Stamps

I love email, but also love to write and receive real letters, they make me feel more closer to the other person, reading their handwriting and getting a piece of paper they held in their hands. I also love the different stamps on the envelopes and I decided to make something special with them. And since the people that like my journals are also addicted to handwriting, I've created a journal that has stamps on it from time to time.  I like how it turned out so I plan to make more - I've got a lot of old stamps from my grand grand father that was a postman and I'll use some of them - little works of art from different places and times. But first I just gotta make sure none of the stamps is worth a fortune  :)

Greedy Me

Can I, can I please keep it for myself? That's a question that comes to my mind often when I create something new - pretty bad for the business, I know... So here's what greedy me didn't wanted to sell - a set of goldenrod little books earrings and necklace - they look pretty on me, don't you think? They are actual usable little blank journals so inside I'll write little quotes, passwords and secrets only my ears will hear :)

Etsy Bookbindingteam Swap

At last, I finally participated in a book swap with my Bookbindingteam teammates - it was so fun, I wonder why I didn't do it before - oh, wait, I remember - the laziness reared its ugly head!
But I'm so happy now with the little book I received from Beth!
I still haven't used it though - I am organizing a Miss competition with my ideas to sort out what would be the best use for it :)
Here it is - isn't it a beauty?



The journal that I've made for the swap is this one - since most of my journals are feminine, and since my recipient was a guy, I went for a more unisex design and painted this silver gate on it, adding a leather cutout lock to act as a buckle:


Tim (the recipient) liked it so I'm glad I chose this one for the swap.