Good morning Pam (Sunny, Holly and all of the gang)! My mom’s maiden name began with a Bee••• 🐝, and so she collected lots of different bee things. Watching your videos, and listening to your wonderful menagerie brings joy to me no matter what. But, as is the way of things, today’s is extra special as she died three and a half weeks ago. Thank you for today.
We kept bees for a few years, but finally the losses just got to be too much. We tried everything. We had ten gorgeous hives, then seven, five, three. None. Broke my heart. We dismantled our hives and packed away our gear. We still go catch swarms and rehome them to safe quarters. Thanks for showcasing our important little buzzy bees. 🐝 🐝 🐝
Bee-u-tiful. 🐝. My grandfather was a bee keeper for many years. We grandkids would sit outside when he would rob the beehives. We loved chewing on the honeycomb. I love all the bee stuff!
Good morning Pam and Outpost gang! 💕 Love bees. ❤️ I’ve been driving myself crazy this morning (changed my mind 4 times about H’ween jj cover for example 🙄). Soooo unnecessary. Golly, it’s not rocket science. 😄 Coffee and Pam will give me time to take a deep breath and decide. Pick a fabric and roll with it, right? Enjoyed the visit. Everyone have a great weekend! 💕
Oh the decisions we face as crafters! The cover seems so committal but alas it is truly only 1 out of many pages of a journal..craft on dear sis you will find your way through :)
Wonderful... bees need celebrating! Australia , in my State, has a problem parasite hugely affecting our bee populations. So many bee keeper's hives have been destroyed in hope of containing the devastation.
The strong will survive. I think we in the US were threatened with mites ten or 20 years ago, but haven't heard much about it in the past few years. Plenty of beekeepers still around. Have faith in nature's resilience.
Good morning Pam! My son is a bee keeper. It is very fascinating. Love the butterfly on your ring finger. So cute! Have a great day crafting and “beeing” you.
The bee digikit is so timely, and I am definitely getting it. I've been gathering stuff to make one for my great granddaughter, so I have stamps, stencils and a children's story about bees that my daughter wrote. It's an official family collab.
@@sweetpeascraftingintheburb4462 thank you for remembering! The wedding was yesterday and it was just perfect! Chaotic but perfect! Hope all is going as well as possible for you. 💕
@@michellejanossy8186 that makes me so happy to hear , I'm OK just getting as much sleep as possible Looking forward to seeing some photos when you have time N of course I remember , just wasn't sure what Saturday, but it's sat here lol xx batman
I adore bees and always wanted to make a bee themed journal. I never mind staying an hour or more with you. I never get bored with your videos. Sometimes you do stuff that's a little too advanced for me but I like watching you do it. My favorite hoggely woggely crafter is you!
My name means “honey bee” I should make one like this! I used to be terrified of bees as a child, now I absolutely adore them, they way the function with each other and in the world is just amazing!
Your papers are lovely. If it weren't so late in the evening, (I'm sure it's much later than you filmed the video)...I would go out in my crafting space and do the same project. Thank you for always warming us with your humor....delighting us with your fur babies...and, inspiring with your newest project. Beautiful. 🙂
We used to have bees!!! This brings back great memories!!! We bought two nucs a couple of summers ago to try to get started again, but they left within a few days. Something is wrong in our area which is so sad. Keeping bees is so rewarding. I loved watching them at work. We planted many flowers and other things for them to work. Your digi kit looks amazing!!!!!!!
Hi Pam. I lost my Aunt last November, she absolutely loved the bees 🐝. I’m catching up on the videos I missed while working. This one makes me extra happy. Thank you❣️
Cracks me up when you see something on your window and nonchalantly say oh that’s just a lizard on my window. 😝😝😝. I live up north so it’s hilarious to me. Love it. So enjoy all your videos and personality
A good friend of mine is a Bee keeper and photographer. Yes, she follows Bees around her Bee-friendly garden and snaps pics of them. I am making her a Bee journal and will be so stoked when the digikit is released! That is going to be a great Christmas gift for her! Thanks for always surprising us with fun things to create with! Meet ya down in the rabbit hole! ❤️
Hi Pam. You have made my day. Thanks for saying you are here for us to do easy crafting. That's a big reason why I watch you. Though I can see you put a lot of thought and creativity in your journal. However you are lightheaded which we need so badly these days. Also I have been wanting to do a Bee journal for ages! I can't wait for your bee digis to come out! Thank you.
