Thank you so much Dawn! This is Def one of my favorites too! An oldie but goodie! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and for commenting as well! I appreciate you! 🙏🏼🖤🖤
This is one of my very favorites of all your books! I love that you found such intriguing stories for it, now I want to do one for that lady photographer too, so very creepy cool. I adore all the elements you added and the black fabrics. You inspire me! If I do ever get around to making a gothic book you will totally be my inspiration for it. Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas with this community.
Thank you so much Dana! I think I'm with you, this is one of my favorites as well! I miss it! Lol You should totally do one! She's got lots of vintage pics online! If you make one I'd love to see what you make!! I'm sure it will be epic!! XoXo 🖤🖤Thanks for swinging by to watch!!
What a stunning and unique creation! I loved the penny dreadfuls and all the wonderful ephemera you included in the journal as well as all those great tuck spots and little booklet! Just wonderful!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much Teresa! I miss this book lol, I feel like I need to make another one! 😉😉 thanks for watching, and subbing! I appreciate the kind words! XoXo 😊😊💛
WOW April I love this journal!! You did an outstanding and unbelievable creation on this. I also love to create this style but I have to watch myself or that would be all I would have in my Etsy job. What an inspiration you are with this style!! Love Love it!
Lol! Nothing wrong with having an Etsy shop filled with things you love!! That would be awesome in fact! 🖤🖤Thanks for the sweet comment and for taking the time to watch! XoXo
Just wowww! Unbelievable creation... the pocket intro...the coffee filter! black lace so whimsically placed off page edges...the ephemera...the Gorgeous commitment of black and antique hues ... a perfect home for the Countess! so so very darkly beautiful. The undulation of your themed journals, April is beyond... love this--to the max!! X...
Renee! I love your eye... An uncanny knack for details! Thanks so much for the kind words! On the corset, I almost sealed that closed then thought better of it. And then comes the pocket lol. I think the fabric off the edges is one of my most favorite features! And I love that you said "commitment" to black. I was telling my buddy Shaina earlier that I thought the black would be over bearing but I was dead set on having it black as can be. Ultimately I figured adding in the coffee stained would be a good way to break up the black yet keep the vintage feel. Anyway thank you Renee!
Once again, I love and quite frankly, as being very new to the junk journal World, I am in awe. So much to learn and so many things to try. I am glad I "found" you on the net, and I look forward to catching up :-)
Thank you so much!! I appreciate you taking the time to have a look at my channel! This is definitely my favorite theme of all so its fun! Welcome into the world of junk journals!! ❤️ XoXo
Thank you so much Lisa!! Thankfully she did, and I'm so happy for that! I hope this was able to inspire you with your Gothic/spell book!! Thank you so much for watching! 🖤
Not my thing, but always appreciate the creativity of this type journal. You did a beautiful job , love the textures and the veil material. There is a huge amt. of material to work with. Thanks for sharing your work .
Hi Sharon, thanks so much for the kind words, and I do appreciate you taking some time out to watch this. These are my most favorite types of books to make, in fact I have another coming out in the next few days. Lol Thanks again for your comment and thanks for watching!
Wow, you can see the love that went into this journal. I love your book-page pocket, great idea! Its great to see different styles of jj's. Seriously I love how you can go all unicorn and then gothic!
Lol Liz! That is so funny and true... I think in one of my past videos I warned that I was about to make a sharp left at the corner haha! I have a few custom projects but aside from that the next two or three projects I do will be goth or dark... Or some variation thereof. Thanks for watching friend!
Hi there Ashley! I'm so happy you found junk journals!! It is so exciting when you first discover them! So many different styles and people to learn from! I hope you have fun exploring! Thank you so much for the kind words as well! This is also my favorite style of all! Thanks for swinging by!! XoXo 🖤🖤🖤
Wow! I love this journal. All the laces & the corset lacing & the lock. Calling it the Countess because I'm obsessed with Countess Bathory. ( a different Countess) This is so Me. I can't believe I still haven't done a Gothic journal yet. It needs to be done. I'll have to read up on Your Countess. Oh My God, That's My favourite John Donne poem ever! Go & Google a poem called Bridge of Sighs by Thomas Hood. If You don't already know it it's gonna blow Your mind! If You do already know it, oh well. lol
Hey Rebekah! Thank you so much for this information I will definitely take the time to look up the things that you told me about. I don't think I have heard of the Countess that you're talking about or the poem so I will definitely take a look at both. Thank you so much for taking the time to take a look at this book and I just posted some new Gothic ones about an hour ago lol. XoXo ❤️
Very cool journal. Love all the little details that you added. So many yummy textures and tuck spots and mini books oh my! What a treasure! Thank you for sharing with us! Love it!
