there's something about this video that stands out from the other ones I've seen. I just felt safe here on this corner of RUclips and I just stopped what I was doing to calm my anxiety and let go of my depressive thoughts. Thank you for posting this and existing, truly.
Great tutorial! Didn't know I could use my embroidery threads. Thought I had to have wax coated threads, awl and precise measurements to make a journal, Now I know there is an easier way. 😃
Meg, what a beautiful video. I work with children and was thinking of making a scrapbook club. This video will help me get started. Thank you so much! 🖤
Just found out about junk journals today, watched this as part of my research on it. As someone who loves customization, upcycling, DIY crafts (or at least watching videos about it), this video was soothing, asmr-like, relaxing. As a book lover and lowkey hoarder who loves to preserve things in their original form, seeing all these old books and music sheets torn like that was anxiety inducing. Strange mixture of feelings to have at the same time, relaxed and anxious, lol! Anyway, while I won't be tearing up any books anytime soon, this tutorial was helpful and inspiring anyway, I learned some bookbinding from it and it might be a good way to deal with some of my old recyclables i haven't gotten rid of, or work on a language learning journal/moodboard combo :) Thanks for posting it!
Just rewatched this. So great! I love your choices of papers and your laid back way of putting a book together. I have time to make one today!! Exciting.
Great tutorial! You have an easy-to-understand and successful method--a system, really. I plan to adopt it as I begin my art journal journey. Thank you for such a well-thought-out and produced video! 💖👌😀
your tutorials are so lovely + easy to follow ❤️ personally i love to buy things for my junk journal and don't think it makes it "fake" 😊 i also make a beeline for the gardening section in charity shops hahaha 🤗 thank u for sharing your talent + tips!!
I’ve watched many videos on the subject. First time I have watched you. The thing I like is that you reacted to all your comments not like other people that have comments even questions they do not respond. That is cool. Thank you for a great video
Oh my gosh! Thank you for this video. You explained it so simple and easy to understand! I’m finding a lot of videos that have so much in them that you could never “journal” in them. They’re more glue journals.
I’ve dabbled in all sorts of ‘crafting’, scrapbooking, decoupage, painting, mixed-media etc and I can now say that junk journalism is my favourite. It is perfect for me and my ever changing moods and the fact that there are no rules. You do what YOU want and how you want. Lovely, easy to follow video. And I’ve subscribed. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your RUclips video on how easy it is to make Junk Journals! I can't wait to go to my thrift stores to look for old books to use beautiful pictures.
Wanted to make a junk journal for the first time ever and this tutorial is the best! It's to the point, informative, and soothing ( your voice is calming ☺️)
Thank you for explaining the process of how to start putting a journal together, like where you go and what you look for. I have never done this and am very excited to do one. I am looking at paper items in a total different way and have started saving some 🤗 Thank you for sharing🙏🥰
Thank you for such an easy tutorial ! You have the gift of teaching ! I’m excited to make my 1st journal ! You made the signature less scary to attempt !
Meg, this is absolutely brilliant and you have become my favourite art journal teacher ;) It is so wonderful to get instructions that are so brilliant for a beginner journaller. Thank you so so much for this. Bless you
Being a mega pack-rat, this project makes me very happy. Also love the lack of precise measuring and cutting. Can't wait to make one of these on the weekend!
Thanks for showing how you assemble your signatures! I've done bookbinding of various sorts but haven't yet made a junk journal and wasn't sure how I'd go about mixing my papers for signatures. Welkl done!
Great clear instructions and thanks so much for using time-lapse as I'm done with watching all those pairs of expressive hands accompanied by 'um', 'eh', 'and', ad nauseam! This was perfect!
Thanks so much for this!! I know how to sew signatures and stuff but I really wanted to make a Harry Potter junk journal with scraps of paper/cutouts/stickers etc. tysm!
I don't know how I got here, I have no use for such a journal personally, but it was so mesmerizing to watch and very well-explained! What a beautiful end result, and to think- using it will only make it MORE visually interesting!
This is so helpful!! Thank you. I am brand new to this art form so was feeling a bit overwhelmed but now I have a much better idea of what I want to do!
I’m over here in Texas just dumbfounded that you made your covers with scrapbook paper and a glue stick. I’ve been saving cereal, and cracker boxes, or gutting hard covered out dated books. I can’t wait to try something more casual and far less time consuming. Thank you for showing us this far less complicated style!
