Nature Journals - Vellum, Feathers, Leaves, Wasp Nest Paper & So Much More
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OMG I never knew you could seal in feathers with a napkin...Brilliant!
Glad this has given you some ideas 💕
You have such a great eye for colour, shape and texture, Nina and you have really excelled yourself with this journal. I think it's absolutely wonderful and I've so enjoyed watching you create it. Many thanks!
Thanks so much Edna 💕
EDITH HOLDEN
Diary of an Edwardian Lady
I have loved Edith Holden's Diary since it was first printed. I've used it as a reference. It is one of my prized things. I cannot imagine cutting up such a book when to photocopy it would offer the same resource for projects while at the same time preserving this wonderful book for another generation. In the collages I pasted up yesterday, I photocopied pages from a 1906 Wildflower Guidebook, which was once used by my grandmother and my father. I have a beautiful collage but as important, I still have the book.
Very well done! Great tribute of nature ❤️
Thanks Amanda 💕🌸🌿🌺🦋
Nina you are the best!!
Every time I watch a video of your beautiful ideas, never fails to amaze me.
Thank you for keeping the inspiration going.
Love from Tucson AZ 😊
THANK YOU , THANK GOD FOR SHARING YOUR POSITIVE STRUGGLES WITH THE STICKERS !!! THEY'RE SO STINKING PAINFUL !! YOU ARE SO KIND, BEAUTIFUL, SWEET, LOVING, AND AN INSTRUCTIONAL ARTIST ANGEL ! ! YOU SHARE YOUR AMAZING SPIRIT AND ARTIST TALENT !! NAMASTE MARE
Thank you so much for your kind words Mary Ellen ❤️🌹
Simple and elegant..
These journals are so very special.inspired by nature and God's given..
The tones are so very pleasant..and as you turned each page was like a documentary of specimens..
Some of my favourite journals.. thankyou for sharing
Thank you so much for your appreciation. This is one of my favourite ever journals 💕
A picture of your garden printed in Sepia would look gorgeous on that waxed page.
Thanks Cheryl. I like that idea 💕
BEAUTIFUL!!! The soft colors and textures, make this so elegant. Absolute Simplicity
... 40 minutes et 50 secondes de pur Bonheur... Vos superbes créations ensoleillent mon dimanche!!!!!
Merci beaucoup. Je suits heureux que vous l’ayez apprecie 💕
Oh my word, the wasp nest was a fabulous idea.... Must check to see if Mum still has hers in the bush where it was. I might just grab it...😁 Well your journals have become so gorgeous I think that you will be looking at them over and over again... Amazing Creations this month... Thank you Nina ❤️❤️🌼🌷
I hope it’s still there, they’re fascinating aren’t they. I’m going to make some more backgrounds whilst I’ve still got it out. Glad you like the journals 💕🌸🌿🌺🦋
Simply outstanding Nina ... both Journals are beautifully tailored to the theme . Great techniques hints and tips
throughout the month. Thank you for sharing . As always you have inspired and shared . Kay x
Thanks so much Kay, glad you’ve enjoyed this prompt 💕🌺🌿🦋🌸
Wonderful video, Nina!! So many great ideas. I never would have thought of keeping the wasps nest...now I can't wait to find one. Those stickers that are so difficult. to get the backing off - try sticking a piece of tape to each side near an edge and gently pull apart. someone shared this tip with me and it works quite well. ❤️❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the sticker tip. I will give that a try 💕
Your idea about the feathers is a wonderful idea. I love the whole nature thing. I am 81 and not getting around like I used too, but I have enough left over supplies that I might be able to do some like this. Your journal is beautiful and I love it. TFS!
Thank you Nancy. I hope you will enjoy creature with nature 💕
It’s amazingly beautiful and I’m so inspired with your journal! Thank you for sharing and showing how to make it!🙌🎉❤️❤️💐🌹
Wow!! I’m blown away by what you’ve done. Absolutely stunning. First time watching you but definitely not the last ❤️❤️❤️
You’re so talented and creative! Especially like the journal with the leaves and feathers. So many interesting things in it. A beauty!
