knitting tarot bookplates are available in sets of five on the store right now.
i have had personalized bookplates for years, usually done with artwork by friends and reproduced at stationary stores, onto commercial papers with adhesive backings. those have been nice, but using a nice archival acid-free paper and paste -- paste in handy stick form and easy to come by -- is much, much better for the life of your books than the sticky-back kind of bookplate.
to begin putting in my knitting tarot bookplates, i assembled all the things i needed -- the bookplates, a pen to sign them with, a good acid-free glue stick, and the books i wanted to accentuate.
for me, it felt most comfortable to put my signature on the plates before i affixed them to the books. i used a my favorite regular rollerball pen, and gave it a few moments to dry.
with the rampaging popularity of "scrapbooking" these days, it's easier than ever to find a nice acid-free, archival-quality fixant. of course, "book paste" applied with a brush is a quaint idea but knowing me it was bound to get lumpy. this is the brand i chose, found at an a.c. moore crafts store. i think the "stick" delivery system is best.
what is particularly nice about this one is that it applies as blue, but dries clear. you can see exactly where you've put glue already, and where you need more. this lets you get a very even, thin-as-possible coat.
place your bookplate onto the page, and then RESIST the temptation to rub, smoosh, et cetera. simply close your book and walk away. in every instance, mine dried completely flat, without a trace of glue, without a single smear of ink. and they were attached solidly as well. hands-off is the key.
just knowing they are there makes my books feel more special to me! i have, in the past, also particularly enjoyed giving away a book that has previously been mine, because my bookplate was inside for someone else to remember me by. by the same token, when i buy old books, i get very excited to find someone else's bookplate!