January, 2006
With over 1500 designs readily available – in a variety of different “design levels”, and experienced artisans on hand, your customization options for your handcrafted leather journal are endless. You can choose from any of our available design choices, or, work with our experience artisans to create a new design that is all about you! And, your design can be positioned on the journal covers in an area you want – it can be hand tooled into a corner, across the front or back cover, or across the entire cover – from front to back and across the spine. Your hand tooled custom leather journal from Legacy Journals is only limited by your imagination! Of course, your name or favorite motto can be added to any custom leather journal from Legacy Journals for a small fee.
Additionally, we also offer over 30 standard color choices (& countless color combinations) for your hand tooled, custom leather journal.
Finally, we offer a variety of “standard” page options – including lined pages, unlined pages, lined pages with scripture or motivational quotes or unlined pages with scripture or motivational quotes – all featuring high quality printing on acid free pages. We can also completely customize your page choices – if you would like a grid on every page, we can accommodate that request. Or, maybe you are dreaming of a custom leather journal with your own artwork adorning the pages for you to write over – we can accommodate most every request. Just like with our custom leather journal covers, your page options are only limited by your own imagination!
Simple Ordering Steps:
1. Choose your handcrafted leather journal style: All of our hand tooled leather products can be fully customized, so, when shopping, you simply need to start by looking at the *style* that you are most interested in, then move on to step 2!.
2. Choose your size: Our custom leather journals are available in your choice of 5 standard dimensions:
- small: 5″ x 6.5″
- medium: 6″ x 9″
- large: 8″ x 10″
- extra-large: 9″ x 12″
- xx-large: 12″ x 15″
3. Choose your color: Every hand tooled custom leather journal comes with multiple color options. We have chosen some of the most popular colors to list in the color option of your custom leather journal page. To view a full list of our over 60 color choices available, simply visit: custom leather color choices. If you see a color on our color chart that you would prefer, instead of the “standard” colors listed for your chosen style of custom leather journal, simply note that color’s letter/number combination in the comments section of your order, once you are checking out. (please note: Colors may appear slightly different than actual colors due to computer differences, and each hide is unique as to how it accepts color).
4. Choose your page option: Each custom leather journal comes with a variety of page options available. Simply choose your favorite page style in our dropdown selection box.
5. Choose your design: You can view all of our available designs on our hand tooled custom leather design gallery. Or by simply clicking on: available hand tooled custom leather designs.
Each album (such as African big cats & animals) contains the designs readily available in that category. Please note: We are adding new designs often. With over 1500 hand tooled custom leather designs currently available, adding all of those designs is a massive, time consuming task. If you do not see a design that appeals to you, please contact us, and we will get designs up in your area of interest as soon as possible, for you to view.
Each design image has a “design level” listed on the design. On your chosen style of journal, please choose the corresponding design level, and note the design category/name as the customization option.
If you would like a design that is not shown, please contact Legacy Journals to discuss your envisioned design. We will work with you to design exactly what you are looking for. This process, at times, can take some time (with revisions, modifications, etc), however, the results are worth it!
6. Choose your Personalization: Your custom leather journal is easily personalized with your favorite motto or name hand carved & hand tooled onto the cover. In the personalization text area, simply type the personalization you would like on the cover of your custom leather journal.
You may also choose the style of lettering we use to personalize your journal. Simply visit our Custom Personalization Lettering Styles in our design gallery.
6. Add your fully customized leather journal into your virtual shopping cart!
To make ordering even easier, we accept Discover, American Express, Visa, and Mastercard, money orders, cashier’s checks, and PayPal for payment. (For PayPal payment, please contact us for instructions.)
As always….if you have any questions prior to placing your order, during checkout, or after placing your order – do not hesitate to contact our customer service department, toll free at: (800) 243-0699.
Sometimes, I will read something, and all of the sudden, I will have product images dancing in my head. That is partially how the “Dad’s Legacy” Personalized Leather Book got started. As I said, the following story is only part of the inspiration for the Dad’s Legacy Personalized leather book. Actually, the inspiration for this personalized leather book was two-fold.
Because a Dad’s Legacy is so great…I want to take a few minutes to introduce you to the Dad’s Legacy Personalized leather book and the inspiration behind it.
Dad’s Legacy personalized leather book – Inspiration 1 (the idea behind the personalized leather book): My own father. After creating the “Mother’s Legacy” Personalized leather book, I got thinking about my own parents, and my children.
