09 April 2017

Guest Post: Custom-made hand-tooled leather planner

Thank you to Sharon for permission to use her post here on Philofaxy. 

Swoon. I'm obsessed with this new custom planner by JMR Custom Leather on Etsy. I sent 30mm Krause rings to him use in this beauty. Just LOOK

Beautifully braided stitching on the edges

Krause rings, and fits Franklin Covey compact sized inserts, elasticized pen loop

Front

Back
J.Mark Rhoades (he goes by Mark), the artist who made this allowed me to share some insight into his inspiration:
My craft is old school leather carving/tooling. The designs are actually hand carved and tooled into vegetable tanned saddle leather. Everything is done pretty much one at a time. Most leather products that people are familiar with from retail type stores are actually embossed/stamped with  hydraulic presses in mass production facilities. Mass produced embossing simply cannot achieve the depth, texture and detail of hand craftsmanship. My patterns are derivations of "Sheridan" style carving that was developed by master saddle makers in Wyoming.
I began tooling leather as a hobby a few years ago and made items for family and friends. Over time, I began selling a few custom order items. I am still employed as a full time college professor, so this limits the number of items that I can offer for sale. However, I hope to expand the business very soon and will be launching my own website Star Mountain Leather in May. -
J.Mark Rhoades

Thank you Sharon for permission to use your post, the organiser certainly looks lovely I hope James gets lots of orders from our readers. 

If you have any questions about these wonderful products please leave them below and we will do our best to get Sharon or James to answer them for you. 

08 April 2017

Web Finds - 8 April 2017

So I hope you have had a good week

So now it is time to enjoy a great collection of blog posts from around the internet, so grab a drink and make yourself for our weekly round-up.

Here are some Philofaxy posts you might have missed this week:
  1. Web Finds 1 April 2017
  2. Silent Sunday....
  3. Highlights for March 2017
  4. Free For All Tuesday No. 322
  5. Web Finds - 4 April 2017
  6. Tell us about...... 2
  7. Inserts for 2018
  8. Free For All Friday No. 438
So here are the latest Filofax and other brand blog posts from around the Internet. Don't forget to leave a comment on the posts you enjoyed reading, all bloggers enjoy getting comments.
  1. Less is More - Filofax Blog
  2. Plannercon 2017 Details, Experiences and hauls - Kat's Life In Cali
  3. Time management Monday: Budgeting your time for Input vs Output - Quo Vadis Blog
  4. Successfully downsized from personal to pocket size ring organiser - This Bug's Life
  5. Custom-made hand-tooled leather planner - Sharondippity
  6. How to Have a Quarterly Goals Check-In - Day Designer® • 2017 Daily Planner
  7. From plan to party in my Filofax - My Filofax Blog 
  8. What Happened When I Ditched My Smartphone For A Paper Planner - Fast Company
  9. Already Behind on Your 2017 Goals? - http://limetreefruits.com
  10. My Work Planner and Notebook System (unabridged) - vanilla folders
  11. Episode #28: GTD and Mind Mapping - Getting Things Done®
  12. The Franklin Five: March 2017 Checklist - FranklinPlannerTalk
  13. INTRODUCTION - Lavender Love Life UK
  14. Filofax for storing - My Filofax Blog
  15. Filofax Personal Chester-Tapestry - The Filofaxist 
  16. Filofax love from around the web!  - Mademoiselle
  17. Simple Planning - Planner Fun Plus
  18. Blogging Is Just A Hobby... Isn't It? - Typecast
  19. TMN TIP: Write It Down…Now - Time Management Ninja
  20. All change - again - My Filofax Blog
  21. Rhodia Meeting Book pages fit A5 Filofax - Quo Vadis Blog
  22. Calendario gratuito in italiano per Filofax Personal - My Last Eureka
  23. Bemutatom A5-ös filofaxom - FilofaxNi!
  24. Making Use of Weird Windows of Time - Getting Things Done®
  25. Plans - Life with my Planners
  26. Spring Cleaning Your Planner: Clean or Replace Your Binder - Strange & Charmed
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  • We can not guarantee people will read your posts, but we know there is a higher chance of people reading your posts and returning to read other posts if you make them interesting with pictures and good hints and tips. Do not forget to give your posts a title... 
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Enjoy

07 April 2017

Free For All Friday No. 438

Earlier this week on one of my non-planner Facebook groups someone posted this photo with the caption:

Do you remember these things?, a fad of the 1980's called a 'Filofax'. A very over priced and bulky 'must have' accessory that promised to organise our otherwise chaotic lives.


I was quite surprised at first then I looked at the photo and thought.... I'm sure that is one of my photos... sure enough it was from March 2013!!

There was the usual 'Oh I found it on Google Images' but the responses to the post was quite mixed.

A lot of the people (99% men) said they had owned one at some time, very few said they still used one. Quite a few people said they had gone electronic and lost all of their data at some point or other.

They seemed quite surprised that I still used one! Of course I shared a link to Philofaxy!

What reaction do you get when someone sees you using an organiser?

But as usual it's is Friday.. where did the week go? So please feel free to discuss anything organiser related.

Have a great weekend.

06 April 2017

Inserts for 2018

Today we are releasing the complete set of diary inserts of you to be able to download and print yourself for the year 2018.

For 2017 please visit this page. You will also find detailed instructions on how to print any of the files there too.

Please note that previews are not updated each year unless the design has changed.

