Bookmark time, show at least some of your bookmark collection, your favourite, or at least the one you're using at the moment. 💙📚 #bookmark #BookSky #collection - ThreadSky

tarynraelee333.bsky.social•151 days ago

Love bookmarks, here are a few from my collection.

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essizfa-sara.bsky.social•151 days ago

Sadly I do not own a bookmark. I remember the page number... But this is my 8yr old son's bookmark...

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linksmom.bsky.social•152 days ago

I make these

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julietm88.bsky.social•151 days ago

Beautiful

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gardenerbyday.bsky.social•151 days ago

My book marks with loofah seeds..

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haqer.bsky.social•151 days ago

What's that btw???

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whatsdaphdoin.bsky.social•152 days ago

I usually use whatever I have near cause I tend to lose my bookmarks but I have a few I found recently

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williamlsandles.bsky.social•151 days ago

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theartfulmind.bsky.social•151 days ago

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andreaferrante.bsky.social•151 days ago

These were the ones currently in the bedside drawer . . . the one from the Lawrence Ferlinghetti exhibit at the Triton Museum is my favorite ✨
#bookmarks #books

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hellowendys.bsky.social•151 days ago

My daughter makes my bookmarks 😍

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penfold23.bsky.social•151 days ago

Old dog-eared postcard sent to me by my older sister.
On the other side she wrote a bunch of esoteric inside joke nonsense that only the two of us could appreciate and have a giggle at

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evilhmp.bsky.social•151 days ago

A few that aren't currently buried in ongoing reads.

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remmariexo.bsky.social•149 days ago

It’s a tie between these two! I love supporting artists and when they sell bookmarks with cute art I’m going to buy like a million of them 🥰

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imattlondon.bsky.social•151 days ago

Great bookmarks!

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din0reads.bsky.social•151 days ago

Not using any fancy bookmark rn. I got this one for free at my local used bookstore 🤷🏻‍♀️ to me the top thing looks like a golden snitch so works while reading Harry Potter

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tiffanygo.bsky.social•151 days ago

I never thought I would be a custom bookmark type of person, yet here I am! Love this bookmark thread 🤓

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pritzabel.bsky.social•151 days ago

Got these in October, was feeling spooky!

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hyrrokkinate.bsky.social•152 days ago

I generally use the nearest bit of flat material 🤭 Not pretty, but it is better than dog ears ;)

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millicentclarke.bsky.social•151 days ago

I’ve caught my husband using toilet paper as a bookmark so MANY times. 🤭

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jbharrisauthor.bsky.social•151 days ago

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swadeshine.bsky.social•152 days ago

📌 bookmarking this thread

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

🤦

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alisonbays.bsky.social•150 days ago

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darklyadapted.bsky.social•151 days ago

Here are mine. They live in a tin.

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lozsandomstudios.bsky.social•151 days ago

Looove those lino print ones on the right! 😍

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•151 days ago

I really wish I could remember who did them, may have to try and dig that information out somewhere and give her a boost

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lozsandomstudios.bsky.social•151 days ago

Ooh that would be great! Really gorgeous work 🖤

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gjfaux.bsky.social•152 days ago

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doveylove.bsky.social•151 days ago

This is the most beautiful bookmark collection omg

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billiousman.bsky.social•151 days ago

There you go.

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blabbernsmoke.bsky.social•151 days ago

A random selection which was sitting in a bookshelf next to me

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stevenrsinger.bsky.social•151 days ago

A few from the pile.
💙📚 #bookmark

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kathmcgurl.bsky.social•152 days ago

Met this writer at a local authors' get-together a couple of months ago and have been using the bookmark ever since, though haven't read any of his books. He used to work in advertising and worked on the iconic surfers, "white horses" Guinness ad which I think is a cool claim to fame.

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sunsetdenizen.bsky.social•152 days ago

My current holder of my page

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exeray.bsky.social•151 days ago

I’ve been using this one since 1963

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leafprints3d.com•150 days ago

I make 3d printed bookmarks! My favorite design is a hidden message that only shows when you shine light through!

