[dropcap]I[/dropcap] have a whole collection of notebooks in my home, from hard backed and floral, to spiral bound and functional. I love nothing better than to sit down in a coffee shop with a brand new note book and a pen.
Whether the purpose is to empty my mind, make plans, or craft a blog post, there’s something deeply satisfying about actually writing notes, rather than tapping away on a keyboard. I don’t think that I will ever lose that joy, no matter how attached I am to my iphone!
My latest acquisition is a hand-made leather bound journal, from Amazon. If you’re a notebook hoarder like me, you’re going to LOVE this – it really is the king of all notebooks! Not only does it smell divine, but it looks pretty darn beautiful on your coffee table too!
Made from genuine water buffalo leather, it is hand stitched using coptic leather binding, meaning that there is no glue involved. The leather strap not only holds the notebook closed, but doubles up as a rather useful bookmark. And being hand-crafted, no two journals are the same!
The 120 pages of ivory paper, hand crafted in recycled cotton, are thick and of good quality (125 gsm). They are beautifully soft to write or draw on, using any pen or pencil (no ink bleed).
Whether you use it as as a sketch book, a place to write poetry, or as a simple old-fashioned journal, it’s a thing of beauty. It would also make the perfect gift; if you could bear to part with it that is!
The best bit? The seller gives away a percentage of all profits to a charity Tehila, that promotes the protection of children and the prevention of child cruelty in Zambia.
These beautiful leather-bound journals come in two sizes, 7″ x 5″ and 8″ x 6″. Today, I have one of each size to give away. So whether you want to keep it for yourself, or give it away as a gift, complete the entry below and don’t forget to answer the following question:
What would you use your journal for?
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- This giveaway is open to UK residents aged 18 or over
- Entrants must log in via Rafflecopter and answer the question in the widget – this is the ONLY mandatory task.
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- The winner will be emailed notification and must respond within 7 days
- The winner will receive one 7″ x 5″ journal or an 8″ x 6″ journal
- The giveaway closes at midnight on 21/6/16.
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142 COMMENTS
Tracy Nixon
7 years agoFor planning my craft projects – writing down/sketching ideas etc. I am always making and creating and I get lots of inspiration from everything and anything!
Georgina Jacobs
7 years agoDaily thoughts and gratitude, memories & future plans thanks
Katrina McDonald
7 years agoI’ve just started a job at our local library so I would use it to note down all the books I am shelving that I want to read as I can never remember the titles!
Liam Bishop
7 years agoMy wife would like this, she loves journals – uses them daily for everything!
charlotte
7 years agoi love a good journal, i pretty much rely on them! especially when it comes to reminding me of things 😛
Ann-Marie Gould
7 years agoi would give this to my daughter to use as a bullet journal
iain maciver
7 years agoperfect for my daughter
Jax Blunt
7 years agoAn ideas book. Am getting back into writing and would use it for those snippets that occur when I’m out and about.
Tee Simpson
7 years agoI would use it to jot down all important things I need to do or remember
Maria Blythin
7 years agoi would use it for myself everywhere i went so i could show it off x
Tania Atfield
7 years agoWow, I love this journal, looks gorgeous and I’d write special moments in it of my life
Tony Metcalf
7 years agoRecording everything I need to remember!
Rachel Craig
7 years agoFor use as an :- Attitude of Gratitude Journal. We recently competed a short course at College / University (fiancé, myself as well as other class members). Part of our homework was to write down daily :- Three things that we were Grateful for. Very recently my fiancé and I have had a numer of ISSUES to deal with, that continuing with the Attitude of Gratitude may be something which is helping us to cope / deal with the many tasks etc which have fallen upon us.
I have encouraged fiancé to get a sleep in the afternoon, as he has recently been inundated with requests for up to date information by phone calls, and rings at the door bell. Hopefully he is using Mindfullness which we also practised on the course.
A journal can be nice to look back on, contain good memories etc.
