*SMALL BATCH* only one available in each color.

This is a half size version of my extra-large handbound journal, and it is a new size for me. This summer I wanted a more portable book for camping trips, one that can be as big as a page in the extra-large journal when open. It is bigger than my standard journals and smaller than my everyday extra-large journal - a 'just-right' size for lists and sketches and taped bits of thread and fabric.

This book is meant to be used. When we have beautiful things made by hand, we are more likely to use them in a meaningful way. I begin by hand-tearing soft white, unlined, acid-free, 80# text paper that is ideal for drawing and writing with pen or pencil. The exposed spine stitching allows the book to lay flat when it is open. I also reinforced the hinge area of the spine. 

Each book contains 116 pages, measures 6.25 x 9.5" and is covered with organic hemp linen fabric that is plant-dyed in small batches in my dye studio with plants from my dye garden and dyes Botanical Colors. Half of the journals feature a patchwork design (plain on the back side), half are plain. All journals have contrasting hinge reinforcement fabric strips in the spine.