After watching your videos at least 2 or 3 times, I finally made my first junk journal using this binding method. I have been paper crafting for years and have made mini albums and I scrapbook and make cards. When smash books came out I tried one of those. I believe that evolved into junk journals. Now that I have mine constructed and my signatures together I am excited now to learn how to make the many different other items to add to it. Because I scrapbook my choice 0f papers are more colorful, but as you say when you open it, it is supposed to make you happy. So thank you!!
You make it look so easy - I love how you explain things and also share it in written form. You're a great teacher and share so many wonderful creations with us - thank you.
I love your tutorials. I make a screen shot of your tutorials-notes and put them in a cover. So i have a thick tutorials-book for the next generation. Thank you, love from The Netherlands👍🏻😃
This was wonderful! I don’t have the book binding apparatuses in my stash and want to make one so badly! This I can do! ( I hope 😑) Thanks and I love your work!👍
Natasa you are the first and only person I have Subscribed to because I'm in awe of all you do. I'm new to Junk journaling, but since a young girl I've kept journals which I had many of and lost them all, so this past January 1st 2024 I began my very first Junk Journal ❤
Clarity is the best quality of a teacher! I'm excited about this binding because I plan to create individual books for my ancestors, and this binding allows me to easily add or remove pages if I find more information about an individual in the future. I love it!"
Omgosh Natasha!! I’m so impressed!! It came out amazing for my very first one! Thank you so much for giving us a very simple version! No gluing, no sewing, and double sided tape to bind!! Amazing! Thanks love all your crafting that you do!
I bind my journals this way. I made a cover of plain (or recycled) chipboard, then covered it with a decorative cover after tying the strings, so the strings are covered. I actually like the strings showing, though. One suggestion I have is to fold a piece of cardstock in half and put it over the page edges you are sliding under the string. It will make it easier and also protect the edges of your pages. This is a great video -- very well done. Thanks! I just subscribed.
NATASHA!!! BRILLIANT!!!! Love this method !!!!i thank you for showing and sharing with us !!! I love the fact that i can take out pages as well as put new pages in..and i love your creative edges on your paper!! Have a blessed day !!!❤🐦
Thank you for another great video Natasa. I love the simplicity and the practicality of this journal design. And it's beautiful!! As for the bindings, my old library liked to give away old copies of Readers Digest. This is a wonderful use for those unwanted volumes. This is an "all around" great idea.
Thank you so much Darnelle. I like the idea of libraries giving away old copies of books, rather than sending them the the recyclers. I wish all of them would do it.
Thank U Thank U Thank U SO much for sharing this awesomeness! I've been wanting to start junk journals but I do not sew and that has been a HUGE reason as to why I haven't been able to start My Junk Journal journey... LoL! This is a wonderful option. Thanks again for sharing cause U totally made My day 🌞 ~Mel~
I’m so happy, Natasa, that you did this tutorial so quickly after saying that you would do one. I don’t have lots of time for making journals anymore and I love this quick method. When my circumstances change then I can sew in the signatures. You are the only one I have seen who writes out the steps. That is very helpful! I ALWAYS look forward to your videos!♥️
I love this method...will definitely give it a try. I also love your easy instructions especially the written ones. Thank you for all your efforts and for sharing with us.
You are so very patient and I have learned so very much from you. You are a born teacher and I appreciate all the things you have shared. I never knew I could use my sewing machine with this. I also have embroidery on my machine so I think I will embroider some flowers, etc. on my drapery samples and use them in my journaling books (I have only done one ....). Again, thank you.
Actual genius, thank you. I loathe sewing in my signatures, so this has just made my life oh so much easier. As always, your videos are a lesson learned 💕⭐️💕
Halooo from Denmark. Thank you for your videos and lots of inspiration. ( my spelling may be wrong but I hope that you understand ) I have learned so much , and you have a great way to teach. Love from Susan
Thankyou so much for the share . I wanted to make a Medium size Halloween book. This Tutorial was so delightful , I won't even have to leave the house. You are my Angel .
