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Why not order a bespoke book to mark a special occasion or for a memorable gift? It's a popular option for Wedding Guest Books, Memory Books for anniversaries, scrapbooks and family albums; and Journals and Sketchbooks for birthdays and Christmas.

We'll work together to make your perfect book, including a dedication, quotation or similar on the title page and your perfect combination of leather and binding colours. You also choose the size and format that best suits your needs.

Memory Books

These fine leather scrapbooks are a brilliant way to collect mementoes from your adventures, to record family milestones or for use as a photo album. With 128 pages of heavyweight paper for all dry medium artwork, light wash and mixed media they are bound with spacers in the spine to allow for the extra thickness of your inclusions. Use with acid-free photo spray mount, photo corners, glue dots or washi tape.

Journal / Sketchbook

Ideal for daily use for taking notes, making sketches or keeping a diary. They have 224 pages of Mohawk Superfine Smooth plain white paper that is a dream to use with all writing instruments. 

Sketchbooks can alternatively be bound with specialist artist's papers on request, including watercolour and pastel papers, and a mix of types of paper.

Wedding Guest Book

An elegant addition to your wedding day, these books lie open on a table to collect your guests well wishes. These have 224 pages of Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper (a slim version with 112 pages is also available).

Quick click to your Bespoke options below, or just keep scrolling down.

Leather colours

Binding thread

Closure

Title pages

Please get in touch to discuss your bespoke book.

Susan Green

info@boundbyhand.co.uk

+44 (0) 7748 759 371

When you commission a bespoke Journal, Sketchbook, Memory or Wedding Guest Book you have 31 colours of linen binding thread to choose from, from muted natural tones to bright bursts of colour. So it's easy to co-ordinate with your wedding's colour scheme, your home decor, corporate identity or simply choose a colour combination that pleases you. 

Black, Grey, White

Check out your bespoke leather options here and why not browse the online store where you'll find inspiration from many books based on colour themes requested from previous bespoke clients. 

Do get in touch so we can talk about making a book especially for you!

Susan Green
info@boundbyhand.co.uk 
+44 (0) 7748 759 371

Personalise your bespoke leather book with a dedication, quotation or similar on the titlepage with artisan bookbinder Susan Green's Bespoke Service. Choose from a variety of fonts to suit your style and the book's purpose.

Choose from 3 sizes, either portrait or landscape format.

A4 Extra Large

The most popular option for Memory Books and Wedding Guest Books, usually in landscape format, although portrait is available on request. A4 is available in the calfskin range of leather. Price: £199

Width: 12 inches or 305 mm

A5 Large

Also very good for Memory Books and Guest Books in landscape format, it makes a great Journal or Sketchbook in portrait format. A5 is available in any of the leather ranges. Price £129 for Memory / £119 for Journal binding.

Width: 8.5 inches or 215 mm

A6 Medium

A compact size that's good in landscape format for intimate weddings or funerals and as a sketchbook, or in portrait format as a journal that's a really easy size to carry around with you. Price: £99 for Memory / £90 for Journal binding.

Width: 6 inches or 155 mm 

Click here to see the rest of your bespoke options, or get in touch if you'd like to discuss your requirements.

Susan Green 
info@boundbyhand.co.uk
+44 (0) 7748 759 371

On Saturday I took advantage of a sunny afternoon and drove down to the Purbecks to visit Corfe Castle as I'm showing some work in The Boilerhouse Gallery for Purbeck Art Weeks.

Shop Dorset - the one stop directory for everything good that's made in Dorset - is hosting a giveaway of a pair of my Lemon & Pink Mini Journals. Click the link to enter before the end of June. Thanks to Lindsay at Shop Dorset! 

And if you can't wait or don't want to leave it to fate, you can also buy these and more super colourful, cheerful handmade leather Mini Journals here. 

Visit Word. Paper. Book: an exhibition and exploration of the power of words, the possibilities of paper and the potential of books at The Workhouse Chapel in Sturminster Newton, Dorset from 29 May to 14 June.

The exhibition promises to be a wonderful insight into all the possibilities text, paper and various book forms provide in the hands of artists with wide-ranging practises. I'll be exhibiting so you can see, handle and buy my books in person.

