Random: Musings of a diary obsessed crafter

My diary is my lifeline. My entire day is planned on it and my life depends on it! Starting from chores to run for the day, to when to pick up the laundry, visit the doctor, deadlines, parties and even when to shampoo my hair! I also make a list of things I have borrowed and things which I have lent out, mainly books and CDs. I am an organisation junky! I wouldn't be able to complete half the things if it wasn't for my little diary. That's why I never carry my diary with me when I'm travelling, holidays are completely unaccounted time, entirely diary-free.




Every year, just before new year, I have a ritual of going to the store and selecting a diary for the year ahead. This year I selected a beautiful pastel pink leather bound one. It has three pretty little flowers embossed on top. It's simple and elegant. Those are also the keywords which I'm trying to adhere to this year in every other aspect of my life. SIMPLIFY is my new mantra. 

Anyway, the only problem with this particular diary is that the spine and the covers are too soft and since I'll be carrying it around in my bag all the time, chances are it will start to disintegrate by April. While trying to find a way out of this problem, I realised, that the diary would have retained it's original shape if only it had a covering or protective casing of some sort. So, I went on to make my own customised diary pouch which turned out to be as pretty as the diary itself. I made a snug fitting, slip on cover from old left over rags lying around the house and invested an afternoon to sew this to save me many more afternoons later in the year trying to mend the diary.

I chose a strong denim fabric for the casing and stitched it snugly to fit the size of the diary. Then I sew the piping as the border to secure the frayed end. The mouth of the pouch will be subject to most wear and tear. Then I chose three complimenting colours and cut out a simple flower pattern in varying sizes and attached it in one corner with a tiny sequin on top.

Voila! My very own hand crafted diary pouch!

My diary, in many ways is symbolic to the year itself. So, I'm hoping, just like I so lovingly crafted a protective charm over my diary, may I also take as much care to cast many such spells and craft many more beautiful things!