I was enjoying some of the beautiful bookplates (ex libris) on the BibliOdyssey blog, and it dawned on me that- while I have always loved bookplate art- it’s been ages since I created one of my own. After doing so, I started feeling all giddy and generous and such and decided I wanted to share it with everybody else in the blogosphere!
So download away, dear reader! I have uploaded a high-res version (click on the thumbnail to get to it) so you’ll have a cleaner printout. All I ask is that you don’t try to re-sell it in any shape, form or fashion, and that you leave my little signature on it. Other than that..feel free to printout 5 billion of them for you and your closest friends. Also, please remember to use only a good acid-free paper and library grade glue to paste it in the front of your books.
Hope you like it. Happy reading, everybody.
[UPDATE: My apologies for a bit of confusion I may have caused. By "library grade glue", I mean any acid-free glue or paste. Guess I shoulda just said that, huh?]
Tags: art, bookplates, books, doodles, dragons, ex libris, free art, free stuff, fun, jaggedsmile, libraries, reading, sketches
November 6, 2007 at 4:22 pm |
Did Kristi coach you about the acid free paper and the library grade glue? Where do you get library grade glue?
November 6, 2007 at 4:22 pm |
How fun, fun, fun. Thank you! My favorite bookplate in my memory was an old one my sister had a few of when we were littler…they were esoteric, besuited and bespectacled rabbits in a crammed British-looking personal library.
November 6, 2007 at 4:30 pm |
Sorry…guess I did use a rather stilted phrase when I could have just said “make sure your glue is acid-free as well”….I’ll edit that part.
November 8, 2007 at 9:44 pm |
You may want to enter the bookplate in the bizarre bookplate contest on the bookplate blog
Http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com
November 9, 2007 at 1:03 am |
Wow! It’s truly an honor that you consider my doodle even the least bit worthy to stand alongside the beautiful pieces you have on your blog. I appreciate your support, and the labor of love your site obviously is for you.
December 10, 2007 at 7:29 am |
hey! that’s a great ex-libris! have you thought of posting it on flickr if you really want to go Web 2.0 and share share share
August 25, 2009 at 8:51 am |
Thanks very much! I will use it on my books.
October 8, 2009 at 11:04 am |
Thanks! I’ll definitely use it on my books