Well folks I apologize, but a business trip has put me behind one week. So here are the week’s worth of bookmark related links from April 3 through April 9.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Lauren Roberts at BiblioBuffet has an absolutely fascinating discussion of shorthand and the history of rapid writing, prompted by a bookmark from a shorthand class – Link
The Crestline (Ohio) Public Library is celebrating National Library Week by inviting patrons to stop by and make a bookmark – Link
The Iredell (North Carolina) Friends of the Library is giving out a bookmark created from a watercolor by local artist Susan Crouch – Link
I’m amused (in a resigned way) by this story of airport security seeing a metal hookmark as a weapon – Link
Contests :
A kids bookmark contest for kids is being held at Watchung Booksellers (Montclair, Jew Jersey) – Link
This bookmark contest is sponsred by the Claremont Friends of the Library (North Carolina) – Link
Contest Winners:
Winners of the Chattanooga (Tennessee) Public Library’s Bookmark Contest were announced – Link
Jenny Minney is one of the winners of the Massachusetts School Library Association’s Bookmark Design Contest – Link
Make Your Own Bookmark
Instructions for making a stamped paper magnetic bookmark with a rock & roll theme, at Darkroom Door – Link
Some thoughts on helping a child make a bookmark for grandma, at Grandma Ideas – Link
A download and print set of digital designs, by Abbie at The Vintage Moth – Link
A downloadable bookmark image with a Mother’s Day theme, at Living Locurto – Link
Corner of the Library:
A photo of a doorway in Richmond, Virgina – Link
A stained glass window from St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia – Link
Bookmarks For Sale
A hookmark with a metal dove ornament, at Chatterbeads - Link
A discussion of bookmarks as wedding favors with links to samples, at Wedding Favors – Link
An illustration of a mother & her daughter, at Catskill Gifts Wholesale – Link
A new hookmark design with bead ornaments at Oriental Sparkles – Link
A big set of custom made ribbon bookmarks, available at Stanley K. Designs – Link
Some beaded bookmarks made her daughters, at NBR’s Spot – Link
On-Line Bookmark Collections
Chumley & Pepys On Books:
A big selection of bookmarks from Montreal’s English Language Bookshops (Canada) – Link
Collecting Bookmarks:
A bronze statue of a horseman in St. Petersburg, Russia – Link
A photo of a seagull from Porto, Portugal – Link
A wooden duck ornament on this bookthong from Germany – Link
E-Scriptorum:
A bookmark from the Benaki Museum with an image of a painting – Link
Forgotten Bookmarks:
A color Polaroid photo marked Dog & Cat – Link
A newspaper clipping with a crossword puzzle – Link
Marcapaginas: Natalia
A big set of beautiful Victorian bookmarks – Link
Bookmarks illustrated with outfits worn by a Catholic religious organization to celebrate Holy Week – Link
Miscellaneous:
Here’s the latest bookmark from KV Pattom Library (India) - Link
School Days is the theme for this weeks bookmark at Impressive Inscriptions – Link
Hand Made Bookmarks
Photos of a set of 9 handmade collage bookmarks created for a swap, at The Happy Papercrafter – Link
A lovely stamped paper bookmark card, by Viviane Casale at Handmade by Vivi – Link
A very impressive bit of stitching (blackwork) on this bookmark at Words of a Wikkid Woman – Link
A fun paper collage at Sandee’s Santity – Link
Wow! A bobbin lase bookmark – Link
Using fabric scraps, Penelope Gan assembled this lovely bookmark, at Scrapin’ Single – Link
A bookmark card made with a stamped and cut paper ornament, at Stamping with Peggie – Link
A nicely cross-stitched font that will be made into a bookmark, by Barb at My Stitching Treasures – Link
Here’ piece of cross-stitch that will be made into a bookmark, at My Stitching Treasures – Link
A big set of digitrally designed bookmarks for a Mother’s Day sale at a school, by Janelle at Warmheart Craft Blog – Link
Another fabulous bit of blackwork, at Stitching Grandma – Link
A nice digital design using a Paleobet font, by Michael D. Barton at The Dispersal of Darwin – Link
A wonderful tatted bookmark, by Ninu at My Experiments with Needle n Thread – Link
A lovely stamped bookmark made for a group challenge by Evelyn S. Elgin at Beyond Just Black and White – Link
A stitched bookmark with a video game design, by Brian Logee at Dash Punk – Link
A knitted blossom is the ornament on this bookmark by Becky at Green Thoughts – Link
A set of digital design bookmarks made as a give away for a travel business, by Serene Ho at Reflect & Relate – Link
A lovely stamped and colored bookmark with a card suit soldier, by Michelle B. Aka at Just Painting Around – Link
Stamped ornaments on these ribbon bookmarks, by Lisa Putnam at Puttering Around the Stamp Room – Link
2010 Bookmark Challenge:
A pair of lovely ribbon bookmarks with needlework ornaments are displayed in this post with book quotes – Link
A discussion about using stitching cards for the base of her bookmark ornaments – Link
An update on using bookmarks for sampler pieces – Link
Here’s some information about the Stitching for Literacy challenge posted at Flying Fingers Plus, a site for an Indiana embroidery group – Link
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