Bookmark Collector

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from March 6 through March 12.

Enjoy!

Bookmarks In the News

Articles:

The Cultural Association St. Joseph has an active bookmark collectors group, and here are pictures from their public meetings in Barcelona – Link

Lauren at BiblioBuffet, and the co-organizer of the Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention, has a post discussing the convention and her experience as a collector – Link

Hints From Heloise ran a letter from a librarian discussing found bookmarks – Link

A lovely story about a valued, hand made bookmark that was thought lost, at Single Mom: Revealed – Link

An update on the plans for Bookmark Day at The Bibliophilic Book Blog – Link

Contests :

Here’s a giveaway contest for a bookmark from the Lincoln Presidential Museum, at Opening Lines – Link

Kate England at Marmalade Moon is offering a free bookmark as a prize for commenters to her blog – Link

Contest Winners:

Eighth grader Shari Bodofsky won the Camden (New Jersey) Riversharks’ annual bookmark contest – Link

Four winners have been announced for the Make a Splash bookmark contest held by the Friends of the Glenn Rock (New Jersey) Library – Link

Make Your Own Bookmark

Jen at Needle and ThREAD has completed her bookmark making tutorial for the Readergirlz - Link

A tutorial with video for making a card and bookmark combo, at Dawn’s Stamping Studio – Link

A large bunch of lovely knitted book worms (book thong style) along with the knitting pattern used to make them, at Queen of Kafooster – Link

Instructions for making an embroidered, paper, magnetic clip bookmark, at …is five – Link

An instructional video for making these stamped paper on jumbo paperclip bookmarks, at Chick n’ Scratch Live – Link

Video instructions for making an origami corner bookmark, at 101 How To – Link

A tutorial on making a laminated paper bookmark, by Crissy at Scribblings - Link

Corner of the Library:

A classic image of Thomas Jefferson – Link

Bookmarks For Sale

A Christian themed bookmark with a classic dove image is the Bookmark of the Week at Impressive Inscriptions – Link

Here is a line of bookmarks offered at Peter Pauper Press – Link

Etsy:

A nifty fabric bookmark with images of leopards, by HaberHeartWork - Link

On-Line Bookmark Collections

Bibliophemera:

Chuck Whiting at Bibliophemera has a post about found bookmarks, which he calls flyaways - Link

Here’s a vintage bookmark from Foyles For Books, along with a classic model van with the companies logo – Link

Inside Books: Bookmark of the Week:

Simon’s son has designed a bookmark as a homework assignment – Link

Mirage Bookmarks:

A new bookmark is available at the gift shop with an image from one of Swedish watercolorist Carl Larsson’s paintings – Link

Mondopunt:

Here are several different series of bookmarks which show the variants produced by bookmark publishers – Link

Collecting Bookmarks:

A bookmark with pictures from Greece on both sides – Link

A wooden bookmark with a ladybug design from Malaysia – Link

In Search Of Design:

Three more bookmark designs all based on the same color palette with different themes – Link

Forgotten Bookmarks:

A doddle of a smiley face skull and crossbones in love – Link

A note with an affirmation about problems – Link

Flikr Images:

A shot of three bookmarks that look hand colored with transferred images, by littlethings1 - Link

Hand Made Bookmarks:

A stamped colored and cut paper bookmark made for a challenge, at Lovely Linda’s Craft Central – Link

A card and bookmark combo, at Cards & Coffee – Link

Making a bookmark from a St. Patrick’s Day card, at Marges8’s Blog – Link

A beautiful stamped and cut paper assemblage inspired by a book, at Annie’s Art Book – Link

Some fun ribbon bookmarks using colored paper tags, at Notes and Photo Blog – Link

Miscellaneous:

A very cool bookmark design made for a competition but soon to be released as a product, at Patsyfox - Link

Here are a set of bookmarks put into recommended books at independent store Just The Bookstore at Glen Ellyn, Illinois – Link

2010 Bookmark Challenge:

The latest (and last) weekly post on progress for the bookmark challenge since it officially starts on March 18 – Link