This is a quick one created on the fly but next weeks video on 'ways to fill your journals' is gonna be a WHOPPER (with loads of looks inside my own private journals), so be sure to hit the notifications bell so you don't miss out on that 😀
I enjoy the book creating process far more than I enjoy filling them...and I'm ok with that. They looks so pretty, the ones that I keep. Many times I give them to friends who do love to fill them.
It is odd how we have a need to justify the art we make. I always say I do not know why I am making “whatever it is” as I have no idea what I will ever do with it. The drive to create is innate in so many of us. We need to let go of the guilts and justifications.
The topic is valid. There are 800 trillion videos on making all this junk but one video where someone actually "uses" it and it is literally 2 pages that she glued pictures of her family to and all the rest of the pages are BLANK. You are right you don't have to "justify" but do you have to lie about it? Let's be real. They only joy from these is the pursuit of making them. Then they just become more clutter. The only ones actually gaining anything from this is the paper and embellishment industry. And I say all this as a crafter. Once you get buried under all your paper and things you've made and realize you don't actually use them you realize you just like to make stuff and not actually use it. But your ego and identity is as a junk journaler but in reality you are just a crafter. Even this video is just one giant hoard of journals that will never get used! She didn't even show her actually journaling. For crying out loud. The lack of honesty... this is blatant addiction and base consumerism. That's it.
GIrl. Thank you so much! I was thinking, "It's pointless to make these journals if they're not being 'functional'. You gave me the permission to JUST MAKE THEM. I love that! Do it for the process, right? Following you now ;)
I make my junk Journals with memories. Things that my kids and grandkids we brought together or not I put in my Journals and some of the tags from those items are so adorable and packaging are so cute . I also put things in my Journals of things we like and things that reminds me of that special day. All papers are recycled that are from my kids school days . I don't have much to leave my kids , but these junk Journals I made from my hands is all I have to give my kids when I pass on. They are my memory junk Journals. So I thank you jennibellie for giving me the idea of my memory junk Journals. I've been a subscriber since 2011 and I enjoy and love your art and your ideas of recycling. Thank you.
Oh, thank you! I needed to hear this... "give yourself permission to create the journal without obligation to fill it/Use it". "If you want to creat it, that's reason enough... "... thank you!!!!
Yes PLEASE Jennibelie, we WOULD LOVE to see the 2022 making of the journal. I think I NEED to see that video. Thank you for this very informative and also for explaining that not filling the journal is NOT that necessary, just the joy of crafting a journal is enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I feel sooooo much better now. Blessings and hugs from C ape Town Diana
Thank you for your thoughts. I began making junk journals during Covid lockdown as a change from Scrapbooking. Fell in love with it, made them all out of recycled items and bits of scrapbook paper. Two I gave to family members who love and use them, another I will gift to a friend with dementia who only remembers the past. I hope this will give her something tactile to finger and maybe even write in. I don't journal myself, which is interesting as I used to be a prolific letter writer, I just love the creativity of making them with all the paper dying, using scraps of anything and I see them as a piece of my craft artwork.
I made the 2022 Journal and love it. So pretty with the ribbons and I’m going to do art work in mine. But I do have journals that I just have on display and my friends enjoy looking at them. Make them for friends who want one. I just enjoy the process. Life is too short not to have a fun and enjoyable hobby. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
I made a travel journal for my sister's recent trip abroad. It was hard to let go of because I enjoyed looking through it and seeing all the fun creative effects I put into it. They really are pieces of art in and of themselves!
This is great! I love to use my gel print plate to make the papers, but I have no use for the papers once they're made. I stopped making prints for two months, feeling torn, guilty, I dunno what all -- then I went back to the gel plate! I may donate the papers to a nearby elementary school, or to my grandkids, but it's the MAKING of the prints that I like!
