Last year I made a few glue books and showed my mom. She showed me hers from 50+ years ago! She used old scrap books. Everything old is new again! I enjoyed your video🙂
This was such a comprehensive video on how to glue book - thank you!! I want to give this a try in the near future so have saved your video 😍 I’ve started to harvest pages for when I give this a try xx
@@JenniferDurdleArt I’m thinking I’ll start out with colours, something really broad to make it easy for me to get used to and get me glueing rather than thinking ‘I can’t find enough for my theme!’ Then stopping.
Idea for those people who are having a hard time picking a theme. They can write out a bunch of themes and draw one out of a hat and go with it! Backgrounds can be done with an entire piece of wrapping paper or even paint with acrylic craft paint, black gesso or even soft chalk pastels. Also adding a frame around the images with washi tape , fabric or paint always adds to the look of the page and thinking about placing images in threes. Just some easy hacks. This is a great video for beginners with some great ideas.I really like the themes you use.
Wow, those are all excellent ideas Karin, thank you! I especially love the putting themes in a jar idea; I’ve done that in the past with journaling prompts and it’s a lot of fun. I may have to do that and use the theme to say do one page in a Gluebook. Or, as an extra challenge, pick a few themes and use them all in one collage image. Thank you for the inspiration!! 💡❤️
@@JenniferDurdleArt I love how you build on ideas. I think you are great! You are organized and creative and so easy to learn from. Thank you Jennifer. I am going to take the plunge and start a gluebook soon. I bought a really nice spiral bound with the nicest cover from Dollarama yesterday and the paper looks amazing, so I think that I might start with that.
Yes they were called scrapbooks!! So glad someone said it. Love my scrapbooks. I’ve done this since I was a kid. Now with the “new” idea of using an old magazine as the scrapbook. But I use as my scrapbook journal coz I use the headings and photos in magazines to go with the journaling I’m doing. It’s woooo much fun and it just seems to work out for me with the way I’m thinking and want to journal about with what’s in the magazines headings and pictures. Of course I use beautiful papers to cover what I don’t want and use other pictures and words (to make sentences) as well. Pull out or glue pages together I don’t want. Loving the new way of journaling of how I feel and my thoughts. I do an art journal with all my drawings as well ❤
It’s great that you’ve found new ways to enjoy your scrapbooks, incorporating the images in the magazines into your journaling! I find art is a journey, where we artists are always evolving, finding new ways to express ourselves through our creativity as we discover new techniques and ideas. It’s great to have you along for the journey ❤️
Ive always enjoyed paper pictures and glue. I started a book in 2017 a couple of holiday memories then changed to a Christmas book. That was followed by 2 more Christmas books. Then pictures from an English publication called Grace. That eventially ceased to be published. I then subscribed to Evergreen, lots of pictures about UK (I live in Britain). Tv personalities, TV shows, places. That ceased publication in 2022. Then from last October I get another Magazine put by for me in a shop all W H Smith . This England. Also have Daphnys Diary put by. Lots and lots of pictures. Ive introduced a friend to glue booking, she comes round on a Monday morning. I call mine scrap books, started on my 4th book this morning. I also make my own monthly journals. I started daily journaling 2000, just boughf a page a day diary offics style colour harc backs. 2016 I bought ond with a soft pretty cover for a change. My husband passed away in May 2017 losing his battle with Cancer. In June 2017 I discovered Fauxbonichi a take on Japanes Honbonich decorative journaling. I carried on with the ciary but more decorative. 2018 to start of 2023 I bought notebooks with metal coil binding and 2 months in each nofebook. From May last year I made monthly ones. 12x9 brown envelopes covered with copy paper. Pages from bought exercise books, and sewn in with 3 pamphlet stitches. So enjoyable.
