As a child, and again later as a teacher, I did the crayon shavings between layers of waxed paper to make "stained glass" ornaments. We also would preserve pretty leaves in the fall. I had forgotten about that until your video. Now I want to try your ideas with cereal bags. I wonder how pressed flowers would do? So many options! Thank you!
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I absolutely love this idea... I am all about recycling repurposing things.. I have to say I love when you decide on the spare of the moment to make something while you're making you're video and always take into consideration that many people don't have all the crafting tools... You have a very sweet heart !!!!!
Love your ideas Natasha. I have also done the crayon shavings using waxed paper. Then if you really want to use up all your paper scraps instead of throwing them away. Cut your paper scraps into thin strips (or use a paper shredder) then cut the strips into small confetti size pieces and sprinkle these between the cereal bags or waxed paper, with or without crayon shavings. Can again be used for window ornaments, journal covers or any of Natasha's ideas. Lots of fun everywhere. :D
Two things I love about this video…Certainly, the concept and the creativity and oh the possibilities! (Ok, well that’s 3 right there) I also love that you voice your inner thoughts for your audience..”should I do this? I dunno, I’m kinda liking it this way”. Delightful!
We used to iron autumn leaves between sheets of waxed paper and then tape them to the window with black electrical tape to make "stained-glass" window art. It's very much the same starting point but you took in a bit of a different direction. Very nice.
as a child in the 1960s, we would collect fall leaves and put in between wax paper and make a placement. I'm 62 now and it's still one of my favorite memories of childhood. Thank you for bringing it back.🥰🍂🍁🍂🍁
Thank you for this amazing video beautiful girl. You’ve got to be the most creative journal maker on UA-cam. So amazing, every single time. We love you 😍
I think the tags would be a perfect size for a gardener to make pouches for seed saving. You could use the package the seeds came in to fuse between the cereal bags. I save seeds from my flowers and vegetables every year. This would be a nice and neat way to store them. This looks like a very fun project. Thank you.
Such a great idea, since paper seed packets can degrade over time so easily. It sounds like a really nice gift idea for a gardener or a get-started-in-gardening kit as a gift. Love this idea 😊
Natasha, your love for paper and creating shows in every single video you publish. I love your videos because you reduce my learning curve exponentially. Crafters just follow her instructions exactly and you can't go wrong. It will save you a lot of valuable time. Then if you learn something new, pay it forward and teach others. Natasha has been a god-send to me and she will be for you too. Thank you Natasha.
Clever, clever idea! I love what you've done and just love the finished projects. The nature of the liner bag material lends a very unique appearance to your projects. I think elementary school aged children would love receiving personalized books made by a parent or grandparent. Pictures of the children themselves, their pets and their home life would be lovely gifts. Brava! Well done!
Haha, I actually like the tags. You could put tea dyed paper or card stock on the back before you sew around the tag. That way it is functional in a journal. You could also use fabric in between. Thank you for this idea.
Yes, I liked the tags as well. I also thought you could stitch tea-dyed paper to the back or just have it as a pretty interactive element in the journal. Not all bit's of ephemera need to be functional.
Hi, Natasha. I have to be honest and tell you that I'm having a serious problem with all your videos and that is it's IMPOSSIBLE to choose ONE favorite!! Girl, I can't even choose just one to do first!!! I love all your videos and how you teach us that we don't need the fancy stuff to create such beauties! I am a shut-in and cannot do a whole lot outside my small apartment. But your videos teach me so many beautiful things to make with stuff around my home - LITERALLY! I absolutely LOVE this project and can't wait for the morning so I can start! I too love crinkly paper and plastics and it's a very satisfying thing! Thank you so very much for your many wonderful projects. I plan to make them all! P.S. - I really enjoyed your "getting to know me" video and can honestly say I love paper cuz it evokes so many wonderful childhood memories. God bless and keep posting videos! Sincerely, Liz
Natasha I'm so glad I found you. I am just loving all the ideas you are sharing. I've bin watched so many today. Can't wait to try all your ideas you have shared. Thank you.
The tags - my immediate thought was to add paper or card on the back, then they can be written on. 😁 I am probably not the only one that thought of this! 🙃
Yeah, that idea would work, I'm sure...☑️ And, also I was thinking, maybe make that top-loop piece, with a little smaller/tighter opening to it & then, it could be used as a Journal Bookmarker w/ a Built-In Holder for a Pen/Pencil or other Writing-Utensil of choice?!!... 💡 Well, that was My firsts thoughts anyway, upon seeing the Nice Journal Tags, she had made... ❣️
P.S. Cereal bags are great for double bagging food you freeze - like leftovers - keeps everything fresher longer. Can also be used to marinade things in, or cover things in flour or bread crumbs or cinnamon and sugar, etc.
Absolutely loved this video. No I haven't had enough, I could watch you all day. This is true junk journaling. A fantastic use of something that would otherwise be junk made into something beautiful.
I can’t tell you how much I love your videos!! You are one of the most creative and stylish people I have ever seen!! You literally take trash and turn it into the most beautiful treasure!! You yourself are a treasure and appreciate all your amazing videos! I’ve tried a lot of stuff you have shown us and they are so amazing! Thank you thank you!!!
I've been following you for a month. But you caught my attention because you're so organized and clean. Your ideas are useful and a good way to reutilize things that would just be thrown away, adding to the trash problem. Thank you very much, I will be using this idea in my crafting club. I know my gals will love it!!
I haven’t seen anyone mention this, but please be aware that melting plastic does give off fumes which may be toxic. Good ventilation might be a very good idea. I love your creativity Natasa, thanks for sharing your ideas!