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jenasauruswake.bsky.social•148 days ago

My favourite, brought back to the UK by my kiddo

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maireadhearne.bsky.social•152 days ago

I'd need two hands 😂

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apparitionlykoi.bsky.social•151 days ago

For as much as I spend on dog shows I feel obliged to use the ribbons for something.

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rstar116.bsky.social•151 days ago

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originellis.bsky.social•151 days ago

Do I own plenty of cool bookmarks? Yes.
Do I choose to use a “reserved” card that blew away from someone’s wedding, yes 😂

Also a pic of the book I’m reading atm and my fav bookmarks!
(That I literally never use lmao)

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spiritfishin.bsky.social•151 days ago

*slaps hood* This baby's got some milage but still works like a charm

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keithbanks.bsky.social•151 days ago

Torn from a painting that went wrong.
Re reading Day Of The Triffids, last read in 1966.

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clauersen.bsky.social•152 days ago

Using my really old, worn out, beloved hippopotamus bookmark at the moment 🦛📚 #bookmark #booksky

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hauntedclay.bsky.social•151 days ago

I usually use one I've designed or handmade. These are some I designed. I'm going to use one right now, just about to start The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry.

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armanazadi.bsky.social•151 days ago

I'm an author and have just joined Bluesky. I need friends. Please follow me:-)

https://bsky.app/profile/armanazadi.bsky.social

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grapefruitstreet.bsky.social•151 days ago

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plainbeauty.bsky.social•151 days ago

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nicolahumphreys.bsky.social•151 days ago

Mine used to be train tickets or receipts. I recently found a post office special delivery receipt date stamped from two days before my friend’s 30th birthday. She’s over 59 now.
Analogue rules.

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nicolahumphreys.bsky.social•151 days ago

50

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lowoncreativity.bsky.social•150 days ago

These are the two Im using currently.

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victori-ah.bsky.social•151 days ago

Do receipts and bits of cardboard torn off packaging count? Oh, and this set list from when our friend's band played a festival over the summer...

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rockyhollows.bsky.social•151 days ago

I had way more bookmarks when i was a kid, cuz in grades 2-5, my school library would have new bookmarks available every 3 weeks for releases of new shows, movies, video games, music, etc. The last one i got from there was in 2010 and it was for the launch of that kids channel The Hub. I miss those

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rockyhollows.bsky.social•151 days ago

also those bookmarks for Animal Crossing & the Legends Of The Guardians movies were 2 of the ones from grade school -- They also had ones then for Kirby Super Star Ultra for NDS, Harry Potter movie releases, a Hilary Duff album, Warioware for NDS, SSBB, The Hub, and many more I can't remember.

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systempatch.oneechan.moe•151 days ago

My school also had a few of those promo bookmarks back in the day. These ones have been a cherished part of my collection.

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rockyhollows.bsky.social•149 days ago

omg i think i used to have the Hamtaro one too!

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pandop.bsky.social•152 days ago

I don’t think I could get all mine in a single photo

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gorillazzilla.bsky.social•151 days ago

I really like the raven one.

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dawnsp74.bsky.social•151 days ago

Some of mine

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authorasfletcher.bsky.social•151 days ago

The blue one on the left is one I made, the one in the middle is from the kids summer reading club at the library, and the pink on the right is one that an author friend gave me. The enamel rabbit at the bottom is my newest one, from Chocolate Raisin Fury.

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•151 days ago

that rabbit is gorgeous!

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fountainfox.bsky.social•151 days ago

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xianrenaud.bsky.social•151 days ago

If you live long enough, all your freebie bookstore bookmarks are from places that no longer exist.

Like my fishbowl full of obsolete currencies.

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jose-writes.bsky.social•151 days ago

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pamswanborough.bsky.social•152 days ago

Current one is my last train ticket. One before that was a train ticket too... 😊

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arcgon.bsky.social•150 days ago

Train stubs go hard, I’ve been using receipts.

