Bookmark Collector

I’m back on schedule, just in time for a pretty slow week for bookmark postings. Hopefully everyone is enjoying a quiet start to the holiday season.

Here are the links that I’ve found this week, from November 28 through December 4.

Enjoy!

Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention – Link

The abstract for Olga Sotomayor Sanchez’s presentation Exhibiting Bookmarks is now posted along with her bio – Link

Bookmarks In the News

Articles:

This is just a proof of concept device, but it’s an FM radio designed by Flexio that’s so thin it can double as a bookmark – Link

I liked this set of comments responding to the question “What Bookmark Are You Using?”, at Library Thing – Link

Contests :
Here’s a different contest. Young students record the books they’ve read on a bookmark, and then a bookmark is drawn randomly to select the student that will become a legislator for a day – Link

The Surrey Public Library (Canada) is sponsoring an Olympic themed Teen Bookmark Contest – Link

Contest Winners:

The County of Los Angeles (California) Public Library announced the winners of their Bookmark Contest – Link

Make Your Own Bookmark

Corner of the Library:

An intricate etching of Lily Bart from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton – Link

Bookmarks For Sale

A book shelf, a reading lamp, and a bookmark are combined in the Lili Light – Link

On-Line Bookmark Collections

Inside Books: Bookmark of the Week:

Here’s a promotional bookmark for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows – Link

Mondopunt:

Eleven different bookmarks promoting author Carlos Ruiz Zafón and his works – Link

Collecting Bookmarks:

A rubber bookmark from Russia in the shape of a mosquito – Link

A bookmark from England with images from Kirby Lonsdale – Link

An photo from Tuscany Italy – Link

Some wacky graphic images of kangaroos from Australia - Link

Forgotten Bookmarks:

Wow! A will used as a bookmark – Link

A black and white photos (from the 50’s?) – Link

A cross-stitched bookmark – Link

A very old photo with a date from 1916 written on it – Link

Hand Made Bookmarks:

A nicely designed bookmark for a local competition, at Clip Art and Scrap – Link

A fun magnetic bookmark made with a giraffe image, by Judy at Cards, Scrapbooking, and Musings – Link

A corner bookmark made from stamped paper, by Trudy at True’s Gifts From The Heart – Link

A beautiful tatted bookmark received through an exchange, at Bridge City Tatting – Link

A bookmark with a beautiful collage image, by Kelly Burton at Artsy Visions – Link

A crocheted bookmark with an angel ornament, at Suzie’s Stuff - Link

This crocheted bookmark has a Star as the ornament, at Suzie’s Stuff - Link

A stitched bookmark with images from the Mario Brothers game, at SpriteStitch - Link

A stamped bookmark with stitched embellishments, by Gayle Page-Robak at A Stampers Touch – Link

A metal hookmark with an orange drop lampwork bead, by Renee Suich at PlainCraft - Link

Another fantastic collage bookmark, by Amy at Paper and Gluestix – Link

A collage with painted texture, at VintageSusie & Wings – Link

A stamped paper bookmark with embellishments, by Lyn Ifini at ADreamsEyeView - Link

A bookmark made with a parchment technique, by Desire Kantor at Paper Craft Central – Link