I’ve rewatched this video and still love the idea. Something I want to try is putting the fused bag inside of 2 layers of fabric to get that wonderful sound.
You can also fuse paper or fabric together using shopping bags in the middle. Cut bags to fit, but bear in mind that they may shrink if you get the iron too hot for the plastic bags.
Fabulous idea! And I love it! Of course, different plastics melt and deform in different ways. I had some vinyl sheeting, and some other kind of plastic sheets or rolls and I did some experimenting with them. One of them kind of did what the cereal bags do: it shrunk as I used the iron over it, but more severely... when it cooled it had a wonderfully organic pattern of puckering that made a great texture stamp that I used in acrylic painting! Even the less extreme bubbling of these bags would make a great texture stamp. There are so many good ways to reuse plastic, we really need to do what you did and make something new, fun, functional, and beautiful out of what is otherwise trash. Great ideas!!
Remember “Shrinky Dinks” I loved when as a child my Mom bought my little brother and I some to have fun with. Saturday morning cartoons, Shrinky Dinks and creating fun times!!
@@BonesAndButtons I looked up the name of the type of plastic used in cereal bags: "Most cereal bags are made with high density polyethylene, also known as HDPE or by the recycling number 2. Known as “film” in the recycling industry, this type of plastic can be remanufactured back into plastic bags." (from a recycling website). You can use this information to help find this in rolls or sheets and know that it can be useful in this application!
@R.J.Fisher You find many foods packaged in this kind of bag...croutons, granola mixes, instant potatoes, some pasta mixes and the like.. Plus the added bonus of being packed in boxes you can utilize those for covers and tags! Good luck looking, you should be able to find these..🙋♀️
I just adore your creativity! And I love the honesty! "I've had enough! Have you had enough?" 😊😊 love that! Would assume that's the European art of being straight forward ... No beating around the bush or fussing around. 😊🏡 I will definitely try this!
Love this!!! 🥳 ~ for the tags, if you’re wanting some place to write, perhaps an extra piece of the plastic bag, that’s not fused, could be partially sewn to the back whilst sewing the edges, to create a pocket for notes. 😄
Oh, my, am I in trouble?? 😉 I just retrieved the bag we emptied this mormimg, and washed it out. I will use my large silicone sheet to do this. I think I will love doing it! I can't wait! I have a few napkins, already. I can never have too much of watching you craft.😊
This project really got my creative juices flowing!! I love making things from free/cheap materials! The tags that you said you didn't like made me think of bookmarks! Also, being a teacher, I'm always looking for Mother's Day projects that don't cost me a lot for the students to make for gifts. This is perfect for that!!
I had to comment again on the small journal. That journal would make such a nice gift! I love you putting assorted flat items between the cereal bags. I think it is a great idea using a single image that has been infused between the bags as a closure.!!!! You are just filled with ideas.!!!! Thank you so much for giving me the inspiration I need. ❤
I love it! There is a local craft fair where I live that invites vendors who make items out of recycled materials, old books/magazines, etc that would otherwise go in the landfill and I get so much inspiration/ ideas from your channel, thank you!
Pam over at The Paper Outpost also does a fantastic job of recycling paper goods and such.. I love Natasha and Her, they are very creative and inspiring... Oh some others out there too, but most makers use new or purchased ephemera and digis, which many of us don't have access to or can afford these days... Happy Crafting All!🤗💖💐
I was also an elementary school teacher. We used to put crayon shavings and colorful leaves in between wax paper. They were beautiful up on the classroom windows! I never thought about using cereal bags! I am ready to make some of your journals! Thank you so much for new ideas and inspirations!
Natasha, I love that you love the process of creating so much and that some of your most favorite experiences are not even the ones that result in something “beautiful”….I attribute this to the fact that when you are willing to push beyond creating only to fulfill narrow expectations of “beauty” (whatever that means, it’s so relative), you are creating new neuropathways in your brain that only serve to increase your creative potential. Maybe the end result isn’t a knock-out beauty but what you learned about the technique or the behavior of your materials (or any number of other realizations that can happen while creating) could be a lifelong blessing to your crafting-and even your life in general-or maybe they will LEAD to something else that is! That’s the beautiful thing about the PROCESS, independent of the OUTCOME. I love to see you follow your bliss and your intuition during your creative process-it’s very inspiring!
I love the idea of using cereal bags. I thought the tags were cute and instead of using them as tags in junk journals, use them as bookmarks in regular books/novels. Definitely going to make some. Thanks for the inspiration!
Glue paper on the back of the tags. The random shaped ones could just be cover decorations. If the napkins don't face the right way to make a journal cover, just cut into 4 squares and lay two side by side facing the right way and fuse, as if they are one piece. Any paper image can be sandwiched, even thin fabrics. Good fun and love the crinkle sound and crinkled look. 😘
Maybe it would be interesting to cut holes in a piece of paper, or punch shapes, or borders. Then when you lay the plastic over to fuse it, it will fuse in the cut out sections of the paper. It may create an interesting effect? Like little windows, maybe? I love your videos so much! You have got me crafting again, after years of not feeling creative, you have inspired me to start up again. Thank you Natasa!
