You are so amazing It’s because of you I have found my true passion for junk journaling and paper crafting… I thought for years I can’t do this. My family passed away and I started a grief journal recently it has helped me so much I can’t thank you enough!!!!
I am so grateful you share with us so much. A lot of crafters are incredibly greedy with knowledge when in truth, there is nothing new under the sun in regards to crafting paper. There really is just personal preference. And you showing us doesn't take away from your sales. It brings the true perspective to your customers. If anything, it helps them be more appreciative and less likely to want to haggle on price when you show the labor of love. It can take me 45 hours to make one journal if I let myself. I know you know what I mean. It took me 70 hrs for an heirloom I made for my best friend because I went nuts. It's not like people just have that kind of time and resources. People will always want journals. they will always want custom made for them. No one can make what we each make ourselves. There will always be another customer, another fair, another holiday for gifts. Another chance. Sharing across makers just creates a community of support in abundance as opposed to a community based on fear, threat and competition. These videos help me feel like I'm not alone as a maker. Thank you.
Hi im so amazed and excited that you made this tutorial its fantastic it show how much time and creativity you put into making them. Brilliant video lots of inspiration thank you.
HI Jessica, love your tutorial, your junk journal is so beautiful and wow that is a lot of work. I don't know if I will make one some day but love to watch you teach us, you are so good. Looking forward to more tutorial it's fun. Take care sweetie. Hugs. Francine
MsShawn43 I agree with everyone's awesome comments......MsShawn43 nails it with "you're awesome to share your knowledge and your gift of time" Wonderful job, beautiful jj!👍🏻😘👌🏻💕
Thank you so much for such a helpful and informative video! How generous to share your process and cover so many of the question I have as a newbie to the craft!! Love how your mind works and the high energy & enthusiasm you have for making junk journals. Thank you again!
This video is extremely helpful. I really appreciate being able to see how the cover is done and I feel that now I can tackle this with success! Thank you!
I know this must have been a huge effort to film, but I appreciate it so much! Such a great tutorial for us newbies! Love it and can't wait to find the flip through of this fabulous journal and find your other tutorials, especially decorating the pages! Thanks so very very much!
This was one of the most useful videos I have watched - not that any of the other 4 million I have watched weren't useful (thank you from the bottom of my heart to all those wonderful craftspeople who share their creative processes) - just that I really liked seeing the organisation process for this one and seeing the whole thing from start to finish all in one video. Thank you Cool Mom - great work!
This is an absolute superb video tutorial ! Thank you Cool Mom. I can't believe anyone would click unlike, they just jealous they are not as cool as you dear.
Awesome tut, Jessica!! As a non-crafter, even I find that bit about the holes drawn on folded grid extremely helpful. So good to see the sewing in of signatures too!! Beautiful book btw! Love the wild flowers cover!!! TFS xRenee
How generous of you to take the time to share your remarkable knowledge of putting together junk journals. I loved the whole video, but really appreciate your tip on making a blueprint. Thanks for putting in so much time on this!
You are such a generous talented person!! This is by far one of the best tutorials I have ever watched!! I can't wait to make my beach journal--after watching this video Im not so intimidated!! Thank you thank you!!
Thanks for the in depth tutorial! You made me laugh about the page layout blueprints. They come to you in your dreams hehe! The parts that seemed so intimidating are starting to feel less and less now. Now I just have to learn how to sew!
Holy Mollie ! Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! I am just starting out sewing my first junk journal together and this will help me out so much. I have made altered book junk journals altered five ring book junk journals and spiral junk journals in the past.
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! I have just finished my signatures but still need to work on my cover before sewing them in! Wish me luck, lol! Thanks again, yours is beautiful!
Thank you ever so much for your tutorial. I'm kind of an idiot when it comes to instructions but the way you taught was so easy to understand. It was such a wealth of knowledge. I have all the supplies and loads of paper so I can now get started.. Thank you ever so much for sharing, all your videos are amazing.
Awesome tutorial. I like your teaching style and that you don't get to caught up on measuring every single thing and being perfect. I can't wait to try it myself.
