ex libris

Years ago I happened upon an exhibit of an amazing collection of bookplates at the Weisman Art Museum.  Ex libris.  Miniature works of art pasted inside books to identify the owner.  I was smitten.

When Marnie, whose blog Girl Number Twenty gets its name from Dickens, sent me a fantastic package last month, I decided to make her a little something in return.  It was time to create ex libris (libri??) for some of the special books in her library.  So, I printed up some bookplates on the gocco and cranked them through a xyron sticker machine. 

In addition to thinking about making more of these personalized bookplates for others, I have to admit that I couldn't stop dreaming about how different life would have been as a eleven-year-old had I been able to make anything into a sticker -- I mean a real sticker, with the peel-off back.  I can only begin to imagine the kitschy creations that would have neighbored the stickers in my book!

Comments

[Marnie]

ooooo. it's true! and it seems my babe has inherited the sticker love, which is just an excuse for me to get them, really. Now I'm so sad I got rid of my sticker collection years ago...unicorn stickers that change colour when you shift them in the light...scratch 'n sniff sigh....what was it about them? but to make homemade stickers? even better....

[kirsten]

i LOVE these - what a great idea!