Bookmark Collector

I’m currently traveling in South America, but I was able to find the following bookmark related links during the week from November 1 to November 7, 2008

Enjoy!

Bookmarks In the News

Articles:

Lauren has an article inspired from one of her classic bookmarks about the electric trolleys (the red cars) in Los Aneles during the 1st half of the 20th century, at BiblioBuffet – Link

Calamity Kim has a nice post on her blog about Swap Etiquette, which seems appropriate for the many of us that expand our collections by swapping – Link

Contests :

The Omaha Royals minor league baseball team (Nebraska) are having a bookmark deign contest for all those students signed up for their “Hit the Books” reading program – Link

Contest Winners:

Gregory Pappa won the Iredell Friends of the Library Bookmark Contest (North Carolina) with a “To Kill a Mockingbird” theme – Link

Sumiha Karunagaran won the Cornwall Public Library’s (Canada) annual Remembrance Day Bookmark Contest – Link

Pictures from a bookmark design contest in India – Link

And here are pictures of the bookmarks designed in the previous contest – Link

The winners’ matrix from the same Indian bookmark contest – Link

Make Your Own Bookmark

Here’s a video on making a ribbon style bookmark, at Dawn’s Stampin’ Studio – Link

Bookmarks For Sale

A set of Twilight themed bookmarks available from Abby for Everyone – Link

A hookmarkwith an angel theme, by JamCreations – Link

A magnetic bookmark with a dog (boxers) theme, at Just for Dog Lovers – Link

Impressive Inscriptions discusses Thanksgiving bookmarks – Link

and Breakfast with Santa gift bookmarks – Link

as well as bookmarks for those cookie exchanges – Link

Etsy:

A laminated image with ribbon tassels, by AnnJulie – Link

A second laminate bookmark by AnnJulie – Link

And a third laminated bookmark by AnnJulie – Link

A clip bookmark with photo, by HeartWorksByLori – Link

A denim blue clip style bookmark in the shape of a bird, by Misseskwittys – Link

On-Line Bookmark Collections

Hand Made Bookmarks:

Hand made bookmarks are sold at the Horizon Middle School Art Club fund raising event in Bismark – Link

A card and bookmark set, by MagickDiva – Link