I almost want to make a bag out of the books that have disappointed me - if they couldn't have entertaining content, at least their husk can be useful.
Using real books you could carve out spaces shaped for what you're going to keep in it. Like in the hammer🔨 in Shawshank Redemption, but car keys and sun glasses 👓
"I strive mostly to impress elderly women and um...young children." Honestly same. Making old women laugh and having small children think you're cool are two of the purest highs on the planet.
I'm late but i thought this may give you good feelings! I have a 10-month-old daughter who has somehow just been happy 99% of the time ever since she was born (def not my genes), and a very kind 92-year-old grandmother who has lived alone for around 50 years, and watching them interact is the best ^^ my daughter goes around the apartment finding things to bite and messing with the radio and grandma encourages her and goes on and on about "oh look she smiled so nicely again" and "ooh she almost said a word!" I don't even need to do anything special, I'm just the chauffeur who brings snacks, and they're both so happy, it's the sweetest :))
Rachel's outfit when she was painting was totally giving me "Museum Curator Mom" vibes. Like I can totally imagine an overworked museum curator running to pick up her kids from school on a chilly autumn afternoon and then bringing them back to the museum so she can finish her work and the kids just enjoy the museum, soaking in all the history. (Her dad is obviously the whiskey grandpa)
I'm the former, an older female. She is awesome! If I got got a nickel for every "wow" I've said watching her videos, I'd be rich! So many talented artist are so overlooked by YouYube viewers. Deterred by those who yell loudest and make the most obnoxious noise! 😷💉👵
Ah yes, my favourite song: I'm Doing Another Book Inspired Project Even Though I Don't Particularly Enjoy The Process Of Reading (Please Don't Judge Me) by Fall Out Boy.
Rachel: "And then there's this honkin' thing!" Me: "I like. Big. Books, and I cannot lie!" etc. Also, it looks splendid, and I love the fox book cover.
Also, traumatising movie scenes from childhood: "Young Sherlock Holmes", where the priest is hallucinating and the knight from the stained glass window jumps out and chases him. Actually, all the hallucination scenes in "Young Sherlock Holmes". Those cream cakes feeding themselves to Watson were NOT cute.
When you sat down to paint you gave off such "friendly-big-sister-of-your best-mate, who-will-teach-you-things-you-actually-need-to-know" vibes!! Love it all ♡♡
Yeah! Like 5 books tall, stacked up horizontal with the spines perpendicular to... your own spine lol. And then the top book lifting open and it's a deep bag. And the two leather straps to go around your shoulders go down the front of the book spines on either side!!!!!!
My mom was like, “Hey, you’re five years old. Let’s watch these movies together.” and then made me sit through The Blair Witch Project and Hannibal. The Blair Witch Project is now one of my favorite movies, two decades later, but I’m still absolutely terrified of wooded areas :-)
I wonder how I turned out had I been watching horror movies at that age. Instead it was Austin Powers by day, and the Investigation Discovery channel by night.
@@thegoom2307 You shouldn’t be on TH-cam so please be careful announcing your age like that. Though if the most you watch on TH-cam is Racheal here you should be okay.
you should check out "peppermint fox"!! they used to make little fairy-tale-esc pins of animals (foxes, badgers, deer, etc.) dressed up in historical outfits. very beatrix potter. now I think they're making stationary?
Would love to see like a “bookshelf tour” video where you go through and talk about all the little nick nacks and dolls of yourself that you have! Like the one at the beginning I would love to know who you made it:)
Rachel, I’ve just discovered your channel some three days ago, on an complete accident, and I AM ADDICTED. You’re such a joy to watch. And so inspiring. Love your humour and patience with your creations. 🥰☺️🥰☺️
I actually did a stack of 3 fake books almost exactly like this hollowed out for cards at our gift table at my wedding 8 years ago! I had the idea and noone could convince me to not do it! Lol. I'm so happy I'm not alone in the struggle trying to exacto knife through those cardboard covers, though 😂
A trick I learned as well to make a "leather bound" book is to use Mod Podge and some tissue paper. Crumple up the tissue paper, coat surface in Mod Podge, lay paper on Surface and do another coat of Mod Podge. Let dry. Paint whatever color you please!
@@Jonathan-pm8lg Crumpled brown paper bag works well too. After crumpling, you can use stamp ink to brush over the paper, which highlights the wrinkles.
“What movies scenes traumatized you as a child?” Literally the entirety of the Day After Tomorrow. I’d just learned about global warming and that movie remains one of the few to ever give me nightmares. It actually sent me to therapy lol
I used to stand in the hallway watching my parents tv when I was supposed to be in bed as well! I don’t know the name of the movie (this was mid seventies) but it took place in an insane asylum in the 40’s……. Nightmares for weeks!!!
Movie scenes that traumatized me as a child, off the top of my head: - The scene where the goblins run around the dark master bedroom in Labyrinth, right after kidnapping Toby. I will admit to trying to call upon them ONCE, but I was more scared they'd come for me. - Any scene from Quest for Camelot where Ruber is in frame and his eye twitches, he still gives me the heebie-jeebies. - The entirety of the environmental destruction in "FernGully" and "Once Upon a Forest", especially the second one which still makes me cry every damn time.
“I strive to mostly impress elderly women and um… young children” As a young child, you skills and talents have impressed me quite a lot. I now strive to be like you and improve my sewing skills to be almost as nice as yours.
I had a headache, I was stressed and grumpy AND THEN I remembered it was Friday. So I hurried up and got on here to see if there was a new video and JACKPOT! My night instantly improved!
Cross-body is all I use...I have lots of vintage, cool bags but really...they're all for show. I need a purse I can feel secure wearing and have use of my hands...your "book bag" is BRILLIANT!!! xo
“What movies scenes traumatized you as a child?” It was E.T for me. The scene where he appears and the little sister screams and E.T screams and everyone screams was so terrifying in my mind that every time they played the movie at home I would run to hide behind the sofa so I could avoid that scene :') And two decades later I still can't watch the damn movie from start to finish in one sit. The other "finalist" scene that traumatied my ass was in Labyrinth, when the garbage woman tries to make Sarah stay in the garbage piles and when she is falling through the hands tunnel,; the movie is one of my favourites, but those two scenes still haunt me in my dreams. The purse: So cool!
