Junk Mail Envelope Journal - TUTORIAL (Step-by-step DIY)
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- Transform those envelopes into something beautiful!!
2:05 Preparing the cover - Adding Elements
10:40 Ideas for what else you can use in 1st step
12:35 Writing script
14:05 Napkin - What to look for
17:24 Cover with napkin
27:25 Glue Scrapbook paper on the inside cover
35:53 Sewing the edges of cover
39:49 Closure and Eyelets
44:45 Adding lace on window
46:42 Choose papers
48:59 Assemble/Get pages ready for the signature
57:45 Pre-binding embellishing
1:01:52 Binding
1:08:47 Embellishing
1:13:19 Tag and Tassel
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Hi Natasha!I was wondering if you could tell me where you got your eyelet punch from?I love that nice big handle!Thsnks for sharing all you do!
I got it from Ebay :)
@@TreasureBooks oh crap!Do you know who makes it or the product brand/number?
@@heartmindandspirit Its called The Silent Setter
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If noone has explained to you yet, that when you zigzag off the edge of the paper to give your journal an edging, it called "overcasting". An overcast stitch.
I know this is an old video, but having just found your channel I'm beginning to realize I can do this. I have a friend who wanted a paper placemat written on and she was just going to tuck it away some place and eventually it will be ruined. But with the different techniques I have seen in the last few days, I'm going to be able to preserve that placemat for her to treasure for the rest of her life. She is 88. Noone knows how long we will be here, but to preserve this placemat from Mother's Day 2024, will make a special gift for her. So thank you for sharing your talent.
Yoooo I'm new to this too! Thanks for your explanation, that was awesome of you!
Thanks for that info!
I know this is a pretty old video, but I still wanted to comment :). I love your channel, your tutorials are so easy to follow and I love how you point out that nothing is really a mistake. This video in particular inspired me. I recently made a journal using this technique and filled it with personal ephemera that I inherited from my Grandmother who sadly took her life before I was born. I gave this to my mother (her daughter) and she cried pretty hard while looking at it, but she loved it and said my grandmother would also have loved how I used her old papers and notes. Thank you for touching my family's hearts by sharing your art and how to make it my own.
Same. It’s a TIMELESS video for me. Just beautiful craft!!!
Please don’t think you have to hurry unless it has to do with recording time! I love listening to you while I craft along!!! Thank you for all the ideas!
It's really super nice of you to go from start to finish showing us every step of the way. You don't miss a stitch or a mark along the way, plus all the double checks and tips to help us. Thank you so much for all this, plus showing the added embellishments that complete the journal. You are so kind.
I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to get junk mail in my mailbox. Fantastic project! Thank you for sharing!
Haha I love it. Thanks for watching!
Now I’m saving EVERYTHING. I have to stop myself. I’m addicted!
I thought about that yesterday too! I wondered what kind of card stock I could use for my Junk Journaling projects 👍
Isn’t she fabulous?! I’ve saved so much from going into the trash after watching her videos. And made so many fun and beautiful projects. 🥰
I just discovered your channel today from your tutorial on how to make fancy pens, then you taught me how to make the most BEAUTIFUL paper beads that I am just dying to try. I have calendars my mother collected since the 90s as well as SO many National Geographic magazines that my father collected for many many years. I havent been able to throw them away due to sentimental reasons so I have been keeping them stored away for crafts to try one day. You have inspired me to try so many new things this year and I cannot wait. Thank you for taking the time to make these amazing videos. Your channel is a gold mine!!!
@sarahkutube-your comment led me ( my 1st time watching this amazing woman ) to wstch more of her videos as my mother passed a few months ago at Thanksgiving and I too hv quite a few calenders of hers she saved . Thank you fr your idea ❤🎉
@@PSA3377 I cannot tell you how heart warming your comment was. My condolences are with you and your loved ones. I am so terribly sorry for your loss and I hope that you have been continuing to evolve and explore. I think it would be a really cool idea to make the beads to where we could still see our mothers hand writing throughout the beads! Not sure how easy that would be but might be fun to try! I am sending you love and light and hope you have a peaceful day!
THIS TUTORIAL JUST GAVE MY PAPER SHREDDER A SMALL BREAK!
This is the video that started me on this "junk" journal journey almost 2 years ago. Thank you, Natasha!
I'm so glad!!!
How is this sort of “journal” to be used? It does not appear to be a conventional notes-journal, or a daily diary/agenda.
@@u.synligit’s just for fun !
