Loved this video too! You inspire all of us, your fans! Guess what!? I just received your book from Amazon, sat down in the recliner, and looked at every page! It's a fabulous book, and you did a wonderful job! I recommend to all "Treasure Books" fans!
I'm sure it is a marvelous work! For my own opinion is that GOD has truly anointed Natasha for this #treasurebook thing! I love her work, and I love her tutorials!!❤️
I just adore you. You're so real. I love that you're honest. And I love that you're all over the place sometimes. That's the true spontaneous creative. I can very much relate to having too much stuff. It's actually stealing my peace. So I've been sorting again, but one thing that truly resonated with me today was the fact that I have to get rid of stuff I just flat have too much and in my lifetime I will never use it all up. But what I do want to say I got great ideas from you today. Thank you so much for sharing your gift, your inspiration and your time with us. It's truly looked forward to, and don't worry about pressuring yourself for us. We'll be here whenever you get your videos out❤.
Asemic writing would be a therapeutic way to process things. Then I thought, it would be hilarious if an archeologist, in years to come, found the very journal, with the yellow page and purple flower, filled with asemic writing, and believed they translated it into some grand philosophical statement when really it was jibber-jabber. 😂 Made me laugh out loud. PS: Thank you for your inspiration.
😂😂Lol I would Love to see the how the archeologist trying hard to interpret the Asemic writing. I also would Love to see what they say about all the junk journals they found. 🤔🤔🤔
You must have the most amazing dreams with that creative spirit living inside of you!! Thank you for all the uniqueness you inspire in us!! Blessings from Betty in Ohio.
I love the fact that you’re so real. You don’t try to act like you love everything you make, but you’re also not shy about saying that you love how something came out. You are creative, clever, and most important, genuine. Thank you!
Muses... Not a fan of the yellow... Love the covers ... You always turn things around... U And I actually love the book belongs page.. lil bit stickers or trims...
Please do not take this the wrong way, but I LOVED the rambling content today! I love your personality. "It doesn't have to be perfect." But in the next scene, you fix the imperfection. You're professional. You're real. You're hilarious. I had a bad week at work where over 100 employees were laid off. Today's video taught me, inspired me, but most importantly, made me LAUGH. Thank you! 💜
This lifted my spirits tremendously: I am 70 and have developed an intention tremor in my left hand (I’m left-handed). So, now more and more often there are struggles with writing, cutting, gluing, sewing, etc. Your asemic writing struck me immediately 🤦🏼♀️! Even though it wasn’t planned for this video, it was a fortuitous lightening bolt of hope for me; I can write without writing!!! Whodda thunk!!! While I will use all your print-masking tips from today, the asemic writing is the treasure I will take to my workroom tonight and will “un-write” for the sheer fun of it. 😊❤
"I'm still here." - I've known the term "junk journal" for years. I've only just really considered making one a few weeks ago. Your videos have been inspiration and muse but also... I really just *didn't* know how to do any of the things you've covered in this video. The same for most of them! I never think about most of the ideas you so easily bring to life and I love learning how to cover book pages, use old envelopes, sew fabric and paper together, or even just ideas for where to add buttons. I know I'm not the only one. 8 billion people in the world, there are tons of us still learning the basics. And you teach them SO well!
Don't be so hard on yourself. Your ideas are fine and you really bring joy into my life! It makes me sad to see how much you put down your ideas. you are an inspiration to me. Keep your game face on!