Yes!! E.T.!!! The very beginning of that movie where there being chased in the woods and then when the guys in the white hazmat suits take him away. I was probably 4 or 5 originally and refuse to ever see any part of that movie ever again.
Omg you are all my PEOPLE. My dad rented the movie thinking he was getting a fun movie for my sisters and me. Two out of three children ended up running from the room. My poor father 😂 The scene where he's startled, the hazmat scene and for some reason the wig scene TERRIFIED me. Watched it once in college to prove I could but it was still pretty scary 😅
You really inspire me so much Rachel, Fridays got so much better since I started watching your content last year. I look up to you so much and hope to be like you someday!
I had trouble falling asleep for a long time after accidentally seeing a scene from a British TV show "The Invisible Man" where he turns all white after dying (I think). My mom was ironing a blouse for me because I had to go to a friend's birthday (I was eight, I think), and I saw the scene while waiting for the blouse. Tha party distracted me, but when I came home and had a chance to think about what I had seen I was horrified for a long time - until my dad once asked why I was so troubled by nightmares and upon finding out he deduced it was the "Invisible Man" by Wells and gave me the book to read. For some weird reason that stopped the nightmares and fears immediately, since I knew that books weren't real (but apparantly perceived every TV show as a documentary).
Every time I finish one of your videos, I’ve always got a big smile on my face and a better mood. My kids love your videos and have named Friday, “the day the red headed lady posts new videos”. You’re doing a lot of good here on TH-cam, even if you might not feel like it sometimes. We love you. ❤️
"What movie scenes traumatized you as a child?" Hmmm.... The Fantasic Mr Fox. The stiff puppetness of the characters freaked me out, as well as the texture of the fur and skin, but still watched it hundreds of times with fascinated horror. 😂 Shrek 2, where Skrek has the nightmare about having kids. Futuristic apocalyptic movies. As well as Spiritd away and Never ending story. Traumatizing!!!
I've got to admit that I don't usually plan to make anything I see in your videos, Rachel, (I just like to admire them!) but this book bag just became the exception! To the craft store!
Indians Jones and the Temple of Doom - the scene where they’re eating brains straight out of the monkeys. Completely wrecked me. And my sister was chewing pineapple gum the whole time so the smell of pineapple always gives me flashbacks to that scene…even 40 years later.
The Young Sherlock Holmes. The version I watched as a child had a scene where a character is hallucinating. I had never come across this concept before and the idea that you couldn’t trust what you see or hear terrified me for a few years.
saw an episode of Bones when I was about 7 where the people are burned to skeletons in their own bed. Had nightmares for a week about a skeleton under my bed trying to grab me. Yikes..
I was watching a doco about 30yrs ago. At the time they didn't give warnings for graffic content. Huge machete whipped off the top of a live monkey sitting on the counter and they poured boiling oil straight over the intact brain and immediately served it to the customer who was just sitting there watching the whole process. And why did I sit there and watch? Because I had no idea what was going to happen and it was so fast my mind took longer to process and to react to what I had witnessed. And has that moment of horror affected me? HELL YEAH!
@Diane Moser lol...I must've been a different kind of kid bc I watched that movie as a kid & loved it!! Im 42 & still watch it when it's on!! If anything freaked me out about that movie, it was all the bugs they realized they were walking on when Indy lit that match....then later on, Willie is seen from the back with a centipede crawling over her shoulder & underneath her hair. I can stand most bugs, but if anyone gets a centipede near me, I will pass the f*ck right out....*shivers* I freakin' hate those things & I swear they serve no purpose!! Now when I see that scene, I'm gonna think of pineapple gum--i usually catch it on TV once a month or so!!!
I absolutely love how you were channeling your inner frog while doing that rad jump off of your porch! You’re always so lovely Rachel, even with your tongue sticking out! ❤️
I would have kept the books as separate compartments, but that's just my personal preference. I keep A LOT of stuff in my handbag, so being able to organise them a bit is nice.
Just a safety note: epoxy is chock full of isocyanates which are really bad for your lungs and skin. Please use gloves and work in a well ventilated area or better yet use a respitory mask. There's no definite limit of exposure before you develop a lifelong sensitivity/allergy, meaning some people have reactions from just a few uses of epoxy 😬
Yes! Safety is extremely important when working with these materials. Plastidip and contact cement should also be used with gloves and a respirator/in a well ventilated area. Checking the safety instructions is always the first thing I do. 😊
I was coming to the comments to say the same thing!! I hope Rachel sees this too- neglecting to work safely just isn't worth the risk for what it can do to your health
I used one of Michael's' huge fake books to store my Harry Potter DVDs in. Works great! I might try making a book purse, but on a smaller, simpler scale to yours. You are totally Awesome, Rachel!! TFS! ~Janet in Canada
i'm tempted, too. but i think cutting the big book along the "pages" and making the bag from one fake book seems like an easier and less obtrusive option. the store near me better have the fake books :D
I have an actual bag made out of a book! It's a very fancy clutch, made out out of leather bound edition of Gray's Anatomy. The bag compartment is cut out of the pages, which are glued, lined with fancy medical illustration covered paper, and the external pages are covered in silver leaf. My daughter bought it for me because I use Gray's Anatomy for drawing references and I adore the original illustrations. We like to be fancy ladies what go to see classical music (she's a musician). Since I am not a fancy lady, it really helps me feel the part 💜
When I'm going through a bad bout of depression I put on your videos and your humor and creativity help me monumentally! So thanks for being HILARIOUS and entertaining no matter what you're doing. 🏆🏆🏆🏆
I got a large faux leather bible case that zips around + a gorgeous edition of Gray's Anatomy, removed the pages and glued the case to inside of the front and back cover and spine. Super easy!
I'm 65 and impressed! I've been making book purses for a while. I've made 3 but only for book lovers. I love your strap & buckles, gold leaf & art work. And yes I only used books I found boring but still useful!
