The same excellent #80 text paper, same creamy color, same hand sewn quality, same custom ruling options. Slip the new bookbody in your reusable leather or cloth and leather cover and your ready to go for less than 1/2 the cost of my typical journals.
After years of writing in Italian made journals with a specific ruling, this customer found her favorite design discontinued. She sent me a sample page and on receipt of the finished piece, this note:
...It truly is the journal of my dreams! You even got the margin stripe to match the cloth on the cover. It is wonderful, and I am delighted with your work. PG
The inquiry: "I’ve found paper I’d like to use for a journal. Can you make a leather book from it?"
The result: a full crimson leather journal with gold title containing the provided paper.
Traditional diaries with dated pages aren’t as popular as journals with blank or ruled pages. Even quadrille ruled pages are more popular. However, Dreaming Mind strives to satisfy the minority customer. Dated pages on request.
Gold foil titles are a choice many customers make to bring a formal touch to their purchase. Gold titles can be added to any of our leather products.
For strong books that open well for reading and writing, Dreaming Mind hand sews books in this French style. The sewing is a beautiful detail, completely hidden in the finished work.
Periodically, this customer orders one or both of these matched journals for he and his wife. Note the blind debossed initials in the lower right front.
A selection of journals. These three customers like their journals to look the same each time. The journal in the back is black goat and red slub. The two other journals are crimson goat, one with dark blue cloth. Notice the different choices for titling the spines.
An 8.5 x 5.5" cloth and leather journal and an 11 x 8.5" full leather journal with a closing belt. The leather journal is chocolate goatskin, the quarter bound journal is black goat with red slub cloth.
These field books contain quadrille ruled pages. Ordered 3 at a time, always in interesting color combinations this customer uses them for archeological field notes.
This customer prefers to keep his journals on computer rather than hand writing them. Once complete (including photos and other digital content) he prints the pages, and sends them for binding. The dimensions vary from year to year and he is always looking for a new color of leather. A dozen years and counting. The year in gold foil on the spine is a unifying element. This journal was bound from cut sheets
This customer wanted a travel journal for a trip to Peru. I sent her this picture during the design process to confirm the material selection.
1/4" spacing is the most common. Popular with scientists and engineers.
My customer bought her son a copper journal in Ireland, and it was filling up. She liked the material but wasn't prepared to travel 5000 miles for a duplicate. This one took me back to a technique I hadn't done since my childhood. And I'm looking forward
This chestnut leather travel journal has additional capacity so a few photos or mementos can be pasted to the pages and still allow the book to close flat. The closing belt helps keep any loose bits inside during the trip.
For their one year anniversary, this customer presented his wife with this blank book. The binding is 11 x 15" containing 400 blank pages in oak covers. Their plan is to write annual summaries of their family’s growth and experience. The silver foil title was created based on instructions by the customer.
Gentlemen, here is a first anniversary gift to be treasured by all for a lifetime.