I had a couple of custom orders this week which I enjoyed very much as they were in one of my favourite styles. One was simply a larger version of my classic Pride & Prejudice novel notebook, and the other was a similarly style one themed on Anne of Green Gables. I’ve never actually read [...]
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Classics and custom orders
Posted in Commissions, tagged anne of green gables, bespoke, commissions, coptic binding, custom orders, pride and prejudice on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Tardis
Posted in Commissions, General craftiness, tagged dr who, journal, notebook, river song, tardis on December 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been wanting to blog about this for ages, but my hands have been tied as I had to wait until after the recipients had opened their Christmas presents. I don’t watch Dr. Who, so this was one of those commissions where someone handed me a photograph (well, a screenshot) and said “make that” … [...]
Weeds
Posted in Commissions, tagged commission, journal, kraft glassine, longstitch binding, notebook, tim holtz on December 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week I was asked to do an emergency commission, which I posted a sneak peek of. Now that the book has been received by the lady it was destined for I can post the full photos. I absolutely love the paper I used on the covers (so much so that I made a smaller, [...]
Creating an heirloom
Posted in Commissions, tagged commission, coptic binding, poetry on December 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is quite an old commission which I did back in November 2008, but I came across the photographs the other day and thought I might as well share it here. I really enjoyed working on it (and was incredibly flattered to be given such a job), there’s something very special about helping to create [...]
Anam cara
Posted in Commissions, tagged anam cara, comedy and tragedy, commission, leather, notebook on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Back in September I was commissioned to make a notebook for someone’s birthday – and now, finally, I can blog about it as his birthday has now passed. I do love clients who give me plenty of time to work on something! The brief was quite simple: it had to have a theatrical theme, and [...]
Howling Hill House
Posted in Commissions, tagged 7gypsies, commission, hill house, ross-on-wye, wedding, wedding invitations on October 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I’ve done a lot of wedding commissions, but this has to have been my favourite so far. Not only was it a lot of fun, the venue that the reception is being held at is a place for which I have a huge soft spot: Howling Hill House. The couple’s very vague brief was this: [...]
Silver & Purple
Posted in Commissions, tagged guestbook, photo album, purple, ribbon, silver, wedding on July 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s been a busy week for commissions hasn’t it?! This is the third and last one for this week, and we’re back to the more usual theme of weddings. The lady who commissioned this one took a fancy to the metallic fabric that I’ve used for two previous books (Vanilla & Gold, and Pink & [...]
Take an old cigar box…
Posted in Commissions, General craftiness, tagged cigar box, invitation, wedding on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
… strip it down completely, and then rebuild it using vibrant murano papers and the invites and thank you cards from a wedding… … and what you end up with is a unique and very colourful keepsake box. A friend sent me her wedding invitation and thank you cards last year together with a note [...]
Cthulhu
Posted in Commissions, tagged cthulhu, hp lovecraft, leather, pyrography on July 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Another commission finished! This one is a 30th birthday present, and the lady who ordered it provided the image she wanted used on the leather wallet as well as the quote for the front of the notebook. The image (and a facsimile of HP Lovecraft’s signature) has been burned onto the leather using a pyrography [...]
RAF – 111 Squadron
Posted in Commissions, tagged 111 squadron, coptic binding, leather, notebook, raf on July 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have a friend whose husband is an RAF engineer. Over the years I’ve made a number of notebooks for him, but towards the end of last year he commissioned a very special book to commemorate the disbanding of his squadron. It’s taken me quite a while to make this book. Partly because personal circumstances [...]
