Carry-along Pencil Case

Hi everyone!

I know most of us carry our daily planners around with us.  But, have you ever been out, waiting to meet someone, or having a moment to spare, that you decide to get up-to-date on your planning, and realize that you didn't have one or two of the tools you need?

I confess, I have!

In an effort to downsize the contents of my bag, I 'try' to carry only what I think I will need.

Having had more than enough of these moments however, I decided to carry with me a few things that will make planning/writing more efficient and fun.

At the moment, I'm loving this tandem!  This is my everyday, carry-with-me-everywhere planner, and now, the pencil case I carry as well.

kikki.k Mint Medium Planner and Pencil Case

The pencil case is a very basic, one compartment affair.  It's quite roomy, and made of a durable vinyl that cleans up easily.  The zipper is strong and sturdy and opens all the way around so you have full access to the contents.

Here's the lot!

It may look like a lot but it really isn't.  And everything fits into the pencil case snugly.

These sticky notes, I think, are my favorite to use out of all I own because they stick really well.  I use Post-It brand as well but have those stuck on flyleaves in the planner/Filo.

Top, from L to R:  Galison, kikki.k,
Daiso, Martha Stewart and Muji.

(L)  Frixion Slims 0.38 in the colors I use to color.  (R)  Muji scissors, Uni highlighter,
Martha Stewart glue pen, Pilot Plumix fountain pen, and eraser pen.

Masking stickers, Cloud sticky notes,flags, and some clips.

I love having them with me to make sure I enjoy writing and planning, whenever the opportunity strikes.

Do you do the same?  What do you carry in your on-the-go pencil/stationery case?

Until later, thanks for visiting!

Using a Filofax as a Pen Case

Hi everyone,

For 2014, one of the changes I've been making to my diary is to use erasable pens because I want to make my pages as clean and neat as possible.

I got some Muji erasable pens in the colors I use, and a brown Frixion, a color Muji doesn't carry.

Having been used to multi-pens, I was looking for a way to carry my pens in my Filofax.  It wasn't a problem switching pens at home, but when I'm out, pulling out a pencil case isn't always very handy.

You may remember I sold a lot of Filofaxes.  This made getting this next Filofax a guilt-free purchase.  I've been wanting a blue/aqua/teal personal size Filofax for a while now and finally got the Aqua Chameleon.  I've been using it for about a month , and I'm loving it.  One of the reasons is this:

I can fit 6 pens in the back zipper pocket!  And the Muji pens are not by any means 'thin' pens.

The leather is much softer than I remember from my Compact Raspberry.  Althought the back pocket on that was roomy, I never really used it for coins because I liked seeing what I had, and used a clear zipped pocket for coins.

For perspective, I have a full year's worth of 2014 WO2P inserts, lots of notepaper, stickers, sticky notes, etc. So the Chameleon set up is not a svelte one.  (My next post post will be a detailed set up which I haven't done in quite a while.  There have been major changes so I think it's worth an update.)

Enough rambling, here are more photos of how the Chameleon looks with pens in the zipped pocket.

Still closes, even with 2 Coletos.

Strap is stretched out a bit, but it wasn't hard to close at all.

Bulk doesn't show from the front.

There it is, the Chameleon as a pencil case! I just love it when something works out like this!

Thanks for visiting!

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Pen and Sticky Note Pouch

Hi everyone!

Today, I thought I'd share with you the pencil/cosmetic pouch I currently use to store the pens and sticky notes I use on a daily basis.

Match-y match-y in black

Since moving into the Midori as my everyday planner, I've had a little bit of fun experimenting with post-its and stickers and playing around with highlighters.  I needed something to corral all these so I looked around my stash of bags and pouches and found this Red Earth cosmetic pouch that I've had for the good part of a decade.  (Red Earth is an Asian brand and I got this for free after buying from their store in HongKong.)

I love this pouch!  It's super sturdy, cleans easily, and is quite mythical in the amount of junk it can hold.

Let me show you!

It has two main zippered compartments.

Fabric heart and charms

I used Glossy Accents to attach a fabric heart to the front of the pouch to distinguish the front of the pouch from the back.

The front compartment opens on all three sides and has slots for pens and a full-length slot on the far side.

Pen slot with everyday pens/corrector

 The back pocket opens only on the top and has a main compartment plus two smaller ones on the back side.

Back compartment

This is all the stuff the front compartment holds:  binder cliips I use for GTD, 3 multi pens, 2 retractable Frixions, a Sharpie fineliner, a corrector pen, a pen eraser, bear & frog sticky notes, paper clips on Starbucks card, flower Post-Its, non-stick flags for little notes, and a full set of masking stickers.

Contents of front compartment

The back compartment doesn't contain quite as much but I can stuff even more in there if I wanted.  It currently holds 6 highlighters, an extra paper clip, a glue stick, Post-It Flags times two and small square Post-Its in matching colors.

Contents of back compartment

And here are all the contents together.

It always amazes me how much this thing holds.  I've looked around for something else to replace it but have yet to find something that can organize as well but isn't quite so big.  I'm tempted to get the Document Wallet everyone's been using, but I'm holding off to see how well I get on with this.

I rotate my Post-Its quite a bit so I can use them all up.  I'll show you how I store the rest of it in another post.

Thanks all for visiting!