Movies that traumatised me as a child: Wall-E Bridge to Terabithia Jaws (I live in a costal city whose waters are filled with sharks since the 80’s) Psycho A scene from a movie I don’t know the name of in which an evil spirit lies on the bed with the girl because she left a person sized space between her back and the wall Every apocalyptical, War of the Worlds-esque, or natural disaster movie I ever saw the trailer for And Toy Story didn’t traumatise me per se but it did make me attach a vague notion of feelings and emotions to objects for the rest of my life so I not unusually do things as to not hurt their feelings even though I rationally know they don’t have any
Yes to Wall-E!! I saw it in the cinema when it came out and my god did I cry as the weight of environmental guilt crashed onto my seven-year-old head (and it's advertised as a comedy!!!)
As someone who majored in English and then worked in a library its totally okay to not like reading. It’s not for everyone just like how not everyone likes video games. It’s a big time commitment and if its not your thing then sitting down to get through a book will be more frustrating than fun.
I usually watch TH-cam videoes to keep me companied when i do other stuff, like play games, clean or cook.. But with Rachels videos I find myself saving them for later because I want to pay attention to every second!
Ok, I'm making this! I've been wanting a 'book bag' for what seem like forever, definitely since I saw the one by Innocent World, but I always wanted one from plether/leather/fabric, and never thought of using those cardboard or mdf wood book boxes, now that I don't have to stress myself thinking about how I won't break my sewing machine I am SOOOOO making one!!! thanks for the inspo, yours came out super cute!!!!!
Literally that exact scene from Death Becomes Her traumatized me, but I had no idea what the movie was called!! I’ve tried describing the movie to people over the years and no one ever knew what I was talking about! So thank you for finally giving me words for this nightmare 😂
I recently got my mom to start watching your videos with me so now every Friday night/Saturday morning we have quality time and watch you make things. Also Frodo looks like her late dog she had when she was your age and it warms her heart. So thanks for the content bro 🥲💛✨
We used to make book clutches in highschool, we used random books we would never read from Goodwill. I used my scholastic copies of Harry Potter because I was such a nerd I was also collecting the original British ones. We used cardboard for the "pages". Makes me want to recreate this and add straps.
Nightmare Fuel Movies: -Gremlins (microwave) -Neverending Story (Artax swamp. 'NUF SAID) -Something Wicked This Way Comes (blood in sewer drain) -The Watcher in the Woods (the mirror cracking) -oops forgot one... Who Framed Roger Rabbit (the DIP!) And the best part, these are all family movies.
Nice job Rachel and a amateur leather crafter and bag maker myself, I was very surprised when the book bag did not just flip over upside down when hang off your shoulder. Midway up the side or near the top would have been my choice. Cute all the same, and as always you finishing / aging is spot on. Well done!
I love the little fox!🥰 The bag may be huge but!!! It's a good size for a BACKPACK!!! The movie that scarred me for life was actually two... same premise. "The Car" and "Killdozer". Saw them when I was 8 and 9 and I'm going to be 55 on 8.19 and I STILL get the heebie jeebies whenever I see headlights, down the road, on a pitch dark night. 😱 ... or unmanned, resting bulldozers. 😳
why, oh why do insects and bugs not understand we are trying to help them?! maybe if they took a course in speaking helping human. love Fox And Bramble! and Magpie Mtstery! great titles and so glad you did a cross body book purse ~ they’re the best for hands free exploring and excavations… another literary/fashion triumphe!
The naked book bag blanks are usually over with the wood "paint it yourself" aisle at chain craft stores, and Tuesday Morning (discount store) usually has the decorative storage books in a range of sizes... Might be harder to find those though, they had to close quite a few stores over the panini
Omg same about the sneaky telly-watching 😂😂😂 Also, I was absolutely traumatised twice by the NeverEnding Story, first by Artax drowning in the moor and then by that wolf who looked absolutely real to little ol' me, so I couldn't go down into our cellar for a year because I was convinced that thing lived down there 😂😂😂
What movie scenes traumatized me as a child you ask? Why, my dear, the ENTIRE original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You see, the parentals raised me on a healthy diet of Monty Python and British sitcoms. Sarcasm was a second language before I entered school. Young Meg *knew* Gene Wilder did not give one, singular Flying Flamingo about those horrid children. Honestly, that whole movie is a fever dream fueled by peyote and has no place being shown to youths. PS: Adult me loves it. Child me, still haunted, vacant-eyed, rocking in the corner.
Oh man, the nightmare boat ride?! And the part where they’re floating up towards the giant death fan in the ceiling? A lot of it is so traumatizing to children
Thank you! I can relate I love the way books look but I dont read I would love to sit and just read books but my brain does not work that way XD so I collect book with good titles and look vintage
Film scenes that traumatised me as a child: The Titanic, basically the entire second half of that film lol, as soon as they hit the iceberg. Weird thing is i was *obsessed* with that film when I was around 10 years old and would watch the video tape over and over again in my room. I was terrified whenever i was on a boat of any kind, constantly making my parents promise to save me when we would (in my mind) inevitably start sinking haha. Your book bag turned out so cute! I might try this for myself!
I vividly remember seeing a clip from Titanic of people behind a barred window (?) sinking into the water when I was about eight and it upset me so much but I couldn't stop thinking about it
My husband first saw the Titanic in India as a youth. At the intermission he was told that it was going to sink. And after the movie he found out that it was based on a real historical event. Bummer
Yes! I love these types of videos. I totally get it about the process of reading a book. I used to love reading books as a kid, however? College happened and now I have the attention span of a two year old. So I don't judge you, Rachel lol
"What move scene traumatized you as a child?" In X-Men Wolverine Origins when Wolverine gets his bones changed to metal with all of those needles. Gave me a life-long fear of needles. I wanted to be a doctor until I saw that scene. In Scary Movie III, when they parody The Ring. Made me so scared to ever have my hair in front of my eyes because I looked like her.
Well, I’m now obsessed with this idea. I have a book like this that was made from an old technical book, hollowed out and had a new dust jacket put on. That may be the solution to the width issue.
