Brilliant! Much more creative and better than some of those scrap book things I see in the stores because you are using everything and not wasting materials. Brava, Jennibellie!!
I did a video on doing a junk/art journal from cereal boxes back a couple of years ago, but YOU have out done me by a million miles. WOW... what a wonderful project and now you have me so inspired! Thanks for sharing this!
Beautiful and very inspiring. I have been collecting all kinds of bits and bobs for years and you have given me inspiration for what I can use it for. THANK YOU.
Absolutely Amazing ! I love that you use every tiny bit of the cereal boxs for tags, and pockets and tiny embellishments ! Thanks for the inspiration !
I love all the 3-D embellishment ideas you use in this! I love the idea of making art from trash, too. I cut up some food boxes and gesso'd them, in bookmark and postcard sizes. Now you've got me wanting to make a whole journal!
What a beautiful art journal, Jenniebellie! I love how you use all kinds of scraps and stuff that other people would normally just toss out. I am getting so many great ideas from you and also finding the courage to just start. I also love how you always look fabulous in your videos...beautiful face, beautiful work! Thanks for being so generous with your tips and techniques!
Just a thought about your paint use...by USING the paint, rather than throwing it away, you ARE recycling it! So no need to feel guilty about using your paint. One more thought...there are times when I've completed a painting and have had acrylic paint that dried up on my palette. This paint cannot be reconstituted but it can be loosened by soaking in a bit of water. When it's colors were pleasing to my eye, I've saved it to use in a variety of ways...cutting it up or using it as a piece of decor on a journal page. Maybe these tiny hints may help you, my granddaughters are very artistic and like to watch me paint when they visit. You are one of the most creative people I've seen making videos. I enjoy how you think, young lady. You rock!
I'm loving watching your online tutorials. They are very inspirational, bright and colourful. Easy to follow and love the environmentally friendly approach.
I adore this video so much that I have recently been collecting cereal boxes from everyone so I can make a journal like this. I was able to use your "glue and pinch" technique for the cover of my first handbound journal and it gave fantastic results.Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! (I also linked to this video from my blog, giving credit where credit is due. I hope you don't mind)
Are you going to make more because I might be intrested to buy one because it's so unique and artistic and I love how you used all that material and recycled it!
Amazing!!! Everything you do, Jennibellie! "Stumbled'' up on your tutorial videos and now hooked :-) Have made a journal last weekend out of cereal box and beautiful papers. All thanks to you! You explain so well that all we need to do is start... Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
well without seeing it/what you're doing I'd suggest doubling up your glue - ie using a permanent DRY adhesive, like double sided tape, as well as your wet adhesive. If youve seen my other vids you'd have seen I'm a bit of a fiend with glue and usually put a hell of a lot on everything to make sure everything lasts - best vid to see what I'm talking about is prob the Smashing Tutorial video =) other than that you could seal it with a coat of something over the top as well xx
I have no words for how breathtaking this is! I'm definitely a crafter and a pagan and I am totally going to use your ideas for making myself a book of shadows from my mish mash of crafting scraps but it won't hold water compared to this gorgeous piece. Holy cow it was just beautiful trinkets and eye candy. You truly are an artist.
Do you ever show your journals in a show? There is a recycle show once a year in Alpine Texas and I help with it. I think your journal would fit right in. Let me know if you are interested by sending me a message on face book. My name is Lori Griffin and you can send a message to big bend art council : facebook.com/pages/Big-Bend-Arts-Council/158157647534171
I never realized you could do sooooo many things with the scraps. It's just never occurred to me before....I used to think I hoarded and was frugal, but watching this makes me feel quite wasteful, lol. I love it.
love this idea! I kinda did the same with a small book that I bought at the goodwill. I removed the inside pages and you are left with a front and back and the spine all attached. I covered the entire outside. added pages and tied them all in with ribbon. the book only cost me 50 cents..
