Dumpling in a Hanky – Page 22 – Meandering waffle about libraries, law, geekery and occasional crafting

Here be pirates…

People searching for a pirate treasure map seem to be one of the most frequent hits on my blog. Now, I’m not entirely sure what amoral baddies that steal goods from others have to do with a blog about lawyers and the law but…oh. Right.

Anyway, I thought I’d oblige, and share a pirate treasure map that I made on here. It’s got a sea monster, octopus, whirlpool, pirate ship, mountains, a volcano, and all sorts of terrain on the island.

It also has an X marking the spot…can you find it?

The book…stuff

This is the post of oddments, strange bits, and things that I accidentally missed from the other posts, and expands slightly beyond “books” into “books and library ‘hings”. I think it’s best that I don’t even try to explain some of these….

Kusudama flowers are pretty, easy to make, and look kinda funky when made from old book pages:

They’re also nice in a bunch:

And as roses too:

Books can have all sorts of covers, as these show:

Make sure the books stay on the shelf with a bit of punctuation geekery:

You could carry your books about in a bag…with a picture of books on it:

Make sure you never lose your place again, with some unusual bookmarks:

Some more necklaces here:

Badges are also a good wearable way of showing your book love:

If you need to get yourself organised, this library card catalogue style box could be just the thing:

And every library needs its own bookworm:

That’s it, folks! I hope you’ve enjoyed my Etsy goodies posts, and maybe been inspired to pick up some nice things. I’ll try and put some more together before Christmas again…and always remember…

LOVE [the] BOOK

Looking and quoting

You won’t want to draw the line at just showing book bits around your home, do you? You want images and art for your walls, and cards to send to all and sundry, featuring books and book quotes in all their formats? So feast your eyes on these!

This is a popular quote…and tea seems to feature in book prints quite frequently!

Bits-o-books

As a true book lover, you’ll be keen to decorate your home with things made from bits-o’-books, and book related items, won’t you?

To begin with, you can welcome people in to your home with a nice decorative wreath on your door:

Once you’re inside, you’ll be looking for a nice way to store the books that you want to keep to read. This is an unusual take on the traditional way of keeping books on shelves…

However, if you stick with a traditional bookcase style, you’ll need some bookends…how about keeping things in place with a slice of the outside world, and its strata?

But you don’t want time to run away from you, while you’re buried in your books. So maybe a clock would be a wise investment?

Don’t strain your eyes when reading your favourite tome: invest in a nice little light to illuminate your reading material.

For the ladies, a pretty place to store jewellery is always a bonus, and if it’s got all sorts of drawers and illuminations, all the better!

And for the festive season, show off your favourite books in the form of a bauble. Unfortunately, you will have to shred them in order to do that…