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you create this magnificent nature journal. It really speaks to my soul. Nina you have an eye for beautiful things and an eye for displaying them so creatively. I’m working on my nature journal at the moment, but it won’t have the magic that yours has. Thank you for generously sharing your talents with us. 🌿🌿🌿
Thanks for your kind words Maria, I’m so pleased with how both of these have turned out and it was lovely using things from nature that I have been collecting over the years. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed seeing them come together 💕🌺🌸🦋🌿
You always do such a wonderful job with your natural pieces. All of these are gorgeous. So nice to be back watching you on Sundays.
Hello Cheryl good to see you back 💕. I’m so happy to have a place to display these wonderful natural treasures. Stay safe my friend 💕
Nina, we are staying safe. Too darn windy to kayak, however, we took a drive north to see a teeny lighthouse instead.
I like that you used a lollypop stick when you couldn't find your bone folder! Many people don't have a bone folder, and this hack is great! Your creative way of making your nature journals is wonderful! I'm a new subscriber to your channel! I love watching your videos, and learning from you!! TFS! ~Janet in Canada
Thanks so much for your lovely comment Jane. Glad this video was helpful 💕
my goodness this video is jam packed with wonderful ideas! the wasp nest---Wow!!!! and all your pages are so pretty, thank you
Thank you so much for your lovely comment 💕
NINA RIBENA, Thank you for sharing this stunningly beautiful journal, which you have so lovingly created, and so articulately and painstakingly tutored and inspired others to create. I shared your video on my Facebook page, along with this comment: "ART IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: Nina Ribena, a UK artist, shares her love of hand crafted art journals, primarily using things she finds in her garden, along with other natural elements, to create a gorgeous treasure tribute to the beauty and complexity of nature."
Oh Alice, thank you so very much for sharing, and for the lovely comment you have written 💕🌺🌿🦋
Your nature journal was exquisite. You worked the colors and textures and the subjects together beautifully. I want to try and use your sense of texture and combining color with papers etc of different color groups and see if i can come up with as pleasing results as you have with these natural textures and dyes. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment Chris, and I hope you will enjoy creating some lovely keepsakes of your own. Happy Creating 💕🌿🌺🌸🦋
I so love your awesome journals. Who knew that organic material would be so beautiful.
Thank you so much Debbie 💕
Thank you so much for that creative ideas. Never seen something like this with so much of details and creativity.
Thanks so much for watching. Glad you enjoyed it 💕
Ooooo, the wasp's nest was spectacular!
Thank you 💕
This is the first time I have seen this kind of journal. I love it. This is right up my alley. I Love Love Love this type of Art. Thank you for your posts.
Thumbs up and saved and subscribed!
Thanks so much for your kind comment Margaret and welcome to my channel 💕
This was all so mesmerizing!! WOW!!!!! I can't tell you how enchanted I am with your beautiful work. 🥰 I'll be back for more 🙂
Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words April. They mean a lot 💕
Enchanting..that's the word I was looking for..just mesmerising
You are a treasure of inspiration.im in the middle of learning how to do ecoprint and thought of making a journal and just came across your chanel.:)
These journals are so beautiful.
It's official Nina, this is one of my all time favorite videos from you! I can't stop drooling. These projects are ALL amazing!
Thanks so much Lynn. I really did enjoy making these 💕🌿🌸🌺
I think this is a major step forward you’ve laid out, to iron out moisture, then to mount on paper using glue, then to cover with a transparent layer also with glue (mod podge thinned or similar), and wind up with a journal-useable beautiful specimen. So glad to have noticed your process! Thank you!
Thanks so much Louise. I hope you’ll give this method a try 🌸
Nina, one more thing! I discovered ten or so years ago that our euonymus out front produces berries in the fall. I mean the prettiest, orange-pink-with-white berries. They’re on the strong stalk of the low-growing bush, have the euonymus leaves in clusters up the stalk, make really nice vase additions. We are about to get near-freezing overnight temps, which shrivels up the berries, so I must must make haste to cut a few more to enjoy inside. All to say that I cut small sprigs of it yesterday after being inspired by your post. Gosh darn it, I just don’t think there’s a reasonable way to instantly dry them and retain their integrity! If I should wish to use a sprig of berries within a journal, I’d better think again, anyway! Part of the nature of preserving plants etc is keeping them still and out of drafts, away from heat. Ha. Lots of wishful thinking here. I’d have to build a journal with boxes for pages and an acetate window, and all I’m doing right now is trying to organize my craft space here, not journal-ambitious. But had to share my own momentary obsession!