You are very welcome. I just love seeing the things that wonderful creative people make. So I added you to the list. ;) And thank you for watching my videos in return, that made my day. :)
WOW WOW WOOOOOOOW!!!!!!! What a beautiful and AMAZING book!!!! You put a lot of love, hard work and time into this!! I'm sooo in love with her!!! Fantastic job hunny!!!
Thank you so much mommaoxox! I really did, this is one of my most favorite books! And I'm so happy it got to have a sweet home with my friend Dolly. Thank you for taking some time to come back and watch this one. XoXo 😊😊😊
Heyyyyyyyyy April! 😃😃 I see you perusing around in my favorite area! The Gothic side of my RUclips channel! Thank you so much for the sweet comment! I do appreciate you taking the time to watch!! XoXo 🖤🖤🖤
I’ve honestly never even seen or heard of junk journals untill a few weeks ago! I’m obsessed! Can’t wait to try and make some. Gotta build up a little collection of stuff first. I’ve just been watching videos to learn how to make them. ☺️
@@HeyApril_ that's the best thing to do honestly! I did the same exact thing! Then eventually after a little bit you will evolve into a style that is yours and completely comfortable to you! Have fun! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I am sitting here wondering what I have to do to get into your good graces enough to make ME a stunning book like that! But, that is the EXACT book that I would want and it has been claimed by another so there is no point to this comment other than to tell you I LOVE THAT BOOK!!! Good day 💃
I know this video is from a while ago. But, I had to comment. WOW!! This is a brilliant journal! I absolutely love all of the Penny Dreadful prints and the pictures of the Countess! Wonderful!! So glad I found you! You are inspirational. Thank you. Take care!
Thank you so much for the sweet comment! I appreciate you taking the time to watch this oldie but goodie! It's one of my favorites as well. I'm glad you enjoyed it! The Countess was a mighty fancy lady! Lol Thank you again and I hope you are also doing well! ❤️ XoXo
Thank you Gracie! I've been dying to do this theme for a good while now. Lol I'm so happy Dolly was accepting of it! Thanks for the kind words as always my friend! XoXo
Hi Rosie! For this one I used chipboard. You can buy heavy chipboard, or you can layer up a few layers of thinner chipboard from food boxes etc to get a thickness you'd like.
Thank you sooooooo much for making this unbelievably stunning journal for me. I can only hope you love the one I sent to you as much as I do this one. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
You already know I will, no questions about that! You are absolutely most welcome! This journal was causing a lot of hesitation and anxiety for me because I wanted it to be everything I was seeing in my head. And also, something you could enjoy (it gets chaotic in my head sometimes lol). But this was ultimately very fun and a great fun swap! My first jj swap! Happy you love it and looking forward to receiving yours! XoXo 😊😊
Wow! This is amazing!! I love so many things about it...the cover, the lace hanging on the edges, the penny dreadful images, the wolf fur, that was a bit creepy, but in a good way lol! And I loved the letter at the end! Absolutely loved it April and I hope you will make more journals like this TFS 😀
Thank you so much Melanie! I really appreciate your kind words! I love the Penny dreadfuls as well! They are so interesting to look at. And I thought the wolf fur would be a nice little ha-ha moment lol. I'm so happy you loved it! I really do want to make more like this. I have two that will be similar, sort of, then maybe I'll come back and revisit this Victorian theme again! It's my FAVORITE. Lol thanks again for the kind words. Tfw! XoXo 💜💜💜
Wright Blan - yes I have the original letter he wrote. I thought it was an interesting addition and definitely unique and one of a kind. I really treasure old finds like this that can be given a second life. Thanks so much for watching!!
Mr & Miss behave - lol thank you so much, I had an inkling you were going to like this one 😊😊😊 I've got a few more I need to get out of my system lol. Thanks for watching friends! XoXo
Love Love Love. I used to hate this type JJ & steampunk but for some reason, I have become obsessed and plan on making a victorian goth steampunk JJ of sorts lol. But this is the best one I have seen so far.
The Old Bohemian Gypsy - hi there! I'm so glad you are deciding to give them a chance, there's so many different directions you can go with this theme! Thank you for the sweet comment, I really appreciate that! 😊😊🖤
I love this style too .I have done Edgar Allen Poe .practical Magic ,potion book with old remedies ( just for fun) steampunk etc.. I just love it .you did a great job .keep those kind coming .
Hi Mattie! Wow those books sound amazing! I checked your page and you don't have videos of them up. Sad face 🙁 I bet they are amazing though! Thanks so much for the kind d words! I have plans for 2-3 more Gothic/dark upcoming - sprinkled among other projects I need to finish, stay tuned my friend! 😊😊😊😊
Oh that's so awesome! I would love to try and do that one day (selling at fairs, etc.) I would need a good, solid two months to ramp up on a good enough amount of books lol. So awesome though! 😊😊😊
Thank you so much! I know this style isn't for everyone, so it really means a lot that you liked it! It's my absolute favorite. I have plans for a few more coming up. But you know how it is when we have a million and one ideas that we have to get out of our system lol! 💕💕 thanks for watching!