Same here! The gelli prints are beautiful in their own right...I just put them all in a folder......one idea I may do is add stencilling and collage on top and include favourite song lyrics
I sometimes think I am a collector of journals - some I've made, some bought. As a procrastinator, I collect them much quicker than I fill them 😄 Thanks for the video, always enjoy what you share 💕
Thanks for say it out loud because seems that it has to be mandatory to 'use' all our journals and is not necessary. Thanks again for your words. Kisses from Spain!😘
I've made several journals and all are unfilled. Don't know, if I'll ever use them. But, I love looking through them and show them off to family and friends. Quite a few people, think I should sell them. But, I'm not sure, if I want to let them go. They're my children!!! It's nice to see how much I've improved, thru the years with each journal I've created. They look awesome on my bookshelf and dresser. Journals make beautiful decorations!!!!!!❤️📚
I’m one that struggles with the “purpose” of the journals I make. I enjoy making them, but knowing I won’t use it does prevent me from creating them, because I know I won’t use them in the common sense of the term, I feel like it’s a waste of time and space and materials etc, even though I tell myself it’s not and it’s ok to not fill them. It is really tough, and I think it’s partly the society we live in currently, it feels like we have to make the best use of every moment, and so to create something without a use or purpose seems like bad use of those precious moments, when actually creating and being happy is a fantastic use of that time ! 🙈😂
Thank you. I just like to make things, it gives me joy and that's enough. I recently went through a health crises for a year and a half and I crocheted and sewed blankets. It gave me peace and was something I could do, I just stacked them up with no concerns. When I was recovered my daughter helped me sort all 22 of them and she and her sister each kept 3, we gave some away to friends and family who supported me during my illness and we gave the rest to a homeless shelter.
I love this art form. Beautiful. Extremely useful and an immersive art. A painting you can open and touch. I decided I will begin your classes 🎉🎉❤👼🏿♍🕊️
I use the same concept/argument as I buy thousands of notebooks and sketchbooks that I haven't yet used. The point is - I could if I wanted to! Like buying art books - and having a massive "To Be Read" pile. Love the videos Jenni!
I did watch your no sew journal video and enjoy watching how you make the journal and how you fill the journal because I am always looking for ideas on filling my journals. Thank you Jennibellie
Nice distinction between being a Journaler and being a Journal Maker (in the sense of being a crafter who doesn't necessarily enjoy filling the journal with writing and/or other photos or ephemera). It doesn't have to be "useful"; it can be a work of art in and of itself. Thank you for the great analysis!
I would enjoy a 2022 version of the prompts journal! I just cleaned and completely reorganized my studio. Note to self: don't buy any more gesso! I have loads! lol Anyway, in the process of cleaning I filled 3 large storage tubs with journals (That Ive been making with you since 2011, I think)! I could never repay this gift that you've given me. My journals mean so much to me. Thank you so much JB!
This is EXACTLY where I am! I watch all these artists making amazing journals but I dont journal! So I dont create despite having a horde of supplies to do them. I look forward to next week then & will check out the other vids linked. Thank you
Do it! Create for you! I have made 5 journals and I'm addicted. I'm finally using all of the stuff I was hoarding. Now that I finally start I love just looking at what I have created.
It is true that making a junk journal is for fun; to create, to play, to use imagination, to have a good time; but also we could use it as a typical notebook for different uses in our pocket, as a book of recipes, as an album with footnotes, as a book of collection, as a diary, etc. I think we could decide the use we are going to give our junk jounal, according to the ornaments and textures we added in it, along with our needs and likes.
I enjoy the process of making journals. I have made some and gave away now. Which makes me happy. I've started to create to sell, but I'm not happy with my covers, they are still a work in progress.
I FINALLY have the right sized paper for that 2022 journal! *happy dance* yes please on seeing what you have done with your 2022 journal 😀 I have one journal I made by default when I messed up the evening out of the for-edge on a journal I was making for a friend as a gratitude journal. I actually LOVE this. Made with a recycled hard covered book. When my BIG current journal is done I will be using this one next 😊 Agreed on the 'journals don't have to have a purpose' but also know that this can be SO difficult to break in mind set, so now I will take away what you have said and honour and appreciate all of the journals I have in my shelf awaiting either a home or 'a use' for who they are, a lovely work of art.
