A bookmark

We ALWAYS get my father in law a book for his birthday. ALWAYS. He is hard to shop for...anyway.. I thought I'd make him a bookmark to go along with it. It was a simple project and took about 1/2 hour. I made it so there is a place to keep your pen, and slip a notecard if you like to jot notes while you're reading.

But honestly it will be used just for a bookmark, and it's pretty cute. I put his name on the ribbon by using the freezer paper method. I used puffy paint, which I now know is not good. It puffs away fine detail. I LOVE it for other projects, but not small names...and next time I think I'll use interfacing. Other than that I love how it turned out.

A bookmark ((by me))

For my brother's 16th birthday I ordered a stamped washer to make him a key ring. But I had to order four..It took me a while to think of what the other three should say. I decided to get the names of my Aunt's cats. I wasn't sure what I would do with them.. and then I remembered that she loves bookmarks. This is my experiment to make a "book thong". It is definitely no where near as beautiful as the ones she buys. But as I said it was an experiment. I'm not even sure if it works right...so I took some photos of how I think it could/should be used...



I don't really have a lot of beads or pretty things, so it's pretty simple. But I think she'll like it for 4 reasons. 1. It's personalized with the names of her babies. 2. It has purple ribbon. 3. You can never have too many bookmarks and 4. I made it for her :) So happy surprise Jenni. I hope you like it.