About this Product
Pick up one of these handmade lined notebooks and let your thoughts, dreams, ideas, and creativity soar!
You'll have 192 pages to journal and sketch on and the lovely Mohawk Superfine Eggshell finish paper is a treat to work with. It's in brilliant white, 70 lb text weight, and behaves beautifully with fountain pens. Minimal feathering, bleeding, or ghosting.
The spine and foredges are covered with bonded leather with an Arista finish. This is made from scrap leather (at least 75%), with a paper-type backing making it ideal for giving a journal a leather treatment without costing an arm and a leg. The Arista finish gives it a gorgeous glossy finish with a light leather texture. Reminds me of textured patent leather. Nice!
The fabric used for the book cloth is a black marble with metallic silver highlights. Any resemblance to cowhide is purely coincidental! Each cover is a little different (you know...handmade) - when you order I will grab off the top of the stack in no particular order. I have every confidence you will receive the perfect one for you. The endpapers are florentine paper with a white, gray, and gold metallic marble design. I went all matchy-matchy with this one, even though gold and silver don't technically go together. Or do they?
Whether you're tracking your moods, practicing stoicism, keeping a gratitude journal, or just doodling for funsies, these journals are a great choice!
Bound 2 Bee
Meet the Maker
I'm a life-long hobby collector and idea explorer living in central Indiana. Over the years I dabbled in learning various foreign languages (and remember none), learned to play penny whistle, explored polymer clay, became proficient with counted thread embroidery, fell in love with being a beekeeper (8 years of fun!), dabbled with cold process soap making, pretended to be a gardener...The list is lengthy.
I started playing around with bookbinding in 2019 because I just had to have another hobby. I made lots of not-so-great ones and gave them away to family and friends, trying different types of bindings and materials until I got to the point where people were tired of receiving them! By then the pandemic had started, and my job had become untenable (oh the woes of the Essential Employee), so I quit the job and decided to open an Etsy shop, naming it Bound 2 Bee in honor of my bee colonies. That kept me busy while I job-hunted for a steady income (and health insurance!) and I had time to make lots of journals. After a couple of months of being unemployed, I found full-time employment and Etsy got relegated to hobby status.
Now it's 2024. I became allergic to beestings in 2022 and rehomed my bee colonies, and that leaves me a little more time to work on making journals and stationery items. The luster of Etsy is fading - and I've been looking for alternatives for my wee business, and stumbled on Goimagine. So, here I am! Let's give this a try and see if we can make life for kids a little better, hey?
Shop Policies
Processing Time
Your item will be held for 24 hours after receipt of payment, and then shipped within 1 to 3 days. This allows you time to change your address if you need to. See Shipping below. If you are certain of your address, let me know and I will waive the 24-hour hold.
Cancelations
You may cancel your order any time before I ship it.
Shipping
Your purchase will be sent within 3 days of receipt of payment.
I will ship to the address that appears on the order. If you need it to go elsewhere, please let me know at the time you place your order. If you do not provide me with a correct address within 24 hours, I will ship the item to the address on the order and will not replace it.
Shipping is via USPS Priority.
Returns
I do not accept returns. When I ship out an item, be assured it's made to the very best of my ability. What happens after I have handed it off to the USPS is not my responsibility.
Custom Orders
I do not accept custom orders at this time. I hope in future to be able to provide that service.