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annettej.bsky.social•152 days ago

Some of my favourites

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emergency-bob.bsky.social•151 days ago

I love getting bookmarks from bookstores, but my favorite is the one my four-year-old daughter made for Harry Potter #2. She drew Harry, Ron, and Hermione for me.

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opilio.bsky.social•151 days ago

Currently seeing service in Murakami's 1Q84

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bljane.bsky.social•152 days ago

Corny but my old faithful from childhood

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scottclegg.bsky.social•152 days ago

I never use the same bookmark twice. I leave the old one in the book. Sometimes it’s an old ticket, sometimes a receipt or even a nice bookmark. I sometimes peruse my old bookmarks and it brings me back a memory of when I read the book.

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togetheragain.bsky.social•152 days ago

One of my tutoring students recently INSISTED on giving me the very cool bookmark she got at school. It was the highlight of my week. 3D effect doesn't really show in pictures.

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christinatucci.bsky.social•151 days ago

My current

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sheelaghnagig.bsky.social•152 days ago

A selection of bookmarks found in one donated collection of 2nd hand books:

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

Wow, did every book have one or more in?

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sheelaghnagig.bsky.social•152 days ago

Every one. Not pictured: old tissues, plastic tag strings, personalised letters and notes!

#booksky

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

weird

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

and a lot of work for you

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sheelaghnagig.bsky.social•151 days ago

We have an expert secondhand curator who takes as much delight in these things as we do! It's a wonderful form of archaeology. (Liz)

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sheelaghnagig.bsky.social•152 days ago

My current and favourite bookmark (Mollie):

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

totally agree with the top one

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melco3213.bsky.social•151 days ago

My mom and sister both have Little Free Library’s so I’m always making them bookmarks to put in there.

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andiewags.bsky.social•151 days ago

My mom buys me bookmarks all the time…but I have cats, and they knock things off surfaces, so I’m one of those who dog ears the pages.

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jurka.bsky.social•151 days ago

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racheltranslates.bsky.social•149 days ago

There are always either 100s or none in our house. The Steinlen cats are my favourite and the cross stitch one is homemade

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showmanship.bsky.social•151 days ago

They look pretty cool

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bookshopvic.bsky.social•149 days ago

I have a chap that looks after our ones. I think the Poirot ones have been my favourite recently but we’ve got none left

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vylotte.bsky.social•151 days ago

I've been making bookmark patterns, does that count?

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deejkayl.bsky.social•150 days ago

Lovely. Is this so you have something appropriate to use at Worldcon?

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vylotte.bsky.social•150 days ago

It's so I have something to give to Worldcon! 🚀 Also note: I am such a noob at this platform, I'm literally guessing at what you replied to. Please see me three months from now for a legitimate answer.

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lunababoona.bsky.social•151 days ago

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beansprout0505.bsky.social•151 days ago

I've been waiting all my life for a post like this 😆 here's my collection that aren't currently in use. Collected from my travels, other interests, or just because it's cute or wacky

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dirk57.bsky.social•151 days ago

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jencypher.bsky.social•151 days ago

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theshaggyshepherd.bsky.social•152 days ago

The house is a mess as I’m fixing up the office so here’s the one I got right now. It’s a little banged up because my toddler got a hold of it at one point but I’m very attached to this one.

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

any bookmark is better than none

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dffoley.bsky.social•151 days ago

Near to hand…

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ilovejojolion.bsky.social•150 days ago

Trapper keeper ad.

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thatasexualhoodoo.bsky.social•151 days ago

The Hungry Caterpillar and Richard Scarry 😊

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themapleleafway.bsky.social•151 days ago

Never thought I’d find a thread I can relate too. I LOVE bookmarks 📚🔖

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ireadandrage.bsky.social•151 days ago

Currently using the Budapest one, the others are just random from the collection that currently sits in two different pots.