Thank you so much for sharing your creative journey with me Barb. You are obviously having a ball with gluebooking! You’re not wrong in calling them scrapbooks; that’s exactly what they were called for decades before modern scrapbooking “stole” the term. It’s great that you have a friend to craft with; it’s always more fun with friends. I’m sorry to hear about the loss of your husband, I hope creating gives you some comfort. *hugs*
Thank you so much for making this video. I love love those old glue books. I work for a book company and sadly a lot go in the landfill.. it should be a crime but I do Rescue a bunch for our little free library and my glue books. I use a lot of the old board books as glue books too.
Good on you for saving what you can! I know that some books become obsolete and truly useless, but it’s sad most companies don’t at least recycle them instead of tossing them to the landfill.
I just came across your channel. I love this process video! I started my first glue book page over the weekend. It’s very relaxing. I used to do it when I was a kid - I saved newspaper & magazine clippings on sports and world events.
Welcome Tracey! Happy to hear you’ve jumped back into gluebooking, and that my video could help. When I was a tween my grandmother would save me her TV Guides and I’d cut pics of celebrities out of them. It’s nice as an adult to rediscover gluebooking; it’s so fun and relaxing. Enjoy!
I loved this video! I am going to start doing this, and your video was extremely helpful! Thank you for the ideas and tutorial! Love it! Have a wonderful day!❤️❤️❤️
You are so welcome! It’s so relaxing and fun, I like to do it when I just want to chill and de-stress. Have fun, but be warned, it is addictive. 😂 I’ve got so many different glue-books now.
You are very welcome! I suggest checking out #gluebookjanuary, you can get the details on @kagedfish ‘s channel. It’s a daily Gluebook scavenger hunt going on all this month, and is so much fun!
Ooo that’s a great idea! You can incorporate holidays in there, and anything associated with the month/season, from flowers to food to clothing. That will be a fun scavenger hunt for pics. ❤️❤️ If it’s okay with you, may I borrow this idea? I’m thinking of maybe having a monthly challenge, just one page each month, themed to that month, however each person wants to interpret it.
Your glue books, or any glue bk, seem like art journals sans writing. I don’t think one has to have any writing in an art journal, because the art is expression. Yours are quite beautiful and VERY artistic! Wonderful, really!
Thank you! Yeah, some people are very strict about what constitutes which type of journal, but I do like to blur the lines often, and don’t really care about the “rules”. Although, I do have one exception: I do have one journal I think of as my “art” journal, because that’s where I do my mixed media work that involves wet media like paint. Not because of a need to have it all in the same book, but simply because the paper is thicker so it holds up better.
Brilliant! This is the best video about this topic. In fact, it was the first one that was really helpful. I made already a collage book, 1 collage per month in the colour that was announced by Cat Hand in her Mixed Media Morsels videos. This was fun and I think I want to start a glue book (or several ones with different themes) to have more freedom and to use the collage fodder I collected. Many thanks for your tutorial. ❤ from Germany! Andrea
Thank you for your kind words Andrea. I’m so happy that I was able to be of some help. I wholeheartedly recommend starting multiple Gluebooks! The more I think of to create, the more fun it is. It’s so fun sitting through and finding the perfect images for each. Happy creating! ❤️❤️
Thank you for such an informative video. I have just discovered glue books and am thinking of giving it a try. I make journals and scrapbooks, but this seems like something that would not cause me to use my brain so much...LOL!!!
I’m glad it was helpful. You should give it a try; I find it’s a nice, relaxing break from making journals because it is definitely easier on the brain.
Hi Jennifer, I've just found your video - thank you! I don't really want to make lots of junk journals, but I would like to use some junk journal techniques and I just think you have given me permission to get a book (repurpose an old book?) and start a glue book. It had not occurred to me that I could have dimension in a glue book, but I'm going to give it a go!
Thanks for creating this excellent gluebook introduction. My next step is to check out your color gluebook (or is it glue book?) flip throughs. I think I am going to do the same thing.
You are most welcome, thank you for watching! I’ve seen it spelled both ways, I use both, depending on my mood I guess? Haha I can’t decide which way I prefer it. And thanks for reminding me, I’m due to post another flip through; I’ve got mono gluebooks for all the colours!
