A very light week this time; I suppose due to the summer months here in the Northern Hemisphere. So here are the few bookmark related links that I’ve found, from August 1 through August 7.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Laine Farley has written a wonderful gem of an article about bookmarks that declare themselves bookmarks, over at BiblioBuffet - Link
Over at the Ephemera blog, there’s an interview of the proprietor of the Forgotten Bookmarks blog, Michael Popek – Link
A nice little note about giving a bookmark with every book you hand out, at Random Acts of Giving – Link
Contests :
The East Brunswick (New Jersey) Public Library is sponsoring a Design A Bookmark contest – Link
Make Your Own Bookmark
Instructions and pattern for a felt mouse bookmark, at Wee Folk Art – Link
Corner of the Library:
Beautiful etching of Puss in Boots – Link
Etching of the Central Tower of Canterbury Cathedral – Link
An etching of Salisbury Cathedral – Link
A portion of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing Head of a Young Woman – Link
Bookmarks For Sale
Etsy:
A variety of beautiful crocheted bookmarks are available from Joyous Treasures – Link
Jordyn and Lana from Jade Wink make and sell some beautiful embroidered bookmarks – Link
On-Line Bookmark Collections
Coleccionista Chilena de Marcapáginas:
On September 1, 2009 the group Casagrande will be dropping 100,000 bookmarks with poems printed on them onto the city of Warsaw (Poland) to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing that took place at the beginning of World War II. Apparently this group has created similar events at Guernica (Spain) and Dubrovnik (Croatia) and I’ll try to find out more – Link
Mondopunt:
A series of 9 bookmarks, each featuring the caricature of a famous magician – Link
37 different bookmarks celebrating various summer festivals – Link
Forgotten Bookmarks:
A collectors card from a cigarette package about bush pigs – Link
A recipe for Chocolate Krisp Kringles – Link
A Japanese tea label – Link
A railroad workslip with personal note on the back – Link
A printed illustration of two cardinals with notes on the back – Link
A recipe for roast beef – Link
Hand Made Bookmarks:
A beautiful heart shaped tatted bookmark won by Isdihara at Ambitatterous - Link
At the bottom of this post is a picture of a stamped paper bookmark made by Julia Pollard at Creative Makes – Link
Miscellaneous:
A very cool bookmark with a definition of the various comic eras, from Big Monkey Comics in Washington D.C. – Link
0 responses so far ↓
There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.
Leave a Comment