Amazing thank you so much for including all the tips.. I can definitely apply some of your techniques to my journal making! You are so generous to share. ❤💙💛💜💚 luv Bon x
I want to THANK YOU for the very first I have watched that made the steps SIMPLE ..for me anyway. I have been very intimidated by the BEAUTIFUL junk journals out there but every time you said IT'S OKAY this is yours or that's okay you can fix this or that by doing this I was like YES I get it now...there is no right way or wrong way to do this..again thank you!
Thank you for such a thorough tutorial, it is excellent. What a great idea to use graph paper for measuring the holes. I'm looking forward to seeing the follow ups.
New subbie . Awesome , I've been wanting to make a junk journal . Thank you for sharing m gives me something to go by, yaaaay. Yours is beautiful . Hope you have a blessed day 😊
Hello from Denmark 🇩🇰 I've just noticed yr video was done 4yrs ago but so glad I discovered your channel. Like so many out there creating a journal is quite intimidating and this gives me hope to try one under your expert tutorial. The simple blue print makes so much sense. Thanks for all the savvy tips.
I love this tutorial, and the book is lovely. I noticed your breast cancer ribbon tattoo and have been wanting to ask you for a very long time now if it’s a memory for somebody you’ve lost. I lost a sister in 2009 from breast cancer and I have another sister who is losing a battle to breast cancer now. .She was a ten yr survivor and then 2 yrs ago it came back on other side. . It’s such a horrible thing to watch somebody go thru. . I know this sounds weird but on got on you tube to distract me cause I’ve been crying all day. This tutorial helped me to take my mind off of it temporarily. I love your tutorials. Thank you so much .
David White awww just read this. I'm so sorry. My mama was the one with breast cancer and she had a double mastectomy and is still alive. So so sorry. Sending you hugs.
Hi Jessica, love your journals !! 😊 Here in Australia I go to our local news printers and get the news paper end of roll paper for covering the bottoms of my cake boards. They are awesome and only cost a dollar or two depending on what is left on the rolls. When they get so far with them and there is a chance of running out during printing they change the rolls. Maybe this could help you. I hope so as they have saved me a lot of money over the 40 years of my professional cake decorating and teaching. Lol now I'm using it for art. Hope your local printers can help you too. Keep up your beautiful work 👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹
I've been anxiously awaiting this tutorial and it's fabulous!! Thank you Jessica for taking the time to do this. I know it took a lot longer than 51min to make this video. Really appreciate you sharing your process and techniques with us. This helps me, a total newbie to this, A LOT! 💕
Hi Jessica I am a beginner Who found,at lady, the perfect way to make a journal. Thanks for sharing I Will Be Happy to show You the amount of materials I Have never used . Hope to find more inspiration in Your Channel. welcome to Sicily,where I live
As always- amazing video. Detailed, very informative and a great way to see your amazing work in progress. Thanks for taking the time to teach and share all your great tips and knowledge. Love your creative process and way of thinking. Thanks for sharing Jessica!
I love your journal tutorials. You are the best for sure! All my supplies are packed for our "eventual" move however that doesn't mean I can't dream =) Great tutorial. xo
I'm A Cool Mom I love all your tutorials but I do believe this is one of your easiest best. Thanks for sharing your talent and knowledge. Keep up the great work!! XOXO
Thank you so much for doing that tutorial. it was very clear and easy to understand. wonderful work.. I haven't made one yet but you sure inspired me. thanks again and keep on crafting and sharing
I'm A Cool Mom one of the best junk journal videos I have seen in years! Very thorough, fabulously creative, easy step by step tutorial, great lighting, spoke clearly, captured all the angles with camera, and really I could go on...it didn't even feel like I spent the hour watching! Good luck to you sweetie, I am a subscribing fan. ❤️🌷🌸🌺☘️🌼🌹
Thank you! I'm new at making journals and this is such an inspiring tutorial! Also it makes me understand what I'm doing right ... and what not ahah A big hug from Italy *.*
OMG This video is amazing!! I have learned so much. I am going to try to do one of these for my daughters birthday in January. I was so in awe of the whole process. I look forward to more videos!! Thank you so much for all the time you put into it!!
