Summer is here and we want to give you a rare chance to get your book swag for less! Take these discounted designs on the road with you this summer and remind people: Be awesome. Read books.

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The Carpe Librum Design Process

Elizabeth Fontenot, owner and designer

I like old things--not antiques, specifically, just old things. I feel like they carry with them the stories they've seen: the lives, adventures, and loves of the people who have owned them and used them.

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  • Coast to Coast with Carpe Librum

    Coast to Coast with Carpe Librum

    If you like hearing the ups and downs of small businesses, this post is for you! If not, here's the TL;DR: Robert and Elizabeth hit 23 states, Carpe Librum is...

    Coast to Coast with Carpe Librum

    If you like hearing the ups and downs of small businesses, this post is for you! If not, here's the TL;DR: Robert and Elizabeth hit 23 states, Carpe Librum is...

  • Art is Important

    Art is Important

    Art is important. Books make you a better version of yourself. You deserve to be seen.   There are some things—some thoughts—that make Carpe Librum what it is. A few...

    Art is Important

    Art is important. Books make you a better version of yourself. You deserve to be seen.   There are some things—some thoughts—that make Carpe Librum what it is. A few...

  • It’s Juneteenth!

    It’s Juneteenth!

    If Juneteenth is about freedom from slavery, why don’t we celebrate it on the anniversary of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation or the surrender of the Confederate Army?

    It’s Juneteenth!

    If Juneteenth is about freedom from slavery, why don’t we celebrate it on the anniversary of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation or the surrender of the Confederate Army?

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BIBLIOCAT

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