I posted my comment before reading the other comments, and was kinda blown away that a few others experienced exactly what I did, and are so happy they found you... SO COOL!!!
Luna, I think it's wonderful to have videos, but the comment are so helpful too, aren't they? I think we all learn from each other and I love that we can see how we all struggle with the same things in this creative world. I appreciate your comment and time to watch.
I'm about to sound so cheesy but I cant help it. I've been learning from RUclips tutorials about junk journals for a year now. I have learned many things. This past week I somehow lost the spark, and the creativity that I normally have so I've been scrolling through video after video, trying to find inspiration and It actually did the opposite. Im not at all bashing anyone who creates these tutorials , today It just seemed that I found the ones who either fumble through it, talk continuously about their private lives, or dont say a word through the whole thing. Michelle, You SAVED THE DAY!!! seriously you did. You are straight to the point, explain things very well, and your voice is very calm and confident. Im so happy I found you....or maybe you found me. thank you so much!🤩🤩
Luna, this comment is so encouraging to me and I thank you truly for sharing your thoughts with me. I am certainly not a professional video person, so I can sometimes be a bit clumsy, but I do try to encourage people because WE CAN DO THIS, and sometimes we get stuck, but it's worth it to keep trying because in that we find our style, our preferences and what we love. I've changed as I go along this journey and I find the more I try the closer I get to finding MY style, My favorite type of journals, and it's so fun! The best part is sharing it with others and chatting under these videos with others who are also finding their way. So if I was an encouragement to you, that makes me very happy and I hope you will find other things I share that give you confidence to keep creating. xo
Love the card board series. Especially this one. I like junk journaling 2 be fun and relaxing. Too many videos with too many tools make art daunting for no reason.
I like to craft on both sides of that spectrum… when I have energy and want to use up art materials I can be up for a challenge HOWEVER I agree sometimes the prettiest things can be simple and done with ease. Kind of like life. Thanks for the comment and watching.
Thank you for showing how to do this no sew technique. I make signatures with a mix of art papers to take on holiday with me, so I have one ‘book’ with lots of options for using different mediums, this would be a great a way of compiling my travel sketches all together as I finish each signature.
This is so pretty. Enjoying binge watching your videos as i have my “quiet cuppa” in front of a fire , this Saturday morning. Ty for breaking this down and making it sooo do-able!!
What a great idea, a sample book to keep samples in....very clever. I loved watching your process and its so nice to have someone who isn't so fancy pancy but just tells it like it is. It's a creative process and very freeing knowing its not perfect. The cover is so adorable, so thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching and commenting. It is freeing to know that things don't need to be perfect to be exactly what we need. The process is as much why we do it as what the end product is so enjoying that aspect is good for our mind and soul!!!
Thank you, this is so much easier and faster than the awl-and-sew method. I liked your perfectionist moment, too. Not everything has to be perfect, but there are times we want things to look "finished". Also glad I have a chance to use up my stash of crochet thread... I don't crochet 😂
I’m sorry the lighting was bothersome to you. It’s so strange because on my end the video looks fine, but clearly enough people are having trouble with it that I feel bad and wish I could change it. Thanks for hanging in there.
I appreciate your realness on your videos!!! Thank you for your easy instructions and helping me bind my signatures. I seriously have been struggling with this process for months and it hinders me from completing any journal. Now to see if I can cover the box that I cut up and make it pretty. Thank you again! I loved both of your videos that I have watched this evening!!!
Thank you so much for your comment. Keep at it and the struggle will be behind you, just enjoy the process of creating - nothing ever needs to be perfect to be beautiful!
I'm going to be attempting this with 4th graders in our homeschool co-op art class coming up. We'll be making art journals and this seems so simple, I'm very excited! Thank you for this!
Please forgive me for my late response, I hope your fourth graders had a ball making books. I’d love to hear how they came out. Thanks for watching the video and commenting.
I made my first junk journal after finding you last night! This tutorial is so easy to follow! Thanks so much for being easy to understand and not worrying about perfectionism. It makes it easier for beginners to not worry so much about making mistakes. My first journal turned out great! I’m excited to follow along and learn more. On a side note, I bought a sewing machine a couple years ago and used it twice. I do not know much about sewing but my adhd brain said I needed it. Do you have videos showing the sewing machine processes you use for making journals or just any sewing tutorials? I feel like I would understand your teaching style more than some other videos I’ve watched!
