Handmade leather notebooks
from the Adelaide Hills.

Full-grain leather, cut and stitched in our studio in Lobethal. When the paper is full you swap it out and the cover keeps going. Embossing included.

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Handmade in Lobethal SA

Free embossing on every notebook

Gift-ready packaging

Full-grain Australian leather

The Curator's Companion.

Most people start here.

The Curator cover with sleeves inside for cards and papers, the Companion organiser, and three lined notebooks, all in A5.

$310saves $25

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I love the quality of this handmade product. This is the 2nd Curator's Companion I have purchased.
Shane · The Curator's Companion

How the notebooks work.

Four elastics run down the spine of every cover. A notebook hooks onto each one, so you can carry up to four at once. When one is full, slide it out and hook in a new one. The cover is yours for good.

Refills, from $25

From the people who carry them.

200+ customer reviews.

★★★★★

I did a lot of research before going for the Curator. But this fits my workflow best. I use it to carry multiple notebooks, and my small e-reader fits in the pocket so I can read and take notes anywhere.

Kristen Young

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★★★★★

I love the quality of this handmade product. This is the 2nd Curator's Companion I have purchased. Between the two, I now have a choice of colour combinations to customise, and change up whenever suits me.

Shane

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★★★★★

The curator was a gift for my mom and she loves it. Great quality and feels very premium. Really enjoyed the embossing.

Kevin Yuan

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The six notebooks.

The Settler

One wrap of leather, four elastics. The simplest one.

From $115

The Scribe

A trifold that opens flat and gets out of the way.

From $140

The Ranger

Raw edge and a leather tie. No two the same.

From $140

Best seller

The Curator

Sleeves inside for cards and papers. The best seller.

From $145

The Wren

The Curator with a pocket on the front. The one Jess carries.

From $150

The Surveyor

Stitched right around the edge. A5 only.

$215

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Every notebook also comes as a set with the Companion organiser and three inserts, for $25 less than buying them separately. See the sets.

I'm Jess.

Rustic Wren started in 2016 because I couldn't find a leather notebook I wanted to carry, so I cut one. Ten years on, every piece is still cut, stitched and embossed by hand in our studio in Lobethal, in the Adelaide Hills.

Jess, Lobethal

Meet the maker.