Bookmark Collector

Here’s the latest week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from April 11 through April 17.

Enjoy!

Bookmarks In the News

Articles:

Laine Farley over at BiblioBuffet uses examples of her amazing collection of vintage Easter bookmarks to illustrated her discussion of how bookmarks were used in the Easter season in the last couple of centuries – Link

Towards the bottom of this article on artist Dianna Wilson is a mention of the hand painted bookmarks that she collects from members of her art guild to serve as thank you gifts for volunteers at her local library – Link

Contests :

Swansea Mall in Swansea (Massachusetts) is sponsoring a bookmark contest for kids with the theme Adventures in Books – Link

Over at Bead Happily Ever After, there’s a contest with a beaded bookmark for the prize – Link

The author Deborah Kerbel is giving away five bookmarks promoting her book Mackenzie, Lost and Found to commenters at Katie’s Bookshelf – Link

Contest Winners:

Eric Zou received an honorable mention for his bookmark design in the Massachusetts School Library Association’s annual bookmark design contest – Link

Make Your Own Bookmark

A great tutorial on making some amazing ribbon bookmarks, by Lori McCroskey at Clearly i Stamp – Link

Bookmarks For Sale

Paper Avenue sells some very clever metal clip bookmarks made by RAS - Link

Etsy:

A beautiful bookmark made by the artist Sybile from one of her paintings – Link

A cute yoga themed bookmark set, by Minica Marks – Link

On-Line Bookmark Collections

Punto de Papel:

Twelve bookmarks from the US that promote reading – Link

Mirage Bookmarks:

A very fun bookmark from the German publisher Ars Edition – Link

Mondopunt:

Six bookmarks published by the Mexican magazine Crónicas y Leyendas (Chronicles and Legends) which is dedicated to compiling the legends and oral histories of Mexico City – Link

Flikr Images:

A nice bookmark shaped image from a coffee package, by (struck by lightning)rc – Link

A very nice bookmark received from swap-bot member Kipita, by Leelerbaby - Link

A lovely fairy image on the cover of a folded bookmark, image by Clarian’s Hawk * Arlene – Link

Hand Made Bookmarks:

A lovely ATC bookmark with a nature theme, at Stamping Rika – Link

A cool bookmark hand stitched with icons from the Mario video game, posted at the Instructables forum – Link

Miscellaneous:

Here’s Genevieve’s amazing collection of bookmarks, including a her trades – Link

The Library History Buff website is “Promoting the appreciation, enjoyment, and preservation of library history”, and has a page dedicated to library themed bookmark collection of proprietor Larry T. Nix – Link

An interesting bookmark found in the pages of a Twilight book – Link

And here’s and odd one found in Confessions of a Subprime Lender – Link

Here’s the Geisha Bookmark made from folded paper, at Paper Craft Central – Link

2009 Bookmark Challenge:

Another post with quotes about books and illustrated with a beatiful hand made bookmark ornament – Link

In addition to the photo of a very nifty hand-stitched bookmark, midway through the post is an announcement of a bookmark-stitching contest at Pine Glen Designs – Link

Buried at the end of her post on a Battle of the Books, Jen offhandedly mentions a Battle of the Bookmarks contest, which sounds like a great idea to me – Link