For some reason my parents thought "Death Becomes Her" was an appropriate movie for my first movie theater experience. I was 3. But apparently I loved it, and thought it was hilarious. Still love that movie.
Okay, talking about traumatizing scenes you saw as a kid- When I was young, I'm guessing around 7ish, I also snuck down the stairs when my parents were watching tv. They were watching a CSI-type show where the episode was centered around a deranged father who basically kidnaps his twin daughters and ends up throwing one (if not both of them) off of a bridge. Anyways, thanks for reminding me hahaha. The wholesome spider relocation scene made up for it though tbh.
I worked in a place that regularly used contact cement; we had a giant pair of pliers (I think that's the name, they had a big hole that was adjustable, is the point) that we had to use every so often to open the jar.
I almost want to make a bag out of the books that have disappointed me - if they couldn't have entertaining content, at least their husk can be useful.
The destructive nature of creation would be devilishly satisfying in such a case- just thinking about it is doing nice things to my spirit. 😂
This comment and the reply definitely pass the vibe check
I was thinking the exact same thing! Even started looking my books over for potential victims.
I’m coming for *you* “Forever Amber”!!
Using real books you could carve out spaces shaped for what you're going to keep in it. Like in the hammer🔨 in Shawshank Redemption, but car keys and sun glasses 👓
I am neither an elderly woman or a young child, but I'm still impressed.
Same
I'm one of the elderly females. Hi! 😷💉😂👵🏈🎃
I'm somehow an elderly woman and a young child in the same time, and yes, I'm impressed twice as much .
I too am somehow both and am therefore basically losing my mind about everything Rachel does.
I am in this category, I think ~ a 50 something-er~ Heather ~
“Now since it is August and basically Halloween” pretty accurately sums up this entire fandom’s mentality
The way we are totally a fandom
Yep. I just got this adorable ghost throw pillow from home goods.
@@alesswonderland I've already started sewing my Halloween costume lol (always prepared)
@@mackenziez9597 oo exciting!!! I'm currently debating dressing up for the local Renaissance Faire. I'm just not sure when I can go 😂
I already have Halloween solar lights outside. Lol
"I strive mostly to impress elderly women and um...young children."
Honestly same. Making old women laugh and having small children think you're cool are two of the purest highs on the planet.
The Everest and Kilimanjaro of self esteem… some may say
I usually make teenage boys laugh.
I'm late but i thought this may give you good feelings! I have a 10-month-old daughter who has somehow just been happy 99% of the time ever since she was born (def not my genes), and a very kind 92-year-old grandmother who has lived alone for around 50 years, and watching them interact is the best ^^ my daughter goes around the apartment finding things to bite and messing with the radio and grandma encourages her and goes on and on about "oh look she smiled so nicely again" and "ooh she almost said a word!" I don't even need to do anything special, I'm just the chauffeur who brings snacks, and they're both so happy, it's the sweetest :))
A few weeks ago a random 7 year old informed me that I looked like a witch and I was like "yessssss. Thank you."
I want to give old women hope for the younger generations, and make children believe there's still magic in the world
Rachel's outfit when she was painting was totally giving me "Museum Curator Mom" vibes. Like I can totally imagine an overworked museum curator running to pick up her kids from school on a chilly autumn afternoon and then bringing them back to the museum so she can finish her work and the kids just enjoy the museum, soaking in all the history. (Her dad is obviously the whiskey grandpa)
Or her butch wife could embody the whiskey grandpa aesthetic. The vibes in your comment: *immaculate.*
Great imagination!
yes thank you yes
“I aim to impress elderly women and children”
Me, who has Sophie’s curse from Howls Moving Castle mentally: 👁👄👁
Omg that is an amazing way of saying you have an old lady brain. I am 100% stealing this
@@kkatieloisxx thank you! Steal away! 💖
Good one
BEST BOOK EVER.
YESSSS
"I strive to impress elderly women and children"
*same*
😁😁😁
Words to live by tbh
I'm the former, an older female. She is awesome! If I got got a nickel for every "wow" I've said watching her videos, I'd be rich! So many talented artist are so overlooked by YouYube viewers. Deterred by those who yell loudest and make the most obnoxious noise! 😷💉👵
And definitely not young men!
I am an elderly woman and I am always impressed.
Me being in my early 20s, dramatically looking at my hand and closes my eyes as I balled my hand up to a fist: but what does that make me?
Ah yes, my favourite song: I'm Doing Another Book Inspired Project Even Though I Don't Particularly Enjoy The Process Of Reading (Please Don't Judge Me) by Fall Out Boy.
id pay to see that, as an very big reader
Put that Thing back where it Came From or so Help Me..... name that tune :P
Florinda Lucero like from monsters inc?
omg i love IDABIPETIDPETPOR(PDJM) !!!
by panic at the disco
y’all remember that tumblr post? i was a part of the fandom like 3 years ago and it was literally everywhere
Rachel: "And then there's this honkin' thing!"
Me: "I like. Big. Books, and I cannot lie!" etc.
Also, it looks splendid, and I love the fox book cover.
Also, traumatising movie scenes from childhood: "Young Sherlock Holmes", where the priest is hallucinating and the knight from the stained glass window jumps out and chases him. Actually, all the hallucination scenes in "Young Sherlock Holmes". Those cream cakes feeding themselves to Watson were NOT cute.
Rachel giving us the blue m&m is true love
When you sat down to paint you gave off such "friendly-big-sister-of-your best-mate, who-will-teach-you-things-you-actually-need-to-know" vibes!! Love it all ♡♡
Absolutely! Or your sweet older cousin / cool young aunt who's basically your cousin.
this is so specific and yet so accurate
Rachel: "This very specifically smells like..." Me: "Like you should be doing that OUTSIDE.."
She's pretty wild if i would say so myself
I’m so happy I’m not the only person that talks to bugs and calls them “sir” or “ma’am” when they come near me
I do this too and it make me so happy I'm not alone
I do this as well. Lol
Oh yes....and unlike most people, I return them outside...spiders too!!
Was it a spider?
I call them friend. “No no no friend please leave.”
