Bookmark Collector

I had the opportunity to meet Amanda Crawford and acquire a couple of her beautiful bookmarks. She had a booth at the Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival in September 2007, and her complete line of products (as well as some under development) were available to see and buy.

All of her products are bookmarks, but none fit the more traditional categories. For instance, she makes the BookBuddy (pictured above), a reading pillow which holds open the book you’re reading and rests comfortably on your lap, and she makes a line of Bookcovers. These are very well made from beautiful materials.

Her BookWorm product is a very elegant paperweight that’s used to hold your book open while reading. This is a category of bookmark that I’ve never really thought about before. I can’t recall having seen another product like this, and I’m interested in finding similar items. Anyone out there collecting bookweights?

Amanda’s 4-Ribbon Bookmarks (left) and her GlitterMarks (right) are closer to the more traditional bookmarks, but have unique features all their own. Again, the materials are beautiful and the items are very well made.

I’m lucky enough to have a couple of these items, and they are really lovely. They add a touch of elegance to reading a favorite book.

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