Bookmark Collector

One more week of catchup posts, covering the week from February 13 through February 19.

Enjoy!

Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention – Link

Jen at Funk And Weber posted about her participation at the convention and not just her role as a speaker – Link

Bookmarks In the News

Contests :

The Allen County Public Library (Indiana) is holding a bookmark design contest to celebrate National Library Week – Link

RiverLink (a non-profit organization dedicated to the French Broad River in North Carolina) is sponsoring a bookmark design competition – Link

The Lackawanna County (Pennsylvania) Commision for Women is holding its annual Women’s History Month Bookmark Contest – Link

A bookmark design contest for kids in the Brockport Central School District (New York) – Link

A contest to give away a set of bookmark from artist Meridith Dillman, at Fire and Ice – Link

The Florida Women’s Basketball Team is hosting a Bookmark Game where elementary school kids receive bookmarks with a reading challenge – Link

Make Your Own Bookmark

A sampler cross-stitch project to make a bookmarks, by Connie G. Barwick at About.com:Cross-Stitch – Link

A tutorial for making a paper Velentine’s card, at Childmade - Link

Instructions for making a stacked photo bookmark, at Urban Comfort – Link

A paper bookmark craft project with your child, at Just Parenting Advice – Link

Some downloadable templates to make bookmarks with flower images, at Free Homemade Bookmarks, Cards, Calendars and Other Crafts – Link

How to use fabric scraps for making bookmarks, at 7 Layer Studio – Link

Download a child’s bookmark that they can color, at Free Arts and Crafts for Children – Link

Instructions for making a magnetic clip bookmark, at Cym Lowell – Link

And even more bookmarks that you can download and color, at Free Homemade Bookmarks, Cards, Calendars and Other Crafts – Link

These bookmarks have a dog images that can be downloaded and colored, at Free Arts and Crafts for Children – Link

Corner of the Library:

A nice pen and ink drawing of Alfred, Lord Tennyson – Link

An drawing of Lorenzo de’ Medici – Link

A photo of the statue David by Andrea del Verrocchio – Link

Bookmarks For Sale

A silver finish bookmark with a caduceus charm that can be monogrammed, at Memorable Gifts – Link

A cross-stitched bookmark with a pirate image, at Needlecraft Marketplace – Link

Here’s the base of a hookmark that you can use to make your own bookmark, at Get Crafty – Link

Silver hookmark findings to make your own bookmarks, at Get Crafty – Link

Etsy:

A lovely set of fantasy paintings of foxes in kimonos reproduced in this 4 bookmark set, by Meredith Dillman – Link

On-Line Bookmark Collections

Mondopunt:

A nice set of medieval themed bookmarks from the Bourbon Lorenzana collection – Link

A wonderful set of tourism bookmarks with images from Poeda Spain – Link

Collecting Bookmarks:

A photo bookmark with pictures of Irish Pubs from the UK – Link

A German bookmark with a photo of a cat and dog – Link

A metal clipmark with a drawing of the Petronas Twin Towers from Malaysia - Link

A plastic clipmark from Lithuania in the shape of a cartoon rabbit – Link

A lovely fabric bookmark from England – Link

A pierced metal bookmark from Switzerland with an image from a Japanese artist – Link

A lovely fabric gift bookmark from Japan – Link

In Search Of Design:

Here’s a lovely owl silhouette with no download link – Link

A Valentines day design – Link

A nice paperclip design with the phrase “Leave A Message” – Link

A line based graphic – Link

Scissors with a cut pattern – Link

Forgotten Bookmarks:

A 7-Up business card, found in a fake book vault – Link

A hand written school report on Brutus from Julius Cesar – Link

Flikr Images:

A clip bookmark with a cartoon ice cream image, by She.Likes.Cute – Link

Hand Made Bookmarks:

A fabric and paper assemblage bookmark, by Barb Foster at Foster Design House – Link

A lovely tatted bookmark with a tassel, at A Happy Bluebird – Link

An Owly image on this bookmark, made to cheer up a young girl with Leukemia – Link

Miscellaneous:

A lovely portrait drawing on a bookmark, done by the artist Zindy, at Nihrida’s Blog – Link

Grass shaped post-its used as bookmarks, at Felix IP – Link

2010 Bookmark Challenge:

Jen’s weekly update, and these always include an interesting bookmark image. This one we’ve seen at the artists site, but now we know the stitching technique is called blackwork - Link