This has been the warmest Illinois November weather I can recall. It has been super dry and today I'll have to water our new trees. We still have fall color in the great oaks to enhance the autumn scene. Blue skies and and sun!!! Life here in the States is full of ups and downs ..depending on your politics, and of course the pandemic is on everyone's mind. God Bless the people in the medical field..how hectic and emotional their life must be. Cases here in our county are going up and looks like a shelter-in Thanksgiving & Christmas for everyone. Thank goodness for your videos, Rachel.....they make my day!
So pretty …I enjoy your videos. It’s beautiful here in South Carolina…the only problem is it’s been 80 degrees. I’m ready for the cooler weather. I live on a cedar tree farm and the 100 year oak trees are beautiful with their gold and orange leaves. May God make America great again! Have a blessed day!
Lovely little journal spots. Tfs. I use my art glitter glue with the metal tip adapter to glue pockets and tuck spots into my journals. The glue comes out in a fine line and also drys quickly. See you tomorrow 💞🇨🇦🤗
I love all the beautiful things you have made for the bag! I have been using your beautiful Christmas digital papers, tags and cards on my projects and I am loving how wonderful they are to work with! Thank you for creating them for us to use! 🎄🎁🎄 our weather has been very warm at 80 F degrees but today it finally cooled down, got windy then dark outside and we got our very first rain of the season! ☔️💦🌧
We are having beautiful autumn weather with our day temps on the east coast of Virginia in the 70s F and low 50s F at night. Next week they are predicting the 80s and no rain for a week. I love all of the tags and journal cards for the Christmas bag. Between the elections and COVID, I am grateful for your videos - very inspiring and fun. Thank you!
Hi, Ann -- where do you live in Va.? I live in the city of terror, also known as Richmond. Today is Sat., 11-7-20 about 9 PM, and the weather has been nice here, too. We live in Westover Hills near Maymont and Forest Hill Parks, if you're familiar with the city -- I feel the same about Rachel's videos -- and her products -- I got the one with the pages from the 1600's book she got, and I print them on ivory resume paper -- it is fabulous -- and I finally was able to get in there before they were all sold out the packet of her vintage hemp material and a beautiful piece of old lace and a floral print in blue, my fav color -- The hemp has this amazing texture -- it feels similar to tightly woven burlap, but not quite that rough -- she lies when she says she doesn't iron, they arrived beautifully laundered and ironed even after such a long journey -- and I love them -- I tell myself I'm going to make a journal similar to the two she got at the last antique market and put those papers and materials in them -- it's not just Rachel that makes her channel such a wonderful place to be -- it's all the really wonderful people -- unless you don't like labels -- and you know exactly who I mean -- ha -- The google platform has been out of whack for me for more than a week -- I haven't been able to get into youtube at all, so I was watching a lot on tv and not leaving comments -- my fingers didn't know what to do with themselves -- ha -- because I always write too much -- take care -- growing up I spent a considerable time in the summers at Va. Beach in a house on 65th street that my best friend's mother inherited from her aunt -- boy, those were the days -- it was right off Atlantic Avenue so we were literally two blocks from the beach -- the navy jets would fly over and do all kinds of stuff -- the blue angels came and practiced over the ocean -- probably scared the poor dolphins half to death -- have you seen the whales? We went whale watching on the last day they were taking out tours the first year they were there, and the guide said it was the best sighting he'd had all year -- I later talked to a lady wo lived over in that area, and she said she sees them in the mornings when she takes her dog for a walk on the beach -- there was a baby and the adults were breaching -- our world is so beautiful, why can't we just accept people as they are -- you don't have to agree with their life choices -- but we can still get along -- big sigh -- take care, Patricia
@@3rscrafting Hi, Patricia - It was such a pleasant surprise to read your reply and your accounts of whale watching and summers at the beach. When I was a young child, my family spent part of the summer at Virginia Beach, but then we switched to the OBX. My husband and I live in Suffolk, VA - not far from Virginia Beach. We have special ties to Richmond as he was born there and grew up in College Hills off Patterson Avenue. We met at the University of Richmond, our alma mater. Our son was also born in Richmond. He is a pediatric ER doctor at the VCU/MCV Hospital for Children. One of my favorite places in Richmond is the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, a treasure and so inspirational. I really love their gift shop, too. With the beginning of COVID, I began to watch Rachael on TH-cam and I am "addicted." Her work is lovely and I enjoy her commentary, along with her shared videos with Lulu. You are fortunate to have purchased some of her products! Her journals from the antique market were fascinating. I have made several altered books and I make smaller items that she shows in her videos. Her explanations are easy to follow, and I have incorporated some of her ideas in my garden journal. Having given my sewing machine to my niece, I must hand stitch. Rachael's slow stitching videos are interesting and I want to try slow stitching. I love learning new things, reading, knitting, gardening and playing bridge (haven't done that with friends since COVID). Thank you so much for your reply. Would love to see your journals! Stay safe and well.