Very nice video, thank you ❤ I make junk journals, but glue books sound a lot more tempting after watching your video 😊 question: what's the best glue you can recommend for glue books that will keep things intact for decades? What holds glossy paper, like magazine photos or photographs? Thank you ❤
I haven’t tried many of the best ones, the ones that claim they’re permanent, except for the scotch create, and they’re very good. They’re pretty expensive, $10 per 40g/1.4oz here in Canada, but if you’re in the US it appears you have more places you can buy them, whereas I can only get them on Amazon. I actually save those for making journals, and use my cheaper Elmer’s purple & dollar store sticks for my gluebooks, but I don’t care if images in those let go and need to be reglued.
How do you find SOMANY images to cut out? I try to get free magazines from the library and laundromats where they get left…but nowhere near what you seem to have access to. I like what you’ve done with the colors together on a page….looks like it’s a good idea to start out with. Thanks for sharing!😊
Hi Lisa! I have been saving pictures from magazines and books for years, so I’m fortunate to have accumulated quite an extensive collection of images to work with. My biggest source of magazines would be from Facebook marketplace. I watch for magazine lots; occasionally someone will list a whole box of them for free or cheap. I also check thrift stores, but only occasionally buy really nice ones, or vintage ones, or large ones there, as they can be expensive, so I want them to be worth it (for example, today at Value Village I bought half a dozen Florida Design magazines, at $1.20 each. Not a price I’d normally be willing to pay for a magazine, but they’re huge! And they have a ton of gorgeous images in them, so I felt they were worth it). I also buy kids books, either at thrift stores or garage sales, as they usually have either amazing photographs or gorgeous artwork. If I were you I’d make a post on Facebook letting people know you’re looking for magazines, and/or let your closest friends and family know, and get them to keep an eye out for you. You never know; they could come across a neighbour getting rid of a stack, or find some at a yard sale for cheap. Good luck with your hunt!
Hi Jennifer...I'm new to trying this glue booking thing out and I'm a nervous wreck,lol I just know my pages will look like a bad train wreck girl...I'm also new ro you're channel and lo ING it so far..You make glue booking look so easy and more importantly a lot of fun..Thank you for the motivation!!
Thank you for your kind words Susie! Don’t stress; you never need to show anyone else. TAnd if you do a page that you absolutely hate, just cover it with other pics! Try to relax and have fun. I find Gluebooking, especially going through magazines and harvesting pics very relaxing. Good luck on your Gluebook journey!
Personally I just keep them; I love to flip through them occasionally, as it makes my heart happy to do so. But, that is an amazing idea, to cut up finished glue books and use them for embellishment backgrounds!
Good question! Gluebooks are just images glued onto pages. Art journals usually involve some sort of media: paint, markers, etc. junk journals are so called because when they were first created, they were made out of trash, like junk mail. Now they more mean a journal you put anything into (like a smash book): your memorabilia, maybe an art journal type page here and there, writing page here and there. That being said, while gluebook and art journal definitions are pretty well agreed upon by everyone, junk journals can really vary. From made from trash and eclectic, to made completely from digital kits to look clean and uniform.
Hi Kathryn! I do not cut them up, as I love just looking through them, it brings me happiness. I do however occasionally make master boards, which are very similar, gluing bits and scraps of paper to a sheet then cutting it up to make tags, atc backgrounds, etc. I use paper from my scrap bin for these tho, and save the “good” images for my gluebooks. It’s a great way to use up the ever-growing scrap pile.
whats the difference between a glue book that i seek out ephemera for and one i only glue in things i happen to collect. so if i did a star trek book. as i slowly collect tickets to movies, stickers, con tickets, cards, comics etc, i glue them in. that would be my actual personal ephemera. which is different than looking for cool pictures online, printing them and putting them in. what do you think? is one then a smash book? or a scrapbook without the modern fancyness?
