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DIY Personal Library Kit
May 5th, 2010I am so excited to share my latest project with all of you! This Personal Library Kit would be the perfect gift for a mom on Mother’s Day, as a favor at a book themed bridal shower or a nice treat for yourself. Never lose a book again and keep track of who’s borrowing them. All you need to do is print, cut, staple and you’ve got a nice gift set for any book enthusiast!
The set includes Pockets and Check-out cards for your books, Tabs to keeps the cards organized in a filing system, a Book Jornal to keep track of your favorites, a Band to wrap around the set and lastly a bookmark that doubles as a gift tag! See below to download and get the instructions.
Materials
Clear Box or Wooden Recipe Box
Colored Cardstock
Color Printer
Craft Knife
Ruler
Bone Folder
Stapler
Mini Pencil
Instructions
Download Part I of the Personal Library Kit. PDF contains the Checkout Cards, Pockets and Band to wrap around the box. Follow directions within the template on how to cut and construct. The file contains only brown ink so you could really print this onto any color paper that you like. Would look great in black and white too!
Download Part II of the Personal Library Kit. PDF contains the Book Journal, Bookmark and Dividers. Follow directions within the template on how to cut and construct.
Once you have all the pieces constructed, place inside box with coordinating mini pencil and wrap with the band. I purchased the clear box from the Container Store (not available online) but you can also purchase it online through Amazon. Adorn box with bookmark and voilá, you’ve got a sweet little book-lovers gift! Hope you enjoy!
May 5th, 2010 at 6:11 am
Another GREAT creative idea by K and Twig & Thistle! Love it!
May 5th, 2010 at 6:43 am
A great idea! The first part of the kit doesn’t open in adobe reader as it comes back with an error.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:39 am
Thanks for the heads up Liz! I just tried opening it in Adobe Reader and Acrobat and it appears to be working on my end. Give it another try and let me know if that still doesn’t work. Thanks, Kathleen
May 5th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing your projects.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:23 am
oohhh my mom loves to read and this will be perfect for her!Thank you so much for sharing this project.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Thanks for this – sweet and practical, the perfect mix.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:58 am
These are beautiful!!! Thankx : ) My Mom’s going to love this!
May 5th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
How perfect is this!? The checkout card pocket is the best. Love it.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
This is just gorgeous! Thank you so much!
May 5th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
These are so pretty – and make a great gift.
I folded about 250 of those tiny little pockets for my christmas mailing 2 years ago so I don’t think i have it in me to do anymore – but this is such a lovely gift to your readers!
May 5th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
holy heck this is mighty gorgeous. w.o.w!! thanks for the download!!
May 5th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Brilliant! Simply brilliant!
May 5th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
I love it! Great job, Kathleen.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
I think these are truely lovely. Thanks!
~Tammy
May 6th, 2010 at 7:20 am
I love these- thank you!
May 6th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Lovely! Thank you!
May 6th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Thank you for this amazing project
I can not wait to get started!!!
May 7th, 2010 at 5:45 am
The packaging is exquisite. Beautiful balance and color. Well done.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Wow, this is such a great idea!!! I LOVE it! I think I know what to give my sister for Mother’s day.
Thanks, again!
May 10th, 2010 at 11:06 am
I just love the cardstock you used! Who makes it?
May 10th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Thank you so much for posting this – it’s utterly gorgeous
May 10th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Isn’t that pretty?! I found it Michael’s actually in their scrap-booking section. They have loads of beautiful colors to choose from. Have fun!
May 12th, 2010 at 10:25 am
This is such a beautiful and creative idea. Thanks so much for sharing the pdf files with everyone!
May 17th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
How cool is this? Thanks for sharing it.
May 17th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I love this! I hope it’s ok if I post a picture and a link on my blog.
May 18th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Oh My Word!!! These are so Beautiful! I can’t wait to make it….thank-you for the mother’s day gift
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:11 am
This is wonderful! Thank you so much for your generosity!
Lotus
August 3rd, 2010 at 3:37 pm
This is such a beautiful way to remember what you’ve read! I’m working on an upcoming post on printables for learning and have included this. I used your top photo, gave a short description, credited you, and provided a direct link to this post. Thanks for sharing with our readers, but if you prefer we remove it please let us know.
April 2nd, 2011 at 4:59 am
Thanks a lot for sharing!!!!a new project to do as a gift for myself. I live in a small room with 300 books & no way of organizing it.Keep on posting =)
May 23rd, 2011 at 7:22 am
thank you thank you!!!
I will be using this in my classroom!!
June 16th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
how AWESOME is this?!!!! tyvm
July 5th, 2011 at 3:50 am
Lovely!!
September 10th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
I am always looking for new ideas! this is great.
Thanks.