I made bookmarks before Christmas. I think all of them turned out pretty well and I want to do more soon. I think I could probably sit for a week and make these, add little bits of paper, color, write a word here and there… Collage is one of my all time favorite things to do. I love combining pieces of paper and create my art.
These bookmarks remind me of my Daily Art cards, but these are a step away from being just art because you can actually use them to mark where you are in a book. I like that a lot, because I love reading too! Though I still think they are arty – even after I laminated them to protect the surface. They are originals after all! Another way to produce these would be to print the scanned image and make that a bookmark.
Here are a few from the big pile I made:
All of them have one of my favorite inspirational quotes, things said by cool people like Simone de Beauvoir, Emily Dickinson and Julia Cameron. They are for sale at I Shop with Mom, take a look and let me know if you would like to own one of these!
these are absolutly beautiful! Im have just gotten into collaging, and I like to do smaller pieces, because they are not so overwhelming. I’m gonna try them out, i’ll post them when they are done!
these are lovely!!
These are absolutely, positively lovely. You have such a great eye for combining simple elements and colors. GREAT work!
Just beautiful! And useful, too – I love that!
those are beautiful!!! So glad that you got both the cards.:) Keep on gluing!!!
**Bravo, superbe
MD
These are wonderful! And they’re so well put-together. What kind of glue do you use for your collages?
Just beautiful.
Alison
Wow, I love these! And what a great way to use up scraps and utilize Michelle’s idea of a Pandora’s Box! Thanks for stopping by my blog so that I would know where to come find you *grin*
These bookmarks are awesome! AND below, your spinning….I used to spin and dye my own yarns…it brought back so many memories!!!!
Oh wow – those are gorgeous!
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Fabulous bookmarks,
How do you get them to look so delicate? Is it just practise? I would love to find an online resource which gives the basic process. I digress though, they are beautiful and laminating them is such a good idea!
These are so clever!! Will have to try soon. :O)
Cool projects here. I was just wondering last night what I could do with magazine pages, as a way to reduce waste. I really like your moleskine pages.
these are all gorgeous!!
I absolutely love the bookmarks…great idea for the little scraps you have left and don’t want to throw out!! :)
These are so lovely, Hannah!
Wow, I LOVE these bookmarks. I see they’re for sale, but would you be willing to make a trade? I have ATCs, a forthcoming issue of my new art zine, magnets…let me know if you’re interested and I’ll break out the stash!
Wow! Those are gorgeous, you are so creative!
Wow I looove your bookmarks :):) I should have a few on my nightstand allways…
Thank you all!
Mel: I’m a glue stick kind of girl, any kind goes! I don’t like to use glues that need two tools like a jar and a paintbrush, and I don’t want to get up to rinse the paintbrush either. Glue sticks work for me.
Julie: Thank you for calling these “delicate”! I think it must be practice and following what you like. I collage until I’m happy with the result and then they are done! So practice and having a collection of papers you like is a good resource to become happy with the result.
Robin: I’ll e-mail you about a trade. anyone else?
Have you thought about publishing them/ printing en masse? These would be so nice to see at the big bookstores.
Beautiful!
These would also be great in their own big collage!
These are just wonderful!
Hej Hanna!
Dina bokm?rken ?r j?ttefina, de ser riktigt proffsiga ut! Och de kan v?l vara konst fast att de ?r anv?ndbara? Jag tycker att de ?r konst ?nd?. :)
Hur har du laminerat dem? Jag har ett bokm?rke (i vanligt papper) som jag gjorde n?r jag gick p? dagis (f?r ca 25 ?r sedan). Jag tycker det ?r j?ttecoolt, men ?r r?dd att jag ska ta s?nder det. Jag kan inte fatta att jag inte t?nkt p? att laminera det innan. Du ?r smart!
Sara
Awesome!! They are really beautiful.