Origami Heart Corner Bookmark

Origami Heart Corner Bookmark

I’ve been fascinated with origami for a long time, but haven’t tried my hand at it much. My daughter has given me a number of origami folded dollars as birthday and Mother’s Day gifts—flowers, rings, hearts—and I can’t bear to disassemble them and spend the money. LOL.

While researching for an upcoming Valentine’s Day blog, I discovered this adorable heart corner clip bookmark at http://www.origami-resource-center.com/heart-corner-clip.html.  I made one last night using some scrapbook card stock and thought I’d share it with you. The card stock is a little heavy, and I would suggest scrapbook papers or origami papers, if you have some on hand.  My corner bookmark is a bit on the large side because I wanted to make folding it easier.  (I know, I shouldn’t have used card stock if I wanted easy folding, but it was the first thing I came across in my disorganized scrapbook stash that had a pattern in it.) I used a 4 1/2 inch square. As you can see from the photo below,

my bookmark is a bit large for the interior pages of the trade-sized book I used it on.  I would suggest using a smaller square to make a more comparable page to bookmark fit.  And practice with something besides card stock. ☺

I think this would be a cute, and quick, gift for your reading-addicted Valentine, as Valentines for your reading club ladies, or even as giveaway swag attached to your business card or on the corner of the books you sell at a book signing. They’re unique, easy to make, and you can get a bunch from an 8 x 11 ½ sheet of scrapbook paper.

Happy Folding!

Catherine Hershberger is the award-winning author of inspirational romantic suspense The Nun and the Narc, pictured modeling this darling origami bookmark.