I absolutely love your personality and creativity! Yes my creative juices are flowing and oddly my favorite piece is the little see through pocket! Thank you for sharing! Blessings to you, your family, friends, the universes and all living beings! 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💙🙏🏼🧡🙏🏼💛🙏🏼💚🙏🏼
I was shopping for envelopes to hold my stickers in today and couldn’t find any so I came home disappointed and decided to watch some of your vids and low and behold a tutorial for envelopes with the faux rice paper and fused cereal liner ones ❤
What a fun and creative process! I kept thinking that the napkin images could make functional small note pads if paper for writing was folded and sewn, or attached in another way, to the top of the image. It could then be tucked into a corner, side pocket, belly band, etc. Of course, the paper would have to be cut into the shape of the image, but hey, enjoy the process!:) Thank you for sharing your talent and working in a way that is encouraging to others.:)
I love it! Super cool ideas. This is what you call “perfectly imperfect”! Also, those 🏷 tags you made that you said you probably wouldn’t make again would be great for book-markers!
Just what I was thinking😊 they would make a lovely little journaling spot. I love this video🥰 it’s 1.15am and I’m washing cereal bags and cutting up napkins that I’ve been collecting 😂
Natasha! You're a genius! I've been hoarding cereal liners for months and the only thing I could come up with was making little "glassine" bags with them. You've added a whole new world of possibilties for using these to make cool things for our journals. I'm staring at the six boxes of cereal I have perched on top of my fridge and can't wait to get my hands on the liners. Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers from Denver CO!
I love this idea of fusing cereal bags in fun and useful projects with added benefit of preventing them from going to the landfill. One project that I would like to do is a pouch with foldover flap that velcro's closed. This pouch would hold one or two masks so you always have one to throw in your purse or backpack.
Awesome tutorial, as usual, thank you for the ideas! I have found it helps if you turn the sandwiched materials over once the top has fused. That way the bottom will fuse with out having to turn the heat up on the iron. Your videos always give me lots of inspiration, much appreciated 🙂
Thank you for this amazing video. You have open my eyes to what you can use to make anything journals, tags, envelopes and lots of other things to make with the simplest stuff. Your amazing and inspiring for people everywhere. Keep up doing what your doing. Such beautiful work.
Wow!! You just made my day. I think the cereal bag would be a level of protection for whatever you laminate or press between the cereal liners. Fantastic!
What fun inspiration! I like the crinkle sound & up cycling too! When you held up the little rectangle & asked for ideas…. The first thing that popped into my head was page tabs that you could touch/crinkle & you punch a small hole and add a dangle charm! This is going to be fun experimenting with! Thanks 😊
I love this! Thank you for the time you take to try all the options. Especially “thanks” for showing fails. I want to start a channel because I have ideas I haven’t seen anyone else do but then I fumble and fail and quit.
I love the cereal bags especially the noise I do like that crunchy sound as you said. I think up-cycling makes it all that more beautiful. I try to be environmentally conscious and rally my 10 year old twins around into projects that are that way as well. I think if we all just at least did something it would together make a lot! 😊
I love your idea of preserving wonderful napkins between cereal bag sheets! I also love all of your ideas- Natasha, you make our days brighter with your creativity, and we appreciate you so much💕
Hello and greetings from Toronto Canada. I love watching your videos they're so informative and I love the step by step instruction I've learned a lot from you for making junk journals thank you for your creativity and sharing it with us. 🙏♥️😊
I appreciate your work and showing pieces you are not completely satisfied with. It demonstrates your creative judgment, while encouraging others it’s about trial and error. Thanks for keeping it real!
As a child I use to make the crayon shavings art between wax paper. I absolutely love the ideas you have for the cereal bags. Thank you for sharing your crafty ideas of use and reuse.
Great idea and demo.! I loved your comment, "when do we say enough is enough and just throw it in the bin!" I laughed out loud. I think I ask myself that almost daily!
what a fun project! When the top fuses and the bottom doesn't, couldn't you just flip the whole thing over (like grab the bottom parchment/cooking paper and bring it to the top)and then you could leave the iron on medium instead of high heat and a chance of scorching.
Natasha, I was just thinking of buying a laminator, but wasn't sure how much I really needed one. Your project has given my an alternative at least for now. Thanks for keeping me in budget. Love all your ideas and videos.
I just knew that there could be something creative done with the cereal lining bags. Thank you for sharing your creative idea. I will definitely be using your ideas.
I love this idea Natasa! Thank you! 🙏😊 I love your ideas - I make a lot of them because they are so fun and no, I never have enough of your ideas!! 😁 Crafting is my therapy and you help with that more than I can say. ☺️ I so know what you mean about making fun stuff out of ordinary things. 😃😃 You are very inspirational - thank you for all you share. 💝💕💕🙏😊
I think this is a very beautiful and unique idea. Like you I especially liked that last little Journal that you made. What wonderful gift some of these things would be. The pretty envelopes would make very nice packaging for small gifts for birthdays and so forth. I also think that if you had napkins that were meant for baby showers they would make adorable adorable journals for a new baby gift our baby shower gifts. I always look forward to your videos because you are so creative and inventive with recycling which is my number one reason for doing junk journals
For the tags you're not happy with, what about sewing a pocket onto them (maybe out of acetate, your cereal bag off-cuts or something more or less transparent)? Then a small card (for a gift) or a journal card could be tucked in. As a gift tag, they are reusable...just remove the little card and tuck in a new one. This tag could end up travelling far away! I like this cereal bag project. As always, you are clever and your work is elegant. ❤
This is such a neat idea. I've seen Shannon Green do that years ago! I have forgotten about using wax paper. I hardly ever buy cereal anymore but if I could use waxed paper, that would be great. The little small leftover pieces could be stamped on with Staz On Ink and then glued or sewn to the cover of the journal or a card. I love the crinkly sound of it!
