, but it is worth it! 

It is a multi-pen. You can hold both pens and pencils in it and customize it to the way you like it - just like a Filofax! 

For this 5 barrel pen, I chose 5 pen colors. They are clear blue, black, apple green, pink, and purple. This pen is great if you love to color code since they don't bleed through and write very smoothly. Here is an example of how they write - 

As you can see, it's very smooth and very neat. For my handwriting, it felt really comfortable since I tend to write a lot everywhere. 

And here are the specific colors I choose, 

The main body componenents for the pens range from $4-8 dollars depending on the size you would like, and most pen refills go for about $2 dollars. You can find this pen and many more at jetpens.com! Or you can click here and automatically be directed toward them :) 

2. The FriXion Slim! 

 The FriXon Ball Slim is a perfect pen for elasticized and non-elasticized pen loops! It fits both perfectly! They are retractable and erasable! Here is an example of how they write! :)

They are very smooth and write very finely. They are the perfect small size and will definitely be comfortable for anyone who writes a lot or a little! :) 

Here is how the erasable pen works. As you can see you can see my writing, but that's probably where I press down to much. Other than that, the pen's eraser works smoothly and everything comes off just nicely since other erasable pens usually leave some of the pen mark behind. 

You can find both of these pens at JetPens, and if you spend $25 dollars or more - you get free shipping. No code needed! 

I hope you guys enjoyed that little review! 

Until next time,

xoxo Angela.

Filofax 'Supplies Envelopes' for sale!

Hello everyone!

I'm trying to raise up money for a Filofax someone is offering to sell to me. It is a Finchley in Black and I have been on the search for one in a long time!! It's my second dream Filofax.

I recently lost my job so to try so to raise the money I am selling 'stationery envelopes' - I was thinking about $15 dollars per envelope plus $3 dollars shipping and the envelopes would have anything from pens to notepads to stickers to post-its notes to little gifts! The envelopes are about the size of an   taller Personal Filofax.. they are actually a little bigger than that :) This is for US only since I can't afford to send international :(

It would really mean a lot to me if I could get this Finchley - I have been having such bad news week after week that I would love to just have the Filofax that I have been searching for..

I am also trying to sell a Filofax that I don't use. It is an A5 Sketch in Red ($35 dollars shipped).. It has a small pen mark on the binding that I am sure can be removed but I have not had the time to remove it.

Thank you for taking the time to read this :)
xoxo Angela

Filofaxes for sale!

Hello everyone! - I am trying to raise money up for a Finchley. I've been having so much bad luck recently - with the whole ebay mess and then I lost my job last week that I would just love a Filofax to use as a journal.. and it would really put a smile on my face.

I have a A5 Sketch in Red - $30 (It has a small pen mark that I am sure can be removed but I don't have the time :(
I also have a A5 Domino in Red - $40 (No deficiencies :) SOLD!!! 

They do come with inserts - only the Domino has a Diary insert (week on 2 pages.) from May 2013 - December 2013. The Domino also comes with Finances Pages, Address Sheets, and Tabs 1-6 in white. The Sketch comes with no diary, quad paper, checklist paper (in german), and the Tabs 1-6 in multi color.

If you would like photographs - please email me at liveloveorganize21@gmail.com

Thank you.
:)

Thanks for looking everyone.
xoxo Angela

My Filofax Week #16

Hello everyone!

Another week has gone and passed by. May is almost here - meaning May showers are approaching! 

Here is week #16 :) 

And a close-up! 

What happened this week?

• MORE BAD LUCK!! :( --- I lost my job on Monday. I was a secretary for a company in the Downtown area of Houston and they laid off more than half of the receptionist/secretaries since they are selling the building and moving to a different location. 
• Several people have been losing their jobs lately, the economy is getting worse and people don't understand. The day after I lost my job - I send half the day looking for jobs, either no one was hiring or they were looking for temporary positions. I haven't finished my bachelor's degree since this is my third year of college so I ended up applying for several retail jobs. 
• I ended having an interview on Friday though - I got the job but I have to wait two - three weeks before I have any money coming in for bills and it's almost the first of the month meaning the rent is almost due!! >.< I'm hoping everything goes smoothly. My boyfriend has been helping me out with some things so I'm hoping after I start working that everything will go back to the way it was.

I really hope everyone is having a blessed week! Be careful out there - I'm in Texas and I heard about the Waco explosion so everyone needs to be safe. I've very sorry about the people in Boston as well - I saw the photos and it was just awful. Keep their families in your prayer, everyone. Please. Take care. 

xoxo Angela.

Filofax Organization #2 - Setting up your Filofax

Welcome to Post #2 in the series, Filofax Organization

Today's topic is - Setting up your Filofax

In the last post, we talked about choosing a Filofax. You can click on the link here if you haven't seen it :)

Setting up your Filofax is the most important thing to do right after you purchase your Filofax. You want to create it your own dividers and make it your own!

Here are the steps!

1. Choose a diary layout! Find what you like, Find out how much you do per day - Ask yourself these questions:
  - How much do I do per day?
  - Do I write a lot and/or write big? Do I want a lot of page space?
  - Do I want to diary inserts to be thick or thin? (meaning a lot of pages)
  - Do I want a weekly insert and/or a monthly insert?

These questions are very important - because you don't want to choose a diary layout that you don't like and then spend the whole year with a set up you can't enjoy.

