Bookmark Collector

Gail Anderson-Dargatz is a writer who’s blog entry about her bookmark making past-time caught my attention. Her post is actually about how she is ending this hobby, but within that discussion is a general description of how she uses dead butterflies and other insects to create bookmarks.
She talks about how the process started as a [...]

Here’s another collection of links that I’ve come across recently. The focus of this set is bookmarks that are for sale. There are promotional bookmarks, wedding reception gifts, handmade/art bookmarks, and others that are just cool.
Cause Awareness
Gimmes.com (an internet based promotional materials supplier) has a new bookmark available which they are targeting to non-profit agencies. [...]

A blogger named Sixbucksadonkey is starting what he (she?) calls Bookmark Friday. The first entry said that every Friday would have a posting displaying a bookmark from his/her collection. However, the second posting was two weeks later.
Not that I would know anything about not keeping up with regular postings.
The two displayed so far are quirky [...]

Here are a set of patterns and instructions for making bookmarks which I’ve recently come across. Some are newly published, and others are just recent discoveries. I originally thought I’d publish a post for each item as I discovered them, but so many have popped up that I’ve decided to publish a regular (weekly?) collection [...]

This week I found out about two different projects that are using bookmarks to raise funds. One project is for a library in the U.S., and the other is for a regional arts council in Canada.
DeSoto Texas Public Library and Their Chamber of Commerce
The DeSoto Public Library is putting on a Make a Mark Campaign [...]

This week, there are announcements for a couple of regional contests aimed at kids. It’s back-to-school time for many, and this seems like a great way to get kids involved with libraries and reading.
Back To School Contest in Alabama
The W.J. Carrol Intermediate School in Alabama is having a back-to-school bookmark contest with the theme The [...]