If you're the kind of person who finds it impossible to pick out any books to give away, maybe you should try looking first at the books you know you want to keep forever. Today's one minute tip comes from Katie Deedy, with an old-fashioned way to organize your book collection.
• The Star: Katie Deedy grew up with a love of books that just never seemed to fade. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and daughter, and runs her hand-printed wallpaper business Grow House Grow out of her kitchen. She has created numerous original wallpaper designs, and has recently begun to offer a line of tile and fabric designs as well.
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Such a great idea. Any chance those adorable bookplate templates are available as printables?
Love, love, loooooove making bookplates!
as a college professor, i often lend out books to my students -- but need to ID a book at a quick glance often without opening it (as well as, sadly, create a way that cannot be easily removed).
i have taken to creating a simple, self-inking custom stamp with the words "ex libris (my name)" printed over. i use this to stamp the top edge of the pages of the books. it's quick, cost-effective and hard to remove... so i'm sure to have my precious design and typography books back on my shelf eventually.
I love bookplates, too, but please please please don't use rubber cement as pictured in the video. It will discolor and eventually dry out and your bookplate will fall off. That's not so awful in itself, I suppose, but it's not good for the book. Get yourself some Studio Tac from an art supply store--no fumes and easy to use.
JBrunell Makes a good point, and there are lots of great Natural pH adhesives that work really well in books you can use. They're available at all craft shops.
At this very moment I'm only selling custom bookplates (though I plan on bring back the other designs soon), but you can contact me at Grow House Grow any time for more info! You can also have hand-carved block print bookplates made on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/111976951/custom-bookplate-stamp?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share
you can even use Elmers glue, its a form of PVA, a type of glue, and its safe for books. not perfect, but safe
ACK! Don't use rubber cement which will stain the pages over time, and can cause nerve damage to boot!
It's also better to place the bookplate on the back of the front cover. It's a more secure place, even before calculating who might want to borrow your book permanently.
Love bookplates as well!
Great video.
I prefer bookplate on the front free endpaper. And I like the blog bookplatejunkie on blogger. There's a lot of styles there to chose your own bookplate from, and history as well.
Books you want to get rid of? I don't know what that means.
Years ago, I created a form of bookplate, I think using, I think, Print Artist (remember that program?) Anyway, it looked cool at the time, but have not done book plates in over a decade.
That said, I have not had the need to lend out books in years so it's not been an issue. I bet if I looked at my stash, I'll find one that has a book plate in it I made.
Not a surprise for a librarian, I love to use good old library book due date pockets and due date cards. You can buy self adhesive pockets that just pop right into the book or good double sided tape. I write or stamp my name on top of due date card. These also make cute cards and book marks :) Also nice to give in books for gifts http://pinterest.com/pin/140526450844642662/