I always get hung up on what papers to use and where I should put them when making signatures so your organizing ideas are brilliant. I also struggle with how many pages in a signature…and how many signatures to put in as most how to videos overstuff their journals which ends up with that croc mouth look-which I don’t care for. How do you decide on a size for your journals and whether to use a hard or soft cover? It does occur to me that all this is part of what keeps me from creating but thanks for your vids! I plan to watch more!
Great video! You have simplified this craft with the necessary information in a concise and timely manner! I’m going to give it a try so I can teach my crafty/artsy 7 year old granddaughter how to make one! Starting small is the key for any beginner! Thanks!
@@megjournals very much. Part way through a 3 signature journal. Combining what I've learned from Julie at Camelia Crafts Designs and you. Loving it. x
Wow, this is the best junk journal video that I have watched. I am so ready to start a new one now. I wanted to see the spine up close when all signatures were sewn in it. Did you end up with a set of three holes for each of the signatures or did they all share the original three holes? Thank you.
I am glad I found your video, Meg! I'm new to Junk Journals, and needed this video to help me learn how to put pages together, and bind them to the cover! I like your method, and I love the size that you use. Do you have any video tutorials on what to put in a Junk Journal (pockets, tags, flip papers, etc.)? I think I will visit your channel, and explore. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! ~Janet in Canada
Thanks so much, Janet!! I have a few different journal with me videos you might enjoy for ideas but I like your suggestion and might do a video on just that as a follow up! Take care. ☺️✨
So much easier than any other tutorial I’ve seen. Thank you, I think this is conceivable for a novice like me! I want to try making a Halloween 🎃 junk journal 🧛🏼♀️🍂
WOW!!! Just maybe I can do this! 😆 Finding my courage to do this has been tough... You've made it seem totally doable! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!
LOVE this! Okay, I'm new to junk journalling. So here is a newbie question: how do you write/mark on the journal pages that have print/images on them? So you can see what you write down? THank you!
Ooh! I've made junk journals before but I'm not super satisfied with my method! Really looking forward to trying yours out and using all the cool tips!
Omg... Thanks a lot like really 🤍🌼✨ now i have one for my self 🤧 after surfing soooooo damnn long in youtube.. And i found you ✨ thank you. I have my junk journal yeayyyy 🥂✨
I like the journal and your approach is nicely laid back, but it would be good to mention that before one ties the threads to secure the signature each end need to be on either side of the long thread, otherwise the signature will fall apart.
You have such a lovely energy and calming voice. I make journals and use clear glue as it's more reliable. Your trust in that glue stick is interesting ;) how do you find it after lots of handling and passing time? I'm off to watch more of your videos 💖
I really enjoyed your video. I was feeling so pressured about buying new paper and digi prints. I was thinking that it was going to be more expensive just to continue to do what I love.
Awh thank you!! There’s always things you can reuse and repurpose - I like to save tissue paper and paper from any packing, as you can paint/stamp on it to make it work :)
New subscriber 🤗🙏 I love the way you explain things. Feeling very blessed finding your channel 👌🥰🙏 God bless X I'm going through a really bad time atm and I feel this will really help de-stress me 🙏 love from London uk 🤗
Don’t fancy sewing? Try this simple no sew method instead! ruclips.net/video/A49ouz4qoe4/видео.htmlsi=xdy1BqKoBWPLRF2b
You made it very understandable! Thank you, I wanted nothing to do with signatures because they seemed sooooo complicated.🤗
Yay! Glad it was helpful! Happy journaling :)
there's something about this video that stands out from the other ones I've seen. I just felt safe here on this corner of RUclips and I just stopped what I was doing to calm my anxiety and let go of my depressive thoughts. Thank you for posting this and existing, truly.
Great tutorial! Didn't know I could use my embroidery threads. Thought I had to have wax coated threads, awl and precise measurements to make a journal, Now I know there is an easier way. 😃
Thank you! Totally achievable without fancy materials :) Using what you have and being creative with it is more fun anyway :D
For using fragile paper I reinforce the crease with painters tape and it works wonders
Meg, what a beautiful video. I work with children and was thinking of making a scrapbook club. This video will help me get started. Thank you so much! 🖤
That sounds wonderful!!!
