Good morning Marci🤗 Very informative, I always look at those book sales and it is frustrating when they don't provided information about what you are buying. I have one Edith Holden book and I am keeping in my collection for now. Thanks for the video, hope you have a fab day. 💕
I'm glad this was helpful. I get frustrated by the lack of information too. My daughter recently told me that Thrift Books and World of Books are also owned by Amazon!!
@@CreatorsCall bought a journal book in wonderful condition for $18 with the intention of making a junk journal. however, i can’t bring myself to tear it. i’ll be on the lookout for another one.
Please show us the pictures/list the EH fan chose to use and not use. I am 77 year old but back when I was elementary school, we used to use Clorox or hydroxide peroxide to erase ink errors in our writing. It may have been diluted but because my mother prepared it for me, I do not know. Maybe that would work for you in removing the names from your date book. I really appreciate your comments and flip throughs. My only note is that you didn't show the tops of most of the pages in the recipe book. You showed the lower 3/4 of most pages.
I'm so sorry the flip-through of some books was a little out of frame. The images on the Cookery Notes pages were primarily placed toward the bottom of each page. On the pages where the corners were decorated, the design was repeated in all 4 corners. The same was true of the Nature Notes book with the similar design. Hopefully that is helpful. I've added the video by Tatty Treasure to the description box. In it Tanya shows how she chooses which pages she wants to use as journal spreads and which images she cuts up. Hopefully you find that video useful as well. I plan to do a video down the line where I use Tanya's video as a guideline when I deconstruct my books. There is simply so much loveliness in Edith's artwork that I am still holding back a little bit from using them. Also, my schedule has been too busy to start a big project just yet. ☺ Thanks for your valuable feedback, Barbara, and also for the handy tip on removing ink. I'll have to test it out. I imagine your mom did dilute the solution you used, so I will too. I appreciate your watching and your helpful comments. 💖
I never thought to look for other versions of her work either until I saw other crafters with the different books. I am ready to use all the pretty pages now, I just had to hold onto them for awhile first. TFW today!
Thank you for the info and yes it is frustrating , since you did such a GREAT job I'm going to look for the Nature Notes I want the days of the month.... LoL...
Glad it was helpful! I wish you success in your hunt for Nature Notes. I recently purchased Garden Notes and The Birthday Book both of which also have the days of the month, but in different formats. The Birthday Book fills in the dates with the blurbs from the Country Diary book. It's so sweet. The images in all of these books are lovely. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment - I appreciate it! 💖
We have skippers in ID! I used to collect them when I was a kid!! At least the critters I used to collect in the ditches, and irrigation waters, we called skippers! 🤷🏼♀️😂 The books are gorgeous!! I’d have a hard time sharing! 😂❤
Yes, my brothers used to collect those water skippers too. It's fascinating, the way they glide along the top of the water, leaving the tiny indentations where their feet rest. But I think this book was referring to some type of moth or butterfly. I suppose I could Google it...
A nice collection yes I always go for very good or like new in second hand books and are just that when they arrive. There is also an Edith Holden Crafts book too I've seen around 😀😊
Thank you for taking the time to do this! It is so creative of you to think of this and I love that you think of new crafters when making videos. It isn't redundant to some of us ☺I just hit subscribe and looking forward to viewing more vids from you channel. Have a great week!
@@CreatorsCall thanks for the tip of checking EBay. I am waiting on delivery of an Edith Holden now and let you know if the transaction turns out well. I found a Goodwill seller out of North Carolina that had a copy for $13 - free shipping. This will be my first ever EH book!
I really enjoyed this today! I have two copies...one vintage and on not of Country Diary. I don't have anything else that she wrote and illustrated. I got my copies on Etsy. Like you, I never see her books in thrift stores. In Canada they seem to find them in thrift stores everywhere. Perhaps because she was British and they're still a colony...part of the Commonwealth basically. I'm sitting here getting ready for hurricane Nicole. She'll hit us sometime in the early hours of Thursday morning. She's moving fast so hopefully she'll be out of here by Friday. I always pray I keep power. Being without it for a long time is the worst part. I'm as prepared as I can be so please pray that the east coast of Florida will be safe. Thank you!