I would have the leather strap fo completely around so it looks like an actual book binding for carrying. And this would also make a cute af backpack.
True! That's what I was thinking!
Yeah! Like 5 books tall, stacked up horizontal with the spines perpendicular to... your own spine lol. And then the top book lifting open and it's a deep bag. And the two leather straps to go around your shoulders go down the front of the book spines on either side!!!!!!
As an elderly woman at heart and a child of the mind, this speaks to me and I feel seen.
Just as I was thinking that straight haired floor Rachel was kinda giving off adorable goblin vibes, she offered me a snack 🥺
Unfortunately it was a blue one, which means I'm going to be running round the house screaming and giddy for the next hour. Thanks Rachel... ;-)
My reaction was to yell "But I don't like peanuts!" Thank you anyway though
I've wanted a "book" bag for and while now and never thought of modifying one of those book shaped boxes. This is great! Love your videos Rachel!
Your profile pic looks just like my cat i love it
Yes! I have ideas now...
My mom was like, “Hey, you’re five years old. Let’s watch these movies together.” and then made me sit through The Blair Witch Project and Hannibal. The Blair Witch Project is now one of my favorite movies, two decades later, but I’m still absolutely terrified of wooded areas :-)
Same except mine was The Nightmare on Elm Street
I wonder how I turned out had I been watching horror movies at that age. Instead it was Austin Powers by day, and the Investigation Discovery channel by night.
Oh my god 🤣🤣🤣
my mom saw it in theaters while pregnant with me and threw up in the theater… maybe that’s why I love horror so much. that personal connection yknow?
I can understand mistaking a movie as kid appropriate, but surely you would realise when you started watching it. She... didn't???
"Since its August and BASICALLY Halloween"
This is peak Rachel Maksy mood
“I strive mostly to impress elderly women and children”
me, who is elderly woman and young child locked in one body: *stunned*
Same though, to be honest 💜
Hard same.
I’m ten.
@@thegoom2307 You shouldn’t be on TH-cam so please be careful announcing your age like that. Though if the most you watch on TH-cam is Racheal here you should be okay.
add an emo teen to that and mood
Rachel naming that one book “The Fox and The Bramble” helps my unhealthy obsession with autumn-foxcore thrive.
you should check out "peppermint fox"!! they used to make little fairy-tale-esc pins of animals (foxes, badgers, deer, etc.) dressed up in historical outfits. very beatrix potter. now I think they're making stationary?
I knew I couldn’t be the only one!!🙌🦊
Rachel's demographic targets are my two personality modes. By George, she's done it!
Uh, . . .
Would love to see like a “bookshelf tour” video where you go through and talk about all the little nick nacks and dolls of yourself that you have! Like the one at the beginning I would love to know who you made it:)
The little doll at the beginning was a gift from a fan! She will post little pics or clips of things from her P.O. Box on her Instagram.
Rachel, I’ve just discovered your channel some three days ago, on an complete accident, and I AM ADDICTED. You’re such a joy to watch. And so inspiring. Love your humour and patience with your creations. 🥰☺️🥰☺️
I actually did a stack of 3 fake books almost exactly like this hollowed out for cards at our gift table at my wedding 8 years ago! I had the idea and noone could convince me to not do it! Lol. I'm so happy I'm not alone in the struggle trying to exacto knife through those cardboard covers, though 😂
A trick I learned as well to make a "leather bound" book is to use Mod Podge and some tissue paper. Crumple up the tissue paper, coat surface in Mod Podge, lay paper on Surface and do another coat of Mod Podge. Let dry. Paint whatever color you please!
Omgg imma use this for a project im doing where I'm faking leather thank u
@@Jonathan-pm8lg Crumpled brown paper bag works well too. After crumpling, you can use stamp ink to brush over the paper, which highlights the wrinkles.
Thank you for this!
“What movies scenes traumatized you as a child?”
Literally the entirety of the Day After Tomorrow. I’d just learned about global warming and that movie remains one of the few to ever give me nightmares. It actually sent me to therapy lol
Me too!
Horton Hears a Who when the guy gets a needle stabbed in his arm
I love that movie 😂
I used to stand in the hallway watching my parents tv when I was supposed to be in bed as well! I don’t know the name of the movie (this was mid seventies) but it took place in an insane asylum in the 40’s……. Nightmares for weeks!!!
Pan's labyrinth for me - the eyes on the hands and that one absolutely disgusting frog. I had nightmares for weeks.
Movie scenes that traumatized me as a child, off the top of my head:
- The scene where the goblins run around the dark master bedroom in Labyrinth, right after kidnapping Toby. I will admit to trying to call upon them ONCE, but I was more scared they'd come for me.
- Any scene from Quest for Camelot where Ruber is in frame and his eye twitches, he still gives me the heebie-jeebies.
- The entirety of the environmental destruction in "FernGully" and "Once Upon a Forest", especially the second one which still makes me cry every damn time.
Once Upon a Forest definitely traumatized me as a kid 😭
For me it was the childcatcher from chitty chitty bang bang
@@caithemburrow5569 I'd forgotten about him! Yes!
So…we’re just gonna sleep on James and The Giant Peach and Coraline?
that scene with the goblins gets a big "no, thank you" from me.
“I strive to mostly impress elderly women and um… young children”
As a young child, you skills and talents have impressed me quite a lot. I now strive to be like you and improve my sewing skills to be almost as nice as yours.
Always so excited when Rachel posts like “what’re we doing today bestie”
That's the vibe! Well said
"Into my horde, you go." Is the same vibe as: "I will keep buying new books even as my TBR piles glares at me from the shelves." Mood.
I feel called out cause like… glances at bookshelf with numerous unread books…
Yeaaaaaa… lol
I had a headache, I was stressed and grumpy AND THEN I remembered it was Friday. So I hurried up and got on here to see if there was a new video and JACKPOT! My night instantly improved!
Cross-body is all I use...I have lots of vintage, cool bags but really...they're all for show. I need a purse I can feel secure wearing and have use of my hands...your "book bag" is BRILLIANT!!! xo
I have added long straps to many vintage purses in my lifetime, as I too cannot abide by a handbag or a clutch, haha!