i love this video.Thank you very much./i loved the way you tutor,I loved the way you edit the video.I love the way you moved,I loved all the things you made for your video.You helped me for my project.Thank you very much and i hope your here in the phil so that i can have your journal i love it thank you very very much! #ImNotYetDoneInMyScrapbook #ImGoingTofinishIt #ThankYou
Jennibellie - I just re-watched this and I notice the holes on the cover binding as you stitched looked left of center (unless that was just the angle of the filming) …do you do 3 sets of 3 holes on the binding for the 3 signatures or are all 3 signatures stitched through the same three holes (only 3) on the binding? Thanks in advance! t
Is it really necessary to use gel matte medium Jenni? I don't have any and it seems quite expensive to have to buy. Thanks again for the great video :0) Mo x
@ChopsticKnitter of course I don't mind :) I always appreciate it & love to see what others come up with from my videos, your journal is lovely, I've been over and left a comment on your blog :) many thanks x
WoW. Great idea using cereal boxes, so eco friendly. Often wondered how I could put my empty boxes to use. Thanks for sharing such a super way to create an amazing album. Will be sharing this with my next craft afternoon group.
Great! Using your inspiration I have just created one for a wedding anniversary. I have learned a lot by the process. Mine is darker ( add white to lighten the paints next time!).I love it. thanks for the inspiration
You are so ...awesome.....What....creative...idea's.....I lol can't stop watching...and thinking of all the ....'scraps' I have and can re-purpose....Thank you..!!
Can't wait to try my hand at this! I save all my boxes and tons of other scraps and bits of this and that. I've been wanting to do this for a long time and I think it's getting close to that time. Thanks for sharing, Jenny.
I needed to rewatch this video for a project I'm working on. Oh, my. I really miss these types of videos you used to make. This is one of my faves. I do belong to your Journal Workshops, but I would rather just hop on to youtube. Still love you, though:) xo
I just discovered you although I’ve heard Natasha of Treasure books mention you dozens of times. I absolutely love this recycled Art Journal made completely out of household goodies. Fabulous
Wonderful journal. I love it. I will try one too with Jello boxes I think. Lucky person who won this one. I love using rubbish materials too. Good job and thank you for idea. Linda C.
I love this, very cute. I just bought a box of beads & such from a rummage sale this morning and now seeing this, I have an idea for all the goodies I bought!!!!
I've been watching a lot of UA-cam crafting videos lately, and let me tell you, Jen, yours are the ones I look forward to the most. Something about the way you present them, you have a teaching style and viewpoint about journaling and art that is very inspiring and refreshing... ...and makes the videos very fun and interesting to watch. Thank you so much for putting them out there for us. -Irene in Vegas
I love this journal!!! Thanks for sharing Jenni !!! I am saving my boxes!! I also have a 12 year old daughter...and we will each make our own...spring break next week. I hope I win this journal!! Hugs
This was totally awesome! I love the idea of completely recycling everything... and the tags you made from the scraps are soo cool!! I'd like to enter to win it if I could :)
such an inspirational video, tfs Jenni! I so would have loved a chance to win this... Darn, its so adorable. I want to try to make an art journal some day.
This is so beautiful!! After watching this video I rifled through my recycling bin and totally had enough boxes to try this! Your tutorial is awesome! Thanks for the inspiration!
I just watched this video again and want to make an art journal, My question is how did you punch the flower spiral ??? Did you use a tool or a pencil or ???
Brilliant! Much more creative and better than some of those scrap book things I see in the stores because you are using everything and not wasting materials. Brava, Jennibellie!!
I did a video on doing a junk/art journal from cereal boxes back a couple of years ago, but YOU have out done me by a million miles. WOW... what a wonderful project and now you have me so inspired! Thanks for sharing this!
Beautiful and very inspiring. I have been collecting all kinds of bits and bobs for years and you have given me inspiration for what I can use it for. THANK YOU.