@@annwoleben5439 Hello, Ann -- of course I know where Suffolk is -- I grew up in Farmville, and my HS played a school down that way, and it always (still does) amazes me at the change in geology -- Farmville was hilly and Suffolk was beautifully flat -- and then there's the peanuts -- It's a beautiful area. How about you & your hubby going to UR -- My son's father did both undergrad and TC Wms law school there, but I think he's older than you -- he's older than me -- Bill Pierce -- that is such a beautiful campus -- and your son works at the children's hos ER -- small world -- The burn center is located above the children's hospital and ER -- they literally saved my life. If I had been anywhere else in the world, I would be dead. That was 2005, and since then they've kept me alive, My health care there is not above average, however, it is extraordinarily superior,. I'm not only still alive, but I have a quality of life (minus Covid, of course) that I would not have were it not for everyone at VCU Health, Every single person from the porters to the guys who park your car work at such a high standard of care -- but how is your son doing? I had an appt. in the ACC building on June 23rd -- not long after the riots, and I was just shocked -- the capital square gates were chained with like ocean liner size chains and had those cement jersey wall things they use on the highways in front of the gates on the street side, and behind them on the lawn side. When I worked downtown at 9th and Main, I went to the park often for lunch -- usually a hot dog which I'd grab at the capital snackbar -- which is now closed -- no more access to the public -- the main window to city hall was broken out with plyboard on top and policemen literally in riot gear holding these huge rifles patroling both inside and out -- spray paint everywhere about all cops must die -- and F*** the pigs and worse. My beloved uncle was a Va. state trooper killed in the line of duty -- he was never unkind to anyone -- left behind a wife and three young children -- made me want to throw up -- and Richmond's police administration and mayor and most of city council are African American -- which doesn't matter because they are competent and the color of their skin shouldn't matter -- but there just is not all these allegations from other areas -- over $10 million in damages -- and that row of little shops and restaurants running from about where the old Ukrops used to be down to about Belvedere just destroyed -- when I moved in this house four years ago, it was a small, family-oriented area -- no police activity in over 8 yrs. except some minor stuff -- now there are gun shots almost every night, people murdered all over the place -- we were going to move to a farm house in St. Stephen's Church, but due to covid and my son's restaurant closing except for deliveries, we stayed here -- I love Richmond. I've lived here since 1976 and really fell into a depression -- I have a brain injury from the fire anyway, but my nerves were shot and my pcp upped my anti-depressant and anti-anxiety meds, not by a lot -- but it has helped -- until 2 days ago -- every single night from mid June until late Aug or Sept. people began setting off fireworks around 10:30 PM and lasted until around 4 AM -- so by Sept., they were probably running out of fireworks and bullets are expensive -- but 2 nights ago, the weather was so pleasant -- in the 50's -- I had my bedroom window opened, and there were gun shots which sounded like they came from the church parking lot across the street -- then more and more as the night wore on, plus the night filled with sirens from everywhere -- it started about a half a mile up from us, and ended with a man shot dead in his car in the McDonal'ds parking lot 2 miles from here on the border with Chesterfield -- I had a follow-up appt. with my rheumatologist on the Thurs. before the election, and I was too chicken to go downtown, so he did it over the phone -- gosh, sorry to ramble -- if someone had told me 2 yrs. ago this would be our reality, I would have laughed because it was so absurd. So I lose myself in crafting, which I never thought I'd be able to do -- everything I know about paper crafting started with Rachel, and I love it -- sewing machine -- get yourself a new one -- I have a brother quilting and embroidery machine -- which I tried once to free style quilt, but there's no feet to grab the material, so I just ended up using long stitches -- and I've never used the embroidery -- but I love it -- because -- the bobbin just drops in -- I had an inexpensive Singer, but I could never get the bobbin in correctly -- I don't sew, but I made things like curtains and ruffled bits and repairs -- but I think you can get a basic model for around $100 -- it is my most prized possession -- my computer has been "acting up" -- for over a week something has been wrong with the google platforms, they are so slow to load -- I couldn't even get into youtube until this weekend, and it still lags and can take 5 to 10 minutes to load. But my son has this super duper one he purchased to make his own video games, anyway, making the journals is the easy part, filming and upload cause me all manner of grief, so he's going to take care of all of that -- I haven't uploaded anything since last year -- but I want to -- my channel is not monetized -- you have to have 1000 subbies and I have about 53 of the most cherished subbies on the entirety of youtube -- but I'm too slow in my crafting so tutorials are done better by the pros at this, but I'd love to do things like share tips and supplies -- what works for me, what doesn't -- and then a "featured Friday channel" highlighting some of my favorite channels -- I wouldn't know anybody were it not for Rachel -- I just assumed this was far beyond my capabilities and didn't really watch papercrafting -- until Rachel and she was so funny, but her work was so stunning -- and she was so encouraging to me personally -- just try it -- Absolutely try the slow stitch -- the last time I embroidered was in the early late 60's/early 70's, and we embroidered on our jeans -- the only thing I remembered how to do was make French knots, and tney didn't work all the time -- ha -- but I used my sewing machine to baste on the pieces. Over the years when I'd buy a fabric bundle at the thrift store, they'd stick in there all these full kits of embroidery thread -- which I had been using to bind journals and the rest just stayed in a ziplock bag, so I pulled those out and really surprised myself when I enjoyed it and it didn't suck as much as I thought I would -- ha -- gosh, this is too long -- great talking to you -- I first started watching Rachel about day 20 of her first 100-day challenge -- if you haven't seen those, I still go back and watch them -- I cannot collage to save my life, which is okay -- I take her tips and do what I can -- ha -- Take great care -- prayers for your son in his vital work -- peds ER is one of the toughest places to work -- they really are heros and with covid mutating and now affecting children -- and there have been some children's deaths associated with covid -- I know those parents got the very best care on the planet and initially by your son's hands, I'm sure -- as they began their horrific nightmare into covid. I honestly do not understand -- I can't comprehend it at all -- why people are objecting to wearing masks -- I rarelly go out because I'm in the top tier of likely to contract the disease and then pretty quickly go downhill -- the last words my rheumatologist said to me were: if you have to go out, wear a mask -- don't believe the misinformation on the internet, etc. -- "I'm not sick, I don't need a mask" -- well, No. 1 -- how do you know you're not sick -- you could have it and have no symptoms -- No. 2 -- you know how to drive a car, so are you going to protest saying you don't need a driver's license -- I was a court reporter for 30 years before the fire changed my life -- I try to forgive people who object to the mask because they're not informed, but I can't -- and you'll never know if one of those times you didn't wear a mask in public, you came in contact with a small child, and you had the virus and they died from their contact with you -- do you still think wearing a mask is a violation of your constitutional rights -- ugh. hugs, Patricia
Hi Rachel! 😊Regarding the glue, many years ago when I was into card making and scrapbooking, I used to use the green Tombow Mono multi glue and loved it! It dried pretty quickly and had 2 tips (1 narrow and 1 broad which I loved). It could also be used as permanent or temporary glue. If you wanted to glue paper permanently then stick it while it’s wet. If you want to use it as repositionable/removable etc, then wait for it to dry and then position paper etc...I used to use it as a permanent glue most of the time but sometimes I used the the repositionable attribute for when I was using a stencil or to make a stamping mask etc. Best part- nontoxic and non inflammable so even kids can use it! 😊 The only reason I don’t use it anymore is because I found a similar glue in my country which is much more cost effective for me! Hope this helps! P.S: I have never bought the blue one so I don’t know if it’s the same but would recommend you give the green one a try!
