My Neighbor Drew This!

This bookmark I got at the beginning of this year (2015). Every year the school district that I live in does this bookmark drawing contest, the winner of each age division gets their drawing placed on a bookmark and a scholarship for college. This one does have stuff on the back of it but to protect identities and such I will not be posting what the back of this bookmark looks like. I've owned this bookmark for almost six months now and I'm still finding new things in it! For example I just realized that there is an ice cream cone in it. So good job my neighbor friend, and congrats on the money for college! 

My Very First Bookmark.

This bookmark is about twelve years old, once upon a time it had a small lavender tassel attached to that but from what I remember it didn't survive the move when I was ten. I got this at a small book store in Tehachapi, California when I was about five or six. (By the way Tehachapi is a tiny little town in California, and most Californian's don't even know it exists.) I don't remember the book shop, but I do remember the day I got this bookmark. The quote on the bottom says, "Dawn's Light, fairy's delight." 

This one is obviously beaten up quite a bit and the only reason the back of it is still there is because I plastered it with tape. I really need to take it to a copy store and have them laminate it because I really do not know how much longer it can hold together. 

Bookmark Collection

Some people collect stamps or baseball cards or even small figurines, but I collect bookmarks. Why? Because  I love reading and they all conveniently fit in a paint can, well at the moment they all are in a popcorn can from Christmas last year. I currently own 142 bookmarks and that number grows every time I go to the library or I buy one because it's a special occasion. Once or twice a week I will be spotlighting a specific bookmark or bookmarks. There is a story behind pretty much all of them and I would like to share that with you, my readers.

I actually end up using random pieces of paper as my bookmarks more often than an actual bookmark. Most of these bookmarks come from the library so I've gotten them for free, other's I have paid for. At the moment I think my most expensive bookmark in my collection was about $6 dollars. Others have been gifts from friends or family, but I love expanding my bookmark collection and making more stories as well as memories.