Leather notebook

Wanted a leather notebook to carry around in my bag, but couldn't see quite the thing on-line at a price that I could afford.  All seemed either too big or too expensive. So thought I'd make my own.

Bought an off-cut of leather off the internet for £6.45 (which rather dictated what size I could make it), and made this.  It's 4 3/4" x 5 3/4" and the elasticated tie runs inside it making four bands that you can slot notebooks into...so as you fill up a notebook you can just slide it out and slot in another. I've filled it with a 2017 diary and 3 notebooks.

I've got a small piece of leather that I trimmed off to make it, and I might experiment on that to see how pyrography works on the leather, if it works okay, then I might try burning a design onto the cover.