Here’s what I treated myself to this week:
This is Nessie, an adorable little bookmark who makes me smile when I see her holding my place for me. Here’s what she looks like out of her box:
And here’s Nessie keeping my place for me:
Isn’t she cute? She comes in other colors too (turquoise or purple, although the purple looks more magenta to me).
Granted, Nessie isn’t entirely perfect. Sure, she does a great job marking my pages while we’re at home, especially when I have my current book sitting all nice and prim and proper on a shelf or on my nightstand. But Nessie falls down on the job when I take her out of the house. I can’t leave home without a book tossed in my bag or backpack, and Nessie doesn’t stay put when jostled around. She’d be perfect if she had either a magnetic clip of some sort or a long bottom piece to help her stay wedged in between the pages where she’s supposed to be.
But alas, no one is perfect! I accept Nessie for who she is and appreciate her for all she does for me.
If you want your own Nessie, you can find her on the Ototo website. Here’s a screenshot of Nessie, all ready for adoption:
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Ahh, she’s so adorable!
That is super adorable! 😀 That’s too bad it doesn’t work all the time, but it’s still cute to use at home! 🙂
That is too cute!!
I love me some sea monsters . . . erm lake monsters. I might have to get me own. Thanks fer sharing matey!
x The Captain
I NEED this bookmark in my life. I already have the soup ladle made by the same company, but I had no idea they also made a bookmark! *feverishly looks for credit card*
That is the cutest bookmark. I hardly ever use them but if consider changing my habits for Nessie, even if she did wander off in my bag!
You don’t use bookmarks? How do you keep your place? I can’t live without them!
I try to remember the page number. It’s a pretty flawed system!
Ha ha, that would never work for me! I might have to resort to dog-earing *shudder*.
Aha, I haven’t resorted to that yet. I think I’d rather by a bookmark than fold those poor pages!