Natasa (is that the correct spelling of your name?), you have such patience when you teach us. I love that you make notes to follow; you are always very well-prepared. As a viewer, I appreciate that. This kind of binding is so user-friendly. I have yet to master the pamphlet stitch; my needle holes never line up. The ability to add or subtract pages, or even signatures themselves, is very appealing. As far as the strings being too tight, my guess is they will probably stretch with use. How much depends on the type of twine or cord used. Elastic is easy, but it has a short shelf life. I just unpacked some old clothes so I could use the fabric in my journals and all the elastic has turned to crumbs. I'll probably still use elastic for some journals, but for most I'll use twine, which offers yet another way to personalize one's creation via the choice of color and material. Great video, as always. I am learning a lot from you. ~ Lisa
Thank you so much Lisa. Yes, that is correct spelling of my name (thank you). I totally agree about elastic having a short shelf life, and generally I try to avoid it if I can, but I think I might use some in my next project. Thank you for all of your kind words and feedback :)
Love the idea and looking forward to using this method to making one using watercolor paper. Your explanation and the written instructions are great. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my word ! I can’t wait to try this style of binding. Thank you so much for sharing. Your tutorial was so easy to follow and understand. Cheers from cold Canada
Oh my goodness I love this I have a cookbook collection better pamphlets that their cover fell apart but the cover still intact it was the spine I'm going to use this to fix it thank you love your videos
Hello my friend, Brenda here😘 I'm watching this again so I can prepare a cover jacket for the 3 piece set that I recently ordered from you. I'm so excited, I'm not very patient, like my Dad would say "You've got to hurry up & wait" lol💕❤️
Just LOVE this method. Definitely going to do this with my soon-to- be bunny journal. The idea of being able to remove or add pages is awesome. If you wanted to do some sewing on a particular page.....You can just take it out and put it right back in! I can see myself using the twining method alot. Love your specific steps, and the fact that you have them all written down! Thank you so much for demonstrating this, Natasa!! Big crafty hugs! ❤ Suzy
OMG yes Suzy, see! I didn't even think of that. I do all my sewing before binding, but OF COURSE, with this method I CAN do the binding first! Duh!! Haha This really is a very flexible method, perfect for us junk journalers and art journalers :)
I love it! ❤ I know that this video is 3 years old. I'm going back and watching some of your earlier videos. I haven't been doing paper crafts very long. There isn't a craft store that offers classes. Most of the smaller stores closed due to Covid so there are just the chain stores left. You can get the supplies but not 'how to' information. I don't know how it is in Australia, but a lot of businesses here are having a difficult time finding people who want to work. Of course the pay isn't much and there are no benefits. But it's been like that for years.
Wow how wonderful.. and you made it very easy for us to understand it I absolutely love it. Your book is beautiful I love your signatures I want to thank you for showing us how to do this💞
I love this type of binding, as you say it is so simple. For me it is the fact that I can remove a page if I want to stamp on it or do something that is going to take a while to dry. I haven’t used this method for a while so thank you for reminding me how easy it is x
This is great. Not interested in this myself as I like my books and journals more permanent and secure (I add a lot) but this is wonderful for beginners, ppl that want the ability to add, and little projects. Very nice thank you
Замечательно! Мне очень понравилась Ваша идея) Большое спасибо за мастер класс. Я уже делала альбом из конвертов по Вашему видео. Обязательно воспользуюсь Вашей идей ещё раз
Really well done tutorial. I think having the directions written is genius! Thank you for sharing your method; I have many RD books and this will be just right!