I totally love your style! I am also a very "unique" person haha! I am a young Grandma, I have skull tatoos on my arm, I crochet, craft and listen to Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Carrie Unerwood all while making homemade jam! I am a gemini so ride that tightrope between normal and weird pretty closely! LOL
Lol lol lol! I love alllllll of this! And mmmmm jam!!??! Prince was a gemini and he's my favorite person ever! Lol That's so funny because I'm also a young "glamma". And as you get to know me... Well... Oddbird says it all! Lol go weirdness! 💕💕💕😀😀😀😀
Hi there Diane! So sorry I missed your comment! Lol I'm here now though 😁😁😁 I do have an Etsy shop. I'm working on trying to get it stocked up with more things. It's so busy all the time with work, life and my favorite aspect - crafting lol. It depends on how busy I am at the time but I can sometimes squeeze a custom order in. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and for taking the time to watch!! XoXo
Lol KIM!! You killed a solid hour haha! Thank you so very much! Stay tuned because we (among a few projects) will be continuing the Gothic process soon in the future! 😀😁
I watched it again with hubby-he loved it too! One of our favorite shows is Penny Dreadful and he loved those references. Wolf hair??? What??? You had him laughing with your "soundtrack " too 😂😜😍😍
That's so awesome he watched it! Tell him thank you for me please! I love that he's so creative and supportive of other artists, especially his wifey! 💜💜 You have a great fella over there Kim! Yes I love Penny Dreadful as well! And I was just telling Shaina that I've been hoarding the last episode because I don't want it to end lol. Mind you, I've re-watched all the other episodes several times, just not the last.... Weirdo I know lol. But I'll watch it soon! Lol @ the wolf hair - I thought that would be a good addition! Lol lol And you know me Kim I always do something so backwards and silly, good news is I'm not too stuffy to make fun of myself... Cause I know you all are thinking what I'm saying! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 lol so funny! 💜💜💜💜💜
Deb thank so much! I've got a couple of ideas scrambling about in my head - I just wish I had 24/7 to create! That would be living the life! Lol Thanks for watching!
OMG April...I freakin' LOVE that journal! It is so very awesome! Very cool collection of old ephemera...luv all the layers of different textures, your original pocket, and so much more. Please tell me, what is a penny dreadful? And, is the Countess a real person that lived in the past? I really enjoyed this video! Must go see Dolly's now...TFS! xo
Hi Rhonda! Thank you so much for watching! And I really appreciate all of your feedback! To answer your question - penny dreadfuls were popular in the Victorian era because more people started to take more interest in reading as entertainment. They were mostly given life by those who could afford the penny a week it cost to buy one. The stories in them were highly illustrated and sensational, most about goth or criminals, and geared towards younger men. So basically it's just awesome readings from back in the day lol. Hope this helps my friend! XoXo 💜💜💜
This very much my cup of tea, live gothic/macabre style, I'd give an arm to have this journal 😍it's gorgeous!! Do you print the old photos on thick paper yourself?
Thank you so much for the sweet comment and for Sabrina! Yes I do, it makes them look more realistic. However, I now have a slew of old photos from the late 1800's, early 1900's that would work as well. I appreciate you taking the time to watch! XoXo ❤️
Thank you for sharing so many ideas and tips for us. I would like to make a few for friends and family but they are very specific things they are into as far as styles. The thing that confuses me most is picking the right paper weight/thickness. Do you mind x thick and thin within a journal or does it come out too wonky that way? And where the heck do you find scrapbook paper that is not in digital format on Etsy? o-O
Hi Deb! Don't let paper weight confuse you at all! There are some that use only cardstock, there are some that use copy paper, and then there's some like me, we use a little bit of all different types of papers to me it add more interest to the book because each page has a different feel, texture, sound, etc. So let your imagination run free on that one! And for the scrapbook paper, you can get it at any Scrapbooking store or of there isn't one near you - you can try something like Scrapbooking(dot Com) or bitsy. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching! XoXo
PinkOddBird thank you so much, I tend to overthink things like this lol this helps a ton, I can't believe I didn't think about a scrapbooking store, I was only thinking of Michaels and Hobby Lobby which are fairly limited on scrapbook paper that would actually interest me, I'm more into gothic styles, fantasy, mystical , maybe something you would even see in a grimoire. I appreciate your input!!!!!! 🖤🦇🖤
PinkOddBird I've ever got an idea for an 80's Postpunk/Deathrock style journal I'm just not sure how easy it's going to be to get the supplies I have in mind.
