Thirteen things I have used as bookmarks:
1) Emery board
2) Dollar bill
3) Check for $.38 from my insurance company (which cracked me up because surely the check cost a dollar or so to process and the postage was $.39 or whatever crazy amount we are paying for stamps these days)
4) Those infernal inserts from magazines which I tear out and toss before reading the magazine (a habit I believe I picked up from my Dad who did that when his Sport magazine came each month)
5) Unopened Band-aid
6) Band-aid cover after the Band-aid has been used for some non-injury to one of my children (whose idea was it to make Band-aids bright colors and feature cartoon characters….I mean, it’s not like we had trouble getting our kids to needlessly wear Band-aids before….and if one had a REAL wound, that was even better)
7) My son’s “Emerald Society” ribbon from Del Prado Elementary. I have no idea what the Emerald Society is…probably a gang or a cult…but it makes a nice bookmark.
8) One of the thousands of “Participant” ribbons my kids have won over the years at swim meets because our swim league is of the opinion that EVERYONE should get a ribbon…even though the kids realize at around age 6 that there is a big difference between the “Participant” ribbon one is handed as one gets out of the pool and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place ribbons that are handed out at the next practice.
9) Golf tee…although I do believe the reverse would be impossible. I can’t imagine being able to tee up a golf ball on any of my bookmarks.
10) Golf scorecard…usually with a reasonably good score on it. The good score scorecards somehow wind up deposited in my purse and tossed on my nightstand while the bad score scorecards wind up in the trash in the pro shop immediately after the score is posted.
11) Post-it Notes – yet another use for the previously ingenious and now ubiquitous desk accessories.
12) "Loyalty" cards...if it's something I use regularly like Lowe's Foods, Kroger or the Library, I use the keychain version and the credit card sized versions go in my nightstand for future bookmark use.
13) Thank you cards - I am a HUGE believer in thank-you cards and when I get one, I save it. Having it as a bookmark reminds me that someone thanked me for something!
Di
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I love the idea of using Thank You cards as bookmarks. I love to send them. Because I'm 26, I've seen the handwritten letter and note falling by the wayside. However, they always are more personal and more meaningful than emails. I collect blank cards for this exact purpose. I'm going to start using some as bookmarks...maybe even refashion them in some way...now you have me plotting a craft blog post. =)
Posted by: Diana | January 23, 2009 at 10:05 AM