Bookmark Collector

I’ve been catching up on the amazing images that folks are posting from their collections. It’s a big post, and long overdue, but here is some of the latest bookmark eye-candy:
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Halloween Reading
Over at Sixbucksadonkey there are a couple of new Bookmark Friday entries.
The first entry (with a sample image on the left) is for a [...]

I’m currently traveling in Guatemala, which is why my posts have been somewhat infrequent. Internet access is pretty good, but traveling creates its own demands, and so I haven’t had as much time to scour the web for bits of bookmark news and information.
However, I have had time to add a couple of new items [...]

Here are some more bookmarks I’ve recently found for sale:
Beaded Bookmarks from South Africa
Marcia Francois makes a set of beaded bookmarks in the book-thong style. I’ve linked to her blog where she posts images of her recent creations. She has quite a few available for purchase from her site.
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Walnut Bookmark
This is a nice looking wrap-around [...]

More news items:
Bookmark Contest in Ironwood, MI
The Friends of the Library in Ironwood, MI is holding a bookmark contest to celebrate Children’s Book Week in November. Winners will receive a $10 gift certificate at Book World. The deadline is November 3 and it is not limited to children. The age related categories for entry [...]

I’m a woodturner and when it came time to make bookmarks for various swaps, I fell back onto the materials in which I’m most comfortable working. So, I used my lathe to turn some interesting woods (in the photo, it’s Amboyna Burl) into a cabochon form, mounted them on metal bookmark blanks, and started creating [...]

For those interested in another outlet for your swapping obsession, I want to let you know about Swap-bot. I’ve recently joined their swap-facilitating site, and have participated in several of their bookmark swaps.
Basically, once you join there are approximately 500 active swaps you may participate in. All of them are arranged by other Swap-bot members, [...]

As a woodworker myself, this article caught my eye. Alan Bradstreet makes bookmarks from wood in impressive numbers: 45 000 every year. And he down this by himself and by hand! I’m lucky to get one or two out a month just to keep up with my bookmark swaps.
The article describes how he came to [...]

Well, it’s been a couple of weeks and there are quite a few posts around the net to catch up on. So here we go.
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A Reading Endorsement
Over at Sixbucksadonkey there have been several Bookmark Friday entries.
This pair of bookmarks was produced to encourage reading and used the images of the actors from two popular TV [...]

Here are a few more bookmarks for sale:
KathyysKrafts
Here’s the latest Guinness bookmark from KatthysKraft over at Etsy. Keep in mind that she has a variety of hand crafted bookmarks and other decorative items for sale over there.
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Bookmark Books
These are lovely bookmarks that open up to have several blank pages available for taking notes.That’s pretty handy [...]

Here are my latest bookmark creating finds around the “interwebs”:
Flower Bookmark
Over at De’Play, there’s a very simple set of instructions for making this flowery bookmark. It’s made from hardboard and paper cutouts and is fine for kids to make.
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Scrapbook Inspired
Although this post doesn’t have detailed instructions on making this bookmark, it’s an interesting discussion on [...]