Bookmark Collector

Items found during the week from 15 February to 22 February 2008.

BOOKMARKS IN THE NEWS

Informarion:

At BiblioBuffet, Laine Farley has an interesting article discussing corner bookmarks - Link

Designs:

An image of some interesting animal shaped bookmarks, but I can’t find the manufacturer - Link

A bookmark design contest in North Yorkshire, England supporting a campaign encouraging kids to read - Link

Contests:

The Allen County Public Library (Fort Wayne, IN) is holding a contest for kids to design a bookmark - Link

The Boone County Public Library (Kentucky) is holding its second National Library Week Bookmark Contest. You can also see the winners from last year’s contest (in my opinion, we don’t see enough of the winning entries from these contests, so check them out) - Link

Poetry Bookmark Contest for teens at the Bruton Memorial Library in Hillsborough County, Florida - Link

Contest Winners:

The Camden, NJ Riversharks have selected the winners of their 7th annual Reading with the Riversharks bookmark contest - Link

BOOKMARKS FOR SALE

Etsy:

Kids laminated Bookmark - Link

Free:

The municipal library in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan has 50 handmade bookmarks to give away thanks to an anonymous donor - Link

A bookmark featuring 124 two-letter words accepted on a Scrabble board (very cool) will be given out with registration for a Scrabble workshop - in Manama Bahrain (drat!) - Link

ON-LINE BOOKMARK COLLECTIONS

Flickr:

A Granny Square bookmark - Link

An amazing collection of vintage bookmarks - Link

Punto de Papel:

A set of bookmarks from the anime Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch - Link

Highlighting the northern Spanish seaport of Castro Urdiales - Link

Bookmarks from the movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Link

Inside Books: Bookmark of the Week:

Magnetic bookmark from the London Transport Museum - Link

Miscellaneous:

A beautiful, hand-made bookmark by a stamping artist - Link

Another beautiful bookmark created by a different stamp artist - Link

A bookmark made for an email swap - Link

MAKING BOOKMARKS

How to make a wooden bookmark - Link

On March 8-9 there will be an on-line tutorial making a bookmark from fabric - Link