Handmade Journals - Durable handmade journals

So, you've made your journal, but you may not want to take this with you if you're traveling, or if you just want something to take along in your purse. It might be too bulky. This is a great book for a coffee table or for your bookshelf, to give as a gift, but if you want something that's a little smaller, then I want to show you another journal, that you can make,that will be really stylish. It's super easy to make, and you can just toss it in your purse. You can toss it in your bag, if you're traveling. It doesn't take up hardly any space, and this is using leather, for a leather cover, so it's very durable, and it really just takes this leather strap to bind it, and some hole punching. I actually got this leather from my neighbor. He was throwing out a leather couch, so I went and asked him, if I could cut all the leather off the couch, and I got that. I spray painted it, and then added some embroidery, and then this one, I got from a women's purse that I found at a thrift store. It was like two dollars. It's so much cheaper than going to a fabric store and buying leather, and plus you get all these really neat, aged spots that are on them, so if you have any old leather purses, maybe your Louis Vuitton, or something you can cut up, have a designer book, but if you don't want to cut it up, maybe use your Louis Nuitton, or the side version, the knockoff version, but let's get started on how to make your leather strap journal.