Original bookmarks

If you are a true lover of reading, you will most likely have a lot of bookmarks in a drawer; or even the collections because they seem beautiful to you, because they are original bookmarks ... Or maybe you are a designer and at some point you have come across a commission to design "here I stayed" for a publisher or for a self-published.

Be that as it may, here we are going to give you some original bookmark ideas so anyone who sees it will be amazed at how creativity can bring out such creative designs. Do you want to see what we have thought about?

What are bookmarks

Bookmarks, 'here I stayed', bookmark, bookmark, bookmark, bookmark ... there are many names for an object that book lovers know very well. It is a utensil, almost always flat, that is used to put between the pages of a book, usually for the one where it is read.

Normally, when you buy a book, you always have a bookmark to be able to place it and know where you are going in reading if you have to leave it at some point. And it is almost always an elongated rectangle, but other times other designs are used. And when you don't have anything at hand, you end up opting for a piece of paper, napkin or whatever you pick up by hand.

Each reader has certain tastes. There are those who like to have a bookmark for each book; those who reuse them or even those who collect bookmarks. And then there are those who, tired of the usual bookmarks, choose to create their own, whether readers or writers.

Original bookmark ideas that you can make yourself

If you are a writer looking for ideas for original bookmarks; or if you are a designer and you want to focus on the literary world to present your work, the reading points can be very good to publicize your art and hook people.

Now, you have to create something that is really original and, therefore, here are some ideas.

3D reading points

Although the separators are usually flat, for some time now they are betting on some volume. In addition, the fact that they are in 3D does not mean that they cannot be flat, since the depth will be given on the paper, creating the feeling that the image has a background, which you could even get into that bookmark.

Original bookmarks: dolls made of paper

Another option of original bookmarks that we propose is that of create a bookmark with your hands. To do this, you only need to have rectangles of thick paper or cardboard, previously cut out, and decorate them with a doll that can be made of origami. It is ideal for books with an oriental theme that will help the reader to connect through the book point.

Corner bookmarks

There are many who have difficulty finding the bookmarks when they want to read again, usually because they are thin and cannot be found in books (this usually happens when books are many pages).

Therefore, another option, which is also very original, are the corner bookmarks, which are placed in the corner of the page being read and thus, from the outside, you know where you are going

Cutout bookmarks

They are a trend right now, and many are starting to use them. These are bookmarks that can be a silhouette and that, when placed, are fixed with the pages after or before the one being read.

They stand out from the book but are very fun design. The only downside is that you have to be careful not to bend or break, something that is more common in these than in other points in the book.

Double original bookmarks

As you know, when you take a reading point, it is usually decorated on one side only; the other is usually blank or the base color in which they are printed. But this time the idea that we propose is that of print on both sides, that is, so that it does not matter if you use them on one side or the other.

Another variation that you can do is the double bookmarks, that is, two joined in such a way that, when you have to stop reading, what you do is fix the bookmark between the page, as if you were catching the page. Thus, the brand will be seen in front and behind decorated.

Embroidered bookmarks

Another one of the original bookmarks to consider is this one. It is a simple base but, on it, there will be an embroidery, usually done by hand, of some representative element of the novel or book to which it belongs (if it does) or something generic and that readers may be interested in.

There are many ways to make them, more elaborate or less, but all of them in a very similar way to each other since the objective is to give them some volume and even texture, since normally we have the marks in our hands while we read and they can serve us relax.

Die cut bookmarks

They are a way of create an illustration where the brand itself becomes a fundamental part. For example, imagine a rectangle in black. In itself it doesn't seem like a big deal. But if you die, creating silhouettes, blank spaces, etc. and you place it on a page, things change, because it gives it depth.

That is what we propose, that you create a design in which the bookmark is not complete but cut, or die-cut, in such a way that it creates an image that contrasts with the paper later.

Original Reading Points: Literary Scenes

Finally, you can choose to recreate with different designs, various literary scenes. And it is that, often, the image of a reader reading can captivate the reader and at the same time make him continue reading a little more.

This will allow you Unleash your graphic style to create an image of what you understand by reading. It can be original in the sense that you create it for that project; but also because you can play with different approaches, styles and drawings until you find the right one.

Ideas for original bookmarks there are many. You just need to think like a reader and know what he would like to hold in his hands while devouring a book. Once you have that in mind, then you must play with the utility, elegance, practicality and other aspects that will make your design satisfy everyone.