For years I wanted a blue and/or pink writing compendium to hold my A4 spiral bound notebook and blue pen. That’s what I use when I write, nothing else. Just a notebook and pen. So I scrounged around, checked out places like Officeworks where Filofaxes (like the pink one) were $80.
Stuff that! I thought, and finally found an old blue diary cover from an op shop. It was a buck fifty I think and is from 2010 but who cares, it’s a blue cover and is nearly as big as my notebooks.
They fit in, so no problem there. And then I found the pink one from the same op shop late last year. It’s a Filofax, can you believe it, the same one that was $80 in Officeworks. I got it for a buck twenty-five and while it has that scratch on the cover, who cares, it’s freakin’ awesome!
Side by side!
So then I dug out this pc neoprene cover I bought from Officeworks for $5 years ago…
And use it to store extra notebooks and edits that can tuck away in the side pocket.
I also dug up this one that used to house my Acer laptop, which sadly had to finally be put down last year. I haven’t let this go to waste either…
As it can hold notebooks I’m yet to use.
And then I dug out one of my old notebooks for all the ideas I was having for bits in my books, and decided on this one…
And I use a blue glitter pencil case, also from the op shop, for the packs of pens I use. A ten pack at a time. Gotta have glitter.
I love that Acer cover! I have a few spiral notebooks, but prefer exercise books, as I get annoyed with the shower of tiny bits when I tear out a spiral page. I’m not a writer, i use the books for ideas for blog posts, and shopping lists.
Your covers are great, I just have mine all in a drawer. I do have 4-ring binders to keep hard copies of my Wednesday Words short stories.
River, I have 4 ring binders as well, loads of them, and am an absolute notebook junkie. Just scan through previous posts here on the blog under STYLE NOTES (under the home and decor menu tab) to see some of the ones I’ve got.