This journal's cover reproduces an Ottoman-era Turkish silk hanging. The ornate design was first drawn on cloth in ink, then embroidered with fine silk thread to bring the flowering tree to life. Gold foil, embossed, gold gilded edges. 192 lined pages - 7-1/4" wide x 9" high (18.4 cm wide x 22.9 cm high) - Bookbound - Ribbon bookmark - Hardcover books lie flat for ease of use.

Printed on recycled paper and news trees planted for all paper used

Originally published: New York: Times Books, 1979.

When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood must leave California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival. Playacting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst nightmare. But then Keelie starts seeing fairies and uncovers her connection to a community of elves.

Record your dreams, make grand plans, and discover your true self as you journal within the pages of this elegant journal. Lightly-lined writing pages provide plenty of space for personal reflection, sketching, making lists, or jotting down quotations or poems. Acid-free archival paper takes pen beautifully. Journal cover is a reproduction of a 19th-century gold-tooled binding of a volume of poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who wrote, ''Bless love and hope, true soul; for we are here.'' Sophisticated design is embellished with delicate gold foil tracery. Raised embossing lends dimension. A gold satin ribbon bookmark marks your place. Gilded-gold page edging is a classic touch. Journal measures 6-1/4 inches wide by 8-1/4 inches high. 160 pages.

This journal's cover replicates a gilded lacquer 19th-century bookbinding for an illuminated Persian manuscript. An artist created the lacquerwork design with layers of paint, shellac sanded to a shine, and gold leaf. Iridescent highlights, embossed. Hardcover - Archival/acid-free paper - Ribbon bookmark - Gold gilded edges. 6-1/4" wide x 8-1/2" high (15.9 cm wide x 21.59 cm high)

What delights you? A vibrant red? A mysterious blue? Color studies capture that place where ground mineral meets water and light, imagination meets science, and the painter has an aha moment. John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images of the past transports the viewer to another time and place. Take the journey with him, in this set of notebooks perfect for recording thoughts, impressions, lists, and drawings. 3 blank, unruled notebooks 6 unique front and back cover illustrations 64 pages each

Deeply influenced by the example of Christ--to stand in love with the least of us--and fired up by the social justice issues of her day, artist, designer, and educator Sister Corita Kent was a nun like no other!