Have fun Catherine! This is such a fun process, and once you get to sewing, you will find its not that hard after all. I remember being SO intimidated by it when I first started too. But now its (almost) a breeze :) The twine binding is a very easy alternative :)
So happy I found this...I am creating my 5th journal (but first with a hard book cover) and had no idea how to do the binding in this case...this is perfect..thank you Natasa..will be sure to give you a shout out on my video of this on my new channel..again thx
You're such a great teacher! Your explanations are clear, you demonstrate each step, and you even have an outline for us to read. Love and admire you and your work, Natasa. 💖
Just saw this after trying to find alternative to sewing my 5 signatures. I loved how fully to showed and explained “how”. I just finished and I love how it’s turned out. I find this so cute and easy for adding or changing my mind( which happens a lot I’m afraid). Thank you so much for a wonderful tutorial.
Hi Natasha, I love that you have your step by step instructions on a page next to your video. Such a helpful aid.
After watching your videos at least 2 or 3 times, I finally made my first junk journal using this binding method. I have been paper crafting for years and have made mini albums and I scrapbook and make cards. When smash books came out I tried one of those. I believe that evolved into junk journals. Now that I have mine constructed and my signatures together I am excited now to learn how to make the many different other items to add to it. Because I scrapbook my choice 0f papers are more colorful, but as you say when you open it, it is supposed to make you happy. So thank you!!
I'm so glad Lisa, thank you!!!
Thank you for something so neat but so simple.
You make it look so easy - I love how you explain things and also share it in written form. You're a great teacher and share so many wonderful creations with us - thank you.
I love your tutorials. I make a screen shot of your tutorials-notes and put them in a cover. So i have a thick tutorials-book for the next generation. Thank you, love from The Netherlands👍🏻😃
Haha I love that idea! Thank you. Sending you crafty hugs :)
This was wonderful!
I don’t have the book binding apparatuses in my stash and want to make one so badly!
This I can do!
( I hope 😑)
Thanks and I love your work!👍
You are just the best teacher!! Thank you so much for sharing what you do with us!!
Thank you ❤️
Natasa you are the first and only person I have Subscribed to because I'm in awe of all you do. I'm new to Junk journaling, but since a young girl I've kept journals which I had many of and lost them all, so this past January 1st 2024 I began my very first Junk Journal ❤
Sooo excited 👏🏼 Thankyou for your generosity of time . I’m off to make 😍
Hope you enjoy it! Thank you
Hi Natasa Thanks for the great tutorial. I have to try this today. Your tutorials are so easy to follow. Thanks again.
Clarity is the best quality of a teacher! I'm excited about this binding because I plan to create individual books for my ancestors, and this binding allows me to easily add or remove pages if I find more information about an individual in the future. I love it!"
Perfect!!!...i have a few Readers Digest books and now i know what i will do with them. Thanks so much.
You're very welcome Valerie. Have fun with your project :)
Just subscribed...this is exactly what I was looking for as I do not own a sewing machine...plus "old" eyes. Well done
Omgosh Natasha!! I’m so impressed!! It came out amazing for my very first one! Thank you so much for giving us a very simple version! No gluing, no sewing, and double sided tape to bind!! Amazing! Thanks love all your crafting that you do!
I bind my journals this way. I made a cover of plain (or recycled) chipboard, then covered it with a decorative cover after tying the strings, so the strings are covered. I actually like the strings showing, though. One suggestion I have is to fold a piece of cardstock in half and put it over the page edges you are sliding under the string. It will make it easier and also protect the edges of your pages. This is a great video -- very well done. Thanks! I just subscribed.
That's an excellent suggestion, and it will be so helpful. Thank you :)
Natasha, thank you once again for a clear and oh so easy to follow tutorial. What a great way to bind. Always looking forward to more ideas from you.
Thank you so much Nancy!
NATASHA!!! BRILLIANT!!!! Love this method !!!!i thank you for showing and sharing with us !!! I love the fact that i can take out pages as well as put new pages in..and i love your creative edges on your paper!! Have a blessed day !!!❤🐦
Thank you so much Robin :) Have fun with this easy binding :)
I love this easy way it’s so helpful ! 😊 and easier to decorate our pages thanks Natasha !
