Small Ceremonies – an original leather collection for the day's small rituals, Volume II

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

A September study – Volume II.

Small Ceremonies – a leather collection for the rituals an ordinary day already keeps without naming them, from the send-off at the door to the pockets emptied at night. Five original stamps, pressed across everything from a luggage tag to a catchall tray.

First, the send-off. We set a paper plane climbing off the pages of an open book and wrote COME BACK WITH STORIES beneath the flight – the one souvenir everybody actually wants.

Black-and-white COME BACK WITH STORIES book and paper-plane die artwork for the Small Ceremonies Volume II leather collection.

It runs lengthwise along the luggage tags, once in warm caramel and once in pale sea-blue. Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

A caramel leather luggage tag blind-stamped with COME BACK WITH STORIES from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

A pale sea-blue leather luggage tag blind-stamped with COME BACK WITH STORIES from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

The black tag carries the design in gold foil, gilt like the edge of a good storybook.

A black leather luggage tag stamped in gold with COME BACK WITH STORIES from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

Next, the toast. Two glasses meet inside a ring that reads TO THE GOOD DAYS – the congratulation that fits every occasion, sized for a pocket.

Black-and-white TO THE GOOD DAYS clinking-glasses die artwork for the Small Ceremonies Volume II leather collection.

On the keychains it turned out just awesome – one in deep wine, one in pale greige as dry as good champagne.

A sangria leather keychain blind-stamped with TO THE GOOD DAYS from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

A gray-sand leather keychain blind-stamped with TO THE GOOD DAYS from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

Then, the morning at the basin. A shaving mirror on its little stand holds the day's first sun, and BEST FACE FORWARD stands beneath – the kit takes your side before the mirror does.

Black-and-white BEST FACE FORWARD mirror-and-sun die artwork for the Small Ceremonies Volume II leather collection.

We pressed it small into the lower corner of the toiletry bags, warm tan over chestnut.

Caramel and Sicilian-brown leather toiletry bags blind-stamped with BEST FACE FORWARD from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

After that, the evening amnesty. We turned a pocket inside out above EMPTY YOUR POCKETS and caught its daily cargo mid-fall – the tray finally gets to give the order it has always been carrying out.

Black-and-white EMPTY YOUR POCKETS turned-pocket die artwork for the Small Ceremonies Volume II leather collection.

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

An Arizona leather catchall tray blind-stamped with EMPTY YOUR POCKETS from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

And finally, the last entry of the night. A half-risen sun stands over DEAR TOMORROW, because a journal is a letter written the evening before it is read.

Black-and-white DEAR TOMORROW sunrise die artwork for the Small Ceremonies Volume II leather collection.

One journal in deep navy for the night that writes, one in dusty rose for the morning that reads.

A blueberry leather journal blind-stamped with DEAR TOMORROW from Small Ceremonies Volume II.

A parisian-blossom leather journal blind-stamped with DEAR TOMORROW from Small Ceremonies 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.

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