This custom order was for a woman as a Christmas gift to her son who is a river guide out west. She wanted something unique to him as well as durable and refillable. This is one of his favorite lined journal inserts, which will now be protected on all his adventures. The canyon, river and full moon scene are reminiscent of where he spends much of his time.

“At birth we are red-faced, round, intense, pure. The crimson fire of universal consciousness burns in us. Gradually, however, we are devoured by our parents, gulped by schools, chewed up by peers, swallowed by social institutions, wolfed by bad habits, and gnawed by age; and by that time we have been digested, cow style, in those six stomachs, we emerge a single disgusting shade of brown. The lesson of the beet, then, is this: hold on to your divine blush, your innate rosy magic, or end up brown. Once you’re brown, you’ll find that you’re blue. As blue as indigo. And you know what that means, Indigo. Indigoing. Indigone.”

-Tom Robbins

 A couple of days ago, I created 32 custom book ornaments with beads and inscriptions on the first page.  A lady's aunt passed earlier this year, and her aunt loved books.  The lady is gifting book ornaments to her family members for Christmas in honor and memory of her aunt.  

I now know how to add inscriptions on the first page of these if you are interested in having some custom ones made.  Because of their size, it should probably stay around 10 words or less.  Just let me know if you are interested!

 

Ah, this cute koala was designed by a guy for his gal.  He had me translate the koala and some eucalyptus to fabric and create this one-of-a-kind handmade, leather journal.  I heard back from him that it was a great success and that his lady friend really liked it.

Feedback from the lady who purchased this:  

"I got this in the mail today, and it is everything I had hoped it would be. Thank you so much for a wonderful custom order!There is no where else I could have bought exactly what I wanted, except from this shop. Thanks agian for your time and effort, it is lovely and arrived in perfect condition."

 This customized book was created for a lady who wants it for plant data that she is collecting.   It has lined paper and alphabetical tabs.  The tabs will make it so that she can easily look up specific species, recipies, and the like.   The outside was a repurposed encyclopedia cover, and the inside paper is both recycled and acid-free.