Privacy Bag

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This isn't very crafty, but I thought I'd share my idea anyway.
I have recently started keeping a diary as a bit of self-therapy. It's really not the sort of stuff I would like falling into the hands of boyfriend, friends or relatives, either accidentally or deliberately. It's just too sensitive to leave up to an honour system, so I thought I would enforce a little privacy.
I used to use padlocks when I was younger, but I've never come across a padlock I couldn't pick with a rake and a tension wrench. And my boyfriend is a far better lock pick than I am!
That's when I had my crafty idea:
I hand sewed a quick book bag for my diary while I was at work. Totally un-crafty, but I didn't have much to work with.
Then I stuffed my diary in it and sewed it closed! The beauty of this is that of course anybody can break in and read it if they want to - but I will know. I can recognise my own stitching a mile away! :)