Just found out about junk journals today, watched this as part of my research on it. As someone who loves customization, upcycling, DIY crafts (or at least watching videos about it), this video was soothing, asmr-like, relaxing. As a book lover and lowkey hoarder who loves to preserve things in their original form, seeing all these old books and music sheets torn like that was anxiety inducing. Strange mixture of feelings to have at the same time, relaxed and anxious, lol! Anyway, while I won't be tearing up any books anytime soon, this tutorial was helpful and inspiring anyway, I learned some bookbinding from it and it might be a good way to deal with some of my old recyclables i haven't gotten rid of, or work on a language learning journal/moodboard combo :) Thanks for posting it!
Great tutorial Meg! I have so many scrap paper laying around, I might make a few small ones to draw in them! ♥
Thank you! Tag me if you post them on Instagram so I can see 🥰
@@megjournals ♥
Just rewatched this. So great! I love your choices of papers and your laid back way of putting a book together. I have time to make one today!! Exciting.
The tutorial was so straightforward that it was easy to follow. 😊 well done
Great tutorial! You have an easy-to-understand and successful method--a system, really. I plan to adopt it as I begin my art journal journey. Thank you for such a well-thought-out and produced video! 💖👌😀
your tutorials are so lovely + easy to follow ❤️ personally i love to buy things for my junk journal and don't think it makes it "fake" 😊 i also make a beeline for the gardening section in charity shops hahaha 🤗 thank u for sharing your talent + tips!!
These are the cutest journals I have ever seen
I’ve watched many videos on the subject. First time I have watched you. The thing I like is that you reacted to all your comments not like other people that have comments even questions they do not respond. That is cool. Thank you for a great video
Thank you so much - I try to reply to as many as I can because I appreciate the time people take to watch and leave a comment :)
Oh my gosh! Thank you for this video. You explained it so simple and easy to understand! I’m finding a lot of videos that have so much in them that you could never “journal” in them. They’re more glue journals.
I’ve dabbled in all sorts of ‘crafting’, scrapbooking, decoupage, painting, mixed-media etc and I can now say that junk journalism is my favourite.
It is perfect for me and my ever changing moods and the fact that there are no rules. You do what YOU want and how you want.
Lovely, easy to follow video. And I’ve subscribed. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your process with us. I love a6 size journals, and yours turned out great!
Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing your RUclips video on how easy it is to make Junk Journals! I can't wait to go to my thrift stores to look for old books to use beautiful pictures.
You inspired me, I loved it ❤️💖💕 this is an amazing way to reuse paper 😍 thank you so much for make this tutorial! So sweet
Best regards from Chile!
Wanted to make a junk journal for the first time ever and this tutorial is the best! It's to the point, informative, and soothing ( your voice is calming ☺️)
Thank you for explaining the process of how to start putting a journal together, like where you go and what you look for. I have never done this and am very excited to do one. I am looking at paper items in a total different way and have started saving some 🤗
Thank you for sharing🙏🥰
Thank you for such an easy tutorial ! You have the gift of teaching ! I’m excited to make my 1st journal ! You made the signature less scary to attempt !
Great tutorial! I would love to do one of these. Blessings.
Hello Wendy
@@davelamore6309 hello Dave !
@@Shinykong how are you doing
Thank you for making signatures less scary ❤
Meg, this is absolutely brilliant and you have become my favourite art journal teacher ;) It is so wonderful to get instructions that are so brilliant for a beginner journaller. Thank you so so much for this. Bless you
Thank you for your kind words 🥰
I loved this video. The instructions were so clear. Thank you! I'm obsessed and can't wait to start building my own.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! You have inspired me to create my own little junk journal, and it was so easy and fun to make!
Thank you for this video. I have managed to make my own journal. Yeah!!!!
Awesome!!!
Being a mega pack-rat, this project makes me very happy. Also love the lack of precise measuring and cutting. Can't wait to make one of these on the weekend!
Loved the simplicity of this video!
I’m going to give it a try today. Thank You!
Thanks for showing how you assemble your signatures! I've done bookbinding of various sorts but haven't yet made a junk journal and wasn't sure how I'd go about mixing my papers for signatures. Welkl done!
This video is exactly what I was hunting for! Job well done!
Thank you! I can't wait to make my first journal. I have been watching videos and I love your method.
