Finchley Rainbow

(Left to Right) Black, Imperial Purple,
Red, Caramel, Mustard, Soft Jade,
Teal, Vintage Rose, and Chocolate

(Front to Back) Vintage Rose in
Mini, Pocket, Personal, and A5

Front View of Personal Size in Soft Jade 

Inside View of Personal Size in Soft Jade

Back View of Personal Size in Soft Jade

Pippa

My Modalu Pippa Grab arrived today. It was described as dark tan; however, when I opened the package, the first thing I thought of was my Finchley in caramel.  It's amazing how well they match! The Pippa is lovely with its buttery soft leather and quality workmanship.

Of course, I had to move out of my black Cavendish and right into the Finchley as a wallet. It only took a few minutes since I'm committed to using a compact or personal size as a wallet. It was as simple as emptying the rings and moving the contents over.

Wow! It's even yummier with my Filofax Ostrich in buttercup and Gillio Compagna in dark brown.

Favorite Personals in Black

These are my favorite personal Filofax planners in black (in order of the picture):

          Amazona

          Balmoral

          Belmont

          Cavendish

          Dundee

          Finchley

          Guildford

The Balmoral is my favorite personal in black.  It's in new condition and, for whatever reason, the seller didn't mention that it has a full length pocket along the width of the planner.  These wallet-type pockets usually only come on the pocket and mini size Balmorals.  I've seen pictures of these two times on A5 sizes, but never on a personal size.  I was happily surprised when it arrived in the mail and am very lucky to have this one in my collection!

The Belmont has the loveliest leather of them all!  Smooth and luxurious, and still smells wonderful!

The Cavendish is special because it has 30 mm rings!  It is often sought after for the larger rings because, with few exceptions, personal size Filofax planners come with 23 mm rings.

The Dundee was made in the USA.

The Finchley was borrowed from my Finchley collection.

I'm hoping to add to my personal black collection, but trying to choose them intentionally rather than on impulse.

UPDATE:  In November 2013, I added a Buckingham in black.
UPDATE:  In April 2014, I added a Savannah in black

Finchley Collection

My collection of Filofax Finchleys:

Chocolate 

Imperial Purple 

Black

Caramel

Red

Teal 

Vintage Rose 

Soft Jade 

Mustard

The Teal Finchley in personal size was my first ever Filofax. It started my journey to find one in each color. At first, I would only consider the personal size but they are hard to find, especially in the Imperial Purple, Soft Jade, and Mustard colors. 

Then, one day I questioned myself why they all had to be in the personal size. The only answer was for uniformity. I'm a very linear thinker and so I decided to challenge myself to be more creative and think outside of the box. Slowly, the colors came together in adding A5 and pocket sizes. I found that this rainbow of colors in different sizes was better than I had imagined. I'm really happy and fortunate to have this collection. 

Funny thing...along the way, I somehow purchased two of the same color/size so I'll need to re-home one of them in the near future.  I think the reasoning was to swap it for a color I didn't already have in my collection.