I posted this in tandem with Daily Prayer in order to give instructions for how I created my ribbon bookmark. I recently received the Treasury of Daily Prayer
I googled “make a ribbon bookmark” and ran across a well-illustrated set of instructions. But I decided to make a slight modification to the design and customize it. I also came across a blog post that mentioned a design flaw in the ribbon bookmark that comes with the Treasury of Daily Prayer
I went out and bought some ribbon first, using the colors specified in my book (with one change to fix the glitch mentioned earlier). The correct color sequence for the Treasury of Daily Prayer
- Dark Green = marks the Church Year calendar section.
- Gold = marks the current day in the Church Year
- Red = marks the order of prayer currently in use
- Purple = marks the additional prayers you may choose to use daily
- Blue = marks “Prayers for the Baptized Life”
- Light Green = marks your place in the Psalms
All you need is the ribbons, an index card, a glue stick, tape, and scissors.
First measure the ribbons to ensure proper length. Do this by placing them about an inch above the book and extending them diagonally across the page (so it’s long enough for you to flip the page with the ribbon). Longer is better, you can always cut them shorter later.
Next fold the index card in half lengthwise as shown to the right. I forgot to take an image after gluing the ribbons to the card, but you’ll get the idea once you see the finished product. I had to overlap the ribbons somewhat to fit them all, but I glued them onto the inside edge of my index card (in the proper order). I then glued the entire folded index card together, thus the ribbons are adhered to the card on both sides. I stuck it under some heavy books to make sure it stuck together well. I then reinforced the index card with tape to ensure it did not open. Here’s the final product:
All that remains is to insert it into the spine of the book, in the space between the binding and the cover. Be sure to place it in the right direction so that the colors are in the right order!
Once you’ve inserted it into the binding and made it flush with the cover, voila! You’re all done. I cut the ribbons again to make them more even (I had a lot of excess).
Enjoy!
P.S. For those who are keenly observant, the gold ribbon comes after the red only because we are currently in the 12 days of Christmas, so they are crossed for this part of the year because today’s date in the Church year falls after the orders of prayer. Most of the year will be in the proper order, during the time of Easter, thus the gold will come before the red.
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