Yay! Thank you! Happy journaling :)
Fabulous!!! You made it so practical and easy. I always overthink this stuff 😘
I made my first journal with this and came back because I LOVE it. And now I’m obsessed with journaling again
Beautiful. I loved watching you play with paper with the dappled sunshine
Great clear instructions and thanks so much for using time-lapse as I'm done with watching all those pairs of expressive hands accompanied by 'um', 'eh', 'and', ad nauseam! This was perfect!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for this!! I know how to sew signatures and stuff but I really wanted to make a Harry Potter junk journal with scraps of paper/cutouts/stickers etc. tysm!
Love the sound of that!
I don't know how I got here, I have no use for such a journal personally, but it was so mesmerizing to watch and very well-explained! What a beautiful end result, and to think- using it will only make it MORE visually interesting!
So fun to watch. Clear, easy and understandable directions. Thank you 🙏🏻
This is such a useful video Meg! I have so many pages and bits I can easily make a mini journal from! 😍
Thanks Katie, it can get addictive lol!
Thank you so much. I have just found you, and will be watching in the future. xxxxx New Zealand
This is so helpful!! Thank you. I am brand new to this art form so was feeling a bit overwhelmed but now I have a much better idea of what I want to do!
I’m over here in Texas just dumbfounded that you made your covers with scrapbook paper and a glue stick. I’ve been saving cereal, and cracker boxes, or gutting hard covered out dated books. I can’t wait to try something more casual and far less time consuming. Thank you for showing us this far less complicated style!
Thank you, cereal boxes make great covers too! I find scrapbook paper gives more of a 'softcover' feel to my journals.
I always get hung up on what papers to use and where I should put them when making signatures so your organizing ideas are brilliant. I also struggle with how many pages in a signature…and how many signatures to put in as most how to videos overstuff their journals which ends up with that croc mouth look-which I don’t care for.
How do you decide on a size for your journals and whether to use a hard or soft cover?
It does occur to me that all this is part of what keeps me from creating but thanks for your vids! I plan to watch more!
Thanks so much, you made this a lot easier than some videos I’ve watched. Glad I found you. ❤️
Great video! You have simplified this craft with the necessary information in a concise and timely manner! I’m going to give it a try so I can teach my crafty/artsy 7 year old granddaughter how to make one! Starting small is the key for any beginner! Thanks!
Thank you for this. I've spent the afternoon tea dyeing :D Looking forward to watching more of your makes. x
Hope you enjoy!
@@megjournals very much. Part way through a 3 signature journal. Combining what I've learned from Julie at Camelia Crafts Designs and you. Loving it. x
Thank you so much for this great tutorial. Anxious to make my first journal.
I am so excited to have found you here on RUclips! Love how well you explain and teach in your tutorials! Thank You ❤️
Thank you for stopping by :)
This is so helpful - I would have had no idea where to start but you've made it really clear and simple. Can't wait to have a go now!
this is amazing!! i was always scared of doing diy journals bc i thought i’d fail and waste the paper lmaoo, thanks!
I absolutely love how straightforward your tutorial is you have given me the confidence to have a try thank you for sharing
Aw yay, so pleased to hear 🥰
Amazing tutorial that I come back to every time!!! keep creating, I love your content 💗💗💗
thank you so much for uploading it in chapters! it becomes so easier to understand step by step
Glad it was helpful!
Nice succinct little tutorial. Your pages look fab.x
Thank you so much!
Hello Anna
Oh how I love your style of making this video! It's clear and understandable. Oh and your work is lovely.
Perfect introductory video! I found the binding confusing, but this video really helped simplify it! Expertly done, thank you!
Thank you 😊
this was a great tutorial, thank u! but can you make a video on an idea of what to journal in these??
Wow, this is the best junk journal video that I have watched. I am so ready to start a new one now. I wanted to see the spine up close when all signatures were sewn in it. Did you end up with a set of three holes for each of the signatures or did they all share the original three holes? Thank you.
Thank you! Three holes each, so nine in total, leave a little space between each column of three :)
You are a great teacher!!!! Thanks so much! ❤️❤️
I am glad I found your video, Meg! I'm new to Junk Journals, and needed this video to help me learn how to put pages together, and bind them to the cover! I like your method, and I love the size that you use. Do you have any video tutorials on what to put in a Junk Journal (pockets, tags, flip papers, etc.)? I think I will visit your channel, and explore. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! ~Janet in Canada
Thanks so much, Janet!! I have a few different journal with me videos you might enjoy for ideas but I like your suggestion and might do a video on just that as a follow up! Take care. ☺️✨
THANKS... just what i need... Thanks again from Denmark
thank you so much. you just taught me how to make my first journal all the way through. yeah!
