Monday, November 9, 2015

Leather Journal Tutorial

Katie Startzman has an easy to follow tutorial for creating a small leather journal.  It's a project that anyone can handle, and the result would make a great LARP spellbook or chronicle.

2 comments:

CoastConFan said...

This is a great tutorial because the difficulty level is within reach of anybody. I thought using a sewing machine to stitch the paper was particularly ingenious. The ability to customize the cover and pages really makes this a good project and would lend itself to Mythos RPGs and props.

If that’s more than you want to tackle try sites like eBay & etc and just buy one
http://www.militaryuniformsupply.com/hand-made-leather-pocket-journal-chocolate
http://matiji.com/p/75131/Pocket-Journal-Handmade-Art-Diary-Travel-Notebook-CWR-6X4.5-Bison-Brown-Leather-in-Books-Accessories-Blank-Diaries-Journals-eBay

Civil War era type wallets are good for mid century costuming and prop work. You can tuck in a small note book into the pocket as well. There’s a lot of these kinds of period wallets around http://winchestersutler.com/HavItems.htm

Of course you need a period pencil for your notebook, regardless of era http://www.vintagepens.com/catill_pencils.shtml

http://www.jonathanveley.com/mechanical-pencil-museum

http://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/

Allison M. said...

Also could just be a nice gift for your mom... which is not a comment I would usually leave here.