Thank you Jennibellie. I need to have a reason to make my journals. Most of the time they are truly junk journals. However, I have made just journals. I do not use them. I want to be able to sell them. Since I am still new at this. Hopefully I will be able to do some craft shows this year. I am looking forward to your next video this week. Stay safe out there!!
hiya good subject, I have been thinking of making a video on this subject for a long time because it is the most asked question i see in journal groups. I use my journals for many things too but mostly for art. I find it so much more inspiring to sketch and practice art in personalised journals then in plain sketchbooks. I look forward to seeing the next video its so nice to see you online and feeling a bit better x.
Thank you for the "permission" not to have to use all the journals I make - that I can just enjoy looking at unfilled ones on my shelf. I needed to hear that! Looking forward to your next video. Thanks so much!
Yes I'd love to see/hear more about the 2022 journal! This year you've inspired me to experiment with different styles and purposes. Thanks for these recent videos. BTW I love this intro music it's my favorite!
I make the Journals and then just display them on a shelf. I don't use all my Journals. I use some for art or glue books. It's great to hear that even you don't use them all. TFS 💞 Namaste 🐞
I really love making these junk journals... BUT dont know what to do with all of them...this has been VERY helpful. Thanks for all ur posts, i know now i am not alone and it is OK to make them and put them away somewhere, till later. Strange as it is i like to make them not to journal.. LOL Thanks agaun.
I'm always up for more information and ideas. I do postcard swaps on groups like mail me some art and ihanna's spring and fall swaps. Artists trading cards at atcs for all along with Jennibellie swaps. I attend mixed media art conferences online and in person. I would not be surprised if I did not have enough small arty "stuff" to add to and fill up a dozen journals right now. There are other things such as inktober and index card a day, prompt lists, how to fill your sketchbook, etc. all over the internet. Plus of course actual journaling...how to get started, keep going, etc etc. I'm not a writing journaler but i do like quotes and poetry. There's something about tthe journal making process itself that is enjoyable. I would suggest that folks who are squeamish about directly doing something on a journal page, write draw or whatever on a separate sheet of paper and glue it in or make a pocket or something like that to stick it in. Some journals I have like the one with a drinking straw binding (class i took with Doris Arndt) and the Alice in Wonderland tunnel book (class I took with Ingrid Djikers) are just exemplars...doubt I'll ever finish them. The how to of crafting these novel book formats was the main thing and they are just cool to look at.
My sister had breast cancer so I made her an Encouragement journal for her journey thru that hell. And one I gave to my best friend for her Long Haul Covid recovery. She is now in her 5th month and just got off oxygen. Some have been birthday or Christmas gifts. I filled one of my own. And I loved it but have never even started a 2nd one of my own and don’t really know why.
I love this. I'm so addicted to making journals! I was art journalling & bought a little kit of needles, waxed thread & an awl so I could put my own papers together and it was like a gateway drug - I'm obsessed with creating journals. I need a support group 🤣
Great video Jenni! Cant wait for next week! Seriously this is the video i needed to watch as i have been at an abyss and i lost my journaling direction after the Christmas break. I do not sell my journals, i use them but hey. How many can you fill? Its ok now i see to stock pile, and then one day when i feel i can, i will give them away.
I want to create some, to fill myself, but I have a bit of a problem with where to place them. My old bought and filled (some half filled) journals (diaries) are kind of filling up their home. I would love to know what to do with old diaries that are like said before, half filled. It feels weird to start writing new things in them, because they are from so long ago, but it feels like wasting both resources and space if not filling them up completely. Maybe one could take out blank pages from them to place somewhere else. I often write down my dreams that I remember, in my phone. But I have been thinking about printing them out to add in some real book to be able to read them again not using a screen. Also thoughts about own poetry, custom recipes, photo album, journals can be used for I believe. And also maybe an address book. Or if one are creating wishlists or gratitude lists. One could maybe add letters from penpals or friends if a journal have many pockets. Sorry, my brain just flew away with me, probably a weird comment 😅
hi I had many unfinished sketchbooks and my old art that was on loose paper. It was in various places, hardly looked at and it didn't feel complete it felt a bit mish mashy. I took apart the old sketchbooks gathered all the loose art (all the stuff that is A4 and under) and i made it all into complete sketchbooks/journals. I am very happy with the outcome because all my old art is in one place where i can look through and enjoy it more. The unused paper i made into new sketch journals. Maybe you can do something like this with your diary's, you can make the journals the size that is perfect for the amount you have in each diary. If you do want to try something like that there are ways to bind single pages. Just type single page binding into RUclips.