Harline parkin
7 years agoThis would be great for my hours at work keeping track I have two jobs and I have to keep track of my hours
lorraine kirk
7 years agoI would use it to start collecting ideas for my new blog which is in the pipeline 🙂
Charlotte Burford
7 years agoI would use it for anything! Jotting down things I need to remember, planning out work projects, sketching… Carry a notebook everywhere with me!
Margaret gallagher
7 years agoA daily reflections log
Love reminding myself of how much beauty there is in my life
Somewhere to keep all my writing in one BEAUTIFUL place
Hazel Rea
7 years agoI would give it to my son’s partner – she would really appreciate its beauty as well as it’s usefulness.
clair downham
7 years agofor all my lists of day to day things
Alexandra oliver
7 years agowriting ideas for screenplays
Colleen Marples
7 years agowriting song lyrics to go with my terrible guitar playing!
Susan Smith
7 years agoAll my deep thoughts, and times of happy memories
amiecaitlin
7 years agoWow, this looks so beautifully crafted! Would love this!
Elena
7 years agoI’d use the journal to jot down any ideas or to write any o f my endless lists!
Julia Lawson
7 years agoI would use it as a detailed diary but also fill it with recipes I’ve copied down from websites/mags (and maybe a food diary too as I’m watching my weight at the moment, lol) 🙂
M.Day
7 years agoI am a uni student and I would take it to every lecture to fill with the most important information & notes I took away from each one.
Solange
7 years agoI would use it for notes, to do lists, my meal plans for the week and arts and crafts ideas.
Denise Cross
7 years agoMy picture diary
Ollie Randolph
7 years agoI’ve just started a new therapy course so this would be perfect for my notes.
Victoria Hemmings
7 years agofor writing down my thought and plans
Leila Benhamida
7 years agoI will use it as a a peesonal journal. Wonderful prize.?
Tim Alexander
7 years agoI would use it to make notes of my music ideas for recording and possibly as a dream diary too.
Louisa
7 years agoI’d use it as a dream diary. I have so many weird dreams it’d be cool to log them down.
Nik Ki
7 years agoI would use it to draw art.
frances hopkins
7 years agoEverything, exactly what I need – I’m forgetting things!
Elizabeth Smith
7 years agoI want to go back to keeping a diary
zoe brown
7 years agoi would fill it with my best recipes
Judith Allen
7 years agoMy partner would love this, and would probably use it for tattoo and font design. Lovely notebook, very inspirational.
Nicki Evans
7 years agoI would give it to my friend who is going travelling to use as a travel journal
Lauren
7 years agoOh what a beautiful journal! I’ve always wanted a leather bound journal like this, there’s something so alluring about them. I’m use it as a traditional journal, somewhere to dump out my thoughts and feelings.
Sylvia Paul
7 years agoI would give this to my Daughter to use on her college writing course
Jo
7 years agoOH yes please – to help me focus on the positives of life, as I struggle with letting go as my eldest gears up for university!
Bonnie King
7 years agoI’ve recently found out I’m pregnant and I would love to record everyday details in here for my own memories 🙂
Kay Sherman
7 years agoI’m terrible for writing notes and planning things so that
Cliff Davis
7 years agoI have to keep travel notes. I take loads of photos but really soon I end up talking about “that place on the corner” or “the guy with the red glasses”. Memory like a sieve,
jo liddement
7 years agoGarden ideas and notes for my huge jungle of a garden i’m renovating
Andy
7 years agoFor recording every baby I deliver. The date, weight, name and type of delivery. Every birth is special and I’d like to keep a record for the future.
Hazel Christopher
7 years agoI would use mine as a positivity journal. I already have a similar style journal I use for the same purpose but I’m running out of room. I fill it with my favourite poems, quotes, thoughts etc
Lauren Charlotte
7 years agoWork notes and to do lists
Nicki simpson
7 years agoI would get bsck to writing, something that I used to love
Claire Woods
7 years agoFuture plans
Leanne Newsome
7 years agoI would note my children’s milestones to look back on in the future
Maria Rojas
7 years agoHello I love different kinds journals!
