tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64227794410306625242024-02-23T02:51:08.385+10:00Empress Bat's JournalMy online journal about creativity, searching for planner peace - Kikki K, Filofax, Hobonichi, book reviews, and art journalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-15323413656318371432022-06-18T13:05:00.002+10:002022-06-18T13:05:31.747+10:00Book review - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd<div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1iv6SHYOT_aaI74kyWg6QWbQlmtb3RCZL008XKAf663QZgfUciecpGoEDTTBU5cFqM1JTeXDwZ7_9JDq3a2kWlplp0Q2YgSLOAgbsZsbT5z-0um8I2JxOYLQwAaThMHPYXX_sETWecRA1w5B1NiYMAFnkzLhNFm3JcIckNUlmEuzbBxneJ7E86VEyQ/s320/image.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="320" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1iv6SHYOT_aaI74kyWg6QWbQlmtb3RCZL008XKAf663QZgfUciecpGoEDTTBU5cFqM1JTeXDwZ7_9JDq3a2kWlplp0Q2YgSLOAgbsZsbT5z-0um8I2JxOYLQwAaThMHPYXX_sETWecRA1w5B1NiYMAFnkzLhNFm3JcIckNUlmEuzbBxneJ7E86VEyQ/s1600/image.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you have read this book please consider leaving a review of it. Honest and fair reviews help readers decide on whether a book will appeal to them or not, and can help authors get seen and obtain book sales.</span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ff00fe;"><b>Book details:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></li><li style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Publisher : </span></span></span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Orion</span></span></li><li style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b4a7d6; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Language : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">English</span></span></span></li><li style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b4a7d6; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Paperback : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">400 pages</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;">ISBN-10 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">0062910698</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;">ISBN-13 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">978-0062910691</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ff00fe;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Please support the author, their Amazon page is <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Peng-Shepherd/e/B0755NH654/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk" target="_blank">Peng Shepherd</a> and they are on Twitter as </span><span style="font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;">@pengshepherd</span></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">I give this book 5 out of 5 bats, </span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I have seen some reviews that have scathingly said there are too many plotholes - I read this book in a few hours and thoroughly enjoyed it. I found it easy to follow the various intermingling storylines and didn't feel there were any unsurmountable plotholes at all. I did question why the characters made the decisions they did, as in some cases the decisions seemed extreme and totally unrealistic, but think about real life, people make odd decisions all the time, let's give this author's created people a pass on their strange decisions. I enjoyed the characters, the map and place descriptions, and although I found the denouement to be a bit of a trite 'happily ever after', it was an enjoyable book to take me away from the stress and worries of real life. I felt one of the morals of this story is that trying to selfishly hold knowledge to one's self and not share it is to the detriment of all which is a good lesson, Overall I liked the book I found it mysterious, creative and it had enough intrigue to keep me reading. I think the characters could have done with a bit more of a three-dimensional building, rather than telling us what they are like showing us, would have been good. I also think there could have been more explanation as to why these people were so terrified of a person that they made the decisions they did, but all up I enjoyed it and it is worth buying for a wintery afternoon read to escape the real world.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2011-2022</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-34251143132989409602021-08-22T15:46:00.004+10:002021-08-23T08:00:59.422+10:00Book review - The Blood within the Stone by T.R. Thompson<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLa7jgKIpcblA7_VmwxKuWaIzS7GPiChvZTXkV_5NH44jBwrlpKfC1Vl7rfFxzyBChnKqqylX3uUvrc57ub41EWyanfaUwsZJepFDMvBtdqf7moWKcmSMr_fSLx1Y7ZnjJnbiJP2O8B3t/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="320" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLa7jgKIpcblA7_VmwxKuWaIzS7GPiChvZTXkV_5NH44jBwrlpKfC1Vl7rfFxzyBChnKqqylX3uUvrc57ub41EWyanfaUwsZJepFDMvBtdqf7moWKcmSMr_fSLx1Y7ZnjJnbiJP2O8B3t/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">The Blood within the Stone</span></b></h2><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">If you have read this book please consider leaving a review of it. Honest and fair reviews help readers decide on whether a book will appeal to them or not, and can help authors get seen and obtain book sales.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b style="background-color: black;">Book details:</b></span></div><div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Odyssey Books (22 July 2017)</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Language : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">English</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Paperback : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">352 pages</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-10 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">1922200824</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-13 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">978-1922200822</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Please support the auhtor, their Amazon page is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/T-R-Thompson/e/B0746C69R2/" target="_blank">TR Thompson</a></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Their Twitter profile is: </span><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheWraithCycle" target="_blank">@TheWraithCycle</a></span></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><Note I placed an abridged version of this review on the book's Amazon page.></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><b>Disclaimer </b>- I follow this author's account on Twitter, their publicist contacted me and offered to send an electronic copy of the book to me for review. I however preferred to purchase a copy myself as I like to support fellow authors. (<a href="https://www.demystifycyber.com.au/" target="_blank">I write non-fiction books about cybercrime</a> so I shall refer to myself as an author even though my work is nowhere as cool as this guy's is!). I purchased the Kindle version of this book. I prefer hard copies of books, (as in real paper), however I wanted to read it immediately and was too impatient to wait for the book to arrive in the post.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I give this book 5 out of 5 bats, it grabbed my attention from the very first paragraph of Part One, and I felt I was there watching the action, smelling the air, and feeling the flames of torches. The introductory paragraph of the book grabs attention with its colourful descriptive prose, which, as it described a lone guard standing in a breezless night, was slightly eerie and promising of epic adventures. </span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">This is the first novel of the Wraith Cycle, and I found it to be a delightful journey into a dark fantasy world that is guaranteed to entice all readers of fantasy and archaic adventures. The story follows the young thief, Wilt who is working for the Grey Guild, (love a story with guilds, reminds me of MMORPG, so it appeals to me as a gamer straight away!) and whose first job in this thieves guild goes very awry. This young thief, who later finds out he is more than he or anyone else originally believed, and in company of friends as well as dubious allies and potential threats, reminds me of a combination of the classic stories by Charles Dickens, such as Oliver Twist and Great Expectations, albeit set in a magical world of mystery and darkness.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">The balance between description and action is just right, and the book absorbs the reader into the exciting narrative. I highly recommend this novel to all who like to read adventure, mystery and fantasy.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2011-2021</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-80937197901488038502021-08-15T17:25:00.005+10:002021-08-23T08:01:12.120+10:00Book review - This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayronn<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNHq-vfhXs6zKaN6hE8ZF4SotCEE7oGlgoQ3qongU36sVezLx59orIZ6dtamNaPi8j-aJx7Jv_rgKATL1hHXsABsYNzg05g-Ydkgh_ydP3Tv4GxStRIz5q82-zAon4r05r0ssWFaJafhc/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-05-06+at+2.22.44+pm.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><h1 style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">This Poison Heart</span></span></h1><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">If you have read this book please consider leaving a review of it. Honest and fair reviews help readers decide on whether a book will appeal to them or not, and can help authors get seen and obtain book sales.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: medium;">Book details<br />Publisher : Bloomsbury YA (2 July 2021)<br />Language : English<br />Paperback : 400 pages<br />ISBN-10 : 1526632799<br />ISBN-13 : 978-1526632791</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Please support the auhtor, their Amazon page is <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Kalynn Bayronn Amazon page</a></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><Note I placed an abridged version of this review on the book's Amazon page.></span></div><span style="color: white;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I give this book 5 out of 5 bats, it is a beautiful book,with well crafted narrative and three dimensional chracters. It is published as a book for young adults, however it can equally be enjoyed by ... the not so young adults.</span></div></span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br />The book houses a story of mysteries blending Greek mythology, fantasy, witches a mysterious garden, with the story of a young lady called Briseis who was adopted by her Mums who run a florists store and are struggling financially. Briseis has more than a green thumb, and her extraordinary powers with plants and her immunity to the poisonous ones, makes her stressed and unable to enjoy friendships. She inherits a sprawling mansion, complete with an apothecary shop, and all sorts of strange and wondrous things unfold.