Junk Journal Covers 101 and Beyond: Be Bold and Be Brave!
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2023
- In this video, I share some of my earliest and more restrictive journal covers and ideas on how to move toward a fun, flexible, more limitless cover. Journal signatures are easy - covers take a bit of thought. I hope you enjoy! Comment below if you have a request for the next video and don’t forget to share and click subscribe. ❤️
If you are interested in purchasing antique or vintage paper, beautiful regular to large size antique ledgers, buttons, or other fun items, send me an email at AndreaGaslanRN@gmail.com.
In this video I have mentioned a number of products and people. I would like to give them credit here and share product links:
Sheila Gingerich can easily be found where Facebook Bohodaydreams lives. She has a CZcams channel bohoDaydreamsSheila.
Barbara Easter creates some of the most beautiful projects I’ve seen and she is on Facebook and in Sheila’s group.
Karen Anderson has a Facebook profile Vintage Elegance Inspiration and that is also her CZcams channel name
Lokta paper can most easily be found Etsy. Look for Himalayan Handmade Lokta. It is very inexpensive.
Kraft-Tex for covers: www.ctpub.com/kraft-tex-basic....
My feeling is enjoy the process. Don’t overthink,don’t over analyze, don’t compare, just create….make it your way and no one else’s.
Great advice - especially for us overthinkers. But loving the process is the most important thing!!
I LOVE the overstuffed Journal. It adds to the overall aesthetic to me. There's something about that gator mouth that says - I'm so full of magic, I can't be contained.
That’s a great way to look at it and with soft covers it is so cozy looking!! ❤️❤️
These covers are beautiful! I make my journals backwards…I make the signatures and then make the cover to fit.
Thank you so much!!
I have found this works better for me as well. I do like both "looks" but its just hard sometimes to just stop adding. I know that is is fun and you want to keep going. They all look wonderful
@QueenBee-ig2tp thank you so much!!
I’m very happy my wife has found a hobby for her creativity.
Stevie is perfect for a cover!
Loved her images and music!
Love your covers and signatures. Beautiful ❤
Thank you so much!
Wonderful information Andrea! Staggering the lace inside your signature, even along the edges is something I never thought about, thank you!!! :)
Thank you so much!!
OMIGOSH, look at all that gorgeous lace!!! 😍 The covers are soooo beautiful! WOW... I could NEVER make anything that pretty. And I have a TON of laces and embroidery pieces. Fat lot of good THAT does if I don't know what to do with it! 😮💨 Boo Hoo
Thank for sharing your ideas and great tips, tho. 😘
Oh of course you can! I’m doing a series of videos on no-sew options and am going to show a cover from trim and lace! Stay tuned!
@@JunkJournalTreasuresByAndrea
Thanks for the vote of confidence...but...really...I am the worst!!!
Cant wait to see your next video!!! Hopefully I will like it and .. LOL.. COPY IT! Its the onl;y time I make something i really really like!! So keep the tuts commin!
Seriously...thank you so much. 😁
@jillstmichaels8708 copy away! I love sharing!!
All of your Journals are BEAUTIFUL
You’re so kind. Thank you
Stevie's my girl ! .🌙🌙🌙
She’s incredible!
Love Stevie
Really cool!
Your journals are beautiful!
Thank you!
Such wonderful explanations and ideas, thank you so much for sharing them. Your journals are all so beautiful. I had to rewatch this as the first time I fell asleep... nothing at all to do with your video.. promise... I'm just exhausted trying to keep up with a 4 month grand baby who doesn't want to sleep lol.
Thank you so much!❤
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.😊
Just subscribed and will spend much of the weekend watching videos, thank you for sharing your amazing creativity!!!
Thanks so much! 😊
I have never been able to make a journal that wasn't a chunky monkey. Mine are usually hippopotamus mouth....😂😂 I just found your channel and I really love your style!
Thank you so much!!
Oh wow all the covers are amazing. I love chunky journals and I too overstuff them as well, the thicker the better.
Thank you so much!
