This leather feels wonderful to the hand. It is fairly thick but very soft. When the cover of a longstitch journal such as this is soft and "limp" it's called the medieval limp binding. I may come back later and add some kind of closure to this, since the leather is not stiff enough to stand up on its own. On the other hand, I like the clean look of it with no strap or closure. We'll see.
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The only thing about some closures is that they can create a big lump when you actually are trying to write in the journal and use the backsides of the pages. They look cool but, as a person who writes in them, they can be annoying. Just a thought. ;) Hence, I like this one fine the way it is.
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Donna is the Goddess of Odds & Ends. Sounds wonderful. Love those limp journals, but just to beautiful for me to use.
ReplyDeleteRachel - I have three words for you. Get. Over. It. Nothing is too beautiful for you to use, to precious to serve you. And nothing is better than you deserve. By adding your thoughts, dreams, ideas, sketches, hopes, odds and ends to a blank journal, you are simply making it MORE beautiful and wonderful. You certainly deserve to have a beautiful book to hold some of your beautiful essence... and even to show it back to you.
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