Each Northern Heart bookmark and sticker is made by hand using the finest paper and cardstock. I try to use recycled paper whenever I can.

My origami crane bookmarks are remarkably durable. They are made from 3” pieces of paper, so are fairly compact. I use embroidery floss that is bull-hitched to the cardstock tag, and add glue to make sure the knot doesn’t pull through the crane. I am not gentle with my books, and therefore, pretty rough on my bookmarks. Through being stacked, tossed, or dumped in the bottom of a backpack, my cranes have been through it all. Each tag is signed by me, and can be personalized in calligraphy with a name or phrase.

My first stickers were hand cut hearts made from scraps of origami and cold press paper that were then run through a hand-cranked Xyron sticker machine. Since then, a lot of the ideas for my stickers have come from my cards. I like lots of color and have reproduced my card “corner” designs, like a single punched heart, leaf, “glitter tree” or kanji symbol (“good luck”), into stickers. I have also color copied my pastels and pencil sketches and converted them into stickers.

As I have so many designs, I offer only a sample here, encouraging you to use your imagination and come up with a color, theme, or pattern for me to customize for you.
 

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