Bookworm

I am a bookworm- it's true. If I could, I would line my walls with shelves and fill them up with books and books and more books. One day, I would like to have a library in my house... or a large "study" with vintage chairs and lots of light.




*photo Furniture Fashion Magazine


*Photo Daily Decorator



Ahhh... someday!
Anyways, as I was sitting in my front room looking for my current book to read {Inkheart... which by the way is ok so far... a little slow moving and not as exciting as I thought it would be}, I was trying to think of a good gift for my grandma's birthday. Since being a bookworm runs in the family, I came up with the idea of making her a few bookmarks for her books.
This is what I came up with. I first tried sewing some quotes on but...I won't even show you what THAT turned out like. A disaster. Seriously.

So then I decided to paint a little... and stamp a little... dream a little:


Read a little:


I found this awesome stamp but I think I need to use *Ink* and not *Paint* with it... so this kind-of turned out:


And my favorite of all. She's french and a bit more feminine as you can see. "Livre" means "Book" in french:

She's got herself one fancy tassel!



My special thanks to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for the modeling. Your magical pages pulled off just the right touch!

I have a lot of bookmark ideas in my head now and I can't wait to try them all out. I was having a hard time finding the right size of stencil letters at Joann's so El Guapo found me my very own stencil cutter and I can't wait to try it out!



And my excitedness over these bookmarks marks me for a nerd :)


I'm doing these fun parties!