I think I've watched all your videos at least once or twice over the past three years.... and yet each new one *still* provides new ideas, improved methods, helpful tips and tons of inspiration. The way you attached the signatures in this journal (in the previous video) is brilliant and the cover alteration you shared in this one is simply lovely! I also appreciate the mention of restraint in journal-making. Of course, everyone loves a beautiful "look book" and enjoys finding surprizes in unexpected places.... but we need to leave them some space so their life journey can create its own beauty there. Thanks, again, Nik, for all you share with us. You're priceless!!
Thank you. I’m a beginner and your approach is the one that resonates with mine : I want my journals to be first of all practical, useful while also being nice to look at and browse through. Thank you also for being so clear in your demonstrations. Your videos are the best for me so far… (and by far 😉)…❤
I think you're the only channel of the thousand or so I'm subscribed to that I actually never miss watching a video, at regular speed no less. I enjoy your tutorials and how you decorate them way past where I would stop, and enjoy your thoughts on the criminal stuff too. Thank you!!
Omg you crack me up! ‘’You know…whatever this is called…the patterned paper.” It’s even more amusing in 2X speed. I desperately want to try this project. I might be hitting up an old bookstore next week…
You actually read my mind, I wanted something pretty but with no fussy frilly bits. Having dyslexia is hard enough without the distraction! Thank you you showed me I can have both. Nikki xx
Always a pleasure watching your mind in mind in motion. I had a chuckle when you mentioned the song "Paint it Black" with a red book... I see a red door and I want it painted black...just saying, lol.
I wish I had the patience for doing this. I'm terrible at measuring and cutting. I also don't have the tools, supplies and papers. I admire your mad journal skills.
I'm with everyone else, your videos seem to fly by because I get so engrossed in what you're doing. I love what you did with the cover and spine, they're such great touches.
It's funny I remember feeling sick when my Uncle brought out the projector for a slideshow. Now I see slides and think I wish I had some of the old family slides. Great ephemera Nic. Blessings, positive vibes and peace for all who need it in these unsure times! Namesta ✌️🐞🕉️
So glad to see a journal that could be made a bit more simply, yet beautiful and with utility in mind. All of your videos are informative and bring out one's imagination. Thankful.
like my 9th grade haircut 🤣 Nik thank you for sharing the photos of your Grandparents and your Mom - they were very special to see - ❣your journal cover came out beautiful - absolutely beautiful and yes i've been inspired by the cover and what you did inside - thank you for the tip on how to create a Rolodex card - be well xx
You are absolutely Brilliant! I love your attention to detail. I was thinking the same thing with the Oval you cut out and gluing it to the back of the black one so it would slip down into the cutout and then you did it... That is awesome... I will definitely be saving this for future reference. Take care... Now to watch the next video.
Hello Nik, how are you doing today young lady? I pray that you are having a good day. Thanks for doing these kind of videos, I find them inspirational and educational. I prefer these and your previous videos of your journal flip throughs over the crime drama videos, mainly because there is just way too much drama in the world already, my mind & body just can't deal with that anymore. I have a bunch of your video tutorial projects I want to do so very much, just so I can say "I made that" before I die. Take care and God bless you and yours. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas
Omg it was like you read my mind. I have been trying to find a solution for my pocket tucks. Such a great idea to score the paper twice so that I can have a little room to tuck in a photo.
Once again Nik, I am captured by your work. I love your preciseness. You’re so much fun to listen to and make me howl with laughter. The overlays are so funny. Thanks Nik 🦸
Thank you for this!!! You were my first inspiration to begin making junk journals. I adore all the older videos where your journals were about characters....they always had a story attached to them. This "refresher" reminded me of what I love to do best! You are the true definition of being a teacher. BTW, I'm loving your true crime discussions while you're crafting!