Your Bee journal and Masterboards are great. I have been watching your videos for a long time and have never seen you have long fingernails! Hope you are enjoying a new look and feel. Either way, short or long, you have talented creative hands.❤
I just got a lot of these pictures in the full page version. So guess I will be getting this set when you put them on. Yayyyyy!!will be a cute journal!!
I love this journal, and your sewing is one of my favorite parts of your videos. If ‘tension’ is important in sewing, I’ve got that in spades. 😅 You inspired me to get a machine, and I’ve even learned to rethread it…lots of necessary times. 😅
I learn so much with your videos, Pam. Making journals is a second language for me, sewing being my first. I discovered that the blanket stitch is a lovely one for edge stitching. Your machine most likely has this. Everyone is getting a journal for Christmas this year from me. I love this new skill!
Lol “make a spine sally” you are sooooooo funny! And such a great artist/crafting person! Thx for making me smile again and more ideas of more things to create.
Me encanta verte trabajar, eres muy alegre y tienes unas ideas geniales. El perrito o perrita es un encanto. Gracias por compartir. Un abrazo, te escribo desde España!😊❤
My Granddaughter loves your videos too. (She's 10 and is making her own junk journals.) She has been Ladybug since she was born and now it's been shortened to Bug but I think I'll adapt your Bee Journal to a Ladybug Journal. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful journal crafting video. Can't wait to see part 2. I need to makie a dozen small boho themed journals and I think I can adapt your techniques to make them simple and fun! Thank you, Pam. I plan on getting the bee kit from you to do some cute Bee Journals! 🥰
Bees are a great Autumn theme as well. I'm in Metro Detroit; the cool air comes along with apple cider and cider donuts! Those visits to the cider mills are always wonderful and perilous because of the bees hanging around. They are just relentless in their pursuit of goodies!
My best friend keeps bees. They have a farm in Wisconsin and a home in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Lucky me! I get honey! The difference between their Wisconsin honey and their Illinois honey from season to season and year to year is amazing.
I made my bee journal 2 days ago and still adding to it. But I used the torn paper journal instead of a regular journal. It turned out quite nice. Hubby loves it!!!
what a lovely journal Pam - i look forward to getting your Bee Digi Kit and i look forward to seeing what you will create in this journal - going to gather some goodies and make one of these today - thank you for all you do and all of your inspiration - be well xx
Hi Pam, loved your bee journal 🐝 I am going to have a go at making a black and white journal using the stamps I have got from my card making days. There are some bee stamps in the mix so there will be a mixture of everything and anything in it. Thanks for the inspiration for giving this a go. 😘😘👍❤️🐝
WOW, this is PERFECT as my office just threw out a ton of folders which I took and now you have given me a great idea as to what to use them for!! Thank you! I love bees too and am looking forward to your new digikit!! God Bless from Ontario! ;)
i ❤️ bees! My birth name (not my screen name lol) actually means "Honey Bee". Funny (or not lol) story... a few months ago, I was really starting into all this, and finished up my first fully assembled (not fully decorated yet... but I think your new digikit is exactly what I was waiting for). During that time, I was working on 3 or 4 different cover types, trying to work out a design in my head (still not 100% successful, but I'm getting closer lol). Anyway, one was to be a DRAGONFLY theme journal (my fav insect, bees come second lol). So, partner, being helpful found some dragonfly stencils online and they came with bee stencils, too. Well... as soon as I saw the bee stencils, I grabbed that 1st journal and now it's my Bee Journal lol. And... the dragonfly one still is on hold (I am DETERMINED to get the cover right! It's not a typical front/spine/back, but will open up multiple directions), but I've been using my beautiful Bee Journal to practice making & adding things like pockets, tucks, flips, envelopes, etc. And, now that partner has gotten my computer set back up... (he just has to get it to talk to the printer now), I am determined to get this Bee Digikit for my birthday & add even more bee stuff to my journal =D Pam, this may be a bit personal, but you've been making journals for years. I know there'll come a time where I'll feel more confident in my abilities to create these journals. Do you ever fall back into the "I'm not sure if I can make this the way I see it in my head" mindset? If so, how do you get out of that?