<br /><br />It was a great COVID 'lockdown read'. Mine was in an Owl crate subscription box, and the cover art was glorious.</span><br /><br /><b style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I give this book five out of five bats.</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">The book can be purchased in a variety of formats from Amazon USA via this link: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Amazon USA this poison heart</a><br />The book can be purchased in a variety of formats from Amazon Australia via this link<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Amazon Australua this poison heart</a><br /><br /> (c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2011-2021</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-31620446421911437092021-05-31T18:52:00.006+10:002021-05-31T19:03:08.408+10:00Setting up my new Filofax Garden - Dusk Personal size - Part One<p><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2021/05/filofax-i-just-ordered-new-filofax.html" target="_blank">bought</a> the Filofax Garden - dusk from the Australian Filofax online store, <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2021/05/review-filofax-garden-personal.html" target="_blank">reviewed</a> it in a previous post, and now ... introducing Part One of the setting up! <cue fanfare></span></p><p><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">This is a rambling, not well formatted, brain dump of a post. I wanted to give you all a quick glimpse of what I am doing with the new Filofax, and explain some of my setting up process thoughts. The follow up post will have more detail, and hopefully make more sense!</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">This Filofax is for my personal projects. In my own time I write books on cybercrime and women in tech, I have two blogs, and I also create planner stickers, cybersecurity awarenss merchandise, badge pins and jewellery that I sell in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/EmpressBatsEmporium" target="_blank">etsy store</a>, and I write a column on cybercrime for the <a href="https://womeninsecuritymagazine.com/" target="_blank">Women in Security magazine</a>. I do have a lot of projects on the go and need somewhere to put 'all the things '🤣.</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">To start with I wanted to put my etsy store business cards in the front pockets, however the pockets are too narrow to fit a standard sized business card horizontally, so I had to slot them in vertically, as you can see in the photo below. I am still not a fan of the pink interior - but I know there are many people that will like the pink lining (The wonderful Desley from the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/desleyjaneplans" target="_blank">Desley Jane Plans</a> for one!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;">OOH side note - if you are a stationery fan and like to see how people use their planners in both a functional and aesthetically pleasing way, have a look at Desley's YouTube channel ... the link to it is here> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/desleyjaneplans" target="_blank">DesleyJane Plans</a></span></p><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">And back to my rambling post....</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YCfUcM3kEvgWj9RuNLS2Z5S_KH0xZByoH0meAU_yZ1BzAB9xmQ7OAuJRoOybTBy0_uasu7rYauv12LHVTL4TiQUwA585rnwHOE44GhCYbRDrnFHc20s76KpC79t1DeaOIwv26i7ygchk/s2048/ff+bc.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="front of a Filofax ring binder, pink fabric with credit card slots, in the slots are business cards" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YCfUcM3kEvgWj9RuNLS2Z5S_KH0xZByoH0meAU_yZ1BzAB9xmQ7OAuJRoOybTBy0_uasu7rYauv12LHVTL4TiQUwA585rnwHOE44GhCYbRDrnFHc20s76KpC79t1DeaOIwv26i7ygchk/w480-h640/ff+bc.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">The small front pockets aren't big enough for a standard sized business cards</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">If you have read my <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2021/05/review-filofax-garden-personal.html" target="_blank">review post,</a> you may recall I felt Filofax had missed an opportunity not having the '100 year' medallion on the actual Filofax. I ended up carefully peeling it form the acetate cover and sticking it to the fly leaf. I also used some of the matching washi tape I bought, to reinforce the holes on the paper fly leaf as you can see in the image below. (As you read this imagine me waving my hands in a flourish towards the photo).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEh6qN3sinMwgOs7CYJiSqQZfEgWrjjr4C5_xpl0HUIPx9Aegpn2zu7VmdjNklazNNnKa-TGA1wfnK6cvk2TqGU_b0SoBC8a1dfwPqoU9RUuDxHQlrarXGaDx2ixRpznCDA4VNk6F6ny5/s2048/ff+100+yrrs.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Inrerior of a ring bound planner, pink lining blue fly leaf, the gold sticker and put it on the fly leaf" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEh6qN3sinMwgOs7CYJiSqQZfEgWrjjr4C5_xpl0HUIPx9Aegpn2zu7VmdjNklazNNnKa-TGA1wfnK6cvk2TqGU_b0SoBC8a1dfwPqoU9RUuDxHQlrarXGaDx2ixRpznCDA4VNk6F6ny5/w480-h640/ff+100+yrrs.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Kept the gold sticker and put it on the fly leaf</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I used a grid ruled page to scribble a quick index, this won't be the final version, it is just so I can work out what I am doing as I set the Filofax up, and it <b>is</b> functional albeit messy!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4QYCmbFIrC8xB3GzR2qHKGYj1oF6XmnvKz0QAXX0ee0uSba3FhhzXkMvXeI7O2yIDre3fpU9qfp0wT0crsl7Hmkc29uGd-1iroP0fqNsZgVDZ1eOctIhkrGuOSgSqU-lC7GilYRq_-RJ/s2048/FF+index.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Interior of a ring bound planner with a hand written index" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4QYCmbFIrC8xB3GzR2qHKGYj1oF6XmnvKz0QAXX0ee0uSba3FhhzXkMvXeI7O2yIDre3fpU9qfp0wT0crsl7Hmkc29uGd-1iroP0fqNsZgVDZ1eOctIhkrGuOSgSqU-lC7GilYRq_-RJ/w480-h640/FF+index.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Messy index page as I work out what I am putting in each section</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I am using the tabbed dividers that match this Filofax, they aren't the garden design of the cover, but the flecked style of the interior, but in various colours. I will go into more detail about the sections in the Part Two post, however a sneak look at the Finances section, in the photo below, you will see a budget envelope. I am not using that to stash money, but to stash receipts. Also, if you look closely at the upper right hand side, you will notice that I have already managed to ghet a pen mark on it .... I had it a day... a day... and managed to mar it.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6oiFi5er6gfPycXqZzF9B-ExraMB5s2vP-2Xsg45dNDuxwyCvTfLcE_ItajCdR2bz2CwQnQtAYV_K4RwU6bEz7SUb1iC1FyzgwNxou7dA5MugLdNA7kNvg5fUEFHG8-k-MWD6dlh42qw/s2048/ff+projects.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="inside ring bound planner, a light blue budget envelope" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1898" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6oiFi5er6gfPycXqZzF9B-ExraMB5s2vP-2Xsg45dNDuxwyCvTfLcE_ItajCdR2bz2CwQnQtAYV_K4RwU6bEz7SUb1iC1FyzgwNxou7dA5MugLdNA7kNvg5fUEFHG8-k-MWD6dlh42qw/w594-h640/ff+projects.jpeg" width="594" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">If you have made it through my rambling post, to the end, THANK YOU .... I promise I will do better next time .... I am also working out how to upload a flip thorugh video of the Filofax to this blog, so stay tuned!</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><strike>..........................................................................................</strike></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to see more posts about Filofaxes and planners please see the index to those topics in my blog to the left of this post, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and also I highly recommend you visit </span><a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00ff97; font-size: x-large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></b><b style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;">For planner themed video content from a fellow Aussie planner and stationery fan, please check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/desleyjaneplans" target="_blank">Desley Jane Plans</a></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: white;">
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2011-2021</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-18530074669763536582021-05-28T15:59:00.005+10:002021-05-28T17:03:44.797+10:00Review - Filofax Garden Personal <div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I am a stationery addict, I will happily admit, and I do love the Filofax branded organisers above all other organisers. When I saw this new(ish) release from them, the Garden in the 'colour' dusk, I decided I needed to buy it. I won't even bother explaining how I rationalised this purchase, just accept that I did, and here it is.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOM20Wj0pmEiMb-i2xg5gfDEQT-a5kv0LqBmR3MZKLMgQigBdYAOXOlDtf8Z-Es39iBLhYwDxJmy4gizyQd9061imnbUQCjfq0qWc_5bKPPl9sK6gh5A_0Tfa-qAMc-Lc3NDj1Y926e_bY/s2048/FF1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dark green with flowers, Filofax ring binder organsier" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1502" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOM20Wj0pmEiMb-i2xg5gfDEQT-a5kv0LqBmR3MZKLMgQigBdYAOXOlDtf8Z-Es39iBLhYwDxJmy4gizyQd9061imnbUQCjfq0qWc_5bKPPl9sK6gh5A_0Tfa-qAMc-Lc3NDj1Y926e_bY/w294-h400/FF1.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Filofax Garden - Dusk - personal size</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I ordered the organiser - and some accessories, (don't judge me), from the Filofax online store in Australia and they arrived about a week later, which is pretty good. The organiser itself was $79.95 (AuD), which given how it is constructed I found was a bit pricey, (Officeworks in Australia for example has Otto branded ring bound organisers of better construction for under $20 (AuD)) but one is paying for the brand.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: medium;">Let's get to the review.</span></h2><div><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">The acetate slip cover in the packaging has a gold sticker delcaring the 100th year of the FIlofax - wouldnm't it have been just that bit more special if that had been a badge ON THE Filofax itself? - Come on Filofax up your game! I woud have loved this to have had the badge embroidered or printed on the organiser. What a keepsake that would have been</span></div><div><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW5U81kmJ_-hei1zIWgEdaPtu-lsrUUc4wNLuJoA2cJ-AqFAnNE2nnSuKasRQYrBN3BCo9-8DWookY1eSlMlJzqglpoGjStftnwfKduR0707boi3c8j3Igeoi3q9Dv0skJ87jJfn1NUg0/s2048/20210528_131616.