Letterpress Collection Picks For Mum

Half Leather Bound Journal in Letterpress design with custom personalisation

If you are starting to think about Mother's Day, you will want to check out our Letterpress collection.

The collection includes books and stationery featuring gorgeous letterpress printed paper designed by the reknowned Italian company Rossi.  The journals, albums and  signature books are all handcrafted in our View Street bindery, matching the gorgeous paper with a fine navy leather finished with decorative hand tooling.  

You can even have your book personalised with a name, date or special message for your mum.  Boxed stationery sets, wax seals and ostrich feather quills are other unique gift options.

For more Mother's Day gift inspiration, have a look at some of our favourite picks below.

Clockwise from top left: Letterpress pencil pack, Boxed Set of Correspondence Cards, Full Navy Leather Signature Book with Letterpress endpapers, Navy Wrap Journals (2 sizes), Pink Ostrich Feather Quill, Half Leather Journals in Letterpress design (2 sizes)

Crafting a Full Leather Journal

There's handcrafted and there is truly handcrafted. 

This term can be used loosely and I often find that products that are labelled as handcrafted will have only 'just' come into contact with hands ... But when we say that we craft our books by hand, we mean just that.  Every individual book is crafted by hand, from the pared leather and raised bands to gluing the boards.  It is a fairly time consuming and labour intensive process, but for us it is a labour of love.  Each book is individual, not machine replicated, and it is this care and attention to detail which guarantees the longevity of our books.  

People often put their head into our View Street bindery and ask questions about the process of binding a book.  So to give you a bit of an idea, here are a few pictures showing some of the steps involved in 'hand' crafting the cover of one of our full leather journals.

Please feel free to comment or ask questions at the bottom of the post.

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To learn more about the craft of bookbinding, come and do a Beginner's Workshop and have a go at making your own hard covered book.  Further details can be found here.

Time to get Organised

It is hard to believe it, but with spring in full swing we inevitably start to look towards summer AND the new year!  2014!  I still stop and think about what year it is when I write the date now.! However, the arrival of our 2014 calendars has forced me to realise that we are in mid October.... not mid year where my head seems to be.

With appointments and events creeping into January and February, it's time to get organised for 2014.   If you are like me and need to have things written in several places (for me it's on the calendar, in my diary, plus a reminder on my iphone & ipad)  then you will swoon over our 2014 collection.

We have a stunning range of  Italian calendars that are seriously too nice to throw away (in the recycling) after each month has passed- check out the pic below to see where the past months of my 2013 calendar are.    

Our 2014 diaries are beautifully leather bound with elegant raised bands.  Choose between a full or half leather binding with decorative paper sides.  And just like the calendars, you can enjoy them in your home long after the year's end.  They look beautiful sitting on the bookshelf or used as a decorator item on side tables and consoles.  I love the way the leather of my old diaries has grown in character from daily use.  2010 - 2012 sit together on a table in my lounge just looking good! 

So before 2014 arrives, come in store and get yourself organised!