Hi Abigail! Mine never turn out the way I pictured them in my head :) I feel the journals almost take on a life of their own and ask to be created a certain way..weird, right , but I follow their whims and have lots of fun following their callings ;)
@@ThePaperOutpost That's probably why I'm struggling so much with the Dragonfly journal. I've 2 or 3 bungled attempts behind me. Maybe if I try to approach it without the rather forceful attempts to get it to do what I want, I'll actually end up with something useable lol. The Bee one came together so easily. I guess/think this is a case of me trying to run before I can fully walk good. Focus on the basics, get them perfected and then go back to the elaborate thing I have in mind and see where I went wrong & just keep trying. Walk before you run... and don't run with scissors 😉 Now to just get that perfectionist sitting in my head to pipe down & just enjoy the process. Lol.
@@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501 “Failures” are just opportunities to learn. Don’t sweat it. You’ll eventually get where you want to, but celebrate your creations in their fullness of learning and the joy in creation! Definitely don’t destroy them because they illustrate where you came from. Remember that all of those “failures” are like the invention of the lightbulb. (Edison said something along the lines of “I illustrated 1001 ways how NOT to make a lightbulb” when asked how he felt about all the failures.) Letting go of the “perfection” and just crafting with reckless abandon is a learned skill. Your perfectionist capabilities will work well for refining those “happy accidents” that occur during the free form crafting sessions. Enjoy the process! 🥰
@@jenndotson6718 I hope you don't mind, but I screenshot your message to refer to when my perfectionism & doubts get the better of me. Thank you very much for your message of inspiration and the gentle reminder that failures are a part of the learning process. =D
@@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501 Failures can be redefined as “opportunities for growth” to be more gentle with yourself. As always, explore the joy and don’t stress… in the words of “Pamisdom” (Pam + wisdom) “it’s only paper!” Lol
Mornin' Pam. I've been making quick journals too...your little itty-bitty journals that is. I even covered the smallest one in fabric! Two of them are 5 signatures, one of them is 7 signatures. I don't know how I will decorate the covers yet but having fun making the bones. I don't like bees...never got into that particular fad. But yours is taking shape nicely. Looking forward to part 2. Regards to the menagerie and Papa too. Hope you all have a great day. 🌞 (4 of those sites to report today...I truly wish they would stay out of our craft sites. 😡)
Vertical, horizontal, AND perpendicular? What is that... math?? For cryin' out loud Pam, it's Saturday! One doesn't do math on Saturday! ...the heck!!! Love the 🐝🐝 tho, and love you too. Hugs, MK 🤗♥️🏜♥️🤗
Hello miss pam I just got done watching yesterday's video I also made the folder collages such fun I love making things with you wen I watch ur videos thank you
Love Bees! Had fun hanging out with you today! Oh the ants! I think we live on a gigantic ant farm! Long story short, of all places my craft room was absolutely invaded by them. No food, no food trash nothing special! It was so strange to me! Finally got rid of them!
Same here no food or other around but when it rains really hard here in Florida I think they come to higher ground. I had to pull out the big guns...it wasn't pretty but it needed to happen ;) I did say prayers :)
Hey, Pam. I can't wait to see the next episode of "The Bee Journal". I like the envelope flip. Probably I would like to see different colors and sizes of them. Is Pooh bear going to show up or is that copyright infringement? And a big jar of honey! It's great to follow a theme. You never know what pops up in the brain.
Oh, Pam… LOL. 🤣 I love your crafty mind. I’ll make you a little video to show you what I mean about making the skinny (or however wide you want) spine without all that effort, cause I know how much you love crafter efficiency. LOL. Crafters unite! 😂 I can’t wait to get back into the paper after I get over Covid.