Dearest Nataša, I missed you, since I haven't had enough time lately to watch the videos and to create. So now, this is a candy for me 😍 Just before I jump into the video, I sant to wish you good health and luck and happines in this year, so you can make US happy with lots of new content from you. Poljubac 😊❤️
I love what you've done especially the journal with the flap over and the water cover pages as journal cover. I have looked at my cereal bags for a long time and pondered what more I could do with them and here you are with this video! You are very creative. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us. I'm off now to try one of these myself. Thanks again!
After watching your tutorial, using napkins and cereal plastic bags I am preparing to make envelopes and bags and and journal covers. You have inspired me and I want to emboss mine also. Love all these ideas and look forward to your next new challenge. Thank you so much. Lorraine Galloway8
I'm inspired! I love the right-side flap journal cover especially, as well as the fancy pocket. I've saved a few cereal bags ... I must've been waiting for you to inspire me! Thanks for sharing!
Natasha you are a girl after my own heart, I have been saving all my cereal box liners forever and have quite a stash so of course I am looking for ideas. I got a snap closure thingy for Christmas so just last night I was making little ephemera bags to use similar to your envelope but not as pretty, Now I go crazy and make all sorts of neat things. Thanks so much for these fabulous ideas. Please take care and be safe Hugs and 'smiles
This is awesome! Makes me wish I ate cereal, lol. I guess I’ll start looking in the clearance section of the grocery store for cereal, or asking my friends to save their empty boxes and liners. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us! ~Kathy xo
@@IceCreamCarla that is a great idea, but we actually don’t eat those, either. Hubby is on a strict diet so I try to make everything from scratch and I buy mostly from bulk bins. I am dying to try out this project, though! Maybe I’ll ask my neighbor to save a few for me, lol!
Wax paper is the same ;) we don’t have any food in boxes with bags either, we are keto here for 4 years so no prepackaged foods so wax paper it is.....I just got it from the dollar store to keep it cheap. Or if you have family or friends that can help out. I’ve asked some but they keep throwing them out, they truly think it’s just garbage even though I ask haha.
I LOVE this video! It's an excellent example of creative thinking: you had an idea to share then allowed your ideas to take you other places still using the technique you intended. This is how I create too- never know where an idea can take you! Thanks for sharing your genuine self!
I loved all of it and have used cereal bags for a while now, I love the feel and sound of the material . For the tags that seem to have no real purpose as you say, they do - aside from looking beautiful, you can write messages or sentiments on the back side with sharpie pens :)
I loved this idea! I make little journals for my granddaughters that have blank paper for writing and drawing. I love the idea of using "kid" napkins for this! Thanks for sharing your creativity! 🤗
Well Natasha, I did it. My hands were shaking, but I did it!! Turned out great!! I did go ahead and put a spine and line it up with front and back cover. I can't wait to make the other projects you showed. Thank you for showing us how to do it!
I just discovered you and subscribed within 5 minutes. Can't wait to binge watch and learn to make some journals. This is what I have been looking for!! 💙
I just lost my husband and he had so much paperwork which I can't destroy, so I am using them in my art work thanks to your inspiration, thank you.
Hey I decided to use a lot of my grandparents and my mom's documents and pictures or sentimental :)
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I love repurposing throwaway objects to make beautiful, useful things. Thank you for sharing.
As a child, and again later as a teacher, I did the crayon shavings between layers of waxed paper to make "stained glass" ornaments. We also would preserve pretty leaves in the fall. I had forgotten about that until your video. Now I want to try your ideas with cereal bags. I wonder how pressed flowers would do? So many options! Thank you!
Oh, thank you for the idea, I am going to try this with leaves : )
Oh I collected leaves and stuff from outside I can fuse them into it?
I love this idea of using leaves and I have some very pretty coloured roses that the petals I think would look good too.
I was thinking the same thing about other flora as well. Maybe thinner bark like from Aspen trees. Lots of different things to experiment with. :)
I think it will work. I'm going to try when I have some flowers again.
I have a Blue & Gold Macaw, so I have a LOT of his feathers. I think this might be a wonderful way to incorporate them into a project.
Thank you for the idea. I have a parrot that loses her feathers. I will try this thank you.
Seriously Natasha, someone needs to pick you up for a Book Deal...I would love to buy your books full of creative ideas and concepts.
Would be wonderful if youtube start recommending such creators to the creative book dealers… we the viewers can help by pressing subscribe and like buttons on such amazing channels.
Natasha HAS published a book, and it is chock full of Natasha!
I absolutely love this idea... I am all about recycling repurposing things.. I have to say I love when you decide on the spare of the moment to make something while you're making you're video and always take into consideration that many people don't have all the crafting tools... You have a very sweet heart !!!!!
I love that you always say "sky`s the limit". It`s a good reminder that creativity never ends.
There is nothing more satisfying then taking garbage and making something useful and beautiful. Its the best!
I feel exactly the same way !!
Love your ideas Natasha. I have also done the crayon shavings using waxed paper. Then if you really want to use up all your paper scraps instead of throwing them away. Cut your paper scraps into thin strips (or use a paper shredder) then cut the strips into small confetti size pieces and sprinkle these between the cereal bags or waxed paper, with or without crayon shavings. Can again be used for window ornaments, journal covers or any of Natasha's ideas. Lots of fun everywhere. :D
Two things I love about this video…Certainly, the concept and the creativity and oh the possibilities! (Ok, well that’s 3 right there) I also love that you voice your inner thoughts for your audience..”should I do this? I dunno, I’m kinda liking it this way”. Delightful!
We used to iron autumn leaves between sheets of waxed paper and then tape them to the window with black electrical tape to make "stained-glass" window art. It's very much the same starting point but you took in a bit of a different direction. Very nice.
as a child in the 1960s, we would collect fall leaves and put in between wax paper and make a placement. I'm 62 now and it's still one of my favorite memories of childhood. Thank you for bringing it back.🥰🍂🍁🍂🍁
I remember my children did this at school. They also added crayons. They were really pretty !
