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Guest post by Tan: custom handbag
I have to apologise PROFUSELY Tan before we get into her guest post. She was absolutely amazing for writing this for my blog readers, and I have kept her waiting for months before putting the post...
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Van Der Spek Standard Touch Me ring organiser with 30mm gold rings
I recently took delivery of this amazing Van Der Spek standard size Menthe Touch Me with 30mm gold rings. This binder is going to be used to plan our wedding, though I have been itching to put it in...
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My planner pages are not pretty, unfortunately, but they are effective
I love looking at stylish and pretty layouts, with stickers and decoration. For me, however, it just wouldn’t work because I schedule rather than plan. Each hour of my day is booked and changest are...
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Van Der Spek Undyed Leather Nomad in progress
I began discussing a new A5 Nomad cover with Petra just before Christmas. I drew the basic design I was wanting, and chose undyed leather as a first choice, with black Janet Leather as a second choice....
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A5 Van Der Spek Nomad TN cover in undyed Janet Leather
I began discussing a new A5 Nomad cover with Petra just before Christmas. Here are my designs – scribbled very quickly on a piece of paper. I chose undyed leather as a first choice, with black Janet...
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Planning, 2019 version
This has been a really interesting planning half-year. I am not sure I have ever had one quite like it. Sweden had an election in September 2018 and, like many other European countries (Netherlands,...
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Vintage, well-loved Van Der Spek organiser
As many readers will have seen on social media, Steve Morton and I went to Rotterdam this week to spend a few days at Van Der Spek. More blog posts will be coming with pictures from the factory,...
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Glorious Black Janet Leather Nodex
Irene was visiting the Van Der Spek factory while Steve and I were there and I absolutely loved her black Janet Leather Nodex (Nomad traveler’s notebook cover + Codex Hobonich cover = Nodex). This can...
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A6 red leather wrap notebook by Van Der Spek
This little goodie was in a box of miscellaneous notebooks at Van Der Spek when Steve and I were there last week. It is A6 size and made of what looks like red Janet Leather. The wrap feature means...
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Brown Van Der Spek Janet Leather
I have two binders and a notebook in Janet Leather 104, which is the original tan version of this leather. The binder below is the first item made from the battered scarred hide I found at the factory...
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Van Der Spek Janet Leather Custom Codex/Weeks cover
When Steve Morton and I were at Van Der Spek in Puttershoek a few weeks ago, I spotted this beauty in the workshop. It is a custom Codex cover made for a Hobonichi weeks planner and was a return so I...
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A5 Codex in dark brown Van Der Spek Janet Leather (JL)
The story of Janet Leather (aka JL) is fairly well-known within Van Der Spek circles. I discovered the first hide of JL packed far away on a shelf and asked if I could have a binder made with it....
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Van Der Spek traveler’s notebook in green crosshatch leather
This week I moved into my standard sized Van Der Spek Nomad in green, yellow, and red ‘LV’ leather. This is the second Nomad ever made by Van Der Spek. The prototype was the first. The design is...
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Van Der Spek ‘LV’ leather ring binders in green, red, and yellow
When I went to visit Van Der Spek with Steve in 2014, this is the leather I was most curious about. I wanted to feel it first, but I was sure this was going to be my first ever custom order. When I...
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Van Der Spek undyed Janet Leather Codex Mega
This cover is not a complete custom binder. I designed it from the drop down choices on the Van Der Spek website here. I have been using a Janet Leather brown Codex cover in as a health journal for the...
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Van Der Spek A5 Manager Touch Me in Beige Croco
The Van Der Spek Touch Me series is a ready-to-ship product range made in the Van Der Spek factory in India. You cannot customise a Touch Me, though you can order a custom binder in the Touch Me...
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The difference between Van Der Spek original undyed leather and Van Der Spek...
I saw a question in the Van Der Spek Facebook group a few weeks ago regarding undyed leather. Van Der Spek introduced undyed leather to their range in 2014. This was a smooth leather, which I tested...
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Age and patina on beautiful Van Der Spek binder
This binder is probably my favourite of all time – and I have lots of binders! It was in the office at the Van Der Spek factory when Steve Morton and I visited a couple of years ago. I fell in love...
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