@@ThePaperOutpost Thanks Pam! (I’m to the point where I’m ready and wanting to craft, but don’t have enough energy to stay out of bed. Much to the chagrin and disappointment of my doggo. 🐶 she keeps pestering me to take her outside. Lmao.
Hi Pam! THX you give me so much inspiration. Such a great idea for a journal! I’ve been gathering more and more bee info lately. Want to make one w bee life cycle facts, dif kinds of honeys, pics etc etc. After all they are critical to our survival. I guess it shall be my first educational junk journal.😊
Love it. I have been collecting bee stamps, dies, paper and ephemera for weeks now, to make my daughter a bee journal, for her birthday coming up in October.
I just found you and subscribed on your Junk Journal video. And THENÑN! As I was buzzing through YT, you came on with a Bee Journal. Thank you for sharing and bee yourself! 🐝🌹❤️🐝🌹❤️🐝
Good morning Pam (Sunny, Holly and all of the gang)! My mom’s maiden name began with a Bee••• 🐝, and so she collected lots of different bee things. Watching your videos, and listening to your wonderful menagerie brings joy to me no matter what. But, as is the way of things, today’s is extra special as she died three and a half weeks ago. Thank you for today.
We kept bees for a few years, but finally the losses just got to be too much. We tried everything. We had ten gorgeous hives, then seven, five, three. None. Broke my heart. We dismantled our hives and packed away our gear. We still go catch swarms and rehome them to safe quarters. Thanks for showcasing our important little buzzy bees. 🐝 🐝 🐝
Oh woow! I just had 2 swarms relocated from my backyard last year! That was fascinating ton watch!!
@@ThePaperOutpost It really is. My brother is a bee wizard. He can coax the queen into a box like magic. I so miss my bees….
That must have been so hard, I’m sorry that happened 😞💜
Bee-u-tiful. 🐝.
My grandfather was a bee keeper for many years. We grandkids would sit outside when he would rob the beehives. We loved chewing on the honeycomb. I love all the bee stuff!
Thank you for showing that a crafting session doesn’t need to be perfect to enjoy the process and be happy with the final product.
Good morning Pam and Outpost gang! 💕 Love bees. ❤️ I’ve been driving myself crazy this morning (changed my mind 4 times about H’ween jj cover for example 🙄). Soooo unnecessary. Golly, it’s not rocket science. 😄 Coffee and Pam will give me time to take a deep breath and decide. Pick a fabric and roll with it, right? Enjoyed the visit. Everyone have a great weekend! 💕
I am the same way, have to keep reminding myself that it is a junk journal 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Oh the decisions we face as crafters! The cover seems so committal but alas it is truly only 1 out of many pages of a journal..craft on dear sis you will find your way through :)
Good morning! What a great way to start a Saturday. Thank you for the beeautiful inspiration.
I really love the slow crafting Pam, so much fun to watch the process in real time. Excited for the bee digi-kit! Thanks so much!
Wonderful... bees need celebrating! Australia , in my State, has a problem parasite hugely affecting our bee populations. So many bee keeper's hives have been destroyed in hope of containing the devastation.
The strong will survive. I think we in the US were threatened with mites ten or 20 years ago, but haven't heard much about it in the past few years. Plenty of beekeepers still around. Have faith in nature's resilience.
Is this where the manuka honey comes from ?
@@pauletteliddell2923 Australia and New Zealand, bees pollinate the tea tree flowers. Tea tree oil is well known for healing, very powerful.
@@minkademko2335 Thank you.
Many prayers to your bees for sure :)!!
Good morning Pam! My son is a bee keeper. It is very fascinating. Love the butterfly on your ring finger. So cute! Have a great day crafting and “beeing” you.
"being" you ... Love it 🐝
Awe thanks Lenora!
The bee digikit is so timely, and I am definitely getting it. I've been gathering stuff to make one for my great granddaughter, so I have stamps, stencils and a children's story about bees that my daughter wrote. It's an official family collab.
I absolutely love watching your videos. I love your quirkiness and your beautiful pictures. You are great !!!
I just love bees and this is a perfect way to celebrate them. Can't wait for the digi kit to come out. 🐝🐝🐝
Happy to hear this!