Deb - you're welcome! I think you can do it! Sometimes it dies take a lot of time to collect and research, but eventually it should all come together! 💚💚
Ah OK thank you for that. I'll keep it in mind. 👌🏽 I would have to say she was definitely into herself! Haha! Thanks for taking the time to watch! ☺️☺️
You know what Dracula did to the nun who kept trying to clear her throat? Only kidding. This is an awesome journal but I'd have preffered to just see the journal to some spooky music.
I would love to be that nun lol! 🤣 🧛🏽♀️ I'm glad you enjoyed the journal flip through! Also, if you like the vids that don't have speaking if you search: journal style + no talking - you will get some results that suit what you're looking for! Even though I was either sick here or dealing with some kind of throat issue I wanted to be able to share the details of the journal with my partner as it was a swap and important to me to share the details. Thanks for tuning in. 😊
Miss April, YOU are amazing! Your talent is endless. Wowzerz!
Hi Rita!! 🖐🏼🙌 Thank you so much my friend! So is yours! I'm always amazed and in awe at the things you do!! XoXo 💕❣️💕
Oh my goodness this is my favourite journal so far!
Thank you so much Dawn! This is Def one of my favorites too! An oldie but goodie! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and for commenting as well! I appreciate you! 🙏🏼🖤🖤
@@PinkOddBird you're so sweet
This is one of my very favorites of all your books! I love that you found such intriguing stories for it, now I want to do one for that lady photographer too, so very creepy cool. I adore all the elements you added and the black fabrics. You inspire me! If I do ever get around to making a gothic book you will totally be my inspiration for it. Thanks so much for sharing your great ideas with this community.
Thank you so much Dana! I think I'm with you, this is one of my favorites as well! I miss it! Lol You should totally do one! She's got lots of vintage pics online! If you make one I'd love to see what you make!! I'm sure it will be epic!! XoXo 🖤🖤Thanks for swinging by to watch!!
What a stunning and unique creation! I loved the penny dreadfuls and all the wonderful ephemera you included in the journal as well as all those great tuck spots and little booklet! Just wonderful!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much!! I enjoyed making this one so very much! I do appreciate all of your kind words! Thank you for watching! 😊😊
Watching this video was my pleasure and I know it certainly won't be my last. Just beautiful!!
really great book! love the style.
Thank you so much! 🖤
Where the 'bleep-bleep' dit you find the 'how to behave in mourning-page'? Very, very inspiriting... the spirit of your countess...
Lol! That's from an etiquette book! Haha! Thank you so much for the sweet comment and for taking the time to watch! XoXo ❤️
very, very cool!!! I love it!!! all pages, cover, outstandng!!!
Thank you so much! I really do appreciate that! XoXo 🖤
This journey is beautiful! Love all the detail and texture! I just love it all!
You’re very talented! Tfs!
Thank you so much for the sweet comment!! I really appreciate that and thank you for taking the time to watch!! XoXo 🖤🖤🖤
Love your Victorian Gothic journal. Many great ideas and ephemera. New subby. TFS God Bless you and yours....
Thank you so much Teresa! I miss this book lol, I feel like I need to make another one! 😉😉 thanks for watching, and subbing! I appreciate the kind words! XoXo 😊😊💛
WOW April I love this journal!! You did an outstanding and unbelievable creation on this. I also love to create this style but I have to watch myself or that would be all I would have in my Etsy job. What an inspiration you are with this style!! Love Love it!
Lol! Nothing wrong with having an Etsy shop filled with things you love!! That would be awesome in fact! 🖤🖤Thanks for the sweet comment and for taking the time to watch! XoXo
Just wowww! Unbelievable creation... the pocket intro...the coffee filter! black lace so whimsically placed off page edges...the ephemera...the Gorgeous commitment of black and antique hues ... a perfect home for the Countess! so so very darkly beautiful. The undulation of your themed journals, April is beyond... love this--to the max!! X...
Renee! I love your eye... An uncanny knack for details! Thanks so much for the kind words! On the corset, I almost sealed that closed then thought better of it. And then comes the pocket lol. I think the fabric off the edges is one of my most favorite features! And I love that you said "commitment" to black. I was telling my buddy Shaina earlier that I thought the black would be over bearing but I was dead set on having it black as can be. Ultimately I figured adding in the coffee stained would be a good way to break up the black yet keep the vintage feel. Anyway thank you Renee!
I love it!!
Thank you so much Debra! XoXo ❤️
Once again, I love and quite frankly, as being very new to the junk journal World, I am in awe. So much to learn and so many things to try. I am glad I "found" you on the net, and I look forward to catching up :-)
Thank you so much!! I appreciate you taking the time to have a look at my channel! This is definitely my favorite theme of all so its fun! Welcome into the world of junk journals!! ❤️ XoXo
Fantastic journal. Love the photos.