Hi Nikita, thanks for watching and commenting. I just released another video in this series and I go over the binding again because some people complained the lighting made it hard to watch. If you struggled at all please watch that video because it might help. Good luck and I hope you are successful.
My first visit to your channel Michelle and like others, I am so pleased to have found you! First time I’ve seen a no-sew way of binding that I feel I’d like to try. It’s too late for me to do tonight, but will check out some of your other videos as I end my day. Blessings from Betty in Ohio.
Michelle, I'm really enjoying your series. You have a natural ease on camera that I really like. I've just subscribed and look forward to many more videos. Diane from Texas
Thank you so much for the very kind and encouraging comment. I appreciate you subscribing and I hope I can offer you some inspiration in your art/crafting time.
I like this binding method. I've got a mac and cheese box waiting in my kitchen. I don't have a lot of pretty papers, but I've got plain printer paper, graph and binder paper. And I could cover it with brown paper bag. Or even glue on bits of old phone book Some cracker boxes hinge open at the bottom. I guess if i want a landscape journal... I think maybe it was Wheat Thins?
The best junk journals are made of simple papers. You can try coffee dying or avocado dying some of those simple papers just to add variety. Some other things that are great to cover the book with if you don't have pretty paper is recycling Paper Gift bags (often those have pretty patterns), wrapping paper, even magazine images. I think using what you have is so creative and satisfying. Best of luck to you!
Oh my gosh, I'm SO happy I found you! And thank you soso much for this video, because I was having a tough time finding a fun, easy, straight to the point (while also very entertaining - I totally understood the perfectionist part with the button as I'm the same way too lol), step-by-step tutorial. But! This video was perfect!!! I can't wait to check out more of your videos 😊 Much love 💞💞
4alice thank you so much for the support and love, it means so much to me! Thanks for watching and I hope you find some other useful videos on my channel.
I'm so excited to try this! I actually have several boxes that I have saved just because I like them, and now thanks to the series that you made I will be able to use them. A couple of them are special so I won't be covering the front I'll just leave them as they are. I really cannot tell you how happy I am I found this series!❤❤
Loved this journal video, liked and subbed! I did laugh at the amount of times you said "so", for a no sew journal (apologies for my cheesy humour triggers!)
Michelle, this is so darn cute and simple!! What a quick, fun, easy and pretty way to make a journal!! ❤🥰❤ Thank you so much for sharing your videos!!❤
This comment makes me so happy because the world needs as many Junk Journals as possible! I hope you have fun with the process and get hooked. It's a great community and a wonderful way to use things you already have. Best of luck!
OOOOH what a sweet comment.. I'm always the most happy when I can encourage people and give them confidence to create. I totally get how overwhelming some projects can seem, but there is nothing you can't do and truly wonderful journals can be made from simple supplies. I wish you the best. Thanks for your kindness.
I'll admit it's the pull-out feature that makes this binding my favorite, I don't like to commit to anything and I like to have the flexibility. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you for the no sew journal tutorial! So easy, and perfect for the 'idea' book! I really love the way a no sew looks, with the gathered threads, and button. I've only made one journal, so far, and had the worlds worst time getting the sewn in signatures to come out even. Some were too far up on the spine and some too far down. I had to resew them three times over, to get them all right! Was so frustrating, but I did keep at it! Yay me! Finally got them even! I just made a book out of a mac n cheese box, and covered it with faux leather. Thinking I'll try this no sew method on this one. Thank you so much for sharing! I think this will be an 'idea book', like yours, so my samples won't get lost all the time.
Lizzy, I confess, I HATE sewing in signatures because I can never get them like I want. I'm not that good at it, but I LOVE no sew bindings because I can easily fix anything I don't like, I can put paper in and out AND I love how it looks too! Thank you for watching, commenting and being part of the creative paper community! xo
I was just thinking of starting a sample book and this video came across my feed. It's like the RUclips algorithm is reading my mind. LOL I love this idea. I like sewing my signatures in, however this is so useful for (as you pointed out) removing pages and putting back in to work on. Thanks for showing this method.