I didn't get to sit down on Sunday after the dog walk as usual. This has been so lovely to watch on Tuesday. The journals are a pure delight. You enjoy them x
Thanks Ali, I’m so pleased with these 💕🦋🌿🌺
ABSOLUTELY gorgeous. I love all your work Nina
Thank you so much Christie 💕
I watched enchanted and am watching again to take notes. Beyond lovely, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much and glad you enjoyed it 💕
These look professional. You are really talented
You do things with such ease...just beautiful!
Thank you so much ☺️💕
I LOVE you journal and all of the natural elements. I think using a photo of the fresh plant on the opposite site of the page from the eco page would be cool on your blank page.
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas 💕
These are my very favorite journals of all time. I feel my styling is about to change.
Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words 💕💕💕
Nina Ribena they are heart felt.
How lovely and natural..just gorgeous!
Thanks for this - top tips about sealing feathers with napkin tissue and making coloured vellum using tea light candles!
Thanks Sue, glad you enjoyed it 💕
Wonderful tutorials on using pressed flowers and feathers! I especially like the tips on the napkin laer and alchohol markers to revuve colors. I make collages snd cards. i dont sew, but perhaps I could make a dotted line with a brown micron pen.
I love the look of the journal. I got so many good ideas to play with! Thank you so much.
Thanks so much Phyllis. Glad to hear it’s given you some ideas 💕
Gosh Nina is there anything you cannot use in your journals, that wasp's nest paper is absolutely stunning. We had one a good few years ago and I couldn't wait to get rid of it, so scary. You have knocked it out of the park with this set of journals, so unique, so gorgeous and completely wonderful. Tfs xo
Thanks Elizabeth. I’m thrilled to bits with these journals. I don’t know why I’ve waited so long to use the wasp nest. We found it in our log shed and the wasps had long gone. It looked so delicate and beautiful that I couldn’t bear to throw it out. I know what you mean about them being scary though. We have 3 or 4 wasps nests in our Apex’s every year that we have to deal with and it’s an absolute pain! Sam is allergic to them and swells up like a balloon when he’s stung. Glad you enjoyed this 💕🌸🌿🦋 xo
@@NinaRibenaMixedMedia Oh no, hope he is alright this year xo
These are lovely. Thank you for sharing
The wasp nest fiber is so cool!.....😻
It’s fascinating isn’t it 💕
Love the pages that you did today, This is a fabulous nature journal tfs Nina...Stay Safe...
Thanks so much Maggie. You stay safe too 💕
OMG 😮 WOW 😮 WOW 😮 😮 WOW 😮 That’s absolutely and utterly incredible and stunning and gorgeous and breathtakingly beautiful....that paper you made from the wasp nest is really really stunning and gorgeous, and so textured too. I really really love 💕 all of it and the journals too. I really really think 🤔 you should take some seasonal photos of your garden, to put into the journal 📔. You’ve really really stunned me with this Nina. You’ve shown us all so many brilliant ideas 💡 and things we can do to make some of these things ourselves. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Stay safe and well too xxx Mags
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment Mags. Its lovely to hear this has given you ideas that will try yourself. I like the idea of adding some seasonal photos. I have taken a lot of photo’s of our spring flowers whilst they’re in bloom and I like the idea having them in the journal. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Have a wonderful week. Stay safe 💕💕💕🦋🌺🌸🌿 xxxxx
Oh my WORD, this is just AWESOME 😍😍😍☘
Thank you so much. I’m very proud of these 💕
I'm so impressed that you were able to keep those lovely feathers from Louie. I have 2 cats and have learned the hard way that I cannot use feathers, string or ribbon in my journals. LOL. Lovely, lovely books. I am a new subscriber and a big fan. I have been binge watching your videos and learning so much. You never fail to inspire. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. Be well. ~phinny, Seattle USA
Hi Phinny, thank you so much for subscribing. I’m glad this has given you idea for preserving your own feather collection. They’re too lovely to be hidden away aren’t they. Happy Creating 💕
Simply stunning! You amaze me. Thanks for the inspiration. Hugs and blessings.
Thanks so much Marji. Glad you like them 💕
Beautiful use of nature and color. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it 💕
absolutely stunning!!!
Excellent tutorial and may I say you are a delight to listen to.