Leticia, thank you so much and thanks for the kind words! 💜💜
Oh my gosh, what an amazing journal. Came across it when seeking inspiration for a gothic/spell themed journal. I bet your friend LOVED this! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much Lisa!! Thankfully she did, and I'm so happy for that! I hope this was able to inspire you with your Gothic/spell book!! Thank you so much for watching! 🖤
OMG I love this book!!
Thank you so much! ❤️ ❤️
Not my thing, but always appreciate the creativity of this type journal. You did a beautiful job , love the textures and the veil material. There is a huge amt. of material to work with. Thanks for sharing your work .
Hi Sharon, thanks so much for the kind words, and I do appreciate you taking some time out to watch this. These are my most favorite types of books to make, in fact I have another coming out in the next few days. Lol Thanks again for your comment and thanks for watching!
Wow, you can see the love that went into this journal. I love your book-page pocket, great idea! Its great to see different styles of jj's. Seriously I love how you can go all unicorn and then gothic!
Lol Liz! That is so funny and true... I think in one of my past videos I warned that I was about to make a sharp left at the corner haha! I have a few custom projects but aside from that the next two or three projects I do will be goth or dark... Or some variation thereof. Thanks for watching friend!
This journal is so amazing!!! I just found junk journals and I’m in love all you ladies are so so talented! N this one is right up my ally ☺️
Hi there Ashley! I'm so happy you found junk journals!! It is so exciting when you first discover them! So many different styles and people to learn from! I hope you have fun exploring! Thank you so much for the kind words as well! This is also my favorite style of all! Thanks for swinging by!! XoXo 🖤🖤🖤
Your work is stunning and so inspirational. I’m always excited to see what you come up with next! You have a huge fan here in Louisiana! 💜💜💜
Ahh thank you so much! I just got back from Louisiana last month!! One of my favorite places to visit!! ❤️
Wow! I love this journal. All the laces & the corset lacing & the lock. Calling it the Countess because I'm obsessed with Countess Bathory. ( a different Countess) This is so Me. I can't believe I still haven't done a Gothic journal yet. It needs to be done. I'll have to read up on Your Countess. Oh My God, That's My favourite John Donne poem ever! Go & Google a poem called Bridge of Sighs by Thomas Hood. If You don't already know it it's gonna blow Your mind! If You do already know it, oh well. lol
Hey Rebekah! Thank you so much for this information I will definitely take the time to look up the things that you told me about. I don't think I have heard of the Countess that you're talking about or the poem so I will definitely take a look at both. Thank you so much for taking the time to take a look at this book and I just posted some new Gothic ones about an hour ago lol. XoXo ❤️
Wow! Awesome journal, what a treasure. My favorite part is the floating envelope.
Thank you so much Patricia Sue! I thought that was a fun little element to add. 😊😊 Thank you so much for the kind words and thanks for watching!
My most favourite you tube junk journal ever!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!! ❤
Thank you so much Sarah! That means a great deal to me!! 🖤
What a beautiful gift and a gorgeous journal. Love the dark gothic look. Xx
Thank you so much Gail! This is one of my all time favorites!! I appreciate the sweet comment!! XoXo
Very cool journal. Love all the little details that you added. So many yummy textures and tuck spots and mini books oh my! What a treasure! Thank you for sharing with us! Love it!
Thank you so much Linda! I really appreciate that! And thank you for subscribing as well!! I also enjoy watch your videos!
You are very welcome. I just love seeing the things that wonderful creative people make. So I added you to the list. ;) And thank you for watching my videos in return, that made my day. :)
I really appreciate that Linda! 💕💕💕
WOW WOW WOOOOOOOW!!!!!!! What a beautiful and AMAZING book!!!! You put a lot of love, hard work and time into this!! I'm sooo in love with her!!! Fantastic job hunny!!!
Thank you so much mommaoxox! I really did, this is one of my most favorite books! And I'm so happy it got to have a sweet home with my friend Dolly. Thank you for taking some time to come back and watch this one. XoXo 😊😊😊
Omg I love this!! One of the coolest books I’ve seen!! 💜💜💜
Heyyyyyyyyy April! 😃😃 I see you perusing around in my favorite area! The Gothic side of my RUclips channel! Thank you so much for the sweet comment! I do appreciate you taking the time to watch!! XoXo 🖤🖤🖤
I’ve honestly never even seen or heard of junk journals untill a few weeks ago! I’m obsessed! Can’t wait to try and make some. Gotta build up a little collection of stuff first. I’ve just been watching videos to learn how to make them. ☺️
@@HeyApril_ that's the best thing to do honestly! I did the same exact thing! Then eventually after a little bit you will evolve into a style that is yours and completely comfortable to you! Have fun! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I am sitting here wondering what I have to do to get into your good graces enough to make ME a stunning book like that! But, that is the EXACT book that I would want and it has been claimed by another so there is no point to this comment other than to tell you I LOVE THAT BOOK!!! Good day 💃
Lol thank you so much for the sweet comment Cynthia! I really do appreciate that!! And thanks for taking the time to watch!! XoXo ❤️
This is lovely!