Absolutely Amazing ! I love that you use every tiny bit of the cereal boxs for tags, and pockets and tiny embellishments ! Thanks for the inspiration !
You are so welcome, thanks Joni 😊
This so far is the Best video I've seen using cereal boxes for a journal. I LOVE IT
I love all the 3-D embellishment ideas you use in this! I love the idea of making art from trash, too. I cut up some food boxes and gesso'd them, in bookmark and postcard sizes. Now you've got me wanting to make a whole journal!
What a beautiful art journal, Jenniebellie! I love how you use all kinds of scraps and stuff that other people would normally just toss out. I am getting so many great ideas from you and also finding the courage to just start. I also love how you always look fabulous in your videos...beautiful face, beautiful work! Thanks for being so generous with your tips and techniques!
This would be fun to fill up with photographs from a wedding, birthday, camping trip, or some other special occasion as a memory book.
I love how you making out of cereal boxes that so cute
Just a thought about your paint use...by USING the paint, rather than throwing it away, you ARE recycling it! So no need to feel guilty about using your paint. One more thought...there are times when I've completed a painting and have had acrylic paint that dried up on my palette. This paint cannot be reconstituted but it can be loosened by soaking in a bit of water. When it's colors were pleasing to my eye, I've saved it to use in a variety of ways...cutting it up or using it as a piece of decor on a journal page. Maybe these tiny hints may help you, my granddaughters are very artistic and like to watch me paint when they visit. You are one of the most creative people I've seen making videos. I enjoy how you think, young lady. You rock!
Great way of re-using broken stuff! Do not throw them away but save that stuff in small jars or sommething. Nice video !
Gonna collect cereal boxes and try this. Looks awesome. Great job
I'm loving watching your online tutorials. They are very inspirational, bright and colourful. Easy to follow and love the environmentally friendly approach.
i really like your journal. i especially love your tags. totally unique.
thanks for sharing.
love this idea. going to go gather materials and see what i can come up with. thanks!
This is absolutely fabulous and i can't wait to make one. Thank you so much for this vid !
I adore this video so much that I have recently been collecting cereal boxes from everyone so I can make a journal like this. I was able to use your "glue and pinch" technique for the cover of my first handbound journal and it gave fantastic results.Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! (I also linked to this video from my blog, giving credit where credit is due. I hope you don't mind)
HOLY WOW! This is amazing! I love to recycle "trash" into art items...but this is fantastic!!!
I actually made my first cover today! It is sooo cool! I have boxes and that packing paper (a lot of it) so I am making one!
Looooove your art journal!!! You are very talented!!! Great work!!!
Are you going to make more because I might be intrested to buy one because it's so unique and artistic and I love how you used all that material and recycled it!
This is awesome. Just what I was looking for, GREAT
Awesome, you're welcome thanks so much for watching & taking the time to comment x
Brilliant. You have given me some ideas for making my first journal :-)
Hi Jennibellie, I just found your channel today and have subscribed. Absolutely love your journals. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is amazing. I’m making myself one of these straight away! Thank you for sharing and keeping these older videos up!
Amazing!!! Everything you do, Jennibellie! "Stumbled'' up on your tutorial videos and now hooked :-)
Have made a journal last weekend out of cereal box and beautiful papers. All thanks to you! You explain so well that all we need to do is start...
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I just love to watching your videos
Really excellent! Do you have a tutorial on journal binding with regular art paper?
Love it.
I love this! I save all my studio scraps and this is an awesome way to use them up! Thank you!
u r my craft-journaling icon, keep up the awesomeness, happy halloween
Fabulous! Thanks for sharing your wonderful fun creativity :-) Great to see the Binding made. Grace~Shanti F
Hi there, many thanks for watching :) hope you enjoy making your journal x
well without seeing it/what you're doing I'd suggest doubling up your glue - ie using a permanent DRY adhesive, like double sided tape, as well as your wet adhesive. If youve seen my other vids you'd have seen I'm a bit of a fiend with glue and usually put a hell of a lot on everything to make sure everything lasts - best vid to see what I'm talking about is prob the Smashing Tutorial video =) other than that you could seal it with a coat of something over the top as well xx
I have no words for how breathtaking this is! I'm definitely a crafter and a pagan and I am totally going to use your ideas for making myself a book of shadows from my mish mash of crafting scraps but it won't hold water compared to this gorgeous piece. Holy cow it was just beautiful trinkets and eye candy. You truly are an artist.