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Thank you for this amazing video beautiful girl. You’ve got to be the most creative journal maker on UA-cam. So amazing, every single time. We love you 😍
I think the tags would be a perfect size for a gardener to make pouches for seed saving. You could use the package the seeds came in to fuse between the cereal bags. I save seeds from my flowers and vegetables every year. This would be a nice and neat way to store them. This looks like a very fun project. Thank you.
Love this idea!
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should seeds not be in paper not plastic 🤔
Such a great idea, since paper seed packets can degrade over time so easily. It sounds like a really nice gift idea for a gardener or a get-started-in-gardening kit as a gift. Love this idea 😊
Natasha, your love for paper and creating shows in every single video you publish. I love your videos because you reduce my learning curve exponentially. Crafters just follow her instructions exactly and you can't go wrong. It will save you a lot of valuable time. Then if you learn something new, pay it forward and teach others. Natasha has been a god-send to me and she will be for you too. Thank you Natasha.
Clever, clever idea! I love what you've done and just love the finished projects. The nature of the liner bag material lends a very unique appearance to your projects. I think elementary school aged children would love receiving personalized books made by a parent or grandparent. Pictures of the children themselves, their pets and their home life would be lovely gifts. Brava! Well done!
Haha, I actually like the tags. You could put tea dyed paper or card stock on the back before you sew around the tag. That way it is functional in a journal. You could also use fabric in between. Thank you for this idea.
It could also be used as a bookmark simply
That is exactly what I was thinking. I think they would be great tags.
I know, right !?
Yes, I liked the tags as well. I also thought you could stitch tea-dyed paper to the back or just have it as a pretty interactive element in the journal. Not all bit's of ephemera need to be functional.
How about use as a dashboard. Use heavy card stock in-between, ti use as a dashboarc?
Hi, Natasha. I have to be honest and tell you that I'm having a serious problem with all your videos and that is it's IMPOSSIBLE to choose ONE favorite!! Girl, I can't even choose just one to do first!!! I love all your videos and how you teach us that we don't need the fancy stuff to create such beauties! I am a shut-in and cannot do a whole lot outside my small apartment. But your videos teach me so many beautiful things to make with stuff around my home - LITERALLY! I absolutely LOVE this project and can't wait for the morning so I can start! I too love crinkly paper and plastics and it's a very satisfying thing! Thank you so very much for your many wonderful projects. I plan to make them all! P.S. - I really enjoyed your "getting to know me" video and can honestly say I love paper cuz it evokes so many wonderful childhood memories. God bless and keep posting videos!
Sincerely,
Liz
Natasha I'm so glad I found you. I am just loving all the ideas you are sharing. I've bin watched so many today. Can't wait to try all your ideas you have shared. Thank you.
The tags - my immediate thought was to add paper or card on the back, then they can be written on. 😁 I am probably not the only one that thought of this! 🙃
yes,I thought the same
I thought that too
Yeah, that idea would work, I'm sure...☑️
And, also I was thinking, maybe make that top-loop piece, with a little smaller/tighter opening to it & then, it could be used as a Journal Bookmarker w/ a Built-In Holder for a Pen/Pencil or other Writing-Utensil of choice?!!... 💡
Well, that was My firsts thoughts anyway, upon seeing the Nice Journal Tags, she had made... ❣️
me three! or is that now four? Great minds think alike!
Me too!! Use as a tag on a gift!!
P.S. Cereal bags are great for double bagging food you freeze - like leftovers - keeps everything fresher longer. Can also be used to marinade things in, or cover things in flour or bread crumbs or cinnamon and sugar, etc.
Absolutely loved this video. No I haven't had enough, I could watch you all day. This is true junk journaling. A fantastic use of something that would otherwise be junk made into something beautiful.
I am with you, I could watch her all day
I can’t tell you how much I love your videos!! You are one of the most creative and stylish people I have ever seen!! You literally take trash and turn it into the most beautiful treasure!! You yourself are a treasure and appreciate all your amazing videos! I’ve tried a lot of stuff you have shown us and they are so amazing! Thank you thank you!!!
I am definitely in the LOVE IT group. We already pulled a cereal bag out of the trash to wash. My 8 yr old is inspired as well.
Oh! My ! I love it
I've been following you for a month. But you caught my attention because you're so organized and clean. Your ideas are useful and a good way to reutilize things that would just be thrown away, adding to the trash problem. Thank you very much, I will be using this idea in my crafting club. I know my gals will love it!!
I haven’t seen anyone mention this, but please be aware that melting plastic does give off fumes which may be toxic. Good ventilation might be a very good idea. I love your creativity Natasa, thanks for sharing your ideas!
I was wondering about that. I’m always afraid of plastic heating.
I love this. The crinkles are great. Even the sound it makes is neat.
I've been saving cereal bags so this is perfect timing for me.😊💜 My husband had just started to look sideways at me on that one! 🙄😂🤣😂
I’ve rewatched this video and still love the idea. Something I want to try is putting the fused bag inside of 2 layers of fabric to get that wonderful sound.
You can also fuse paper or fabric together using shopping bags in the middle. Cut bags to fit, but bear in mind that they may shrink if you get the iron too hot for the plastic bags.