Ti ringrazio tanto per questi tutorial che mi hanno dato un po di fiducia,in genere,i video che guardo,sono troppo"perfetti", scusami,non intendo dire che i tuoi video non lo sono,ma solo che i tuoi video hanno reso questo lavoro molto più semplice e alla mia portata(sono molto principiante) 😂...comunque mi sono iscritta e ho messo il pollice in su😅😅👋👋👋
Thank you so much for the kind comment, and it’s a compliment when someone says that they appreciate my imperfection. I don’t ever want people to feel intimidated, and I love creating not worrying about mistakes. You paid me a lovely compliment, thank you!
I appreciate your real... this is a very helpful video for newbies like myself! Haven't actually started yet, but been steadily cutting mag pics, and prepping for crearing my very first #junkjournal!! Thanks...😊
I am always so happy that people who are new to Junk Journals watch my videos and I hope I can encourage you just to jump in. If you could only see my first one! My advice don't use things you love the first time. Use things that you like... but aren't precious so that you aren't afraid to jump in and try it. There is nothing to lose... it's a junk journal, it's for you and its fun. I am so glad you watched and commented and I hope you begin your first journal soon. xoxo
Thank you so much for this series. I attempted a smaller 1st junk journal and stopped because I got overwhelmed because my cover buckled and I chose way too many pages for my signatures. I love this simple binding method. I'm going to reduce my signatures down to 4 with 10 sheets each. And I'll also add a pretty button and some bling as well. Subscribed! 😊
It’s so easy to get overwhelmed at first… we want to do “all the things” right? In the end a simple start will set you up for success. I tend to now adapt this simple spine to most of my books. Details make a Junk Journal shine… not complex bindings. I hope this goes well for you! Happy Crafting. PS- at first I made my signatures too thick and too few… it’s amazing how increasing the number of signatures but decreasing the page count in each one makes a journal look so balanced and even.
@@MichelleRaeLandry So true! I am still working on my first journal and am almost finished with the 1st signature and it's becoming soooo thick. At this point I'm thinking of only inserting 2 this time. I'm sure I'll get it right next time. 😂🤓
Thanks for that compliment, I hope that my videos show that anyone can make pretty things from basic materials. Crafts should be fun, not overwhelming, either in scope or in materials used. Thanks so much for subscribing.
I can’t thank you enough for this video , I just made my very first cracker box journal that I also will use as a sample book, I wish I could show it to you , but don’t know if it can be done on here..thankyou
Oh this makes me happy. I love making videos, but when I hear someone actually was able to make something because of one, I feel like it was worth the effort. I'd love to see what you've made. Are you on instagram? If you are please tag me at @tape_n_twine and if you aren't on IG... you can message me and send pictures through my etsy shop. (link is in my videos). Thank you so much for you lovely comment.
I absolutely love this cracker box journal!!! I am going to attempt one soon! I like to use material on my journals. Have you tried a box with material yet? If so, did it work well? Thank you for your channel!!
Hi Tina! YES I've used cloth on the journal cover. Adhesive is the trickiest part as you don't want the glue to show, so I've used double sided tape and that worked well as well as light glue stick. I wish you the best of luck and I hope your journal comes out great!
Hi Veronica, I like the large Avery glue sticks because they go on smooth, but they are washable so I usually only use them when I'm using other glue as well. Otherwise I use the Scotch permanent sticks. They are about $12 for an 18 pack on Amazon. I bought the UHU once and I found that not only were they expensive but I didn't like how they applied and I wasn't impressed by them. I know they are popular but honestly I'm pretty happy with the two brands I use. Thanks for the question.
AmyMaise I'm glad it was helpful. Page counts in my signatures vary, however I notice I average between 8-10 generally. It depends on the measurements of the book and the thickness of the paper. When I started out I used too many pages in my signatures and realized that a book looks better, and the pages flip easier with more signatures that have fewer pages. Books with 4 signatures with 8 sheets each look nicer in the end then books with 2 signatures that have 15 pages in each signature. When there are too many pages the pages don't line up right, need a lot of trimming and get bulky way too fast. I hope that makes sense. I'm not sure there is a firm answer on page count but as you go you will definitely find a count that you prefer. Thanks for the question.
