Gorgeous handmade leatherbound journal - a Hanukkah gift from my mother.

This little journal is so beautiful I just had to share it.  The pictures don't do it justice because the feel of the leather is so soft and lofty and aged that it's just like butter.  Extremely handily and hardily constructed by Megan Winn of the Binding Bee.  It will be a difficult moment to put pen to paper in this journal.  This is the only hard thing about journals like these.  They make me feel like I should be writing some kind of poetry or stream of consciousness or some other highly self-indulgent writing.  But that is not always what I need to use paper for.  Perhaps the best way to honor this gorgeous little book, and the talented artisan behind its creation, is to use the shit out of it.  Make lists and take notes, and write down ideas and use it like any other journal.  Still, it's just so nice.  Now to the pics--

Expertly bound.

I didn't take this picture wrong, I think Megan Winn double-stamped.