Bookmark Template | Printable | Blank | PDF | Word | RTF
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You suddenly realize the tea has been on too long, but you don’t want to lose your place in your book, and you don’t want to stress the spine. A bookmark is the perfect way to keep your place in a flash, and looks much better than shoving a ripped piece of paper in your book to keep your place.
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- Thick paper stock
- 6 inches by 1 to 3 inches
- Text and graphics
- Unique bookmarks
How to Use Bookmark Templates
There are a number of ways you can make your own bookmarks, from using your own artistic skill to hand-draw or paint one, to employing graphics programs to create a sleek computer-generated bookmark. In any case, your bookmark definitely needs to be made with heavy-cardstock paper so it can withstand most wear. Flimsy paper will quickly gather folds and look shabby.
After obtaining thick paper, decide how large to make your bookmarks. Generally, they shouldn’t be longer than 6 inches, or else they could extend beyond the top and bottom of the book. Most bookmarks should be 1 to 2 inches in width, but could extend to 3 inches. The graphics you want to display on the bookmark will affect how large you want it to be.
You can use any graphics or text you want to decorate the bookmark. Of course, it’s popular to add text or images that relate to reading or books, but your bookmark could be as simple as a solid color or a basic image. You could even cut the bookmark in an unusual shape, for example, a telescope, instead of the typical rectangle.
With modern technology, you have a huge range of options to decorate your bookmark. You could use the Print Screen function to snap a picture of a movie scene you love (or use an image search for the scene), size the picture to fit your bookmark, and then print it and affix it to your paper. For a sleeker-looking bookmark, you could find the perfect image and have a professional printer use the image to make your bookmarks.
To finish the bookmark and make it stand out more, you can cut a hole in the top to tie a tassel. More craft-oriented readers can take their bookmarks a step further by making them out of wood, leather, and even metal. You can cut a wedge of wood to lay your book on top of so that the book is open to the page you were on. This could make an unusual, attractive decoration if you painted the wedge to match your room’s décor. Another great idea is to have a point that juts out from the bookmark that you can use to pinpoint the exact word where you stopped reading.
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