I’ll let you in on a little secret. I LOVE books. I love a fabulous story with a twisting, turning plot that keeps me from doing the dishes or laundry or going to bed at a decent hour because I just can’t put it down. But even if I can display some sort of self-control (i.e. the kids need dinner) there’s another reason why I don’t want to put it down: I don’t own a proper bookmark. Torn open envelope from my last bank statement? Used it. Business card from the pest control guy? Yep. Piece of (unused) toilet paper? Guilty. Shamefully guilty.
I decided that I needed a proper bookmark. I saw a few designs floating around the internet, so I decided to create my own. And yes, my fellow tear-a-piece-of-paper-from-your-child’s-old-school-newsletter-and-use-it-as-a-bookmark-ers, I will share them with you:
02. Mother Goose // Light Blue
04. Lord of The Rings // Green
05. Where The Wild Things Are // Grey
07. Fantastic Mr. Fox // Orange
Click on the bookmark(s) you want to make above to download them to your computer. Print them off, grab a pair of scissors and then follow these instructions:
01. Cut out the bookmark(s). 02. Fold in half. Then cut on the line arrow is pointing at. 03. Fold the sides up. 04. Tuck the white edges in. (Tip: use the handle of your scissors to ‘press’ all of your folds down)
Super easy. And it looks so much cuter in your book than a square of toilet paper. Trust me.
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I absolutely LOVE this post! You are the best Sarah!
Awww! Thank you Steph! Seriously blushing…
Glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me join the ‘club’! 
Wow, these bookmarks are amazing! Do you think you’ll be making anymore?
You are so sweet Anne! Thank you! I don’t have plans right now to make more, but I could definitely do different ones in the future!
Many thanks, will try it right in a minute… or two
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I love these so much. I’ll be keeping a small handful of these, as I always have more than one book going at one time, and these are so secure, they are nearly impossible to lose from the book!
One quick tip – I added a final step that I actually like with these. At the end of your instructions, you are left with two tabs hanging down – you can make an even cleaner triangle by folding these two tabs into the main body – you can still use it as a bookmark easily, and when you are not using it, the bookmark stands up like a little hat