Tutorial - Pen Pal Folio Project - craft with me!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Just a fun little thing for your pen pals =) sorry this video was 4 years long, it kinda got away from me 😳
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I pen pal with my grandchildren - this is priceless. Thank you. I like to send photos, stickers, a letter, etc.
Finally dawns on me you are talking about the old round Robbin letters. One person would send a letter to a family member who would add in their letter and send it on to the next, each person reading all the letters and adding their own till it got back to the originator. I think the letter went around twice, and you took out your own, when it came back around the second time. So everyone got to read them all. Or at least I think that is how it worked. I think they did that before the telephone. Fun project!
I love this! I'm a school teacher who will retire at the end of the year and now I know what I can do with all my files! Whoo hoo! Thank you!
I love your channel and all the ideas you come up with. You are such a hoot, you make it so much fun to watch. You explain every thing so good, even I can follow. Lol ! TFS
How cute "Donna" lol, love it. I just love your channel, your humor is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
Love this! I have two pen pals that *really* need to hear from me, and sending a wonderful folio like this might help them forget how late it is :)
How fun! When I was in Denver I visited the Molly Brown house. It's was amazingly gorgeous.
You are entirely brilliant! Thank you for your kind words regarding safety in the storm. I’m just above Columbia, SC and prepared for the rain and winds but hoping and praying with and for everyone experiencing the worst impact that we all stay safe. 💕
I want you to adopt me as your penpal, cause i lost Donna as a best friend long ago, cause she didnt tape down her brads. Yep too many untaped Brads can keep your life in journalling limbo. I just live for your quotes, best parts of your tutorials.
Truly love the inset where we can see you! Great tutorial. Super inspiring!
I love your Ideas. I am always excited to see your new videos. 😀
On point with your editing. Great project. Thank you.
Awesome, love it. Making some now....😊😄💕 thank you for sharing such a creative idea. Such gorgeous vintage!!
This is so cute! I'm thinking how cute would it be to do one for a friend from Santa and put vintage Chritmas ephemera and several gift cards to favorite spots in it.
This would be fun to send to a bunch of friends living all over the world-each person could add a letter and a little ephemera, then send it on to the next friend.
So neat........my fave saying of yours......."Whatever you want to do man, I'm not your Mom"......you need to make a stamp of that!!!!
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What a great project..lots of fun
I just love this project! I have drawers full of these at work and don't need them since all files are online now. I can't wait to try this and send some awesome snail mail! LOVE LOVE LOVE your stuff, Nik!
Love this project thanks for sharing.
LOVE freebies 👍😉💕
I love this, I'm a new subby and I can't stop watching. I just started on this creative journey and I have learned so much from you! Thank you
Oh, I didn’t have a file folder so used a Tennessee Pride sausage and biscuit box that was going in the trash. Worked great.
This mailing envelope is precious Nik. You are genius ma'am. Thanks for sharing another great project...hugs from Arizona...;)
Made one of these this weekend! I am pretty proud of it. Thanks so much for showing us how to do such great things, Nik.
Love it Nik!! Inspiring 👍🏻👏🏻😁
This will definitely be how I send some love to my college Junior. Nik, another great tutorial. Happy Crafting!
Actually got one made. Plan on making a couple others for college coeds. Thanks again. Will look for you this weekend! xoxo
Love it so cute❣️🤩💖thanks again for sharing your Magic✨✨🎗💫🌟
I never tire of you, and your creations, you motivate my like nobodies business.. I love the idea of a tee shirt from Cat Slade : “ You know whatever, I’m not your mom”. ALSO!! where can I get the little numbers?
thank you, Karen! those are one of the pages in my Expedition digi kit at my Etsy store =) thanks so much!
I found some folios at the thrift store! I was so excited!! I have made 2 of the bill ledgers that u did a tutorial on. I made one of them as a bible study folder for my daughter- in -law with lots of tags and etc. She loved it! So thank you for all your teachings. You hand the paper addiction is what got me into trying to make journals. Hopefully I will be able to make some as great as yours someday.
this is super rad! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome!! That's all I can say😁
I love this idea... I think I may use it to send as a Birthday or Holiday Card, filled with goodies...Thanks so much for sharing.
