Debbie does something: bookmarks

Today Jess and I had an in-depth discussion about bookmarks.  When I was younger, my mom used to sew these amazing bookmarks that had an elastic around them to hold them in place.  This childhood reminiscing resulted in a google search which resulted in a craft project. 

Ta-da! Bookmark!

 

What's more awesome than an adorable elephant bookmark? Nothing!

Super in-depth instructions on how to make the world's most complex and yet amazingly awesome bookmark:

1.   Skip on down to your local craft/hobby/dollar/cheap Japanese market and get yourself some:

• elastic
• super cute patches
• needle and thread (if you're one of those people who don't have any on hand because you didn't steal the sewing kit from a hotel recently).

2. Take your elastic and cut it into a 15-inch piece, that's like 38.1 cm for those of you who still use the metric system.

3.  Sew your elastic into a circle using shoddy sewing skills.  Keep track of the pointy end of the needle at all times, it's lethal.

4. Sew the patch onto the elastic band, preferably covering up your shoddy sewing skills.

There you have it.  Easy-peasy-Auckland-breezy. 

While working on above craft project, Mike (who from here on out shall be referred to as The Accountant) told me that bookmarks don't work on the kindle.  I showed him...

Mark Twain approved!