“What movies scenes traumatized you as a child?”
It was E.T for me. The scene where he appears and the little sister screams and E.T screams and everyone screams was so terrifying in my mind that every time they played the movie at home I would run to hide behind the sofa so I could avoid that scene :') And two decades later I still can't watch the damn movie from start to finish in one sit.
The other "finalist" scene that traumatied my ass was in Labyrinth, when the garbage woman tries to make Sarah stay in the garbage piles and when she is falling through the hands tunnel,; the movie is one of my favourites, but those two scenes still haunt me in my dreams.
The purse: So cool!
Yes!! E.T.!!! The very beginning of that movie where there being chased in the woods and then when the guys in the white hazmat suits take him away. I was probably 4 or 5 originally and refuse to ever see any part of that movie ever again.
ET is nightmare spawn! I still refuse to watch that movie as an adult too!
Finally, someone else who got scared by E.T. My dad showed it me and my sisters when I was 5-6 and it gave nightmares. Haven't seen it since.
Omg you are all my PEOPLE. My dad rented the movie thinking he was getting a fun movie for my sisters and me. Two out of three children ended up running from the room. My poor father 😂
The scene where he's startled, the hazmat scene and for some reason the wig scene TERRIFIED me. Watched it once in college to prove I could but it was still pretty scary 😅
@@Joy06260 oh my gosh, same!! I freaking HATE ET and refuse to watch it, even though I'm almost 31 😝
You really inspire me so much Rachel, Fridays got so much better since I started watching your content last year. I look up to you so much and hope to be like you someday!
I had trouble falling asleep for a long time after accidentally seeing a scene from a British TV show "The Invisible Man" where he turns all white after dying (I think). My mom was ironing a blouse for me because I had to go to a friend's birthday (I was eight, I think), and I saw the scene while waiting for the blouse. Tha party distracted me, but when I came home and had a chance to think about what I had seen I was horrified for a long time - until my dad once asked why I was so troubled by nightmares and upon finding out he deduced it was the "Invisible Man" by Wells and gave me the book to read. For some weird reason that stopped the nightmares and fears immediately, since I knew that books weren't real (but apparantly perceived every TV show as a documentary).
whhhyyy is she always so freaking gorgeous omfg I can't handle it
This is why Fridays are my favorite. Rachel uploads.
Every time I finish one of your videos, I’ve always got a big smile on my face and a better mood. My kids love your videos and have named Friday, “the day the red headed lady posts new videos”. You’re doing a lot of good here on TH-cam, even if you might not feel like it sometimes. We love you. ❤️
"What movie scenes traumatized you as a child?"
Hmmm....
The Fantasic Mr Fox. The stiff puppetness of the characters freaked me out, as well as the texture of the fur and skin, but still watched it hundreds of times with fascinated horror. 😂
Shrek 2, where Skrek has the nightmare about having kids.
Futuristic apocalyptic movies.
As well as Spiritd away and Never ending story.
Traumatizing!!!
Fantastic Mr. Fox is creepy. Also I was very confused about the cider the whole time cause in Ireland cider is alcohol
I've got to admit that I don't usually plan to make anything I see in your videos, Rachel, (I just like to admire them!) but this book bag just became the exception! To the craft store!
Indians Jones and the Temple of Doom - the scene where they’re eating brains straight out of the monkeys. Completely wrecked me. And my sister was chewing pineapple gum the whole time so the smell of pineapple always gives me flashbacks to that scene…even 40 years later.
The Young Sherlock Holmes. The version I watched as a child had a scene where a character is hallucinating. I had never come across this concept before and the idea that you couldn’t trust what you see or hear terrified me for a few years.
saw an episode of Bones when I was about 7 where the people are burned to skeletons in their own bed. Had nightmares for a week about a skeleton under my bed trying to grab me. Yikes..
I was watching a doco about 30yrs ago. At the time they didn't give warnings for graffic content. Huge machete whipped off the top of a live monkey sitting on the counter and they poured boiling oil straight over the intact brain and immediately served it to the customer who was just sitting there watching the whole process.
And why did I sit there and watch?
Because I had no idea what was going to happen and it was so fast my mind took longer to process and to react to what I had witnessed.
And has that moment of horror affected me?
HELL YEAH!
@Diane Moser lol...I must've been a different kind of kid bc I watched that movie as a kid & loved it!! Im 42 & still watch it when it's on!! If anything freaked me out about that movie, it was all the bugs they realized they were walking on when Indy lit that match....then later on, Willie is seen from the back with a centipede crawling over her shoulder & underneath her hair. I can stand most bugs, but if anyone gets a centipede near me, I will pass the f*ck right out....*shivers* I freakin' hate those things & I swear they serve no purpose!! Now when I see that scene, I'm gonna think of pineapple gum--i usually catch it on TV once a month or so!!!
Ah for me it was also an Indiana Jones movie, but it was the scene where the guy got eaten by giant ants
Quick tip: use a heat gun around the opening of a fused contact cement tin. Makes the hardened cement gooey again. Then use a rag and twist open. ✌️
I absolutely love how you were channeling your inner frog while doing that rad jump off of your porch! You’re always so lovely Rachel, even with your tongue sticking out! ❤️
I unironically love it when ever she says “here is sponser rachel” it just brings me so much joy for no reason at all
I would have kept the books as separate compartments, but that's just my personal preference. I keep A LOT of stuff in my handbag, so being able to organise them a bit is nice.
I agree. I would have done that too. Just because I like more pockets.
