Monogram!

November 6, 2005 7:00 AM

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.
posted by josh to Shopping (8 answers total)

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.
posted by wallaby at 7:31 AM on November 6, 2005

Use a soldering iron to burn the initials into it.
posted by StickyCarpet at 7:31 AM on November 6, 2005

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.
posted by peppermint22 at 8:02 AM on November 6, 2005

I would think that any leather worker should be able to do the work in short order.
posted by wsg at 8:03 AM on November 6, 2005

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
posted by matteo at 8:40 AM on November 6, 2005

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.
posted by briank at 11:22 AM on November 6, 2005

Try Things Remembered, they have stores/kiosks in most malls.
posted by necessitas at 12:03 PM on November 6, 2005

Michael's sells kits for embossing leather - I think they are in the $20 - $30 range.
posted by echo0720 at 1:16 PM on November 7, 2005