Filofax Classic Italian leather chocolate A4!

My new Filofax Classic  chocolate italian leather A4 ! 

A total Ebay bargain . Hardly used and smells absolutely divine . Its perfect for all my art project work and I have a year planner in it too to keep all my artist activities /demonstrating,exhibitions etc organised . Although I have all the dates in my Retro bloom personal filofax its nice to see all my  artist related work in one place so I can see my timings . 

It just so happens that this came at the perfect time . I just recovered from the HORRID dizzy virus and I was asked to submit an application for an artist residency . It's a complete pleasure to plan for it in this . 

I adore the stitching details in it , it feels very secure and classy and the colour is fab . 

It has a full length today marker plus cream dividers . I have an A4 hole punch so I can add in whatever pages I like to this plus plastic sheets to hold loose pages which is a complete bonus . 

I Love the cream A-Z too .

My A4 is purely business so I wont be customising it . It is business as usual though in the retro bloom personal filofax . Here is my next week set up . 

I love using the 3D butterfly stickers . They simply squash flat when I close the pages . I have never been so organised ad I am loving it . no more missing or forgetting things . Using filofaxes is really working for me . I have been collecting from Ebay , only small purchases but I have fun uses for them all :-)  

I am decorating with some of the cheaper tapes I found , this one was from The Range . Its not quite washi and it does pull up the paper a bit if you reposition it but i found as long as I am careful using it then its perfectly ok . Lovely patterns and colours . I am still using the removable task post its . Moving anything not finished onto the next week takes a lot of worry away  . I know I havn't forgotten anything and that helps me to sleep . Which is great because my boy is being assessed now for autism . This will be a fun ride but it explains an awful lot ! 

Sunshine ! Makes my whole day feel brighter . 

Sev xoxo

Sorting Out Forty .

Sorting out forty . 

A blog about an unorganised artist with three kids , one with ADHD and Aspergers , two fishtanks , one cat and a husband . 

Hitting forty is a bit of a difficult time  for everyone but I had heard life begins at forty and I am determined that mine will too . A little bit about me . I am an artist , three times winner of the David Shepherd Wildlife artist of the year Wild places award  . I am a mum , daughter , wife , sister , friend and everything that comes with . I also have a collapsing disease /problem , stress , anxiety and depression . My dad died last december from cancer , my mum has beaten cancer twice . It has been a long , hard , exhausting slog . I have been unwell since my teens when my thyroid stopped working . and exhausted ever since . 

So you see why I need to sort things out  , and I will ! 

I started this blog to share how things are going , to motivate myself and to share those things I love . I have started a new healthy eating plan and exercise regime , I am batch cooking , saving money , organising my house and my kids and learning just how good life can be  . 

Here is the good bit . The start of all this change was FILOFAX ! WHY did I never have one before . 

My new Filofax came ! wohoo ! Its a pocket size pink one and its fab . 

I already have a Filofax retro bloom personal that has transformed the way I manage my daily life , a small thing made SUCH a difference . More on my Retro bloom on other posts ,  I just want to share my new baby ! 

I have a Filofax obsession which is  really helping control my depression in a number of ways  , if i have a Filofax I have to find a way to use it ! I use my retro bloom for my day to day diary  , health tracker , things to do etc and my new pink pocket Filo I  am going to use as a holiday planner . Here it is ! 

At the back is a mesh pocket I can use to store train tickets etc when I am actually on holiday . I will take this filo with me , its the perfect size and will have all the info in it I need . 

The best bit . At the front it has credit card slots and a full length pocket

A map too ! I wasn't expecting that as this Filofax was second hand from Ebay .

It includes a today marker /ruler in pink and all the paper in it is pink too because it is the breast cancer awareness Filofax .

I cant resist putting on my new page setup in my Filofax Retro Bloom personal . I love being greeted each day with bright colours , it really helps to keep me smiling and my mood balanced . I will upload a photo in my next blog post of the end of week look when its all full so you can see just how much I love to use it . 

Thanks for following along with me  on my first post  , I hope you follow my blog and follow my journey !

Feel free to leave a comment I would love to hear from you !
Sev :-)