I love how versatile these are. It’s 32 degrees Celsius here in Florence Arizona, US. The forecast for tomorrow is 25 C with rain. I live in the beautiful desert. There are still a lot of blooms around as well as birds, rabbits and squirrels. I have a pet (wild) roadrunner I feed now and then 😆 I am blessed! Thank-You to you and Steph for the lovely freebies this month. Hugs!
I purchased every Christmas digital I could get my hands on today from you Rachel and they look beautiful on my screen. I’ll be printing them out tomorrow and then I’ll follow along with you using this video! You make amazing digitals. The attention to detail is noticed. Love them! Your shop is my newest obsession lol. Your laces, fabrics and Florentine paper pack is Amazing. Just gorgeous! Thank you for everything!, Lisa
Re your to bow question. I read online that the blue is for paper and the green for mixed media. Most people liked the green better. I loved these journaling spots-lovely combination of papers and aesthetically very pleasing arrangement b
We have mild and sunny at the moment weird for us in the u.k. in my garden flowers still blooming at least in our partial lockdown the weathers not gloomy stay safe.x
I’m behind on your videos. Trying to catch up. Love your videos. I used to use the green Tombow all the time but now have switched to the clear. For one the clear is a $1 cheaper and a bigger bottle. But with the green if it oozes out the side it stays sticky which I don’t like. The clear isn’t like that. As always TFS your creativity and your everyday life. Love hearing all about you and your family.
I loved the second one especially with the pocket on the front! I think the lady that you cut out earlier would've been nice on a tag aswell for the pocket... I tend to choose what I want in the front first so when I create my background I know it will fit together. But on the otherhand I love watching you just create without thinking so much about it, and seeing that it turns out great aswell.
The green Tombo glue is very strong permanent glue and dries clear and relatively fast too! I have used it for years in my paper crafting! It’s a great glue. Only a very little is needed and it is very strong! Hope this helps!
Hello thanks for another great video. The Tombo green and white bottle is a white glue, not clear. It's super sticky but leaves a light shine if it spreads, however it is a good glue. A bit pricey here though. I really love the Art glitter glue but it can't ship during the winter because if it freezes it's not good. Tombo might be the same way.
Wow, you sure do have a few prints on hand. I don’t have the best printer for colour printing so can’t make use of all the gorgeous kits etc as much as I would like too at the moment. Have to make a special trip to get better quality at the moment. Love your Christmas papers, very clever. The Mrs Cog images are fun as well.
I just bought a Canon Pixma ip8720 a few days ago and I love it! It handles different sizes and weights of paper with no issues and the prints are beautiful. It has a dedicated gray ink slot so the shades and tones are really rich. It was $250 US dollars on adorama and I think a bit more on Amazon.
We had gorgeous weather in northern Virginia today: sunny and 72°f/22°c. More of this is expected through the weekend. Too bad my husband and older son have to work. My other son and I will enjoy the quiet and fresh air with all the windows open.
Hi Rachel, I love watching & listening to you work. So much fun 😄 Anyway, I have the green Tombow glue & it’s a white sticky glue. Works great. You’ve probably had this answered already but I didn’t want to read through 150+ comments to find out 😏
Hello Rachel!!! I always enjoy watching you craft!!! I use a fabric glue that I purchase from Spotlight here in Australia. It’s a Helmars brand. It seems to be very similar to the Fabritac I see others using overseas (although I haven’t used Fabritac myself). I really love this Helmars glue. Perhaps you could get some next time you visit (or your beautiful family could send you some). Thank you for all you share!!! Big hugs, Sharon 🌷💜 PS - It always makes me happy whenever I see your beautiful scrap basket. I recently purchased some rope so I can make myself one (or maybe more lol). 🌷💕
These are really nice. I love them !! I can hardly believe it's the first few days of November have come and gone and the end of next month will be Christmas !!! Ourcwesther here is good. Its 48 ° right now. We had a Greek snow storm in Oct 23rd. It snowed off and on all days and even FB and utube posted videos about it
Hello, i'm french and I"m in love with your chanel. excuse me for my english! could you show us how you do for organiser your scraps of paper, please . I'm fan, thank you very much for your videos.
The weather here is a little silly as we had snow two days ago and was -2C and today it was 17C. I enjoyed the warm weather of today was not excited for the snow. It’s a little early for the white stuff!! You mentioned the cost of Fabric Tac glue was in Italy, wow! It’s under $20.00 Canadian here. I have tried to get Giotto glue here and it isn’t available. We could always do a swap if you’re interested.
Love these, of course... you made them! My 'go to' clear glue is the Aleene's clear gel tacky glue and I love it, it is my all purpose glue, along with Elmers Craft Bond extra strength glue stick. I used to buy the white, but tossed it as soon as the clear gel came out! I bought a bottle of Fabritac without knowing it had such a horrible, strong smell...it gave me a migraine as soon as I opened it, and it has those pesky strings like hot glue.
@@roxycreations679 I cannot believe how many people use it and never mention the smell! The clear Aleene's has been formulated to be extremely low odor, thank goodness!
@@roxycreations679 not silly at all, it is a paper crafters necessary basic supply, just like a sewer's thread. There are SO many out there and for me it has been alot of trial and error to find the ones I love best...now what to do with the bin of rejects?
Rachel: the green bottle of Tombow is a very sticky glue that dries clear, but stays sticky when dry. If you glue your piece on while glue is wet, it is permanent. But, you can put the glue on paper and let it dry, and then when you glue the piece down, it is repositionable. I really like it, but I keep baby powder close by because if you put the flue too close to the edge and it oozes out when you smooth your paper, the glue will stay sticky and i put baby powder on it to stop the stickiness.
Sometimes you have to take the bottle top off and rinse it with hot water to clean it out throughly. On occasion I had to use a toothpick to clean the tip opening.
Well here in the states we are battling a crooked election and having to deal with the effects of that. Very frustrating. The covid is coming back enough that there’s a few places locking down again! I don’t do the anxiety of people not following the rules very well but thank gosh I can play with my papers, lol! I’m so relieved none of your family have had it. We had an 8th grade boy die if it last week in the neighboring state. Our weather these days have been 70-75 degrees. I would rather have the rain! Love ya Rachel, thanks for sharing!