Stumbled across your video and love how you made this journal, it is beautiful! I'm quite new to this and have limited supplies of ephemera, paper etc but I wish I could create something so beautiful, I love vintage looking journals, hard to find the supplies you used over here in Scotland as there are no stores like Michaels, Joanne etc where you guys seem to find lace, doilies, good glue, pretty papers, this book is a masterpiece! TFS :)
THANK YOU JESSICA!!!!! This is one of the best how to videos. You're always so amazing with sharing info AND knowledge!!! This is such a great video!! The book came out soo pretty ! I'm also a Newby to making journals and this going to help soo much!!
This was great...saving it so that I can learn to stitch my journal and for future reference for ideas of things to do and include in future junk journals.
Really neat to see your process! Your page formula is almost identical to my 3 Pile System! That's so awesome! It really is the best way to organize your pages out! And I totally know what you mean about the time it takes to sew! It takes forevvvveeerrr lol! 😂😂😥😥 Anyhow, thanks for sharing your process, fun to watch. 😊😊 I can tell you have this down packed! Breezing through with ease! 💗💗
The best place to get that lightweight gray paper you used is from a big box hardware store that carries packing supplies. Home Depot, for instance. They sell all the moving supplies you could possibly need. It's just packing paper.
I'm just beginning my junk journal journey and I love your videos. You're so helpful! Do you still have the sugar skull journal? I'd love to see more of it and would probably purchase it. :)
You are so amazing
It’s because of you I have found my true passion for junk journaling and paper crafting…
I thought for years I can’t do this.
My family passed away and I started a grief journal recently it has helped me so much
I can’t thank you enough!!!!
I have been trying to sew on cardboard for months. Thank you for sharing how to really make these kinds of books. Super helpful!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING HOW TO DO THIS.I THINK THIS WILL BE ALOT FUN!!IVE BEEN SEWING THE FABRIC ON PAGES!!HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
Yes! I was struggling on how to make the cover better.Thank you.
What a great video!! Thank you for sharing your process. 💕
Thank you so much Jessica, you're so nice sharing with us how do you make you Journals...Gracias!
I am so grateful you share with us so much. A lot of crafters are incredibly greedy with knowledge when in truth, there is nothing new under the sun in regards to crafting paper. There really is just personal preference. And you showing us doesn't take away from your sales. It brings the true perspective to your customers. If anything, it helps them be more appreciative and less likely to want to haggle on price when you show the labor of love. It can take me 45 hours to make one journal if I let myself. I know you know what I mean. It took me 70 hrs for an heirloom I made for my best friend because I went nuts. It's not like people just have that kind of time and resources. People will always want journals. they will always want custom made for them. No one can make what we each make ourselves. There will always be another customer, another fair, another holiday for gifts. Another chance. Sharing across makers just creates a community of support in abundance as opposed to a community based on fear, threat and competition. These videos help me feel like I'm not alone as a maker. Thank you.
So much fun to watch- so nice of you to share this:)
Love this video and seeing your process. The JJ turned out beautiful. I love that page with the strawberries.
Hi im so amazed and excited that you made this tutorial its fantastic it show how much time and creativity you put into making them. Brilliant video lots of inspiration thank you.
HI Jessica, love your tutorial, your junk journal is so beautiful and wow that is a lot of work. I don't know if I will make one some day but love to watch you teach us, you are so good. Looking forward to more tutorial it's fun. Take care sweetie. Hugs. Francine
Great tutorial Jessica! Thanks for doing this and I look forward to seeing the future ones you have planned!
This is a wonderful tutorial . Thank you so much for the gift of your time and knowledge...
MsShawn43 I agree with everyone's awesome comments......MsShawn43 nails it with "you're awesome to share your knowledge and your gift of time" Wonderful job, beautiful jj!👍🏻😘👌🏻💕
Perfect tutorial for a newbie like me. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you so much for such a helpful and informative video! How generous to share your process and cover so many of the question I have as a newbie to the craft!! Love how your mind works and the high energy & enthusiasm you have for making junk journals. Thank you again!
love the tutorial Jessica. Thanks. I always have a problem sewing the signatures in but I love making junk journals.
Catherine Guhl it def can be challenging, I struggle all the time!
This video is extremely helpful. I really appreciate being able to see how the cover is done and I feel that now I can tackle this with success! Thank you!
