{"id":208929,"date":"2026-03-27T22:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208929\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:14:07","slug":"bookmark-bar-offers-cozy-creative-space-for-book-loving-students-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208929\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookmark bar offers cozy, creative space for book-loving students | Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"CAB&#x2019;s &#x2018;Bookmark Bar&#x2019; offers cozy, creative space for book-loving students\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1662\" height=\"1246\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Students decorate bookmarks with stickers, beads and more at the Bookmark Bar event hosted by Campus Activities Board at UCF\u2019s Foxtail Coffee Co. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Maria Fernanda Valente Pereira<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Students painted, decorated and flipped through books at\u00a0Foxtail Coffee Co. in the John T. Washington Center during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ucf_cab?igsh=MTV4djY4NTNwMm02Mw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Campus Activities Board<\/a>\u2019s Bookmark Bar on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bookmark Bar, hosted from 4 to 7 p.m., invited students to bring their favorite books and take part in hands-on activities, including custom bookmark-making, bracelet crafting, painting coasters and decorating wooden frames.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A themed drinks menu from Foxtail Coffee was also available for purchase, adding to the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CAB Director of Fine Arts\u00a0Nyla Julmisse organized\u00a0the event. She said she aimed to create a more niche, interest-based experience for students who enjoy reading and crafts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis is my personal event,\u201d said Julmisse, a senior accounting major. \u201cIt\u2019s my job to create a curated experience around crafts and arts. I personally really like books, and I think it\u2019s just a really cozy theme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Julmisse said the setting played a role in shaping the concept, combining a cafe environment with a book-inspired theme to encourage conversation and connection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI heard some of the students talking amongst themselves about their favorite books, so that made me really happy,\u201d Julmisse said. \u201cI wanted people who enjoy that to feel recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While CAB often hosts large-scale, high-energy events, Julmisse emphasized the importance of smaller, more targeted programming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think people like to see events curated to their interests,\u201d she said. \u201cEven though everyone is welcome, it\u2019s nice when certain groups feel like something was made with them in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For students, the event offered both a creative outlet and a break from academic routines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Karina Anirude, senior criminal justice major, said she was drawn to the event after seeing it on CAB\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVyni_vDhEZ\/?igsh=MmFtb3ozcDFtZjBz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI really like to read, and I saw that it was book-themed, so I wanted to come,\u201d Anirude said. \u201cI don\u2019t really do much crafting on my own, so it\u2019s nice coming to events like this where they provide all the materials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added that CAB events play an important role in encouraging students to step out of their routines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think they\u2019re a great way to get out more and sometimes meet new people,\u201d Anirude said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"CAB&#x2019;s &#x2018;Bookmark Bar&#x2019; offers cozy, creative space for book-loving students\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1662\" height=\"1247\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Freshman graphic design major Jessica Gruny decorates\u00a0a bookmark at the Bookmark Bar event hosted by the Campus Activities Board at UCF\u2019s Foxtail Coffee Co. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Maria Fernanda Valente Pereira<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jessica Gruny, freshman graphic design major, said the crafting aspect was what stood out most to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI love crafts, so I love stuff like this,\u201d Gruny said. \u201cThe theme definitely makes it fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Gruny described the event as a welcome pause from her coursework.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMy life is very focused on school, so this is like a nice relaxation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The book-inspired event created a calm alternative to more traditional campus programming, one that blended creativity, comfort and community.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students decorate bookmarks with stickers, beads and more at the Bookmark Bar event hosted by Campus Activities Board&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2813,15586,1210,139,141,140,1211],"class_list":["post-208929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-arts","tag-books","tag-life","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-student_organizations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}