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ngidda.bsky.social•151 days ago

Current bookmark :-)

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cakey-shoe54.bsky.social•151 days ago

My cowboy boot bookmark is getting a little worn!

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mandar87.bsky.social•152 days ago

Current one I'm using

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kaebethel.bsky.social•151 days ago

wow that linocut or block print (whatever method, it just looks like these to me) is phenom. I want to get more into linocut and make Cool Things™️

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jjreads.bsky.social•152 days ago

My funniest.😂

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annedelatte.bsky.social•152 days ago

What's perched in my TBR pile; more hibernating in the bookshelf. But this reinspired my bookmark-making Xmas exchange project, thanks!

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hereed.bsky.social•149 days ago

One of my library colleagues gave me this for Christmas a few years back and I have managed not to lose it.

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lyndelljoe.bsky.social•150 days ago

You probably don't want to see the single sheet of toilet paper I use to mark my bathroom book.

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patastrophe99.bsky.social•151 days ago

I found my huge childhood collection of old Pokemon, Digimon, and Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and I use a different card as a bookmark for each book. If I put a book in a Little Free Library, I leave the card in as a little bonus :)

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pjcurt.bsky.social•151 days ago

I always use boarding passes from previous flights.

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mwrteach.bsky.social•151 days ago

I use these or flight boarding passes.

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lel92.bsky.social•151 days ago

Someone on here might recognise this one, currently in an Andrea Camilleri.

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gonzalez123.bsky.social•151 days ago

‘Rounding the Mark’

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kimmylarson.bsky.social•152 days ago

I exchanged custom bookmarks with an artist friend and this is what I received from them. :)

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hangerupper.bsky.social•151 days ago

One from the days when every school trip or day out involved spending my pocket money on a bookmark as a souvenir 🙂

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auntgoose.bsky.social•152 days ago

The ones on the left my kids made me. The heart is my all time favorite, it's 3d printed by my son. I like the use the magnet ones in the books I carry in my purse. Never falls out.

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historywoman.bsky.social•150 days ago

When I buy a book the receipt becomes the bookmark

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karlos4labour.bsky.social•152 days ago

They are impressive looking bookmarks

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chrisrolik.bsky.social•151 days ago

Here are some bookmarks I was making for a while
#bookmark
#collage

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thatdana.bsky.social•152 days ago

I bought these to throw in books that I give away. I love them.

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amandalillywhite.bsky.social•152 days ago

This is my fave. I found it tucked into a secondhand book.

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

love it!

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celestinadratz.bsky.social•151 days ago

It’s lying though! It’s not boring at all! It’s totally cute.

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amandalillywhite.bsky.social•151 days ago

True!

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ljwattswales.bsky.social•152 days ago

Bodleian libraries offering plus a flower one made for me by my daughter-in-law

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

cute

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theflowerroom.bsky.social•151 days ago

Lazy bookmark

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jbharrisauthor.bsky.social•151 days ago

🤣

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thechristineb.bsky.social•151 days ago

My favorite one, which represents each of the courts in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas. #ACOTAR

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merchycrinc.bsky.social•152 days ago

These are the ones I am not using at present - no favourite bookmarks per se but some of my fave bookshops in there.

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

so many bookshops to visit!

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merchycrinc.bsky.social•152 days ago

One day - but am too far away from them it is online only at present.

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ashleyorndorff.bsky.social•151 days ago

A small sample of my go-tos, including a magnetic butterfly, a personalized corner pocket my mom made for me, my fave local indies, and more. It was hard to stop here. 😆

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suburbianreads.bsky.social•151 days ago

Sadly, I only have one but I love it dearly

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aquadream.bsky.social•152 days ago

My name is Liz and I fold down the corners of books to mark where I am #bookmarkers_
anonymous

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lindahegland.bsky.social•151 days ago

This is my favourite- grown worn and soft over a couple of decades . . .

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kateoverend.bsky.social•151 days ago

I read one book per day so I tend to use free bookmarks from the library 😊

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davidmbarnett.bsky.social•152 days ago

Cheating here.