It’s 29c today and as of now partly sunny, mostly cloudy lol. It gets pretty chilly at night. I just got home from a short getaway. We went to Leavenworth Washington, it’s a small German village. We had so much fun! Lots of good food and cute shops. I love these journaling spots, really adorable. I’m off to shop today with my daughters, I haven’t been out in months and now I want to go, go, go. Take care, Anna
Well in Oregon USA we have had plenty of rain, you would love it, lol. I know we needed it due to all our fires this year but it does make a bit of a mess.
We were lucky to have so many beautiful days in October. We usually spend our winters in AZ, but their Covid numbers are so high we’re staying home this year. I’m going to keep all the lights on in the house to help dispel the gloominess of an Oregon winter.
Very rainy here, awaiting a hurricane on the Gulf and west coast of Florida here. So glad were only getting rain. Rather late for any hurricanes but ya know global warming has changed the weather. Last week we has 90 degree weather. And I wanted to say my sister's name is Lulu also, well it's actually a nickname. Her given name is Elizabeth. ☺
Rachel, you might want to look at Beacon’s 3-in-1 glue. It is the same as Fabritac and made by the same company. I think it might be cheaper for you and delivered sooner. Just a thought.
I have only been following you for a couple of months so can I ask where you live? It is currently 35F & snow is expected in Nevada this weekend❄️ Love this video, need to start working on Christmas ! 🇺🇸❤️
Thanks for sharing your ideas, I love them so much inspiration 🙏🙂 Our country is closing down again but only half of the country but there are new restrictions every day so we can’t really get it. We have an app for our telephone how register where and who you have been next to and you get an message if there have been someone how are intermittent with COVID-19. I got a message yesterday and my heart stopped 🙁 we are very careful the hole time. My husband have a lung disease. So I most be isolated and have 2 test with 3 days between. So most just wait...but I have no symptoms so I don’t think I have it but oh my... I send all my blessings for everyone 🙏❤️ Hugs Tina
My Son in law Her husband, got furloughed from his job, 7 weeks ago. He. began as soon as they told him, He told his team. All married with 3 or more children. As soon as getting home he began calling the many business he was the head of his developmental team. He said it was like he would faint. He sat down and someone got water. He told them( very close buds) they would be ok. 7 weeks later son in law had 6 interviews with same company. They wanted him very bad. He wanted a career not just a “job” so he did his investigation and they ( his job) offered him a substantial amount of money) daughter only lost 2 weeks He was not searching for a “job” he was looking to go to school, Ashton as well. 4 jobs he was offered.
Well get this. Now some of our stores are saying if we pay and we need coin change back they can’t give us the coin change because they have no coins in the cash register. Can you believe that. I’m telling them if they can’t give me the proper change I will be not purchasing anything in my cart they can keep it all and lose my sell of the merchandise.
This has been the warmest Illinois November weather I can recall. It has been super dry and today I'll have to water our new trees. We still have fall color in the great oaks to enhance the autumn scene. Blue skies and and sun!!! Life here in the States is full of ups and downs ..depending on your politics, and of course the pandemic is on everyone's mind. God Bless the people in the medical field..how hectic and emotional their life must be. Cases here in our county are going up and looks like a shelter-in Thanksgiving & Christmas for everyone. Thank goodness for your videos, Rachel.....they make my day!
Cases are up here too, we have a long winter ahead of us!!! Thank you so much!
Here, in Toronto, we're enjoying an unusual stretch of warm November weather (20 C). Your journal, as always, is lovely.
Thank you so much!
So pretty …I enjoy your videos. It’s beautiful here in South Carolina…the only problem is it’s been 80 degrees. I’m ready for the cooler weather. I live on a cedar tree farm and the 100 year oak trees are beautiful with their gold and orange leaves. May God make America great again! Have a blessed day!
Sounds lovely! America will be great again!!! Thank you so much!
Lovely little journal spots. Tfs. I use my art glitter glue with the metal tip adapter to glue pockets and tuck spots into my journals. The glue comes out in a fine line and also drys quickly. See you tomorrow 💞🇨🇦🤗
I can get those on Amazon, I might purchase some. Thank you so much!
Beautiful. Aussie Girl you have done it again, another great project.
Thank you so much!
Love everything you have been doing. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s video. Have a glorious day.
Thank you so much!
I love all the beautiful things you have made for the bag! I have been using your beautiful Christmas digital papers, tags and cards on my projects and I am loving how wonderful they are to work with! Thank you for creating them for us to use! 🎄🎁🎄 our weather has been very warm at 80 F degrees but today it finally cooled down, got windy then dark outside and we got our very first rain of the season! ☔️💦🌧
I am so pleased you like them. Thank you so much!
I really enjoyed watching your creative process, thank you so much for the video. ❤️🥰❤️
Thank you so much!
Love the bag journal. Wonderful idea. TYFS. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much!