Fabulous idea! And I love it! Of course, different plastics melt and deform in different ways. I had some vinyl sheeting, and some other kind of plastic sheets or rolls and I did some experimenting with them. One of them kind of did what the cereal bags do: it shrunk as I used the iron over it, but more severely... when it cooled it had a wonderfully organic pattern of puckering that made a great texture stamp that I used in acrylic painting! Even the less extreme bubbling of these bags would make a great texture stamp. There are so many good ways to reuse plastic, we really need to do what you did and make something new, fun, functional, and beautiful out of what is otherwise trash. Great ideas!!
Remember “Shrinky Dinks” I loved when as a child my Mom bought my little brother and I some to have fun with. Saturday morning cartoons, Shrinky Dinks and creating fun times!!
Thanks for sharing! I don't eat cereal and was wondering if other plastic would work.
@@BonesAndButtons I looked up the name of the type of plastic used in cereal bags: "Most cereal bags are made with high density polyethylene, also known as HDPE or by the recycling number 2. Known as “film” in the recycling industry, this type of plastic can be remanufactured back into plastic bags." (from a recycling website). You can use this information to help find this in rolls or sheets and know that it can be useful in this application!
@R.J.Fisher
You find many foods packaged in this kind of bag...croutons, granola mixes, instant potatoes, some pasta mixes and the like.. Plus the added bonus of being packed in boxes you can utilize those for covers and tags! Good luck looking, you should be able to find these..🙋♀️
Clingfoil can also be used! 😉
I just adore your creativity!
And I love the honesty! "I've had enough! Have you had enough?" 😊😊 love that!
Would assume that's the European art of being straight forward ... No beating around the bush or fussing around. 😊🏡
I will definitely try this!
Love this!!! 🥳 ~ for the tags, if you’re wanting some place to write, perhaps an extra piece of the plastic bag, that’s not fused, could be partially sewn to the back whilst sewing the edges, to create a pocket for notes. 😄
Oh, my, am I in trouble?? 😉 I just retrieved the bag we emptied this mormimg, and washed it out.
I will use my large silicone sheet to do this. I think I will love doing it! I can't wait! I have a few napkins, already.
I can never have too much of watching you craft.😊
This project really got my creative juices flowing!! I love making things from free/cheap materials! The tags that you said you didn't like made me think of bookmarks! Also, being a teacher, I'm always looking for Mother's Day projects that don't cost me a lot for the students to make for gifts. This is perfect for that!!
I had to comment again on the small journal. That journal would make such a nice gift! I love you putting
assorted flat items between the cereal bags. I think it is a great idea using a single image that has been infused between the bags as a closure.!!!! You are just filled with ideas.!!!! Thank you so much for giving me the inspiration I need. ❤
I love it! There is a local craft fair where I live that invites vendors who make items out of recycled materials, old books/magazines, etc that would otherwise go in the landfill and I get so much inspiration/ ideas from your channel, thank you!
Pam over at The Paper Outpost also does a fantastic job of recycling paper goods and such.. I love Natasha and Her, they are very creative and inspiring... Oh some others out there too, but most makers use new or purchased ephemera and digis, which many of us don't have access to or can afford these days...
Happy Crafting All!🤗💖💐
I make candles from reclaimed wax melts and candles!
I was also an elementary school teacher. We used to put crayon shavings and colorful leaves in between wax paper. They were beautiful up on the classroom windows! I never thought about using cereal bags! I am ready to make some of your journals! Thank you so much for new ideas and inspirations!
I KNEW I had been saving my cereal bags for something great, I just didn't know what it was until now!! Thank you so much for the inspiration. ❤❤
Natasha, I love that you love the process of creating so much and that some of your most favorite experiences are not even the ones that result in something “beautiful”….I attribute this to the fact that when you are willing to push beyond creating only to fulfill narrow expectations of “beauty” (whatever that means, it’s so relative), you are creating new neuropathways in your brain that only serve to increase your creative potential. Maybe the end result isn’t a knock-out beauty but what you learned about the technique or the behavior of your materials (or any number of other realizations that can happen while creating) could be a lifelong blessing to your crafting-and even your life in general-or maybe they will LEAD to something else that is! That’s the beautiful thing about the PROCESS, independent of the OUTCOME. I love to see you follow your bliss and your intuition during your creative process-it’s very inspiring!
I love the idea of using cereal bags. I thought the tags were cute and instead of using them as tags in junk journals, use them as bookmarks in regular books/novels. Definitely going to make some. Thanks for the inspiration!
Ah! Bookmarks! Yes!
Yes that would look good
Glue paper on the back of the tags.
The random shaped ones could just be cover decorations.
If the napkins don't face the right way to make a journal cover, just cut into 4 squares and lay two side by side facing the right way and fuse, as if they are one piece.
Any paper image can be sandwiched, even thin fabrics.
Good fun and love the crinkle sound and crinkled look. 😘
I love this idea of recycling junk. It really is saving the planet and making something functional. Thanks for the inspiration. ❤️
Yes! Thank you!
You just tickle me so much with your enthusiasm. What you say out loud is what I think when I'm crafting. It's hard to communicate how excited I get!
That's one of the reasons I love your tutorials, Natasha. I'm a big believer in upcycling "junk" and turning it into something useful/beautiful.
I’m in the ‘Love it’ camp. The possibilities are truly endless. I love hearing the enthusiasm in your voice
Maybe it would be interesting to cut holes in a piece of paper, or punch shapes, or borders. Then when you lay the plastic over to fuse it, it will fuse in the cut out sections of the paper. It may create an interesting effect? Like little windows, maybe?
I love your videos so much! You have got me crafting again, after years of not feeling creative, you have inspired me to start up again. Thank you Natasa!
Good idea RE: windws
That could be cute for little folded paper houses with a light inside, or for suncatchers.
