Handmade leather journal – review

I earlier told that I had bought new journal from etsy seller - HandmadePanache, and I had decided not to do a post about it, but the seller was so nice that I changed my plan.

I usually pick this that has dark colored theme, but this one was bright darker shade of green, as my sister put it – quite poisonous color :D I picked the pattern that had pentacle on it. I usually tend to pick ones that either has some quite not obvious witchcraft symbols or the three of life designs, but this was sort of calling me. I had viewed it multiple times before I actually bought it.

The book is made in a way that you can refill the content when it is full, it is bound with cotton cord, I think. the cover leather is thick, seems to be decent quality and the inside of the cover is some sort of fabric. The paper of the book is thick enough to hold watercolors and such. The seller has the properties listed on the etsy, you can view them there.

The size of the book is good, not too big as A4 but not as small as A5, maybe B5 or something like that. Either way, it’s good size for writing and such.

About the seller, they are really nice and helpful. I wasn’t able to receive the package when it first arrived, the FedEx guy had ringed the doorbell and it is broken so I didn’t hear it and none of our dogs didn’t react to it, so I missed the delivery. The seller contacted me via message and reminded me to contact the FedEx to schedule new delivery etc. Next day I finally got my package, it came in good condition, as I was little worried that the package might gotten some damage, it didn’t.

Inside the package was the book and envelope with handwritten text to tell me open it with smile. Inside that was pretty card that also had handwritten and personalized message, which I think was the best part of the whole thing. I quite like it when the sellers make time to personally address the customers.

When I was trying to leave review to etsy, the page didn’t let me do that yet, so I contacted the seller and told them how I was feeling about the book, the delivery and such, they replied me back thanking and being happy that there was such a customers that appreciated their craft. Next day I was able to leave my review on the site, and I did. The seller contacted me later and thanked such an awesome review.

So point of this post is to give appreciation to handcrafters and other small business owners, I do personally know what it is like, it can be hard and now with the corona and all, it can be lot harder.

If you are looking to buy handmade journals for grimoires or other uses, I suggest you to check the seller out -> HandmadePanache

Blessings,

Jady