Natash, i can not even begin to describe how much i needed to hear your words on "letting the demons out". I was just sitting at my craft table, crafting and listening to you, and then you said those words.....🥺🤯😮💨. I felt my soul exhale. I have been fighting some nasty words that I've really wanted to say to someone, and that just isn't me. I try very hard to not spew my "demons" on anyone. I wasted way too many years living that way. I had my "ah-ha" moment and changed how I spoke to people. I will go out of my way to be kind and spread some love now. But this one instance has really had me fired up. Again, I absolutely can not even begin to tell you how hard your words landed on my demons. I have since put them to bed and moved on from this situation that blackening my heart. Thank you 🙏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻. From the depths of my soul, 🙏🏻thank you. Oh, and.....👌🏻another fantastic video full of wonderful inspiration, giggles and laughs, and all the best parts of you! 🥰
That ‘sewing with yarn’ technique produces such beautiful, textured results. I love listening to your musings and creations. 😊 You’re a cut above the rest. 💃 I was still there. 😅
I was still there until the end. You made me smile. What most inspired me was the very thing you were unsure about. I liked that you moved with the flow and although it wasn't according to the plan, you let the muse guide you. I don't think you were abandoned at all, just inspired to work with what was on your desk. Thank you.
I LOVE these ideas to use book pages. For some of us it’s not obvious! Thank you for keeping it simple sometimes. Love the black paint, paper strips and pads and the doodles. 👏
I love the simplicity of these techniques that turn something ordinary into something absolutely over the top fabulous! I had a teacher in middle school that used to get sidetracked all the time when she was teaching. She called it bird watching. She would get off topic then say, "Oops! I'm bird watching again!" I thought it was so funny that I use that term in my classroom now 30 years later. Haha!!! Take care and thank you for all of your marvelous videos. I've learned so much from you! The longer I watch the more I crack up at your commentary!!!! I absolutely love how your personality shines through into your videos!!!
Don’t feel bad about this you inspire everyone with your creativity I appreciate all your inspiration and creativity I love how you recycle thank you Theola
Love, love, love it. I always come away from your videos infused with inspiration and a million ideas. Some techniques feel so obvious, yet we are oblivious to them until someone like you points it out. I always enjoy your ability to mix textures so effortlessly. I have lots of paper strips and book pages in my crafting space that are currently calling my name!
I luv everything you do- God Bless you and all your ideas. I’ll be getting busy dibbing and dabbing and see what I can come up with as well!! I will start w my sewing machine!! Tyou for yr inspiration and looking at yr journal cover w pretty lace and buttons on left side- simply gorgeous!!❤️
I just recently started taking pages out of a few books I got. So I have TONS of book pages on top of my already existing endless pages 🤦🏻♀️ So while watching your video, I pulled out some of the pages from my piles, grabbed some paint, and a brush. Now I’m doing one of my favorite things…painting on book pages! But in a slightly different way than I typically do. Thank you for the inspiration, you are always so inspiring! Even if it’s something we’ve done before, we do so many different things all the time that we can often forget about the things we used to do. Having a reminder or refresher course is never a bad thing. 😊
You have so many great ideas. I think you are too hard on yourself because even when you think something doesn’t look good, you manage to fix it with additional embellishments. You inspire me each and every time you post a new video. I love it all!!!
Yes, I am still here! You are so inspiring to me every single time I see you. I am amazed that you can think of so many different things day after day, week after week! Sewing yarn on paper is something I never would’ve thought of in 1 million years. Thank you so much for all the amazing ideas!
I have been watching Treasure books for about 4 months. You are so brilliant. You inspire me with your journal making. I have learned so much about making journal. You absolutely make my day. Thank you so very much.
Still here! Love the honesty, the giddiness, the way you let us in to the creative process. I had an aha! moment regarding some mix and match sticky notes I have, that look better together than they do separately. Cut into strips, glue on to page, doodle around - done! So easy! Very simple, but it wouldn't have happened without you.
I'm a fiber artist, first and foremost, so your hack for sewing over yarn is amazing! I have a ridiculous amount of yarn that I've spun and dyed over the years and there is no way I'll ever be able to knit, crochet, weave, etc. it all. Now I can incorporate it into my junk journaling. You are so talented and I really appreciate you for sharing your creative genius with us. Have a great night!