@@hakantacrafter813 this is something I have wanted to know how to do anyway. Some of the diary I have made I won't remove form their covers though, because they belong together I feel. So much more. But I like how you did with the art. And some diaries don't have that connection, so those could maybe make it in to one. Thanks for the advice. ❤
@@linneahulten405 Hello, I have a bunch of diaries/journals that are half finished. I go back later and finish them. There's no right or wrong when it comes to your creativity or the written word. I have old and new stuff mixed in. Everything I do is dated. Enjoy being creative and writing down your dreams and your day to day life.❤️
You can always call it your Serendipity Journal. Happy accident journal. Give it a nickname! Or not. Lol! It’s yours, so maybe put the question out there and wait for it. The inspiration will come when you relax.
I have a lot of journals and I stopped with it. Sometimes I give them as presents. I make also junkjournals, but they end so beautiful. Don't know if I am gonna sell them or not. Don't know how much I must ask. Similar journals are on easy around 100 dollar. I dont know if I should ask so much... I can't keep on making them I have a bookcase full of them. Lol. Cant fill them all myself lol...
Maybe it’s some Judeo-Christian belief thing that’s been drilled into our heads, that whatever we create has to be useful for a specific purpose or it has no value. Or, that it has to be exchanged for money to have value. I love what you said about giving yourself permission to create just for the joy of creating. . 😊
It’s valuable simply because it’s hand made creation by you, a human being. Who but put love, & thought, & energy into it. What if someday someone found it, and had to open it to look inside , bc it looked so interesting & inspiring? You put a message inside. Ask yourself, what do you want the secret answer to be?The message shared.
I’m giving them as a present, use them for myself and the rest I try to sell on various platforms. But selling is only occasional, the majority is given away.
I like your answer because you are really answering the question of what to do with them I love making them but I am running out of space because I hate throwing them out. Thanks for your answer.
I'm sorry, but I'm dissapointed, the content of the video has nothing to do with the title. Your answer is basically: just don't use them, then usefulness ist something far too practical for crafty people to be concerned about.
This is a quick one created on the fly but next weeks video on 'ways to fill your journals' is gonna be a WHOPPER (with loads of looks inside my own private journals), so be sure to hit the notifications bell so you don't miss out on that 😀
Cant wait to see this!!😊
Looking forward to seeing this. Can do with inspiration 😘
Yay!!
yes, please. 🙂
I enjoy the book creating process far more than I enjoy filling them...and I'm ok with that. They looks so pretty, the ones that I keep. Many times I give them to friends who do love to fill them.
I make journals because it’s fun! 😃 I don’t really need any other reason. Love your videos! 💜🌟
Exactly! I have made 5 so far and I'm addicted and I love flipping back and seeing what I created!
It is odd how we have a need to justify the art we make. I always say I do not know why I am making “whatever it is” as I have no idea what I will ever do with it. The drive to create is innate in so many of us. We need to let go of the guilts and justifications.
So true, totally with you on this . x
Exactly!
I'm with you!!
The topic is valid. There are 800 trillion videos on making all this junk but one video where someone actually "uses" it and it is literally 2 pages that she glued pictures of her family to and all the rest of the pages are BLANK.
You are right you don't have to "justify" but do you have to lie about it? Let's be real. They only joy from these is the pursuit of making them. Then they just become more clutter.