I know this must have been a huge effort to film, but I appreciate it so much! Such a great tutorial for us newbies! Love it and can't wait to find the flip through of this fabulous journal and find your other tutorials, especially decorating the pages! Thanks so very very much!
This was one of the most useful videos I have watched - not that any of the other 4 million I have watched weren't useful (thank you from the bottom of my heart to all those wonderful craftspeople who share their creative processes) - just that I really liked seeing the organisation process for this one and seeing the whole thing from start to finish all in one video. Thank you Cool Mom - great work!
Aww I’m so glad! THANK you
This is an absolute superb video tutorial ! Thank you Cool Mom. I can't believe anyone would click unlike, they just jealous they are not as cool as you dear.
Tanya Veilleux hahaha it's ok :) negativity will surround those people and I'm very blessed to have such positivity!
Awesome tut, Jessica!! As a non-crafter, even I find that bit about the holes drawn on folded grid extremely helpful. So good to see the sewing in of signatures too!! Beautiful book btw! Love the wild flowers cover!!! TFS xRenee
Thx so much for sharing your talents with us ❤️ great tutorial!!!
LOVE THAT YOU USED FABRIC ON YOUR BOOKS GREAT JOB
so so so helpful definitely gonna try this out like right now.
love it
How generous of you to take the time to share your remarkable knowledge of putting together junk journals. I loved the whole video, but really appreciate your tip on making a blueprint. Thanks for putting in so much time on this!
You are such a generous talented person!! This is by far one of the best tutorials I have ever watched!! I can't wait to make my beach journal--after watching this video Im not so intimidated!! Thank you thank you!!
Thanks for the in depth tutorial! You made me laugh about the page layout blueprints. They come to you in your dreams hehe! The parts that seemed so intimidating are starting to feel less and less now. Now I just have to learn how to sew!
Amazing! So kind of you to share your process.
Thanks so much for doing this. I get so many ideas from you and other journal makers and my journals show it. 😘😘😘
You are so generous to share so much of your time and your talent! Thank you!
Love it!!! Thank you tons for you wonderful video and simple step by step ideas!!! ❤ 💘 ❤
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial.
This is BY FAR my favorite jj tutorial. Especially the binding part using the graph paper. Love it...Thanks for sharing your expertise!
sharon a thanks!
Holy Mollie ! Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! I am just starting out sewing my first junk journal together and this will help me out so much. I have made altered book junk journals altered five ring book junk journals and spiral junk journals in the past.
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! I have just finished my signatures but still need to work on my cover before sewing them in! Wish me luck, lol! Thanks again, yours is beautiful!
papercraftingirl good luck!
Thank you ever so much for your tutorial. I'm kind of an idiot when it comes to instructions but the way you taught was
so easy to understand. It was such a wealth of knowledge. I have all the supplies and loads of paper so I can now get started..
Thank you ever so much for sharing, all your videos are amazing.
Where has this tutorial been the last year since I started making journals!? I love this...thank you so much!
Great video. You are a good teacher too.
Brilliant! Cheers for sharing! X
Awesome tutorial. I like your teaching style and that you don't get to caught up on measuring every single thing and being perfect. I can't wait to try it myself.
i feel like i've sat at the feet of the master. thk u so much for sharing ur secrets. i have supplies, now maybe i'll have the nerve to give it a try!
Amazing thank you so much for including all the tips.. I can definitely apply some of your techniques to my journal making! You are so generous to share. ❤💙💛💜💚 luv Bon x
I love the construction of this Journal, I watch it often, it’s magnificent, love it.Thank you Xx😁❤️🧡
I want to THANK YOU for the very first I have watched that made the steps SIMPLE ..for me anyway. I have been very intimidated by the BEAUTIFUL junk journals out there but every time you said IT'S OKAY this is yours or that's okay you can fix this or that by doing this I was like YES I get it now...there is no right way or wrong way to do this..again thank you!
A drawn blueprunt of pages before starting!! Awesome idea 👌 I will borrow this idea for sure. Thank you
fantastic tutorial
Thank you for such a thorough tutorial, it is excellent. What a great idea to use graph paper for measuring the holes. I'm looking forward to seeing the follow ups.