Just a safety note: epoxy is chock full of isocyanates which are really bad for your lungs and skin. Please use gloves and work in a well ventilated area or better yet use a respitory mask. There's no definite limit of exposure before you develop a lifelong sensitivity/allergy, meaning some people have reactions from just a few uses of epoxy 😬
Yes! Safety is extremely important when working with these materials. Plastidip and contact cement should also be used with gloves and a respirator/in a well ventilated area. Checking the safety instructions is always the first thing I do. 😊
I was coming to the comments to say the same thing!! I hope Rachel sees this too- neglecting to work safely just isn't worth the risk for what it can do to your health
Preferably both outside and using a respirator! That stuff is no joke
I used one of Michael's' huge fake books to store my Harry Potter DVDs in. Works great! I might try making a book purse, but on a smaller, simpler scale to yours. You are totally Awesome, Rachel!! TFS! ~Janet in Canada
i'm tempted, too. but i think cutting the big book along the "pages" and making the bag from one fake book seems like an easier and less obtrusive option. the store near me better have the fake books :D
Unrelated, but my mum’s name is Janet and we live in Canada lol
I have an actual bag made out of a book! It's a very fancy clutch, made out out of leather bound edition of Gray's Anatomy. The bag compartment is cut out of the pages, which are glued, lined with fancy medical illustration covered paper, and the external pages are covered in silver leaf. My daughter bought it for me because I use Gray's Anatomy for drawing references and I adore the original illustrations. We like to be fancy ladies what go to see classical music (she's a musician). Since I am not a fancy lady, it really helps me feel the part 💜
When I'm going through a bad bout of depression I put on your videos and your humor and creativity help me monumentally! So thanks for being HILARIOUS and entertaining no matter what you're doing. 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Rachel: “Sling it over like a newsie or get out!”
Everyone watching: “OPEN THE GATES AND SEIZE THE DAY!! DON’T BE AFRAID AND DON’T DELAY!!”
Nothing can break us! No one can make us give our rights away!
Wrongs will be righted if we're united
Let us seize the day!
🎶Neighbor to neeeeeighbor🎶
🎶Father to sooooooon🎶
🎶One for all and all for one!🎶
"Look at me. I'm the King of New York!"
We're always out there
Carrying the banner man to man
We're always out there
Soakin' every sucker that we can
"i am but a weary traveler... but my quest hath been complete."
me after literally going outside to get the mail...
same.
"books are my muse, can I be bovvered to sit down and read one? No. But I like the way they look!"
I have never felt so seen in my life
I got a large faux leather bible case that zips around + a gorgeous edition of Gray's Anatomy, removed the pages and glued the case to inside of the front and back cover and spine. Super easy!
I'm 65 and impressed! I've been making book purses for a while. I've made 3 but only for book lovers. I love your strap & buckles, gold leaf & art work. And yes I only used books I found boring but still useful!
Movies that traumatised me as a child:
Wall-E
Bridge to Terabithia
Jaws (I live in a costal city whose waters are filled with sharks since the 80’s)
Psycho
A scene from a movie I don’t know the name of in which an evil spirit lies on the bed with the girl because she left a person sized space between her back and the wall
Every apocalyptical, War of the Worlds-esque, or natural disaster movie I ever saw the trailer for
And Toy Story didn’t traumatise me per se but it did make me attach a vague notion of feelings and emotions to objects for the rest of my life so I not unusually do things as to not hurt their feelings even though I rationally know they don’t have any
Yes to Wall-E!! I saw it in the cinema when it came out and my god did I cry as the weight of environmental guilt crashed onto my seven-year-old head (and it's advertised as a comedy!!!)
omg the Toy Story thing! I thought I was the only one lol
@@Anima19925 Same!!! Haha, i guess it's logical that I'm not the only one. They sure did a good job on that storytelling!
I love all the book-inspired projects, they are SO AESTHETIC and Cute.
... Also second!
Rachel, trying to be the sweet bean that she is: * offers me Peanut M&M *
Me: * goes into anaphylactic shock because I'm deathly allergic to peanuts *
Omg, thank y’all for the likes!
I'm the same way when rescuing bugs. "Stop RESISTING! I'm trying to HELP!"
As someone who majored in English and then worked in a library its totally okay to not like reading. It’s not for everyone just like how not everyone likes video games. It’s a big time commitment and if its not your thing then sitting down to get through a book will be more frustrating than fun.
🤯 BRUUUUUHHHH! How can someone be so talented???? That is the prettiest bag I'VE EVER SEEN 😍
Switch "talented" with "skilled" 😊
Movie scenes that messed me up as a child: the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit is absolute nightmare fuel
OMG it so is
that movie is just nightmare fuel itself-
"Remember when I killed your brother? I talked just...LIKE...*THIIIIIIIIIIIS*!" ~shudder~
I always forget this one. And for good reason.
me too!
Movie scenes that traumatised me as a kid: When the horse is swallowed by the swamp of sadness in the Neverending Story :’0
I'll never be over that shit
Artax and Atreyu
Oh Artax! 😭
Omg same 😭😭😭😭
😭
I usually watch TH-cam videoes to keep me companied when i do other stuff, like play games, clean or cook.. But with Rachels videos I find myself saving them for later because I want to pay attention to every second!
Ok, I'm making this! I've been wanting a 'book bag' for what seem like forever, definitely since I saw the one by Innocent World, but I always wanted one from plether/leather/fabric, and never thought of using those cardboard or mdf wood book boxes, now that I don't have to stress myself thinking about how I won't break my sewing machine I am SOOOOO making one!!! thanks for the inspo, yours came out super cute!!!!!
Literally that exact scene from Death Becomes Her traumatized me, but I had no idea what the movie was called!! I’ve tried describing the movie to people over the years and no one ever knew what I was talking about! So thank you for finally giving me words for this nightmare 😂
I love how well your background music plays so well into the overall aesthetic of the video 😊
I recently got my mom to start watching your videos with me so now every Friday night/Saturday morning we have quality time and watch you make things. Also Frodo looks like her late dog she had when she was your age and it warms her heart. So thanks for the content bro 🥲💛✨
That's so sweet! Hi 👋👋 Al's mom!
Am I the only one who got excited when she finally found the books she wanted? Watching Rachel brings me so much serotonin 🥰
We used to make book clutches in highschool, we used random books we would never read from Goodwill. I used my scholastic copies of Harry Potter because I was such a nerd I was also collecting the original British ones. We used cardboard for the "pages". Makes me want to recreate this and add straps.
The movie scene that traumatized me as a child…..Winnie the Pooh, Heffalumps and Woozles, scared me to death 🤣
Same! I was going to comment this! That and pink elephants on parade from Dumbo
@@hannahclaire4683 I just commented this! That whole scene used to terrify me as a child!