How refreshing to have a new theme in our crafting! I enjoyed that! Your digitals are really pretty Pam! Good morning sweet Sunshine ❤️ Tyfs!
Hi Pam, Good Morning, looking forward to the Bee Digikit. 🐝 Thank you so much. ❤️ My kitchen is done in Bees.
Loved your video and bee journal idea! ❤ I am excited about your new 🐝 Bee Digikit coming out.
So excited for the bee digi kits! Love using bees in journals! 💕
Hi ya , hope wedding plans are going great xxx sp
@@sweetpeascraftingintheburb4462 thank you for remembering! The wedding was yesterday and it was just perfect! Chaotic but perfect! Hope all is going as well as possible for you. 💕
@@michellejanossy8186 that makes me so happy to hear , I'm OK just getting as much sleep as possible
Looking forward to seeing some photos when you have time
N of course I remember , just wasn't sure what Saturday, but it's sat here lol xx batman
I adore bees and always wanted to make a bee themed journal.
I never mind staying an hour or more with you. I never get bored with your videos. Sometimes you do stuff that's a little too advanced for me but I like watching you do it.
My favorite hoggely woggely crafter is you!
I am so happy we do spend crafty time together Suzette :)
Good morning Pam, thank you for showing the flips, and quick start to a bee journal!
Buzzing bees! Blessed and safe days!
Sunny always warms my heart
My name means “honey bee” I should make one like this! I used to be terrified of bees as a child, now I absolutely adore them, they way the function with each other and in the world is just amazing!
I have been collecting for a bee journal and now U can get your digi kit end of Aug. yeah!!! Love your video 💕🙏🌻🐝
Your papers are lovely.
If it weren't so late in the evening, (I'm sure it's much later than you filmed the video)...I would go out in my crafting space and do the same project.
Thank you for always warming us with your humor....delighting us with your fur babies...and, inspiring with your newest project.
Beautiful. 🙂
We used to have bees!!! This brings back great memories!!! We bought two nucs a couple of summers ago to try to get started again, but they left within a few days. Something is wrong in our area which is so sad. Keeping bees is so rewarding. I loved watching them at work. We planted many flowers and other things for them to work. Your digi kit looks amazing!!!!!!!
Love knowing you are a bee lover too!
Hi Pam. I lost my Aunt last November, she absolutely loved the bees 🐝. I’m catching up on the videos I missed while working. This one makes me extra happy. Thank you❣️
Bless her bee-lovin' soul :)
Cracks me up when you see something on your window and nonchalantly say oh that’s just a lizard on my window. 😝😝😝. I live up north so it’s hilarious to me. Love it. So enjoy all your videos and personality
Mind reader!!!!
Planning a bee journal as a gift. :))
Thanks Pam!
A good friend of mine is a Bee keeper and photographer. Yes, she follows Bees around her Bee-friendly garden and snaps pics of them. I am making her a Bee journal and will be so stoked when the digikit is released! That is going to be a great Christmas gift for her! Thanks for always surprising us with fun things to create with! Meet ya down in the rabbit hole! ❤️
Yay! How fun :)!!
Such a pretty journal and the subject matter is perfect! Who doesn't love a honey bee! 🐝
- looking forward to #2 😃
hello from Denmark 🌸🌱
This is so fun. I can’t wait for the digi kit to be released ❤️❤️
Yay! It comes out this Wed Aug 31st! :)
Good morning Pam, Sunny and Holly 🌞 Wonderful idea as always!!!! I love 🐝 I have a few bee and sunflower scrapbook papers I can use with this.
Loving this journal, the cover, the pages and the digital 😍😍❤️❤️ TFS 😘😘😘😘😘 love Sunny 🥰🥰🥰
I am going to love this one! I just finished a bee journal. Anxious to see your new digikit.
Hi Pam. You have made my day. Thanks for saying you are here for us to do easy crafting. That's a big reason why I watch you. Though I can see you put a lot of thought and creativity in your journal. However you are lightheaded which we need so badly these days. Also I have been wanting to do a Bee journal for ages! I can't wait for your bee digis to come out! Thank you.
Awe, thanks so much!
