Bookmark Collector

More news items:
Bookmark Contest in Ironwood, MI
The Friends of the Library in Ironwood, MI is holding a bookmark contest to celebrate Children’s Book Week in November. Winners will receive a $10 gift certificate at Book World. The deadline is November 3 and it is not limited to children. The age related categories for entry [...]

Here are some posts from collections that I saw this week:

Punt Per Punt: Let’s Go Reading
Nuria has posted a nice set of bookmarks centered on the theme of reading and encouraging reading.
There are 25 images in this set.
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Inside Books
Simon Quicke’s latest Bookmark of the Week features a gilded mummy case of Henutmehit. It’s from [...]

I’m a woodturner and when it came time to make bookmarks for various swaps, I fell back onto the materials in which I’m most comfortable working. So, I used my lathe to turn some interesting woods (in the photo, it’s Amboyna Burl) into a cabochon form, mounted them on metal bookmark blanks, and started creating [...]

For those interested in another outlet for your swapping obsession, I want to let you know about Swap-bot. I’ve recently joined their swap-facilitating site, and have participated in several of their bookmark swaps.
Basically, once you join there are approximately 500 active swaps you may participate in. All of them are arranged by other Swap-bot members, [...]

As a woodworker myself, this article caught my eye. Alan Bradstreet makes bookmarks from wood in impressive numbers: 45 000 every year. And he down this by himself and by hand! I’m lucky to get one or two out a month just to keep up with my bookmark swaps.
The article describes how he came to [...]

Antioch Publishing has expanded their recall of bookmarks due to excessive lead in the paint. There are now approximately 200 000 bookmarks recalled. This site has has some images of the metal bookmarks being recalled, so please check them out to determine whether you have any of these in your collections.
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There have been quite a few bookmark related items in the news since my last update:
Create a Bookmark in Crete, IL
The Crete (Illinois) Public Library is holding a bookmark design contest with the goal of encouraging kids to read. They’ve teamed with a local bank to sponsor the event. There are two age groups [...]

Well, it’s been a couple of weeks and there are quite a few posts around the net to catch up on. So here we go.
SIXBUCKSADONKEY

A Reading Endorsement
Over at Sixbucksadonkey there have been several Bookmark Friday entries.
This pair of bookmarks was produced to encourage reading and used the images of the actors from two popular TV [...]

Holy cow! Now, even bookmarks have been recalled due to the Chinese lead paint problems.
On October 3, 2007, Antioch Publishing voluntarily recalled several series of their bookmarks as well as a journal product line due to excessive levels of lead in the paint. The product lines are: Beads of Wisdom® Bookmarks; Deluxe Cool Clip™ [...]

Here are a few more bookmarks for sale:
KathyysKrafts
Here’s the latest Guinness bookmark from KatthysKraft over at Etsy. Keep in mind that she has a variety of hand crafted bookmarks and other decorative items for sale over there.
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Bookmark Books
These are lovely bookmarks that open up to have several blank pages available for taking notes.That’s pretty handy [...]