You can also join me in the inspiring and comfortable surroundings of Rose Hatcher's beautifully converted chapel on Thursday the 11th June for a bookbinding workshop on the Yotsume-Toji, the Japanese Stab Stitch binding, where you'll make and take home your very own journal / sketchbook. Please book directly with Rose at The Workhouse Chapel - details below.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Susan

I've just launched a fresh new collection of bright and bold Mini Journals for Spring 2015. Hand bound in the most gorgeously tactile fair-trade goatskin, they're a great little luxe gift for Mother's and Father's Day, birthdays large and small, add to place settings on Easter Sunday, secret away for treasure hunts and use as wedding favours on your big day. Choose from 8 different colour ways. They're just £10 each and ship worldwide.

 SHOP THE NEW COLLECTION NOW --->  

They're just £10 each and I ship worldwide. Happy (almost) Spring!

Susan 

My Travel Journals are featured in Condé Nast Traveller, the UK's leading travel magazine. Check out the Gold Standard February edition for their all-time favourite destinations and their guide to what's hot in 2015

These luxurious yet practical leather journals open with a travel-themed quotation to set the tone of your adventures. Each page has a space to record the date and location, and at the back of the book you'll find a reassuring In Case Of Emergency section to record personal, medical and legal information including next of kin contact details.There are 192 pages of cartridge paper which will take all pens and pencils, dry-medium artwork and glued inclusions such as ticket stubs, postcards, photographs and so 

Shop the range of Travel Journals now:

Travel Journal: Blue "Explore. Dream. Discover" - Mark Twain

Tavel Journal: Tan "Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost" - JRR Tolkien

Travel Journal: Green "A Journey Is Best Measured in Friends" - Tim Cahill 

Alternatively use my Bespoke Service to select your choice of leather and thread colours. Just email info@boundbyhand.co.uk to ask for your perfect, personalised journal.

My thanks to Fiona Maynard and Condé Nast Traveller. Magazine images copyright Condé Nast Traveller 2015.

Susan 

Back in October I shared news of photographer Robin Hutt's open studio exhibition Dawn and Dusk: the Fairlight End Garden Journals. Robin commissioned a series of Accordion Sketchbooks to display some of the work, combining images with handwritten text to stunning effect. Much to my regret I was unable to visit, but Robin kindly sent me some pictures of her exhibition and I'm pleased to share them here with you. 

See more exquisite images in their full, utter glory at Robin's website. 

And thank you to Robin for generously sharing the images here - what a treat and inspiration to see how you have used the Accordion Sketchbooks and to get a glimpse into your studio.

All images copyright © Robin Hutt, 2015.

If Robin's work has inspired you, you can buy Accordion Sketchbooks in a variety of colour ways and sizes or get in touch to discuss a bespoke commission for your project: info@boundbyhand.co.uk 

Susan.

Inspirational weddings, a celebration of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples and a dare to be different feature with steampunk style are all featured in Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire Bride 2015 edition. There's also a guide to making your white wedding as green as possible.

From choosing a vintage dress and tableware, an eco-friendly venue or turning an old family heirloom into a new wedding ring, Bride has lots of ideas, with a particular focus on using locally-sourced produce and products.

Which is where I come in - if you're a bride planning your big day in Dorset, Wiltshire or Hampshire, get in touch with me to discuss your options for a Wedding Guest Book bound in leather, and Mini Journal favours for your bridesmaids and guests.

You can choose an off-the-peg Guest Book in White & Neutral or ask me to a create a perfectly bespoke, personalised book to co-ordinate with your colour scheme and to print your names and wedding date on the frontspage. 

My thanks to Heidi Watson, images copyright © 2015 Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire Bride magazine

Shop the Ready to Ship collection or view your Bespoke options.

Susan

e: info@boundbyhand.co.uk  t: 07748 759 371

My super fresh and pretty Journal / Sketchbook in Pink & Green is featured in this month's VOGUE! You can buy it here, I ship worldwide and can deliver directly to your gift recipient, with a presentation box, if you would like. My thanks to Natalie Moss-Blundell and VOGUE.