I actually watched an hour and 17 minutes and didn’t ever get annoyed... like I do with most tutorials! I loved every bit of this! You are a great teacher. Thank you, this was marvelous!
Thank you so much Caroline for your kind words :)
Me too...very enjoyable.
Oh, I didn't even realize it was over an hour long lol
Natasha's voice is hypnotic...in a good way ;)
@@susanrichey6039 bello me encantan ese te trabajo nose su nonbres??😊😊😊
You are the equivalent of the awesome cardmaking gurus Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner. Lyrical voices, perfectionists, generous, humble, accessible teaching style, and makers of jaw-dropping, engineered, fascinating, beautiful works of art!
Absolutely LOVE how you write down how to step by step how to do notes!! Thank You!!
Love your “mistakes” that is probably the most helpful to learn and see how you repair it because that might be where I would get frustrated and stop the project. I absolutely love these creations of yours. Thank you for your endless inspiration!
I'm not sure how I ended up here, but I watched the whole thing and though I'm not much of a stamper/paper crafter, I am loving your artistry. What care and thought you put into these journals-they're beautiful!
Thank you so much Khara :)
I really love your tutorials. You prepare thoroughly and explain plainly while you show us the process. The written steps are just the perfect way to make sure there’s no confusion. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome! Thank YOU!!
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Natasha, you are the TREASURE! I love your English, it is better to listen to than to the aussies. Your ideas are always overwhelming me and give me the kick to start on my bad days. You make sooo many people happy, I love you for that! Holly!
You are an incredibly good teacher! You're so GENEROUS and always considering us, the learners! You're truly gifted in the art of teaching and art... Thanks so very much.
I was just thinking of an idea with window. Say you have envelopes with window that you cant use. Save the window and adhere to back side. Before completely sealed, add confetti, glitter,. etc and have a shaker window. What do you think? Make it special by adding something that connects you to a person.
Oh wow, I love it!!!
I love that, especially the part about making special by adding something connecting you to that person, brilliant!
I did this twice. It's like having a toy💖
I think: how cute is that? GRRReat idea !!!
Malisa Davis that's good idea adding your own personal touch to the junk journal
I loved the whole process. Beautifully done. I now need to stop throwing envelopes in the recycling bin a start creating...
I love this. ☺️. You have really mastered the “trash to treasure” idea! Your teaching style is very accessible and welcoming, and I love the finished results!
Thank you so very much 😊
Thank you for making this video and explaining every step and process to us. Blessings to you and your family. 💜💜💜
Seriously though.. Where have you been all my journaling life?? I'm simply in Awe, so lovely~
Thank you so much Jen!
As a minimalist, I applaud you for getting rid of excess. :) I will most likely not create any junk journals but I do keep a Bullet Journal and am picking up ideas for decorating some of the pages.
I started watching your channel a few months ago and I love the way you write down the step-by-step instructions for us, that's awsome!
Thank you for giving me permission to toss the backing of my napkins! Love you so much!
Beautiful! The stitch around the edge is called binding or overcast. Can’t wait to make mine. Have collected several envelopes and will make each one dedicated to places I’ve traveled with the location noted in the window. Thank you for these detailed instructions!
Thanks for watching!!!!
That's such a great idea!
This is the first journal I’ve ever made, you Truly made everything so easy to understand and it was such a wonderful process I actually made another one I am going to make many more for friends and family thank you so so much❤
You taught me something so valuable! The paper napkins I had thought boring due to lack of pattern, are perfect for transparent use!
I love your channel, Thank You for sharing your gift!
Your tutorials are just mesmerizing! And I love how you think out loud and make us all part of your creative process. Love it, love it, LOVE IT!!! I am officially hooked!
Thank you so much!
My mom used to say, "The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get. " Not good grammar, but a good memory. I love your envelope journal and appreciate the written steps and timed places on the video to help find the part I want.
I love that! So true! Thank you
Lorie Marchant my Nan used to say that, too!
Haha, love that! Or as we say in UK , ‘more haste, less speed’.
Wasn’t that a Pooh...? 🤣
@@bosvigos9165 I don't know if it was from Pooh.
This is amazing! I love that you keep your notes out and providing the time stamp for everything is so helpful! Thank you for the sweet tutorial! LOVE IT!
Thank you so much Janet!
I agree, it makes it so easy to follow or go straight to a part you may want to see again. Very well thought out and she is so organized.
My thoughts precisely. Thanks for the notes and time stamp and for... everything. Very grateful for. your work!!