I’m gradually making my way through your videos Natasa, you are such an inspiration to me, I’ve been gathering bits and pieces together for literally years-I’m a frugal person who likes to repurpose things but haven’t got round to making a junk journal yet. I find it hard to just go for it and have to plan everything which really holds me back! The more I watch you, the more I’m inspired to just go for it and I’ve started making tabs and labels to go into my journal. This video has sparked so many ideas and I especially like the sewing tips for the yarn stitching-so clever to thread the yarn through a straw (or piece of penne!) and I’m going to give it a go! I’ve found in the past that I watch a lot of your videos for inspiration but don’t actually get round to the crafting bit so that’s my new resolution to watch your video and then create something from all your amazing ideas. Thank you for your precious time and for sharing all your amazing creativity with us🥰 You also made me laugh a lot when you were talking about Asemic writing and getting it all out!😂
How I love that you always come up with ways to repurpose things for journals. Using book pages in the ways you demonstrated is brilliant. Thanks for the ideas!!
Enjoyed the video. Learned a new term --Asemic writing. It's always good to increase vocabulary and word knowledge. And as usual you are an inspiration.
Your page ideas blew me away, so inspiring. Love the gold buttons looks very medieval style. Your style of creating is truly one of a kind. You could make these different pages and glue them together into writing pads for a gift or happy mail.
I'm still here! I believe the first video of yours that I watched was the Junk Mail Envelope Journal, that now has had 1.1 million views! Amazing ❤ It was likely the first junk journal item that I ever made. I was a little frustrated, not used to this type of craft. It took a lot of time and I didn't have much to work with materials wise. From that time, I have made a Christmas journal, 6 denim journals (inspired by 49 dragonflies) and countless pages of coffee dyed papers and collages. I am always inspired by your videos, your craft is beautiful but truthfully I keep watching because you are genuine, you make me laugh and you make me feel like I can keep going, keep making things even if they aren't exactly how I expected them to turn out. And for all this, I thank you ❤
Completely inspired by this video! 😊 I love the fun and passion that goes into creating a good “treasure journal.” Having space to write, sketch and paint to share the emotion of the day, is equally as important as building the journal. Keeping all these elements together in one place provides an opportunity to capture the energy of life. Thank you for sharing your ideas and passion.❤
I LOVE what you did here with the book pages ❤❤❤ - that's why I watched 😅. I wouldn't give "the creative muse" too much power over my emotions 😉 Sometimes we are bigger and better than it! What you did was perfect for today ... paper bag can wait it's turn 😂
As always so inspiring and down to earth. It's the basics that make creating journals such fun! Start with a piece of paper and GO FORI IT! No one page is the same yet it all started with a basic page. Thanks!
I am still here! But on my TV and I did the Thumbs up. Lol You always spark inspiration for me. I have made many, many books, journals, and ephemera pieces. Don't stop what you are doing. Your passion transmutes through the air waves or frequencies, and it is contagious!!
I’m still here😂. Always watch to the end. Loved the writing! Always come away with a new to me idea or two or more…😉Loved the spontaneity and fun of today’s video😉. Fun to catch a glimpse of a different side of you…every video you share is creative and inspiring, thank you. The journal cover with the beads and buttons is lovely! Really like the notepaper on the book pages and the yarn fed through the foot …WHAT?!?! oh my goodness, who knew!?! LOVE that! I will definitely be trying that! I have a lot of book pages also and appreciate all the fun ideas you shared. Thanks again! ❤
I'm still here!!!! You are very inspiring, every video. I am always pleasantly surprised and a bit in awe by how you come up with new and creative ideas for pages and tags and ephemera. I am new to junk journals, last Autumn I discovered your channel and that was it for me! Thank you for all you teach us. I really appreciate you and your work.
Love that this video demonstrates the leaving of the muse and stuff you did not like, Natasha. It's great to show that art is unpredictable and that imperfection is fine.