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="picture of a gold round ticker with 'filofax 100 years'" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYW5U81kmJ_-hei1zIWgEdaPtu-lsrUUc4wNLuJoA2cJ-AqFAnNE2nnSuKasRQYrBN3BCo9-8DWookY1eSlMlJzqglpoGjStftnwfKduR0707boi3c8j3Igeoi3q9Dv0skJ87jJfn1NUg0/w400-h300/20210528_131616.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Packaging of the Filofax showing the 100th year sticker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">The organiser is a nice compact chunky creature, with a gorgeously gothic dark green mysterious dark garden style vibe on the cover. It is made from some sort of softish synthetic material, and has gold foiled dabs here and there. The stud fastener is hidden (as in there is no actual external stud button as in some of the Filfaxes) and the rings are standard silver tone and are 23 mm. \</span></div><div><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruKWQMY7_OyRkmAmNffm0nq152GcuG_GoqWFGI6k0EyAqxxtbqsMqA2uPMTXBcIC3Tt5uubkKJS-J0khyG6XgkfMhu3Pr8srmFxCpqIoOtinzdUv2RiFx_qjpzz4Y2kxMiy1xbQCUvoCV/s2048/20210528_131554.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of a Filofax ring bound organiser in dark green with small pink flowers" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruKWQMY7_OyRkmAmNffm0nq152GcuG_GoqWFGI6k0EyAqxxtbqsMqA2uPMTXBcIC3Tt5uubkKJS-J0khyG6XgkfMhu3Pr8srmFxCpqIoOtinzdUv2RiFx_qjpzz4Y2kxMiy1xbQCUvoCV/w400-h300/20210528_131554.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Filofax Garden in dusk - personal size</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br />The fly leaf is clear acetate and then there is a sheet of paper to put your name. I feel again that this is a missed opportunity from Filofax, the fly leaf could have had the '100 year' logo on it, and made this Filofax quite the collectors item.</span><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzC3-ObNUZ44kfUjzRxjYVuyrFb7DfCuajAQ7wko9YG8fk1-eXokteEe4VuKLTjOqtzNP8ruH6VsMlNdtAa6UowbMz9ax-3lQjZCBZbsxXbyu1xAl_cLMCNLcJj8fTCszx_b8c3sOj0ls/s2048/20210528_131651.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="inside a ring bound Filofax, the fly leaf to write one's name" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzC3-ObNUZ44kfUjzRxjYVuyrFb7DfCuajAQ7wko9YG8fk1-eXokteEe4VuKLTjOqtzNP8ruH6VsMlNdtAa6UowbMz9ax-3lQjZCBZbsxXbyu1xAl_cLMCNLcJj8fTCszx_b8c3sOj0ls/w400-h300/20210528_131651.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Fly leaf</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">The FIlofax comes with the standard inserts of a week on two pages, some sample coloured pages, To Do lists, address section and some paper dividers. The organiser inside, is a pink with coloured flecks pattern ( I am not a fan of the pink, I think something equally as dark as the exterior would have been better), and features six card pockets and a slip pocket in the front and a vertical notepad pocket and pen loop on the right side.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsZopUIGBNaZKhwErGHYZmoCv1PD9Qx8GGjhczb4M3MRwOjWG1Uz1xxc_YjgaOk0CRJw30ReHSjnHgBH2B5_awX-gSK4i4NULO3QnfzNwkzoEFouQsVBYgkQNacSTMz_D9LqGK_c4oKlz/s2048/20210528_141921.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="inside a filofax ring binder, showing the rings" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsZopUIGBNaZKhwErGHYZmoCv1PD9Qx8GGjhczb4M3MRwOjWG1Uz1xxc_YjgaOk0CRJw30ReHSjnHgBH2B5_awX-gSK4i4NULO3QnfzNwkzoEFouQsVBYgkQNacSTMz_D9LqGK_c4oKlz/w300-h400/20210528_141921.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Inside the Filofax, silver toned 23 mm rings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Here is where I get a litle disappointed ... and feel the manufacturing is not as good as one would normally expect from this brand, even for the cheaper ranges. The lining of the pockets is the cheap synthetic woven fabric that easily rips away from binding. This right out of the box already has loose threads and a not too secure lining. Thus type of lining is often found in those 'Dollar Store' cheap knock off wallets, yuo know the kind? They look cool, cost you $5, and then sfter a week of use your coins fall out as the pocket lining has come away.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OMEKOHlu_nh0D70uT441XgQJFdVdJXuDXzBxEY6bsm6l-MUotwo3GGRcz9YVOfU4FBATtoYl56O1LuIAFLZMjlKss126DSo-Wl7PclGLweDyNEA8kD3NNBf76H_wqB8j_ufHzMoR7i4n/s2048/20210528_132043.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OMEKOHlu_nh0D70uT441XgQJFdVdJXuDXzBxEY6bsm6l-MUotwo3GGRcz9YVOfU4FBATtoYl56O1LuIAFLZMjlKss126DSo-Wl7PclGLweDyNEA8kD3NNBf76H_wqB8j_ufHzMoR7i4n/w300-h400/20210528_132043.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">The pockets are lined with cheap synthetic fabric</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I digress.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Other than the inside being pink and the lining being sub par, the organiser is cool, and I bought some matching acccessories for it as well. I will do a post on another day on my set up of this one.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUxfZzJDGyn05Z6F6mP3wGEvbHkV3amm79mOeYevNh7EKReUeSz8wR5iVGyLvMMQuuv2IzZqwheBF2xm6CXZ131cey5DeFNI3IGpI-yW1LUvJfFanM5pfRmGuBmwlospODMXrGjoyLp25/s2048/20210528_131918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUxfZzJDGyn05Z6F6mP3wGEvbHkV3amm79mOeYevNh7EKReUeSz8wR5iVGyLvMMQuuv2IzZqwheBF2xm6CXZ131cey5DeFNI3IGpI-yW1LUvJfFanM5pfRmGuBmwlospODMXrGjoyLp25/w400-h300/20210528_131918.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aIjBfjcpT59rBPB8n6CzUl66yeyqoq5371xlt5r-BHymWxmBBRPVPELA-A2INSkMSeLDH-2UnUzPU1obU8wMRoc2QNNajs2iPqvOERdWv-vs4ooj7FZ15C1YthM6ddEaafnDcU4h36TK/s2048/20210528_131824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aIjBfjcpT59rBPB8n6CzUl66yeyqoq5371xlt5r-BHymWxmBBRPVPELA-A2INSkMSeLDH-2UnUzPU1obU8wMRoc2QNNajs2iPqvOERdWv-vs4ooj7FZ15C1YthM6ddEaafnDcU4h36TK/w300-h400/20210528_131824.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">All up I am happy with this purchase, although I think the lining material really let this orgainser down. The matching accessories is a nice touch, and I can't wait to set up this new Filofax!</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Have you bought this Filofax? what are your thoughts on it? Feel free to comment below!</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to see more posts about Filofaxes and planners please see the index to those topics in my blog to the left of this post, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and also I highly recommend you visit </span><a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00ff97; font-size: x-large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2011 - 2021</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-26644516313462169362021-05-23T11:56:00.003+10:002021-05-23T11:56:59.069+10:00#Filofax - I just ordered a new Filofax<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As a collector of Fiofaxes (and I DO use them) I could not pass up the opportunity to buy this little beauty. The <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Garden Personal Organiser in Dusk</a> from the Filofax shop in Australia.</span><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: medium;">As well as the organiser I purchased some of the matching accessories. I cannot wait until they arive, and when they do I will have an unboxing blog post and a follow up post on how I plan to use it.</span></div><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: medium;">Stay tuned!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://au.filofax.com/new-arrivals/garden-personal-organiser.html?___SID=U" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="picture of a ring bonder Filofax in dark green iwth small blue and pink flowers" border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Fe28HRGFQzlyq2pAKLZSqFzA0fwYYzeQ_U6xpyO5Rb7gmVmdYXGPKNZAe6f-nmpa6UQBKyjZap75i7m4YN9xuPsuxz1k2icZ-WZ2Bfp553yYCRFB5yZbU2NJQyxBgv_cuBtd-STjSi9K/w273-h320/ff.PNG" title="Filofax Garden in Dusk - Picture from the Filofax Australia site" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Filofax Garden in Dusk - Picture from the Filofax Australia site</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><b style="background-color: black; color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to see more posts about Filofaxes and planners please see the index to those topics in my blog to the left of this post, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and also I highly recommend you visit </span><a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00ff97; font-size: x-large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b></div><div><br /></div>
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2021</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-67371613328857935882021-05-23T10:53:00.004+10:002021-05-23T10:55:14.113+10:00Review - etsy shop purchase from dspdavey - black cocktail ring<div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I am passionate about supporting local small and hobby businesses, it is imporntant that artisans continue and are not swallowed up by mass produced plastic companies. One of the artisans I admire for quality and beautiful work, is Deborah Davey. I have followed this multi-talented artist, scientist and etsy shop owner on Twitter for some time, and admired the beautiful items she hand crafts and sells on etsy. </span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I saw a post she made on twitter recently haring a cocktail ring she had made and was selling in her etsy store - the ring was just my style, silver toned, Baroque style, and black. I was immediately enamoured with it and rushed (as much as one can rush in virtual reality) to her etsy shop in the hope it was still available for sale. Happily for me it had not yet been snapped up and I scored a beautful hand crafted cocktail ring.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf3__0p16gA8rJs8Nx-Oi2Szr69TqKlQXcy5UQmc-BJZR3vQ7r1n5sBv_gs1sEogo4Jt3FuWPKlUOehDHOobh84v6RdE71D2VHLglIb03Voi2wiDOb5PFRuFoyjkDMhI-5hswCgtscNOY/s2048/ring+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><img alt="picture of a hand, a black cocktail ring on thumb, thumb nail has blue nail polish, hand is holding black paper, the paper has a white floral sticker" border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf3__0p16gA8rJs8Nx-Oi2Szr69TqKlQXcy5UQmc-BJZR3vQ7r1n5sBv_gs1sEogo4Jt3FuWPKlUOehDHOobh84v6RdE71D2VHLglIb03Voi2wiDOb5PFRuFoyjkDMhI-5hswCgtscNOY/w320-h308/ring+1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">This ring is beautiful. It was packaged in gorgeous black tissue with a decorative sticker seal and sent in recycled packaging which I LOVE! I believe in re-use and recycle and when a seller does this they get an extra star from me - can I give Deb a 6/5 stars? </span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">There was a handy instruction tag about how to care for the piece which is useful to ensure the ring is kept in excellent condition and can be enjoyed for a very long time.