Photo and directions courtesy of Design*Sponge
These whimsical bookplates make a great gift for bibliophiles, especially if you take an extra few minutes to paste it into a special book! Pretty and practical, they are an easy, free way to put a personal touch on your books. Put them in your Mother’s Day gift, or make a bunch and wrap them in a pretty envelope to supply her for life!
If you don’t want to design your own, download and print a template of your choice onto high quality paper. A simple image search will get you tons of ideas! Here are some examples:
- Animal Bookplates
- Vintage Bookplates
- Children’s Bookplates
Materials
- printer
- paper
- paper cutter or straight edge and scissors
- spray mount adhesive or glue stick
Instructions
- Using the guide marks, cut apart plates. A paper cutter makes this much more precise, but scissors and a ruler work just fine in a pinch.
- Using spray mount (or a light coat from a glue stick) center each bookplate in the middle of the front cover page.
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Oh no, thanks for catching that! I guess that post was very old and it somehow got lost. I’ve posted some alternatives