Bookmarks

 
I´ve made these bookmarks as a gift using stamps from Creative Depot, Visible Image and Stempelbar.

Your Heritage or Culture

For my bi-monthly journal pages tip-in swap, Stephanie´s theme for my October pages was "Your Heritage or Culture". Her book measures 5,5 x 8,5 inches, so a whole spread is 11 x 8,5 inches.

Well, if you´re German, you may have the same mixed feelings about this theme that I had ... But though I´m very aware of the deadly militaristic Germany of the 19th and 20th century, I see myself in the following of old traditions that have also been here forever, which is mainly German philosophy and literature. And as I was born in a city with a history going back to the year AD 50, I also wanted to show how much history and beauty Germany has that not everybody is aware of.
My Cologne spread shows just a few glimps of this city´s history: the foundation of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in AD 50, the invasion by the Vikings in 862 and 882, the bones of the Three Wise Men coming to town in 1164, the building of the cathedral from 1248 to 1880, and some info about the city today. A separate bookmark explains the Coat of Arms of Cologne with the three crowns symbolizing the Three Wise Men, and the 11 flames symbolizing the 11.000 virgin companions of St. Ursula.

My second spread concentrates on some highlights of German literature: the Minnesang period, the Arthurian Legend (found in Heinrich von Veldeke´s, Gottfried von Straßburg´s and Wolfram von Eschenbach´s works for instance), Goethe and Schiller, Bertolt Brecht and Thomas Mann. Below is the bookmark I´ve made to accompany this spread.

Welcome to Poe´s Birthday Party

Lost Coast Designs and Carmen´s Veranda are having a blog hop celebrating Poe´s Birthday today, and you can join the fun until January 23. Here´s my collection of Poe inspired artwork that includes at least one rubber stamp; these pieces date from 2009 to 2015. 

Hope you´ll join the celebration (you´ll find more info at the bottom of this post)!

An InLinkz Link-up

Love on the Lam

Tumble Fish Studio and Holliewood Studios came out with a wonderful collab kit called "Love on the Lam" - think Bonnie and Clyde, Chicago gangster movies and so on!
The two samples above are cut and paste collages using Marsha´s kit only; "For You" is a Moleskine journal page, "Caught by Love" is a postcard.
The two digital samples below combine Marsha´s and Hollie´s kits; the first one ist called "A Short Rest" (additional elements from Cryztal Rain and Jessica Sprague), the second one is called "Fingerprints"
Hope you´ll have a look at Deviant Scrap´s gallery to see all those other fabulous samples made with these inspiring kits.

The Beauty Inside

This bookmark is a small gift for someone who loves to read as well as to travel.

Famous Last Words

This candle is for a lover of German literature, and while the front shows a portrait of Goethe, the back gives his famous last words: More Light!

The candle will be accompanied by a bookmark with some of Goethe´s words: You should take things as they are, but you also should make things the way you want them to take.

Two Bookmarks

I´ve made two bookmarks for swaps in one of my groups, one with a Zetti theme and the other one (front and back shown here) with the theme "Hot Air Balloons".

Pale Ink

Another bookmark as a little Christmas gift; the text is a Chinese proverb saying: The palest ink is better than the best commemoration.

My Home Is Where My Books Are

A bookmark made as a little Christmas gift and my entry for this week´s Theme Thursday challenge.

A Bookmark

just a little gift to send with a swap

Is there anything like Masculine Aesthetics?

... if so, please let me know! It´s always soooo difficult to make a bookmark or a mail art piece for a male person.

(I´m not sure if the person who will receive this bookmark will ever use it. Maybe he´ll like the book that goes with it at least.)

Bookmark

I´m late this week, but here´s my entry for the Wednesday Stamper´s theme "Bookmarks".

A bookmark

I´ve made a bookmark today for a swap in one of my groups -

I love books and reading (always have a book with me), so this was MY swap :-)