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdwAhLl15-HzelJ_tS7bldDJ7e8gNSRP9QXc03Q2ey9N-h_rofK3aRt0M0bGfYvyoomPI4Fri6gDk8EB4jcQoVyc8wUlZcOdQwD1aDn8d4hA-MexaguN5-LFo1_2juOWgtgyvurOQQCai/s2048/rinf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><img alt="a black and silver cocktail ring with a paper tag attached with care instrucitons" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdwAhLl15-HzelJ_tS7bldDJ7e8gNSRP9QXc03Q2ey9N-h_rofK3aRt0M0bGfYvyoomPI4Fri6gDk8EB4jcQoVyc8wUlZcOdQwD1aDn8d4hA-MexaguN5-LFo1_2juOWgtgyvurOQQCai/w240-h320/rinf.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">The black centre is set on a silver tone light weight metal adjustable ring, and therefore will fit most finger sizes from tiny to large. I have been alternatively wearing it on my thumb and little fingers, which shows just how adjustable the ring is!</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">This ring is just a delight - Thanks Deb your work is stunning</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Follow Deborah on Twitter -> <a href="https://twitter.com/dspdavey" target="_blank">Dr Deborah Davey</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Check out her etsy store -> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/dspdavey" target="_blank">dspdavey</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2021Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-37497861388919953472021-05-15T19:25:00.003+10:002021-05-15T19:27:50.029+10:00#Filofax - Fifteen ways to use your organisers<div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I don't want you to call me an enabler ---- BUT ... as an owner of many a Filofax myself, I decided other stationery addicts like myself may want some ideas about to use their multiple Filofaxes (insert name of your planner of choice here), or have a 'reason' to buy another.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">So here is a list in no particular order.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">Fifteen Ways to use your Filofax / planners/journals</span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><b>1. Work planner</b> </span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">- have tabs to place inserts for your meeting times, to do lists , notes, planned and unplanned leave, pay slips, training infomration, conferences etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">2. Art journal</span> </b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- grab your favourite art paper, punch holes to match the rings, put your favourte pencil or drawing impliment in the pen holder, some belnding cards, and if your Filofax/planner has a zipped pocket, add some coloured pencils or pens.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">3. Junk Journal</span> </b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- Want to use up the pretty papers, brown paper bags, envelopes and scraps of paperin a junk journal wihtout having to venutre into book binding? Have I got an idea for you! Grab all the papers you want to use, punch holes in them to match the rings in your Filofax / planner, decorate some tabbed dividers and you are ready to get creative in your ring bound junk journal. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">4. Memory Scrapbbook</span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"> - Use tabbed sections for months, add pages where you can note down what you did that day/week/month, and put some photos in that you print out from your phone/camera.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">5. File of facts</span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"> - So Filofax is a neat name derived from the binder originally being a file of facts. (get it facts... fax...anyway...). Use your Filofax as a stash of information, use tabs to divide the topics. For example a section for conversion tables, a section for maps, a section for railway staions ... well you get the idea.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">6. Recioe binder </span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- you can write out, print out, tear out recipes and shove them in your Filofax. Using tabs the reciopes could be seperated into starters, snakcs, mains, desserts, breakfasts, vegetarian,. whatever you want!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">7. Gardening planner</span> </b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- stash in your FIlofax your new waiting to be planted as well as empty seed packets, pruning schedule, favourite plants, garden to do lists...;. everything your little green thumb finds handy for gardening!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">8. Pets </span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- We have a lot of pets, and everytime we take one to the vet we get asked what food they are on, what brand pest treatment we use, and all sorts of things that make me think I am in a school exam! I use one of my ringed planners for the pets. Each pet has a rtab and there is a plastic sleeve for each of their vaccination records. I have their birth dates, breeds, pedigree papers (where relevant), the food they are eating, the pest treatment used, and the vet bills. It is a very handy File of Facts! Two of our pets are pictured here (Frank the pedigreed (but not elitist) lilac point ragdoll cat, and Chloe the rescue Staffy-cross )</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypToVXdd_bMgv8NYpC88BMbo0POAWlJnCoCuPG3njabY5TlFUXnrNVQnfnGEsqsgUNZOYV0Doh6hpRweGLw1MiVE2z3DIF23SkduETt9ePs0Q3Xejkmze9QyMq9ciAAAHblyD00jmJJib/s1052/frank+and+chloe.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><img alt="picture of a white fluffy cat wearing a jumper (left) on a seat and on the right is a brindle coloured staffordshire terrier dog lying on a chair" border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1052" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypToVXdd_bMgv8NYpC88BMbo0POAWlJnCoCuPG3njabY5TlFUXnrNVQnfnGEsqsgUNZOYV0Doh6hpRweGLw1MiVE2z3DIF23SkduETt9ePs0Q3Xejkmze9QyMq9ciAAAHblyD00jmJJib/w400-h254/frank+and+chloe.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">9. Writing journal </span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- A Filofax is a great place to write, just write your thoughts, your ideas, your brain storming. It is great because you can move the pages around and put them where you want to as yuo organise your thoughts and ideas. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">10 .Lists </span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- Use a Filofax/ planner/notebook for lists. You could use tabs to have topics for each of the lists to go under. In the BuJo community the lists are called collecitons, which brings me to </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">11. Bullet Journal</span><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"> - </span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Number ten segues well to this one, . you could use your Filofax as a bullet journal.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">12. Home inventory</span> </b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- You could use your Filofax to store your warranty cards, reciuepts and home inventory information.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><b>13 Wallet</b> </span><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">- I have a post about using a <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2021/05/filofax-mini-malden-in-navy.html" target="_blank">Mini Malden </a>as a wallet and using a <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-glimpse-of-my-filofax-topaz-mini-as.html" target="_blank">Filofax Topaz</a> as a wallet, and from my expereince they are great for wallets. The cards can go into sleeves on the rings, there is room for note money, grocery lists, and coins.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">14. Projects</span> </b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- If you have a specific project (like home renovation) or many projects, stashing all the infomration into one binder means everything is in one place, easy to find, and easy to add to.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ead1dc;">15 Studying </span></b><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">- whether you are enaged in fomral or infomral stuydy, a place to put all your notes, information, sources, and research is essential to keep track of your learning.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">There are so many uses for rmultiple planenrs, you don't have to just use them for calenders/schedules and a diaries, but you can use them to keep information, lists, warranty cards... all sorts of things. I reiterate - don;t call me an enabler...but.... consider yourself enabled...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">So when you see that gorgeous new Filofax/Kikki K/TN/notebook, you may not really NEEDED it .. but you could surely find a use for it!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">If you want to see more posts about Filofaxes and</span><span style="color: magenta;"> planners please see the index to those topics in my blog to the left of this post, and also I highly recommend you visit </span><a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00ff97; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a><span style="color: magenta;">.</span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2021</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-60605775611504714142021-05-06T16:22:00.008+10:002021-05-07T07:29:41.616+10:00Filofax - Mini Malden in navy <div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I have many Filofax ring bound organisers.. Some of them are quite old, some of them are unusual, ... some of them are sitting on a shelf gathering dust bunnies. Basically I really did not need to buy another Filofax. Did I let that stop me? No dear reader, no.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">My favourite model of Filofax of all time is the Malden. The soft covers, the zipped pockets, the many places to stash forgotten business cards. I have had a Personal and an A5 Malden in purple for many years, and have wanted a mini version for a long time. I was sad when I realised Filofax were not making them anymore. </span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">That was until Filofax started making them again!</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Last month (being April 2021 if you are reading this in the far off future) I decided I was going to stop being sensible - ha me sensible... anyway I was going to stop saying to myself 'no you don't need another Filofax', and give in to the temptation that is the gorgeous navy Malden mini.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I purchased mine online from Organiser World in Australia, I have been a frequent customer of theirs for quite some time. If you are interested in viewing their offerings the link to their site is here: <a href="https://organiserworld.com.au/" target="_blank">Organiser World (Australia)</a>.