Instructor: Emily Ashton

Age: Adult

Day of the Week: Saturday

Date: Saturday, February 14

Time: 10:30am-12:30pm

Workshop fee: $60 ($75 non-member) + $25 materials fee

Create a timeless, functional, and beautifully personal traveler’s notebook. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll design and assemble a custom notebook tailored to your aesthetic and everyday needs, perfect for journaling, sketching, planning, or creative exploration.

Participants will choose from leather or vegan leather options in a variety of colors and textures, select their cord color, hardware finish, and decorative charms, and learn how to assemble a "journal ecosystem" that can grow with you. You’ll also have the opportunity to personalize your cover with heat foil detailing or leather stamping, adding initials, words, or symbols that make it uniquely yours.

Journal inserts are included, and participants are welcome to bring a favorite notebook or journal to adapt into their traveler’s system if they already have one they love.

By the end of the workshop, participants will gain hands-on experience with:

• Measuring and cutting leather or vegan leather accurately

• Marking and punching holes for notebook assembly

• Finishing and burnishing leather edges for a polished look

• Installing metal grommets and hardware

• Assembling elastic cord systems for modular notebooks

• Personalization techniques, including leather stamping and gold foil application

No prior experience is necessary. This workshop is beginner-friendly and skill-building, with guided instruction throughout. You’ll leave with a handcrafted traveler’s notebook and the confidence to continue creating and customizing your own journals at home.

Refund and Cancellation Policies:

As a nonprofit organization, the Carlisle Arts Learning Center reserves the right to cancel a course that does not meet minimum enrollment requirements, or postpone any program or activity due to unforeseen circumstances. When the Carlisle Arts Learning Center cancels a class, registered students automatically receive a credit towards another class. It is the students responsibility to contact CALC to fulfill this credit. CALC will provide full refunds in the case of a cancelled class when necessary.

In order to request a withdrawal from a class or workshop, students must contact CALC at least 72 hours before the first class date. Students who request a withdrawal before the 72 hour period will receive a 90% refund or 100% class credit. Students withdrawing fewer than 72 hours before the first day of class are not eligible for a refund or class credit.

Please note we are unable to provide make-up opportunities, prorate or provide refunds for missed classes due to personal scheduling conflicts.

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