You are the most creative person l saw lately. Its easy to buy stickers and empfemera bit THIS is total creative mess which can come from a head of an artist, creator.
This is treasure!
Thank you SO much Ivana :)
2023 and your videos are still relevant. Love the tutorials ❤
Thank you!!!!
Fabulous! Every time I see how you've written out your process, it gives me happy shivers... From one organization addict to another!
Oh thank you!! I am a total organization addict. You see me! You get me! Thank you for watching :)
I agree about organization, did you see how all her embelishments are so well sorted and kept in binders, I'm feeling so inspired and a little envious, LOL.
This is seriously such a good tutorial. I can’t even count how many times I e come back and referenced one part or another. Perfect tutorial for the beginner junk journalor (new word). Lol
Thank you so much Ann!!
Thank you so much Natasha, I really really enjoyed watching you create this amazing and awesome envelope journal. It’s really really cute too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
I’m definitely making these! I want to make a special one for my daughter to write her beautiful poetry in. Thx for really breaking down the steps and showing us how to create! ❤
"Oh that's not brown, is it??" Oh my goodness, so glad to see I'm not the only one who finds herself in such places! :) Wonderful video, thank you!
Everything you touch gets awesome. Your art fascinates me! 💜
I’m a quilter and appreciate your attention to details. Your tutorials are wonderful. I’m so tempted to make this Journel
Thank you so much!
Number 1 favorite instructor!
Thank you so much :)
I love this idea. I also love the idea of the template to cut your papers to size. TFS
What a fun way to use your envelopes that you have been saving for that one special project. I think I just found my favorite project.
They look so beautiful. I receive one of those envelopes for retun mail and almost threw it in the trash yesterday. Here I am at 5 AM, and find this video. 100% will try it.
They are beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for showing how you make these journals. I love it. I like working with window envelopes. I will be making some of these. I particularly like your brad closure. It will work on some of the journals I make using other envelopes for covers. Happy crafting.
I'm going to make some of these to go in my Traveller''s Notebook. BTW, you can compost the white layer from the napkins so it doesn't go to waste. Also, you can iron the napkin before you split it to get rid of the fold lines.
Hi..just wanted to say I love your 'name'. Dances with Dust Bunnies. So cute. 🥰
@@number1nanaof2 aawww, thanks!
Thanks for this detailed tutorial. Today I finished my first ever junk journal to give to my husband [42 years!] for Sweetheart day. He loved it and I felt so blessed. I'm not crafty but you teach so well and make it so much fun!
I love the detailed tutorial, especially the written directions/prompts. THANK YOU for taking the time to make this video. I especially love your explanations of why you do certain things and the things to do when a mistake is made.
Your journals are beautiful! The edge sewing is what we used to call in fabric sewing “mock overlocking”. It’s what you can do in home sewing to stop your edges fraying if you haven’t got an overlocking machine.
What a lovely idea for a ordinary window envelope. Thank you for sharing. I plan on making some.
Have fun creating Stephanie!! Thank you
YOU are my hero! Lol! I can't believe all of the neat things that you come up with. I am collecting things now to make a junk journal for myself and my daughter. I can't wait!! Thank you for always sharing your ideas!!
Dear Natasha
Thank u. I hv so many things to make. These days I am very sick so I can only watch your videos and save them to make later.tc stay safe and blessed always
I love how you recycle things to make something new! Awesome!
Thank you Lynne!
Lovely jubbly! This is a great starter project for anyone; we all have envelopes and paper at home! Thank- you!
I have seen this video in october 2023 and have had so much fun the next month to glue tissiue paper on junkmail envelopes. Thanks for the inspiration for "you can crafting with things you have on Hand".
Oh thank you soo much for this, once I started I sat glued to your every beautifully explained words and actions, one of the best tutorials I have ever watched!
Wonderful tutorial! I like how you use readily-available items to make this. There are also many ways to adapt to a particular style or whatever you'd like. Fantastic idea to reuse junk mail! Thank you for sharing your process and ideas!
Lovely tutorial. I especially like your use of an overcast stitch sewing technique around the edges of the cover.
I live the way you use the side sheet for notes. I used to do that when teaching for myself and have only done that in a few of my videos online, I think I may start using it again. Thanks for a great video!!!
Your work is lovely.
TOTALLY AGREE with you...unless the scraps are a predetermined size....throw them away....makes cleanup and organization so much simpler.