Sunshine always makes me smile. This journal is awesome 👍. The ideas are flowing. Thanks from Fort Myers.
Squee! Bees and a new journal, I love it!
Wonderful!! Bees are so important.✌️Namesta 💓🐞💕
Great! Love bees, thank you Pam. Will get for sure
Thank you for being our happy easy place!
Your Bee journal and Masterboards are great. I have been watching your videos for a long time and have never seen you have long fingernails! Hope you are enjoying a new look and feel. Either way, short or long, you have talented creative hands.❤
I just got a lot of these pictures in the full page version. So guess I will be getting this set when you put them on. Yayyyyy!!will be a cute journal!!
I love this journal, and your sewing is one of my favorite parts of your videos. If ‘tension’ is important in sewing, I’ve got that in spades. 😅 You inspired me to get a machine, and I’ve even learned to rethread it…lots of necessary times. 😅
Way to go Phyllis!!! I am so very proud of you!
I learn so much with your videos, Pam. Making journals is a second language for me, sewing being my first. I discovered that the blanket stitch is a lovely one for edge stitching. Your machine most likely has this.
Everyone is getting a journal for Christmas this year from me. I love this new skill!
I love it! I love watching your videos. I get to see so many ways to do a journal. Thank you Pam!
Lol “make a spine sally” you are sooooooo funny! And such a great artist/crafting person! Thx for making me smile again and more ideas of more things to create.
Been collecting bee things for awhile, now I am inspired to start making. Thanks Pam 😀
Me encanta verte trabajar, eres muy alegre y tienes unas ideas geniales. El perrito o perrita es un encanto. Gracias por compartir. Un abrazo, te escribo desde España!😊❤
I could watch you and your new words all day long. I love the dictionary you use.
Wow, thank you!
Oh the Bee is my spirit animal! Love love love this kit! Can’t wait to order !
Your a wonderful teacher Pam, and as a knew "Bee",haha, I am grateful!
Pam, you're crackin me up with this one!!!
Every time you trim something my brain now automatically goes “clusters clusters clusters”! 😂🤣😅
Pam: you got there. It was touch and go for a while. Turned out very nice. And you made me laugh. Carol from California
My Granddaughter loves your videos too. (She's 10 and is making her own junk journals.) She has been Ladybug since she was born and now it's been shortened to Bug but I think I'll adapt your Bee Journal to a Ladybug Journal. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Pam, love the new digi kit. Your tutorials are always inspiring and fun. Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing this wonderful journal crafting video. Can't wait to see part 2. I need to makie a dozen small boho themed journals and I think I can adapt your techniques to make them simple and fun! Thank you, Pam. I plan on getting the bee kit from you to do some cute Bee Journals! 🥰
Bees are a great Autumn theme as well. I'm in Metro Detroit; the cool air comes along with apple cider and cider donuts! Those visits to the cider mills are always wonderful and perilous because of the bees hanging around. They are just relentless in their pursuit of goodies!
Love the tutorial Pam. You make things so easy and encourage us to have fun. Like that.
This is perfect! I just got Bee paper 😁😁😁
I resisted the sewing machine for quite a while. But decided to ask for one for my birthday in the Spring…now I’m addicted to sewing my papers!
I am so happy I am flying!!! :) Whoohoo! Way to go Katherine!!
My daughter's nickname is honey bee! This is great inspiration for the journal/ scrapbook I've been wanting to start for her!
My best friend keeps bees. They have a farm in Wisconsin and a home in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Lucky me! I get honey! The difference between their Wisconsin honey and their Illinois honey from season to season and year to year is amazing.
I made my bee journal 2 days ago and still adding to it. But I used the torn paper journal instead of a regular journal. It turned out quite nice. Hubby loves it!!!