I need to make this for my nephew when he goes on his mission for the LDS church he will love it! I already made him a travel themed junk journal that he adored! I used Tim Holtz paper and grudged it up all “ Nik” style 😂 oh also you need Merch like shirts that say “ gotta do it right Donna” and one that says “ you know whatever , I’m not your mom” and of course one that says “thingamabob, because why not”
Cat Slade - I want the one that says “I’m not your mom” in giant letters.
this would be perfect for your nephew on his mission. Good luck to him and I hope he is going to someplace wonderful. So proud.
I would love to wear the "Not your mom" one...I'm a janitor in a middle school. lol Great ideas Cat Slade!!!!!
I agree, I'll take a coffee cup and tee shirt with each quote! Bring on the Booksmith merch!
Cat Slade Also, Welcome back, Welcome back!
Hi, double screen again. Great! Love this new format- just waiting for some of your funny adventures 😊
Fernanda Christensen Gama x
Oh so cute!!!!! Goodness. How much cuter could it be? Thanks for the inspiration :)
I’m just finding this years after you filmed it. I love it. I’m binging all the “Nik the Booksmith” videos that I can! You’re personality is so engaging and I love your sense of humor. I also appreciate the little picture of you in the top left corner so we can see you as you work. E everyone else just waved their hands. It nice to watch you as you work and put a face to the voice.
❤❤❤love this. I echo what Sunny said.
Can't wait to make one! I have a purple hanging file waiting to be repurposed! Thank you for sharing, love your videos!
Love it!! The Titanic is fascinating to me!!
Cool idea Nik thanks i am so making this xx
You should name this tutorial "Hindsight, Buddy" bwahaha, truly!!
I really like this project since I actually have a pen pal! I will pick a theme and then off to the races :) teri
This will come in useful for my group on Facebook, Junk Journal Penpals. I just started it two months ago so thanks for this idea Nik.
Nik, I just love your channel. Your videos are so funny. As a fellow Brit, I get the dry SOH 😂
I need to try this project, it’s very clever how it firs together. Thanks for sharing xx
This is such a great idea !!
Love this! SO cool! Can't wait to try it! TFS, Nik!
Awsome as usual! I adore your tutorials, TY! 🌰XO❤XO🎃XO❤🍁
Great project
How I’d love to look at my letterbox of a morning and find personal mail like this one , I love it , great tutorial tfs x
8 yr old granddaughter watch this with me and wanted to make one and start mailing to each other. Just finished it for the whole family. 2 grandsons, 10 and 14. Made little notebooks for each personality. Mailing tomorrow. Big Daddy even added a letter to the folio. What fun! Thanks Nik for the inspiration.
Love this! Thank you for sharing your talent 🌹🌹
Yay!!! Another Nik video and a long one at that : ) My hubby is getting ready for his hunting trip so this is perfect timing...Okay off to watch the video now lol : )
send that man away and grab the glue gun!!!
Love it.
I prefer "Grammar Police" but can end with a preposition!!! As an English major, you can break any rule you wish!!
😄 oh awesome!
Love this
That is so awesome.....but I'd be scared someone would steal it. And whoever Donna is I feel sorry for her.....lol.
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I love your books you make really cool stuff I am a new subbie your very inspiring
You are so clever...I love your tales of adventures!
Hi Nik👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻I really like these, what a really neat idea. I love the idea of having a pen/craft pal. Love it. Thank you
This would also be cute as a Stationary , Gift.
Thanks so much for Sharing. Or a Wedding invitation with a Couples Photo / the written invitation card, and other embellishments. 👍👍👍👍
To whom this is sent... 😉
Love this idea. Great job!
What a great project! TFS Nik. "It is natural and harmless in English to use a preposition to end a sentence with."
Kingsley Amis
"Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 - 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism. According to his biographer, Zachary Leader, Amis was "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century." He is the father of British novelist Martin Amis.