The only ones actually gaining anything from this is the paper and embellishment industry. And I say all this as a crafter. Once you get buried under all your paper and things you've made and realize you don't actually use them you realize you just like to make stuff and not actually use it. But your ego and identity is as a junk journaler but in reality you are just a crafter.
Even this video is just one giant hoard of journals that will never get used! She didn't even show her actually journaling. For crying out loud. The lack of honesty... this is blatant addiction and base consumerism. That's it.
Exactly!
GIrl. Thank you so much! I was thinking, "It's pointless to make these journals if they're not being 'functional'. You gave me the permission to JUST MAKE THEM. I love that! Do it for the process, right? Following you now ;)
I make my junk Journals with memories. Things that my kids and grandkids we brought together or not I put in my Journals and some of the tags from those items are so adorable and packaging are so cute . I also put things in my Journals of things we like and things that reminds me of that special day. All papers are recycled that are from my kids school days . I don't have much to leave my kids , but these junk Journals I made from my hands is all I have to give my kids when I pass on. They are my memory junk Journals. So I thank you jennibellie for giving me the idea of my memory junk Journals. I've been a subscriber since 2011 and I enjoy and love your art and your ideas of recycling. Thank you.
Oh, thank you! I needed to hear this... "give yourself permission to create the journal without obligation to fill it/Use it".
"If you want to creat it, that's reason enough... "...
thank you!!!!
Yes PLEASE Jennibelie, we WOULD LOVE to see the 2022 making of the journal. I think I NEED to see that video. Thank you for this very informative and also for explaining that not filling the journal is NOT that necessary, just the joy of crafting a journal is enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I feel sooooo much better now. Blessings and hugs from C ape Town Diana
Thank you for your thoughts. I began making junk journals during Covid lockdown as a change from Scrapbooking. Fell in love with it, made them all out of recycled items and bits of scrapbook paper. Two I gave to family members who love and use them, another I will gift to a friend with dementia who only remembers the past. I hope this will give her something tactile to finger and maybe even write in. I don't journal myself, which is interesting as I used to be a prolific letter writer, I just love the creativity of making them with all the paper dying, using scraps of anything and I see them as a piece of my craft artwork.
I made the 2022 Journal and love it. So pretty with the ribbons and I’m going to do art work in mine. But I do have journals that I just have on display and my friends enjoy looking at them. Make them for friends who want one. I just enjoy the process. Life is too short not to have a fun and enjoyable hobby. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
The belt: What an unbelievably creative idea!
I made a travel journal for my sister's recent trip abroad. It was hard to let go of because I enjoyed looking through it and seeing all the fun creative effects I put into it. They really are pieces of art in and of themselves!
This is great! I love to use my gel print plate to make the papers, but I have no use for the papers once they're made. I stopped making prints for two months, feeling torn, guilty, I dunno what all -- then I went back to the gel plate! I may donate the papers to a nearby elementary school, or to my grandkids, but it's the MAKING of the prints that I like!
Same here! The gelli prints are beautiful in their own right...I just put them all in a folder......one idea I may do is add stencilling and collage on top and include favourite song lyrics
I sometimes think I am a collector of journals - some I've made, some bought. As a procrastinator, I collect them much quicker than I fill them 😄
Thanks for the video, always enjoy what you share 💕
Thanks for say it out loud because seems that it has to be mandatory to 'use' all our journals and is not necessary. Thanks again for your words. Kisses from Spain!😘
Thank you for helping me not feel guilty about the time I spend on my journal making! 🤗
I've made several journals and all are unfilled. Don't know, if I'll ever use them. But, I love looking through them and show them off to family and friends. Quite a few people, think I should sell them. But, I'm not sure, if I want to let them go. They're my children!!! It's nice to see how much I've improved, thru the years with each journal I've created. They look awesome on my bookshelf and dresser. Journals make beautiful decorations!!!!!!❤️📚
I’m one that struggles with the “purpose” of the journals I make. I enjoy making them, but knowing I won’t use it does prevent me from creating them, because I know I won’t use them in the common sense of the term, I feel like it’s a waste of time and space and materials etc, even though I tell myself it’s not and it’s ok to not fill them. It is really tough, and I think it’s partly the society we live in currently, it feels like we have to make the best use of every moment, and so to create something without a use or purpose seems like bad use of those precious moments, when actually creating and being happy is a fantastic use of that time ! 🙈😂
Yes! Create for the process of creation. You've taught us that so much over the years. I'd love to see the inside of your 2022 journal. ❤ ~Maureen
I have a bookshelf Full of my Art books. Creativity is NEVER a waste. Make the Art for the Process.
