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heartfelt, beautifully bound.

 

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NEW ARRIVALS.

Luxe journals for your narrative.

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ROMANCING REDOUTE

Paperbacks to use as wedding guest books, journals or sketchbooks.

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Personalised Wedding Guest Books & Photo Albums

Collectable Writing & Art Journals

 

  Handmade cotton-rag paper envelopes

    to decorate with watercolours,

 calligraphy & wax seals. 

   

 
 
 

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🥀Thank you to all of you who entered our flash giveaway and shared your journaling stories 🥀 . Lucky girl @maritne won! Please choose which Romancing Redouté rose journal you would like from the three pictured and I’ll pop it in the post to you on Monday (please DM your address) FLASH GIVEAWAY!! How many of you keep a journal for writing, art, pressing flowers or collecting ephemera in? Is it something you’ve recently started or done for a long time? I’d love to know. Comment below why you started keeping a journal for a chance to win one of our new journals pictured here and in our last post 🥀 Winner announced tomorrow, Friday 21/9 at 8pm GMT 📖 . #lotusblubookart #journalgiveaway #deardiary #writingprompts #soulfulstories #writeyourlifestory #morningpages #gratitudejournal #sketchbook #traveljournal #bookbinding #anaisninquote #letswrite #journalkeeping #handmadejournals Romancing Redouté — A trio of journals with tea stained covers and prints of vintage rose illustrations by the master watercolourist Pierre-Joseph Redouté. Hand bound with Fabriano paper for writing or drawing on, just listed on our website. These are bound to open flat for easy use. https://www.lotusblubookart.com/khata-paperback-journals/romancing-redoute (link in bio)🥀 . #pjredoute #handmadejournals #floraljournals #lotusblubookart #morningpages #writingcommunity #vintageillustrations #watercolourprints #sayitwithroses #dailywriting #deardiary #writingchallenge #soulfulstories Loved the way this last custom order I worked on turned out. Made for a couple having a traditional Chinese wedding this Autumn 🍂 . We will not be taking custom orders until October, but we still have our personalised range of wedding guest books and photo albums in store which are ready to ship in 1-3 days📚 . @parveenpkh, @faridajk and I are currently working on journals for the coming festive season which we can’t wait to share with you🌟 . #lotusblubookart #chinesewedding #weddingguestbook #traditionalwedding #doublehappinesssymbol #doublehappiness #handpainted #handmadewedding #autumnwedding #fallwedding A lot of people are turning to the age old medicinal properties of the cannabis plant to treat all kinds of conditions, some as serious as cancer. I wonder when our govt in the U.K will catch up with the rest of the world that has chosen to legalise this humble weed that has been demonised. I’d love to know your thought on this subject🍁 . Featured here is a journal with a print of a cannabis plant from an ancient book on herbal medicine found on @publicdomainrev , I made it for a dear friend who helped me get through my battle with cancer. . #lotusblubookart #hemphelps #cannabisasmedicine #plantbased #herbs #ancientremedies #cannabisandcancer #cannabiscommunity #hempproducts We’ll be working with this beautiful handmade hemp paper this week making journals for your narrative with earth-friendly, tree-free hempy goodness and beautiful British veg tanned leather🍁 . #lotusblubookart #hemppaper #bookbinding #handmadejournals #leatherjournals #hempproducts #hemphelps #earthfriendly #treefree #sustainablepaper Bedtime ritual of text block binding and camomile tea in bed, rock n roll Friday nights I love. (Kantha pouch from @loaflifestyle) . #bedtimerituals #itsnotworkwhenyouloveit #unwinding #thisismylife #lifeofatrader #lotusblubookart #nightstand The scent of Yorkshire lavender coming your way. I do love making the unwrapping of our books a sensory experience. #makeitspecial #yorkshirelavender #scentedpackaging #lotusblubookart #supporthandmade Samarkand- from our Caravanserai collection of luxe journals in copper/glass shadow boxes, use for writing or art. Features a fabric and leather cover with a 9ct gold plated box clasp to keep it closed. I’m the queen of making and not putting books up for sale, but finally, today I added this beauty to our web shop. (See link in bio or go to lotusblubookart.com/collectables/samarkand)💫 . I imagine this ledger shaped journal to be filled with miniature landscape paintings and poetry or something grand. Get a peek at it in stories as well as a mini tour around our new studio which is still being set up. 