Margaret Clarkson
7 years agoLists of important taskd
Jean cass
7 years agoI would use this to make lots of to do lists and more importantly the thingsI’ve done! I never remember do to my very busy life! Thank you for the prize draw
Amanda Grimes
7 years agoI would (begrudgingly!) give it to my daughter who would absolutely love it. She would probably use it to sketch in. Now that the ‘chore’ of her art GCSE is over, hopefully she will go back to just enjoying art as a way of relaxation.
Amy Bee
7 years agoTrying to keep my life a bit more organised!
Lydia A
7 years agoI would use the journal to make lists and to keep me organised.
Sarah fielding
7 years agoI would use this for all my creative thoughts!
nicky pearce
7 years agoMy wife would like this
Nicola
7 years agoI would give this to my daughter to record her adventures on an expedition to Peru this summer. Something worth keeping to look back in the trip of a lifetime.
hannah igoe
7 years agoDReaming and scheming!
Melissa Lee
7 years agoI’m a blogger too so I’d use it for drafting blog posts
Ruth Harwood
7 years agoI love writing short stories and this would be perfect!!
Katie Skeoch
7 years agoTo note down thoughts & facts for work
Rosalie Miller
7 years agoI have wanted to try to collect a bunch of recipes for a while!
Rust
7 years agoI wold gift it to my daughter. She is an avid journaler.
marie miles
7 years agoi would use it as a dream diary. i have good ideas in my dreams but can never rememeber them mainly due to the alarm cutting my sleep but also i wake several times a night so i would keep it by my bed to write my dreams as soon as i open my eyes
Natalie Turner
7 years agoWrite down my ideas for my novel
Danni Cresswell
7 years agoI would use the journal for writing about funny things me and my husband have done pre kids to hand on down to out sons x
Kate Fox-Pope
7 years agowell, as a diary?
Jules Eley
7 years agoI would use it to write down my thoughts and feelings, I tend to bottle things up and explode so this would be great!
melanie stirling
7 years agoI would make notes during the day and night of things that I need to remember or I have thought of.I always keep pen and paper next to my bed to remind me of things.
BEKI LACY
7 years agoAt work taking important notes
sarah
7 years agoI’d use the journal for but bullet journalling.
Kristyn Harris
7 years agoI would love to use this journal for writing reviews about my travels and life.
Rai
7 years agoEverything – I always write by hand. Even my degree with the OU had every note written by hand. Needless to say I’ve acquired a love of stationery over the years. Thanks
Sally Collingwood
7 years agoFor planning at home and at work
claire griffiths
7 years agoin would use it for all my daily thoughts and good memories
Ron Goodwin
7 years agoFor my genealogy/family history.
Anthea Holloway
7 years agoI would use it for recording all the books I read and want to remember!
Paula cheadle
7 years agoI would use it for writing down important things not to forget ie:- dates, times etc
Suzanne O'Neill
7 years agoI like a nice book for meetings in work
Suzanne O'Neill
7 years agowoohoo, thanks for picking me!
janine atkin
7 years agoid use it as a diary
Victoria Prince
7 years agoI would give it to my mum to use as her food diary 🙂
Angela Macdonald
7 years agoI would use it as a travel journal
Keith Hunt
7 years agoGreat prize for my wife when she up dates her nursing qualifications this year.
Sandra Fortune
7 years agoI’d use it for my aromatherapy and diet plan
Lorraine B
7 years agoI use journals for memory keeping.
Natalie Baskerville
7 years agoI’d use it as a place to write down all of my creative thoughts; poems, story ideas etc
Susan B
7 years agoI seem to have become a bit of a note-taker so would use it for the copious notes I write every day.
Gemma Cook
7 years agoI would use it to keep a food journal. I’m trying to lose weight and this would be perfect for keeping track of my food intake.
Angela Kelly
7 years agoI would just use it to write my random thoughts in.
Mandy Betts
7 years agoI would gift it to my step mum, who is a writer and I know would really appreciate it.