Thanks Natasha, your scrapbooking pages and ideas are so adorable and the things you make are very creative, been inspired a lot. I'm making one for my best friend to try cheer her up, the whole thing is Skyrim game themed. When I have a moment of "I don't know what to do next" you help me. Believe it or not I come here and I have an idea right away so thank you, God bless you and your creativity always 🐦🙏❤
I do look forward to your videos. Such great ideas always and I love listening to your commentary. The straw to put the yarn through was a really clever idea and sewing the yarn on paper was something I have never seen. You have such great ideas. Keep up the good work. I love everything you do!!
You inspired me to grab my book pages and paint and doodle ! I’m always looking for ways to add writing spots and you gave me many fresh ideas ! You are such an inspiration, thank you !🦋
Yes! I feel a bit like, “Whaaaat?” It may seem so simple to you, but for those of us who don’t think so out-of-the-box, are quite inspired by your simple techniques…I’m always wanting to do things like this with book pages, only I don’t think of thinks like this🤨 Thank you for sharing this with us!!!
Sweetie I think you're one of the most creative people I have ever seen you don't always tell people to run out and buy this and that you just look around the house and God gives you incredible innovative fun ways to do interesting things you're crafting is amazing you're amazing and out of all the videos I watch not only do you present it well you present fabulous interesting fun art and we're so glad that you have an opportunity in this world to show the creativity that it's put inside of you! Your presentation is clear crisp and quick it holds my interest and I think these pages are the cats meow! I guess that kind of shows you I'm a retiree in Florida but you go girl!❤
i can not believe it but it is true...somehow i missed this video from 3 months ago. when i first discovered you i was so inspired i could not wait to see what else you had to offer. i binge watched what i thought was every single one of your videos. i was so happy to be sitting in front of my tv and watch for hours on end. thanks to a question on your fb page i discovered this video. pure joy! i was taking notes for all the inspiration. it came at a perfect time as i am in the middle of embellishing a current jj and will certainly apply some of these fantastic ideas....you are a true gem and you shine each and every time i view your videos. thanks millions for all you do!
I had thousands of books collected over a lifetime. I am trying to simplify things now so I sold and gifted as many as I could. I kept the really special ones for myself. Used some for book folding and altered book art. Now I know what I am going to do with some of the ones that are falling apart, damaged, foxed, yellowing etc,etc, that I just can’t bring myself to just throw away. I love your videos, your ideas are so inspiring. Thank you.
I don' think you ramble ....... you have a LOT of wisdom and talent, and your ideas are amazing. And you don't just show us how to make something, you also give us what you learned along the way so we can possibly avoid pitfalls you experienced. Thank you for sharing your talented gift and showing us your most unique ideas
Natasa you are too hard on yourself. Everything was great. The sewing pieces really inspired me. I'm still here and will ALWAYS be. You crack me upa!!!!
I’m still here. I don’t have a sewing machine because I don’t sew, but I loved the other ideas. I like putting the notebook pages on the book page. Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re human but so CREATIVE. You’re videos inspire me, I have used some of your ideas and put them in a journal I’m working on. I like using the cut offs on the book pages too, great ideas!
Thanks for creating this comprehensive overview of what I personally consider to be The Core activity for creators of junk journals. I.e making fun (motivating, inviting) spots to write on. Preferably on papers that are PAST their use. For record keeping, therapeutic writing, etc. Binding it all interestingly you covered a lot and effectively in the past as well. But binding is secondary to writing in my mind. So thanks a million for this! My #1 favourite is painting on top of existing paper design semi-transparently (to provide the newly-created space to write AND to appreciate the past of the paper to some extent). Also love the glued onto background offcuts sticking out the edge and/or wrapped around the page. True convergence of economy and fun!!