Great question. There's a variety of different opinions on the names of all these different types of journals. In my opinion, the type you're talking about (personal memorabilia/ephemera), I would call that a smash book, or a junk journal (I call mine a junk journal, only because this is what I heard it called the first time I discovered them). But, honestly, it would still qualify as a glue book too IMO. The lines between what makes one style of journal fall under whichever category have definitely blurred, and honestly you can call it whichever name you like, and you don't have to limit it to one type of ephemera. I'd probably just call it my Star Trek Journal, no need to categorize it further; and say I drew a Star Trek picture, I'd put that in the same journal, even though that would be art I've made, and usually I put my drawings in a separate "art journal". Hope this made sense, lol
Oh no! Keep an eye open this time of year, as school supplies are coming out. They go on sale then. Although, I haven’t bought any for a few years, so maybe they’re not sold as low as 10 cents anymore. But they should still be cheap when they’re on sale.
If you’re in Canada, check Staples. Not sure if their sales are Canada-wide, but mine has a 4 pack of the Hilroy scribblers on for $0.79 until Tuesday! And they say stitched, so looks like maybe they changed from staples, which would be an added bonus.
I never do categories I just put anything and everything in one book that makes me smile
Definitely no need for categories, as long as you have fun and it makes your heart happy! Happy gluing!
Last year I made a few glue books and showed my mom. She showed me hers from 50+ years ago! She used old scrap books. Everything old is new again! I enjoyed your video🙂
Thank you for sharing Vicki, that's so heartwarming Vicki! Her books must have been amazing to see!
That is really cool! What a great thing to have from different generations!👏❤️
Great video. You gave excellent examples and clear instructions.
Glad it was helpful! Hopefully you give it a try!
The very best simple understandable glue book tutortial I have ever watched!! Inspiring., nonintimidating And I can do this video!!! Thank you !
Awesome! I’m so happy it was helpful. Enjoy starting your Gluebook journey! ❤️❤️
I love your rainbow of glue books!!! So stunning
Thank you! They’re definitely among my favourites.
Yes, I loved them all and reall was in awe how you found so many red images, turqoise ones etc…
So happy I found your channel. The most comprehensive video on Glue book.
Glad it was helpful! Have fun gluebooking :)
Very informative. Thank you for sharing.💜🐞
Glad it was helpful! Happy holidays!
This was such a comprehensive video on how to glue book - thank you!! I want to give this a try in the near future so have saved your video 😍 I’ve started to harvest pages for when I give this a try xx
Oh yay! You’re going to have so much fun. Have you come up with a theme/themes yet?
@@JenniferDurdleArt I’m thinking I’ll start out with colours, something really broad to make it easy for me to get used to and get me glueing rather than thinking ‘I can’t find enough for my theme!’ Then stopping.
Excellent! Jen most versatile easy video I have ever watched
Thank you so much for your kind words Ruth! Happy gluing!
Great how-to video...love all your color gluebooks!! I've been glue booking a long time...LOVE IT!! ❤ I enjoy fussy cutting too!! 😉
Thank you, my colour gluebooks make my heart very happy. I'll do a flip through video of them at some point. Fussy cutting is so relaxing!
Great tips
Glad it was helpful!
Idea for those people who are having a hard time picking a theme. They can write out a bunch of themes and draw one out of a hat and go with it!
Backgrounds can be done with an entire piece of wrapping paper or even paint with acrylic craft paint, black gesso or even soft chalk pastels. Also adding a frame around the images with washi tape , fabric or paint always adds to the look of the page and thinking about placing images in threes. Just some easy hacks. This is a great video for beginners with some great ideas.I really like the themes you use.