Do you ever show your journals in a show? There is a recycle show once a year in Alpine Texas and I help with it. I think your journal would fit right in. Let me know if you are interested by sending me a message on face book. My name is Lori Griffin and you can send a message to big bend art council : facebook.com/pages/Big-Bend-Arts-Council/158157647534171
I never realized you could do sooooo many things with the scraps. It's just never occurred to me before....I used to think I hoarded and was frugal, but watching this makes me feel quite wasteful, lol. I love it.
love this idea! I kinda did the same with a small book that I bought at the goodwill. I removed the inside pages and you are left with a front and back and the spine all attached. I covered the entire outside. added pages and tied them all in with ribbon. the book only cost me 50 cents..
Sounds beautiful wish i could see it.
i love this video.Thank you very much./i loved the way you tutor,I loved the way you edit the video.I love the way you moved,I loved all the things you made for your video.You helped me for my project.Thank you very much and i hope your here in the phil so that i can have your journal
i love it thank you very very much!
#ImNotYetDoneInMyScrapbook
#ImGoingTofinishIt
#ThankYou
Jennibellie - I just re-watched this and I notice the holes on the cover binding as you stitched looked left of center (unless that was just the angle of the filming) …do you do 3 sets of 3 holes on the binding for the 3 signatures or are all 3 signatures stitched through the same three holes (only 3) on the binding? Thanks in advance! t
Is it really necessary to use gel matte medium Jenni? I don't have any and it seems quite expensive to have to buy. Thanks again for the great video :0) Mo x
Amo!
@ChopsticKnitter of course I don't mind :) I always appreciate it & love to see what others come up with from my videos, your journal is lovely, I've been over and left a comment on your blog :) many thanks x
Good one...recycled waste...go eco😊
So uniquely beautiful n sentimental, u should add picture windows of your grandmother, so sweet, thanks for sharing.
Thank you, I'm actually going to post a vid soon working in a journal I made with my grandmothers knitting, I will include a pic of her there maybe x
How do you stich the ribon and embelishment to the spine ? Do you have tutorial on it. .
WoW. Great idea using cereal boxes, so eco friendly. Often wondered how I could put my empty boxes to use. Thanks for sharing such a super way to create an amazing album. Will be sharing this with my next craft afternoon group.
Great! Using your inspiration I have just created one for a wedding anniversary. I have learned a lot by the process. Mine is darker ( add white to lighten the paints next time!).I love it.
thanks for the inspiration
Love it . Its really cute . How do you stich the ribon and embelishment to the outer spine ? Do you have tutorial on it.?
You are so ...awesome.....What....creative...idea's.....I lol can't stop watching...and thinking of all the ....'scraps' I have and can re-purpose....Thank you..!!
Can't wait to try my hand at this! I save all my boxes and tons of other scraps and bits of this and that. I've been wanting to do this for a long time and I think it's getting close to that time. Thanks for sharing, Jenny.
I recently discovered your channel. I love your videos. So friendly and informative and I love your accent! Your ideas are my cup of tea!
hello! your journal is brilliant. i love the way you have re-cycled everything in it!
All your scrap pieces in the book at the end would make awesome bookmarks! Lovely idea with the journal. I love it.