Thanks Nik for your comments at the end of the video. I enjoy watching all the videos on how to make complicated pockets and fold outs , etc., but I don't put them in my own journals because they aren't practical. I appreciate the clean lines and usefulness of your journals. Love your style!
shoo i started a journal back in 2013, i made the cover and binding and flaps and the whole whole shebang, but i never fished it nor did i decorated it, i kept adding other book cover and all that but three days ago i found you and then i found my book i was working on and the heat and cold glued itself together and not even in a good way, that ended up in the trash bin in a quick fast hurry, but i been collecting stuff now for a serious journal
Excellent job Nik! Again, some fantastic tips. Time to get busy myself! I have all the goodies but lack the confidence to start one. I have a dear friend who is going to receive my first journal. Thank you!!!!!!
Sooo great to have your vid. I like your content, your expertise, your communication skills, and your personality! I mostly really like your aesthetic! Keep going!🦌💌❤️📚🥰🤪
Nik, this is a fantastic video!!! Sure helps out newbies and never hurts to watch one of your videos regardless 💕💕💕 You're one amazing & talented lady and I am inspired by you daily, my friend!!! Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge and wonderful experience with with us...you're so very appreciated 💕🌸🥰
Hi Nik, your such a fun lady to watch, thank you for doing this video because I sent you a new junk journaler. And this was perfect for her. See ya next time. Bye👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Thank you again for another great tutorial on making a junk journal out of an old book. I have never made one but after part one and your great instructions I'm ready! Went to the Goodwill and purchased a used book and I will finally try it. Most of all thank you for all that you share with us...especially during this very difficult time. You are wonderful!! Stay safe and well and be happy.😘
'How to cure syphilis', lol! Kids can be sneaky. As a teen, I wrote of my escapades in my diary using Greggs Shorthand. A clue for a potential nosey mom that I was doing something of which she wouldn't approve. I can still read most of it. Hidden pockets would have been amazing! PS: Love Rolling Stones "Paint it Black".
So love your attention to detail. Great photos and gives me some inspiration to make one. I always wonder what people do with junk journals. I have been saving "stuff" to make one but wondered what I would do with it. I love this idea since my hubby passed last August. Thinking about putting something together as a memento or making one for each of my children. Thanks again.
Always love your thought process and how clean your work is. I love all the writing space on your pages. Appreciate the review and I wish I had time to just make journals.
You had me at "Blind Mellon" (you mentioned a long time ago) I've been a lurker forever! I've learned the value of like, comment on TH-cam. I owe you a lot of likes! But from now on! You are so amazing! I think in real life We'd be friends! Lol Thank you for your videos!
I love this 2 part series🥰! You definitely made it look simple to do. But you also made the embellishments easy. The book 📕 is not stuffed to the gills! I could actually use it as a writing ✍️ journal and add more things😁! Thank you for sharing, take care 🤗💕!
I can't believe this was almost 44 min long..it definitely didn't feel like it. Even though you couldn't play "Paint it Black"..it was playing... in my head..for the rest of the video 😂
Showing us tips that you've learned along the way and sharing with us we really appreciate it.
Catywhampus, hitch in my gitalong, stove up...all old west sayings, love that you still use this vernacular. Lol, thanks for sharing. Very helpful.🤗🙃
I love love love your videos. Seems like I have watched you for a 100 years. Always learn, always enjoy and always connect.
That ship has sailed like my 9th grade haircut!! 🤣🤣🤣 I had bad haircuts in school, the mom did kinds!! 🤣🤣🤣
You are my favourite genious! That Rolodex card idea was great! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I think I've watched all your videos at least once or twice over the past three years.... and yet each new one *still* provides new ideas, improved methods, helpful tips and tons of inspiration. The way you attached the signatures in this journal (in the previous video) is brilliant and the cover alteration you shared in this one is simply lovely! I also appreciate the mention of restraint in journal-making. Of course, everyone loves a beautiful "look book" and enjoys finding surprizes in unexpected places.... but we need to leave them some space so their life journey can create its own beauty there. Thanks, again, Nik, for all you share with us. You're priceless!!