Great idea for the "window" idea
I absolutely love your personality and creativity! Yes my creative juices are flowing and oddly my favorite piece is the little see through pocket! Thank you for sharing! Blessings to you, your family, friends, the universes and all living beings! 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💙🙏🏼🧡🙏🏼💛🙏🏼💚🙏🏼
Those tags could be gifts to people as a bookmark. ❤
I was shopping for envelopes to hold my stickers in today and couldn’t find any so I came home disappointed and decided to watch some of your vids and low and behold a tutorial for envelopes with the faux rice paper and fused cereal liner ones ❤
What a fun and creative process! I kept thinking that the napkin images could make functional small note pads if paper for writing was folded and sewn, or attached in another way, to the top of the image. It could then be tucked into a corner, side pocket, belly band, etc. Of course, the paper would have to be cut into the shape of the image, but hey, enjoy the process!:) Thank you for sharing your talent and working in a way that is encouraging to others.:)
I love it! Super cool ideas. This is what you call “perfectly imperfect”!
Also, those 🏷 tags you made that you said you probably wouldn’t make again would be great for book-markers!
yes i thought the same longer and thinner can make loads in one ironing session 👌
On top of that, you could sew a piece of paper or plain/plain-ish cardboard paper on the back so that you can write on the back of those tags. :)
Just what I was thinking😊 they would make a lovely little journaling spot. I love this video🥰 it’s 1.15am and I’m washing cereal bags and cutting up napkins that I’ve been collecting 😂
Putting dried flowers/leaves in between would be gorgeous too! Lovely idea!
Natasha! You're a genius! I've been hoarding cereal liners for months and the only thing I could come up with was making little "glassine" bags with them. You've added a whole new world of possibilties for using these to make cool things for our journals. I'm staring at the six boxes of cereal I have perched on top of my fridge and can't wait to get my hands on the liners. Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers from Denver CO!
@@carolinesmercantile4290 Genius! Thanks for the idea. It'll save me from having to buy baggies on my next grocery shopping trip!
I love this idea of fusing cereal bags in fun and useful projects with added benefit of preventing them from going to the landfill. One project that I would like to do is a pouch with foldover flap that velcro's closed. This pouch would hold one or two masks so you always have one to throw in your purse or backpack.
Excellent Cereal bags fusing presentation, Treasure books! Looks wonderful! 👍 ✨
Greetings from South Korea! Have a good day 🥰
Awesome tutorial, as usual, thank you for the ideas! I have found it helps if you turn the sandwiched materials over once the top has fused. That way the bottom will fuse with out having to turn the heat up on the iron. Your videos always give me lots of inspiration, much appreciated 🙂
I love it !!!!! Thank you so much for teaching us, I am 60 years old and I’m loving your channel. Thank you…
So glad! Thank you :)
Thank you for this amazing video. You have open my eyes to what you can use to make anything journals, tags, envelopes and lots of other things to make with the simplest stuff. Your amazing and inspiring for people everywhere. Keep up doing what your doing. Such beautiful work.
Wow!! You just made my day. I think the cereal bag would be a level of protection for whatever you laminate or press between the cereal liners. Fantastic!
You are so loved! Thank you! Best advice ever: follow the muse...you inspire us all Natasha ❤️
Love this! Always thought I wanted a laminator- no space/expensive- you’ve showed that I can recycle instead. And I love the sound!
What fun inspiration! I like the crinkle sound & up cycling too! When you held up the little rectangle & asked for ideas…. The first thing that popped into my head was page tabs that you could touch/crinkle & you punch a small hole and add a dangle charm! This is going to be fun experimenting with! Thanks 😊
I love this! Thank you for the time you take to try all the options. Especially “thanks” for showing fails. I want to start a channel because I have ideas I haven’t seen anyone else do but then I fumble and fail and quit.
I love the cereal bags especially the noise I do like that crunchy sound as you said. I think up-cycling makes it all that more beautiful. I try to be environmentally conscious and rally my 10 year old twins around into projects that are that way as well. I think if we all just at least did something it would together make a lot! 😊
I love your idea of preserving wonderful napkins between cereal bag sheets! I also love all of your ideas- Natasha, you make our days brighter with your creativity, and we appreciate you so much💕
Thank you so much!
Hello and greetings from Toronto Canada. I love watching your videos they're so informative and I love the step by step instruction I've learned a lot from you for making junk journals thank you for your creativity and sharing it with us. 🙏♥️😊
I appreciate your work and showing pieces you are not completely satisfied with. It demonstrates your creative judgment, while encouraging others it’s about trial and error. Thanks for keeping it real!
Thank you so very much for that observation and comment :)
As a child I use to make the crayon shavings art between wax paper. I absolutely love the ideas you have for the cereal bags. Thank you for sharing your crafty ideas of use and reuse.
Great idea and demo.! I loved your comment, "when do we say enough is enough and just throw it in the bin!" I laughed out loud. I think I ask myself that almost daily!
what a fun project! When the top fuses and the bottom doesn't, couldn't you just flip the whole thing over (like grab the bottom parchment/cooking paper and bring it to the top)and then you could leave the iron on medium instead of high heat and a chance of scorching.
Your creativity is boundless. Great use of recycled materials. And I am so glad you use real sewing instead of gluing everything.
Natasha, I was just thinking of buying a laminator, but wasn't sure how much I really needed one. Your project has given my an alternative at least for now. Thanks for keeping me in budget. Love all your ideas and videos.
I just knew that there could be something creative done with the cereal lining bags. Thank you for sharing your creative idea. I will definitely be using your ideas.