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Once the gorgeous little Malden arrived, and after I spent a good hour or so delighting in its company, and talking to it (don't judge), I realised I needed to have a use for it. This is where I decided to make it my new wallet, Note I have used Filofaxes as wallets before, in 2018 I was using a Filofax Topaz mini as a wallet, a short post about that can be viewed form this link: <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-glimpse-of-my-filofax-topaz-mini-as.html">Filofax Topaz as a wallet</a>. I have also used other mini Filofaxes as wallets ... and funnily enough I have also used... wait for it ..WALLETS as wallets...</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9bQzOitpHS6aYwYY4THVZVrE1D4dDpFsphwQrGxnwsB6BfwnBiYyIbrKHz1PejcfOAYeX3b7cuicJFQ2iDdOgWN6dNpNrQv2vCDpbHnLP-8jXH0S0TVPNiKm8UGe17oGMEOYMfSrLzV0/s2048/malden+closed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><img alt="hand holding a navy blue small Filofax organiser binder" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9bQzOitpHS6aYwYY4THVZVrE1D4dDpFsphwQrGxnwsB6BfwnBiYyIbrKHz1PejcfOAYeX3b7cuicJFQ2iDdOgWN6dNpNrQv2vCDpbHnLP-8jXH0S0TVPNiKm8UGe17oGMEOYMfSrLzV0/w300-h400/malden+closed.jpeg" title="The mini Malden - isn't it adorable?" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">The mini Malden, isn't it adorable?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">I scoured around my very disgustingly messy art room/study/cannot find the floor room, for plastic credit card holders that I could convert for this Filofax. I found some from an old wallet, punched holes into the sides of the plastic sleeves and then placed them in the Filofax. This way I have somewhere to stash cards (like my EB Games card, or as you can see in the photo, my public transport card - 'Go Card') that can be scanned without having to take them out of my wallet. The small zipper section is ideal to keep a few coins, and there is a full length pocket encompassing the entire back of the organiser that I can stash dollar notes and receipts. I have added some note paper in the back in case I want to write a quick shopping list or note something, and I added a key ring chain to the zip so I can clip decorative and possibly nerdy type of things on there if I choose too. Like a Legend of Zelda keyring charm for example. I cut the acrylic packaging that was around the organiser (the acetate stuff that has 'Filofax' printed on it, to make a fly leaf. I kept the box the Filofax came in to stash the diary and other inserts the Malden came with.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfl5JZ-gb9AurJIVd3HTf5zL0qQEyuTasnBwp9GGbRFGb8fRoU4ztA5c-apvWgVXqrnWQKk_E-SN81c2HKjL2MEYo1HhsJA6EKni5Kvgr3wFoPQVm2rUVeMDM6hStZOYq-bvycN5qljCI/s2048/malden+open.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="open Filofax navy blue mini ring bound organiser, with a rose gold key chain on the zip that is on left hand side, and travel and credit cards visible in the pockets and card sleeves" border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfl5JZ-gb9AurJIVd3HTf5zL0qQEyuTasnBwp9GGbRFGb8fRoU4ztA5c-apvWgVXqrnWQKk_E-SN81c2HKjL2MEYo1HhsJA6EKni5Kvgr3wFoPQVm2rUVeMDM6hStZOYq-bvycN5qljCI/w400-h258/malden+open.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">It's my wallet!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">The mini Malden is well made, with contrasting white stiching along the edges, a press stud closure, and a pen loop. On the right hand side when open, there are two credit card sized pockets and one zip pocket, and the right hand side has two credit card/business card pockets.As mentioned before there is a pocket the length of the cover at the back. The rings are tight and close well, and the opening mechinism is firm but not too hard to press to open the rings.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">This mini Malden cost me $159.95 Australian and I am pleased I convinced myself I needed it as it is a cute wallet, and is now also part of my Malden collection.</span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: magenta; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to see more posts about Filofaxes and planners please see the index to those topics in my blog to the left of this post, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and also I highly recommend you visit </span><a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2021Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-28298038556065205012021-05-05T13:49:00.077+10:002021-05-07T07:46:47.344+10:00Book Review - Captor!: Justice Delayed...Justice Served! by Lain McIntyre<div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcPILW3EyH7Hr8BguzToLT5bv5jouCzImJyNgYPptIA-T2xarPC30qraxxMBXvjsUroHys7z1sgmx6yaWlPM7TiJNJNGgzrKhRdfgOlpKxfZy5-g_VTG9Y-Z4j4p0ggYf698UngxwxCX5/s726/Screen+Shot+2021-05-06+at+2.00.01+pm.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="726" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcPILW3EyH7Hr8BguzToLT5bv5jouCzImJyNgYPptIA-T2xarPC30qraxxMBXvjsUroHys7z1sgmx6yaWlPM7TiJNJNGgzrKhRdfgOlpKxfZy5-g_VTG9Y-Z4j4p0ggYf698UngxwxCX5/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-05-06+at+2.00.01+pm.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ff00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Captor!: Justice Delayed...Justice Served! by Lain McIntyre</span></h1><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">Book Details</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ASIN : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">B07GFB9JWN</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Language : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">English</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">File size : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">446 KB</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Print length : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">162 pages</span></span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please support the author Lain McIntyre , by following him on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LainMcintyre" target="_blank">@LainMcintyre</a></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: verdana;">DISCLAIMER: I purchased this book myself to support the author who sadly was not getting any reader reviews despite his generosity of gifting many copies to readers. Although I enjoy mystery, thrillers and police procedurals, the book with its 'adults only' warning due to the inclusion of descriptive rape scenes, means I would not normally be drawn to this style of book. My review reflects my personal views, however I have sought to treat the book fairly and review it on its merits while acknowledging it is not to my personal tastes..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">***</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Times; text-align: left;"><Note I placed an abridged version of this review on the book's Amazon page.></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Times; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">I give this book 4 out of 5 bats for being well written and well-paced, but It lost a bat as I felt the s*x/rape scenes were gratuitous, I think they could have been a part of the murder and torture scenes without being so full on (my personal opinion so don’t let that stop you buying the book if you like that type of read) </span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">My personal views on the writing are that the scenes could have been left to the reader's imagination and did not need to go into such detail. I do not believe they added any value to the plot moving forward and they really did not need to be there. The narrative would have moved just as well and the reader understanding that the callous tormenter was just as bad, without the minute descriptors of the rape and s*x scenes. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">That being said, the plot was solid, it has the making of a very scary thriller film. The narrative has you on the edge of your seat as you read, and you keep wanting to yell 'behind you' to potential victims. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">The torture and murder scenes and the psycho captor character would make a good movie plot. I just skipped over the gratuitous s*x scenes cos they arent my thing. That aside, it is however a solid thriller ... and the ending is downright scary!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />This novel was captivating (‘captorvating’ – read the novel you will understand my pun then!). It had mystery, murder, police procedural and a thriller feel. I found the full -on overly descriptive rape/s*x scenes a turn off (was that another pun?) and personally felt they were not necessary to go into such detail to keep the narrative going.The book was an easy read, it had a good balanced level of descriptors and narrative without getting bogged down, and its pace was just right for its theme.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Overall a quick read, and if the gratuitous rape/s*x descriptors were removed, for me the book would rate as a solid thriller/crime type book.</span></div><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">The e-book can be pruchased from Amazon USA from this link: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Captor-betrayal-murder-Johnnie-Newton-ebook/dp/B07GFB9JWN" target="_blank">Amazon USA Captor</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: verdana;">The e-book can be purchased from AMazon Australia from this link: <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Captor-betrayal-murder-Johnnie-Newton-ebook/dp/B07GFB9JWN/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Captor%21%3A+Justice+Delayed...Justice+Served%21&qid=1620273299&sr=8-1">Amazon Au Captor</a></span></div><div><br /></div>
