Lately I’ve realized that I have been lugging around such a huge and heavy bag everyday because of all my planning and crafting supplies. I even had two completely filled pencil cases, and the travel craft box! I really didn’t need to be bringing everything all the time, so I decided to downsize and consolidate my planning and crafting supplies to a single case too keep the weight down. Here is the case I chose.
I like the fact that it’s very compact and small, which forced me to really consider what I think are the essentials. It is made of some thick linen-type cloth, and has a zipper that goes all the way around so it opens like a book. I think it really goes well with my Blue. I also like the fact that it’s slightly smaller than my travelers notebook.
It measures 195x100mm when closed, and is currently around 35mm thick. (That’s about 7.75×4″, 1.25″ thick.) Let’s take a look at what I was able to fit in this case.
First there is an expandable zipped pocket on the back. I tend to not use this and only put really flat items to keep it, well, flat. I have only this magnetic cat bookmark in here at the moment. Here is the case when fully opened:
There are four elastic pen loops on the left side. At the moment I carry only three: a pink Pilot Petit3 brush pen, a 3-barrel Pilot Coleto, and a Pilot Metropolitan (ahem, Pilot fan). Only the Metro is fully inserted in the loops; the other two hang from the loops by their clips. On the right side of the case, there are four card slots. In the bottom slot I have a washi sample card full of my favorite slim washi and a portable box cutter which is again hanging on the pocket by its clip.
The other three slots have the following: a Post-It Full Adhesive sticky note in the second pocket, a set of sticky tabs and some DIY stickers in the third pocket, and more stickers and page flags in the fourth pocket.
The left side of the case actually has an expandable pocket under the pen loops. In there I was able to fit quite a bit of stickers and a set of sticky notes.
The right side also has a pocket under the four slots, and in there are… more stickers. I really love stickers. These are the slightly larger sheets that I have.
There we go! I am really pleased with my craft case at the moment, and I feel that I do have the essentials all in there. There are a lot of options for cases (check out passport cases, travel wallets, and pencil cases), but I particularly like this one because it’s small but can still pack a lot.
I’m interested to see what’s inside your craft case! Leave a link to your post/photo in the comments below!
I think every stationery junkie has this “MY SHIT’S TOO HEAVY” epiphany. I had the same realization a few purses ago (which is a year apiece for me) when my bag just got too heavy. Instead of condensing my supplies I’ve just gone cold turkey. Ayoko na maadik! I’ll just coo vicariously through your acquisitions.
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Diba? I did go “how come I’m carrying two bags now?” which is why I went for a craft case. You should do a what’s in your bag din! 😀
Love this post. I still don’t have a planner but I’m afraid if I start I’ll be going gaga with hoarding stickers, markers and stationeries haha! Thanks for sharing this 🙂
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Hi Eleigh! It’s really a bottomless pit, haha! I’m in way too deep at this point. 😛 Thanks for visiting!
Beautiful case. I have a bigger case, but it stays at home.
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Thank you! I love it to bits! 😀
ohhhhh perfect size! Where can I find one? Thanks!
Hi Cheryl! I found it at a local bookstore. Unfortunately I cannot find information about it on the internet.
That’s okay…thanks for responding and checking!