Bookish things to admire

I adore these sculptural booklamps by Alanna. I think a pair framing our bed, one over each night stand, would look great. I’ve never cared much for unshaded bulbs, though. While they conjure a certain honest industrial charm, the glare is a pain when it comes down to it. And if we’ve switched our energy-hogging bulbs to compact fluorescents, would that really look decent with these gorgeous book lamps? Doubtful. Yet I do admire how Alanna has carefully selected titles by theme for her upcycled book lamps – paring “Gulliver’s Travels” with “Happy Return” for instance, or making trio of stacked forms from the pages of ‘Little Orphan Annie’, “Jo’s Boys” and “The Brownie Scouts in the Circus”. Clever girl.
And we’ve all taken note I’m sure of the library necklace on Etsy by The Black Spot Books. Composed of miniature handcrafted leather journals, this lovely necklace even made its way to Anthropologie. Amazing!