"In 2008, The Times ranked Kingsley Amis ninth on their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.[citation needed]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsley_Amis
Which means that your grammar and mine are OK! :)
i'll be making a trip to scotland and cornwall at the end of this month... with just a bit of tweaking this would make an awesome way to document my trip and save all those receipts and pamphlets that accumulate! love your vidoes ~ tfs!
genius, Dawn!
Thank you for another awesome creative video Niky! I got the same pocket slots die! Can't wait to try it in my next project ;) You are so inspiring!!
Love it. Definitely going to do this. Anything made from file folders or hanging file folders is cooool. Good stuff. And love the vellum envie with the half circle punch out sew on for a tab. Brilliant! TFS!
How did I miss seeing this??? It is a perfect idea for making something to contain correspondence from my grandpa's brother-in-law, Nils - from the late 1800's until his ship was sunk in 1917! They are all beautifully written, unfortunately, in Norwegian, so understanding them is a bit tedious! He came here to Portland many times, so it is fascinating to hear his ship was tied up at the still-standing, grainery! Oh, and as you were assembling that little label, saying you were going to be putting brads on it - I kept yelling to put the brads on before glueing the label down! Too little and a month too late! LOL! I still have quite a few old-time mailing labels and a lot of stamps my grandpa gave me back in the 1950's. I know, use them - they really have little value now... you will get through to me one of these times!
Poor Donna, if she would just watch some "Nik the Booksmith" videos she would be such a better crafter! Enjoyed the project.
right?! 😄
HI Nik- I'm power watching many of your project tutorials this afternoon. I really like this one a lot, and someone had a good idea for using this as a wedding, or even baby shower. With all the comments about mailing through the postal system, did you decide not to send it as is, or did you put in a mailer? I buy the padded mailers at the Dollar Tree, and was thinking at least it wouldn't get crushed, which I'm pretty sure this would in the regular mail. thanks again for so many wonderful ideas in all of your videos!
hi Jessica! So I haven't sent one, but I need to! I think I'm going to just pop it in the mail to my kiddo and see how it fares. Its made stronger than any traditional envelope, so....it should be ok. Im assuming it will get squished a bit on the corners. It would not be a bad idea to pop it in a padded envelope. But, I really want to see how it does. I am going to bet some mail carriers will be kinder than others just like they are with all our mail...so, it will be different every time you send one. =)
I think you're right about that! Some carriers I'm sure are more careful than other's, by listening to some stories of late. Would love for you to post back with how it fares, if you do :)
So cool I love this. You could also do postage marks like it's been in mail this whole time, make the outside kinda shabby and use a wax stamp seal somewhere inside. I have a Tim holtz folder that resembles what you made out of file folder. You have inspired me thanks a bunch !!!😵😂☀❤
What a brilliant lovely tutorial, you mentioned this 'happy mail /pen pal thingy... How does one get involved in this....I would love the challenge, kindest regards from Southampton UK!! Xxx
Nik I totally LOVE this, it's fantastic, and stunning and I don't think I'd want to trust it with the British Postal service. Thank you so much I really, really appreciate your time and trouble bringing this to all of us. xxxx Mags
This is amazing!!! But Australia is like Alaska. Can't put those extra bits on the outside. It world have to go in something else 😢. Gorgeous!!!!!!
I also LOVE tickets. I recently found some on Pinterest from Disneyland and tickets for milk. Love of tickets are a thing I guess. Could be worse 😸. Keep up the awesome work!
Yup, thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks much. I am going to make one!
That Tim Holtz slot thingy: you did the same thing I did the first time I used it. Maybe you meant to, I don’t know. The very top part is meant to be left unglued. So you actually have a full sized pocket along with each slot. I’m not your mom, you can do it anyway you want. :) Anyway I love this project, with or without the pocket thingy. Thanks for inspiring me.
