Comments on: Monogram!

Question: Monogram!

josh — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:00:29 -0800

I own a leather journal, and I'd like to get it monogrammed with my initials. Is there a way to do this with an item you already own? Bonus points if you can do it cheaply and in Boston.

By: wallaby

wallaby — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:31:14 -0800

Many Christian bookstores engrave names on the fronts of bibles. It's usually free for bibles you buy there but they'll do other things for a fee. I had a book done for the hubby one time and it was < $5. They're pretty limited as far as fonts and placement, but it gets the job done.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:31:41 -0800

Use a soldering iron to burn the initials into it.

By: peppermint22

peppermint22 — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:02:42 -0800

I second Christian bookstores. I just had some leather portfolios embossed with my company name at one and it was quite inexpensive ($7/folder, I believe). They said people come in there to have various books engraved all the time.

By: wsg

wsg — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:03:54 -0800

I would think that any leather worker should be able to do the work in short order.

By: matteo

matteo — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:40:46 -0800

try asking one of these fine stores:

Rugg Road Paper Company
105 Charles St
Boston

The Artful Hand Gallery
36 Copley Place
100 Huntington Ave
Boston

Nine Months
286 Newbury Street
Boston

Pod
313 Washington Street
Brookline Village

Black Ink
5 Brattle Street
Cambridge
or
101 Charles Street
Cambridge

By: briank

briank — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:22:35 -0800

Don't bother with Black Ink. They sell hipster tchotchkes and gifts. It's a cool store, but not a place to go for leather engraving.

By: necessitas

necessitas — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:03:55 -0800

Try Things Remembered, they have stores/kiosks in most malls.

By: echo0720

echo0720 — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:16:30 -0800

Michael's sells kits for embossing leather - I think they are in the $20 - $30 range.