TFS. 🙂
Amazing Tutorial! I love your clear, concise directions and excellent editing! Thank you for taking the time for always taking into consideration that some of us (like me!) need such detailed instructions. I also really appreciate that you show how to correct glitches that may occur in the process.
You are my Artistic Guardian Angel. With love and gratitude from Arizona, USA.
I'm inspired to give this a try. I also really appreciated how you wrote out the instructions for the project. 😁
I can't wait to make one of these! I am going to use them for traveling. Take one on a trip for the journaling I always do to remember what I did/saw each day.
AWESOME!!! I absolutely LOVED this tutorial and the finished product! Thank you so much for taking the time to show ALL the steps and even some possible problems and how to deal with those. I can't wait to try some of these myself!!!
thanks for this. i am passionate about recycling but have struggled with the window envelopes. most intructional, thanks xxx
High five my fellow recycler!
@@TreasureBooks been pressing some flowers and leaves, think they would look good here x
I love this, am starting one for sure. You explained everything very well. No big deal about mistake. We all make them. Happy crafting.
I have just discovered this channel while looking for inspiration for my 2020 planner, and I immediately realized that I need many, many more of this type of practical, slow paced, detailed, precise and clearly understandable tutorial videos, where I can actually follow the instructions with my own inspiration and add some "papery" beauty to my life. So glad I found you, I feel that there will be some binging on your videos, with a cup of hot tea this evening...
Hehe Aranyani, thank you SO much!!! I also came across this craft years ago, by accident, while looking at planners. I have been gripped by this obsession ever since, and never looked back!
I’m in the middle of moving, so I totally understand the pact of “gotta throw stuff out”. I salute your bravery! Thank you for sharing this idea, love it! I might use it for happy mailing once I settle in the new place.
And your tweezer trick - so on point!
I'm so happy to have found this tutorial. You are so talented and a most wonderful teacher. You make sense of each step with such patience and calm, and I can't wait to use up my window envelopes I've been collecting.. Thank you for sharing... BRILLIANT!
Thank you so much Jen!!
Natasha I love EVERYTHING you create!!!! I have been watching you for a while. You inspire me to start creating junk journals. I am a scrapbooker at heart (for about 30 years) all the left overs (a lot of scraps...lol) need to be used all up.
Oh my God! I did it!!! I did it!!!!.... From start to finish and it's beautiful! .. well not as beautiful as yours but beautiful ☺️
I think they're lovely and your tutorials are such a joy to watch... so very clear, organized and to the point. I never sit through a video thats anywhere close to an hour without fast forwarding through some parts but i enjoy watching your process so much! Thank you!
Thank you Jamie! That means a lot to me, I'm so glad you feel inspired, thank you :)
I just love your tutorials. you take a lot of pride in your work and you have beautiful results.
thank you for sharing this great idea and I'm excited about getting started on making one. Have a happy day!
Thank you so much Zinnia for your kind words :)
Can’t wait to collect junk mail and turn it into treasure….!!!! Thank-you for your beautiful inspiration and detailed explanations. Love. Love. Love.
I have the exact same Silent Setter kit! I bought it when I first started Junk Journaling. Works just fine. Love your envelopes! Going to make me some since I have a pile of saved up envelopes!
I always save the plain pieces of the napkins & spray them with my homemade alcohol inks. Once dry, I have pretty papers to collage with. No waste!
This is one of my very favorite envelope ideas yet! SO many uses! I probably haven’t said enough how much I love your creative brain! I really admire your work and appreciate, so much, you sharing your talents! I’ve been saving envelopes and now I know just what to do with them. LOVE THESE!♥️😊
Diane, thank you so much!!!
I love how you turn trash into treasure so much its making me want to keep all my trash. My problem is when I decide to start a project I go all out collecting & buying things I need/want. 10yrs ago I started making cards, within a year my lounge was half full with card stock, toppers, glue, equipment etc. Gave that up so got rid of everything. During lockdown I started doing 5d diamond art pictures. I did dozens of those only to give them away to my carers, I've still got a box full of them to do. At the moment I'm doing lots of needle work so I've got a large work table with a sewing machine on it. I've also got 2 large tote boxes with fabric in now. So you can understand that I don't have the time or space for anymore projects. 😂😂😂😂
“Right over left, left over right; makes the knot neat, tidy and tight.” I love this idea and look forward to making some of these little journals for me and my friends. ❤️
Kathy Cultice I remember learning that knot at Brownies lol
Carlyn newport exactly where I learned it, too!
I like that you have an outline that you follow.
