Gillio personal wide Compagna

Hi planner peeps!

On PCE 2019 Gillio launched their personal wide Compagnas.
Since there had been more releases,I decided not to try one..........but.....but....aaaaaaah - now I did!!
It is such a great size!More generous paper-size (same hight and holes as a medium size,but wider),more lush leather to cuddle.
On first sight,I did not liked the squarish size,but now I do!
It is too heavy for me,to carry it with me,but it is a wonderful planner!
I decided to go with the blue mat croco....look at this beauty :

While I was waiting for those beautiful inserts from PaperFairyDesign,I gave a Rhodia-paperpad (A4 size)to a friend who is working as a bookbinder.He was so nice to cut it to pw-size for me.
I draw a month per page on the Rhodia paper - inserts.
From PaperFairyDesign I ordered the calendar with the monthly squares,the week on 2 pages and a finances-tracker.
The dividers I crafted myself.The first one is a pouch,which holds some pages with passwords etc. ;-)
The penloop is a Leuchtturm penloop,that you can just stick on a divider or dashboard.

I hope you enjoyed todays post...there are 2 more to come ;-)

Gillio croco-love

Hi planner peeps!

Since my croco-collection changed a bit,I felt the need to give you an update :-D
The Gillio croco mat is just a print on cowhide,btw!
From the day I saw my first Gillio mat croco (which was a medium sized Compagna in honey mat,at Dössel&Rademacher in Hamburg),I totally fell in love with that print....and with the brand anyway!
The croco mat is different from batch to batch....and from hide to hide.
Some feel chalky,which is VERY smooth with a feel of a powdery finish...some are just smooth..some feel a bit toothy/fabric-ish.
At the end they will all develope a patina,which makes them even smoother and more shiny.
The smaller the planner and the more you use it,the faster the patina will develope.
Here is my Mini Mia Cara in rosewood mat croco,one photo without patina,and one photo with beautiful patina....

In the square-picture you see (from top to bottom and left to right):
- A5 aubergine mat (from 2013,with silver mat rings)
- Black mat medium Mia Cara
- Shiny lava A6 Appunto
- Fuschia mat medium Compagna
- Charcoal mat medium XL Compagna
- Red bubbly Croco medium Compagna (luxecadeautjes special!)
- Fuschia mat keypouch and keyholder
- Red mat croco medium Compagna (old,old batch!)
- Grey mat medium XL Compagna
- Charcoal mat medium Amica
- Brown mat Slim Compagna
- Honey mat medium Compagna
- Rosewood mat mini Mia Cara
- Charcoal mat mini Mia Cara
- Red mat pocket Compagna (oooold model/batch!)
- Grey mat pocket XL Compagna
- Bubblegum mat medium Amica
- Bubblegum mat A5 Appunto
- Brown mat A6 Appunto (older print)
- Red mat/cream inside "ccc-edition"(with golden hardware/limited edition)
- Blue mat personal wide Compagna

There are 2 or 3 more blogposts to come,so stay tuned!
Happy holidays to all of you,from our DK-vaca!

Gillio Mini Mia Cara!

I have something like a weak spot for Minis....back then I loved to use my Filofax Mini Amazona/Topaz as a wallet,but now I love everything Gillio!

On Planner Con Europe I was about to buy one,but I rejected it for a different planner.
Back home I regret my desicion...and shot Ben a message.It turned out that the rosewood Mini Mia was there by accident,there has not been a rosewood-release!Lol!!

Today Gillio released the Mini Mia in rosewood mat croco,grey and blue mat croco leather!

Here is mine:

I am using it as a wallet - just added a yearly fold-out calender from Filofax.
The creditcard pouches are all old ones from Filofax,I have bought them many years ago.They are top-opening pouches.Their actual pouches open on the ring-side,that means you have to open the rings first,which I don't like.
The Mini holds 15 cards at the moment!

I also own this lovely piece in the colour mat charcoal,which I also love and won't ever sell!

Mama and Baby :-D

Good morning,my planner-friends!

A few years ago,I posted about our first Gillio-meetup in Brussels.It was in the end of 2013.

On our visit at NIAS,I saw a beautiful older red matt croco medium Compagna,which I bought after the meetup,via telephone-call.

Now...one young Lady of our Gillio group posted a pocket Compagna for sale - and guess what???She also purchased it at NIAS!!!It must have been sitting there for aaaaages,before she bought it late last year....and never used it.

So here they are....reunited:Mama and Baby :-D

Comparison of my pocket Compagna XL to the old model,which was smaller!I must say:They hold the same amount.....

The old red matt with my brown matt croco Slim Compagna....

I hope you enjoyed this post!

Have a wonderful day :-D