Awww, thank you so much Cyndy ☺️💕
Absolutely love your nature journals!! THEY ARE SO BEAUTI F UL!! THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING.I can't wait to get going myself.They appeal to me more than any I have seen
.....much love...Angie from Australia.x
Aww, thanks so much for your kind comment Angie 💕 x
I so enjoy your video. The journal you are working on in this video is beautiful.
Thank you for taking the time to share. Gorgeous!
I’ve really enjoyed creating the pages. Thank you so much for your kind comment 💕
Oh how nice and thanks for the idea now i know what i can do with my feathers and dried flowers 💕
Glad this has given you some ideas for using them. Happy Creating 💕
Nina your journals are awesome. I love them both. I have never seen a wasp nest like that, we have what I think are called paper wasps that make a cone shaped nest with little paper like dividers, I will have to give that a try with one I think I still have and let you know. I hope that upside down bottle tip at least helped with your glue. Have a wonderful week. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Thanks Debbie. I looked up the paper wasp and the nest looks really interested. Would love to hear how you get in with that. The bottle tip was really helpful thank you it was much easier for most of the video and just became a bit annoying towards the end. I think the glue needs thinning down, but definitely better keeping it upside down 💕. Have a wonderful week 💕
This is a beautiful journal Nina , I bet you are so pleased with it ,, loved the pages you have done ,,,xxxx 🎨🌈👏😊💕
Thanks Annie, yes I am thrilled with them. It was lovely using things from nature that I’ve collected 💕🦋🌺🌸🌿 xxx
Lovely journals! The individual pieces are beautiful. All the papers are stunning. My favorite parts are the little collages. Thanks again for your wonderful leadership.
Thank you so much Susan 💕
Absolutely gorgeous ❤️❤️
What a beautiful nature journal!!! Love it.
Thanks Barbara 💕
As always! I am impressed! You have given me an idea to use all of my old 1890's Singer sewing machine Bird cards that I have! A nature journal devoted just to them! Wow! I've got to get busy! ha. Thanks NIna! as always, your creations are stunning! And thanks for addressing the glue issue. Answered all my questions!
What a lovely idea. I think that would make a beautiful and unique journal. Glad the glue questions were answered and happy creating 💕🌿🌸🌺🦋
I watched again! I love your work!
So beautiful Nina,! A keepsake journal for sure..
Thanks Lorraine, it really is 💕
Omg Nina!.What an incredible journal this has become. I can imagine you pick it up and just admire it. For the vellum page I think a poem and a tiny collage would be awesome, showing as much as possible from the original page. 💝💝💝
Thanks Ineke. I’m really proud. I’m glad that I kept the pages minimalistic as it’s shown the natural beauty of the things I’ve displayed. Thanks for your kind words 💕💕💕
Simply Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Geetika 💕
Hi Nina, this week I made some vellum.
Your feathers and especially the wasp 'paper' are something special.
Thanks Carina. I’m really enjoying using the vellum. Glad you gave it a try too 💕
Everything is so beautiful and soothing. You blew me away with the wasp nest paper. I love that, but I’m afraid of the wasps!
Joan Neigler q
I love your journals and have really enjoyed watching your videos. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks so much Diane 💕
That was so cool to see the colored candles used to make the vellum. I was afraid to try it myself. I'm so glad I asked. Fabulous!!
Thanks Tammi. I’m going to try it with waxed crayons as well. It never occurred to me to use coloured candles so I’m really glad you asked 💕
Your work is fantastic!!! You have such a good eye for what looks great!!! TFS.....
Austin, TX USA
That’s so kind of you Barbara. Thank you 💕
@@NinaRibenaMixedMedia I raise ducks, and I find beautiful feathers in yard. I always pick them up. They are too pretty to leave on ground.
My family laughs, and keeps asking "what are you going to do with bags of duck feathers???" Ha! Not sure, but I will think of SOMETHING! I've been trying to figure out how to mount them for journals. And you showed me how. So thank you. YAY!!!