Oh dear, another hurricane! Prayers for your safety and that your power isn't affected. Stay safe! (It's snowing here today.) I think you're right in that the British connected countries have better access to her books.
I've finally managed to get a copy of Edith Holden. My bookshop, run by the Red Cross, drives me crazy. They say they get loads of Edith being donated but they all go in the bin. They think they don't have value. They bin so many donated books! And they won't let you get books out of the rubbish. They absolutely refuse to sell them!
That's infuriating! I'm glad you were able to find a copy for yourself. I think you also commented once that they toss the Readers Digest books too. You would think they would be happy to sell a few if it meant extra sales for the charity, especially since you are asking for them. Personally, I wouldn't be above a little dumpster diving... but, by no means should you infer that I am recommending YOU do it. 😉
@@CreatorsCall Oh I did! Lol! And they put a stop to it! The dumpster now has a lock on it! The readers digests they give away for free. It's beyond me why they can't have a few boxes of books going cheap. Some folks just crazy!😂😂😂
I'm new to paper crafting and have just picked up two copies of Edwardian Lady for $4.50 each at a local book sale. I've been dying for a video like this so THANK YOU!!! As a sidenote, I'd like to remind those with a habit of flipping pages near the spine: please break that habit, sooner than later. I was taught at an early age to respect books and help them live long lives. Your video was wonderful! This really encouraged me to start looking for more/others!
So authentic and beautiful artwork! You are thoughtful to share these with us! other channels talk about her books but not a review and flip through of her collections. Love it. Thank you for sharing Marci..... still my favorite is The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady: love the soft art and her handwritings!
I agree, it's hard to know what you're getting if you don't know what you're supposed to be looking for. The photos, in this case, are not worth any words. Glad you found it helpful. Edith's artwork refreshes the soul.
I'm so confused and upset. WHY on Earth would anyone cut these beautiful books up?? Can't the illustrations simply be photocopied? I have loved these books my whole life and I nearly have the entire collection now. I am collecting them to preserve them, because they not only have significant historic value but they also hold so much incredible information on our natural world. There are even some extinct species of plants and animals that now live only within the pages of Ms. Holden's incredible body of work. And they aren't being printed anymore! As a writer, collector, and booklover, watching a perfectly good book being chopped up is like watching a massacre. After realizing how many people are doing this, I'm inspired to purchase every copy of these that I come across for no other reason than to simply protect and preserve these literary treasures. I understand that people want to make journals, but there has to be a way to do it without destroying a book that was in perfectly good condition.
Personally, I buy books that are not in good condition or are on their way to the trash to use for journal making. When I first ordered these books, I couldn't bear to part with them and so I have copies of both of Edith's books as well as the Herb Garden book in my personal collection. As far as using the beautiful pages in journals, I choose books that are not in good condition so that my conscience is appeased. Also, you have to understand how many books wind up in the landfill because no one wants them. A large percentage of all the things you see in thrift stores ultimately gets sent to the trash. A sad but true fact. To take an unwanted book and turn it into a treasure, to give it new life and purpose, is the best way to honor a book, in my opinion. I've had my EH books for several years. I couldn't bear to take them apart at first and kept them to appreciate them. However, I'm now at the point that I can feel good about using them to make pages and lovely ephemera for journals. That is the reason I purchased these books in the first place. Now I can let them go and feel good about creating something beautiful with them. I can both appreciate a beautiful book and still feel fine about making art with the lovely pages. Illustrations can be photocopied and used ONLY IF the journal is not being sold. I've heard some crafters say that they use copies of the images in the journals they make for themselves. I make journals to sell so I cannot copy pages as it is a violation of copyright. I've heard rumors that Edith's great-niece is trying to get the books reissued. We will see. I think the market was flooded when they were first published. At the time I bought my first 2 books, they were only $5.00 or so. These were not books that were considered valuable because they were so common. We are aware of these