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Bespoke Service: Leather

December 01, 2017

Personalised Leather Book from Bound By Hand

View leather options for your personalised Memory Book, Wedding Guest Book, Journal or Sketchbook.

Journals & Sketchbooks

Journals and Sketchbooks can be ordered in A6 small or A5 medium portrait size in goatskin, which offers 26 contemporary and traditional colours of finest quality organic leather. (These books can also be ordered at A4 size in calfskin, details further down the page).

Goatskin is warm to the touch and slightly glossy. Tanned only with natural vegetable materials, it's hand-polished to reveal the beauty of the natural grain goatskin. Suitable for A5 Medium and A6 Small Portrait Journals and Sketchbooks only.

Fine Organic Goatskin for hand bound books

Colours from left to right:
Top row: Blue 11, Blue 12, Blue 13, Blue 14, Green 15, Green 16
Second row: Green 17, Beige 18 Orange 19, Scarlet 20, Crimson 21, Terracotta 22
Third row: Brown 23, Brown 24, Maroon 25, Tan 26, Green 27, Black 28,
4th row: Purple 29, Yellow 30, Grey 31 Chocolate 32, Biscuit 33, Pink 34

Bottom row: Yellow 35, Brown 36, Pepper 37, Teal 38, Blackberry 39, Oxblood 40

Memory Books & Wedding Guest Books

Memory Books and Wedding Guest Books can be ordered at A5 medium size in the popular Sapphire Blue (aka Navy Blue), White or Duck Egg.  A4 large sizes can be ordered in any of the 18 colours of calfskin below. Calfskin is also suitable for A4 large Journals and Sketchbooks.

Calfskin leather offers a weightier feel with a distinctive grain and napped reverse. Vegetable tanned with semi-aniline finish for extra protection. Particularly suitable for A4 Large books, especially personalised Memory Books and Wedding Guest Books.

Colours left to right:
Top: Oxblood, Crimson, Light Toffee Beige, Mustard, Duck Egg, Midnight Blue, Sapphire Blue
Middle: Maroon, British Racing Green, Forest Green, Chocolate, Rich Tan, Tobacco, Black
Bottom: White, Pewter Grey, Blackberry, Azure Blue.
Notes

Please note that the appearance of colours varies between screens and also between dye lots as leathers are a natural product.

Once you've chosen your leather cover, choose your thread colour. If you would like advice on choosing the colours of your personalised Wedding Guest Book, Memory Book, Journal or Sketchbook, please get in touch. Scroll down for some inspiring colour combinations chosen by my clients over the years.

Susan
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Personalised Leather Journal in Teal with Grey

Journal in Teal goat with Grey

Personalised Leather Journal in Peach with Blue stitching

Journal in Peach goat with Blue

Personalised Memory Book in Crimson Leather

Memory Book in Crimson calf with Grey

Personalised Memory Book Leahter Scrapbook

Memory Book in Duck Egg calf with Coral



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