These ideas have definitely inspired me! So often I start to watch a tutorial, realise I don't have the supplies needed and feel defeated before even giving it a go. Thanks so much for sharing your creative ideas with us! ❤ I appreciate your honesty around not liking everything you make too. As a perfectionist I get discouraged when my work doesn't look how I want it to. I think it's easy to be our own biggest critic. I hope your followers comments remind you that so many love your work! 😊
I'm still here and I've got to be honest, my first thought was that I won't watch this video BUT I am so glad I did!! You never cease to amaze me Natasa. You always have so much to inspire us. You are wonderful. I could so easily make some of these but would not have thought about using the yarn and sewing on top of it. I also wouldn't have thought of just doodling around the edges etc. So many terrific ideas. Thank you 🌷
I love all your creations...muse or not! Please don't apologize for your video....your ideas are always appreciated and I get so much inspiration from them and you!!!! I can't imagine how you are able to come up with all these ideas...must be a lot of pressure! We truly appreciate what your do for your subscribers.
Just last night I was thinking of how I could make writing space on music pages in a journal I working on. And here are some great examples. I’m still here. ❤
You are truly fabulous! So creative & a great teacher. You don't skip over anything and I really appreciate the time you put into your channel. THANK YOU!
Atypically, I jumped right up and gathered supplies to replicate your page of thin strips glued on for writing spaces. I LOVE the look and function. So I'm glueing now!! Great ideas in this video. And yeah, go with the flow, the plan idea will emerge again. It's time wasn't today!!
I'm still here- all the way to the end!! Although you call it "rambling," I love that we get a peek into your thoughts and that you're honest with what you like and dislike, what inspires you and what doesn't. I feel really validated when you "go with the muse" instead of what you originally planned out in the beginning, because sometimes a creative spark just hits you in the middle of nowhere and it can be so distracting!
I am very new to this type of paper crafting. I am accustomed to doing scrapbooks with photos. I am so thrilled to have stumbled across your channel while i was searching for inspiration. I love how you to go off script and go with a thought. I truly love the journal pages that you were not loving, That is how my brain works.
You are incredibly hard on yourself, you may not like everything you did but you gave us so many great ideas and I loved this video. It was great to see you put a page together and make what you did not like in the beginning work so well. I am happily still here👋
In response to your rant at the end of your video,I think that you dont give yourself enough credit. You are so creative! I'm 45 and have been crafting for a lot of years, and you are my go to on TH-cam..Please keep the videos coming!
I invite you to not diss yourself, please. That pic looks awesome and the writing looks cool, feel free to express frustrations and to want to do or be even better or more uniquely you, but you're prettier, more successfully creative and published than many of us and we look up to you. :-)
This video does really help. It did give ideas I didn't have before. Never really gave much thought to painting a book page to make it a writing spot or using so many different types of papers to put on a page to make writing space. Your ideas may seem mundane to you but can really get others like me to think. Thank you. I love the Journal cover you made on camera. I'm glad you went off topic and took us along for the ride. ❤❤❤❤❤
Loved all of the ideas. My stash of … EVERYTHING …. Needs a place to go and book pages are everywhere. When I have too much, I don’t feel creative because I start to feel like I need to use it up before I get anything else. That mindset squashes my creativity. So having videos like this is super helpful to get the creativity flowing again with my overflow of supplies. Even if I don’t feel creative, this video offer super practical ways to use up overflowing stash and turn it into something useful to embellish other projects.
Yes , still here !! Thank you so much for being such an inspiration , you always light my creative fire ! You’re such a lovely genuine lady , it’s like visiting a friend spending time watching you ! Look out book pages ….here I come 😂!
Hi, Natasa 👋 I've been MIA for a while for no good reason and clicked on this vid because I haven't seen you in what feels like forever and the title caught my eye. I want to make a journal to document something I'm doing right now - something I'm going through - and I have several good sized pamphlets explaining everything that's involved. These are very sturdy materials, and just this morning it occurred to me that any one of them would be an excellent journal base. I had a vague idea of how to create some writing space, but you have absolutely inspired me beyond the simple glued on pieces of paper I had imagined just a few hours ago. I've saved this vid in my "Natasa" file so I can refer back to it in the days and weeks to come. Your timing could not be more perfect! Thanks! Hugs from the southern California desert, MK 🤗❤️🌵❤️🤗 PS, I didn't know that I could "follow" somebody on Amazon, but I can and I am now "following" you! Your book is AMAZING!!