After this hell of a week, Rachel content is exactly what I need.
Same!! Hell of a week here too
Nightmare Fuel Movies:
-Gremlins (microwave)
-Neverending Story (Artax swamp. 'NUF SAID)
-Something Wicked This Way Comes (blood in sewer drain)
-The Watcher in the Woods (the mirror cracking)
-oops forgot one... Who Framed Roger Rabbit (the DIP!)
And the best part, these are all family movies.
I know this isn't at all the point of the video but I love the white shirt she's wearing at the end so muchhhhhh
Nice job Rachel and a amateur leather crafter and bag maker myself, I was very surprised when the book bag did not just flip over upside down when hang off your shoulder. Midway up the side or near the top would have been my choice. Cute all the same, and as always you finishing / aging is spot on. Well done!
vintage clothes + sweaty Rachel = somehow still perfect
We are admitting that Rachel is a dragon, now? May her hoard be ever useful!
"sling it over like a Newsie" Rachel. I love you so much more for this obscure reference that I absolutely adore.
I love the little fox!🥰
The bag may be huge but!!! It's a good size for a BACKPACK!!!
The movie that scarred me for life was actually two... same premise.
"The Car" and "Killdozer".
Saw them when I was 8 and 9 and I'm going to be 55 on 8.19 and I STILL get the heebie jeebies whenever I see headlights, down the road, on a pitch dark night. 😱
... or unmanned, resting bulldozers.
😳
You know what I love so much about your crafts? That they aren't 100% perfect. Thank you Rachel for creating fun and cozy content
Obsessed with how you refer to them as “Michael” and “JoAnn” 😄
Rachel posting is the best part of my day ✨hands down✨
*week ... and SAME
why, oh why do insects and bugs not understand we are trying to help them?! maybe if they took a course in speaking helping human. love Fox And Bramble! and Magpie Mtstery! great titles and so glad you did a cross body book purse ~ they’re the best for hands free exploring and excavations… another literary/fashion triumphe!
The naked book bag blanks are usually over with the wood "paint it yourself" aisle at chain craft stores, and Tuesday Morning (discount store) usually has the decorative storage books in a range of sizes... Might be harder to find those though, they had to close quite a few stores over the panini
Omg same about the sneaky telly-watching 😂😂😂 Also, I was absolutely traumatised twice by the NeverEnding Story, first by Artax drowning in the moor and then by that wolf who looked absolutely real to little ol' me, so I couldn't go down into our cellar for a year because I was convinced that thing lived down there 😂😂😂
i'm just really glad i'm not the only one that talks to bugs as i'm trying trap and set the free. begone!
What movie scenes traumatized me as a child you ask? Why, my dear, the ENTIRE original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You see, the parentals raised me on a healthy diet of Monty Python and British sitcoms. Sarcasm was a second language before I entered school. Young Meg *knew* Gene Wilder did not give one, singular Flying Flamingo about those horrid children. Honestly, that whole movie is a fever dream fueled by peyote and has no place being shown to youths.
PS: Adult me loves it. Child me, still haunted, vacant-eyed, rocking in the corner.
Oh man, the nightmare boat ride?! And the part where they’re floating up towards the giant death fan in the ceiling? A lot of it is so traumatizing to children
I had a bad day today and watching your video just made it better. Thank you
Thank you! I can relate I love the way books look but I dont read I would love to sit and just read books but my brain does not work that way XD so I collect book with good titles and look vintage
Well this makes me think of the song "it coast that much cuz it takes me ****** hours" . Good job, I love it.
Hi Rachel, I just wanna say that you're my favorite creator right now and you inspire me so much
Film scenes that traumatised me as a child: The Titanic, basically the entire second half of that film lol, as soon as they hit the iceberg. Weird thing is i was *obsessed* with that film when I was around 10 years old and would watch the video tape over and over again in my room. I was terrified whenever i was on a boat of any kind, constantly making my parents promise to save me when we would (in my mind) inevitably start sinking haha.
Your book bag turned out so cute! I might try this for myself!
I vividly remember seeing a clip from Titanic of people behind a barred window (?) sinking into the water when I was about eight and it upset me so much but I couldn't stop thinking about it
My husband first saw the Titanic in India as a youth. At the intermission he was told that it was going to sink. And after the movie he found out that it was based on a real historical event. Bummer
Guys. It’s just Titanic. Not The Titanic. Please. Please you’re hurting me.
It was my favorite movie as a teenager. I watched it countless times.
Yes! I love these types of videos. I totally get it about the process of reading a book. I used to love reading books as a kid, however? College happened and now I have the attention span of a two year old. So I don't judge you, Rachel lol
"What move scene traumatized you as a child?"
In X-Men Wolverine Origins when Wolverine gets his bones changed to metal with all of those needles. Gave me a life-long fear of needles. I wanted to be a doctor until I saw that scene.
In Scary Movie III, when they parody The Ring. Made me so scared to ever have my hair in front of my eyes because I looked like her.
Well, I’m now obsessed with this idea. I have a book like this that was made from an old technical book, hollowed out and had a new dust jacket put on. That may be the solution to the width issue.
For some reason my parents thought "Death Becomes Her" was an appropriate movie for my first movie theater experience. I was 3. But apparently I loved it, and thought it was hilarious. Still love that movie.
I'm a simply girl: every time i see Rachel Maksy and book related crafts in the title I click and I love
Okay, talking about traumatizing scenes you saw as a kid- When I was young, I'm guessing around 7ish, I also snuck down the stairs when my parents were watching tv. They were watching a CSI-type show where the episode was centered around a deranged father who basically kidnaps his twin daughters and ends up throwing one (if not both of them) off of a bridge. Anyways, thanks for reminding me hahaha. The wholesome spider relocation scene made up for it though tbh.
Cant believe you can freehand that beautiful artwork.
I worked in a place that regularly used contact cement; we had a giant pair of pliers (I think that's the name, they had a big hole that was adjustable, is the point) that we had to use every so often to open the jar.