Backsliding again. It just felt like there was not a creative bone in my body tonight. I'm tired and not up to thinking up great stuff. So I'm falling back onto my old faithful hairy leather journal. Something I can do pretty much without thinking, few surprises. At this point they almost always come out fine.
This hand-made journal is cut from a nice brindle cowhide. The book measures about 5" x 9" x 1" at the spine. It's another longstitch binding blank journal with honey-colored pages and stitched with mahogany linen thread. The end papers are a pretty green decorative paper. The spine is decorated with two square beads of black bone. The book closes with a leather thong. Nothing wondrous or earth-shaking or terribly original, but a nice utilitarian leather journal.
(I'll try harder tomorrow.)
This hand-made journal is cut from a nice brindle cowhide. The book measures about 5" x 9" x 1" at the spine. It's another longstitch binding blank journal with honey-colored pages and stitched with mahogany linen thread. The end papers are a pretty green decorative paper. The spine is decorated with two square beads of black bone. The book closes with a leather thong. Nothing wondrous or earth-shaking or terribly original, but a nice utilitarian leather journal.
(I'll try harder tomorrow.)
These look so nice, but I don't think I would ever want to actually touch one. The idea of it having the hair or fur on it...just gives me the shudders. But all of the ones I have seen you make are nice to LOOK at--hehe! ;)
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean, Rita, but you sort of get used to it. I now actually like to stroke it.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll stick to stroking my cat--ROFL!! Funny how leather without hair doesn't bother me at all. Hypocritical? Yup. ;)
ReplyDeleteThey are quite unique, though, because they still have the fur on them. I don't think I've ever seen that before. I have no worries that other people would absolutely love them. ;)
One person's *plain old ordinary* is another person's *wow, I could possibly do that, but it would take a lot of learning.* Like Rita, I am not sure I would want a hairy journal, but they are beautifully done.
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