Introducing ROWAN, one of the lovely retailers carrying Sprouts Press handbound journals! They’ve got a selection of our leather bound journals and handpainted notebooks, reach out to them to learn current stock levels.
We love this shop for it’s carefully selected products, workshops and in-shop crafted herbal skin care line. Seriously, go check them out!
ROWAN Homespun Market
2196 Queen Street East, Toronto
www.rowanhomespun.com
This isn’t my studio, and it’s not Sunday, but I don’t care because this was a great weekend of bookbinding.
On Saturday I had the pleasure of teaching my craft to a really wonderful group of people at the Burlington Public Library’s ‘Bookbinding Hub’. We learned the magic of painting your own covers, and turning them into handbound books.
It was a fun afternoon, and look at the results; gorgeous notebooks all around!
If you missed this class and want to join the fun, keep an eye on the Workshops section of my site for upcoming classes.
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Only a couple of spots left at my next bookbinding workshop, this Saturday! Read on for details.
Learn the basics of using acrylic paint creatively and then use a simple bookbinding stitch to turn it into a set of two notebooks.
When: Saturday October 14 2017, 1:30PM – 4:30PM
Where: Brant Hills Branch, Burlington Public Library. 2255 Brant Street, Burlington, ON
For more information, please go here.
Today I’m busy binding books and keeping abreast of the ‘make everything in time for holiday shows’ schedule. But I’m also pondering this design from a couple of years ago. Specifically, the bound-in bookmarks, complete with bead and coin detail (or without).
Personally, I love bookmarks in my journals, for easy access to the next blank page. I think they also add a bit of a finishing touch and complete the experience of using the book. But what about in larger books? Sketchbook size? If you have any thoughts on this, I’d love to know! Leave a comment below.
Just over a year ago I introduced a project I’d been working on for a while; printed logbooks! This was a design inspired by feedback from customers, at shows and online, who wanted handbound journals with specific purposes and printed pages. 
I’m so happy to say that they’ve grown to include 3 designs; Correspondence Journals, Reader’s Logbooks and Recipe Journals. And, of course, the colour selection has increased because I just can’t help myself.
To learn more about these books, check them out in my Etsy shop here. And if you want to read the original post I wrote about them (the one from a year ago), just go here.
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported me at the Etsy: Made in Canada show last saturday! And to everyone who liked, shared and commented on my social media posts!! I truly appreciate all of it and am humbled by your support of my little bookbinding company.
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