Yesterday I've finished my Midori style
notebook. Since it is made by me, I call it my “Eldori”.
Some other names for
the self-made version of the Midori notebooks are Fauxdori or Raydori (notebooks made by Ray Blake)
I've followed Ray’s YouTube tutorial, which shows the making of this notebook
very clearly so I won’t go into detail how I've made mine. I've made one modification to the back of the notebook: Now it has a flap to protect the insert when closed. It was very
difficult to find good leather but I've discovered a shoe factory
nearby where they use very supple and beautiful dyed leather of the right
thickness.
I had enough leather to make a regular and an
A6 size notebook. The little one is not quite finished yet but I've already been
writing and playing in the larger one. Although I've measured everything a few
times, it was still very scary to put my knife in the buttery soft leather but
after the first cut the whole process went very smoothly.
The day before I had made already some
inserts and a folder so I could put everything together right away and I felt
so good and so proud. The charms I've got from M and are very seasonal (pumpkin and corn)
This is such a wonderful notebook and already I
am loving it so much. It is very versatile and playful and it is supposed to be
messy and nothing has to match. I am super excited about it. This will be a place
for me to play and experiment, to write and doodle, to draw and paint,
to make lists and glue pretty pictures, decorate pages and what not
Little one in the make
Pumpkins in our windowsill
(All the pictures are made by M)
