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. Initially… Read More ›
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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… Read More ›
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 in 2014…. Read More ›
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 that… Read More ›
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 thus be used as both… Read More ›
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, beautiful binders,… Read More ›
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, Italy, Belgium, Austria etc), had difficulty… Read More ›
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 Leather as a… Read More ›
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. Petra (our beloved… Read More ›
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 changes are constant. I have to write… Read More ›