lovely books only because a crafter somewhere found a copy and used the lovely illustrations, sharing it on her channel. It caught the attention of some more crafters who shared it, and so on. Then the book sellers caught on that crafters wanted these books and so the prices were jacked up to anywhere from $50-80 apiece! There are still lots of these books in the UK, Canada and other British affiliated countries, just maybe not as common in the U.S. I've had several people comment that their local libraries and thrift stores are throwing these books away, not allowing anyone the opportunity to buy/rescue them. That is FAR more disturbing to me! That being said, I will forever keep a copy of these lovely books on my personal shelf to treasure always. I think if you read through the comments on many of the EH videos you will find that many of us journal makers have an extra copy of an EH book tucked away somewhere just to admire. Thanks for watching and for your insightful comments, Madeline. I sincerely hope you return to watch more of my videos and read this reply. 💖
@@CreatorsCall - Actually that makes a lot of sense when you put it that way. As you can tell, I'm passionate about books and history, which can sometimes get the best of me. And I am not too proud to admit when I've made a mistake or misjudged a situation. The original "Diary" was very much responsible for the making of me, found in a dusty corner of the school library when, as an awkward 7th grader, the books and the librarian were my only friends. I guess that's why it means so much to me. Where I live they are definitely difficult to come by and the prices can be absolutely insane. (I recently saw a copy of Nature Notes online that was nearly $100!) Please forgive a passionate bibliophile for jumping the gun in defense of my beloved bookie friends and thank you for being patient when I was being less than kind.
No worries, I completely understand, Madeline. I felt that way too when I first saw these gorgeous books being used in journals. As a fellow bibliophile I enjoy being able to take unwanted discarded books and make something lovely out of them. I hate to see books going in the trash. Yes, the prices have gotten outlandish, although they seem to be coming down (a little bit) recently. I have never found any of the EH books "out in the wild". I would probably dance a jig and do cartwheels if I did! I've had to purchase all of mine online. I'm glad you have a collection going that you didn't pay a fortune for. I continuously tell my viewers not to fork over outrageous prices for these or any books/craft supplies. We have the power to affect prices by choosing where to spend our hard earned dollars. What a lovely discovery in your school library! I hadn't seen any of Edith's work until I saw it here on YT. I hope that lovely book was your first EH acquisition. From one awkward 7th grader to another.... 💖 P.S. If you would like another equally lovely book to treasure, look for "A Victorian Flower Album" by Henry Terry (if you don't already own a copy). That's another one I ordered, then kept for my own bookshelf. I think you'll love it too. 🤗
@@CreatorsCall - We have more in common than I thought! Lol. Yes, the original diary was my first EH book purchase. I had waited on one of those "instant alerts" from Thriftbooks for just over a year when I finally got the long-awaited "ding!" that absolutely made my decade. I'd been trying to find a hardback first edition in good shape for 30 years. I first fell in love with it back around 1992, long before the internet and other easy ways of acquiring specific books. For many years I had no idea that there were further volumes! I currently have the original diary, Cookery Notes, Book of Flowers, Herbal, Creating a Butterfly Garden, Creating a Wildflower Garden, Decorating: English Country Style, and the Book of Crafts. I don't have the Victorian album that you mentioned, but I do have "The Country Flowers of a Victorian Lady" by Fanny Robinson and a whole other collection of the Flower Fairies books by Mary Cicely Barker. I also highly recommend "A Sampler of Wayside Herbs" by Barbara Pond. I'm so glad that I found your channel, albeit with a bit of a rocky start. 🤭Thank you for welcoming a fellow riotous bibliophile. 😂
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Good morning Marci🤗
Very informative, I always look at those book sales and it is frustrating when they don't provided information about what you are buying. I have one Edith Holden book and I am keeping in my collection for now. Thanks for the video, hope you have a fab day. 💕
I'm glad this was helpful. I get frustrated by the lack of information too. My daughter recently told me that Thrift Books and World of Books are also owned by Amazon!!
exactly what i was looking for . thanks! ❤
Glad I could help! 💕
@@CreatorsCall bought a journal book in wonderful condition for $18 with the intention of making a junk journal. however, i can’t bring myself to tear it. i’ll be on the lookout for another one.