Thank you so much for this. I have been searching for a clear guide. You explain so well. Love it!
Thank you for another great video Natasa.
I love the simplicity and the practicality of this journal design.
And it's beautiful!!
As for the bindings, my old library liked to give away old copies of Readers Digest. This is a wonderful use for those unwanted volumes.
This is an "all around" great idea.
Thank you so much Darnelle. I like the idea of libraries giving away old copies of books, rather than sending them the the recyclers. I wish all of them would do it.
Thank U Thank U Thank U SO much for sharing this awesomeness! I've been wanting to start junk journals but I do not sew and that has been a HUGE reason as to why I haven't been able to start My Junk Journal journey... LoL! This is a wonderful option. Thanks again for sharing cause U totally made My day 🌞
~Mel~
I'm so glad Mel! Thank YOU, and have fun creating :)
Love the look of this! Once again, your instructions are spot on!
Thank you so much. This helps A LOT! I was getting very frustrated.😢
I’m so happy, Natasa, that you did this tutorial so quickly after saying that you would do one. I don’t have lots of time for making journals anymore and I love this quick method. When my circumstances change then I can sew in the signatures. You are the only one I have seen who writes out the steps. That is very helpful! I ALWAYS look forward to your videos!♥️
Thank you so much Diane!! I hope you have more crafting time in the future!! Thank you for your kind comment :)
Thank you for this video, like the pretty edges in you signatures.
I love this method...will definitely give it a try. I also love your easy instructions especially the written ones. Thank you for all your efforts and for sharing with us.
Thank you Susan :)
You are so very patient and I have learned so very much from you. You are a born teacher and I appreciate all the things you have shared. I never knew I could use my sewing machine with this. I also have embroidery on my machine so I think I will embroider some flowers, etc. on my drapery samples and use them in my journaling books (I have only done one ....). Again, thank you.
Actual genius, thank you.
I loathe sewing in my signatures, so this has just made my life oh so much easier. As always, your videos are a lesson learned 💕⭐️💕
This came out wonderful Thank you so much .I will be doing this for my next bullet journal.
Halooo from Denmark. Thank you for your videos and lots of inspiration. ( my spelling may be wrong but I hope that you understand ) I have learned so much , and you have a great way to teach. Love from Susan
Thank you so much Susan. Your spelling is perfect!
Thankyou so much for the share . I wanted to make a Medium size Halloween book. This Tutorial was so delightful , I won't even have to leave the house. You are my Angel .
Yes!! Yes!!! Yes..Ive been waiting to see how this binding is done..tfs!! 😘👌💗💗💗*huge hugs Natasa*..xx
Thank you Carol, hugs to you too!!
Thanks! Nice and clear tutorial, as always!
I am working on creating my first journal and your instructions were just wonderful. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
Brilliant tutorial Natasa🤗 Thank you so much👍🏻X
Natasa (is that the correct spelling of your name?), you have such patience when you teach us. I love that you make notes to follow; you are always very well-prepared. As a viewer, I appreciate that.
This kind of binding is so user-friendly. I have yet to master the pamphlet stitch; my needle holes never line up. The ability to add or subtract pages, or even signatures themselves, is very appealing. As far as the strings being too tight, my guess is they will probably stretch with use. How much depends on the type of twine or cord used. Elastic is easy, but it has a short shelf life. I just unpacked some old clothes so I could use the fabric in my journals and all the elastic has turned to crumbs. I'll probably still use elastic for some journals, but for most I'll use twine, which offers yet another way to personalize one's creation via the choice of color and material. Great video, as always. I am learning a lot from you. ~ Lisa
Thank you so much Lisa. Yes, that is correct spelling of my name (thank you). I totally agree about elastic having a short shelf life, and generally I try to avoid it if I can, but I think I might use some in my next project. Thank you for all of your kind words and feedback :)
I agree 💯°
Fantastic, simple method that allows flexibility. 😊 Love it!
Great way to bind a journal! Thanks for sharing...