Wow, those are all excellent ideas Karin, thank you! I especially love the putting themes in a jar idea; I’ve done that in the past with journaling prompts and it’s a lot of fun. I may have to do that and use the theme to say do one page in a Gluebook. Or, as an extra challenge, pick a few themes and use them all in one collage image. Thank you for the inspiration!! 💡❤️
@@JenniferDurdleArt I love how you build on ideas. I think you are great! You are organized and creative and so easy to learn from. Thank you Jennifer. I am going to take the plunge and start a gluebook soon. I bought a really nice spiral bound with the nicest cover from Dollarama yesterday and the paper looks amazing, so I think that I might start with that.
@@karinswartz3046 thank you for your kind words Karin! I’m so happy you’re going to start a Gluebook!! Let me know how it goes. ❤️❤️
Yes they were called scrapbooks!! So glad someone said it. Love my scrapbooks. I’ve done this since I was a kid. Now with the “new” idea of using an old magazine as the scrapbook. But I use as my scrapbook journal coz I use the headings and photos in magazines to go with the journaling I’m doing. It’s woooo much fun and it just seems to work out for me with the way I’m thinking and want to journal about with what’s in the magazines headings and pictures. Of course I use beautiful papers to cover what I don’t want and use other pictures and words (to make sentences) as well. Pull out or glue pages together I don’t want. Loving the new way of journaling of how I feel and my thoughts. I do an art journal with all my drawings as well ❤
It’s great that you’ve found new ways to enjoy your scrapbooks, incorporating the images in the magazines into your journaling! I find art is a journey, where we artists are always evolving, finding new ways to express ourselves through our creativity as we discover new techniques and ideas. It’s great to have you along for the journey ❤️
@@JenniferDurdleArt it’s certainly keeps the brain busy with creativity. Thank you I will enjoy.
Excellent video on all steps. Bravo👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you! 😃
Thank you so very much for this in-depth "how to" video! I had no clue what a glue book was, and now I know. 😀
You are very welcome!
Ive always enjoyed paper pictures and glue. I started a book in 2017 a couple of holiday memories then changed to a Christmas book. That was followed by 2 more Christmas books. Then pictures from an English publication called Grace. That eventially ceased to be published. I then subscribed to Evergreen, lots of pictures about UK (I live in Britain). Tv personalities, TV shows, places. That ceased publication in 2022. Then from last October I get another Magazine put by for me in a shop all W H Smith . This England. Also have Daphnys Diary put by. Lots and lots of pictures. Ive introduced a friend to glue booking, she comes round on a Monday morning. I call mine scrap books, started on my 4th book this morning. I also make my own monthly journals. I started daily journaling 2000, just boughf a page a day diary offics style colour harc backs. 2016 I bought ond with a soft pretty cover for a change. My husband passed away in May 2017 losing his battle with Cancer. In June 2017 I discovered Fauxbonichi a take on Japanes Honbonich decorative journaling. I carried on with the ciary but more decorative. 2018 to start of 2023 I bought notebooks with metal coil binding and 2 months in each nofebook. From May last year I made monthly ones. 12x9 brown envelopes covered with copy paper. Pages from bought exercise books, and sewn in with 3 pamphlet stitches. So enjoyable.
Thank you so much for sharing your creative journey with me Barb. You are obviously having a ball with gluebooking! You’re not wrong in calling them scrapbooks; that’s exactly what they were called for decades before modern scrapbooking “stole” the term. It’s great that you have a friend to craft with; it’s always more fun with friends. I’m sorry to hear about the loss of your husband, I hope creating gives you some comfort. *hugs*
Thank you for this video! I’ve finally learned what a glue book is!😊 your layouts were perfect examples for me! They’re beautiful!🫶🏼
Thank you for Gloria! Glad it was helpful. Hope you give it a try. 😁
Thank you so much for making this video. I love love those old glue books. I work for a book company and sadly a lot go in the landfill.. it should be a crime but I do Rescue a bunch for our little free library and my glue books. I use a lot of the old board books as glue books too.
Good on you for saving what you can! I know that some books become obsolete and truly useless, but it’s sad most companies don’t at least recycle them instead of tossing them to the landfill.