Thank you so much!! 🖤
The center of the first signature looks like a snake! I love your style, it's just like mine ;)
Thank you so much Sharon it's my favorite style!! I appreciate the kind words and thank you for taking the time to watch! XoXo ❤️
OMGosh!!! First I've watched of this type journal and I absolutely LOVE it.
Lol thank you so very kindly Brenda! Thanks for taking a shot on watching it!! XoXo 😊😊💜
This is my cup, pot, carafe of tea lol absolutely gorgeous!!
Lol lol! You are the greatest! 🤣🤣 Thank you so much Meredith! ❤️
Love this journal and love the idea of the book page transfers you added!!
Thank you so much! That was really fun to do! I love trying different techniques in my books! 😊 I appreciate you stopping by to watch! Thank you!
You are one of my absolute favorite junk journal creators. I love everything you create and you give me so many ideas. :)
Thank you so much for the kind words Candace! I really appreciate it!! 💕 💕
Wow, stunning journal. Thanks for sharing :)
e garrett dixon thank you so much and thanks for Watching!
I know this video is from a while ago. But, I had to comment.
WOW!! This is a brilliant journal! I absolutely love all of the Penny Dreadful prints and the pictures of the Countess! Wonderful!!
So glad I found you! You are inspirational.
Thank you.
Take care!
Thank you so much for the sweet comment! I appreciate you taking the time to watch this oldie but goodie! It's one of my favorites as well. I'm glad you enjoyed it! The Countess was a mighty fancy lady! Lol Thank you again and I hope you are also doing well! ❤️ XoXo
@@PinkOddBird You are welcome! I hope you are doing well, too!
Just love it!! Wolve fur!!!!! Omg it's awesomely gruesomely beautiful!! lol You are so talented 💕hugs My sweet friend TFS💕😊🐚gracie
Thank you Gracie! I've been dying to do this theme for a good while now. Lol I'm so happy Dolly was accepting of it! Thanks for the kind words as always my friend! XoXo
I think is my favourite book you have done. It is just me. I adore it xxx
Thank you so much my friend! I love this one too! It's definitely an old favorite! 🖤🖤🖤
Awesome journal! I'm loving all of the images!
Thank you kindly and thanks for watching Cassandra!!
Love it! 😍😍
Thank you so much Rosie!! One of my favorites too! I appreciate you taking the time to watch! XoXo ❤️❤️
What did u use for thr hard cover? 😘😘
Hi Rosie! For this one I used chipboard. You can buy heavy chipboard, or you can layer up a few layers of thinner chipboard from food boxes etc to get a thickness you'd like.
omg..love this also.you are super talented..your journals are awesome
Thank you so much Nicola! I had several meltdowns while making this! Lol Ahh the struggles...
Thank you sooooooo much for making this unbelievably stunning journal for me. I can only hope you love the one I sent to you as much as I do this one. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
You already know I will, no questions about that! You are absolutely most welcome! This journal was causing a lot of hesitation and anxiety for me because I wanted it to be everything I was seeing in my head. And also, something you could enjoy (it gets chaotic in my head sometimes lol). But this was ultimately very fun and a great fun swap! My first jj swap! Happy you love it and looking forward to receiving yours! XoXo 😊😊
Well it is exactly what I expected and then some - no like ALOT some!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE
gorgeous!! absolutely stunning! 🖤💜🖤
thank you so much Angel! one of my faves!
That's so beautiful and creative! Nice job and the aesthetic is to die for! *(pun intended XD)*
Lol!! Thank you so much! I appreciate you taking the time to watch! 🖤
Wow! This is amazing!! I love so many things about it...the cover, the lace hanging on the edges, the penny dreadful images, the wolf fur, that was a bit creepy, but in a good way lol! And I loved the letter at the end! Absolutely loved it April and I hope you will make more journals like this TFS 😀
Thank you so much Melanie! I really appreciate your kind words! I love the Penny dreadfuls as well! They are so interesting to look at. And I thought the wolf fur would be a nice little ha-ha moment lol. I'm so happy you loved it! I really do want to make more like this. I have two that will be similar, sort of, then maybe I'll come back and revisit this Victorian theme again! It's my FAVORITE. Lol thanks again for the kind words. Tfw! XoXo 💜💜💜
A letter from The Undertaker? He really the phenom!