You can find that in the part 1 of this 2 part video on this book. Check out minute 29... here is the link . ruclips.net/video/_1GfboFvtjg/видео.htmlsi=Y8BCA403YyVhEHbg
@@yeen511 I’m so sorry to hear that. I don’t understand why it’s inconsistent for some and not for others but I’m truly bummed it doesn’t play well for everyone.
I can see that this video is 2 years old, but WHY did you never fix the blown-out LIGHTING?! The algorithm is still bringing the video up, so shouldn’t you still care that it is in-watchable?! I’ve never seen anything this bad before!
Nan, realize this video has some problems, and I’m sorry, unfortunately I can’t fix the lighting in this video or I would have, Most people have still been able to find some value in this offering so I left it up. I recently made a new video that repeats the binding process in this video so those people who found this video unwatchable could get a re-do on the process- it’s my botanical ink skinny journal. I hope this will give you another option to watch and to be assured that the majority of my videos are watchable. 😅. It takes me hours and hours to make a video, no one is more disappointed to find out there’s a problem than me…. But I’m human so sometimes I have a mistake or issue. I’m just a regular person making free content to share.
@@MichelleRaeLandry: Thank you very much, Michelle, for taking the time to write your (very thoughtful) response. . . I’ll be sure to watch the more recent video. Please take care.
I posted my comment before reading the other comments, and was kinda blown away that a few others experienced exactly what I did, and are so happy they found you... SO COOL!!!
Luna, I think it's wonderful to have videos, but the comment are so helpful too, aren't they? I think we all learn from each other and I love that we can see how we all struggle with the same things in this creative world. I appreciate your comment and time to watch.
What a great way to bind. It gives all the freedom you need but not the wobblyness of the binding per signature. Thanks a lot!
You're very welcome! Thank you for your kind comment and for watching. 🤍🤍🤍
I'm about to sound so cheesy but I cant help it. I've been learning from RUclips tutorials about junk journals for a year now. I have learned many things. This past week I somehow lost the spark, and the creativity that I normally have so I've been scrolling through video after video, trying to find inspiration and It actually did the opposite. Im not at all bashing anyone who creates these tutorials , today It just seemed that I found the ones who either fumble through it, talk continuously about their private lives, or dont say a word through the whole thing. Michelle, You SAVED THE DAY!!! seriously you did. You are straight to the point, explain things very well, and your voice is very calm and confident. Im so happy I found you....or maybe you found me. thank you so much!🤩🤩
Luna, this comment is so encouraging to me and I thank you truly for sharing your thoughts with me. I am certainly not a professional video person, so I can sometimes be a bit clumsy, but I do try to encourage people because WE CAN DO THIS, and sometimes we get stuck, but it's worth it to keep trying because in that we find our style, our preferences and what we love. I've changed as I go along this journey and I find the more I try the closer I get to finding MY style, My favorite type of journals, and it's so fun! The best part is sharing it with others and chatting under these videos with others who are also finding their way. So if I was an encouragement to you, that makes me very happy and I hope you will find other things I share that give you confidence to keep creating. xo
Love the card board series. Especially this one. I like junk journaling 2 be fun and relaxing. Too many videos with too many tools make art daunting for no reason.
I like to craft on both sides of that spectrum… when I have energy and want to use up art materials I can be up for a challenge HOWEVER I agree sometimes the prettiest things can be simple and done with ease. Kind of like life. Thanks for the comment and watching.
Thank you for showing how to do this no sew technique. I make signatures with a mix of art papers to take on holiday with me, so I have one ‘book’ with lots of options for using different mediums, this would be a great a way of compiling my travel sketches all together as I finish each signature.
Thankyou for showing no sew binding for signatures, to a complete newbie like me you made it achievable, thankyou ❤😊
This is so pretty. Enjoying binge watching your videos as i have my “quiet cuppa” in front of a fire , this Saturday morning. Ty for breaking this down and making it sooo do-able!!
Thank you for watching and commenting. Always glad to share a virtual cuppa with folks!