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2021Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-1403994297005891832020-12-28T11:00:00.007+10:002021-05-06T18:02:01.927+10:00Book review - Borrowed Time (The Village Library Mysteries Book 3) by Elizabeth Spann Craig<div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYQV29S1FnneY1Nwhs8l61VnExTUyEN24qKuzpUl8oGaMWE4ZVUaetgx95r-3tRXFetcB0h4BEKD0-pf4sBCRjr_6tiYs7HbgD8LaVQoruH3qLvsOEgjDRLZY2Cw5tCUZen8HbGNIHSqp/s726/Screen+Shot+2021-05-06+at+2.00.01+pm.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="726" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYQV29S1FnneY1Nwhs8l61VnExTUyEN24qKuzpUl8oGaMWE4ZVUaetgx95r-3tRXFetcB0h4BEKD0-pf4sBCRjr_6tiYs7HbgD8LaVQoruH3qLvsOEgjDRLZY2Cw5tCUZen8HbGNIHSqp/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-05-06+at+2.00.01+pm.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="a-size-extra-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 19px; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ff00fe;"><br /></span></span></h1><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">Borrowed Time (The Village Library Mysteries Book 3)</span></h1></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">Book details:</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">ASIN : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">B088G1ZZKV</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Language : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">English</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">File size : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">2616 KB</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Print length : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">220 pages</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">If you have read this book or any other by this author, please consider leaving a review of her books. Honest and fair reviews help readers decide on whether a book will appeal to them or not, and can help authors get seen and obtain book sales.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">.........</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><Note I placed an abridged version of this review on the book's Amazon page.></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I gave this novel 4 out of 5 bats.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">When I want a quick easy read, a book to relax my mind after a tiring day at work, I turn to cozy mysteries. They don't need much brain power to consume, are fun, and have a level of mystery or police procedural to keep the interest., and they are usually very quick to read.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">The series called 'The Village Library Mysteries', by Elizabeth Spann Criag, are just the type of cozy mystery that meet this criteria.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">I have read several novels by Ms Craig and I find that she <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif">usually writes well, in the vein of a modern Agatha Christie. Her novels are enjoyable, fun and are short, making them a quick read ideal for relaxing holiday reading or the time poor. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;">This book, 'Borrowed Time', could have been great, the intrigue was there, the characters well-rounded, and the premise was good, however there are plot errors that were not picked up in editing/proofing of the book which really marred the fun of thie story for me.</span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;">Example: In a chapter where the main character returns from a house party, she states that a neighbour had been looking after her cat. However, according to an earlier chapter, she had taken the cat back to the library BEFORE she went to the house party,, and had therefore not left him with the neighbour. Another glaring error was when a character named Amber suddenly became a character named Mary, ??? </span></span></div></blockquote><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I want to give the book 5 out of 5 bats, but the errors are too frequent in this edition and became distracting,</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white;">I purchased the Kindle version of this book from Amazon Australia: <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Borrowed-Time-Village-Library-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B088G1ZZKV/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=borrowed+time&qid=1620287456&sr=8-4" target="_blank">Amazon Au Borrowed Time</a></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: black;">
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2020</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-53206310091218308792020-11-01T18:14:00.015+10:002021-05-06T18:17:11.413+10:00Cybercrime - #Phishing - Microsoft Teams<div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">This post first appeared in my other blog <a href="https://demystifycyber.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Demystify Cyber </a> in October 2020.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, FreeMono, monospace; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://demystifycyber.blogspot.com/2020/10/phishing-microsoft-teams.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">#Phishing - Microsoft Teams</span></a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3803944177693325407" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 626px;"><p><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"> <span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#Cybercrime</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - beware of spoofed Microsoft Teams emails. Similar to the recent spate of Dropbox phishing that appear to be form a colleague sending a file via Dropbox, these emails look like a notification from a colleague via Teams and request the recipient to log in via the supplied link to see the message. The link/s in the message goto a </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#phishing</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> page made to look like a Microsoft Teams log in page. These phishing emails are designed to obtain Microsoft log in credentials.</span></span></p><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">** What can you do? **</span></h2><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><ul style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">All users of technology need to remain vigilant against cybercrime.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">When you receive an email with a link to a log in page, consider NOT clicking that link, instead goto the page yourself with a URL you know/find yourself.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">If you have inadvertently been tricked by phishing, change your password/s immediately.</span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;">
(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2020</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-4332131164185417742019-10-30T18:00:00.007+10:002021-05-06T19:20:40.702+10:00Book review - Wolf and the Crow: Book One of the Ebonsheare Chronicles by James Culverhouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNHq-vfhXs6zKaN6hE8ZF4SotCEE7oGlgoQ3qongU36sVezLx59orIZ6dtamNaPi8j-aJx7Jv_rgKATL1hHXsABsYNzg05g-Ydkgh_ydP3Tv4GxStRIz5q82-zAon4r05r0ssWFaJafhc/s738/Screen+Shot+2021-05-06+at+2.22.44+pm.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNHq-vfhXs6zKaN6hE8ZF4SotCEE7oGlgoQ3qongU36sVezLx59orIZ6dtamNaPi8j-aJx7Jv_rgKATL1hHXsABsYNzg05g-Ydkgh_ydP3Tv4GxStRIz5q82-zAon4r05r0ssWFaJafhc/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-05-06+at+2.22.44+pm.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: #0f1111; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: #0f1111; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Wolf and the Crow: Book One of the Ebonsheare Chronicles</b></span></span></h1><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">If you have read this book please consider leaving a review of it. Honest and fair reviews help readers decide on whether a book will appeal to them or not, and can help authors get seen and obtain book sales.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Book details:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ocean Reeve Publishing (3 August 2019)</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Language : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">English</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Paperback : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">298 pages</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-10 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">1925935302</span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-13 : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">978-1925935301</span></span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><an excerpt of this review appeared on the Booktopia page for this book></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Ebonsheare, a medieval rustic land, with knights, barbarians, and clans, is on the brink of war. One of the main characters is hiding out with a demented hermit, and another craves adventure. With a call to arms nailed to the local inn door, and storm clouds gathering, adventure was sure to greet them. </span></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> This epic fantasy is an intriguing and rollicking adventure of well-rounded characters and fast moving plot. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">From the very first sentence " Without warning the storm blew in from the West" - I was caught up in the epic narrative that Mr Culverhouse created. A world of intrigue and action, beautifully described three dimensional characters, atmosphere and rationale. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Wolf and the Crow is very well written, it strikes a good balance between the narrative, action and description. Mr Culverhouse draws the reader in and challenges them to think about the intrigue occurring in the plot, just as the characters are challenged. The atmosphere of the novel is so well written the reader can almost feel they are in the story, and taste the mud, the blood, and the treachory.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I read this book in one sitting, because it is THAT good. If you want a book you can read and re-read, a fantasy novel with depth and one you can really get into. This novel is for you</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is book one in the Ebonsheare chronicles, I eagerly await book two.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I give this book five out of five bats.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The book can be purchased from a variety of stores including:</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.booktopia.com.au/wolf-and-the-crow-j-t-culverhouse/book/9781925935301.html" target="_blank">Booktopia</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Wolf-Crow-Book-Ebonsheare-Chronicles/dp/1925935302" target="_blank">Amazon Au</a></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: black;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-83422488056578781072018-08-29T14:54:00.002+10:002018-08-29T14:54:38.104+10:00Filofax - storing new paper refills for my A5 and personals filofaxes<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ead1dc; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">NOTE: If you are interested in reading more about filofaxes and how people use their organisers I encourage you to visit </span><a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: black; color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: none;">Philofaxy</a><span style="background-color: black; color: #ead1dc; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I am a stationery addict - I admit it. I really find joy in using beautifully made paper, colourful pens, fountain pens, pencils, water colour paints, and using paper based task management and information systems.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I often buy paper when I see it on special, or in a design or type that I just know will be great in one of my many Filofax / other brand binders. This created the challenge <'first world problem'> of where to store the new paper refills while they wait to be used?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">Enter these amazing PVC ring binders I bought from eBay for a teeny tiny cost. I am happy to find who the seller was and share their store link with anyone who wants it - just comment if you want that info.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I bought one in A5 and one in personal size - as they are transparent PVC I found them a wee bit difficult to photograph, I altered the white balance a bit so the PVC is tinged yellow to make them easier for you all to see. In reality they are almost as transparent as water. The photo shows the A5 size and the personal size together with paper in them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">The binder rings are about 20mm and are in the standard distance as in Filofax binders. The front cover has a lengthwise vertical pocket inside, which you can see by the slightly stronger shadowy line in the above photo.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">My refill paper stash fits neatly in the binders and I think the PVC is strong enough that I could actually even use them as every day carries if I wanted to. I have also thought that they could be used as a base to make a personalised cover.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">How do you store your new, yet to be used, refill paper for your filofaxes/binders? I would be interested to know your storage ideas!</span>