This time it is good evening nina, I was up and about very early this morning to visit my brother for the first time in three months due to his illness. I was really happy about that, so I saw your video later in the day. My goodness, the journals are so pretty, you should be proud.. Some time ago I saw a very nice quote, it said If you find a feather someone wants you to fly....had to think of that when you used the feathers from your garden. Have a good week nina, love lena xxx
Hello Lena. I’m glad you enjoyed your visit with your brother. I really like that quote and will add it to one of the feather pages. The weather is scorching here again today, so once Steve has finished work and I have cleaned the house, we will go for a nice long walk by the river. I hope you have a wonderful week 💕🌿🌺🌸💕
Oooooooooooooh! Feathers! Excited to try this!
Enjoy 💕
🔆simply stunning journal🔆
Thanks so much Deborah. This is my favourite one so far 💕
WOW!!!! these journal are absolutely fabulous you are so very artistic, the wasp nest paperis out of this world thank you so very much, I will be trying some of these tech. for sure!!
💚 so many fantastic ideas Nina ....... 👏
Thanks so much Wilma 💕💕💕
I really love the work you did here. Very sophisticated. Sorry I found it so late. I would have loved the printables you referenced. I'm your newest fan. ,💐
Thank you so much 💕
Nina, these journals are breathtaking. True works of art. Love the bee hive paper! So cool. Love everything you do! TFS. I did. Gid bless and stsy safe!
Thanks so much Evelyn, and as always thank you for sharing 💕🌿🌺🌸🦋
These are absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing xx
Thank you so much 💕
Beautiful work, Nina! Amazing techniques.
Thanks Veronica, glad you enjoyed the video 💕
These are just beautiful ! You have given me so many ideas, that I don't know where to begin ! Thank you for sharing :) And I think a picture of your garden would be lovely to add an even more personal touch inside the journal-poetry is nice, but you could have that next to the feathers. A picture of your garden would make it even more uniquely yours and capture a memory forever.
Thanks so much for your kind comment Carole and for sharing your thoughts regarding the remaining pages. I’ve got some lovely photo’s of our garden 💕🌿🌸🦋🌺
I absolutely love those journals. And that wasp nest......wow.
Thanks Darlene, isn’t it fascinating 💕
Wow, that is really beautiful!
Thank you very much 🌸
Hi Nina,
You are so hard on yourself! I could not thread a sewing machine at gun point! lol
Everything is so gorgeous! I love to use feathers on the outside of my journals. Just the ones from WalMart that I use day - to - day.
I don't know what the laws are in England; but in America they are very strict. You can only have certain feathers in your collections. No raptors or migratory birds. :)
Thank you Shaka. It’s been a long learning curve as I’ve had a sewing machine phobia for years, but I’m getting there. We live in the countryside and I’m always finding pretty feathers 💕
@@NinaRibenaMixedMedia We live next door to a grain elevator; so we have plenty of pigeon feathers! lol
Wow, the feathers look just amazing. Thanks Nina x
Thanks so much Tracie 💕 x
Nina these are so beautiful. I have budgies and have not been very good at keeping their feathers but I will start now. thank you for the tutorial!
Oh I bet your budgie feathers will look beautiful. Glad this has given you an idea for using them. Happy Creating 💕
Beautiful journals and enjoyed this nature prompt xx.
Thanks Mel, it’s been a fun month 💕 xxx
Great pages, fun journal thank you for sharing
Thanks Deborah, glad you like them 💕
Such a beautiful Journal. Love your ideas. I will be incorporating some of your techniques.
Thanks Lorie, Happy Creating 💕
Absolutely Gorgeous!
Thanks, I hope you give them a try 💕
These are both so stunning!
Thanks Jennifer. Glad you like them 💕
They are totally my style! Thank you for sharing Nina 🦋🌺😘
Thanks Antonio. Glad you like them 💕🌸🌺🌿🦋
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your techniques.
Thank you 💕
Absolutely the most beautiful nature journals I've ever seen!
Awww, thank you so much ☺️💕🌸🌿🦋🌺
Thank you!!!!❤❤❤
Those are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you so much 💕
WOW! You are creatively talented!
Thank you so much ❤️
You'r nature Journals are so so beautiful Nina.
I so much enjoyed watching this awesome Flip through!
Every Single page was a real eye candy for me and i can't even cool Down right now lol,
because im just really in love with them journals 🥰
Aw, thank you so much for your kind words Yvi 🥰
Genius! this is so perfectl Thank you so much for sharing all your fantastic techniques and tips😍😍🌷
Thank you so much 💕
the feathers and wasp nests are incredible. Thanks for sharing these techniques and beauty of nature with us