What a great idea, a sample book to keep samples in....very clever. I loved watching your process and its so nice to have someone who isn't so fancy pancy but just tells it like it is. It's a creative process and very freeing knowing its not perfect. The cover is so adorable, so thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching and commenting. It is freeing to know that things don't need to be perfect to be exactly what we need. The process is as much why we do it as what the end product is so enjoying that aspect is good for our mind and soul!!!
Thank you, this is so much easier and faster than the awl-and-sew method. I liked your perfectionist moment, too. Not everything has to be perfect, but there are times we want things to look "finished". Also glad I have a chance to use up my stash of crochet thread... I don't crochet 😂
Thanks for watching and for your positive feedback! Enjoy the process! 🥰
Hi I could see thing as the sunlight so bright I enjoyed your videos
I’m sorry the lighting was such an issue. Thanks for your patience.
Loved the video. The lighting was bright and I missed some great points!. From what I could see clear I loved!. TFS!
I’m sorry the lighting was bothersome to you. It’s so strange because on my end the video looks fine, but clearly enough people are having trouble with it that I feel bad and wish I could change it. Thanks for hanging in there.
I appreciate your realness on your videos!!! Thank you for your easy instructions and helping me bind my signatures. I seriously have been struggling with this process for months and it hinders me from completing any journal. Now to see if I can cover the box that I cut up and make it pretty. Thank you again! I loved both of your videos that I have watched this evening!!!
Thank you so much for your comment. Keep at it and the struggle will be behind you, just enjoy the process of creating - nothing ever needs to be perfect to be beautiful!
Love this journal . Im glad i found you for this binding !
I'm going to be attempting this with 4th graders in our homeschool co-op art class coming up. We'll be making art journals and this seems so simple, I'm very excited! Thank you for this!
Please forgive me for my late response, I hope your fourth graders had a ball making books. I’d love to hear how they came out. Thanks for watching the video and commenting.
I made my first junk journal after finding you last night! This tutorial is so easy to follow! Thanks so much for being easy to understand and not worrying about perfectionism. It makes it easier for beginners to not worry so much about making mistakes. My first journal turned out great! I’m excited to follow along and learn more. On a side note, I bought a sewing machine a couple years ago and used it twice. I do not know much about sewing but my adhd brain said I needed it. Do you have videos showing the sewing machine processes you use for making journals or just any sewing tutorials? I feel like I would understand your teaching style more than some other videos I’ve watched!
Michelle great job! I learned something different from you.. love you and love your work!
I really like your sample journal and the binding method you used. I’m going to try this binding method. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Nikita, thanks for watching and commenting. I just released another video in this series and I go over the binding again because some people complained the lighting made it hard to watch. If you struggled at all please watch that video because it might help. Good luck and I hope you are successful.
My first visit to your channel Michelle and like others, I am so pleased to have found you! First time I’ve seen a no-sew way of binding that I feel I’d like to try. It’s too late for me to do tonight, but will check out some of your other videos as I end my day. Blessings from Betty in Ohio.
Welcome Betty! Thank you so much for watching, commenting and I hope you tried the binding and it worked out well for you!
Great idea for new sew binding, thanks!
How amazingly simple is this! Thank you for sharing. Your book/joirnal looks great! 💙💚💙
Thanks so much Barry, I appreciate the support and the comment!
Michelle, I'm really enjoying your series. You have a natural ease on camera that I really like. I've just subscribed and look forward to many more videos. Diane from Texas
Thank you so much for the very kind and encouraging comment. I appreciate you subscribing and I hope I can offer you some inspiration in your art/crafting time.
Very lovely journal! TYSM for sharing ❤
I like this binding method. I've got a mac and cheese box waiting in my kitchen. I don't have a lot of pretty papers, but I've got plain printer paper, graph and binder paper. And I could cover it with brown paper bag. Or even glue on bits of old phone book
Some cracker boxes hinge open at the bottom. I guess if i want a landscape journal... I think maybe it was Wheat Thins?
The best junk journals are made of simple papers. You can try coffee dying or avocado dying some of those simple papers just to add variety. Some other things that are great to cover the book with if you don't have pretty paper is recycling Paper Gift bags (often those have pretty patterns), wrapping paper, even magazine images. I think using what you have is so creative and satisfying. Best of luck to you!