We are having beautiful autumn weather with our day temps on the east coast of Virginia in the 70s F and low 50s F at night. Next week they are predicting the 80s and no rain for a week. I love all of the tags and journal cards for the Christmas bag. Between the elections and COVID, I am grateful for your videos - very inspiring and fun. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Hi, Ann -- where do you live in Va.? I live in the city of terror, also known as Richmond. Today is Sat., 11-7-20 about 9 PM, and the weather has been nice here, too. We live in Westover Hills near Maymont and Forest Hill Parks, if you're familiar with the city -- I feel the same about Rachel's videos -- and her products -- I got the one with the pages from the 1600's book she got, and I print them on ivory resume paper -- it is fabulous -- and I finally was able to get in there before they were all sold out the packet of her vintage hemp material and a beautiful piece of old lace and a floral print in blue, my fav color -- The hemp has this amazing texture -- it feels similar to tightly woven burlap, but not quite that rough -- she lies when she says she doesn't iron, they arrived beautifully laundered and ironed even after such a long journey -- and I love them -- I tell myself I'm going to make a journal similar to the two she got at the last antique market and put those papers and materials in them -- it's not just Rachel that makes her channel such a wonderful place to be -- it's all the really wonderful people -- unless you don't like labels -- and you know exactly who I mean -- ha -- The google platform has been out of whack for me for more than a week -- I haven't been able to get into youtube at all, so I was watching a lot on tv and not leaving comments -- my fingers didn't know what to do with themselves -- ha -- because I always write too much -- take care -- growing up I spent a considerable time in the summers at Va. Beach in a house on 65th street that my best friend's mother inherited from her aunt -- boy, those were the days -- it was right off Atlantic Avenue so we were literally two blocks from the beach -- the navy jets would fly over and do all kinds of stuff -- the blue angels came and practiced over the ocean -- probably scared the poor dolphins half to death -- have you seen the whales? We went whale watching on the last day they were taking out tours the first year they were there, and the guide said it was the best sighting he'd had all year -- I later talked to a lady wo lived over in that area, and she said she sees them in the mornings when she takes her dog for a walk on the beach -- there was a baby and the adults were breaching -- our world is so beautiful, why can't we just accept people as they are -- you don't have to agree with their life choices -- but we can still get along -- big sigh -- take care, Patricia
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Hi, Patricia - It was such a pleasant surprise to read your reply and your accounts of whale watching and summers at the beach. When I was a young child, my family spent part of the summer at Virginia Beach, but then we switched to the OBX. My husband and I live in Suffolk, VA - not far from Virginia Beach. We have special ties to Richmond as he was born there and grew up in College Hills off Patterson Avenue. We met at the University of Richmond, our alma mater. Our son was also born in Richmond. He is a pediatric ER doctor at the VCU/MCV Hospital for Children. One of my favorite places in Richmond is the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, a treasure and so inspirational. I really love their gift shop, too. With the beginning of COVID, I began to watch Rachael on TH-cam and I am "addicted." Her work is lovely and I enjoy her commentary, along with her shared videos with Lulu. You are fortunate to have purchased some of her products! Her journals from the antique market were fascinating. I have made several altered books and I make smaller items that she shows in her videos. Her explanations are easy to follow, and I have incorporated some of her ideas in my garden journal. Having given my sewing machine to my niece, I must hand stitch. Rachael's slow stitching videos are interesting and I want to try slow stitching. I love learning new things, reading, knitting, gardening and playing bridge (haven't done that with friends since COVID). Thank you so much for your reply. Would love to see your journals! Stay safe and well.
@@annwoleben5439 Hello, Ann -- of course I know where Suffolk is -- I grew up in Farmville, and my HS played a school down that way, and it always (still does) amazes me at the change in geology -- Farmville was hilly and Suffolk was beautifully flat -- and then there's the peanuts -- It's a beautiful area. How about you & your hubby going to UR -- My son's father did both undergrad and TC Wms law school there, but I think he's older than you -- he's older than me -- Bill Pierce -- that is such a beautiful campus -- and your son works at the children's hos ER -- small world -- The burn center is located above the children's hospital and ER -- they literally saved my life. If I had been anywhere else in the world, I would be dead. That was 2005, and since then they've kept me alive, My health care there is not above average, however, it is extraordinarily superior,. I'm not only still alive, but I have a quality of life (minus Covid, of course) that I would not have were it not for everyone at VCU Health, Every single person from the porters to the guys who park your car work at such a high standard of care -- but how is your son doing? I had an appt. in the ACC building on June 23rd -- not long after the riots, and I was just shocked -- the capital square gates were chained with like ocean liner size chains and had those cement jersey wall things they use on the highways in front of the gates on the street side, and behind them on the lawn side. When I worked downtown at 9th and Main, I went to the park often for lunch -- usually a hot dog which I'd grab at the capital snackbar -- which is now closed -- no more access to the public -- the main window to city hall was broken out with plyboard on top and policemen literally in riot gear holding these huge rifles patroling both inside and out -- spray paint everywhere about all cops must die -- and F*** the pigs and worse. My beloved uncle was a Va. state trooper killed in the line of duty -- he was never unkind to anyone -- left behind a wife and three young children -- made me want to throw up -- and Richmond's police administration and mayor and most of city council are African American -- which doesn't matter because they are competent and the color of their skin shouldn't matter -- but there just is not all these allegations from other areas -- over $10 million in damages -- and that row of little shops and restaurants running from about where the old Ukrops used to be down to about Belvedere just destroyed -- when I moved in this house four years ago, it was a small, family-oriented area -- no police activity in over 8 yrs. except some minor stuff -- now there are gun shots almost every night, people murdered all over the place -- we were going to move to a farm house in St. Stephen's Church, but due to covid and my son's restaurant closing except for deliveries, we stayed here -- I love Richmond. I've lived here since 1976 and really fell into a depression -- I have a brain injury from the fire anyway, but my nerves were shot and my pcp upped my anti-depressant and anti-anxiety meds, not by a lot -- but it has helped -- until 2 days ago -- every single night from mid June until late Aug or Sept. people began setting off fireworks around 10:30 PM and lasted until around 4 AM -- so by Sept., they were probably running out of fireworks and bullets are expensive -- but 2 nights ago, the weather was so pleasant -- in the 50's -- I had my bedroom window opened, and there were gun shots which sounded like they came from the church parking lot across the street -- then more and more as the night wore on, plus the night filled with sirens from everywhere -- it started about a half a mile up from us, and ended with a man shot dead in his car in the McDonal'ds parking lot 2 miles from here on the border with Chesterfield -- I had a follow-up appt. with my rheumatologist on the Thurs. before the election, and I was too chicken to go downtown, so he did it over the phone -- gosh, sorry to ramble -- if someone had told me 2 yrs. ago this would be our reality, I would have laughed because it was so absurd. So I lose myself in crafting, which I never thought I'd be able to do -- everything I know about paper crafting started with Rachel, and I love it -- sewing machine -- get yourself a new one -- I have a brother quilting and embroidery machine -- which I tried once to free style quilt, but there's no feet to grab the material, so I just ended up using long stitches -- and I've never used the embroidery -- but I love it -- because -- the bobbin just drops in -- I had an inexpensive Singer, but I could never get the bobbin in correctly -- I don't sew, but I made things like curtains and ruffled bits and repairs -- but I think you can get a basic model for around $100 -- it is my most prized possession -- my computer has been "acting up" -- for over a week something has been wrong with the google platforms, they are so slow to load -- I couldn't even get into youtube until this weekend, and it still lags and can take 5 to 10 minutes to load. But my son has this super duper one he purchased to make his own video games, anyway, making the journals is the easy part, filming and upload cause me all manner of grief, so he's going to take care of all of that -- I haven't uploaded anything since last year -- but I want to -- my channel is not monetized -- you have to have 1000 subbies and I have about 53 of the most cherished subbies on the entirety of youtube -- but I'm too slow in my crafting so tutorials are done better by the pros at this, but I'd love to do things like share tips and supplies -- what works for me, what doesn't -- and then a "featured Friday channel" highlighting some of my favorite channels -- I wouldn't know anybody were it not for Rachel -- I just assumed this was far beyond my capabilities and didn't really watch papercrafting -- until Rachel and she was so funny, but her work was so stunning -- and she was so encouraging to me personally -- just try it -- Absolutely try the slow stitch -- the last time I embroidered was in the early late 60's/early 70's, and we embroidered on our jeans -- the only thing I remembered how to do was make French knots, and tney didn't work all the time -- ha -- but I used my sewing machine to baste on the pieces. Over the years when I'd buy a fabric bundle at the thrift store, they'd stick in there all these full kits of embroidery thread -- which I had been using to bind journals and the rest just stayed in a ziplock bag, so I pulled those out and really surprised myself when I enjoyed it and it didn't suck as much as I thought I would -- ha -- gosh, this is too long -- great talking to you -- I first started watching Rachel about day 20 of her first 100-day challenge -- if you haven't seen those, I still go back and watch them -- I cannot collage to save my life, which is okay -- I take her tips and do what I can -- ha -- Take great care -- prayers for your son in his vital work -- peds ER is one of the toughest places to work -- they really are heros and with covid mutating and now affecting children -- and there have been some children's deaths associated with covid -- I know those parents got the very best care on the planet and initially by your son's hands, I'm sure -- as they began their horrific nightmare into covid. I honestly do not understand -- I can't comprehend it at all -- why people are objecting to wearing masks -- I rarelly go out because I'm in the top tier of likely to contract the disease and then pretty quickly go downhill -- the last words my rheumatologist said to me were: if you have to go out, wear a mask -- don't believe the misinformation on the internet, etc. -- "I'm not sick, I don't need a mask" -- well, No. 1 -- how do you know you're not sick -- you could have it and have no symptoms -- No. 2 -- you know how to drive a car, so are you going to protest saying you don't need a driver's license -- I was a court reporter for 30 years before the fire changed my life -- I try to forgive people who object to the mask because they're not informed, but I can't -- and you'll never know if one of those times you didn't wear a mask in public, you came in contact with a small child, and you had the virus and they died from their contact with you -- do you still think wearing a mask is a violation of your constitutional rights -- ugh. hugs, Patricia
@@3rscrafting Patricia, my wish for you is a Thanksgiving filled with peace and love. Stay safe and well - by all means wear the mask - so important!
Fabulous! Must say I really love your style Rachel. Elegant Old World. Hugs and blessings, ❤️🤗🇨🇦
Thank you so much!
Loving your creations. Thank you for sharing. Its cold here in western Canada. Thank goodness for my woodstove. Lol
That sounds lovely!!! Thank you so much!
Hi Rachel! 😊Regarding the glue, many years ago when I was into card making and scrapbooking, I used to use the green Tombow Mono multi glue and loved it! It dried pretty quickly and had 2 tips (1 narrow and 1 broad which I loved). It could also be used as permanent or temporary glue. If you wanted to glue paper permanently then stick it while it’s wet. If you want to use it as repositionable/removable etc, then wait for it to dry and then position paper etc...I used to use it as a permanent glue most of the time but sometimes I used the the repositionable attribute for when I was using a stencil or to make a stamping mask etc. Best part- nontoxic and non inflammable so even kids can use it! 😊 The only reason I don’t use it anymore is because I found a similar glue in my country which is much more cost effective for me! Hope this helps!
P.S: I have never bought the blue one so I don’t know if it’s the same but would recommend you give the green one a try!
Thank you so much!
I love how versatile these are. It’s 32 degrees Celsius here in Florence Arizona, US. The forecast for tomorrow is 25 C with rain. I live in the beautiful desert. There are still a lot of blooms around as well as birds, rabbits and squirrels. I have a pet (wild) roadrunner I feed now and then 😆 I am blessed! Thank-You to you and Steph for the lovely freebies this month. Hugs!
Oh wow it's quite hot there!! Thank you so much!
I can’t wait to see what else you make to put inside the bag! 😃
Thank you so much!
beautiful rachel! what a great presentation bag.
Thank you so much!
I purchased every Christmas digital I could get my hands on today from you Rachel and they look beautiful on my screen. I’ll be printing them out tomorrow and then I’ll follow along with you using this video! You make amazing digitals. The attention to detail is noticed. Love them! Your shop is my newest obsession lol. Your laces, fabrics and Florentine paper pack is Amazing. Just gorgeous! Thank you for everything!, Lisa
I hope you enjoy them!!! Thank you so much!
Just love everything about this!
Thank you so much!
Re your to bow question. I read online that the blue is for paper and the green for mixed media. Most people liked the green better. I loved these journaling spots-lovely combination of papers and aesthetically very pleasing arrangement b
Thank you so much!
That chubby little bird is too cute 💜 Gotta make one of these bags! Our area is at the red level 🙁
Thank you so much!
We have mild and sunny at the moment weird for us in the u.k. in my garden flowers still blooming at least in our partial lockdown the weathers not gloomy stay safe.x
You too! Thank you so much!
Cold and bright here in North Wales. I love the way how you keep adding to your bag ! x x x
Thank you so much!
I loved the video and your booklets are very cute.
Thank you so much!
Also thanks for enabling me to buy more Mrs Cogs. Lol
That's me the 'enabler'!!!
I’m behind on your videos. Trying to catch up. Love your videos. I used to use the green Tombow all the time but now have switched to the clear. For one the clear is a $1 cheaper and a bigger bottle. But with the green if it oozes out the side it stays sticky which I don’t like. The clear isn’t like that. As always TFS your creativity and your everyday life. Love hearing all about you and your family.
