I’m not ashamed to admit that I have an unhealthy addiction to stationary & bookmarks. When I was approached to review In My Book ® greeting cards, I couldn’t say no!
The cards are printed on durable stock, decorated with drawings by book illustrator Meredith Hamilton. Fifteen styles begin with the greeting “In my book…” and conclude with different statements including “you’re a mystery,” “you’re a classic” and “you’re novel.” The card has a perforated bookmark as the cover of the card & is blank inside so you can add your own personal message.
These cards have passed my rigorous testing process! They are super durable, surviving the hands of my five-year old! The illustrations are quite lovely. I really like how the cards are themed, one available for any time of book lover, including mystery, romance, classics, & poetry.
In My Book ® cards are perfect for graduating students, teachers, librarians, anyone who loves gifts. They are available for purchase at www.inmybook.com or at your local indie book store!
Here’s more about how In My Book ® came to be…
The precursors of In My Book were a few homemade, handmade bookmarks given to friends and relatives on their birthdays, usually along with books. As the idea developed, and the bookmark expanded into a greeting card, the concept and format of In My Book® was born (the name was hit upon in the shower). It was clear to Robin K. Blum that the idea could work if the greetings were clever and thoughtful and the graphics were eye-catching and appealing. Blum got the necessary visual helping hand from two graphic artists, Meredith Hamilton (who contributed the illustrations) and Anthony Russo (who designed the bookmark border) and started selling In My Book® cards in May of 2000.
Illustrator – Meredith Hamilton
Although they had never met before the creation of In My Book, it turns out that Hamilton and Blum are neighbors in Brooklyn, NY. Meredith returned to New York from Singapore in 1998, where she resided with her husband and children, having done some wonderful work for Singapore Airlines, among other Asian clients. Back in the U.S., Hamilton’s clients have included Visa International, Broadway Books, Black Dog & Leventhal, Crown Publishing Group, Doubleday, Clarkson-Potter, Steuben Glass and The New York Times.
Raised in Austin, Texas, the daughter of two TU Law professors, Robert and Dagmar Hamilton, Meredith studied literature at Brown University, and received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Formerly Art Director at Newsweek Magazine, and an assistant at Time, Inc., Hamilton learned from the weeklies how to quickly produce an appealing image to illustrate a topic in the news. After years of drawing on computers, Hamilton has found a low-tech technique that is both pleasurable and speedy. She works with an old-fashioned copperplate pen on watercolor paper. The results are whimsical yet sophisticated.
In addition to the company web site, you can also check the out on Facebook and Twitter (@inmybook).
Thanks to In My Book, I have cards to give away! To enter, fill out the form below. Three winners will be chosen on Thursday, December 23rd. Open to US & Canada only. Good luck!
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