Thank you. I just like to make things, it gives me joy and that's enough. I recently went through a health crises for a year and a half and I crocheted and sewed blankets. It gave me peace and was something I could do, I just stacked them up with no concerns. When I was recovered my daughter helped me sort all 22 of them and she and her sister each kept 3, we gave some away to friends and family who supported me during my illness and we gave the rest to a homeless shelter.
I love this art form. Beautiful. Extremely useful and an immersive art. A painting you can open and touch. I decided I will begin your classes 🎉🎉❤👼🏿♍🕊️
Like a 🪟 window or a door into your world 🌎
I use the same concept/argument as I buy thousands of notebooks and sketchbooks that I haven't yet used. The point is - I could if I wanted to!
Like buying art books - and having a massive "To Be Read" pile.
Love the videos Jenni!
Keep creating❤❤love it because I was also thinking what I’ll be writing in each different journal
I did watch your no sew journal video and enjoy watching how you make the journal and how you fill the journal because I am always looking for ideas on filling my journals. Thank you Jennibellie
Thank you. For doing these videos & tutorials!
Nice distinction between being a Journaler and being a Journal Maker (in the sense of being a crafter who doesn't necessarily enjoy filling the journal with writing and/or other photos or ephemera). It doesn't have to be "useful"; it can be a work of art in and of itself. Thank you for the great analysis!
Amen! Relieve the pressure! 👏🏽✨✨✨✨👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wow! I’m glad I found your YTC.
Welcome! 💖
I am guilty of not making a junk journal because I don’t know how to us it afterwards. I’m am so pleased to have found your channel. XX 🥰💖🌈
Thank you so much! 😊😊😊
Thanks for the view of your journals, interested now to go create own greeting card journal.🐝
I would enjoy a 2022 version of the prompts journal! I just cleaned and completely reorganized my studio. Note to self: don't buy any more gesso! I have loads! lol Anyway, in the process of cleaning I filled 3 large storage tubs with journals (That Ive been making with you since 2011, I think)! I could never repay this gift that you've given me. My journals mean so much to me. Thank you so much JB!
This is EXACTLY where I am! I watch all these artists making amazing journals but I dont journal! So I dont create despite having a horde of supplies to do them. I look forward to next week then & will check out the other vids linked. Thank you
Do it! Create for you! I have made 5 journals and I'm addicted. I'm finally using all of the stuff I was hoarding. Now that I finally start I love just looking at what I have created.
@@lariwyman6273 Than you for your inspiring note!
It is true that making a junk journal is for fun; to create, to play, to use imagination, to have a good time; but also we could use it as a typical notebook for different uses in our pocket, as a book of recipes, as an album with footnotes, as a book of collection, as a diary, etc. I think we could decide the use we are going to give our junk jounal, according to the ornaments and textures we added in it, along with our needs and likes.
I enjoy the process of making journals. I have made some and gave away now. Which makes me happy. I've started to create to sell, but I'm not happy with my covers, they are still a work in progress.
I FINALLY have the right sized paper for that 2022 journal! *happy dance*
yes please on seeing what you have done with your 2022 journal 😀
I have one journal I made by default when I messed up the evening out of the for-edge on a journal I was making for a friend as a gratitude journal. I actually LOVE this. Made with a recycled hard covered book. When my BIG current journal is done I will be using this one next 😊
Agreed on the 'journals don't have to have a purpose' but also know that this can be SO difficult to break in mind set, so now I will take away what you have said and honour and appreciate all of the journals I have in my shelf awaiting either a home or 'a use' for who they are, a lovely work of art.
