Well, I survived tax time and was still able to track down a few links this week. Here are the ones I collected from April12 through April 18.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
At BiblioBuffet, Lauren’s bookmark inspired article is about encyclopedias: their history, development, and a bit of their taxonomy – Link
Over at the Ephemera blog, Marty Weil has asked the eBay booksellers group about things found in books; he calls them fly-aways, but I’ve referred to them as found bookmarks – Link
The previous post led me to this one where Marty discusses fly-aways, and has a picture of a great antique bookmark from the play Little Lord Fauntleroy – Link
Jen over at Needle and ThRead reports on the Bookmark Make-It-Take-It event at the Anchorage Public Library where folks learned to stitch a bookmark – Link
Contests :
East Central Public Library in Mississippi is sponsoring a bookmark design contest – Link
Miscellaneous:
The school district in Manatee County, Florida is giving away a free bookmark as part of their literacy program for kids – Link
A chain of organic food stores in Okanagan, Canada is promoting literacy by giving kids a bookmark on which they record their reading achievements; at the end of the month they bring the bookmark back for a free, healthy treat – Link
Make Your Own Bookmark
A two-part video tutorial on folding an origami bookmark (corner-envelope style) with a Panda’s face – Link Link
Here’s a set of links for crochet patterns for making bookmarks – Link
And similar site with a set of patterns for knitting bookmarks – Link
Bookmarks For Sale
Melody Lea Lamb is a miniatures painter who is creating bookmarks with her work – Link
Another artist (Matty8080) is putting his work on bookmarks and then selling them – Link
On-Line Bookmark Collections
Mirage Bookmarks:
A paper bookmark from Changing Hands Bookstore – Link
Marcapaginas: Natalia
A bookmark to remember the anniversay of Simone de Beauvoir’s dieath – Link
A set of bookmarks with themes based on Leonardo da Vinci to celebrating the anniversary of his birth – Link
On the anniversary of his death, a set of bookmarks with images of Charlie Chaplin – Link
Arrrh! Pirates be the theme o’ this bookmark booty – Link
Mondopunt:
I’m having real trouble translating this site, but I believe this set of bookmarks is from an exhibit celebrating Fefe Almeida – Link
Another set of bookmarks that are promotional pieces from a publisher for several different books – Link
Flikr Images:
Another great image suitable for printing as a bookmark – Link
Here’s a bookmark that was received as part of a swap – Link
Miscellaneous:
Over at Creativity has No Limits, Norma Soulet has two new bookmarks she made from felt – Link
A beautiful set of bookmarks Lay Hoon made for her swaps – Link
A cross-stitched bookmark with icons from the game Triforce (how cool is it that there’s a blog about cross stiching designs from video games?!) – Link
In the category of found bookmarks, here’s one that looks like a peacock feather – Link
A handmade, stamped bookmark by Teresa - Link
This set of bookmarks has been sold, but I really liked the design and it’s by Sleeping Forest (book-thong style) – Link
2 responses so far ↓
Jen // Apr 19th 2008 at 4:27 pm
Your parenthetical reference to “book-thong style” made me Google (not without reservations…ahem) “book thong.” I did not know that a double-ended bookmark was a “book thong.”
It makes sense, of course.
Best of all, it gives me some needlework ideas.
Thanks!
alanirwin // Apr 20th 2008 at 7:58 am
Hiya Jen,
“book-thong” is a new term for me, also (and I still have to suppress my 9-year old boy giggle before using it). I first came across it for a bookmark swap, and it made sense to me as well. So it’s now in my lexicon.
Alan
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