My son lost his father when he was just a baby, which just reminds how very blessed I am to have my dad with me now, and how much I’ve benefited from his constant guidance through the years. My dad has taught me so much – not just in thought and word, but, also through his actions.
Not only is my dad the one who is responsible for my love of tooling leather (and therefore at least partially responsible for the creation of Legacy Journals), but, there is so much more to my dad’s legacy. So much that I wanted to be sure to preserve for my children, and their children, and their children’s children. I realize that my dad isn’t going to live forever, and I want to be sure that his legacy endures for generations to come.
To that end, I sat down with friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and family and came up with a list of questions that would provide dad with inspiration for beginning his writing, but, also serve as a starting point for adding his own thoughts, guidance, and musings.
The questions were then compiled into a general set of “dad” questions, printed them on select sheets of lined acid free paper, added some pages for photos and memorabilia, bound them by hand, and then work started on the perfect hand carved, hand tooled image for the leather cover.
The cover art was inspired by my dad & grandpa (who I don’t remember personally, but, have heard many stories about), and inspiration #2, below.
Dad’s Legacy personalized leather book – Inspiration 2 (cover inspiration):
As I was creating this Dad’s legacy personalized leather book, my own dad brought home this great story that he received in an email from a friend. The author of this story is unknown, and this story is included in every Dad’s Legacy Personalized Leather Book.
Grandpa’s Hands
Grandpa, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn’t move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn’t acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if he was OK.Finally, not really wanting to disturb him, but wanting to check on him at the same time, I asked him if he was OK. He raised his head and looked at me and smiled. Yes, I’m fine, thank you for asking, he said in a clear strong voice.
I didn’t mean to disturb you, Grandpa, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK, I explained to him.
Have you ever looked at your hands he asked. I mean really looked at your hands?
I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point he was making.
Grandpa smiled and related this story:
Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled and weak, have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out grab and embrace life.
They braced and caught my fall when as a toddler I crashed upon the floor.
They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. As a child my mother taught me to fold them in prayer. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots.
They dried the tears of my children and caressed the love of my life. They held my rifle and wiped my tears when I went off to war. They have been dirty, scraped and raw, swollen and bent.
They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son. Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special. They wrote the letters home, and trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse and walked my daughter down the aisle.
Yet, they were strong and sure when I dug my buddy out of a foxhole and lifted a plow off of my best friends foot. They have held children, consoled neighbors, and shook in fists of anger when I didn’t understand. They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body. They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw.
And to this day when not much of anything else of me works real well these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in prayer. These hands are the mark of where I’ve been and the ruggedness of my life.
But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when he leads me home. And with my hands He will lift me to His side and, there, I will use these hands to touch the face of Christ.
I will never look at my hands the same again. But I remember God reached out and took my Grandpa’s hands and led him home. When my hands are hurt or sore or when I stroke the face of my children and my wife I think of Grandpa.
I know he has been stroked and caressed and held by the hands of God. I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel his hands upon my face.
Grandpa’s hands, and dad’s hands. I had tears running down my face as I considered this beautiful story, and that’s when the inspiration for the Dad’s legacy personalized leather book cover hit me – a beautifully detailed image of dad’s hands, holding his child’s hand – guiding, offering reassurance, and strength.
Currently, there are 5 “Dad’s hands” designs available on your dad’s legacy personalized leather book cover. Three of those designs are single cover designs, and the other two are full cover/dual panel designs. And, of course, every Dad’s legacy personalized leather book comes with Dad’s name on the cover!
You can find sketches of the 5 designs in the Legacy Journals Custom Leather Design Gallery for the Dad’s Legacy Personalized Leather Book.
To order your dad’s legacy personalized leather book, simply click to: Dad’s Legacy Personalized Leather Book, select your cover design, closure style, and tell us Dad’s name. That’s all there is to it.
Not only does this make a great gift for new dads, but, it is also a wonderful gift for grandpa’s! And, in true legacies style, the finished dad’s legacy personalized leather book (once dad or grandpa has completed it) makes a great graduation, leaving for military service, new dad, or wedding gift for dad’s son or daughter. This is a wonderful way to pass along dad’s living legacy.
Don’t wait. Help dad start recording his legacy in the dad’s legacy personalized leather book today!