Thank you, Kathy! 💕
Am I suddenly a booksmith groupie? Are there booksmith groupies? Hah. I've been watching these videos for hours and I can't stop. :)
Thanks for sharing your family pictures with us. I think that's really special. God bless you. Becky B
Thanks, Becky! I wish I had noticed they weren't in focus >.
Love this. Your family photos are wonderful!!
Agreed, I like a journal to be accessible and easy to use. Also love ur sense of humor....thanks for the journey ✨️
I love the irreverent style of your videos! I'm a rule-breaker as well and it's so much fun.
Thank you. I’m a beginner and your approach is the one that resonates with mine : I want my journals to be first of all practical, useful while also being nice to look at and browse through. Thank you also for being so clear in your demonstrations. Your videos are the best for me so far… (and by far 😉)…❤
I think you're the only channel of the thousand or so I'm subscribed to that I actually never miss watching a video, at regular speed no less. I enjoy your tutorials and how you decorate them way past where I would stop, and enjoy your thoughts on the criminal stuff too. Thank you!!
At regular speed, even? Now, THAT is a compliment! Thank you, I thoroughly appreciate it =)
I love this video....there's so much info. I like how you show us how to make several things...one right after the other. Thanks!!!!!
Curing syphilis. LMAO! Nik, you're such a card. A very talented card!
Absolutely beautiful (as usual)! Thank you for all the great instruction and tips, very inspiring!
Omg you crack me up! ‘’You know…whatever this is called…the patterned paper.” It’s even more amusing in 2X speed. I desperately want to try this project. I might be hitting up an old bookstore next week…
Thank you for coming back to book/journal making processes Nik
My favourite kind of video from you Nik. Long, chatty and working through creative ideas and choices.
Wow! NICK!! Dang!! Love this!❤❤❤❤
Back the truck up bucko - I'm listening and laughing...You are too funny. Thanks for the tutorial!
You actually read my mind, I wanted something pretty but with no fussy frilly bits. Having dyslexia is hard enough without the distraction! Thank you you showed me I can have both.
Nikki xx
Stones and Rossetti and bookmaking in the same video. 💕💕💕
Odd bedfellows, right? Its funny the things we're drawn to. =)
yesss Paint it Black...not only do you have bookish style but music style too!!!
Your junk journal is quality and classy looking I really like the antiquey touches you add, really love the cover and your rollodex card
The surprises you share midway are sweet, good photos!
Always a pleasure watching your mind in mind in motion.
I had a chuckle when you mentioned the song "Paint it Black" with a red book... I see a red door and I want it painted black...just saying, lol.
That's a beautiful journal. I love the way you embellished it as well. So lovely to see photos of your grandparents and your mum as a baby ❤️
I wish I had the patience for doing this. I'm terrible at measuring and cutting. I also don't have the tools, supplies and papers. I admire your mad journal skills.
Decorating without lace........love this. Thank you!
The journal is fantastic. You are always inspiring. Your grandfather was very handsome by the way!!
You would have loved him! Thank you, Cheryl 😊
I am in love with the cover!
Love this book, Nik!!! ♥️♥️♥️🌺🌺🧨
I'm with everyone else, your videos seem to fly by because I get so engrossed in what you're doing. I love what you did with the cover and spine, they're such great touches.
I’m going to try and make one of these. It’ll be my first one. Love the video
It's funny I remember feeling sick when my Uncle brought out the projector for a slideshow. Now I see slides and think I wish I had some of the old family slides. Great ephemera Nic. Blessings, positive vibes and peace for all who need it in these unsure times! Namesta ✌️🐞🕉️
not gonna lie, you explained it so well and you made it look really easy that you made me wanna do one of these.
As always, great video.Thanks for sharing!