Credit: Filofax

There are several diary inserts - Day Per Page, Day on Two Pages, Week per page, Week on Two pages.. They also come in cottom cream (which is a thicker type of paper and much softer) <-- Cotton Cream is definitely a recommendation if you write a lot or like to color code, and they also come in just the plain white. 

Credit: pensandleather

They also have a monthly on two pages (above) if you love to see everything at a month on a glance. They also carry it a month on one page. 

You can find all the diary inserts that Filofax carries here and depending on the size of your Filofax, your inserts may vary. 

2. Set up your Dividers or create your own! 

Creating your own dividers can seem hard - but it's actually really easy. You can find some inspiration here and you can also check on Philofaxy or Youtube on how to create your own dividers. 

Setting up the dividers that Filofax sends with your organizer is easy too! Here are some ideas of what tabs you can create..

 - Calender

 - Finance

 - Information

 - Blog/Youtube

 - Addresses

 - Passwords (keep them encrypted though!)

You can create dividers for just about anything - the same way you can create a Filofax for just about anything! :) 

3. Grab some essentials! 

Credit: JetPens

Pens are of course, a must! You can use different type of pens to color code and highlight whatever you want in your Filofax.

Credit: Filofax

Grab some pretty notepaper for your writing notes or for anything you need to jot down! The Filofax paper is my favorite since it's colorful and you can fit a lot of information! 

You can find all the organizer essentials that Filofax carries here. They carry organizer stickers, and notepaper, hole punches, and even extra flyleaf's/pockets.

After your completed setting up your Filofax, you can finally decorate it!!! <- That's my favorite part! 

Stay toon for Post #3 - Decorating your Filofax. I hope I helped you with your set-up! :) 

Until next time!

xoxo Angela

My Filofax Week #15

Hello everyone! It's the beginning of the week today. For those of you who work all week - try to have fun! The week will pass by in no time! For those of you in school - don't worry the school year is almost over! and For those of you at home - enjoy it! It's a beautiful day outside, although I think it's snowing in some places so that might not be too much fun >.< lol

Here is my week #15

And here is a close up. I had a Hello Kitty ^.^ theme this week.

What happened this week?

• Absolutely nothing! lol. I had a couple of packages coming in, school events like my information speech which I did on the whole Sandy Hook conspiracy thing (definitely got people's attention with that topic) 
• I had final exams coming up >.< I have to start studying ASAP! 

No much went on this week. How was your week? I hope it was a good one! :) 

Until next time.

xoxo Angela

Photo a Day Challenge #8 - 14

Hello everyone!

Here is my Photo a Day Challenge! I had a bit of trouble with my Nikon this week so I'm taking her to the shop to see if any of the internal lenses might be broken.

Day# 8 - Fanned/Opened

[I wish this photo wasn't so dark - sorry!]

Day# 9 - Peek a boo!

Day #10 - On top of Something

[Olivia right were she belongs :)]

Day #11 - Your Day

[Photo coming soon - It won't upload :(]

Day #12 - something purple! 

[My two favorite Filofaxes!]

Day #13 - logo

Day #14 - My collection! 

[Ohmygosh, I still want more! :)]

Hope you guys enjoyed that! Next week I should have much better photographs since my camera will hopefully be repaired - I know something is wrong with it  >.<

Until next week. Take care everyone!

xoxo Angela

Reader under the Spotlight!

Hey guys!

If you haven't seen - I was featured as the 'Reader Under the Spolight' over on Philofaxy!

You can check it out on this link here -->
http://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2013/04/reader-under-spotlight-angela.html

& thank you Steve for giving me a chance to do this! :)

If your visit me from Philofaxy, fill free to follow the blog or join using Google --> Link in the side.
You can subscribe to me on Youtube! :)
Thank you so much for visiting! I really appreciate it!

xoxo
Angela

Filofax Photo a Day Challenge #1 - 7

Hello everyone!

It has been a week since the April Photo a Day Challenge has begun so here's my first week :)

Day #1 - You & Your Filofax

Day #2 - Can't live without! 

Day #3 - Calender

[very vague calender :(]

Day #4 - Stickers <3 :)

Day #5 - To Do

[I really want to start designing these pages]

Day #6 - Fat or Skinny?

[Definitely Fat ;D]

Day #7 - Planning Time

Hope you guys enjoy!

xoxo Angela

My Filofax Week #14

Hey everyone!

*If you would like to see what the boxes have written in them - just click on the image and it will zoom :)

What happened this week?

• My Osterley came in - Can you see her in the back ground? Say hello to Olivia everyone :) 
• Some of my scrapbooking packages arrrived 4 out of 13 packages arrived today. I actually have 14 coming in since a Filofaxer is sending me some goodies from Japan! 
• I've been trying to upload more videos to my Youtube liveloveorganize recently so if you would like to see them just click on the link above, and please subscribe so you can see any new videos :) There will be etsy haul videos coming up, my sticker collection, and some new surprises! 

Hope you guys enjoy - Until next week! 

Filofax Organization Post #2 should be up in one to two days.

xoxo Angela

New Video! Osterley Set-Up! :)

Hey everyone!

I finally got my Osterley ^.^ so to show how my Osterley is set up - I made a video!

Hope you enjoy!

Please subscribe and rate! :)

Thanks.
xoxo Angela

Filofax Photo-A-Day Challenge

Hey guys!

Carla over at Friday, I'm in Love created another Filofax Photo-A-Day Challenge for April. I'm joining in and so should you! :)

Credit: Friday, I'm in Love

Can't wait to see some awesome pictures! 

xoxo Angela