For long time, I was saving junk envelopes with the hope to do something someday, now I know, Thank you for sharing so beautiful tutorial.
this is by far the best video ive seen ,i shared it 3 times to my facebook,i made one yesterday all i have to do left is my signatures ,i just got a 300 box of envelopes last week at goodwill i love mine im making many more god bless you sweetheart
These are great. I have a good stash of envelopes with different types of windows, some having two, some with very large windows, and they will work very well to make little journals for my friends who are just learning about how to use a junk journal. Your videos are the best, and I very much appreciate the written steps that I can capture and print for reference. It is very helpful to have a good idea of the order of the steps to be done.
I love this. I have always wanted to do journals. Your tutorial makes me believe I can. I did make some back in High School. But, that was a long time ago. I love making paper ruffles.
Linda!! Of course you can!! Time to get cracking! Just get started and you will love it. Anything goes!
This is so beautiful. Love your final step..... "Admire"!!
Watching video on Journal books, I was inspired. ( I have re-used envelopes & spare paper for notes). Now, I will make the journal book idea using junk envelopes & misc paper. Thank you for the inspiration to CREATE…
I love the idea of using napkins in this journal. Injustice love it. I’ll try my hand it soon. Thank you for sharing.
This is such a thorough tutorial, thank you! At first I thought, wow, it's so long, but it was over before I knew it. I enjoyed it very much, thank you for all of the time and effort you put into making it.
Thank you so much :)
This is wonderful! I grab all the return envelopes that we get and save them for creating altered envelopes! You have given me a new way to use them! This is lovely!!!
Thank you❤️❤️❤️
I have been doing the same but not knowing yet what I was going to do with all of them. I swear I must have close to a hundred of them, LOL. Well I sure know what to do with them now.
I have been making Halloween Altered Envelopes and plan to put them in my shop soon❤️
I love your journal! I appreciate the fact that you took your time and demonstrated exactly how to do each step, yet for the repetitive steps you speeded it up, that was greatly appreciated. I can't wait to make a journal now and this time I know it is going to look beautiful like yours! Because I don't have to second guess myself. Thanks again.
Thank you so much Carol!
Thank you Natasha, this is sO helpful to me. It’s funny I actually saved a couple junk envelopes to start with a small project just to get the hang of things and it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who would have thought to use something like a junk envelope it’s just very time consuming.
When I adhere luncheon napkins, I spray them with a light coat of witch hazel, which helps them lay nicely without creases and minimizes air bubbles.
Excellent tip!
Thanks will definately try.
Is this an essential oil or like the toner etc on ebay?
@@christinecherniski4951 Witch hazel is a North American Tree. The bark of the tree is soaked in distilled water and then boiled. It is also added to many skin care products. It is used as a toner/astringent and has many uses in natural medicine for a range of skin conditions (dandruff, acne, pain and itching of shingles, etc.) because of its anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-oxidant, anti-itch properties. In the US I buy it at a drug store/pharmacy., usually in the first aid area near rubbing alcohol. I only learned last year (I'm 76), about using markers and alcohol to tie-dye material, so why not witch hazel to un-wrinkle paper?
@@alicesullivan1790 Ty for response. So, buying the astringent/toner would serve this purpose?
I LOVE these journals Natasha. ❤️. And I LOVE listening to your voice ❤️ you are so inspirational. Thank you so much
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Maggie
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Thank you so much Maggie!!
I've made three so far and I love them. Everyone wants one. I won't sell them because it takes me am eternity to make them. Lol. Thank you.
I absolutely love these, I have made some somewhat similar, not the detail you have put in to them. This to me is a perfect size. Thank you for sharing this with us. And being a great teacher. I love your style!
I like the idea of making several of them at a time. They would be great little gifts for friends and family. Easy to follow along in your tutorial...thank you 🙂
Thank you Sally :)
I loved this tutorial and I’m definitely going to watch again and make one along with you. Great idea for something I’ve never found a use for! Thank you!!!
I'm so glad Marcia! Thank you :)
I JUST started saving a ton of junk mail envelopes! The thought came to me when Discover was badgering me to get a credit card!!! And I received about 2 letters a day! IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ENVELOPES EVER!!!! I was ripping up the envelopes and using the paper, and then I started getting more!!! And decided, hmmm I’m not going to rip these up... there’s gotta be a way to use them!!! Even the white plain ones! Within about 2 weeks I had a big bag stuffed! Thank you for such a great video! Bc I just couldn’t get the vision into my head!!! I’ll definitely be doing this!