The Alchemists Vessel: Featured Artist: BlueHighways

Good Morning,

Today I have the pleasure of introducing you all to BlueHighways hand bound Journals, from the site Handmade Artists.

Ever wonder what is on that road less traveled? Perhaps you travel those little blue lines on a map to someplace different, unique and off the beaten track. That is what Blue Highways has to offer, different, unique and original hand bound books that are not your average Barnes and Noble aisle find.

Beautiful fabric covers and pages of lined or drawing paper complete the books. I have included five of my favorites below (and it was hard to choose). Great for sketching, a day at the beach or jotting down your journey in a journal! This is how people used to blog!

What Blue Highways says about her shop:

Old road maps used to have the back roads printed in blue, they're
the roads less traveled...those are the ones I prefer.
Welcome, and travel some Blue Highways with me!
All books, art & writing journals, sketchbooks & albums are made
with nice thick durable fabric covered covers, they are
beautifully handbound and have generous page counts.I have a 3
book maximum on any one fabric design then it will be retired,
even then each of the 3 will either have different paper or binding
or both.
An encouragement to buyers; if you don't see something already
made that you like please contact me so that together we may
collaborate to make a custom book or journal that is absolutely
perfect for your tastes and needs. Page counts, fabrics, paper colors,
binding technique...all up to you.

Deeply Entwined

Chucktown Ballet

Description: Maybe I can explain the odd title on this handbound book (though many are odd I must admit). I was in Charleston, SC not long ago to visit a sweet friend, we went to the aquarium... there were sea turtles with amazing grace swimming right before our eyes...and that's the rest of the story!

Twittering on The Edge