Update Report: Lots More Books!

I haven't posted for weeks again!  It's been busy and I have neglected my blog, in favour of working on quite a few new books.  Here's a photo-summary of what I've been doing:

Firstly, another Business Card Case.  This time, it has a hand-painted design of flowers and birds.

It's lined with two colours of mulberry paper.  I quite like this one!

Then, here is what I did with the leather and dandelion-print paper that I showed in my previous post:

The dandelion paper is a lining for the covers of a new journal. 

The covers are a honey-beige coloured leather.  

There is a hand-made ceramic button and matching linen thread tie fastening.  

Sewn in longstitch, with aqua linen thread, to match the button.  

Pages of my favourite cream text paper.

Next, a Spring themed journal, in golden wool-felt, with purple suede lining and edge-trim, with a green satin ribbon trim and tie-fastening.

The cover is made of suede-leather and felt, so it looks and feels very rich and soft.

 The two sections of paper are stitched with a cross-stitch, in purple linen. 

Then a Sketchbook:

Blackcurrant leather sketchbook, with 30 pages of drawing paper and 10 pages of watercolour paper. Sewn with a decorative longstitch, in light grey linen thread. 

The sketchbook is lined with a deep pink paper, patterned with birds. 

I also made two more rainbow-themed hardcover journals. 

Pink Indian paper, with a gold-printed scalloped design, highlighed with purple glitter. 

There are ten page sections, each section having a different colour on the outside and white pages inside.  

This journal has a collage design paper on the covers... 

The pages are of the same Indian cotton-rag paper as the previous journal. 

Both books are sewn with a coptic style stitching, in bright hemp cord. 

I've also been working on several commission books and a very special commission of my own. There are so many books in this post already, that I think I'll post those next time!

 
Shameless Plug:
If you'd like any of these books, they're all for sale - you can visit my online Folksy shop here, or if you prefer, find my Etsy shop here.