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Redheadwondering Hand Bound Books

Handmade Journals, Commonplace Books and Sketchbooks … Because Your Words Are Worth It

Hi there and welcome to my British Craft House Shop, I’m so happy to see you here! My name is Lizzie, and I am the woman behind Redheadwondering Hand Bound books. I create beautiful hand bound books because I really do believe that your words are worth it (and because I’m an unashamed stationery junkie and journal-keeper!)

These books are perfect for journals and diaries, for sketchbooks and photograph albums. These books can be whatever you want them to be.

I make the covers from original cyanotype prints, which I create using flowers and sunshine and a little bit of alchemy!

I use wildflowers gathered from the hedgerows around my beautiful Wiltshire home or picked from my own lovely English country garden. I absolutely love creating Cyanotypes. For me, it’s like chemistry-meets-alchemy, because I’m never quite sure what magic will appear until the very end!

Everything about my business makes me happy …

… from picking the wildflowers I use in the cyanotype prints I make the covers …
… through creating those prints and never quite knowing how they’ll turn out, (because there’s alchemy involved and who doesn’t feel happy when they’re making magic?!) …
… to binding the books together with Coptic stitching, which is such a restful and mindful activity that, yes, it does make me very happy.

And I believe that my books will make you happy because they are beautiful, just like you; they are unique, just like you!

And they are special, just like the words you will write in them.

And I truly believe that writing in a journal will make you happy … I do it every morning, and it works for me!