This is wonderful..I will so make these..they are so sturdy! Cute idea on recycling!! Love..thanks Joyce
I needed to rewatch this video for a project I'm working on. Oh, my. I really miss these types of videos you used to make. This is one of my faves. I do belong to your Journal Workshops, but I would rather just hop on to youtube. Still love you, though:) xo
I just discovered you although I’ve heard Natasha of Treasure books mention you dozens of times. I absolutely love this recycled Art Journal made completely out of household goodies. Fabulous
i like but please slow down
Wonderful journal. I love it. I will try one too with Jello boxes I think. Lucky person who won this one. I love using rubbish materials too. Good job and thank you for idea. Linda C.
I love making use of one thing to make another. This is really beautiful
I love this, very cute. I just bought a box of beads & such from a rummage sale this morning and now seeing this, I have an idea for all the goodies I bought!!!!
that was very smart way of making things very very beautiful and glamorous💋💋😀😀
I just can't believe how beautiful this journal is, you are very tallented
I've been watching a lot of UA-cam crafting videos lately, and let me tell you, Jen, yours are the ones I look forward to the most.
Something about the way you present them, you have a teaching style and viewpoint about journaling and art that is very inspiring and refreshing... ...and makes the videos very fun and interesting to watch. Thank you so much for putting them out there for us. -Irene in Vegas
Wow! I love your journals and use of materials. I love your vids. Thank you.
These are great videos. Do you even make a profit from your craft? I see an Etsy website, but what about your official website?
Love it . Its really cute . How do you stich the ribon and embelishment to the outer spine ? Do you have tutorial on it.?
Hi Jennibelle, loved the journal! Awesome tutorial, thank you!
I love this journal!!! Thanks for sharing Jenni !!! I am saving my boxes!! I also have a 12 year old daughter...and we will each make our own...spring break next week. I hope I win this journal!! Hugs
Love your work ..I'm just learning and got completely lost in what you were doing.
This was totally awesome! I love the idea of completely recycling everything... and the tags you made from the scraps are soo cool!! I'd like to enter to win it if I could :)
If you have an old beeswax candle or any other wax type, you can rub your grandmothers threat along it to make it a waxed string
Love this -- going to try making one using stuff on hand and embroidery thread. May need to buy a bigger needle. Thanks much for the inspiration!
Thanks for this. You are a very talented girl and most inspirational. The music is great too.
It's very lovely,I like to make a journal like that but I don't think that I can do what you did
I love this! Please do another art journal give away! I love all you work
such an inspirational video, tfs Jenni! I so would have loved a chance to win this... Darn, its so adorable. I want to try to make an art journal some day.
Love love love all you do! So much fun! I can't wait to try this! Thanks so much!
What if u don't have PVA glue I only have normal glue what should I do
ooo myyy wooord. just gaaawjes. i looove this so so soo much. thank you for this video
what do you do with it. i love it but do you put pictures in like a scrapbook or is it a journal
My daughter would love love love that! Totally beautiful!
What paint did u use to paint the cereal boxes.. and did you paint inside and outside of box
Love it. I've been saving boxes for months now and now I know what to do with them! Thank you so much!
I love this video it inspired me to make me one thx.!
This is the video that started my creative journey. I have made two of these journals & I love them
can you use fasteners to bind the book higher and how would you do it?
Before painting can I use my home made Gesso first then paint to keep from using so many coats of paint?
Edi wow
you can use wax and rub the yarn all over it to wax the yarn yourself
This is so beautiful!! After watching this video I rifled through my recycling bin and totally had enough boxes to try this! Your tutorial is awesome! Thanks for the inspiration!
Does it matter how many cereal boxes youhaxe for the pages
Totally recycled did this myself right after watching it it was that easy
I just watched this video again and want to make an art journal, My question is how did you punch the flower spiral ??? Did you use a tool or a pencil or ???
very cool...you make this look not so hard...thank you
WOW this is soooo brilliant!!! Love love love and have to try this out! Thank you for sharing
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I love your journaling ideas ♥♥♥ u r the best
That journal is beautiful. I'm a fairly new subscriber to you'r channel and I love your work.
can you show more how you binded your pages together please in some of your other jounals ?