Thank you so much. That was fun to watch. Very easy to follow. Can't wait to make one. 🙂👍
Really great tutorial! Thanks! I’m going to make one tomorrow. 😊
Thanks so much for sharing this amazing journal! ❤️
I love seeing your process. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!!
So much easier than any other tutorial I’ve seen. Thank you, I think this is conceivable for a novice like me! I want to try making a Halloween 🎃 junk journal 🧛🏼♀️🍂
That sounds awesome!!
Check out @kia.creates on Instagram for Halloween inspiration, I think she shares journal prompts in October that are all Halloweeny!!
@@megjournals Thanks, I will! I just love the simplicity of your approach, it was like "ermm, yes, this is do-able and not so overwhelming" :)
WOW!!! Just maybe I can do this! 😆 Finding my courage to do this has been tough... You've made it seem totally doable! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!
You can do it!
@@megjournals 😁 THANK YOU!!!
Really enjoyed how you made your journal, very easy . Looking forward to working my way through your other videos 🤗🤗🤗😊
Thank you for making this video! It was very helpful! I can't wait to make my own journal!
oh what a lovely tutorial, thanks so much I am new to journal making and your tutorial is straightforward
Nice! Very simple really ❤ Thank you for sharing 😊
This was the easiest tutorial ive come across, thank you.
Happy journaling!
Thank you for a straightforward easy to follow video. Subscribed. 😁🥰💜
Yay! Thank you!
Hi Janet
Great tutorial Meg! Thank you for sharing. I can't wait to try this
Great idea for the spine thank you 😊😊
Thank you so much for explaining the process!! I am definitely going to try it!!
LOVE this! Okay, I'm new to junk journalling. So here is a newbie question: how do you write/mark on the journal pages that have print/images on them? So you can see what you write down? THank you!
You’ll need to use permanent markers or pens that will keep the ink on any kind of paper that is glossy or magazine type papers
Ooh! I've made junk journals before but I'm not super satisfied with my method! Really looking forward to trying yours out and using all the cool tips!
Thank you. Your tutorial was very understandable. I'm excited to make my own now😊
Have fun!🌟
This is lovely and I believe perfect, like you said, for beginner of a junk junk journal for next month. ☺♥.
I found this video very helpful! Thank you.
This is the best video for beginners and thank you for showing this helpful tutorial
Glad you found it helpful!
I am loving your technique :)
Omg... Thanks a lot like really 🤍🌼✨ now i have one for my self 🤧 after surfing soooooo damnn long in youtube.. And i found you ✨ thank you. I have my junk journal yeayyyy 🥂✨
I like the journal and your approach is nicely laid back, but it would be good to mention that before one ties the threads to secure the signature each end need to be on either side of the long thread, otherwise the signature will fall apart.
Love it! You make it so easy! Thanks for sharing❤
Thank you so much for sharing your awesome tutorial! Very informative and helpful!
You have such a lovely energy and calming voice. I make journals and use clear glue as it's more reliable. Your trust in that glue stick is interesting ;) how do you find it after lots of handling and passing time? I'm off to watch more of your videos 💖
I really enjoyed your video. I was feeling so pressured about buying new paper and digi prints. I was thinking that it was going to be more expensive just to continue to do what I love.
Awh thank you!! There’s always things you can reuse and repurpose - I like to save tissue paper and paper from any packing, as you can paint/stamp on it to make it work :)
You are a marvelous teacher! Thank you!
New subscriber 🤗🙏 I love the way you explain things. Feeling very blessed finding your channel 👌🥰🙏 God bless X I'm going through a really bad time atm and I feel this will really help de-stress me 🙏 love from London uk 🤗
This was so easy to understand and so helpful!! Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for this easy to follow tutorial.
So amazing!!
Thank you🍂💮
Thank you for sharing this is awesome and seems very simple and easy to do bless you sweety ❤️🙏
Love your tutorial. You made it so easy and doable.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow thank you so much for this video.So easy to understand and really nice work. 🙂🌼🌼