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(c) empressbat.blogspot.com 2018Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-46305359787110326402018-08-18T18:01:00.000+10:002018-08-18T20:47:47.213+10:00Plan with me - Hobonichi Techo Cousin A5 daily layout<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">Last week I shared with you how I use the weekly pages in my Hobonichi Tech Cousin A5, you can read that post >> <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/08/plan-with-me-hobonichi-techo-cousin-a5.html" target="_blank">here </a><<. I still use Filofaxes, including an A5 Malden in purple that I use for work and of course <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-glimpse-of-my-purple-malden-personal.html" target="_blank">Little Purple</a>, however I am really enjoying using the Hobonichi and will probably use one again next year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">Speaking of Filofaxes, <span style="background-color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">If you are interested in reading about filofaxes and how people use their organisers I encourage you to visit</span><a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Philofaxy</a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">For anyone who has not seen the daily page of a Hobonichi Techo Cousin A5, this is what it looks like before the pen. I like the Tome River paper which is thin but sturdy and is really smooth to write on and fountain pen friendly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I like function first in organisers and diaries as they are productivity tools that I rely on to ensure I do not forget all the things I need to do. I like to add some creativity to the pages as well to brighten my day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">The first thing I do is add some time line washi tape over the top of the times printed on the page. I like the times easy to see and I find this washi tape just right for a time line,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I then lightly block out areas on the page, for the schedule, a to do list, a memo and my journal/scrapbook.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I have a great sticker book I bought from Spotlight (you can see a bit of it in the below photo. It has bullet point strip stickers which are ideal for the to do list section on my daily page.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">From the same sticker book I add a fun quote sticker on the top right, and a note to self sticker as a header to the note or memo section of the page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">I finish setting up the page by ruling lines and shading every second hour on the schedule section, rule the pencil lines with a thin tipped black felt pen, add the journal heading and some more stickers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">The page is ready for me to use and I had fun setting it up. Please note that when I am really busy I do not necessarily set the page up as tidily but the general layout with these sections is how I usually set up each week day. On weekends I use the pages in a different way, for shopping lists, recipes and notes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Since one Book July I have been using the Hobonichi Techo Cousin A5 for my every day carry planner. Don't worry that does not mean that my favourite Filofax, </span><a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-glimpse-of-my-purple-malden-personal.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Little Purple</a><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">, has been relegated to a dusty corner of my over flowing book shelves! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I am using Little Purple as an information storage system, in the File of Facts manner at the moment and if I could get the exact Hobonichi style layout on Tomoe River paper pre-made for a personal sized filofax I would be using Little Purple for everything! (Yes I could print my own inserts on the Tomoe River paper, but last time I tried that the printer ate the paper as it is so thin!). I will do a post in the future of Little Purple as a 'file of facts' set up ...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: x-large;">Which reminds me . ..If you are interested in reading about filofaxes and how people use their organisers I encourage you to visit <a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.com/">Philofaxy</a>. Say hi to them from me!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I have been working out how best to use this organisation tool and have watched so many videos and flicked through so many images of how people use their Hobos (apparently that is what the cool kids call the Hobonichi diaries). I really need my organiser to be functional first, and if I can make it also aesthetically pleasing that is a bonus. I do like both function and beauty, but overall an organiser is a tool and so its function is important.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I added stick on tabs to differentiate sections in the Hobonichi as I found it difficult to use quickly if I could not find the right section fast. This is how the week spread looks before I add things to it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I am starting to get in the swing of using this book as my every day carry organiser and am contemplating using one all of next year. Again, if I can obtain pre-printed Hobonichi style, cut and punched Tomoe River paper for Little Purple, I would use my filofax, but I have been unsuccessful in that search so far.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I use the weekly pages to give an overview of the week ahead and future planning. As I do also like things to be aesthetically pleasing and cheerful, I do add some stickers and washi tape to the layout! \</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-size: x-large;">The washi tape I use is from <a href="http://www.chiyogamidesigns.com/" target="_blank">Chiyogami Designs</a> - I purchase from them as they have a huge range of tape, are a local Aussie small business and, have the most amazing friendly reliable customer service.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I work fulltime and under a flexi time system meaning my start and finish times are not always the same. At the top of each day column I leave room for my work times which is a back up record in case the electronic record I have to use for work has a conniption!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">On the far left column I have an overview of things coming up, list days off and also if I am on call that week I will not only add it to the week (using washing tape) but also note it on the side. Can't forget if it is written everywhere, right? ..right?!?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I then draw (or tape) a horizontal line about two thirds of the way down the page. This leaves the top part of the columns for my schedule where I add meetings and appointments and the bottom part of each column for noting tasks as they come in against the day they need to be done. I use a kind of bullet journal system with the tasks and will add an arrow to something if I did not get to it and it needs to carry over to another day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to see more posts about Filofaxes and planners please see the index to those topics in my blog to the left of this post, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and also I highly recommend you visit </span><a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I had been after a Filofax in the mini size for a long time. I really wanted one to use as a wallet but Filofax does not appear to make the mini size anymore, with their smallest being the pocket. I finally discovered one that was not only new, but affordable, from <a href="https://www.pencity.com.au/" target="_blank">Pen City</a> So in December last year I ordered this gorgeous Filofax Topax mini, I think the colour is burgundy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I bought some clear card holder plastic inserts that are meant for a personal sized business card binder and cut them to fit the mini. Putting my store cards, bank account cards and discount cards in here meant that I can easily flip through my wallet to find the one I want. Additionally with cards that have bar codes, I do not even have to take them out of the plastic sleeves as I just flip the sleeve over to show the reverse of the card for the retailer to scan. I did not get a ruler with this Filofax so I cut down one from a personal sized organiser.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">In the front pockets I have my Medicare card (in Australia we have Government supplied health insurance called Medicare), the bank account card I use most often and my public transport card. There is a double sided opening slot in the front with the Filofax model information on it, I use that to put a paperclip in case i need one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I have been using the Filofax Topaz mini as a wallet for six months, and I am really pleased with it. The size is just right for me, it has all the pockets and inserts I need, and it is sturdy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">As I mentioned in a <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/07/one-book-july-hobonichi-cousin-shopping.html" target="_blank">post </a>a few days ago I am attempting One Book July. Although I am maintaining the use of my purple A5 Filofax Malden as my work organiser, I am keeping everything else in a Hobonichi Techo Cousin A5.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">That means that the Hobonichi needs to have my daily schedule, my to do lists, my memos and notes and my journal. How is it holding up?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">Using washi tape I purchased from <a href="https://www.chiyogamidesigns.com/" target="_blank">Chiyogami Designs</a>, as well as Tombow pens, Papermate Flair, Uni Pin black pen and some stickers I think I have managed to get a layout for the day that will actually be able to fit in everything!