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

loved this David, and the bookmarks, just been approved for Scuttler's Cove and so looking forward to it

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sadiehartmann.bsky.social•152 days ago

Ooo I have it too, when are you reading?

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

Got a middle grade adventure to read after I finish Root Rot (get this if you haven't already, the narrator is wild) so probably mid week next week

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sadiehartmann.bsky.social•152 days ago

Root Rot by @inkwellmonster.bsky.social ?
Let me know when you're ready to pick it up, we'll buddy read and do a side-by-side book response?

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

Not that one, it's by Saskia Nislow and coming out in March next year

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davidmbarnett.bsky.social•152 days ago

Oh fabulous! Hope you enjoy it.

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cr3do.bsky.social•151 days ago

I like to make my own bookmarks for each book.

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mikerobbins.bsky.social•152 days ago

I seem to be using a bookmark from the Schmalz Brewing Co. of upstate New York.
I haven't drunk their beer for ages but I did like their dark beer, Messiah Bold (they called it The Beer You've Been Waiting For).

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sterling6.bsky.social•151 days ago

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joeygrem.bsky.social•152 days ago

Lol I’m almost embarrassed to post this. I generally use old receipts. Lol

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ageofuprising.bsky.social•152 days ago

Me too! lol

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celestinadratz.bsky.social•151 days ago

Don’t be embarrassed. You are definitely not alone

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mudlark-s.bsky.social•152 days ago

Current bookmark - stitched it up from a kit last month. The kit came with such a surplus of thread that I can make it again with some Aida from my stash, so that's one Christmas present sorted as well!

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

that's really pretty

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mirthematician.bsky.social•152 days ago

A very worn, tatty and much-Sellotaped Folio Society bookmark that I've had for at least 20 years and has travelled with me through probably 500 books. An old friend 🙂

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jesswritespoems.swifties.social•152 days ago

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lisarose.bsky.social•150 days ago

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deejkayl.bsky.social•150 days ago

I cut up old cards - birthday, Christmas, etc - so there's always some tucked away somewhere. And if I lose one, I don't weep.

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benjaminfranklins.bsky.social•151 days ago

I just use whatever really 😅😬.

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rhetoricalzombi.bsky.social•151 days ago

I'm terrible with bookmarks. These days I use anything 🤣 can get my hands on from Pokemon cards to (clean) folded up tissues. Any actual bookmarks I had managed to aquire are now lost within books I forgot to finish.

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angelaswf.bsky.social•152 days ago

Your bookmarks are awesome!

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magraatknophlox.bsky.social•151 days ago

I keep my nice ones in books and use whatever i have handy because the cats keep eating them.

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drunkenpheonix.bsky.social•152 days ago

A meger selection that needs building on

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

but it's a start 🫶

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spaceforbroccoli.bsky.social•151 days ago

Love this little robot man

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sleeplessinbrum.bsky.social•152 days ago

Bookmark inside my current read, Rebecca.

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gemmeri.bsky.social•151 days ago

I make hokey little bookmarkers out of tags. Tags off garments, tags off stuff. Tags. I cover the text with drawings or stickers & then cover the whole tags with packing tape to protect. Sometimes I add tassels, sometimes I reuse the tag string or whatever attached the tags. People love them.

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ruthburns.bsky.social•152 days ago

So many bits of cards go into the bookmark pile. They are used based on either structural integrity or first grabbed basis.

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sidshroyer.bsky.social•150 days ago

my own at the moment

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leecomcp.bsky.social•150 days ago

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sassyjamie.bsky.social•151 days ago

I bought this on my first trip to Disneyland when I was 8 years old. I have been using it for 37 years.

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rbutts22.bsky.social•151 days ago

Not all of them

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atticusreid.bsky.social•151 days ago

My favourites rn

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bsmallz.bsky.social•152 days ago

From our great vacation last May.