Oh my gosh, I'm SO happy I found you! And thank you soso much for this video, because I was having a tough time finding a fun, easy, straight to the point (while also very entertaining - I totally understood the perfectionist part with the button as I'm the same way too lol), step-by-step tutorial. But! This video was perfect!!! I can't wait to check out more of your videos 😊 Much love 💞💞
4alice thank you so much for the support and love, it means so much to me! Thanks for watching and I hope you find some other useful videos on my channel.
I'm so excited to try this! I actually have several boxes that I have saved just because I like them, and now thanks to the series that you made I will be able to use them. A couple of them are special so I won't be covering the front I'll just leave them as they are. I really cannot tell you how happy I am I found this series!❤❤
Loved all the videos - thankyou so much for posting
Glad you like them! I appreciate your kindness!
Hahahaha YUP I'm one to make mistakes...It's not a NEW SEW BINDING... It's A No Sew. I'll change the Thumbnail at some point. Typo queen here.
just found you, so glad I did.
I’m glad you did too… welcome!
Thank you I loved .I learn so easy whith you.
Leidy thank you for such a kind comment. I appreciate you watching and I hope you enjoy making your own Cardboard box journal.
Beautiful!! I’ve got to try this ASAP. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
Great presentation. Lots of good information.
Thanks so much!
Loved this journal video, liked and subbed! I did laugh at the amount of times you said "so", for a no sew journal (apologies for my cheesy humour triggers!)
No apology necessary... YEP ...the on air talent needs better skills. Thanks for watching and for the chuckle.
I like your way better!! No awl needed! Thank u!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.
You have a new subscriber! So excited!
Welcome aboard! Thank you for subscribing!
Awesome idea. Thank you very much
Michelle, this is so darn cute and simple!! What a quick, fun, easy and pretty way to make a journal!! ❤🥰❤ Thank you so much for sharing your videos!!❤
Thanks so much Toni! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Awesome journal!
Thanks so much!
Watching your video inspired me want to learn how to make a junk journal. I'm obsessed
This comment makes me so happy because the world needs as many Junk Journals as possible! I hope you have fun with the process and get hooked. It's a great community and a wonderful way to use things you already have. Best of luck!
Please keep up your good work!!@@MichelleRaeLandry
Very helpful. You have inspired me to make one of these ❤ Thank you
I’m so glad you are inspired to create your own, I hope you have fun and it comes out great! Thanks for commenting and watching.
Thank you soooooo much for creating these videos! I was so overwhelmed before, but now I understand the process so much better!! Bless You!🤗❤
OOOOH what a sweet comment.. I'm always the most happy when I can encourage people and give them confidence to create. I totally get how overwhelming some projects can seem, but there is nothing you can't do and truly wonderful journals can be made from simple supplies. I wish you the best. Thanks for your kindness.
Beautiful job
Thank you so much!
an easy no-sew binding and easy to pull sheet (if need be). Awesome!
I'll admit it's the pull-out feature that makes this binding my favorite, I don't like to commit to anything and I like to have the flexibility. Thanks for watching and commenting!
❤Love it!!!
Thanks Josey. 🙏🏻
Great video thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
That is so cool
Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for the no sew journal tutorial! So easy, and perfect for the 'idea' book! I really love the way a no sew looks, with the gathered threads, and button. I've only made one journal, so far, and had the worlds worst time getting the sewn in signatures to come out even. Some were too far up on the spine and some too far down. I had to resew them three times over, to get them all right! Was so frustrating, but I did keep at it! Yay me! Finally got them even! I just made a book out of a mac n cheese box, and covered it with faux leather. Thinking I'll try this no sew method on this one. Thank you so much for sharing! I think this will be an 'idea book', like yours, so my samples won't get lost all the time.
Lizzy, I confess, I HATE sewing in signatures because I can never get them like I want. I'm not that good at it, but I LOVE no sew bindings because I can easily fix anything I don't like, I can put paper in and out AND I love how it looks too! Thank you for watching, commenting and being part of the creative paper community! xo
I was just thinking of starting a sample book and this video came across my feed.
It's like the RUclips algorithm is reading my mind. LOL
I love this idea. I like sewing my signatures in, however this is so useful for (as you pointed out) removing pages and putting back in to work on.
