SOURCE: Donation I have just added "Bessie", a somewhat battered but beautiful handmade bookmark, to my collection. My partner brought it home from the library for me where the librarian said it has been on display for several months waiting for its owner to claim it. Alas, she has not done so. The librarian therefore gifted the bookmark to me. Thank you! (I am however very happy to return it to Bessie if she sees it here and wants to claim it back). "Bessie", obviously made with great love by its creator, is made of pressed flowers and plants affixed to card and is encased in a plastic covering. The pressing of flowers and making bookmarks, cards, framed pictures, etc., from them has a very long history. Here are a few links to (1) an interesting history of pressed flowers, (2) some guidelines on making a pressed flower bookmark and (3) lots of pretty images of pressed flower bookmarks. The History of Pressed Flowers Create Beautiful Unique Pressed Flowers Bookmarks Images of Pressed Flower Bookmarks |
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the BLOGGERDebrah Gai Lewis lives in Lillian Rock, New South Wales, Australia and is a bookmark collector, yoga teacher and SoulCollage® Facilitator (among other things). ABOUT the blogIn this blog I highlight bookmarks from my collection, feature stories about some of my favourite bookmarks (mine and other people's), and share interesting snippets I find on bookmarks and related topics. Thanks for visiting. Enjoy! BLOG
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