I just came across your channel. I love this process video! I started my first glue book page over the weekend. It’s very relaxing. I used to do it when I was a kid - I saved newspaper & magazine clippings on sports and world events.
Welcome Tracey! Happy to hear you’ve jumped back into gluebooking, and that my video could help. When I was a tween my grandmother would save me her TV Guides and I’d cut pics of celebrities out of them. It’s nice as an adult to rediscover gluebooking; it’s so fun and relaxing. Enjoy!
I loved this video! I am going to start doing this, and your video was extremely helpful! Thank you for the ideas and tutorial! Love it! Have a wonderful day!❤️❤️❤️
That’s great to hear, you’re going to have so much fun! :)
Thank you so much for such an easy to follow explanation on how to glue book. I'm going to give it a go-
You are so welcome! It’s so relaxing and fun, I like to do it when I just want to chill and de-stress. Have fun, but be warned, it is addictive. 😂 I’ve got so many different glue-books now.
Wonderful, comprehensive video on glue booking! You gave me so many new ideas to try. Thank you so much!
Have fun, and thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for showing how you start to glue book, it seems so much fun and definitely will give it a try 💖
You are very welcome! I suggest checking out #gluebookjanuary, you can get the details on @kagedfish ‘s channel. It’s a daily Gluebook scavenger hunt going on all this month, and is so much fun!
@@JenniferDurdleArt I will do that thank you so much 💖
Really nice video for beginners! Good pacing and examples! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
I am thinking of doing my first glue book theme as through the year, starting with January, winter, etc. and so on.
Ooo that’s a great idea! You can incorporate holidays in there, and anything associated with the month/season, from flowers to food to clothing. That will be a fun scavenger hunt for pics. ❤️❤️
If it’s okay with you, may I borrow this idea? I’m thinking of maybe having a monthly challenge, just one page each month, themed to that month, however each person wants to interpret it.
So helpful and encouraging. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Have fun in your gluebooking journey!
Your glue books, or any glue bk, seem like art journals sans writing. I don’t think one has to have any writing in an art journal, because the art is expression. Yours are quite beautiful and VERY artistic!
Wonderful, really!
Thank you! Yeah, some people are very strict about what constitutes which type of journal, but I do like to blur the lines often, and don’t really care about the “rules”. Although, I do have one exception: I do have one journal I think of as my “art” journal, because that’s where I do my mixed media work that involves wet media like paint. Not because of a need to have it all in the same book, but simply because the paper is thicker so it holds up better.
Brilliant! This is the best video about this topic. In fact, it was the first one that was really helpful. I made already a collage book, 1 collage per month in the colour that was announced by Cat Hand in her Mixed Media Morsels videos. This was fun and I think I want to start a glue book (or several ones with different themes) to have more freedom and to use the collage fodder I collected. Many thanks for your tutorial. ❤ from Germany! Andrea
Thank you for your kind words Andrea. I’m so happy that I was able to be of some help. I wholeheartedly recommend starting multiple Gluebooks! The more I think of to create, the more fun it is. It’s so fun sitting through and finding the perfect images for each. Happy creating! ❤️❤️
Thank you for such an informative video. I have just discovered glue books and am thinking of giving it a try. I make journals and scrapbooks, but this seems like something that would not cause me to use my brain so much...LOL!!!
I’m glad it was helpful. You should give it a try; I find it’s a nice, relaxing break from making journals because it is definitely easier on the brain.
Hi Jennifer, I've just found your video - thank you! I don't really want to make lots of junk journals, but I would like to use some junk journal techniques and I just think you have given me permission to get a book (repurpose an old book?) and start a glue book. It had not occurred to me that I could have dimension in a glue book, but I'm going to give it a go!
Hi Jacquie! I’m happy to help! There are no rules, put whatever you want in your book/journal/etc, whatever makes your heart happy! Happy creating!!
Hello. Just learning about this and came across your video. I would love to know more about your scavenger hunt book. Looks so fun.
