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Ready for Towcester Comminity Garden open day! It'

Ready for Towcester Comminity Garden open day! It's a lovely day and they have cream teas, so really there's no excuse.

A whole new stash of shimmery, starry, night sky j

A whole new stash of shimmery, starry, night sky journals has just landed in my Etsy shop. Which one is your favourite? I love the soft grey moths 🌘🌠

These small batch handmade journals feature:

Shimmery leather spines
140gsm blank cartridge paper
Clasp or tie closures

Join me and other lovely crafters on Saturday June

Join me and other lovely crafters on Saturday June 13th, for an open day for Towcester Community Garden! It’s being held at the Tove Valley Centre, NN12 7AH.

A while ago, I got a stash of leather offcuts from

A while ago, I got a stash of leather offcuts from @lyonleathers_ltd - a bundle sustainably sourced from leftover stock from the Northampton shoe industry; delightfully scuffed edges, lightly marked, full of character. Perfect for my leather-wrap journals.

Check out that spine stack 📚

Some time off, and a trip with family to the delig

Some time off, and a trip with family to the delightfully whimsical insanity that is @forbiddencornerofficial

Hey sunshine people! If you're out and about this

Hey sunshine people! If you're out and about this half term, take a trip to @margoandevietoo over at Bell Plantation to have a browse in their lovely shop. My shelves are all stocked up with handmade journals and stationery goodness.

Today is National Notebook Day. I love physical no

Today is National Notebook Day. I love physical notebooks, journals, and planners; there's something about the possibilities of a blank page. Doodles? Lyrics? Lists? Sketches? Anything you want. The process of creating something that will go on to be filled with someone's creativity is ✨️

It's always nice restocking my shelf space at @mar

It's always nice restocking my shelf space at @margo_and_evie - a treasure-trove of a shop over at @heartoftheshires near Weedon.

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Love a pencil case? Me too. These ones are soft, s

Love a pencil case? Me too. These ones are soft, supple leather, made from sample sheets rescued from the waste stream. I've only got a couple of colour options left in my Etsy shop, but I'll be topping them up soon.

Cute Coptic stitch journals in pretty florals with

Cute Coptic stitch journals in pretty florals with colourful leather details. Perfect springtime notebook 🌸

These are all in my Etsy shop 😊

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And you are a lovely customer 😊 I've got these re

And you are a lovely customer 😊
I've got these rescued leather pen holsters available both online in my Etsy shop and offline in local stockists. They have an elastic strap to fit round A5 notebooks.

It's a sorting spare stock kind of a day. ⚓️ #h

It's a sorting spare stock kind of a day.

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#handmadejournals #leatherpencilcase #stationerylover #leatherjournals #thecraftfantastic

These handmade rescued leather pen holsters have b

These handmade rescued leather pen holsters have become a firm staple in my range. Made to fit round A5 notebooks using the elastic strap, they can hold a couple of pens/pencils and even a small ruler.

Sorting through my smaller leather scraps. Some pr

Sorting through my smaller leather scraps. Some pretty colours in here amongst the soft browns, I can't wait to add touches of these to journals and notebooks.

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All stocked at @northamptonshoe gift shop: rescued

All stocked at @northamptonshoe gift shop: rescued leather pen holders, stationery rolls, pencil cases, and journals ✏️ 📚 🖊

Out and about topping up my shelf at the museum gi

Out and about topping up my shelf at the museum gift shop! Love to see these trees on the racecourse doing well.

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Dreamy, shimmery, magical journals ✨️🌙 Handmade n

Dreamy, shimmery, magical journals ✨️🌙

Handmade notebooks featuring moon & star covers, shimmery leather spines, and chain & clasp fastenings. Filled with 140gsm blank cartridge paper.

Currently only available from my Etsy shop.

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#handmadejournals #shopetsyuk #witchyjournal #moonjournal #thecraftfantastic

I sometimes get asked how my rescued leather penci

Stack of future projects 📚 these lovely pieces are

Stack of future projects 📚 these lovely pieces are ready to be made into A5 journals. This leather is from @lyonleathers_ltd - they sell bundles of offcuts, sourced from leftover stock from the Northampton shoe industry.

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#handmadejournals #northamptonshirebusiness #leathersupplier #leatherjournals #thecraftfantastic

Currently listed in my Etsy shop, but not for long

Currently listed in my Etsy shop, but not for long! Leather bookmarks are a staple of my range, but they don't really sell online. These listings run out soon, so get one before they're gone. (Not GONE gone. They'll just be going into my real world stockists 😄).

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