Some would say I spent too many years "hunting and gathering" while living in a city-rummage sales, thrift shops, Michaels. After I finally retired at age 75 and moved to the country, I have a most awesome amount of craft stuff. I loved this video to show more uses for what I already have. Also the vid of decorating the edges of pages. I have many hardcover books I've re-paged and they need decorating. Thanks for the ideas
Years ago, my daughter got me a journal and I haven't done much with it except for write down some inspirational quotes. Now that I have watched your videos, this journal is in grave danger of being severely altered.
I'm still here. Lol. I was inspired, especially by the use of the watercolor strips that went beyond the edge of the page. I also liked the way the smaller note pages, placed at angles over each other, left some text around the edges of the writing area in an attractive way. Love the addition of the doodles, too!
Natasa -- not all of us know how to do this stuff. I continue to draw a GREAT deal of inspiration from each of your videos, even those that you are not very happy with in general. Please don't be so hard on yourself. You have creativity oozing from your very soul, in my opinion. And, your writing is FUN!
I'm still here! Thanks for the video. I'm working on a project I DON'T want to have to do and had this video going while I worked. It made me smile! I really like the idea of folding scraps of paper around to the other side of a book page.
As a stroke survivor, I do asemic writing all the time! Of course, it's very hard to decipher when I've done it for a grocery list so my daughter and I are left scratching our heads in the supermarket aisles. Anywho, now I have a fancy-pants word for my handwriting style - LOL! (I will ALWAYS still be here.)
You are fantastic. This is what happens to me all the time. Good to know that I am not the only one. Learning so much from you. Your book is my lifeline when stuck. My problem is too manny ideas lousy execution. But i am getting better at it. Making something nice from junk.Gives me a great feeling. Greetings, Daphne a big fan ❤
The glued on scraps and notepads are my favorite way of adding writing space to any paper. I want to try the paint ones, and do some more decorating and scribbling on the pages. As always, thank you for the tutorial(s) and for the inspiration.
Thanks for sharing your creative ideas. It's been a while since I painted book pages, seeing your video reminded me to be creative with the supplies I have. And I totally understand wanting to do another project, but you have to finish something first! There have been many times that I have an idea that I want to do, but instead of doing that I do what I feel I must get done because it was already on my desk I think many times we don't allow our selves to play. To run off on a tangent trying new things, even if they fail, we are still doing something productive, we are learning, exploring and hopefully we are inspired to enjoy the whole process. Again, Thank you for sharing your creative ideas with us.
I'm still here! Yes, these are simple ideas but honestly ones that I wouldn't have come up with on my own. Especially inspired by the coffee dyed strips. So basic but so effective. A 'wish I'd thought of that' moment. 🌻
I’m still here watched it all the way through while doing my own little journal. I absolutely love your work listening to your video and watching you get creative. Thank you very much for all that you do.
I love the look of the Asemic Writing! Imagine though, if a journal was preserved for centuries and then discovered, and scientists/historians attempted to decipher pages with this style of writing! Lol!!
Yes i'm still here lol xx - i will say that they are all wonderful ideas but my most favorite is the paper on paper - what i like to tell others is That You Plant a Seed of Inspiration and then our Muse will take over and we get to create our own style - i enjoyed this - and i like when you show us options on how to use your techniques - thank you Natasa 🤗🤗
Loved this video too! You inspire all of us, your fans! Guess what!? I just received your book from Amazon, sat down in the recliner, and looked at every page! It's a fabulous book, and you did a wonderful job! I recommend to all "Treasure Books" fans!
