A Little Carried Away

Turns out, those library card pockets are really easy to make, and a little addictive.

How do I know this, you ask?

I would say that this stack of thirty--30!--pockets is pretty good evidence.

I had an assembly line approach going throughout the day, and just did a step here and there when I had some time:  pick the papers, draw the template, cut out the shape and fold, glue into place.  Suddenly, I had this pile in front of me!

Rather than use the Mirkwood Designs template that I used last time, I used a template I found on Scrapbook Crazy.  It allows you to make the same style library card pocket in three sizes: 

Large

Medium

Adorably Small

Today I received my eNewsletter from Stampington & Company, and guess what I found?  Check out how they are using library card pockets as a creative gift packaging idea:

Source

When you give someone a book as a gift, you can include a library card pocket that you have decorated and embellished along with a library card that has your name, their name, the date, and a message.  I've always loved including hand-made bookmarks with gift books, and I love this idea, as well.

Now you HAVE to make some!