Thank you so much!
I loved the second one especially with the pocket on the front! I think the lady that you cut out earlier would've been nice on a tag aswell for the pocket... I tend to choose what I want in the front first so when I create my background I know it will fit together. But on the otherhand I love watching you just create without thinking so much about it, and seeing that it turns out great aswell.
Thank you so much!
So beautiful
Thank you for sharing your ideas🎶🐦🌻💌
Thank you so much!
Really looking good Rachel. You’re so talented. I love watching you work. 😻
Thank you so much!
The green Tombo glue is very strong permanent glue and dries clear and relatively fast too! I have used it for years in my paper crafting! It’s a great glue. Only a very little is needed and it is very strong! Hope this helps!
It does help! Thank you so much!
I brew strong chocolate coffee for coffee dying my paper! It is not expensive coffee so that is good. When the paper dries it smells delicious!!
Oh I bet it smells great!! We can't buy that here. Thank you so much!
Oh wow, the load pockets are so adorable. I really love this project idea! Would make a great gift. Very lovely, Rachel!
Thank you so much!
Hello thanks for another great video. The Tombo green and white bottle is a white glue, not clear. It's super sticky but leaves a light shine if it spreads, however it is a good glue. A bit pricey here though. I really love the Art glitter glue but it can't ship during the winter because if it freezes it's not good. Tombo might be the same way.
Great to know! So if I like the glitter glue I should stock up now! Thank you so much!
These are really pretty. Beautiful images as always. Here in Florida still pretty warm and no rain. Thanks for sharing such a fun video 😍🌴stay safe
Thank you so much!
Florida here too👍
Wow, you sure do have a few prints on hand. I don’t have the best printer for colour printing so can’t make use of all the gorgeous kits etc as much as I would like too at the moment. Have to make a special trip to get better quality at the moment. Love your Christmas papers, very clever. The Mrs Cog images are fun as well.
Hahaha, I like to surround myself with stuff!!! Thank you so much!
I just bought a Canon Pixma ip8720 a few days ago and I love it! It handles different sizes and weights of paper with no issues and the prints are beautiful. It has a dedicated gray ink slot so the shades and tones are really rich. It was $250 US dollars on adorama and I think a bit more on Amazon.
We had gorgeous weather in northern Virginia today: sunny and 72°f/22°c. More of this is expected through the weekend. Too bad my husband and older son have to work. My other son and I will enjoy the quiet and fresh air with all the windows open.
Perfect weather! Thank you so much!
Getting bulky. Love it
It's fun because it can be as bulky as you like! Thank you so much!
When you finally can get to Oz again buy some Helmar Fabric glue. I buy it here in NZ and find it very good. Have put it in another bottle though.
Thank you so much!
Hi Rachel, I love watching & listening to you work. So much fun 😄 Anyway, I have the green Tombow glue & it’s a white sticky glue. Works great. You’ve probably had this answered already but I didn’t want to read through 150+ comments to find out 😏
Thank you so much!
Hello Rachel!!! I always enjoy watching you craft!!! I use a fabric glue that I purchase from Spotlight here in Australia. It’s a Helmars brand. It seems to be very similar to the Fabritac I see others using overseas (although I haven’t used Fabritac myself). I really love this Helmars glue. Perhaps you could get some next time you visit (or your beautiful family could send you some). Thank you for all you share!!! Big hugs, Sharon 🌷💜 PS - It always makes me happy whenever I see your beautiful scrap basket. I recently purchased some rope so I can make myself one (or maybe more lol). 🌷💕
I'll have a look next time I can come back to Oz. Thank you so much!
I hope it helps. 🌷💕
Awesome.. here in California is cold and windy :)
Thank you so much!
These are really nice. I love them !!
I can hardly believe it's the first few days of November have come and gone and the end of next month will be Christmas !!!
Ourcwesther here is good. Its
48 ° right now. We had a Greek snow storm in Oct 23rd. It snowed off and on all days and even FB and utube posted videos about it
I love snow! Thank you so much!
Did I miss you yesterday? I don't want to miss any of your videos...😄
No I forgot to publish my video so I missed a day!
Hello, i'm french and I"m in love with your chanel. excuse me for my english!
could you show us how you do for organiser your scraps of paper, please . I'm fan, thank you very much for your videos.
I keep them in plastic envelopes. I organise them in types of papers. I'll show you next time i do a video. Thank you so much!
Nice day today in Brisbane. A few clouds.
Sounds perfect!!
what a fab bag!!
Thank you so much!
We have had 3 days of sunny skies. Although we had rain and snow flurries last week.
Lucky duck!
Fabri tac in the EU is also called 3 in 1 or just clear silicone glue 😊
Thank you so much!
The weather here is a little silly as we had snow two days ago and was -2C and today it was 17C. I enjoyed the warm weather of today was not excited for the snow. It’s a little early for the white stuff!! You mentioned the cost of Fabric Tac glue was in Italy, wow! It’s under $20.00 Canadian here. I have tried to get Giotto glue here and it isn’t available. We could always do a swap if you’re interested.
I'm going to try the other glues. I think the Fabritac is a bit smelly so I'll see how the other ones go. Thank you so much!
SO PRETTY=TFS-HUGS/BLESSINGS
Thank you so much!
So cute rachel!
Thank you so much!
Love these, of course... you made them! My 'go to' clear glue is the Aleene's clear gel tacky glue and I love it, it is my all purpose glue, along with Elmers Craft Bond extra strength glue stick. I used to buy the white, but tossed it as soon as the clear gel came out!
I bought a bottle of Fabritac without knowing it had such a horrible, strong smell...it gave me a migraine as soon as I opened it, and it has those pesky strings like hot glue.
Glad you told me that, it would probably give me a headache too! Thank you so much!
@@roxycreations679 I cannot believe how many people use it and never mention the smell! The clear Aleene's has been formulated to be extremely low odor, thank goodness!
@@chrisannm5240 mine arrived last night so I'll try it today! Silly how excited I am about glue, lol!