I can’t wait to make this. This is great for any of my male family members, they all love getting a “Barb” card. This would be so special to make and perfect for anyone you know going on an Honor Flight. They get “mail call” on the flight. I made him a large card tri-fold, kind of junk journal, for storing memorabilia from the trip; he loved it so much that he had his daughter frame it in a shadow box for safekeeping. My brain is on overload for all the possibilities. Thank you so much for such a great idea. Barb Pacific NW
Lol we said scoash at the same exact time.
My my girl you must lay awake at night with
Pictures of envelopes and what nots dancing around your head at night. Fantastic shipping envelope. I’m amazed. Loved to see you in person. Thanks for a great great video.
I just had a long surgery and you have kept my mind busy while I heal.
LOVE this! Perhaps that's "Botox" Molly Brown. There were rumors that some company was doing a Titanic replica--but I don't think they ever raised enough capital to make it happen. I mean, really. What could go wrong? ;-)
😄 Botox Brown...oh, the humanity!
I thought this video was great! I've always wanted to make something like this. Now I know I can get instructions from your video. I also live in Colorado, but I live on the Western slope. I really enjoy your videos.
Hi Nik! I have a journal that I would live for you to make for me. Would you let me know how to get my idea to you? And do you still do personalized journals for sale? Thanks! Love your work💞
New subbie! I enjoyed your video. I make flat mail and will be trying this. Thank you for sharing.
Very cool. I'm thinking how cute would it be to make these Christmasy to send to the North Pole but maybe as Christmas cards. Could have a wish list inside, children's naughty or nice list and well this could go on and on. TFS.
Thanks Nik for another awesome video!! I can't wait to make this one, because it is FABULOUS ... I LOVE IT ❣❣❣
Just a note; I have found Reptile glue to outperform almost any other glue I've tried! I was a devotee of Fabri Fix and Fabri Tac but no more.
Does your mind ever rest 😊 you come up with the best stuff. I'm in south Carolina getting ready for this hurricane to hit my area Sat.
Dana Clark oh gosh Dana be safe!! I’m located in Ontario Canada and am so worried for you, our neighbors to the south!! I truly hope that it weakens and spares you guys 😢 much luv and prayers‼️🇨🇦
redinthevalley thank you, I'm praying for that also, it makes me nervous we haven't been through a hurricane since Hugo and it was terrible here after that hurricane 29 years ago, fingers crossed this one is no where near that bad.
Sending prayers & anxiety from NE Florida...
sorry, not kidding & just kidding.
Such a great idea. Must be that colorado air. So much creativety. You crack me up so much ..... donna...
I love that trip information paper but can't find it. Can you name your source? Thanks. This envelope is awesome!
Love your projects. Dont like the picture in the picture. It's distracting from the content, and only see the top of your head.
Love nik vids shouldn't be watching at work tho lol.
I was watching this on my tv, which is so great for me, new to dish. anyway, I did have to get to my computer to hit like and share. Very cool project.
This is a wonderful project for Happy Mail
If you want to sharpen your corner cutter, put some tin foil (aluminium foil) in it and cut down on it... do this a couple of times and it should sharpen your cutting blade.
I love this. I would also legit love to have Nik as a penpal. :) So Nik, if you want a penpal in Australia, hit me up!
Did you say pop a squat? You are hilariously funny!
Thanks Nic for being you!
Adorable!!! New to your channel and subscribed! How do I get the freebie?
I love those little reinforcer doomaflagees.😂😂 . Another great project 👏
The person to whom this will be sent. Lol! Donna is trying to possess you Nik! Stop her! Please stop her!!! xo Lisa
omg i love this and im going to watch a bunch of your videos as im a illustration undergrad student ,and fyi,captain smith of the titanic came from the same town as me and my boyfriend loves the titanic so I totts gonna make him something like this for xmas thanks so much for the inspiration
How are you always so awesome, Nik? 🤷♀️😁
LOVE this!!
Wow, you are super trim... first time seeing you. The camera loves you :)
Nice! I would bet the post office people enjoy seeing these cool items rather than that boring stuff they normally get. 🙂
Is it possible to get dimensions of this project? I have access to legal size folders and would love to cut them down to this size