So glad to see a journal that could be made a bit more simply, yet beautiful and with utility in mind. All of your videos are informative and bring out one's imagination. Thankful.
like my 9th grade haircut 🤣 Nik thank you for sharing the photos of your Grandparents and your Mom - they were very special to see - ❣your journal cover came out beautiful - absolutely beautiful and yes i've been inspired by the cover and what you did inside - thank you for the tip on how to create a Rolodex card - be well xx
I love the way your books are practical and cleanly made. Brilliant work Nik.
You are absolutely Brilliant! I love your attention to detail. I was thinking the same thing with the Oval you cut out and gluing it to the back of the black one so it would slip down into the cutout and then you did it... That is awesome... I will definitely be saving this for future reference. Take care... Now to watch the next video.
wonderful time I spent watching your vid! 🦌💌📚
I see a red book and I want to paint it black 😂😂😂
Wonderful update to the cover ☺️📔
Love a junk journal that is pretty and functional. Thanks for sharing.
Great instructional video. I especially enjoyed the old black and white family photos!
Fab work, Nik! Love your stuff! 😍👍❤
Hello Nik, how are you doing today young lady? I pray that you are having a good day. Thanks for doing these kind of videos, I find them inspirational and educational. I prefer these and your previous videos of your journal flip throughs over the crime drama videos, mainly because there is just way too much drama in the world already, my mind & body just can't deal with that anymore. I have a bunch of your video tutorial projects I want to do so very much, just so I can say "I made that" before I die. Take care and God bless you and yours. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas
Beautiful! Thank you. Be safe.
Fantastic video! Love it! Thank you so much! ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you for sharing your sweet family photos.
I love Christina Rosetti & will search out this poem.
We share a similar ethos vis a vis things being useful. I am liking your style.
Very clever absolutely loving this book
Beautiful work...TFS 🌻
Omg it was like you read my mind. I have been trying to find a solution for my pocket tucks. Such a great idea to score the paper twice so that I can have a little room to tuck in a photo.
Very nice Nik. Thank you! BLESSINGS
Thank You!! Love all your videos! Down to earth talk.. easy tutorial..very educational.. thank you again!
In the Navy we call the hole reinforcers, paper buttholes. lol
Thank you for sharing these ideas.
Great ideas ... love these editions :) TFS ❤❤😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Good idea for masking to paint the edges. Very pretty book.
Ty for sharing those awesome pics 😃
Love hanging out with you on a Friday night!!
Once again Nik, I am captured by your work. I love your preciseness. You’re so much fun to listen to and make me howl with laughter. The overlays are so funny. Thanks Nik 🦸
Super fun! And I loved the trip down memory lane (old pics, rolodex card, slides) ❤️😊
Thank you for this!!! You were my first inspiration to begin making junk journals. I adore all the older videos where your journals were about characters....they always had a story attached to them. This "refresher" reminded me of what I love to do best! You are the true definition of being a teacher. BTW, I'm loving your true crime discussions while you're crafting!
Here I am diligently listening to your process and you make a comment about the label “curing syp**lus” and now I’m cracking up! Lol
Thank you so much for sharing this junk journal creation process!
Thanks Nik for your comments at the end of the video. I enjoy watching all the videos on how to make complicated pockets and fold outs , etc., but I don't put them in my own journals because they aren't practical. I appreciate the clean lines and usefulness of your journals. Love your style!
shoo i started a journal back in 2013, i made the cover and binding and flaps and the whole whole shebang, but i never fished it nor did i decorated it, i kept adding other book cover and all that but three days ago i found you and then i found my book i was working on and the heat and cold glued itself together and not even in a good way, that ended up in the trash bin in a quick fast hurry, but i been collecting stuff now for a serious journal
Excellent job Nik! Again, some fantastic tips. Time to get busy myself! I have all the goodies but lack the confidence to start one. I have a dear friend who is going to receive my first journal. Thank you!!!!!!
I am thrilled to hear it, Teri! =)
Real like this a lot. Thanks so much for sharing the photos ☺️
I love the tutorial, I certainly learned and will restart my journal. Love the ideas and all secret slots.
