Inspiration: I made a series of these bookmarks with quotes from Rabbi Hillel as handouts for an activity fair for my college Hillel club (when I was advisor years ago). On the back I pasted a calendar listing of all the Jewish Holidays from that year.
How I Make Them: I use a pre-cut 2.25 inches by 7.5 inches bookmark from Hollo's Papercraft. This time I use it horizontally. I draw pencil lines to evenly space out the calligraphy. For the Hebrew I used 7/16" spacing and for the English translation lines I used 5/16" spacing. I write the Hebrew with a C3 or C4 Speedball nib and use a GLOBE nib for the vowels all in a Speedball Aqua colored ink. For the English, I use a C5 or C6 Speedball nib with a purple Speedball ink. I also added "Rabbi Hillel taught:" at an angle using a C4 nib with a Speedball Royal Blue ink. After the calligraphy ink has dried, I used scrapbooking tape to attach a small listing of Jewish holidays for the current calendar year on the back. Finally, I laminate the card using my Xylon sticker laminator.
The quote in the above image is from Pirke Avot 2:6. I also used Pirke Avot 1:14 (If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am for myself, what am I? If not now, when?)
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