Bookmark Collector

Whew! After 4 weeks of travel, I’m back and I’ve spent some time catching up on bookmark related links. Here are the links I’ve found from October 31 through November 27.
This is a big post, but there are some real gems in here. It’s worth taking some time to look them over.
Please enjoy!
Bookmark Collectors Virtual [...]

Feb. 12th is Darwin Day, this year celebrating the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth (1809). I participated in a bookmark exchange moderated at Swap-bot to commemorate the date. Here are the bookmarks that I sent and received for this swap. This exchange didn’t specify handmade bookmarks, but it turned out that both of these were [...]

On Sundays in Buenos Aires there’s a wonderful fair that fills the streets of the San Telmo area with antique dealers and local artists. While shopping, Harriet and I came across a jewelry artist who made these amazing clip bookmarks from brass. I enjoy the design and the detail of the lines cut in his [...]

Bookmarks are great souvenirs. I bought these 14 bookmarks at a little craft market in the town of Castro on Isla Grande de Chiloe in Chile. As Harriet and I were walking through the market, I remember seeing these and being pretty excited about the images and the descriptions. Harriet looked at me and said [...]

Here are two more bookmarks that I picked up at the Alternative Press Expo (APE). These were free promotional bookmarks that I think are lovely in different ways. The image on the left shows the front side of each bookmark, and the picture below shows their backs.
The bookmark on the left is promoting the graphic [...]

Harriet and I take at least one extended trip every year, and this last November we visited Argentina and Chile. Our trip was wonderful, and of course I collected bookmarks along the way. I’m not one for carefully tracking what I’ve acquired. Instead I tend to buy what catches my eye at the moment, and [...]

The Alternative Press Expo (APE) is an annual gathering of independent comic publishers. And when they say “independent”, they mean it. You’ll often find comics that have just been xeroxed and stapled the night before – by hand. I’m a big fan of these comics and have attended this event for last couple of years. [...]

When hobbies collide!
For those who know me well, the statement “I have a lot of hobbies” is cause for laughter. Collections are a significant part of my hobby life and include bookmarks (obviously) and comic books. These two collections come together when I get the chance to attend a comic convention.
These are the bookmarks I [...]

It was a light week for bookmark related links but these are the ones that I’ve found, from August 9 through August 15.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Lauren at BiblioBuffet has a great article for new collectors about buying bookmarks – Link
An interesting post about producing a bookmark to promote the author’s jewelry business, from A Planet [...]

Here is another weeks worth of bookmark links collected from around the inter-tubes from March 29 through April 4.
Please let me know if you come across (or have) a bookmark related link or announcement that should be included in the next Bookmark roundup.
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Over at the Ephemera Collector, Marty Weil has collected a [...]