Welcome aboard! I just posted a video showing my scavenger hunt Gluebook, with explanations and a flip thru! Hope you’ll check it out
Thanks for creating this excellent gluebook introduction. My next step is to check out your color gluebook (or is it glue book?) flip throughs. I think I am going to do the same thing.
You are most welcome, thank you for watching! I’ve seen it spelled both ways, I use both, depending on my mood I guess? Haha I can’t decide which way I prefer it. And thanks for reminding me, I’m due to post another flip through; I’ve got mono gluebooks for all the colours!
TY 4 this video!! My mind & ur mind think the same.I love organizing by color 4 glue booking! Best video,most informative!!new subbie here
Thank you Cindy! It’s nice to meet a fellow colour-aholic! There’s just something so satisfying about working monochromatically.
I loved this video 👍👍👍👍💐🌻🌸🌷🌺🌼🌹🦋thank you for sharing🤗🤗🤗🤗 have a Blessed day💜💜💜💜
Thank you, I’m glad you found it helpful. :)
New subbie here. Great video, I absolutely adore gluebooking.
Thank you for your kind words and for subbing. I love everything about glue booking!
This was a great video! I am so motivated to try now!!!
Thank you for your kind words. I'm happy you've decided to give gluebooking a try! Have fun on your new creative adventure!
Fantastic video! Thanks!
Thank you, and you are welcome! Hope you found it helpful. ❤️
Very nice video, thank you ❤ I make junk journals, but glue books sound a lot more tempting after watching your video 😊 question: what's the best glue you can recommend for glue books that will keep things intact for decades? What holds glossy paper, like magazine photos or photographs? Thank you ❤
I haven’t tried many of the best ones, the ones that claim they’re permanent, except for the scotch create, and they’re very good. They’re pretty expensive, $10 per 40g/1.4oz here in Canada, but if you’re in the US it appears you have more places you can buy them, whereas I can only get them on Amazon. I actually save those for making journals, and use my cheaper Elmer’s purple & dollar store sticks for my gluebooks, but I don’t care if images in those let go and need to be reglued.
@@JenniferDurdleArt thank you :)
How do you find SOMANY images to cut out? I try to get free magazines from the library and laundromats where they get left…but nowhere near what you seem to have access to. I like what you’ve done with the colors together on a page….looks like it’s a good idea to start out with. Thanks for sharing!😊
Hi Lisa! I have been saving pictures from magazines and books for years, so I’m fortunate to have accumulated quite an extensive collection of images to work with.
My biggest source of magazines would be from Facebook marketplace. I watch for magazine lots; occasionally someone will list a whole box of them for free or cheap. I also check thrift stores, but only occasionally buy really nice ones, or vintage ones, or large ones there, as they can be expensive, so I want them to be worth it (for example, today at Value Village I bought half a dozen Florida Design magazines, at $1.20 each. Not a price I’d normally be willing to pay for a magazine, but they’re huge! And they have a ton of gorgeous images in them, so I felt they were worth it).
I also buy kids books, either at thrift stores or garage sales, as they usually have either amazing photographs or gorgeous artwork.
If I were you I’d make a post on Facebook letting people know you’re looking for magazines, and/or let your closest friends and family know, and get them to keep an eye out for you. You never know; they could come across a neighbour getting rid of a stack, or find some at a yard sale for cheap. Good luck with your hunt!
Really great video, so helpful and inspiring!
Thank you Deb, happy you liked it! Happy gluing!
Thank you. Helps alot.
Thank you for watching! I’m happy I could help. Have fun on your Gluebooking journey!
Hi Jennifer...I'm new to trying this glue booking thing out and I'm a nervous wreck,lol
I just know my pages will look like a bad train wreck girl...I'm also new ro you're channel and lo ING it so far..You make glue booking look so easy and more importantly a lot of fun..Thank you for the motivation!!