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">For me functional has to take precedence over pretty for a planner, so any aesthetic additions are added as part of or after my functional layout.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">Have a look here I am happy with this page and think I can fit my Monday in here quite well!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;">Although I am thinking that layout is a bit busy - so maybe more how I have set out Tuesday or the more minimalist Wednesday</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422779441030662524.post-68277211152689811322018-07-13T20:34:00.001+10:002018-08-18T20:49:17.715+10:00One Book July - Hobonichi Cousin - shopping list<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I use a lot of different planners, notebooks and filofaxes to keep track of everything I do and want to remember. I also need to keep a separate work notebook, which is an purple A5 Malden, but I do not need to have all my other things in different books, I just find it easier to stay organised that way. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">You can see a brief post about all of the different filofaxes I use over in the <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2018/07/reader-under-spotlight-amanda-jane.html" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a> blog.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I usually do shopping lists in a separate filofax that has my budget and receipts in, however for One Book July I decided the shopping list can easily go in my Hobonichi.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">We are shopping on the weekend, so I have used the Saturday page, which has ample room, to write down our grocery list. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">The Hobonichi Cousin has an abbreviation of the day of the week, but I prefer it more obvious, so I have used days of the week washi tape that I have bought from <a href="https://www.chiyogamidesigns.com/" target="_blank">Chiyogami Designs</a> to add the day name to the page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">I have not finished writing out our shopping list, but as you can see there is plenty of room left over on the page for a To Do list, notes, journalling and a <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/07/brain-dumps-in-filofax.html" target="_blank">brain dump</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Don't worry, <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2017/12/filofax-love-little-purple-my-purple.html" target="_blank">Little Purple</a> has not been forgotten, it is just having a little holiday on my desk!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #9999ff; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">This post first appeared in full on the <a href="http://australianwomeninsecuritynetwork.blogspot.com/2018/07/productivity-series-brain-dumps.html"><span style="color: #9999ff;">Australian Women in Security Network blog</span></a>. The
following is an excerpt. Please go to the <a href="http://australianwomeninsecuritynetwork.blogspot.com/2018/07/productivity-series-brain-dumps.html"><span style="color: #9999ff;">AWSN blog</span></a> to read it in full.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc99ff; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">We
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Those who know me are aware of how eclectic, many and time consuming my
interests are. How do I juggle all the things I do? How do I have time to read
a few novels a week? How do I sleep with all these ideas hurtling through my
brain! How do I not forget what I need to do!<br />
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I go 'old school'. I use hard copy note books, diaries and planners to manage
all the many things I do. I also use electronic calendars for meeting reminders
at work and back them up by ensuring my trusty Filofax, '<a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-glimpse-of-my-purple-malden-personal.html"><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Little Purple</span></a>' has them all noted as
well. In fact I am bit of a stationery addict, as can be seen by a post
featuring me over at <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2018/07/reader-under-spotlight-amanda-jane.html"><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Philofaxy</span></a>recently! .... but I use all of my
binders, notebooks and planners to ensure I have a good system to get
everything done.<br />
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Brains are amazing. The down side to these amazing brains is that sometimes you
can become overwhelmed with all the ideas and tasks and thoughts! Idea overload
can stop you being effective. You are overwhelmed with ideas and things you
have to do for work, for home, for someone else, to buy, to clean, to read ....
and are becoming anxious in case you forget something important that you need
to do.<br />
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Enter the magic of the brain dump.<br />
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My <a href="https://empressbat.blogspot.com/2017/12/filofax-love-little-purple-my-purple.html"><span style="color: #cc99ff;">filofax</span></a> is the hub of operations, my
little brain companion. Everything is loaded into it and it contains an index
to let me know which notebook I need to go to for any specific topic. I cart it
with me everywhere and have pages just for brain dumps.</span></span><br />
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If an idea, task or thought is niggling at your brain and you are worried you
will forget, write it down. Brain dumps do not have to be neat, they are just
places to capture ideas as they fly across your brain. Put them on paper, email
them to yourself, use an electronic note system, something that works for you
to dump the thoughts down so you can relax!<br />
Everyone needs to find the way that suits them to ensure their time is managed
well and their random thoughts of tasks to do are captured. I like
aesthetically pleasing, creative and functional paper based products, others
may prefer to use Google Calendar or their phone reminder apps. Let us know in
the comments how you manage your time and capture your ideas.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Some great finds on the interwebz in June/July 2018, I have had some free time since I finished my latest degree and have settled into my new job. I have been snooping around the webz looking for great planner, stationery, organiser, filofax, art, ... stuffs to share with you all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><b>Michaela,</b> from Between the Steps</span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">, - AN ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE of mine!!! - flips through her Hobonichi and Leuchtturm see the video >> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY4lXHGwL50" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> <<</span><br />
<span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br /></span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><b>Kayla</b>, from Microscope Beauty,</span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> talks about planner things she used to hate but having tried them likes them! >> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIYphuRqqeo" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> <<</span><br />
<span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br /></span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Nik the Booksmith</span></b><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> shows how to make notebooks from old postcards >> </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzoAj3bzv5E" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> <<</span><br />
<span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><br /></span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Kendra Bork</span></b><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> shows her July planner lay out >> </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrIBppdoEQM" target="_blank">here </a><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><<</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Philofaxy</span></b><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">, features me!!! I love that blog and am honoured to be in it >> </span><a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2018/07/reader-under-spotlight-amanda-jane.html" style="color: #b4a7d6;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> <<</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Creator of one book July, </span><b><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Rhomany</span></b><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">, has a great blog >> </span><a href="http://rhomanysrealm.org.uk/" style="color: #b4a7d6;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"> <<</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">UPDATE - I love the layout and the paper, so I have ordered the Cousin in A5. I will be using this A6 one to experiment with layouts and to note ideas for putting in the larger Hobonichi!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I have seen different videos of Hobonichi diaries/planners and wanted to try the Tomoe River paper and simplified planner pages myself. So I purchased a six month A6 version to try, from etsy seller <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/danika58" target="_blank">danika58</a>, to see if I am a Hobonichi convert BEFORE I commit to a more expensive A5 12 month version.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The package arrived from Japan very fast, within a week of purchasing, I was impressed with this as Aussie domestic post can take a loooong time so to have an International post arrive so fast (and free postage) was amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">When it arrived, even though I knew it was A6, I was still surprised how tiny it is! Despite its small size it has a day to a page, month pages, a year overview/index and other pages. The Tomoe River Paper can pack a lot of pages in small space. In some of the pictures here you will also see how easy the pages are to read and use despite the small size.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Compared to my A5 Filofax Malden it is very small!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The Techo Avec comes with a small pamphlet, it is in Japanese so I have no idea what is in it, but from the illustrations it appears to be ideas about how to use the planner.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">There is a two page spread at the back with an enumerated list of 100 lines to add your top 100 lists of ... something. I like this it could be used for 100 blog topics, journal prompts, favourite things.</span></div>
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