New subbie . Awesome , I've been wanting to make a junk journal . Thank you for sharing m gives me something to go by, yaaaay. Yours is beautiful . Hope you have a blessed day 😊
Brilliant tutorial very informative an easy to follow best I have seen for someone like myself who wants to start making junk journals thanks
Hello from Denmark 🇩🇰 I've just noticed yr video was done 4yrs ago but so glad I discovered your channel. Like so many out there creating a journal is quite intimidating and this gives me hope to try one under your expert tutorial. The simple blue print makes so much sense. Thanks for all the savvy tips.
Very informative & beautifully embellished I love it 🤗💚💖
I love this tutorial, and the book is lovely. I noticed your breast cancer ribbon tattoo and have been wanting to ask you for a very long time now if it’s a memory for somebody you’ve lost. I lost a sister in 2009 from breast cancer and I have another sister who is losing a battle to breast cancer now. .She was a ten yr survivor and then 2 yrs ago it came back on other side. . It’s such a horrible thing to watch somebody go thru. . I know this sounds weird but on got on you tube to distract me cause I’ve been crying all day. This tutorial helped me to take my mind off of it temporarily. I love your tutorials. Thank you so much .
David White awww just read this. I'm so sorry. My mama was the one with breast cancer and she had a double mastectomy and is still alive. So so sorry. Sending you hugs.
Wow, this journal is awesome! Thank you for going into such detail!
Hi Jessica, love your journals !! 😊
Here in Australia I go to our local news printers and get the news paper end of roll paper for covering the bottoms of my cake boards. They are awesome and only cost a dollar or two depending on what is left on the rolls. When they get so far with them and there is a chance of running out during printing they change the rolls. Maybe this could help you. I hope so as they have saved me a lot of money over the 40 years of my professional cake decorating and teaching. Lol now I'm using it for art.
Hope your local printers can help you too.
Keep up your beautiful work 👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹
So far, this is the BEST tortirial on how to make a junk journal. Thanks!
I've been anxiously awaiting this tutorial and it's fabulous!! Thank you Jessica for taking the time to do this. I know it took a lot longer than 51min to make this video. Really appreciate you sharing your process and techniques with us. This helps me, a total newbie to this, A LOT! 💕
Emelia Hedstrom oh yes hehe it took days and lots of editing and waiting lol but it's worth it and the least I can do for my supporters!
Hi Jessica I am a beginner Who found,at lady, the perfect way to make a journal. Thanks for sharing I Will Be Happy to show You the amount of materials I Have never used . Hope to find more inspiration in Your Channel. welcome to Sicily,where I live
As always- amazing video. Detailed, very informative and a great way to see your amazing work in progress. Thanks for taking the time to teach and share all your great tips and knowledge. Love your creative process and way of thinking. Thanks for sharing Jessica!
I love your journal tutorials. You are the best for sure! All my supplies are packed for our "eventual" move however that doesn't mean I can't dream =) Great tutorial. xo
Awesome video...I love how your JJ turned out. Thank you so much for sharing your process! Have a great day :)
EXCELLENT. Thanks for all you tips and process....
This is very helpful. Thank you so much! I am new to this and am just starting out. I Love your videos!!
One of the best tutorials that I have seen. Thank you.
Amazing tutorial, you're so generous to share, T Y! Looking forward to the curved spine 😆
TFS, great tutorial! Your instructions are very user friendly & easy too understand!
It is a lovely book - great video and thanks for sharing
Jessica, this was awesome. Now I feel I can begin my first journal. Please keep explaining your thought process, it helps so much.
Finally - a tutorial on my junk journals! Hope this helps you all :) ask any questions here and I'll try and answer quickly
I'm A Cool Mom I love all your tutorials but I do believe this is one of your easiest best. Thanks for sharing your talent and knowledge. Keep up the great work!! XOXO
Thank you so much for doing that tutorial. it was very clear and easy to understand. wonderful work.. I haven't made one yet but you sure inspired me. thanks again and keep on crafting and sharing
I'm so excited to make this!! Thank you!
I'm A Cool Mom hi Jessica, I have a question. You said you had 3 signatures with 10 pages each, making it 110 pages. Wouldn't it be 60 pages?