Very helpful. I was wondering about the differences myself. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful, Donna! TFW .💖
Please show us the pictures/list the EH fan chose to use and not use. I am 77 year old but back when I was elementary school, we used to use Clorox or hydroxide peroxide to erase ink errors in our writing. It may have been diluted but because my mother prepared it for me, I do not know. Maybe that would work for you in removing the names from your date book. I really appreciate your comments and flip throughs. My only note is that you didn't show the tops of most of the pages in the recipe book. You showed the lower 3/4 of most pages.
I'm so sorry the flip-through of some books was a little out of frame. The images on the Cookery Notes pages were primarily placed toward the bottom of each page. On the pages where the corners were decorated, the design was repeated in all 4 corners. The same was true of the Nature Notes book with the similar design. Hopefully that is helpful.
I've added the video by Tatty Treasure to the description box. In it Tanya shows how she chooses which pages she wants to use as journal spreads and which images she cuts up. Hopefully you find that video useful as well. I plan to do a video down the line where I use Tanya's video as a guideline when I deconstruct my books. There is simply so much loveliness in Edith's artwork that I am still holding back a little bit from using them. Also, my schedule has been too busy to start a big project just yet. ☺
Thanks for your valuable feedback, Barbara, and also for the handy tip on removing ink. I'll have to test it out. I imagine your mom did dilute the solution you used, so I will too. I appreciate your watching and your helpful comments. 💖
Thank you for that info, I got mine when they were about 10 dollars. I never thought to look for others, hugs.
I never thought to look for other versions of her work either until I saw other crafters with the different books. I am ready to use all the pretty pages now, I just had to hold onto them for awhile first. TFW today!
Thank you for doing this… very helpful.🙂
I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the info and yes it is frustrating , since you did such a GREAT job I'm going to look for the Nature Notes I want the days of the month.... LoL...
Glad it was helpful! I wish you success in your hunt for Nature Notes. I recently purchased Garden Notes and The Birthday Book both of which also have the days of the month, but in different formats. The Birthday Book fills in the dates with the blurbs from the Country Diary book. It's so sweet. The images in all of these books are lovely. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment - I appreciate it! 💖
I featured The Birthday Book in this week's haul video, (hint-hint 😉): th-cam.com/video/OSuU19mOtwQ/w-d-xo.html
You have a nice collection of Edith books!💕💕
Thank you! I've been enjoying them for awhile, but now am finally ready to use them. 🤗
We have skippers in ID! I used to collect them when I was a kid!! At least the critters I used to collect in the ditches, and irrigation waters, we called skippers! 🤷🏼♀️😂
The books are gorgeous!! I’d have a hard time sharing! 😂❤
Yes, my brothers used to collect those water skippers too. It's fascinating, the way they glide along the top of the water, leaving the tiny indentations where their feet rest. But I think this book was referring to some type of moth or butterfly. I suppose I could Google it...
A nice collection yes I always go for very good or like new in second hand books and are just that when they arrive. There is also an Edith Holden Crafts book too I've seen around 😀😊
That would be a neat book to add to the collection, wouldn't it?
@@CreatorsCall definitely
Thank you for taking the time to do this! It is so creative of you to think of this and I love that you think of new crafters when making videos. It isn't redundant to some of us ☺I just hit subscribe and looking forward to viewing more vids from you channel. Have a great week!
Thank you, Carrie! I'm delighted you're here! 💖
@@CreatorsCall thanks for the tip of checking EBay. I am waiting on delivery of an Edith Holden now and let you know if the transaction turns out well. I found a Goodwill seller out of North Carolina that had a copy for $13 - free shipping. This will be my first ever EH book!
Wow, that's terrific! 💖
I really enjoyed this today! I have two copies...one vintage and on not of Country Diary. I don't have anything else that she wrote and illustrated. I got my copies on Etsy. Like you, I never see her books in thrift stores. In Canada they seem to find them in thrift stores everywhere. Perhaps because she was British and they're still a colony...part of the Commonwealth basically. I'm sitting here getting ready for hurricane Nicole. She'll hit us sometime in the early hours of Thursday morning. She's moving fast so hopefully she'll be out of here by Friday. I always pray I keep power. Being without it for a long time is the worst part. I'm as prepared as I can be so please pray that the east coast of Florida will be safe. Thank you!