Make every moment count,
Dee
Lead Artist
Legacy Journals,
a member of the
Saving Grace Enterprises
family of companies
Don’t let the name fool you. Journaling is an art – but, the art of journaling is not a hard art to learn. Actually, the art of journaling is one of the easiest, most natural arts – one that anyone can “pick up” quite easily. The art of journaling doesn’t require any special tools, except for a journal and a writing instrument. The writing instrument can be anything from a crayon to a beautiful handcrafted exotic wood pen. The journal? Journals range from scraps of paper to extraordinarily handcrafted leather journals , carved and tooled with a custom design that is specifically for you.
For more on the importance and art of journaling, check out the art of journaling at our lead artist’s site: DeePhipps.com.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience hand-carved, hand tooled leather, you are in for an incredible treat.
Let’s start with what hand carved, hand tooled leather is not. Hand-carved, hand tooled leather is not embossed leather – don’t let other merchants fool you into believing that. Nor is the leather used to hand carve and hand tool leather a synthetic leather or “leatherette”. Hand carved, hand tooled leather products start with a special, real cowhide leather, which is called “tooling leather”. This leather is heavier than garment grade leathers, higher quality, much more durable, longer lasting, and is designed to hold a carved, tooled image.
Not only does this leather last years longer than garment leather, synthetic leather, or “leatherette”, but, it does not contain added adhesives (which is a common “cost-saving” method many companies that produce leather goods use), which not only degrade over time (making the leather much less long lasting & much less durable), but produce a sub-standard product.
The difference between hand carved, hand tooled leather and embossed leather is huge, and is best illustrated by considering wine. Embossed leather products, including embossed “leatherette” products are like wine in a box. Yes, it’s a journal or a purse or a planner – but, it’s not the same caliber as a $500 bottle of wine. As a matter of fact, everything, right down to the care used in creating the product is worlds apart.
As you know, a fine wine is carefully produced – the soil must be just right, a special combination of grapes is selected – and everything, absolutely everything – right down to the combination of wood used in the barrel to age it is carefully considered. No detail is left to chance or handled carelessly. The same is true for hand carved, hand tooled leather – every stroke of the blade that creates the basis of the design, every placement of the tool, every swing of the mallet – even the type and weight of leather – it’s all carefully considered to provide you the very best, most distinguished leather product available.
On the other hand, embossed “leather” is the caliber of wine in a box. The care isn’t taken to produce it – because it is not meant to be the best of the best. It’s for a different market – a different type of consumer. It’s not even aged in barrels! It’s simply created and put straight into that box – 1,000’s of gallons at a time. Even the yeast is different – and killed by heat so that every box of wine is exactly the same as the rest. And, friend, that is exactly what the other “leather” (including “leatherette”) journals, purses, and planners manufacturers do – they create a product that is not meant for your refined tastes – it’s meant for quick, cheap, mass production. It’s created with little more thought than dumping 1,000’s in a box, and shipping them out – so that every embossed journal “tastes” exactly the same. There is not distinguished status there – only production for the masses.
As opposed to embossed leather, hand carved, hand tooled leather is actually skillfully created individually, by skilled artisian’s hands! It is not possible to mechanize the process of hand carving and hand tooling leather. Like a very fine wine, each detail is carefully considered and added with specialty leather tools with great care and exceptional skill. Each hand carved, hand tooled leather product from Legacy Journals is it’s own work of art – completely unique, and designed for refining tastes – for distinguished men and women – for those who want something more than “wine in a box” from their leather journals, portfolios, purses, planners, and more.
Embossed leather, on the other hand, is created with a machine – and is not capable of producing gallery quality details that enhance the image like hand carving and hand tooling leather. In other words, if you want a leather product that will stand the test of time, and is truly distinguished and unique – expressing your personality, your style, and speaks volumes about you, an embossed leather product simply will not do. After all, not only is embossing leather done with a machine – but, it uses plates – which means that your “unique” embossed leather product is exactly the same as 100’s or possibly 1000’s of other “unique” embossed leather products. That is simply not the case with hand carved, hand tooled leather. No two pieces will ever be exactly alike – even if they are using the same design. Now, two hand carved, hand tooled leather products may be similar – but, I will personally guarantee that two will never be exactly the same.
In summary, if you are looking for the boxed wine of leather products, this is not the place for you to be, our products are not that caliber of product. If you want to settle for average and ordinary, there are thousands, perhaps millions, of stores where you can find just that. However, if you are looking for superior quality, longevity, distinguished excellence, and gallery quality art on your leathe products, you are in the right place. Shop online – and, if you don’t find what you are dreaming of, simply call me toll free to discuss a design that expresses your distinguishing tastes perfectly.
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