I love your “lingo”; twicerdoodle 😂💜
what a lovely journal Pam - i look forward to getting your Bee Digi Kit and i look forward to seeing what you will create in this journal - going to gather some goodies and make one of these today - thank you for all you do and all of your inspiration - be well xx
Hi Pam, loved your bee journal 🐝 I am going to have a go at making a black and white journal using the stamps I have got from my card making days. There are some bee stamps in the mix so there will be a mixture of everything and anything in it. Thanks for the inspiration for giving this a go. 😘😘👍❤️🐝
Nice journal, Pam! Thanks for bringing us along :-) (Designs by BLO Ireland)
WOW, this is PERFECT as my office just threw out a ton of folders which I took and now you have given me a great idea as to what to use them for!! Thank you! I love bees too and am looking forward to your new digikit!! God Bless from Ontario! ;)
I can’t wait to see the digikit on your bees 🐝. I love the images, they are so beautiful ❤️
Me too!!
i ❤️ bees! My birth name (not my screen name lol) actually means "Honey Bee".
Funny (or not lol) story... a few months ago, I was really starting into all this, and finished up my first fully assembled (not fully decorated yet... but I think your new digikit is exactly what I was waiting for). During that time, I was working on 3 or 4 different cover types, trying to work out a design in my head (still not 100% successful, but I'm getting closer lol).
Anyway, one was to be a DRAGONFLY theme journal (my fav insect, bees come second lol). So, partner, being helpful found some dragonfly stencils online and they came with bee stencils, too.
Well... as soon as I saw the bee stencils, I grabbed that 1st journal and now it's my Bee Journal lol.
And... the dragonfly one still is on hold (I am DETERMINED to get the cover right! It's not a typical front/spine/back, but will open up multiple directions), but I've been using my beautiful Bee Journal to practice making & adding things like pockets, tucks, flips, envelopes, etc.
And, now that partner has gotten my computer set back up... (he just has to get it to talk to the printer now), I am determined to get this Bee Digikit for my birthday & add even more bee stuff to my journal =D
Pam, this may be a bit personal, but you've been making journals for years. I know there'll come a time where I'll feel more confident in my abilities to create these journals. Do you ever fall back into the "I'm not sure if I can make this the way I see it in my head" mindset? If so, how do you get out of that?
Hi Abigail! Mine never turn out the way I pictured them in my head :) I feel the journals almost take on a life of their own and ask to be created a certain way..weird, right , but I follow their whims and have lots of fun following their callings ;)
@@ThePaperOutpost That's probably why I'm struggling so much with the Dragonfly journal. I've 2 or 3 bungled attempts behind me. Maybe if I try to approach it without the rather forceful attempts to get it to do what I want, I'll actually end up with something useable lol.
The Bee one came together so easily. I guess/think this is a case of me trying to run before I can fully walk good. Focus on the basics, get them perfected and then go back to the elaborate thing I have in mind and see where I went wrong & just keep trying.
Walk before you run... and don't run with scissors 😉
Now to just get that perfectionist sitting in my head to pipe down & just enjoy the process. Lol.
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“Failures” are just opportunities to learn. Don’t sweat it. You’ll eventually get where you want to, but celebrate your creations in their fullness of learning and the joy in creation! Definitely don’t destroy them because they illustrate where you came from. Remember that all of those “failures” are like the invention of the lightbulb. (Edison said something along the lines of “I illustrated 1001 ways how NOT to make a lightbulb” when asked how he felt about all the failures.) Letting go of the “perfection” and just crafting with reckless abandon is a learned skill. Your perfectionist capabilities will work well for refining those “happy accidents” that occur during the free form crafting sessions. Enjoy the process! 🥰
@@jenndotson6718 I hope you don't mind, but I screenshot your message to refer to when my perfectionism & doubts get the better of me.
Thank you very much for your message of inspiration and the gentle reminder that failures are a part of the learning process. =D
@@abigailphoenixthepaperaddi2501 Failures can be redefined as “opportunities for growth” to be more gentle with yourself. As always, explore the joy and don’t stress… in the words of “Pamisdom” (Pam + wisdom) “it’s only paper!” Lol
Mornin' Pam. I've been making quick journals too...your little itty-bitty journals that is. I even covered the smallest one in fabric! Two of them are 5 signatures, one of them is 7 signatures. I don't know how I will decorate the covers yet but having fun making the bones. I don't like bees...never got into that particular fad. But yours is taking shape nicely. Looking forward to part 2. Regards to the menagerie and Papa too. Hope you all have a great day. 🌞 (4 of those sites to report today...I truly wish they would stay out of our craft sites. 😡)
Oh geesh me too!