Inserts for 2018

A4/A5 Format
  1. Day per page .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  2. Day per page minimalist journal (narrow) .doc .pdf Source Files Preview
  3. Day per page minimalist journal (wide) .doc .pdf Source Files Preview
  4. Day on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  5. Day on two pages (Daily Dashboard .docx .pdf Source Files - Word Excel Preview
  6. Two days per page (Lined) .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  7. Two days per page (Unlined) .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  8. Week per page .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  9. Week per page CC .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  10. Week per page with Tasks .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  11. Week on two pages Enhanced TM   .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  12. Week on two pages Enhanced TM (5 line version)  .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  13. Week on two pages Enhanced TM  with Journal  .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  14. Week on two pages Enhanced TM (5 line version) with Journal .docx .pdf Source Files  Preview
  15. Week on two pages Enhanced TM V3 (4 line version)  .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  16. Week on two pages Enhanced TM V3 (5 line version)  .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview (4 line)
  17. Week on two pages (cotton cream layout) .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  18. Week on two pages Journal .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  19. Week on two pages Journal Lined .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  20. Week on two pages Vertical .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  21. Week on two pages Minimalist Vertical .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  22. Month per page .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  23. Month per page (Horizontal Format) .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  24. Month per page with notes: .docx .pdf Source Files  Preview
  25. Month on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  26. Month on two pages with notes .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  27. Month on two pages - lined .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  28. Year planner A4 .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  29. Year planner A4/A5 Z fold .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  30. 2018 Year Calendar .doc .pdf Preview
A6 Inserts for 2018
  1. Day per page  - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  2. Day on two pages - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  3. Two days per page (Lined)  - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  4. Two days per page  - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  5. Week per page  - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  6. Week view - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  7. Week view (vertical layout)  - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  8. Week plus Tasks - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  9. Week plus Tasks sub-divided Days - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  10. Enhanced Time Management Week View - Word, PDF Source (Word Excel), Preview
  11. Enhanced Time Management Week View V2 - Word, PDF Source (Word Excel), Preview
  12. Enhanced Time Management Week View V2a - Word, PDF Source (Word Excel), Preview
  13. Month per page - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  14. Month on two pages  - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  15. Month on two pages (Horizontal format) - Word, PDF, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  16. 2018 Year planner  - Word 2018 PDF 2018, Source (Word Excel), Preview
  17. 2018 Year Calendar .doc .pdf Preview
All of these A6 files are in A4 format and all should be printed on to A6 size paper as detailed in the previous post. There is one exception to this and that is the Year Planner, this should be printed on to A5 paper at 70% scale and then Z folded to fit in to A6.

Personal on Personal Paper
  1. Day per page .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview 
  2. Day on two pages .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  3. Two days per page .docx .pdf Source .docx .xlsx Preview
  4. Week per page .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  5. Week per page plus notes and tasks .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  6. Week on two pages .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  7. Week on two pages Vertical .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  8. Enhanced Time Management Week View Word PDF Source Files Preview
  9. Enhanced Time Management Week View V2 Word PDF Source Files Preview
  10. Enhanced Time Management Week View V2a Word PDF Source Files Preview
  11. Month per page .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  12. Month per page with notes: .docx .pdf Source Files  Preview
  13. Month on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  14. Month on two pages with Notes .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  15. Month on two pages (Horizontal) .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  16. Month on two pages lined .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  17. Year Calendar .docx .pdf Preview
Personal on A4 Paper
  1. Day per page .docx .pdf Source Files Preview 
  2. Day per page minimalist .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  3. Day on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  4. Two days per page (Lined) .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  5. Two days per page (Unlined) .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  6. Week on one page .doc .pdf Source Files Preview
  7. Week on two pages Enhanced TM .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  8. Week on two pages Vertical layout .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview 
  9. Week on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  10. Week on two pages landscape layout .docx .pdf Source Files Preview 
  11. Month per page .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  12. Month on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  13. Year planner .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
Personal on Letter Paper (North Americans Only!)
  1. Day per page .docx or .pdf Source Files  Preview
  2. Day per page minimalist .docx or .pdf Source Files  Preview
  3. Day on two pages .docx or .pdf Source Files  Preview
  4. Two days per page .docx or .pdf Source Files  Preview
  5. Two days per page (lined) .docx or .pdf Source Files  Preview
  6. Week on two pages - TM  .docx or .pdf Source Files  Preview
  7. Week on two pages - CC  .docx or .pdf  Preview
  8. Week on two pages - Vertical layout -  .docx or .pdf  Preview
  9. Week on two pages - Landscape layout .docx or .pdf  Preview
Pocket on A4 Paper
  1. Day per page minimalist .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  2. Day on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  3. Two days per page (Lined) .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  4. Two days per page (Unlined) .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  5. Week on two pages enhanced TM .docx .pdf  Source Files  Preview
  6. Week on two pages CC Inspired Layout .docx .pdf Source Files Preview
  7. Month on one page .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
  8. Month on two pages .docx .pdf  Source Files Preview
Mini on A4 Paper
M2 on A4 Paper

Inserts for 2019 will also be available soon. Although some are already available on our page here.

A big thanks as always to Ray Blake who did the bulk of the work this year on the creation of the files. Thank you. 

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05 April 2017

Tell us about...... 2

I'm sure we all have a particular Filofax or other brand of organiser that you wished you had bought at the time you first saw it.... but didn't. And then before you remembered they had stopped selling them.

Yes it happens to all of us.. me included.

The one that got away... which is yours?

Please tell us in the comments below.