I love the textured look and feel! It makes it seem like old fashioned quality. These are lovely, like the old Victorian era ❤
You are so imaginative and creative. I am never disappointed when watching you. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas
I love this idea Natasa! Thank you! 🙏😊
I love your ideas - I make a lot of them because they are so fun and no, I never have enough of your ideas!! 😁 Crafting is my therapy and you help with that more than I can say. ☺️
I so know what you mean about making fun stuff out of ordinary things. 😃😃
You are very inspirational - thank you for all you share. 💝💕💕🙏😊
I appreciate you repurposing what would end up in the trash💕
I think this is a very beautiful and unique idea. Like you I especially liked that last little Journal that you made. What wonderful gift some of these things would be. The pretty envelopes would make very nice packaging for small gifts for birthdays and so forth. I also think that if you had napkins that were meant for baby showers they would make adorable adorable journals for a new baby gift our baby shower gifts. I always look forward to your videos because you are so creative and inventive with recycling which is my number one reason for doing junk journals
Bookmarks and placemats come to mind, as functional things to make from this process.
Great idea! I use the cereal bx liners as a craft sheet for my distress inking - 1 for each colour, that way I don't have to clean after every use.
I love this idea. The texture of the napkin covers is so nice. I may never throw a cereal bag away again!!
I am definitely one that loves these projects. I can't wait to get started! Love your creative talents and willingness to share with us. Thank you! ❤️
Thank you so much!
For the tags you're not happy with, what about sewing a pocket onto them (maybe out of acetate, your cereal bag off-cuts or something more or less transparent)? Then a small card (for a gift) or a journal card could be tucked in. As a gift tag, they are reusable...just remove the little card and tuck in a new one. This tag could end up travelling far away! I like this cereal bag project. As always, you are clever and your work is elegant. ❤
This is such a neat idea. I've seen Shannon Green do that years ago! I have forgotten about using wax paper. I hardly ever buy cereal anymore but if I could use waxed paper, that would be great. The little small leftover pieces could be stamped on with Staz On Ink and then glued or sewn to the cover of the journal or a card. I love the crinkly sound of it!
I just love this. I have saved it and re-watch it many times over. As I get older I need to refresh my brain as to the process.
Dearest Nataša, I missed you, since I haven't had enough time lately to watch the videos and to create. So now, this is a candy for me 😍 Just before I jump into the video, I sant to wish you good health and luck and happines in this year, so you can make US happy with lots of new content from you. Poljubac 😊❤️
I just love this idea. I use cereal boxes for journal covers and will now be able to use the liner as well. No waste from this product. 🤗👏👏
I love what you've done especially the journal with the flap over and the water cover pages as journal cover. I have looked at my cereal bags for a long time and pondered what more I could do with them and here you are with this video! You are very creative. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us. I'm off now to try one of these myself. Thanks again!
After watching your tutorial, using napkins and cereal plastic bags I am
preparing to make envelopes and bags and and journal covers. You have inspired me and I want to emboss mine also. Love all these ideas and look forward to your next new challenge. Thank you so much. Lorraine Galloway8
I'm inspired! I love the right-side flap journal cover especially, as well as the fancy pocket. I've saved a few cereal bags ... I must've been waiting for you to inspire me! Thanks for sharing!
Natasha you are a girl after my own heart, I have been saving all my cereal box liners forever and have quite a stash so of course I am looking for ideas. I got a snap closure thingy for Christmas so just last night I was making little ephemera bags to use similar to your envelope but not as pretty, Now I go crazy and make all sorts of neat things. Thanks so much for these fabulous ideas. Please take care and be safe Hugs and 'smiles
This is awesome! Makes me wish I ate cereal, lol. I guess I’ll start looking in the clearance section of the grocery store for cereal, or asking my friends to save their empty boxes and liners. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us! ~Kathy xo
you can also use cracker or snack bag liners
@@IceCreamCarla that is a great idea, but we actually don’t eat those, either. Hubby is on a strict diet so I try to make everything from scratch and I buy mostly from bulk bins. I am dying to try out this project, though! Maybe I’ll ask my neighbor to save a few for me, lol!
Wax paper is the same ;) we don’t have any food in boxes with bags either, we are keto here for 4 years so no prepackaged foods so wax paper it is.....I just got it from the dollar store to keep it cheap. Or if you have family or friends that can help out. I’ve asked some but they keep throwing them out, they truly think it’s just garbage even though I ask haha.
I LOVE this video! It's an excellent example of creative thinking: you had an idea to share then allowed your ideas to take you other places still using the technique you intended. This is how I create too- never know where an idea can take you! Thanks for sharing your genuine self!
I loved all of it and have used cereal bags for a while now, I love the feel and sound of the material . For the tags that seem to have no real purpose as you say, they do - aside from looking beautiful, you can write messages or sentiments on the back side with sharpie pens :)
What’s not to love!!!???
Another sweet creative JJ…thank you💖
I loved this idea! I make little journals for my granddaughters that have blank paper for writing and drawing. I love the idea of using "kid" napkins for this! Thanks for sharing your creativity! 🤗
Well Natasha, I did it. My hands were shaking, but I did it!! Turned out great!! I did go ahead and put a spine and line it up with front and back cover. I can't wait to make the other projects you showed. Thank you for showing us how to do it!
I just discovered you and subscribed within 5 minutes. Can't wait to binge watch and learn to make some journals. This is what I have been looking for!! 💙
Thank you so much Brenda!
I love how you use materials in new ways. That is a great sign of creativity!
Thank you! 😊
I love the recycling, the look, the sound, the texture! Can't wait to try this!
I love this idea! It is so smart to teach people about turning trash into usable items.