I'm A Cool Mom one of the best junk journal videos I have seen in years! Very thorough, fabulously creative, easy step by step tutorial, great lighting, spoke clearly, captured all the angles with camera, and really I could go on...it didn't even feel like I spent the hour watching! Good luck to you sweetie, I am a subscribing fan. ❤️🌷🌸🌺☘️🌼🌹
I just did mine for the firts time and im in love with😍
I’m slowly gathering all the items for this project. It’s taking me forever but I’m determined to do it.
Brilliant book. Thank you so much for sharing this
Thank you! I'm new at making journals and this is such an inspiring tutorial! Also it makes me understand what I'm doing right ... and what not ahah A big hug from Italy *.*
OMG This video is amazing!! I have learned so much. I am going to try to do one of these for my daughters birthday in January. I was so in awe of the whole process. I look forward to more videos!! Thank you so much for all the time you put into it!!
I just made my very first Junk journal following your video step by step!! Not near as difficult as I thought. THANK YOU so much! ~Elaina
I remember when you used to decorate your Raskog cart if I’m spelling it right. You would basically curate it for the holiday and it was adorable.
VERY informative and useful! Of course, now I'm IN LOVE with this journal! HA!
This was great, thanks so much!
Love it, really gorgeous. This video is so well done. Thank you so much.🤗
Thank you so very much for all of this great information!!!! It is greatly appreciated!! You are so talented. Thank you
Wow so amazing!! Thanks so much for showing your process in detail. You do a wonderful job and I love your style of journals!!
Stumbled across your video and love how you made this journal, it is beautiful! I'm quite new to this and have limited supplies of ephemera, paper etc but I wish I could create something so beautiful, I love vintage looking journals, hard to find the supplies you used over here in Scotland as there are no stores like Michaels, Joanne etc where you guys seem to find lace, doilies, good glue, pretty papers, this book is a masterpiece! TFS :)
Suz well guess what? I'm working on a minimal supply junk journal as we speak! Thank you!
will you have a video up for it? :))
Suz oh yes hahaha I meant to say I was working on a video!!
Thanks Jessica very, very informative 🤗
THANK YOU JESSICA!!!!! This is one of the best how to videos. You're always so amazing with sharing info AND knowledge!!! This is such a great video!! The book came out soo pretty ! I'm also a Newby to making journals and this going to help soo much!!
Thank you so much for sharing this, you made it so fun and easy to follow, I can't wait to try and make my own journal 😊
Great tips and ideas, thanks Jessica!
I absolutely love this video!!!!!
I am watching this video in October 2022 as a new crafter. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for this incredible tutorial. I will share in my groups :)
This was great...saving it so that I can learn to stitch my journal and for future reference for ideas of things to do and include in future junk journals.
Gorgeous Journal huni love the walk through xx
Really neat to see your process! Your page formula is almost identical to my 3 Pile System! That's so awesome! It really is the best way to organize your pages out! And I totally know what you mean about the time it takes to sew! It takes forevvvveeerrr lol! 😂😂😥😥 Anyhow, thanks for sharing your process, fun to watch. 😊😊 I can tell you have this down packed! Breezing through with ease! 💗💗
Your the best! Thanks for all you do.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Fabulous video!
Jenofeve suggested your channel for a very good reason.. Like your creation and explanation.
Evelyn Vasquez oh yay thank you!! I forgot she had the video go up because my 5 year old broke his arm last night :( thanks so much for stopping by
I just discovered your channel. I love it! Thanks so much for the tutorial. I just subscribed.
This is a great tutorial!!!!! I’m a newby and so intimidated by all the steps but can’t wait to start🤗
The best place to get that lightweight gray paper you used is from a big box hardware store that carries packing supplies. Home Depot, for instance. They sell all the moving supplies you could possibly need. It's just packing paper.
Kristin Nap great idea, thank you!!
Tfs. I love all the writing space.
This was a great tutorial. Enjoyed watching and I learned from it also. Thank you!
I'm just beginning my junk journal journey and I love your videos. You're so helpful!
Do you still have the sugar skull journal? I'd love to see more of it and would probably purchase it. :)