Luv the video.I do journals like this sort. Use all old and scraps of all sorts. The Art in me loves this creative part of my life
Yes please would love to see your 2022!
love your stuff... i make journals to grow, learn and store! they are just perfect to store my art!! blessings
Thank you Jennibellie. I need to have a reason to make my journals. Most of the time they are truly junk journals. However, I have made just journals. I do not use them. I want to be able to sell them. Since I am still new at this. Hopefully I will be able to do some craft shows this year. I am looking forward to your next video this week. Stay safe out there!!
hiya good subject, I have been thinking of making a video on this subject for a long time because it is the most asked question i see in journal groups.
I use my journals for many things too but mostly for art. I find it so much more inspiring to sketch and practice art in personalised journals then in plain sketchbooks. I look forward to seeing the next video its so nice to see you online and feeling a bit better x.
I make journals for people with their photo’s, and create a true story that goes with the photos. They love them.
I found lots of inspiration here.💜🐞
Thank you for the "permission" not to have to use all the journals I make - that I can just enjoy looking at unfilled ones on my shelf. I needed to hear that! Looking forward to your next video. Thanks so much!
Yes I'd love to see/hear more about the 2022 journal! This year you've inspired me to experiment with different styles and purposes. Thanks for these recent videos. BTW I love this intro music it's my favorite!
Yay! Thank you! Will be posting that vid later today...in a couple of hours actually so keep an eye ❤️
I make the Journals and then just display them on a shelf. I don't use all my Journals. I use some for art or glue books. It's great to hear that even you don't use them all. TFS 💞 Namaste 🐞
I really love making these junk journals... BUT dont know what to do with all of them...this has been VERY helpful. Thanks for all ur posts, i know now i am not alone and it is OK to make them and put them away somewhere, till later. Strange as it is i like to make them not to journal.. LOL
Thanks agaun.
You always give me so many wonderful ideas. You are my inspiration.
Thank you! I won’t feel bad making them and not using them now! At least not using all of them. Great advice!
I'm always up for more information and ideas.
I do postcard swaps on groups like mail me some art and ihanna's spring and fall swaps. Artists trading cards at atcs for all along with Jennibellie swaps. I attend mixed media art conferences online and in person. I would not be surprised if I did not have enough small arty "stuff" to add to and fill up a dozen journals right now. There are other things such as inktober and index card a day, prompt lists, how to fill your sketchbook, etc. all over the internet. Plus of course actual journaling...how to get started, keep going, etc etc. I'm not a writing journaler but i do like quotes and poetry. There's something about tthe journal making process itself that is enjoyable. I would suggest that folks who are squeamish about directly doing something on a journal page, write draw or whatever on a separate sheet of paper and glue it in or make a pocket or something like that to stick it in.
Some journals I have like the one with a drinking straw binding (class i took with Doris Arndt) and the Alice in Wonderland tunnel book (class I took with Ingrid Djikers) are just exemplars...doubt I'll ever finish them. The how to of crafting these novel book formats was the main thing and they are just cool to look at.
Thanks so much! I have an Etsy shop but I never post anything. I wind up giving a lot of crafts to a local shop.
I was thinking of donating them to a senior center. The vintage materials may be comforting to them. It is hard to give them away.
My sister had breast cancer so I made her an Encouragement journal for her journey thru that hell. And one I gave to my best friend for her Long Haul Covid recovery. She is now in her 5th month and just got off oxygen. Some have been birthday or Christmas gifts. I filled one of my own. And I loved it but have never even started a 2nd one of my own and don’t really know why.
Secret messages in a journal. Message in a bottle. Message in a journal. A place to stop & reflect.
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I love this. I'm so addicted to making journals! I was art journalling & bought a little kit of needles, waxed thread & an awl so I could put my own papers together and it was like a gateway drug - I'm obsessed with creating journals. I need a support group 🤣
Great video!