Sooo great to have your vid. I like your content, your expertise, your communication skills, and your personality! I mostly really like your aesthetic! Keep going!🦌💌❤️📚🥰🤪
Love your style of making a journal. I am a neat freak and it’s difficult for me to be messy. The pictures of your family are precious.
So glad to have the benefit of your experience. You have an unfolding bag of tricks for us!🙏🏼
You are so talented! Thanks for another brilliant tutorial!
Love your style, very inspirational❤
Nik, this is a fantastic video!!! Sure helps out newbies and never hurts to watch one of your videos regardless 💕💕💕 You're one amazing & talented lady and I am inspired by you daily, my friend!!! Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge and wonderful experience with with us...you're so very appreciated 💕🌸🥰
Anytime, Toni, so glad it was helpful! 🤗
I love these additions. I especially like the small gussets you create for depth and extra space. The slides pickets are so fun!!! TFS😍
Loving this so far....cool!....😻
Loved this video! Great ideas - thanks!
Hi Nik, your such a fun lady to watch, thank you for doing this video because I sent you a new junk journaler. And this was perfect for her. See ya next time. Bye👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Loved all you showed TY.
I noticed the book had a N for Nettie 😂😁🥰🤟
😄 Thanks, Nettie!
I’m just about to embark on my first journal so thrilled with the ideas here - I particularly love the cover. Beautiful.
Same here I'm almost finished with the construction of my 1st journal...can't wait to fill the pages!!!
You look just like your Gma!! Thank you for sharing your great ideas!!
Thank you again for another great tutorial on making a junk journal out of an old book. I have never made one but after part one and your great instructions I'm ready! Went to the Goodwill and purchased a used book and I will finally try it. Most of all thank you for all that you share with us...especially during this very difficult time. You are wonderful!!
Stay safe and well and be happy.😘
Beautiful 🤩 Best part “memory lane” Adorable photos ❤️
'How to cure syphilis', lol! Kids can be sneaky. As a teen, I wrote of my escapades in my diary using Greggs Shorthand. A clue for a potential nosey mom that I was doing something of which she wouldn't approve. I can still read most of it. Hidden pockets would have been amazing! PS: Love Rolling Stones "Paint it Black".
So love your attention to detail. Great photos and gives me some inspiration to make one. I always wonder what people do with junk journals. I have been saving "stuff" to make one but wondered what I would do with it. I love this idea since my hubby passed last August. Thinking about putting something together as a memento or making one for each of my children. Thanks again.
Always love your thought process and how clean your work is. I love all the writing space on your pages. Appreciate the review and I wish I had time to just make journals.
You had me at "Blind Mellon" (you mentioned a long time ago) I've been a lurker forever! I've learned the value of like, comment on TH-cam. I owe you a lot of likes! But from now on! You are so amazing! I think in real life We'd be friends! Lol
Thank you for your videos!
I enjoyed the making of this journal, thank you. I’m a beginner.
I love this 2 part series🥰! You definitely made it look simple to do. But you also made the embellishments easy. The book 📕 is not stuffed to the gills! I could actually use it as a writing ✍️ journal and add more things😁! Thank you for sharing, take care 🤗💕!
The Buck-Ana-Quarter store. (Said with a Boston Accent - because I love that accent.)💯✨❤️🙏🏻🕊
I can't believe this was almost 44 min long..it definitely didn't feel like it. Even though you couldn't play "Paint it Black"..it was playing... in my head..for the rest of the video 😂
Absolutely stunning! This is so cool.
I think you do things the easy way and they turn out beautiful.
Stunning ending video to an amazing series. Thank you so much for all the hard work that goes into the content you publish for us!!
thanks, I appreciate your comment a lot more than I can express =)
Love your altered book❣
us: nice book
nik: thanks, it's got pockets!
😆 Exactly!
I see a red door!! 😍😍😎😎