Thank you for your kind words Susie! Don’t stress; you never need to show anyone else. TAnd if you do a page that you absolutely hate, just cover it with other pics! Try to relax and have fun. I find Gluebooking, especially going through magazines and harvesting pics very relaxing. Good luck on your Gluebook journey!
You are very welcome Jennifer!! I started a glue book today,and I'm sorta liking my first page lol
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This was great, thank you!
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching
Thankyou for this video. Im thinking of making a glue book of The Royal Family. Do u think it would work?
You are very welcome Zoe! A royal family Gluebook would absolutely work, there are images of them everywhere! Good luck and happy searching!
Elastic hair bands also work wonders for holding papers in place.
Oh, that’s a good idea! TYFS!
Great info, thank you, what do you do with book?? Do you cut the pages for journals eg tags😊❤
Personally I just keep them; I love to flip through them occasionally, as it makes my heart happy to do so. But, that is an amazing idea, to cut up finished glue books and use them for embellishment backgrounds!
Thank you for this video. What is the difference between glue book, art journal and junk journal?
Good question! Gluebooks are just images glued onto pages. Art journals usually involve some sort of media: paint, markers, etc. junk journals are so called because when they were first created, they were made out of trash, like junk mail. Now they more mean a journal you put anything into (like a smash book): your memorabilia, maybe an art journal type page here and there, writing page here and there. That being said, while gluebook and art journal definitions are pretty well agreed upon by everyone, junk journals can really vary. From made from trash and eclectic, to made completely from digital kits to look clean and uniform.
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Glue books are new to me. Because you also make junk journals do you cut the glue pages when done to make tags etc?
Hi Kathryn! I do not cut them up, as I love just looking through them, it brings me happiness. I do however occasionally make master boards, which are very similar, gluing bits and scraps of paper to a sheet then cutting it up to make tags, atc backgrounds, etc. I use paper from my scrap bin for these tho, and save the “good” images for my gluebooks. It’s a great way to use up the ever-growing scrap pile.
@@JenniferDurdleArt yes I love masterboards
I guess the best way to stet is just blue away anything you like and eventually your eye starts seeing differently.
It is sooooo much fun.
Yup, that’s one way to get started for sure. Just start gluing!
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whats the difference between a glue book that i seek out ephemera for and one i only glue in things i happen to collect. so if i did a star trek book. as i slowly collect tickets to movies, stickers, con tickets, cards, comics etc, i glue them in. that would be my actual personal ephemera. which is different than looking for cool pictures online, printing them and putting them in. what do you think? is one then a smash book? or a scrapbook without the modern fancyness?
Great question. There's a variety of different opinions on the names of all these different types of journals. In my opinion, the type you're talking about (personal memorabilia/ephemera), I would call that a smash book, or a junk journal (I call mine a junk journal, only because this is what I heard it called the first time I discovered them). But, honestly, it would still qualify as a glue book too IMO. The lines between what makes one style of journal fall under whichever category have definitely blurred, and honestly you can call it whichever name you like, and you don't have to limit it to one type of ephemera. I'd probably just call it my Star Trek Journal, no need to categorize it further; and say I drew a Star Trek picture, I'd put that in the same journal, even though that would be art I've made, and usually I put my drawings in a separate "art journal". Hope this made sense, lol
I like the notebooks you’re using. Couldn’t find them for 10 cents though (more like $1.50)!
Oh no! Keep an eye open this time of year, as school supplies are coming out. They go on sale then. Although, I haven’t bought any for a few years, so maybe they’re not sold as low as 10 cents anymore. But they should still be cheap when they’re on sale.
If you’re in Canada, check Staples. Not sure if their sales are Canada-wide, but mine has a 4 pack of the Hilroy scribblers on for $0.79 until Tuesday! And they say stitched, so looks like maybe they changed from staples, which would be an added bonus.
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i think in the us scribblers are like our blue books (testing books- blank small books for standardized tests)
Oh neat, thank you. I'll have to check the Dollar Tree for them next time I visit the US