Vertical, horizontal, AND perpendicular? What is that... math?? For cryin' out loud Pam, it's Saturday! One doesn't do math on Saturday! ...the heck!!! Love the 🐝🐝 tho, and love you too. Hugs, MK 🤗♥️🏜♥️🤗
You are sooo right...I didn't say isosceles triangle did O? If I did , it was not me! I have been abducted!!!
@@ThePaperOutpost LOL 😆
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PPS Also have bought a bee cutting die and beehive embossing folder!
Hello miss pam I just got done watching yesterday's video I also made the folder collages such fun I love making things with you wen I watch ur videos thank you
Fantastic morning...thank you .....
Good morning!
Hello Pam & Sunshine, enjoyed watching the start of your Bee Journal, will look forward to seeing more. TFS
Cool! I’m looking forward to getting these. Last week I purchased my first digikits ever, from your shop, and really love them.
Thanks Janet, that means so much!
A 🐝 Journal ! Perfect way to end summer :)
Thank you Pam ❤️
Loving the bee journal. I have one to do too so this is good timing. TFS
Love this way of making this book😊thanks
aww her got the snifflies, its to be expected, since the change of the seasons
Will have to have the bee digi kit !! ❤️❤️❤️🐝🐝🐝
Love Bees! Had fun hanging out with you today! Oh the ants! I think we live on a gigantic ant farm! Long story short, of all places my craft room was absolutely invaded by them. No food, no food trash nothing special! It was so strange to me! Finally got rid of them!
Same here no food or other around but when it rains really hard here in Florida I think they come to higher ground. I had to pull out the big guns...it wasn't pretty but it needed to happen ;) I did say prayers :)
@@ThePaperOutpost hahaha that’s what I had to do!
I am watching late! Busy day! I have been wanting to make a bee journal! 🐝🐝🐝 I can’t wait to get your bee digi kit! Love to all💖
You are bee-utiful Jan!!
Hey, Pam. I can't wait to see the next episode of "The Bee Journal". I like the envelope flip. Probably I would like to see different colors and sizes of them. Is Pooh bear going to show up or is that copyright infringement? And a big jar of honey! It's great to follow a theme. You never know what pops up in the brain.
Very creative idea Minka :)
Oh, Pam… LOL. 🤣 I love your crafty mind. I’ll make you a little video to show you what I mean about making the skinny (or however wide you want) spine without all that effort, cause I know how much you love crafter efficiency. LOL. Crafters unite! 😂 I can’t wait to get back into the paper after I get over Covid.
Happy healing Jenn:) This too shall pass :) Lots of self nurturing and rest during these times :)
@@ThePaperOutpost Thanks Pam! (I’m to the point where I’m ready and wanting to craft, but don’t have enough energy to stay out of bed. Much to the chagrin and disappointment of my doggo. 🐶 she keeps pestering me to take her outside. Lmao.
Hi Pam! THX you give me so much inspiration. Such a great idea for a journal! I’ve been gathering more and more bee info lately. Want to make one w bee life cycle facts, dif kinds of honeys, pics etc etc. After all they are critical to our survival. I guess it shall be my first educational junk journal.😊
Love it. I have been collecting bee stamps, dies, paper and ephemera for weeks now, to make my daughter a bee journal, for her birthday coming up in October.
Perfect timing Bell!
You are my "happy, easy place' !
Thanks dataquest :) I am happy you are here :)
Great videos love the bees
Love it❣️❣️❣️❣️
Excellent video Pam 🤗💕
Love the bees! & SunBun!
I think that old-fashioned machine is a cotton gin.
Ah! That could bee!! ;)
Ha! Maybee!
I love your ideas so creative
Bee 🐝 kind.
I can’t wait for part 2!
Comes out this Monday :)
I just found you and subscribed on your Junk Journal video. And THENÑN! As I was buzzing through YT, you came on with a Bee Journal. Thank you for sharing and bee yourself!
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Thanks for subbing!
@@ThePaperOutpost You are quite welcome 🐝
Lovely
Great video.
What great idea!!