Thank you for doing this video and for your kind words in your responds to my comments. You are a great teacher.
Thank you so much Kim :)
Natasa - thank you so much - I have been wanting to learn about this type of binding. Your tutorials are so helpful! Thank you!
Thank you so much. Excellent video! I appreciate how organized you are. 🙂
I return to this video again and again. Thank you!
Thank you so much Mary :)
I really like this idea for doing a year in a journal, so easy to add pages if wanted. Thanks. I will definately be making one of these.
Job Well Done!! This is exactly the type of binding that I need for my prayer journal which is my first one too!! Thanks again!!
Thank you so much for your instructions and patience.
Thank YOU for watching and commenting Nettie :)
Thank you for a clear, concise and easy to follow tutorial . Your journal looked so pretty and elegant.xx
Thank you so much Winnie :)
Love the idea and looking forward to using this method to making one using watercolor paper. Your explanation and the written instructions are great. Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant, your teaching is so clear. I’ll be trying this thank you 😘
Thank you Sally :)
I just made a sketchbook with your tutorial. Thank you so much!!! I'll be making my own books and sketchbooks easily from now on!!
Thank you! I'm so glad you found it useful :)
Oh my word ! I can’t wait to try this style of binding. Thank you so much for sharing. Your tutorial was so easy to follow and understand. Cheers from cold Canada
Thank you so much Joan!! And cheers from (it seems) equally cold Melbourne at the moment :)
Love how quick its goes together. Thanks for sharing.
You explain it in a great way, I feel I can do it successfully, thank U so much♥️
Thank you 😊
You are such a good teacher. Thank you for sharing 💕
Oh my goodness I love this I have a cookbook collection better pamphlets that their cover fell apart but the cover still intact it was the spine I'm going to use this to fix it thank you love your videos
Love your journal and will try to make one. You are a very good teacher. Thank you.
So easy to follow and genius idea!
Just found this video. Thank you so much for a clear explanation of how to do this type of binding. :)
Glad it was helpful!
Hello my friend, Brenda here😘 I'm watching this again so I can prepare a cover jacket for the 3 piece set that I recently ordered from you. I'm so excited, I'm not very patient, like my Dad would say "You've got to hurry up & wait" lol💕❤️
Heheh they are on their way to you! Hopefully you don't have to wait long!
Just LOVE this method. Definitely going to do this with my soon-to- be bunny journal. The idea of being able to remove or add pages is awesome. If you wanted to do some sewing on a particular page.....You can just take it out and put it right back in! I can see myself using the twining method alot. Love your specific steps, and the fact that you have them all written down! Thank you so much for demonstrating this, Natasa!! Big crafty hugs! ❤ Suzy
OMG yes Suzy, see! I didn't even think of that. I do all my sewing before binding, but OF COURSE, with this method I CAN do the binding first! Duh!! Haha This really is a very flexible method, perfect for us junk journalers and art journalers :)
I love it! ❤ I know that this video is 3 years old. I'm going back and watching some of your earlier videos. I haven't been doing paper crafts very long. There isn't a craft store that offers classes. Most of the smaller stores closed due to Covid so there are just the chain stores left. You can get the supplies but not 'how to' information. I don't know how it is in Australia, but a lot of businesses here are having a difficult time finding people who want to work. Of course the pay isn't much and there are no benefits. But it's been like that for years.
Thanks so much for showing us the 'how-to' for this - it looks good and it looks fairly easy!
love your videos ,always easy to learn!!Love this technique!Thabk you!
Thank you Natasha! You rock!❤
Beautifully done, you make it look so easy thank you for sharing
Just made my first twine binding journal and it was so easy!! Thanks for the great instructions, love the fact that the pages lie flat.
Thank you so much Alison, I'm so glad you like it :)
Just love this binding method, to add or remove, brilliant, you can finish your pages then slip them in 🤗
Wow how wonderful.. and you made it very easy for us to understand it I absolutely love it. Your book is beautiful I love your signatures I want to thank you for showing us how to do this💞
You are very welcome, thank YOU :)
Great tutorial. Thank you for your detailed instructions!