I am so glad I watched this! I love the way you thought this through, in terms of presentation. You are organized, articulate, and point out the most relevant and useful details of your process. What an outstanding tutorial. I’m subscribing and looking forward to learning MORE.❤
Wow, thank you! I truly appreciate your feedback.
Stunning Apsaluty beautiful
Thank you kindly
Great video thanks and gorgeous covers.
Thank you so much!!
@@JunkJournalTreasuresByAndrea yeah, I was gonna rob your house tonight but I need to figure out how to put fabric decorations on a fabric covered Bible, I don't think God would approve. PS: suggestions would be great.....please, I'm begging ...
@CL-kn1rq what is the cover made of?
What a great tutorial...and i love the fat, chunky journals. They look more used and loved somehow.
The lace on the page edges is inspired 💜
Thank you! I appreciate your compliments!!
This is an incredible video
Thank you Sheila!
Beautiful ❤
I KNEW I loved you! You are a Stevie Nix fan also!!!! YAS sister! Goodness thank you for making this video. Your covers are amazing and gorgeous! I am saving this to my inspiration library here on YT!
You're the best! ❤❤❤❤❤
@@JunkJournalTreasuresByAndrea 🧡💛
Very beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you too! I appreciate you!
These covers took my breath away! Thank you for this so helpful video! New subscriber!
Thank you so much!
I have been journal making for 8 or so years now.... and have to agree with you regarding deciding on the size of journal cover and what you want to use it for!!! Like you.... when I first began I seemed to always finish up with a 'gator-mouthed' journal!!! I have learnt from all my experiments and materials used what I use and when!!! You definitely echo my experience!!! Always love what you do.... and gain inspiration in so many ways!! Thank you Andrea for you outstanding videos..... I keep on coming back to see what else you have on your list!!!! I thought I had already subscribed.... but I discovered I hadn't!!! I have now amended that oversight!!! hehehehehe!!! Keep up the good work!!
I appreciate your message! This is definitely an evolution with a learning curve. And then someone does something new and fun and I just have to try it!! ❤️❤️
wow Andrea this is one fabulous video so helpful and I have subscribed for sure... xx
Thank you so much!!
Awesome video Miss Andrea!!! Thank you for this info, so helpful❣Hugs, Carla
Thank you!!
Hi Andrea!!!!! Love this video😊 Awesome job girl!
Thank you so much!! ❤
You have a great style. Beautiful books.
Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind comments!
I am beginning research into making my own junk journals and this video was so helpful. Thank you so much!
I’m so glad! It is such an amazing hobby!
I am new to junk journals. These are great ideas and tips.
Glad you like them! I love tutorials that are for simple things! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing! Lots of great info and love your journal covers!! New subbie!
Thanks for subbing! And for your kind words!
These journals are gorgeous! Wish I had some of these items. All I have is paper.
What items are you looking for? I make packets! 😊
Wow, one of the best videos I've seen yet and I've been watching youtube videos for junk journals for over 3 years, daily (I think that might really be my hobby, lol). Thank you Andrea. I subbed a few days ago and of course big thumbs up!
Thank you so much for the compliment and for watching ❤️❤️❤️
Such pretty laces
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this. I always end up with a gator mouth. Still have not learned how to back off on the ephemera. Love this tutorial.❤
You are so welcome! I’m going to find a strategy and I will video it so we all can fix the 🐊 😂😂
New subbie here. I needed to hear this advice! I am a habitual overstuffer. And I want to get away from playing it safe. Great video! Thank-you!
Thank you for following me! And I am going to try and make a video this weekend that shows how not to create the gator mouth! Not with my own but with some I’ve bought. 😂❤😂❤
@@JunkJournalTreasuresByAndrea 😄 I'll look forward to that!
Don’t miss out on my 1000 subscribers give away! I posted the video!
New sub!! Found through Facebook!! ❤❤
Yay! Thank you!
Can you show the making process of these covers?
Stevie Nicks!
I’m working on that journal as we speak!
@@JunkJournalTreasuresByAndrea I Can't Wait! to see how it comes out.