Wright Blan - yes I have the original letter he wrote. I thought it was an interesting addition and definitely unique and one of a kind. I really treasure old finds like this that can be given a second life. Thanks so much for watching!!
gorgeous book!!!!!!! 💙💙💙💙
Mr & Miss behave - lol thank you so much, I had an inkling you were going to like this one 😊😊😊 I've got a few more I need to get out of my system lol. Thanks for watching friends! XoXo
That is gorgeous! I love gothic things. ❤️
Hi! Thank you so much! It's my most favorite too!! Thank you so much for watching! 😊
What a stunning journal 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you so much 🥰
Love Love Love. I used to hate this type JJ & steampunk but for some reason, I have become obsessed and plan on making a victorian goth steampunk JJ of sorts lol. But this is the best one I have seen so far.
The Old Bohemian Gypsy - hi there! I'm so glad you are deciding to give them a chance, there's so many different directions you can go with this theme! Thank you for the sweet comment, I really appreciate that! 😊😊🖤
Gorgeous!
Thank you so much Donna!
Obsessed
Thank you so much Rhea-Lynn! 🖤🖤🖤
I love this style too .I have done Edgar Allen Poe .practical Magic ,potion book with old remedies ( just for fun) steampunk etc.. I just love it .you did a great job .keep those kind coming .
Hi Mattie! Wow those books sound amazing! I checked your page and you don't have videos of them up. Sad face 🙁 I bet they are amazing though! Thanks so much for the kind d words! I have plans for 2-3 more Gothic/dark upcoming - sprinkled among other projects I need to finish, stay tuned my friend! 😊😊😊😊
no I dont have any on utube . I have made them and sold them @ like craft /festivals /flea markets and to friends etc.. never had any on line though
Oh that's so awesome! I would love to try and do that one day (selling at fairs, etc.) I would need a good, solid two months to ramp up on a good enough amount of books lol. So awesome though! 😊😊😊
Love love love this book! I would be super excited if I was receiving it! 💕💕💕
Thank you so much! I know this style isn't for everyone, so it really means a lot that you liked it! It's my absolute favorite. I have plans for a few more coming up. But you know how it is when we have a million and one ideas that we have to get out of our system lol! 💕💕 thanks for watching!
I totally love your style! I am also a very "unique" person haha! I am a young Grandma, I have skull tatoos on my arm, I crochet, craft and listen to Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Carrie Unerwood all while making homemade jam! I am a gemini so ride that tightrope between normal and weird pretty closely! LOL
Lol lol lol! I love alllllll of this! And mmmmm jam!!??! Prince was a gemini and he's my favorite person ever! Lol That's so funny because I'm also a young "glamma". And as you get to know me... Well... Oddbird says it all! Lol go weirdness! 💕💕💕😀😀😀😀
I love this journal 😘
Thank you so much! ❤️
WOW! 1986 me is squealing! Back in my day, we called it Death Rock. ;-) REALLY AMAZING journal! :-)
Lol that's a totally awesome name for it! And you are too cute! Thanks so much for watching!! XoXo Glad I could jar up some memories! 💜💜
This journal is amazing! Do you take custom orders or do you have a shop??? Thanks!
Hi there Diane! So sorry I missed your comment! Lol I'm here now though 😁😁😁 I do have an Etsy shop. I'm working on trying to get it stocked up with more things. It's so busy all the time with work, life and my favorite aspect - crafting lol. It depends on how busy I am at the time but I can sometimes squeeze a custom order in. Thank you so much for the sweet comment and for taking the time to watch!! XoXo
I can't even tell you...I've watched this 3 times!! ❤️❤️
Lol KIM!! You killed a solid hour haha! Thank you so very much! Stay tuned because we (among a few projects) will be continuing the Gothic process soon in the future! 😀😁
I watched it again with hubby-he loved it too! One of our favorite shows is Penny Dreadful and he loved those references. Wolf hair??? What??? You had him laughing with your "soundtrack " too 😂😜😍😍
That's so awesome he watched it! Tell him thank you for me please! I love that he's so creative and supportive of other artists, especially his wifey! 💜💜 You have a great fella over there Kim! Yes I love Penny Dreadful as well! And I was just telling Shaina that I've been hoarding the last episode because I don't want it to end lol. Mind you, I've re-watched all the other episodes several times, just not the last.... Weirdo I know lol. But I'll watch it soon! Lol @ the wolf hair - I thought that would be a good addition! Lol lol And you know me Kim I always do something so backwards and silly, good news is I'm not too stuffy to make fun of myself... Cause I know you all are thinking what I'm saying! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 lol so funny! 💜💜💜💜💜
Love ya girlie!!
Love ya right back!
awesome journal....
Thanks so much Barb! And thank you for watching! XoXo
Absolutely amazing!!!!!!
Thank you kindly!