Thanks for showing this method.
Watch out for Google it knows us better than we know ourselves! 😂😂 glad you found me and this video at the right time. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻🤍
Thank you so much. I had cut a box but did not know how to do the binding, with your video it made it easy. Thank you
So glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Love it! 😍 Thank you ❤️
Thanks for watching! 🥰
Wow love love this binding idea must subscribe hi im kk an im 70 this year an enjoy crafting junk journalling bet3n hospital appmts
Great video thank you for sharing🙂
Thanks so much for watching!
What a great reference book idea.
Thank you! I appreciate your watching and commenting.
Great idea gonna try this thank you😊
Have fun! Thank you for watching!
Ti ringrazio tanto per questi tutorial che mi hanno dato un po di fiducia,in genere,i video che guardo,sono troppo"perfetti", scusami,non intendo dire che i tuoi video non lo sono,ma solo che i tuoi video hanno reso questo lavoro molto più semplice e alla mia portata(sono molto principiante) 😂...comunque mi sono iscritta e ho messo il pollice in su😅😅👋👋👋
Thank you so much for the kind comment, and it’s a compliment when someone says that they appreciate my imperfection. I don’t ever want people to feel intimidated, and I love creating not worrying about mistakes. You paid me a lovely compliment, thank you!
Very helpful. I'm going to try this
Thanks Juanita!
You are awesome. I love your easy going attitude. I am going to the store to get my boxes. So excited to make this journal. Thank you😊
Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and kindness. I hope your journals come out awesome, but more importantly are fun to make.
Love this! Thanks for the tutorial on a no sew binding.❤
Thank you so much for watching, and commenting. Good luck!
Thank you for your Help 😂
I'm so glad it was helpful.
So beautiful, thank you. Now I feel more confident I can do it.
Thanks so much Melissa, I hope your project comes out great, I'm so glad I could encourage you. Best wishes to you, I appreciate you watching.
Thanks for clear instructions. I made a journal like this for the first time and I'm really happy with how it turned out!
I’m so glad you got a good result. Thanks for leaving a comment and for watching!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your mistakes and you allowing us to learn from them. You made it look so simple. 💖
Thank you for your kind comment and for watching.
Thank you for sharing. Your journal looks great! 💙
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
I appreciate your real... this is a very helpful video for newbies like myself! Haven't actually started yet, but been steadily cutting mag pics, and prepping for crearing my very first #junkjournal!! Thanks...😊
I am always so happy that people who are new to Junk Journals watch my videos and I hope I can encourage you just to jump in. If you could only see my first one! My advice don't use things you love the first time. Use things that you like... but aren't precious so that you aren't afraid to jump in and try it. There is nothing to lose... it's a junk journal, it's for you and its fun. I am so glad you watched and commented and I hope you begin your first journal soon. xoxo
Amazing Michelle!! 💛💛💛
Thanks for much for the support and love!
Thank you so much for this series. I attempted a smaller 1st junk journal and stopped because I got overwhelmed because my cover buckled and I chose way too many pages for my signatures. I love this simple binding method. I'm going to reduce my signatures down to 4 with 10 sheets each. And I'll also add a pretty button and some bling as well. Subscribed! 😊
It’s so easy to get overwhelmed at first… we want to do “all the things” right? In the end a simple start will set you up for success. I tend to now adapt this simple spine to most of my books. Details make a Junk Journal shine… not complex bindings. I hope this goes well for you! Happy Crafting. PS- at first I made my signatures too thick and too few… it’s amazing how increasing the number of signatures but decreasing the page count in each one makes a journal look so balanced and even.
@@MichelleRaeLandry So true! I am still working on my first journal and am almost finished with the 1st signature and it's becoming soooo thick. At this point I'm thinking of only inserting 2 this time. I'm sure I'll get it right next time. 😂🤓
Thank you so much for this series
Thank you so much for watching Brandy, it helps my channel when people take the time to watch and comment so I really appreciate you!
New subscriber. Thanks for not being intimidating.
Thanks for that compliment, I hope that my videos show that anyone can make pretty things from basic materials. Crafts should be fun, not overwhelming, either in scope or in materials used. Thanks so much for subscribing.
