Golden Poppies Bookplates Bestseller Vintage Personalized Book Plates Heritage Ex Libris, Art Deco Library Labels – Etsy

Featured in The New York Times, RealSimple.com and The Huffington Post, Oiseaux bookplates are beautiful, high-quality, heritage bookplates to give and to treasure. • 24 bookplates in a set • Personalized with the name of your choice • Golden Poppies bookplates measure approximately 3 x 4″ • Printed on thick, bright, high-quality paper with gorgeous, vivid inks for superior color and image reproduction • Ready for the adhesive of your choice • Attractively packaged in a clear cello sleeve • Handmade with love in Los Angeles A unique, affordable, one-of-a-kind gift for book lovers, favorite teachers, students, new readers, baby showers… you name it! + + +

 Golden Poppies Details: This stunning illustration is adapted from the cover of a book published in the early 1900’s. This is art deco at its best: stylized poppies rise against a deep blue-black sky. Lovely for a man or a woman. Personalization Details:
 Please let me know your personalization request in the required “add your personalization” field. In some cases I can include a middle and/or last name, feel free email me with any questions as each design is different. If you would like your bookplates blank, type in “leave blank”.

 Paper Info: 
 Oiseaux Vintage Bookplates are printed on thick (48 lb.) bright, high-quality paper with gorgeous, vivid inks for superior color and image reproduction. They come ready for the adhesive of your choice; we like to recommend acid-free glue sticks for our bookplates: they are inexpensive, easy-to-use, and safe with all papers. You can find acid-free glue sticks online and in most drug stores or supermarkets; some popular brands are Avery, OfficeWorks, Elmer’s and Uhu; most cost about a dollar. Occasionally I get asked if I print on adhesive paper, but because the print quality on even the best adhesive papers pales in comparison to the paper I use, I stick with the very good stuff. What is a bookplate? A bookplate is a name label that goes inside of a book, notebook, or journal. The use of bookplates dates back to a time when books were rare and precious things; a bookplate was a way to leave your name inside of a treasure. Today, bookplates have enjoyed a comeback as a sweet way to celebrate a new baby. For children, bookplates inspire a love of reading and a pride in ownership. What’s not to love? Our designs come from my collection of vintage books from the 1920’s, most of which belonged to my grandparents. I remember many of the books from when I was a child, and I am so happy to bring these gorgeous illustrations to life again! Creating each design is often a lot of work: since old books are usually well-loved, there can be quite a bit of repairing to do. Each vintage illustration is carefully scanned, cleaned, and brightened up… then sometimes completely redesigned to fit a bookplate format. The end product is what you see in my shop: beautiful vintage designs, waiting for your books!

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