Classiest Bookmarks: Shinola Book Darts

I love everything Shinola.

The Detroit watch and bicycle company has expanded to have shops around the world and it's like, yes, that Detroit pride.

I just purchased my first Shinola watch and I'm excited to rep the Motor City everywhere I go. Plus wearing a watch makes me feel so adult.

They also sell book darts. Which, clearly, I have purchased and am obsessed with.

They're skinny and shiny and seem so committed to my reading progress. I think they're actually making me read more.

They come in this small tin, which I keep on my nightstand for marking new books.

I usually use receipts or whatever small paper is laying around to mark my pages, so these book darts are a pretty refreshing change. And they're only $15 for a tin of 75. 

What have you been using as a bookmark lately? 

(all photos Shinola)

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fun bookmark notepads from Knock Knock

Moby Dick bookmarks

more love for Detroit

basically a portrait of me, today.

Gemstone Book Printables

What is it that makes as so attracted to gemstones? Someone please find out and let me know.

I've had this amethyst painting by Carly Waito as my desktop wallpaper on and off for a handful of years now. I'm thinking the paintings deserve a Book Cover Potential post...

Well clearly my adoration for gemstones isn't a rarity these days. Over on one of my favorite blogs, Design*Sponge, they recently shared two wonderful gemstone printables that show a lot of literary love as well.

First, these gem bookplates with a wonderfully simple vintage vibe:

And these fun, illustrated gemstone bookmarks:

Both make great touches for your summer reads.

You can find the downloadable files for both over on Design*Sponge: bookplates // bookmarks

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The first selfie... belongs on a book cover

Do you guys follow Domesticated Desk? I love these side tables she shared...

STILL obsessing over these amazing bookshelves

2014 Reading Resolutions

An Etsy collection to kick-off 2014, complete with everything literary and inspirational.

And my personal resolution for 2014, which I have a feeling is going to be really great.

To get all the links to the shops that created these lovely things, visit the full treasury collection over on Etsy.

Let's all read more in 2014. That means books, magazines, online long form... really anything. Just keep reading.

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more Etsy treasury collections I've curated

my lack of promises to myself in 2014

a map of a book lover's mind

one of the best bookends I've ever seen

Knock Knock marks

Did I spill coffee all over my To Do notepad today? Yupp. So of course I had to hop on the Knock Knock site and search for a replacement. I seriously think that To Do pad is the only reason I ever get anything done. Anyway, in my searching I found these bookmark pads.

As usual, great stuff from Knock Knock. You can buy the bookmark pads HERE.

And check out more bookmark posts HERE.

ROUNDUP: Bookmarks

This roundup started when I found some old tickets on Present & Correct and decided they would make great bookmarks. Then I got a little carried away searching all my favorite online shops for cute bookmarks.


Clockwise from top: tickets / tin / literary sayings / flags 1 / flags 2 / jumping rope / origami

Vintage Bookmarks

A Collection a Day is a fantastic blog. One of my favorite collections from it: vintage bookmarks.



The "A Collection A Day" book will be available from Uppercase in Spring 2001.

Fiverr Bookmarks

Last Sunday, my dear friend Luda and I decided to have a "No Responsibilities!" Day, complete with an exclamation point. On this greatest of days, we made some bookmarks from old magazine clippings. I'm not sure what inspired us to do this, but I love our new bookmarks.



If you would like a handmade and unique bookmark created just for you, sent along with a letter, you should definitely check out our Fiverr account by CLICKING HERE.

Have an Ugly Cover? Cover it up!

Sometimes, unfortunately, the book you really want is going to have an ugly cover (like the too-busy front for Diddy's book which is obviously a coveted read). So like a true book lover, you'll breathe in deep, pick it up off the shelf and take it home with you. But I'll warn you: once you've got it on your bedside table that hideous thing is going to haunt you until you place it face-down.

I come bearing good news; there are solutions to these cover design nightmares. An additional book cover can provide a little extra cover-up for an unfortunate design mishap. Luckily, there are more options than the stretchy covers you used on your text books in middle school.

In this post I will concentrate on some of the jacket covers I like best, but there are a lot more out there to be found. I've chosen to highlight the JACKET+BOOKMARK designs by Icoeye, Book City Jackets' Fold-to-Fit products (below) and some pretty-patterned cotton creations I discovered on Etsy.

Click through to the jump to read more about these great designs, or check out this simple book cover creator to design your own.