Covet Monday - On The Hunt For My Nomad

As you might know, I moved from my Personal Filofax into a Field Note sized Naked Cow Fauxdori around 2 months ago. More recently than that, I changed my "system" and now loosely follow a Bullet Journal style, in which I am about to finish my first insert. 

I still really like the size and it was perfect to start off as it is not only utterly portable but also completely undaunting for somebody who hasn't really written much of a diary or journal before. No big scary expanse of paper. I now think though that I'd like a larger format to house my longer term collection and also to add an insert for my to dos and work notes as I am about to start a new job. I know, I'm really just justifying acquiring a regular size cover but given that it's a big birthday soon and Mr G. wants to get me something special, I think that's quite alright?

I was dithering between the Gillio Giramondo, a Pelledori (both of which I discovered a while ago) and a Van der Spek Nomad. The fact that you can fully customize this cover finally pushed me towards the Nomad and I am now in the process of selecting a suitable leather with the help of Petra Van der Spek.

As I am such a sucker for printed leather, my hope is to find a piece of black croco. Fingers crossed and watch this space!

My Current Dream Team: Filofax & DIYFish

I've been in my Filofax now pretty much exactly three months. If you have followed my "planner journey" you might have watched the first review, which showed what did work so far - and then my second of what didn't work. You might have also gathered that I am considering going ringless. 

Anyway, in this next review instalment of my personal size Filofax, I am showing you which inserts I moved into after realising that the previous combination just didn't work.

Stumbling around the various Facebook planner groups, I was introduced to the Etsy store DIYfish. Designed by the lovely and talented Sheng, they are so clever that you can move into them straight away and then continue to discover new ways to use them every day. The latter not least because of the big community of DIYfish users and fans. 

Sheng also has her own blog where you can find an introduction to the different versions and well as useful hints and tips about printing and binding of the inserts.  The DIYFish Facebook group is fantastic for getting your queries answered and Sheng herself is never too far to answer a question. 

Anyway, have a look at my first steps in those new inserts...

• The yearly overview was part of the Paperchase 2015/15 diary inserts.  
• The yearly chart is from DIYFish. 
• The main set of inserts is also from DIYFish, it's a three month trial of v2.2 in personal size
• The dividers are from MyPrettyWeek