@@roxycreations679 not silly at all, it is a paper crafters necessary basic supply, just like a sewer's thread. There are SO many out there and for me it has been alot of trial and error to find the ones I love best...now what to do with the bin of rejects?
Thank you
Rachel: the green bottle of Tombow is a very sticky glue that dries clear, but stays sticky when dry. If you glue your piece on while glue is wet, it is permanent. But, you can put the glue on paper and let it dry, and then when you glue the piece down, it is repositionable. I really like it, but I keep baby powder close by because if you put the flue too close to the edge and it oozes out when you smooth your paper, the glue will stay sticky and i put baby powder on it to stop the stickiness.
Oh that's great to know. I may give it a try one day! Thank you so much!
Thanks, I often wondered, too.
Sometimes you have to take the bottle top off and rinse it with hot water to clean it out throughly. On occasion I had to use a toothpick to clean the tip opening.
Great tip, thanks!
Well here in the states we are battling a crooked election and having to deal with the effects of that. Very frustrating. The covid is coming back enough that there’s a few places locking down again! I don’t do the anxiety of people not following the rules very well but thank gosh I can play with my papers, lol! I’m so relieved none of your family have had it. We had an 8th grade boy die if it last week in the neighboring state. Our weather these days have been 70-75 degrees. I would rather have the rain! Love ya Rachel, thanks for sharing!
I hope you are well and safe and crafting away!!! Thank you so much!
It’s 29c today and as of now partly sunny, mostly cloudy lol. It gets pretty chilly at night. I just got home from a short getaway. We went to Leavenworth Washington, it’s a small German village. We had so much fun! Lots of good food and cute shops. I love these journaling spots, really adorable. I’m off to shop today with my daughters, I haven’t been out in months and now I want to go, go, go. Take care, Anna
Sounds like fun! Hope you had a great day! Thank you so much!
Well in Oregon USA we have had plenty of rain, you would love it, lol. I know we needed it due to all our fires this year but it does make a bit of a mess.
We were lucky to have so many beautiful days in October. We usually spend our winters in AZ, but their Covid numbers are so high we’re staying home this year. I’m going to keep all the lights on in the house to help dispel the gloominess of an Oregon winter.
Jan Kessell that’s what I do as well, lots & lots of light
@@whitneykosters9102 Arizona is brighter, but lights will have to do. Lol
i would abosulutely love it, we haven't had any rain for weeks!!!
The green tombow glue is white & seems to be multi purpose ( more like pvc) whereas the blue is clear & water based, I think
Thank you so much!
Very rainy here, awaiting a hurricane on the Gulf and west coast of Florida here. So glad were only getting rain. Rather late for any hurricanes but ya know global warming has changed the weather. Last week we has 90 degree weather. And I wanted to say my sister's name is Lulu also, well it's actually a nickname. Her given name is Elizabeth. ☺
Oh i hope you are ok! Thank you so much!
Rachel, you might want to look at Beacon’s 3-in-1 glue. It is the same as Fabritac and made by the same company. I think it might be cheaper for you and delivered sooner. Just a thought.
It was unavailable at the moment on Italian Amazon but I'll keep checking. Thank you so much!
Love it, tfs❤️
Thank you so much!
Enjoyed. See you tomorrow
Thank you so much!
Yikes! Oh my dear friend. Genius.
Thank you so much!
I have only been following you for a couple of months so can I ask where you live? It is currently 35F & snow is expected in Nevada this weekend❄️ Love this video, need to start working on Christmas ! 🇺🇸❤️
I live in Italy. Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing your ideas, I love them so much inspiration 🙏🙂
Our country is closing down again but only half of the country but there are new restrictions every day so we can’t really get it.
We have an app for our telephone how register where and who you have been next to and you get an message if there have been someone how are intermittent with COVID-19. I got a message yesterday and my heart stopped 🙁 we are very careful the hole time. My husband have a lung disease. So I most be isolated and have 2 test with 3 days between. So most just wait...but I have no symptoms so I don’t think I have it but oh my...
I send all my blessings for everyone 🙏❤️
Hugs Tina
I hope you are ok and well! Stay safe! My blessings to you too! Thank you so much!
If the Tombo containers are different then I’d say yes however I have no idea how they differ.
I saw bottles with green writing so I was wondering if they were different.
Could you direct me to the video where you made the envelope shown at approximately 37:30?
I made it in this video I think : th-cam.com/video/76qGaHK4Zew/w-d-xo.html
My daughter has the same. 2 boys, 15 and 17
2 girls 6 and 9. It’s maddening . Girls in school 2 days, out 3
My Son in law Her husband, got furloughed from his job, 7 weeks ago. He. began as soon as they told him, He told his team. All married with 3 or more children. As soon as getting home he began calling the many business he was the head of his developmental team. He said it was like he would faint. He sat down and someone got water. He told them( very close buds) they would be ok.
7 weeks later son in law had 6 interviews with same company. They wanted him very bad. He wanted a career not just a “job” so he did his investigation and they ( his job) offered him a substantial amount of money) daughter only lost 2 weeks
He was not searching for a “job” he was looking to go to school, Ashton as well.
4 jobs he was offered.
In my area of Oregon we are all online & it is very difficult with 3 high school students, uugghh
Well I feel lost all the time lately. The only thing I’ve done that I like are napkin tags. What’s up with that.
Maybe you need to do a different craft for a minute to find your mojo!
The green tombow glue is a white glue not a clear glue
Thank you so much!
Well get this. Now some of our stores are saying if we pay and we need coin change back they can’t give us the coin change because they have no coins in the cash register. Can you believe that. I’m telling them if they can’t give me the proper change I will be not purchasing anything in my cart they can keep it all and lose my sell of the merchandise.
That's bizarre, I usually pay with my eftpos card anyway. I never have any cash, lol!
www.tombow.co.uk/art-plus-craft/adhesive-plus-glues/. This link explains the difference and the blue one seems to be twice the size.
Great thanks so much!
You will love glitter glue but it is not forgiving...once you put something down it is down!
Great to know!! Thank you so much!
Here in Ohio, we have a warm fall week. Our craziness is all focused on election, not enough on the unmentionable sickening thousands.
You guys have had a busy week!!!
I think you are drinking it because of George Clooney. Lol
Nope, not a huge fan of his lol!