Oh dear, another hurricane! Prayers for your safety and that your power isn't affected. Stay safe! (It's snowing here today.)
I think you're right in that the British connected countries have better access to her books.
@@CreatorsCall Thank you so much Marci!
Good luck! Thinking of you!
I've finally managed to get a copy of Edith Holden. My bookshop, run by the Red Cross, drives me crazy. They say they get loads of Edith being donated but they all go in the bin. They think they don't have value. They bin so many donated books! And they won't let you get books out of the rubbish. They absolutely refuse to sell them!
That's infuriating! I'm glad you were able to find a copy for yourself. I think you also commented once that they toss the Readers Digest books too. You would think they would be happy to sell a few if it meant extra sales for the charity, especially since you are asking for them. Personally, I wouldn't be above a little dumpster diving... but, by no means should you infer that I am recommending YOU do it. 😉
@@CreatorsCall Oh I did! Lol! And they put a stop to it! The dumpster now has a lock on it! The readers digests they give away for free. It's beyond me why they can't have a few boxes of books going cheap. Some folks just crazy!😂😂😂
Truth.
This is so helpful! Oh my gosh! These are lovely
Glad you found it helpful, Carol! 🥰
I'm new to paper crafting and have just picked up two copies of Edwardian Lady for $4.50 each at a local book sale. I've been dying for a video like this so THANK YOU!!! As a sidenote, I'd like to remind those with a habit of flipping pages near the spine: please break that habit, sooner than later. I was taught at an early age to respect books and help them live long lives. Your video was wonderful! This really encouraged me to start looking for more/others!
Lucky find on those 2 books! Thanks for the tips on preserving our books so they last longer. 😊
So, so helpful!!
Glad you found it helpful, Nancy. Thanks for letting me know and TFW! 🥰
So authentic and beautiful artwork! You are thoughtful to share these with us! other channels talk about her books but not a review and flip through of her collections. Love it. Thank you for sharing Marci..... still my favorite is The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady: love the soft art and her handwritings!
I agree, it's hard to know what you're getting if you don't know what you're supposed to be looking for. The photos, in this case, are not worth any words. Glad you found it helpful. Edith's artwork refreshes the soul.
Very helpful... thanks so much for showing us these beautiful books!
You are so welcome. Glad it was helpful. 💖
I'm so confused and upset. WHY on Earth would anyone cut these beautiful books up?? Can't the illustrations simply be photocopied? I have loved these books my whole life and I nearly have the entire collection now. I am collecting them to preserve them, because they not only have significant historic value but they also hold so much incredible information on our natural world. There are even some extinct species of plants and animals that now live only within the pages of Ms. Holden's incredible body of work. And they aren't being printed anymore! As a writer, collector, and booklover, watching a perfectly good book being chopped up is like watching a massacre. After realizing how many people are doing this, I'm inspired to purchase every copy of these that I come across for no other reason than to simply protect and preserve these literary treasures. I understand that people want to make journals, but there has to be a way to do it without destroying a book that was in perfectly good condition.
Personally, I buy books that are not in good condition or are on their way to the trash to use for journal making. When I first ordered these books, I couldn't bear to part with them and so I have copies of both of Edith's books as well as the Herb Garden book in my personal collection. As far as using the beautiful pages in journals, I choose books that are not in good condition so that my conscience is appeased. Also, you have to understand how many books wind up in the landfill because no one wants them. A large percentage of all the things you see in thrift stores ultimately gets sent to the trash. A sad but true fact. To take an unwanted book and turn it into a treasure, to give it new life and purpose, is the best way to honor a book, in my opinion.
I've had my EH books for several years. I couldn't bear to take them apart at first and kept them to appreciate them. However, I'm now at the point that I can feel good about using them to make pages and lovely ephemera for journals. That is the reason I purchased these books in the first place. Now I can let them go and feel good about creating something beautiful with them. I can both appreciate a beautiful book and still feel fine about making art with the lovely pages.