💫 . #lotusblubookart #uniquejournals #oneofakind #luxehandmade #bookart #bookbinding #extraspecialbook #uniquebook #giftforartist #keepsakejournal #morningpages #inspiredart #inspiredartist #journaling #journalkeeping Love this quote @inkheartaus added to a journal from our ornithology collection. #lotusblubookart #quote #calligraphyjournal I was clearing my phone of all our holiday photos and came across these. I’ve been to Turkey many times and I’m always amazed at the love and care the Turkish people have for animals, especially strays. They are tagged, neutered and vaccinated and allowed roam the streets without the threat of being put down. They are also allowed to sit in shop doorways to enjoy the air-con, they get fed and also have their own water troughs provided by the town council. I can’t even take my dog into the post office here in the UK, a country that claims to be dog friendly. These dogs were the most gentle creatures, rolling over for a belly rub when anyone walked by. You can know a country’s people by how they treat animals. #turkeysstrays #straydogsinturkey #dogfriendlycountry #animalwelfare This actually made me LOL! Is glorifying how busy we are really seen as success? 😂 I’m off for a nap. I’ll be back in the studio tomorrow taking it easy with a stock ordering day. #busyboycott #antibusy #lessdomorebe #thislife #lifestyle #slowdown #smellthemagic When I lived in Belfast, N.Ireland a lot of the journals I made featured clasps made of sea glass and pebbles. Today being our last day along the Turquoise coast of Turkey I thought I’d replenish my stock of pebbles. The long thin ones are perfect for what I have in mind. Lookout for these on Journals to come. (See more in stories)📚 . #lotusblubookart #bookbinding #journaling #turkishcoast #bodrumimperial #pebbles #seaglass #naturesshop #aegeansea #turquoisecoast I bought these pretty little shell boxes off a lady making all kinds of handmade things out of shells. It’s good to support handmade wherever we go in the world. I might use these to put miniature watercolour books in. I love them! 🐚 . #shellbox #handmadebox #supportinghandmade #buyhandmade #miniaturebox Bazaar tales. Our family holiday in Turkey is slowly coming to an end, it’s been a relaxing two weeks of swimming in the ocean, eating, reading, sunbathing, hiking over coastline, rummaging through bazaars and lazy evenings drinking Turkish tea over baklava, it’s been lovely, but I must say I am missing binding books and I’m really looking forward to getting back to creative work🎨 . It’s been a really long, hot summer which I’ll be sad to see the end of, next week will see the return of routine, alarm clocks, school runs and all the madness that comes with running a small business. Our Etsy shop will remain closed through September while we settle into our new home and studio (yes, we still have boxes to unpack!) we will spend this time finishing work on a few custom orders for October, work on new designs, replenish our stock of one-of-a-kind leather and fabric journals, spruce up our packaging and tidy up both our website and Etsy shops in general📚 . Hope you’ve all had a splendid summer break 🏖 . #lotusbluwanderings #lotusblubookart #travel #summerholiday #turkishholiday #sunseeker #longhotsummer Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. #solitude #aegeansea #turkishcoast #carlsagan Another flower I haven’t seen or smelt in over 15 years. I remember it as champakali, better known as #frangipani🌼 Surrounded by nostalgia. The heat, hibiscus and bougainvillea blooms, the ocean, dusty streets and the call to prayer; memories of my childhood in a similar place 🌺 🕌 . #lotusblubookart #wanderings #soulfood #traveller #travelforwonder Pomegranates, paradise fruit.