Showing posts with label Gift Ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gift Ideas. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 December 2012

All I want for Christmas is . . . gift ideas for book lovers if you don't want to buy books

So people have been asking me for weeks what I'd like for Christmas & I can always come up with a selection of books for them to choose from but what about those people who think I have way too many books already or who want to give something else as a gift? That's where it gets much harder! Anyway, while I've been scouring the internet looking for things to add to my wish list I've found some fabulous book related products that I thought I'd share here in case you still need some ideas for yourself or other book lovers in your lives.

First I want to look at a couple of ideas that are twists on the traditional use for a book. I've mentioned the Spineless Classics poster range before (see my blog post here) but they have just added 2 more books to their range that I'm particularly excited about. These posters contain the full text from the book so you can actually read the story while it's hanging on your wall!



That's two more of my favourite books they've now added to their range, at this rate I'll have to wallpaper my whole house in these posters to have room to display all the ones I'd like to buy! They have also just announced the release of Life of Pi so if that is one of your favourites make sure you look out for it. You can see the full range of posters available at the Spineless Classics website here.

Now what about unusual ways to use a normal book? Make sure you check out Luciana Frigerio's shop on Etsy called A World of Paper where she creates custom folded books with the letters or words of your choice. You can see a couple of example pictures below but the choices are endless if you let your imagination run riot and I think these would make a fabulous addition to any bookcase!



What do you think? Aren't they wonderful! Now another shop that I adore on Etsy is Novel Creations. One day I will invest in one of these bags because I've been admiring them from afar for a long time now! It almost feels like sacrilege to destroy a book but when the results are as good as this I can't resist.



I think my favourite is the Dracula bag but you must check out the shop because they have a huge selection and they update the range regularly. Now we've seen books made into bags but what about a bag made just for your book? Whimsy Woo Designs have a fantastic selection of custom made bags and covers for books, ereaders and iPads but I think my favourite is this owl patterned book bag, it even comes with a cute built in bookmark:


So now you have a way to protect your book when you're out and about what about somewhere to keep it overnight? If you're anything like me then some nights you end so caught up in a book that you keep reading until you can hardly keep your eyes open. For those nights when you don't even have the energy to put your bookmark back in before you fall asleep this lamp will make sure you don't lose your page.


The Literary Gift Company sell this lamp along with loads of other fab book related products so if you've not seen the website before you should check it out now.

So what do you think? Are there any items that you'll be adding to your wish list? Or do you have any recommendations for book related products that you think I should check out?

Just to let you all know I have not been paid in any way for this blog post and I don't own any of the products mentioned. The images are linked directly to the websites where I found them and the links underneath will take you to the page where you can buy them from.

Monday, 5 November 2012

Spineless Classics - The perfect Christmas gift for the book lover in your life (or something to add to your own wish list?!)

Spineless Classics Poster - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

I have fallen in love with the Spineless Classics range of stunning posters so I had to share some of them with you here. Can you think of anything better than the text of a whole book contained on one poster? Especially when the text forms an image that is relevant to the book? Just have a look at the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland poster above - isn't it stunning? Although I haven't seen one of the posters in the flesh the website says that the text is large enough that you can actually read the story directly from the poster! I don't know about the rest of you but I think this is a wonderful idea that would make a great Christmas gift for any book lover. I'll definitely be adding the Alice poster to my Christmas wish list!

Spineless Classics Poster - Peter Pan

Another one of my favourites is this Peter Pan one, I think this and the Alice one would be perfect for a child's bedroom or nursery but I'd happily display either of them anywhere in my house! 

Spineless Classics Poster - A Christmas Carol

How about the A Christmas Carol poster to put up each year along with the Christmas decorations? There are actually two different designs for this poster, the other one is a picture of an old fashioned candle & can be found on the Spineless Classics website.

Spineless Classics Poster - The Just-So Stories

One of my favourite books as a child was a collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just-So Stories so of course this poster caught my attention and I love the way the poster contains images of all of the different animals mentioned in the stories.

Spineless Classics Poster - Finn Family Moomintroll

If you prefer something with a bit of colour then the Finn Family Moomintroll poster includes original colour illustrations drawn by the author Tové Jansson for the first edition of the book. I know I'm not the only Moomins fan out there and I adore these drawings!

Spineless Classics Poster - You Are a Shark

Who else remembers those choose your own adventure books that were so popular when I was a child? I remember reading those books over and over again and loving the fact that every time you picked them up you could go on a different adventure. Now that adventure is available in poster form with You Are a Shark complete with a colourful illustrated boarder.

I have concentrated on the children's classics in this post but it was still impossible to include pictures of all the different posters. If you haven't seen your favourite yet you'll probably be able to find it on the website where they have plenty more to choose from including Black Beauty, Oliver Twist, The Jungle Book, The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and many more.

That's without mentioning the Spineless Classics range of adult books including Romeo and Juliet, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, Dracula, Frankenstein and even War and Peace! I haven't even mentioned half of the available posters so make sure you check out the Spineless Classics website, their Facebook page or follow them on Twitter for more information.

Just to clarify, these images have been used with the permission of Spineless Classics but I was not paid to write this blog post and I have not received any free products from them. I just wanted to share a fab book related item with my fellow book lovers because I think the posters are so fantastic! I'd love to know what you think of them - have you ever seen the posters in a store or do you own one? If you have can you tell me how easy it is to read the text? Which poster is your favourite? Is there a book you'd love to see turned into a poster? Finally are any of you adding one of them to your Christmas wish list like I am?

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