Free Download - Knitting Bookmarks
Several years ago I announced to my principal that I would no longer act as my high school’s yearbook advisor. I had worked as a high school yearbook advisor for 17 years at three different schools, and had had enough.
“A yearbook advisor,” you might ask, “what the big deal in that? Watch kids take pictures and add captions?"
See below to access the link to the PDF. |
Ironically, after I gave up the yearbook advisor stint, I missed the creative aspects of the job—taking pictures, designing page layouts, etc. My blog, therefore, fills this creative need. The other day I also fulfilled my graphic design interest by creating some bookmarks. I’d set out to mail a letter to a friend and wanted to include some little token, so I dusted off my layout skills and used Microsoft Publisher (since I don’t have InDesign or a more sophisticated program available to me at this time) and created some knitting bookmarks. You can download them and find directions HERE.
If you would like to create your own designs, a good source
for free vintage knitting pictures is A Good Yarn. Miss Mary Park offers some wonderful free Victorian clip art as well, and she has even
made the backgrounds for some cut-out images transparent, so these are great
for layering, as you can add them to a colored background. Hope you enjoy my simple creations. I certainly had fun making these bits of ephemera, especially
without the stress of a firm deadline looming over my shoulder.
Your description of being a yearbook adviser makes my blood run cold - no wonder you'd had enough! But applying the skills to something of your own - much more fun! Love your bookmarks! How do you create your pdf file to link to? I have been wondering about this for a while as it's a good way of making patterns/ tutorials etc available. E x
ReplyDeleteI don't believe I would want to be a yearbook adviser! Your bookmarks are great, thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I think I selected the wrong option in Google Drive, but the bookmarks should be available now.
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