Daybook – a leather stamping study of one whole day

From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of leather stamping studies. Shops Waterfall, Volume II.

A September study.

Daybook – one whole day, entered in leather. A daybook was the ledger a shopkeeper filled line by line before locking up; this collection keeps the day the same way, from the first bell of the morning to the last stroke of the tally.

First, the morning. We set a twin-bell alarm clock, still ringing at six, above BRIGHT AND EARLY, and pressed it into the corner of the kit that opens while the house is dark – golden tan stacked over deep espresso, daylight over strong coffee.

Black-and-white alarm-clock stamp artwork for the Bright and Early leather design in the Daybook Volume II collection.

Arizona tan and dark espresso leather toiletry bags blind-debossed with the Bright and Early alarm-clock design from Daybook Volume II.

Next, the rounds. A dashed loop sets out from a keyhole and calls at three small stops before coming home to the same keyhole – MAKING THE ROUNDS written beneath. The keys have made this trip daily for years; the fob finally gives them credit.

Black-and-white circular route and keyhole stamp artwork for the Making the Rounds leather design in Daybook Volume II.

The keychains look great in warm tan and in deep green.

A caramel leather keychain blind-debossed with the Making the Rounds route-and-keyhole design from Daybook Volume II.

A forest-green leather keychain blind-debossed with the Making the Rounds route-and-keyhole design from Daybook Volume II.

Then, the long span. We gave the luggage tags the oldest itinerary on record. A sun climbs out of the left edge and crosses the tag in a dashed arc, one small dot marking noon. At the right edge it sets, rays already spent – SUN UP TO SUN DOWN runs beneath the whole line.

Black-and-white sunrise-to-sunset stamp artwork for the Sun Up to Sun Down leather design in Daybook Volume II.

Looks absolutely gorgeous when stamped onto the leather.

Gold foil carries the sun on the black tag; the golden tan and the deep green take a blind deboss.

A black leather luggage tag gold-stamped with the Sun Up to Sun Down day-arc design from Daybook Volume II.

An Arizona tan leather luggage tag blind-debossed with the Sun Up to Sun Down day-arc design from Daybook Volume II.

A forest-green leather luggage tag blind-debossed with the Sun Up to Sun Down day-arc design from Daybook Volume II.

After that, closing time. A crescent moon stands watch over TILL TOMORROW, and under the words a key and a coin lie where the evening left them. The tray on the entry table is the till – the goodbye does the bookkeeping.

Black-and-white crescent, key and coin stamp artwork for the Till Tomorrow leather design in Daybook Volume II.

It looks genuinely beautiful.

An Arizona tan leather catchall tray blind-debossed with the Till Tomorrow crescent, key and coin design from Daybook Volume II.

And finally, the namesake. Four upright strokes and a fifth drawn through them – a tally – above EVERY DAY COUNTS. Each filled page adds a mark to the count. We stamped it on navy and on pale greige.

Black-and-white five-stroke tally stamp artwork for the Every Day Counts leather design in Daybook Volume II.

A blueberry leather journal blind-debossed with the Every Day Counts five-stroke tally design from Daybook Volume II.

A gray-sand leather journal blind-debossed with the Every Day Counts five-stroke tally design from Daybook Volume II.

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'd like these made real, or anything here changed – say hello through our contact page.

P.S.

A second black leather luggage-tag take gold-stamped with the Sun Up to Sun Down design from Daybook Volume II.

A second Arizona tan leather luggage-tag take blind-debossed with the Sun Up to Sun Down design from Daybook Volume II.

A second forest-green leather luggage-tag take blind-debossed with the Sun Up to Sun Down design from Daybook Volume II.