Bookmark Collector

Here we are with another week’s worth of bookmark related links. These were collected from May 10 through May 16.

Enjoy!

Bookmarks In the News

Articles:

Congratulations to Jen at Needle and ThREAD who just announced the results of the 2008 Stitching for Literacy Bookmark Challenge, and it’s an amazing number - Link

Contest Winners:

Jack Jackson, age 7, won the Norfolk County Council Schools Action Waste Club bookmark design competition used to educate kids on being eco-friendly - Link

The winners are announced for the La Crosse County (Wisconsin) library’s Bookmark Design Contest - Link

Swaps:

A loooong lead time for this swap, a Halloween themed, homemade bookmark swap at Swap-bot - Link

Make Your Own Bookmark

A set of instructions for making a “Chicken Scratch” (a type of embroidery) bookmark at Kerri Made - Link

A tutorial on creating distressed backgrounds on paper for bookmarks over at Me Scrap- Link

An original knitting pattern for a bookmark by Jeannie at Life in a Gilded Bottle - Link

The above link led me to discover a Yahoo! Group named MonthlyBookmarksKAL which is dedicated to knitting bookmarks! - Link

Instructions on how Cindy Lyles at StarLitStudio made a lovely ribbon bookmark with a framed image - Link

A crochet pattern named Just My Cup Of Tea at Crochetville - Link

An image of a lion suitable for printing as a bookmark for Father’s Day at Pastiche Craft Printable - Link

A pattern for a crocheted shell bookmark at Armina’s Ami-Nals - Link

Bookmarks For Sale

Beach themed bookmarks for use as wedding favors - Link

Another wedding favor bookmark set, chrome plated with cut out shapes of the suits of a poker deck - Link

Yet another wedding favor bookmark, this one a metal cutout of a butterfly - Link

A black anodized, metal bookmark cutout in the shape of a VW bug - Link

Here’s a vintage, celluloid bookmark out of Australia - Link

On-Line Bookmark Collections

BiblioBuffet: On Marking Books: Laine Farley:

Laine’s article discusses her seven beautiful bookmarks that feature images of California Poppies - Link

Marcapaginas: Natalia

Although her article discusses Doris Lessing’s book The Diary of a Good Neighbor, at the end of the post Natalia has four bookmarks with images of older women - Link

Inside Books: Bookmark of the Week:

A paper bookmark encouraging reading - Link

Punto de Papel:

Yay! María Rosa is back with a set of beautiful, antique paper bookmarks - Link

Also, a set of bookmarks from the Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias on saving energy - Link

Coleccionista Chilena de Marcapáginas:

A set of pictures from another exhibit of Olga’s bookmarks, this one at the library of Colegio Hermanos Maristas de Rancagua in Chile - Link

Mondopunt:

An interesting historical post showing a set of small bookmarks (they refer to them as minis) that pointed to the line in a book where the reader left off. These were made in Spain between 1925 and 1940 - Link

Miscellaneous:

Some photos of a few new bookmarks added to Selina’s collection - Link

A pretty wildly colored chinchilla bookmark by Macy Gray - Link

A cross-stitched bookmark with the image of a chinchilla - Link

Some beautiful paper bookmarks made by Me Scrap - Link

Another handmade bookmark, this one by Terri for Mother’s Day - Link

A crocheted book-thong style bookmark - Link

I really enjoy the video-game inspired cross-stitching blog Sprite Stitch, and here’s the latest Zelda bookmark - Link