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fijohnston.bsky.social•149 days ago

Two in current rotation - at some point I might plant the seed embedded Flower Block one but it’s so pretty so maybe not. And the Sun Ra one was a generous accidental gift from the person who had Enter Ghost out the library before me 💚

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terrytales.bsky.social•151 days ago

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rin4444.bsky.social•151 days ago

I loved the bird ones ✨🦋

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laurozaur.bsky.social•151 days ago

Kinda a lot, part of my favorites displayed. Many more are in use (I’m reading multiple books at the same time).

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miso26.bsky.social•151 days ago

I always match my bookmark to the cover of the book.

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jesmandujano.bsky.social•150 days ago

Papel picado bookmarks on acrylic 😍

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mykapark.bsky.social•151 days ago

Okay I decided to use up some scrap paper and made some little bookmarks. These will travel around my pockets and purses, so I can stop using receipts 😇🤣🤣🤣

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meliekins.bsky.social•151 days ago

made some origami bookmarks this weekend.

#bookmark #origami #sakura

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lisa-jones.bsky.social•152 days ago

I like to buy a bookmark from everywhere I visit that sells them. It’s a shame that’s getting harder now as fewer places do. Reminds me of where I’ve been although nowadays I tend to use my kindle.

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sociallama.bsky.social•151 days ago

I had lots of bookmarks back then as a teen, most of them were made by me. I don't think any of them survived to this day as I moved twice and my apetite for books drastically decreased. But I have this magnetic one from a monastery that I bought few months ago.

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stefannordin.bsky.social•152 days ago

I buy interesting bank notes from eBay and laminate them. And yes there are quite a few dead dictators in my collection.

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bolshyfeminist.bsky.social•151 days ago

I use foreign bank notes left over from holidays. Currently using a €10…but hasn’t thought of laminating them

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toymangler.bsky.social•151 days ago

My friend makes them and sends them to me. Highly recommend. https://Shop.qathihart.com

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glampirehexed.bsky.social•151 days ago

never felt more inadequate, im currently using an old cardboard label coz it has Snoopy on it thinking its cool 😭

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•151 days ago

Snoopy is cool

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glampirehexed.bsky.social•151 days ago

awww I feel good about it now 😁

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cubanboxerdad.bsky.social•151 days ago

This is the only one I use. 😄

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raisedbyclowns.bsky.social•151 days ago

Same.

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lauraoffley.bsky.social•151 days ago

I work in a library. This is my "Take a Boomark Leave a Bookmark" board. We get a lot of lost and found bookmarks that no one comes back for. Recently, the board was empty, and a beautiful soul came and posted these homemade ones.

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loharper.bsky.social•151 days ago

I need to up my bookmark game

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kerribenton.bsky.social•150 days ago

✨

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djtahoe.bsky.social•150 days ago

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treasa017.bsky.social•152 days ago

All are gifts from bookshops

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bigbeardedbookseller.com•152 days ago

nice

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missq78.bsky.social•151 days ago

My grandson has lost/destroyed all mine so now I just use a piece of junk mail as my bookmark 🤣

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kac3.bsky.social•151 days ago

Here’s all of them, anything from cheap cuts of paper from magazines to book marks from libraries and stores

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noeticbooks.net•151 days ago

I designed my own to make my fictional nonfiction bookstore feel more real. 2-sided job. I printed 500 of them.

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noeticbooks.net•151 days ago

I am happy to send some out if someone is collecting or needing.

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jeffgoldboob.bsky.social•152 days ago

I wish I could keep track of bookmarks. Alas, I'm a corner folder 🙈

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jbharrisauthor.bsky.social•151 days ago

😳

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amayna60.bsky.social•152 days ago

As long as you don’t do that to library books 😬

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jeffgoldboob.bsky.social•152 days ago

Oh no, I'm not a monster

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amayna60.bsky.social•152 days ago

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thebookofmimz.bsky.social•151 days ago

I have an autoimmune disease that impacts my hands. I’m only able to read on kindle these days. I do miss a lovely book mark, though I have also been known to dog ear a page back in the day.

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