Laura Pritchard
7 years agoLists, many many lists! And for carrying around to impress people!
Keri Jones
7 years agoI would use it as a daily journal for my son so I never forget anything he’s done x
Jo Hutchings
7 years agoI’d love to sketch ideas for a novel in it.
Nancy Bradford
7 years agoI used to draw and write poetry when I was younger and this would be my inspiration to start again.
pete c
7 years agowould use it for recording info I need later and for diary notes
Adrian Bold
7 years agoI would use it to note down all important things I need to do as well as lists.
Josh Gough
7 years agoI’m planning on writing on my first novel. This would be awesome for drafts and planning then I’d keep it as a memoir
Beky Austerberry
7 years agoA bullet journal
lynn neal
7 years agoRecording my deepest thoughts and feelings!
Michaela Campbell
7 years agoA Diary for early years as a twin mum
Jordan Bentley
7 years agoI’d use it for travel!
Anna
7 years agoI want to start blogging again so I would use it for all my blog planning – or maybe I would keep it for a special trip away.
Dale Dow
7 years agoHandy for bringing to the PTA meetings and taking notes/minutes
Paul Halling
7 years agoI would give it to my OH Pammie who loves to write, blog and collect thoughts
Tamsin Dean
7 years agothe random interesting day trip/holiday things we get up too and the funny things the kids ask/say
Erica Price
7 years agoRecording writing ideas
Jennifer Goldsmith
7 years agoI would use it to keep track of my studying to become a marine biologist.
Karen Richards
7 years agoTravel journal, to do list and bucket list
Christine Hobbs
7 years agoMy granddaughter has just been born so I would log her life events and achievements and present it to her on her 18th Birthday x
Shanine Nicole Salmon
7 years agoI have a theatre reviews blog so I would use it to write them up
Lynsey Poole
7 years agoHow absolutely stunning! For memories and entries of things the kids have done or learned. Beautiful.
Sirley Young
7 years agoBullet Journalling
Meryl Thomas
7 years agoNotes about gardening.
Kyomi Johnson
7 years agoA journal about my chemotherapy treatment
Francesca Harrod
7 years agoHaving read the ‘Miracle Morning’ recently I will use it to start my daily documenting of good things 🙂
Marie Rule
7 years agoI would give it to my partner to write down song ideas.
Lizzy Cooper
7 years agoI’d use it as a mental health diary
Karen Walder
7 years agoI used it to keep a record of my holidays.
Diane Duggan
7 years agoI’d use it to plan for the future.
Summer Rowley
7 years agoI’d use it as a new bullet journal. Its something Im interested in but have never done
Michelle Wild
7 years agoMy thoughts.
Monika Bascombe
7 years agoto document the hurdles of being a carer
katrina adams
7 years agoI would use it to write things that I am grateful for every day in…something to look back on when days maybe aren’t going so well. What a beautiful notebook!
Natasha Cross
7 years agoI would use the journal for university work
Laura Khomutova
7 years agoLots of important tasks
chloe brill
7 years agomaking shopping lists
karen
7 years agoI’d use it as a daily gratitude journal
Simone Griffin
7 years agoWriting lists – I love to write lists ?
Lia Burns
7 years agoI would use it for writing lists of things I need to do and buy, also any random ideas that I have pop up or things I remember I need to do x
ADEINNE TONNER
7 years agoI would use it for writing lists and reminders of things i have to do so i don’t forget
jackie rushton
7 years agoI would use it as a travel journal!
Hayley Payne
7 years agoAs a Book of shadows for thoughts and musings and recording dreams.
Rachael O'Brien
7 years agoWould give to my daughter tia . She hasn’t just left school and has a summer of residential trips and memories to create . She is starting college in September and would be a lovely way of keeping record of her next journey in life ?????
Scott Fallon
7 years agoIdeas for various projects
Debbie Preston
7 years agoI would use as a travel journal to record days out, weekends away and holidays. I’d add notes about places visited as often forget when we went or where we saw things!