Illustrations can be photocopied and used ONLY IF the journal is not being sold. I've heard some crafters say that they use copies of the images in the journals they make for themselves. I make journals to sell so I cannot copy pages as it is a violation of copyright. I've heard rumors that Edith's great-niece is trying to get the books reissued. We will see. I think the market was flooded when they were first published. At the time I bought my first 2 books, they were only $5.00 or so. These were not books that were considered valuable because they were so common. We are aware of these lovely books only because a crafter somewhere found a copy and used the lovely illustrations, sharing it on her channel. It caught the attention of some more crafters who shared it, and so on. Then the book sellers caught on that crafters wanted these books and so the prices were jacked up to anywhere from $50-80 apiece! There are still lots of these books in the UK, Canada and other British affiliated countries, just maybe not as common in the U.S. I've had several people comment that their local libraries and thrift stores are throwing these books away, not allowing anyone the opportunity to buy/rescue them. That is FAR more disturbing to me!
That being said, I will forever keep a copy of these lovely books on my personal shelf to treasure always. I think if you read through the comments on many of the EH videos you will find that many of us journal makers have an extra copy of an EH book tucked away somewhere just to admire. Thanks for watching and for your insightful comments, Madeline. I sincerely hope you return to watch more of my videos and read this reply. 💖
@@CreatorsCall - Actually that makes a lot of sense when you put it that way. As you can tell, I'm passionate about books and history, which can sometimes get the best of me. And I am not too proud to admit when I've made a mistake or misjudged a situation. The original "Diary" was very much responsible for the making of me, found in a dusty corner of the school library when, as an awkward 7th grader, the books and the librarian were my only friends. I guess that's why it means so much to me. Where I live they are definitely difficult to come by and the prices can be absolutely insane. (I recently saw a copy of Nature Notes online that was nearly $100!) Please forgive a passionate bibliophile for jumping the gun in defense of my beloved bookie friends and thank you for being patient when I was being less than kind.
No worries, I completely understand, Madeline. I felt that way too when I first saw these gorgeous books being used in journals. As a fellow bibliophile I enjoy being able to take unwanted discarded books and make something lovely out of them. I hate to see books going in the trash.
Yes, the prices have gotten outlandish, although they seem to be coming down (a little bit) recently. I have never found any of the EH books "out in the wild". I would probably dance a jig and do cartwheels if I did! I've had to purchase all of mine online. I'm glad you have a collection going that you didn't pay a fortune for. I continuously tell my viewers not to fork over outrageous prices for these or any books/craft supplies. We have the power to affect prices by choosing where to spend our hard earned dollars. What a lovely discovery in your school library! I hadn't seen any of Edith's work until I saw it here on YT. I hope that lovely book was your first EH acquisition. From one awkward 7th grader to another.... 💖
P.S. If you would like another equally lovely book to treasure, look for "A Victorian Flower Album" by Henry Terry (if you don't already own a copy). That's another one I ordered, then kept for my own bookshelf. I think you'll love it too. 🤗
@@CreatorsCall - We have more in common than I thought! Lol. Yes, the original diary was my first EH book purchase. I had waited on one of those "instant alerts" from Thriftbooks for just over a year when I finally got the long-awaited "ding!" that absolutely made my decade. I'd been trying to find a hardback first edition in good shape for 30 years. I first fell in love with it back around 1992, long before the internet and other easy ways of acquiring specific books.
For many years I had no idea that there were further volumes! I currently have the original diary, Cookery Notes, Book of Flowers, Herbal, Creating a Butterfly Garden, Creating a Wildflower Garden, Decorating: English Country Style, and the Book of Crafts.
I don't have the Victorian album that you mentioned, but I do have "The Country Flowers of a Victorian Lady" by Fanny Robinson and a whole other collection of the Flower Fairies books by Mary Cicely Barker. I also highly recommend "A Sampler of Wayside Herbs" by Barbara Pond.
I'm so glad that I found your channel, albeit with a bit of a rocky start. 🤭Thank you for welcoming a fellow riotous bibliophile. 😂
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