Well said
I just enjoy making the journal and decorating it
Great video Jenni! Cant wait for next week! Seriously this is the video i needed to watch as i have been at an abyss and i lost my journaling direction after the Christmas break. I do not sell my journals, i use them but hey. How many can you fill? Its ok now i see to stock pile, and then one day when i feel i can, i will give them away.
I want to create some, to fill myself, but I have a bit of a problem with where to place them. My old bought and filled (some half filled) journals (diaries) are kind of filling up their home.
I would love to know what to do with old diaries that are like said before, half filled. It feels weird to start writing new things in them, because they are from so long ago, but it feels like wasting both resources and space if not filling them up completely. Maybe one could take out blank pages from them to place somewhere else.
I often write down my dreams that I remember, in my phone. But I have been thinking about printing them out to add in some real book to be able to read them again not using a screen.
Also thoughts about own poetry, custom recipes, photo album, journals can be used for I believe. And also maybe an address book. Or if one are creating wishlists or gratitude lists. One could maybe add letters from penpals or friends if a journal have many pockets.
Sorry, my brain just flew away with me, probably a weird comment 😅
hi I had many unfinished sketchbooks and my old art that was on loose paper. It was in various places, hardly looked at and it didn't feel complete it felt a bit mish mashy.
I took apart the old sketchbooks gathered all the loose art (all the stuff that is A4 and under) and i made it all into complete sketchbooks/journals.
I am very happy with the outcome because all my old art is in one place where i can look through and enjoy it more. The unused paper i made into new sketch journals.
Maybe you can do something like this with your diary's, you can make the journals the size that is perfect for the amount you have in each diary.
If you do want to try something like that there are ways to bind single pages. Just type single page binding into RUclips.
@@hakantacrafter813 this is something I have wanted to know how to do anyway. Some of the diary I have made I won't remove form their covers though, because they belong together I feel. So much more. But I like how you did with the art. And some diaries don't have that connection, so those could maybe make it in to one. Thanks for the advice. ❤
@@linneahulten405 Hello, I have a bunch of diaries/journals that are half finished. I go back later and finish them. There's no right or wrong when it comes to your creativity or the written word. I have old and new stuff mixed in. Everything I do is dated. Enjoy being creative and writing down your dreams and your day to day life.❤️
You can always call it your Serendipity Journal. Happy accident journal. Give it a nickname! Or not. Lol! It’s yours, so maybe put the question out there and wait for it. The inspiration will come when you relax.
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I have a lot of journals and I stopped with it. Sometimes I give them as presents. I make also junkjournals, but they end so beautiful. Don't know if I am gonna sell them or not. Don't know how much I must ask. Similar journals are on easy around 100 dollar. I dont know if I should ask so much... I can't keep on making them I have a bookcase full of them. Lol. Cant fill them all myself lol...
You could mount photos in them instead of a store bought photo album
Maybe it’s some Judeo-Christian belief thing that’s been drilled into our heads, that whatever we create has to be useful for a specific purpose or it has no value. Or, that it has to be exchanged for money to have value. I love what you said about giving yourself permission to create just for the joy of creating. . 😊
It’s valuable simply because it’s hand made creation by you, a human being. Who but put love, & thought, & energy into it. What if someday someone found it, and had to open it to look inside , bc it looked so interesting & inspiring? You put a message inside. Ask yourself, what do you want the secret answer to be?The message shared.
I’m giving them as a present, use them for myself and the rest I try to sell on various platforms. But selling is only occasional, the majority is given away.
I like your answer because you are really answering the question of what to do with them I love making them but I am running out of space because I hate throwing them out. Thanks for your answer.
This is crazy and where does anyone have space in the house for this junk
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I donate mine to a womens shelter
Don't you end up just hoarding all this crafting, and you end up with lots of 'stuff'.
I'm sorry, but I'm dissapointed, the content of the video has nothing to do with the title. Your answer is basically: just don't use them, then usefulness ist something far too practical for crafty people to be concerned about.