@MichelleRaeLandry... Thank you!🤗
You are so welcome
I love this! I can't wait to try it out.
I hope you enjoy the process! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Love this!
Thanks Lisa!
I can’t thank you enough for this video , I just made my very first cracker box journal that I also will use as a sample book, I wish I could show it to you , but don’t know if it can be done on here..thankyou
Oh this makes me happy. I love making videos, but when I hear someone actually was able to make something because of one, I feel like it was worth the effort. I'd love to see what you've made. Are you on instagram? If you are please tag me at @tape_n_twine and if you aren't on IG... you can message me and send pictures through my etsy shop. (link is in my videos). Thank you so much for you lovely comment.
I absolutely love this cracker box journal!!! I am going to attempt one soon! I like to use material on my journals. Have you tried a box with material yet? If so, did it work well? Thank you for your channel!!
Hi Tina! YES I've used cloth on the journal cover. Adhesive is the trickiest part as you don't want the glue to show, so I've used double sided tape and that worked well as well as light glue stick. I wish you the best of luck and I hope your journal comes out great!
I love your videos, what kind of glue sticks do you use?
Hi Veronica, I like the large Avery glue sticks because they go on smooth, but they are washable so I usually only use them when I'm using other glue as well. Otherwise I use the Scotch permanent sticks. They are about $12 for an 18 pack on Amazon. I bought the UHU once and I found that not only were they expensive but I didn't like how they applied and I wasn't impressed by them. I know they are popular but honestly I'm pretty happy with the two brands I use. Thanks for the question.
This is so helpful thank you! Could I just ask how many sheets of paper you usually use per signature? Thank you 😊
AmyMaise I'm glad it was helpful. Page counts in my signatures vary, however I notice I average between 8-10 generally. It depends on the measurements of the book and the thickness of the paper. When I started out I used too many pages in my signatures and realized that a book looks better, and the pages flip easier with more signatures that have fewer pages. Books with 4 signatures with 8 sheets each look nicer in the end then books with 2 signatures that have 15 pages in each signature. When there are too many pages the pages don't line up right, need a lot of trimming and get bulky way too fast. I hope that makes sense. I'm not sure there is a firm answer on page count but as you go you will definitely find a count that you prefer. Thanks for the question.
How did you adhere your lace piece?
You can find that in the part 1 of this 2 part video on this book. Check out minute 29... here is the link . ruclips.net/video/_1GfboFvtjg/видео.htmlsi=Y8BCA403YyVhEHbg
Sorry but the picture was very bright and I couldn’t see what you were doing, I think I got the gist though.
For a certain amount of viewers I've gotten this feedback and I feel bad about it, I wish I could change it. Thanks for hanging in there. ;-)
I can’t see this , it is so bright
Lila I am sorry you find it too bright…you can always turn down the brightness on the device you are viewing if on if you want to watch.
@@MichelleRaeLandry I am going to try, thanks
It’s not the viewers’ end. Turning down our brightness won’t help. Something went awry somewhere🙁🤷🏻♀️
@@yeen511 I’m so sorry to hear that. I don’t understand why it’s inconsistent for some and not for others but I’m truly bummed it doesn’t play well for everyone.
Sorry. I too couldn’t see some of it including the binding. Never mind, next time
I can see that this video is 2 years old, but WHY did you never fix the blown-out LIGHTING?! The algorithm is still bringing the video up, so shouldn’t you still care that it is in-watchable?! I’ve never seen anything this bad before!
Nan, realize this video has some problems, and I’m sorry, unfortunately I can’t fix the lighting in this video or I would have, Most people have still been able to find some value in this offering so I left it up. I recently made a new video that repeats the binding process in this video so those people who found this video unwatchable could get a re-do on the process- it’s my botanical ink skinny journal. I hope this will give you another option to watch and to be assured that the majority of my videos are watchable. 😅. It takes me hours and hours to make a video, no one is more disappointed to find out there’s a problem than me…. But I’m human so sometimes I have a mistake or issue. I’m just a regular person making free content to share.
@@MichelleRaeLandry: Thank you very much, Michelle, for taking the time to write your (very thoughtful) response. . . I’ll be sure to watch the more recent video. Please take care.