So, yeah. I seem to have fallen off my blog completely. Haha....yeah so much for sticking to it. Though sadly the past months of not blogging I've done really nothing creative. I live in a 2 bdrm small ass apartment. My "Crafting" table was our kitchen table I took over. Well I had to choose between crafting or penpalling. Yeah well my penpalling won.

   You might sit there and go "Well, Jackie clean your shit up every time when you are done and you wont have to worry about mess." Dude......have you seen what I craft? There is no "clean" way to craft. Creative Chaos is my blogs title for a damn reason. My Flickr for your enjoyment When I do craft craft I get all kinds of down and dirty. Yeah, I should clean up after. Know what happens? Oh shiny! Off to something else. LOL Anywho, who cares. Don't judge me! Come clean for me!

   So yeah. I did happen to do a bit of crafting though. I got addicted to Pinterest again. Yay cellular devices! Since I missed crafting I decided to look up some penpalling fun. I found some cute things too.

  

   ^^ An idea from Pinterest I made. I've got the crafting stuff and what not so why not. Also I figured it would be something fun for my penpals to enjoy. I also found other versions and tried them as well.

   ^^ Now the above version is big enough to fit my 4x5 kawaii memos inside without htem getting ruined. As well as my kawaii letter paper folded in half just fine. Not to mention the two mini envies inside hole kawaii sticker flakes and the mini kawaii memos. Everything nice and safe while adding extra fun for my penpal.

   ^^ A mini version. Made two mini envies and glued them together. Inside kawaii sticker flakes and mini kawaii memos. Tadah! Easy to make. Anyone can do it.

   ^^ Now this one is one of my FAVORITE to make! I love this idea. Two larger envies put together. With two mini envies on the inside and a little note. So many goodies can be added to this for your penpals to enjoy. I make these more then anything now. The hardest part? Stopping because once you get to making them OMG how to stop. So quick and easy. Stickers, washi tape, decotape, and so much more can be used to add detail to these. Or you can send them plain like this one. Looks pretty damn cute to me still. You don't have to be an expert to have fun and craft something special. Just glue some envies together and you're in business.

   ^^ See another version. This one has an extra envie though! Wow! See how easy that is. Haha. Now before anyone ask. I made my own envies templates. What ya do is easy peasy. I swear. Take an envie you have. Store bought whatever. Take your (insert choice of crafting knife) and CAREFULLY and SLOWLY peel apart the envie. If you mess up a bit who cares. As long as you have the majority of the envie shape you are good. Tadah! Now you have an envie template. If you want to clean it up a bit and make it sturdy get some cardstock and trace it on there. Now you've got a template that will last a bit longer then some flimsy piece of paper. The same can be done with the mini ones. If you need a template just go to the google machine and find one. I was lucky and penpal sent me some templates for different sized mini ones.

   Or you know craft stores sell the fancy envie maker things. I thought hardcore about getting one. It would have been easier. However, every time I went to the store to get one I bought other stuff....we all know how that goes. Or when I went to actually buy it for once something else came up and there went that idea.

   The point to all this rambling and showing off is: Crafting is NOT hard. We make it harder then it has to be. We over think things. We don't believe in ourselves and that we can do it. Craft paper and washi tape is all you need really. Hell just craft paper. No one said they had to be all decorated. After all you are the one making things because you want to.

   So yeah tadah! Ways to make penpalling more fun! You'll enjoy it and so will your penpals. If anything it makes for cute mail if you decide to only make your own envies!

   Well of course we all knew this was going to happen. Haha. Life happened and I just got busy or bored. My blog has been completely neglected. However, since being neglected I have of course found a brand new addiction.

   FILOFAX ADDICTED! 

   Yes, I have become addicted to the Filofax brand organizers. I LOVE them and thanks to Instagram got sucked into the Filofax world.

   Were have they been my whole life? Of course in the UK. Why does everyone else get all the cool stuff? While others sit there and go "OH, How cool! Why does Americans get this or that...." Okay.

   What's nice about these planners / organizers they come in all kinds of colors, designs, and sizes. Also they have rings so you can add, move, take out, and whatever with whatever you have inside.

   My first baby would be the Aqua Saffiano Personal. I just LOVE her! She's my baby and I use her ALL the time. However, my Personal Pink Classic was a well sought out item. I searched forever for one online for a decent price. Considering how "Rare" they are I got mine for a STEAL! A steal for only $85 total! YES! I jumped and squealed with glee when I won her off eBay. She's perfect.

  

   ^ Left is my Aqua Personal Saffiano and on the right is my Pink Personal Classic. The sizes of a personal is Width 5.3", height 7 1/2", depth 1.37" paper size is: 3 3/4" x 6 3/4".

   Now the paper I use it not the original paper. No, it's too thin and my felt tip Le Pens bleed right on through it. Heck I can see regular pen ink through the other side. No, that will just not do. I order custom paper from Piaric I jsut love her inserts. The paper is high quality and she have various layouts.

   For my Saffiano I get the week on two pages (wo2p) and month on two pages (mo2p) I am not currently using my Classic. I haven't quite decided exactly what I am going to use her. Though I am really leaning towards pen pal stuff. Since I love penpalling. I have quite a few and would love to get more in detail on their likes and what not. Along with important dates for them.

   I am currently looking for a green A5. I am not being too picky on the design. An Original would work for me. I just want it to be green or a shade of green and an A5 size. I need a bigger one to keep information on other various important things.

   Now onto what I use the Filofax for? Organization of course. Haha. I also have fun with. I decorate it all up to keep me entertain with it. If it was interesting  for me I'd just stop using it and they would collect dust. Which for the amount of money I've invested into the Filofax's themselves and items I use to decorate....yeah can't exactly do that.

   I use kawaii stickers, sticker flakes, kawaii sticky notes, sticky notes, various different color LePens, and washi tape to decorate my pages. I've also made my own dividers to make it even more custom to myself.

   Sadly I do not have any recent pages to show you. I have other priorities to take care of before I can spend extra money on my hobbies right now. The only thing I can really do at this moment is my penpalling and some flat swaps here and there. Though you are more then welcome to check out my instagram page and scroll through and find my last Filofax pages I finished.

   I miss my Filofax and hate how she is just sitting there. I can not wait to get back to using her. Ugh. It's be slightly hectic too not having her to write down everything. Though I am managing.

   If you want to see anyone else and their pages all you have to do it search Filofax on Instagram. OMG! You will be devoured by all the yumminess. Don't let it suck you in. You will become addicted and soon find yourself looking for your own on eBay. Haha.