Sunday 23 December 2012

Pros and cons of all my binders


Well, not all my binders. That would be daft. And a massive, massive blog post. I’ll just focus on the “usual squeezes”: the Baroques, the Cavendish, the Holborn(s), the Mulberry agendas, the pocket Baroque and the pocket Aston. What do I love about them? What do I want to change about them? Will I sell them (daft question. We all know the answer is going to be no, possibly stretching to a mmm, maybe I could sell it… maybe…).

Binder
What do I love?
What would I change?
Will I be selling it/them?
Pink and turquoise Baroques
Colour
Interior embossing
6 card holders
Full height pocket behind card slots
Notepad slot in back

Add another full height pocket (like the Malden) behind the notepad slot
Don’t be daft
Brown Holborn
All those card slots
All those pockets
Contrast stitching (um, actually I did change it)
The full-height pockets nearest the rings are tricky
The zipped pocket is a bit tricky too

Hmm… maybe?
Wine Holborn
All those card slots
All those pockets
Contrast stitching
The full-height pockets nearest the rings are tricky
The zipped pocket is a bit tricky too

Jeez – I’ve only just got it! No…
Black Cavendish
The 8 card slots (yes! 8!)
The 1.25” rings (yes – 1.25”!!)
The pockets in the rear

The colour – black’s a bit… dark and lacking in colour
The zipped pocket on the cover’s a bit pointless

Ha ha ha ha ha!
 No
Pocket Aston
The size
The colour
More card slots
The zipped pocket wasn’t that useful

No
Pocket Baroque
The size
The card slots
The embossed interior
The notepad slot

The colour – pink or teal would be better…
The zipped pocket is pointless

No
Indie
(brown Mulberry agenda)
The size
The quality
The beaten leather
More card slots
The vertical pockets to be a little further from the rings or have the shaped edge

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
 No

Red
(red Mulberry agenda)
The size
The quality
The colour
More card slots
The extra slip pocket that Indie has
Not to be so shiny (?)

Er… no… maybe…? No… Don’t know…

I have come to the realisation that I like:
  • lots of pockets
  • lots of card slots
  • colour
At least that’s good to realise so it might curb my binder-buying habits.

[ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… who am I kidding???]

Maybe it will help me decide which binder to start 2013 in...

4 comments:

  1. Don't you sometimes wish you could design your own binder with all the best features and none of the bad ones?!

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  2. I do!! It would be the same size and quality as the Mulberry agenda, but a little softer in the cover with more card slots and pockets that were a little easier to get into. And it would be in a bright colour - the bright blue of the Baroque or a deep blood red colour.
    Sigh...
    I'll just have to stick to designing my inserts!

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  3. The Cavendish has 1.25" rings? I would LOVE to have one of those in my possession!

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  4. I'll send you my pockets - I never use them! Yes that's absolutely right, I'll say it again. I never use the pockets or card slots in my filofax....

    Gillie

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