The very first jj I made two years ago I used this binding. I loved it; I hung charms from the ends of the twine outside. Turned out really cute!
I love this type of binding, as you say it is so simple. For me it is the fact that I can remove a page if I want to stamp on it or do something that is going to take a while to dry. I haven’t used this method for a while so thank you for reminding me how easy it is x
This is great. Not interested in this myself as I like my books and journals more permanent and secure (I add a lot) but this is wonderful for beginners, ppl that want the ability to add, and little projects. Very nice thank you
Замечательно! Мне очень понравилась Ваша идея) Большое спасибо за мастер класс. Я уже делала альбом из конвертов по Вашему видео. Обязательно воспользуюсь Вашей идей ещё раз
Really well done tutorial. I think having the directions written is genius! Thank you for sharing your method; I have many RD books and this will be just right!
Thank you so much. I'm glad the notes help. :) It keeps me on track too
Great alternative binding! Great tutorial! TFS the inspiration!
Thanks for sharing. That looks real simple
Thank you for this! The sewing part sounds so hard I love this idea and it looks so nice! This is more at my level of JJ, I am very new to it.
Have fun Catherine! This is such a fun process, and once you get to sewing, you will find its not that hard after all. I remember being SO intimidated by it when I first started too. But now its (almost) a breeze :) The twine binding is a very easy alternative :)
Love this method. Sewing signatures has scared me but i’m Now excited to give this method a go!
Yes!! So much easier. I used to hate sewing signatures in (and still kind of do). Have fun :)
Like you, I bought myself a sewing machine but unlike you mine is still in its box after 2 years!
Lovely idea. Thank you for the tutorial.
So happy I found this...I am creating my 5th journal (but first with a hard book cover) and had no idea how to do the binding in this case...this is perfect..thank you Natasa..will be sure to give you a shout out on my video of this on my new channel..again thx
Glad it was helpful! Thank you :)
Thanks!
Thank you so very much Ann!!
I love it! Thank you for this easy to understand tutorial!
Great tutorial. Explained very well.
Thank you!
Very helpful, thank you!!! I was wondering how people were taking the pages out.😏 Then putting them back in, after working on them. Magic!!
very nice! thank you, i'm going to try tonight! 🙂
What a great tutorial. I am definitely going to give it a try.
So interesting! Thanks for introducing me to a new way to keep a journal together! Your directions are so clear! TFS!
You're such a great teacher! Your explanations are clear, you demonstrate each step, and you even have an outline for us to read. Love and admire you and your work, Natasa. 💖
Thank you so much! I appreciate your wonderful comment :)
Love this & love your instructions❣️
Thank you! Quick, easy and to the point. I can’t wait to make one of these!
I have always loved this binding method and use it every now and then. TFS I love listening to you and look at how organised your videos are. Hugs
Thank you so much Tora!
I can't wait to try this! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the video
The explanation was great and I was able to make one myself after watching easily.
Thank you so much for watching!
Just saw this after trying to find alternative to sewing my 5 signatures. I loved how fully to showed and explained “how”. I just finished and I love how it’s turned out. I find this so cute and easy for adding or changing my mind( which happens a lot I’m afraid). Thank you so much for a wonderful tutorial.
Thanks for watching :)
Awesome journal, love the binding tfs Natasha
This tutorial came at just the right time it helped me solve an art journal binding dilemma thank you so much.
Yippee!! Thanks for watching :)
Thank u so much for sharing. I love this method.
Omg I have to try this. I will on my next treasure(not junk) journals 😍
Hehe I love it, thank you :)
U are very welcome!!! ❤️
Thank you for this technique, so easily explained.
Thank you very much for this tutorial 🌞🌞🌞♥️
You made that look so easy. I'm hoping to try it that way but with elastic cording. TFS❤️