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Shaina! Thank you my sweet friend! I'm happy you are there for me! I always take heed of your sound advice! XoXo
😶😶😶 you are zeeee bayyyssst 😍😙😊
cant wait to seewhats next
Deb thank so much! I've got a couple of ideas scrambling about in my head - I just wish I had 24/7 to create! That would be living the life! Lol Thanks for watching!
OMG April...I freakin' LOVE that journal! It is so very awesome! Very cool collection of old ephemera...luv all the layers of different textures, your original pocket, and so much more. Please tell me, what is a penny dreadful? And, is the Countess a real person that lived in the past? I really enjoyed this video! Must go see Dolly's now...TFS! xo
Hi Rhonda! Thank you so much for watching! And I really appreciate all of your feedback! To answer your question - penny dreadfuls were popular in the Victorian era because more people started to take more interest in reading as entertainment. They were mostly given life by those who could afford the penny a week it cost to buy one. The stories in them were highly illustrated and sensational, most about goth or criminals, and geared towards younger men. So basically it's just awesome readings from back in the day lol. Hope this helps my friend! XoXo 💜💜💜
This is so beautiful 🖤
Thank you so much ❤️
so inventive and just down right COOL!
Thank you so much Nik - that really means a lot!! XoXo
Love it !!!!
Thank you very much Tracy! 😊😊
Love it!!!
Thanks so much Valerie!
Gorgeous!!
Thank you so much Sheila! ❤️ XoXo
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
Thank you so very much Kayla!! Thanks for watching!
This very much my cup of tea, live gothic/macabre style, I'd give an arm to have this journal 😍it's gorgeous!! Do you print the old photos on thick paper yourself?
Thank you so much for the sweet comment and for Sabrina! Yes I do, it makes them look more realistic. However, I now have a slew of old photos from the late 1800's, early 1900's that would work as well. I appreciate you taking the time to watch! XoXo ❤️
Thank you for sharing so many ideas and tips for us. I would like to make a few for friends and family but they are very specific things they are into as far as styles. The thing that confuses me most is picking the right paper weight/thickness. Do you mind x thick and thin within a journal or does it come out too wonky that way? And where the heck do you find scrapbook paper that is not in digital format on Etsy? o-O
Hi Deb! Don't let paper weight confuse you at all! There are some that use only cardstock, there are some that use copy paper, and then there's some like me, we use a little bit of all different types of papers to me it add more interest to the book because each page has a different feel, texture, sound, etc. So let your imagination run free on that one! And for the scrapbook paper, you can get it at any Scrapbooking store or of there isn't one near you - you can try something like Scrapbooking(dot Com) or bitsy. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching! XoXo
PinkOddBird thank you so much, I tend to overthink things like this lol this helps a ton, I can't believe I didn't think about a scrapbooking store, I was only thinking of Michaels and Hobby Lobby which are fairly limited on scrapbook paper that would actually interest me, I'm more into gothic styles, fantasy, mystical , maybe something you would even see in a grimoire. I appreciate your input!!!!!! 🖤🦇🖤
Yes, you totally don't have to over think it! I'd be so interested to see what you end up making because I love those styles too!
PinkOddBird I've ever got an idea for an 80's Postpunk/Deathrock style journal I'm just not sure how easy it's going to be to get the supplies I have in mind.
Deb - you're welcome! I think you can do it! Sometimes it dies take a lot of time to collect and research, but eventually it should all come together! 💚💚
Love!
Thank you Jeanne! This is one of my favorites too! I miss her so! 😊 Thanks for watching! XoXo
It’s COR-set instead of cor-SET. some beautiful images and papers and fabrics here. The countess was a bit of a narcissist, wouldn’t you say?
Ah OK thank you for that. I'll keep it in mind. 👌🏽 I would have to say she was definitely into herself! Haha! Thanks for taking the time to watch! ☺️☺️
You know what Dracula did to the nun who kept trying to clear her throat? Only kidding. This is an awesome journal but I'd have preffered to just see the journal to some spooky music.
I would love to be that nun lol! 🤣 🧛🏽♀️ I'm glad you enjoyed the journal flip through! Also, if you like the vids that don't have speaking if you search: journal style + no talking - you will get some results that suit what you're looking for! Even though I was either sick here or dealing with some kind of throat issue I wanted to be able to share the details of the journal with my partner as it was a swap and important to me to share the details. Thanks for tuning in. 😊
very nice 😊👍🏽
Ashley Turner Thaaaank you kindly!
It's very dark! I think its fab, so different, new subbie for you.👍
Thank you so much! And thank you for subscribing, so happy to have you along for the journey!
Me encantó 💕
Thank you so much!!
I will be watching lol
nice
Thank you Deb!
the countess would have loved Instagram
Lol lol! This literally made me laugh out loud! I think you are 100% right! Haha thanks for watching Jade!
🖤
🖤🖤
Love it!!!
Thank you so much!! 💜💜