@pmeehan_3 thank you! I will video her as soon as she is finished! I am going to add a short with some progress.
czcams.com/users/shortsg14RWW-DPGY?si=LMHy5pxPm6G-NV4n
I am absolutely new to this craft but have been drawn to some of the shorts on CZcams. So I landed on your channel and all of this is above my head. I've been doing crafts my whole life. You name it I've done it or am still doing it. The 1st art was sewing because of my Mom. She made us 4 girls most of our clothes. So I've always Loved fabric and lace and buttons. Vintage things and I am so in love with French script and that era. So where and how do I start? I'm not expecting an answer but maybe if I check all your past videos, there's some guidelines for me. Anyway I enjoyed watching this so much and I wanted to touch and feel your journals because they're so lovely.
I totally get where you are. I was there not so long ago. I’m going to be doing some tutorials. Truth is - just dig in. There is no right or wrong. It’s all about just putting things together, up cycling, and doing what you like! Everyone has a different style and each journal is 100% unique. Have fun with it!
This was an amazing video! How did you attach the velvet to the crafftex? Is it just sewn on or did you apply glue as well?
Love the stevie cover! I bought a stevie magazine to use for a journal 🥰
I sewed it on the edges but pulled it with quilters clips very tight so it wouldn’t bubble. Thank you for your comment! Hope this was helpful!
This is wonderful information! Love your work. I often use velvet for my covers too. Such a lovely material to touch and hold.
Interesting... I always started with the pages. Decorating them. Then I work them into signatures, and then make the cover to fit. Never thought about doing it the other way around! 😄
Thank you so much! I don’t think there’s a wrong or right way do anyway you choose - it’s perfect.
Totally amazing!
Where can we get the pictures of the little girl with hat and purple rose on it? Too cute
I got jet on Etsy!
Thank u for your response.
I’m not sure how to pull it up on Etsy.
I searched for Vintage and Victorian Little Girls.
how did you make that beautiful pink journal
Isn’t she beautiful?? She was a gift from my friend Barbara Easter! She is just about to launch her business page on Facebook. Are we friends there?
One question...do you glue or sew the lace on your page edges? I usually add it last after the signatures are sewn in, so I have to glue the lace down. Also, do you add all your embellishments before you sew in the signatures or after? Trying to figure out the easiest way....
All of the above truthfully. I tend to like Fabritac over stitching fiber lace but chunkier lace I stitch. Sometimes I get impatient or overwhelmed when I’m making a detailed journal so I stop and sew the signatures in so that I stop mixing the pages around and trying to add more. Other times I just work page at a time and then see how they sit together. All in all, I’m a glue girl who likes stitching when it is going to be accents. ❤️❤️
@@JunkJournalTreasuresByAndrea Thanks! I find i have to stitch the signatures in or I'd never be done fussing with the layout.
@christinegray6819 I do love you stitch them together and then see if I can prevent the gator mouth effect 😂😂
Did you buy washed or unwashed Crafttex?
I’ve purchased both but had to wash and iron the roll. What you see in the video is washed. Their sampler pack is pre-washed but smaller than I wanted. ❤
Where did you get all the lace?
Estate sales, Etsy, and people who sell lace on Facebook. Aren’t they fun?
Yep! You should see the gator mouth on my last journal! I figure if you don’t have a gator mouth then you ran out of ideas!! Joking of course but who says a gator mouth is wrong? To each his own!!🙃🙃🙃
I don’t know that I will ever master the non- gator mouth! But I’m gonna try and make it happen! 😂😂😂
Can you buy crafted in Uk do you know
I see it listed on Amazon and here is their website. www.ctpub.com/kraft-tex-basics-original-unwashed-rolls/
Found it Andrea many thanks😁
Craftex material
"Promosm"
I don’t mind a gator mouth sometimes.
I tend to end up with one no matter what 😂
Hello My name is Julie and you do awesome work. I would love to talk to you in private message. I was wondering if you have ever done design team work before
Hi Julie - are you on FB? You can email me at AndreaGaslanRN@gmail.com and we can figure out a way to private message. ❤
@@JunkJournalTreasuresByAndrea I just accepted your fb friend request and i will message you