Bookmark Business Cards

So, my needle square envelope has been made and there is a little pile of scrap laying there.  What to do?  Make a bookmark business card!  A bookmark is not something a customer who reads is just going to toss into the recycling.  They will put it in their book and think of you every time they pick it up. 

You can pretty much make the bookmark any size you want, I chose 2” x 6” {the same size of the brown paper stock bookmarks I purchased previously}.  This is also the perfect size to cut from what you would have left after using a 8” x 8” piece of paper.  So, grab your paper, cut it with your handy paper cutter or ruler and craft knife.  Print what you want on the back {obviously you have to use paper that is blank on the back, if it is a double sided print you can just affix a label with your info. on one side} or just send with a written thank you. Then use a “Silent Setter” or hole punch to make a little hole in the top of the strip of paper, put some ribbon through the hole, round the corners with a corner punch {if you wish} and viola! You are done.

Envelope for my Needle Squares

Bookmarks made of “scrap” paper
My business info printed on the bookmark

You will find that you may have some more scraps that are pretty little.  I had just purchased a super cool Fiskars circle punch {1.5”} and went ahead and punched circles out of what was left.  These I printed my shop name and address on.  Another idea which I have started to utilize is taking very short inspirational quotes and printing them on the circles.  A fun little something extra to put in with the bookmark.

Of course you don’t have to use scrap to make your bookmarks or the little circle cards.  Feel free to go nuts and cut a whole sheet of paper into strips or circles.  These are fun extras for those of us that maybe don’t have zillions of sales and can do this type of work ourselves.  Or, hmmm, they could be fun stocking stuffers, teacher gifts, gifts for your child's friends etc… Use some Christmas paper and convert them into gift tags too.  Eeeek, can I make the day maybe 28 hours long?

To print on both the bookmark and the circles I create a Photodraw (use your favorite software) document with the text I want and print it to a piece of paper, then I use double sided removable tape to adhere the bookmark and circles in the correct place on the paper and then run it back through the printer.  Occasionally the paper will slip but this method works great for me.  I purposefully purchased a Canon printer because it draws the paper from the top and straight out the front reducing the chance for items to get jammed as can happen with an HP printer.