A Day Well Spent, Volume III – a Northport, New York leather collection

From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of leather stamping studies.

An August study.

For Northport, New York – Volume III, a leather collection called A DAY WELL SPENT.

This volume follows one village Saturday, morning to lights out. First, we sent a diamond kite up over the harbor park and lettered the old sendoff over it – GO FLY A KITE, meant kindly for once.

The black-and-white Go Fly a Kite stamp plate from the A Day Well Spent leather collection of Northport, New York.

Keychains with the kite, in pale sea-blue and poppy red, look just awesome.

Two leather keychains stamped with Go Fly a Kite, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

Next, the cardboard-boat test. Once a year this harbor races boats built of cardboard and optimism, so we folded one, taped the seam, and stamped it with the only rating that matters here – SEAWORTHY ENOUGH.

The black-and-white Seaworthy Enough cardboard boat stamp plate from the A Day Well Spent leather collection of Northport, New York.

Looks great pressed into the corner of the toiletry bags.

Two leather toiletry bags stamped with Seaworthy Enough, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

Then, the errand this village does best – a present for somebody. We set PACKED WITH LOVE in one long line and tied a string bow over the word LOVE, so the last word travels gift-wrapped.

The black-and-white Packed with Love bow stamp plate from the A Day Well Spent leather collection of Northport, New York.

The black tag carries the gold. Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

Three leather luggage tags stamped with Packed with Love, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

Home by dark, and the day gets emptied at the dresser. We gave the catchall tray its standing order – EMPTY YOUR POCKETS – ringed by the small ransom a pocket gives up at the end of a day.

The black-and-white Empty Your Pockets stamp plate from the A Day Well Spent leather collection of Northport, New York.

Pressed into the golden tan tray, it looks genuinely beautiful.

A leather catchall tray stamped with Empty Your Pockets, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

And finally, the line before bed. Under a small crescent moon the journal says it plainly – WRITE DOWN THE GOOD PARTS.

The black-and-white Write Down the Good Parts stamp plate from the A Day Well Spent leather collection of Northport, New York.

It turned out to be the one we would keep ourselves.

Two leather journals stamped with Write Down the Good Parts, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

We made this out of love. Leatherius Woodman is on a mission to create and share artifacts of beauty, craft and love – this study is one of them, and we hope the feeling is mutual. Every image is a render – how we prototype before cutting a die.

If you're in Northport and you'd like any of these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.

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A red leather luggage tag stamped with Packed with Love, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

A blush leather luggage tag stamped with Packed with Love, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

A black leather luggage tag gold stamped with Packed with Love, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

A pale sea-blue leather keychain stamped with Go Fly a Kite, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

A red leather keychain stamped with Go Fly a Kite, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

A forest-green leather journal stamped with Write Down the Good Parts, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.

A caramel leather journal stamped with Write Down the Good Parts, from the A Day Well Spent collection of Northport, New York.