Thank you!!!!!
I'm sure it is a marvelous work! For my own opinion is that GOD has truly anointed Natasha for this #treasurebook thing! I love her work, and I love her tutorials!!❤️
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I just adore you. You're so real. I love that you're honest. And I love that you're all over the place sometimes. That's the true spontaneous creative. I can very much relate to having too much stuff. It's actually stealing my peace. So I've been sorting again, but one thing that truly resonated with me today was the fact that I have to get rid of stuff I just flat have too much and in my lifetime I will never use it all up. But what I do want to say I got great ideas from you today. Thank you so much for sharing your gift, your inspiration and your time with us. It's truly looked forward to, and don't worry about pressuring yourself for us. We'll be here whenever you get your videos out❤.
Thank you. I need to get her book!!
Asemic writing would be a therapeutic way to process things. Then I thought, it would be hilarious if an archeologist, in years to come, found the very journal, with the yellow page and purple flower, filled with asemic writing, and believed they translated it into some grand philosophical statement when really it was jibber-jabber. 😂 Made me laugh out loud. PS: Thank you for your inspiration.
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😂😂Lol I would Love to see the how the archeologist trying hard to interpret the Asemic writing.
I also would Love to see what they say about all the junk journals they found. 🤔🤔🤔
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You must have the most amazing dreams with that creative spirit living inside of you!! Thank you for all the uniqueness you inspire in us!! Blessings from Betty in Ohio.
I love the fact that you’re so real. You don’t try to act like you love everything you make, but you’re also not shy about saying that you love how something came out. You are creative, clever, and most important, genuine. Thank you!
Muses... Not a fan of the yellow... Love the covers ... You always turn things around... U
And I actually love the book belongs page.. lil bit stickers or trims...
Please do not take this the wrong way, but I LOVED the rambling content today! I love your personality. "It doesn't have to be perfect." But in the next scene, you fix the imperfection. You're professional. You're real. You're hilarious. I had a bad week at work where over 100 employees were laid off. Today's video taught me, inspired me, but most importantly, made me LAUGH. Thank you! 💜
Oh, that must have been really tough to deal with. So sorry you had to face that but very glad you chose Natasa to lift your spirits.
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This lifted my spirits tremendously: I am 70 and have developed an intention tremor in my left hand (I’m left-handed). So, now more and more often there are struggles with writing, cutting, gluing, sewing, etc. Your asemic writing struck me immediately 🤦🏼♀️! Even though it wasn’t planned for this video, it was a fortuitous lightening bolt of hope for me; I can write without writing!!! Whodda thunk!!! While I will use all your print-masking tips from today, the asemic writing is the treasure I will take to my workroom tonight and will “un-write” for the sheer fun of it. 😊❤
I understand your challenge! I, too, have Essential Tremor Disorder and I'm continuing to find new ways to craft with my challenges! 🤗🙏🤗
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Natasa’s book is outstanding… jam packed with information and inspiration 😽
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"I'm still here." - I've known the term "junk journal" for years. I've only just really considered making one a few weeks ago. Your videos have been inspiration and muse but also... I really just *didn't* know how to do any of the things you've covered in this video. The same for most of them! I never think about most of the ideas you so easily bring to life and I love learning how to cover book pages, use old envelopes, sew fabric and paper together, or even just ideas for where to add buttons.
I know I'm not the only one. 8 billion people in the world, there are tons of us still learning the basics. And you teach them SO well!
Don't be so hard on yourself. Your ideas are fine and you really bring joy into my life! It makes me sad to see how much you put down your ideas. you are an inspiration to me. Keep your game face on!
Thank you so much. I too have noticed that I do that. I need to stop. I
Natash, i can not even begin to describe how much i needed to hear your words on "letting the demons out". I was just sitting at my craft table, crafting and listening to you, and then you said those words.....🥺🤯😮💨. I felt my soul exhale. I have been fighting some nasty words that I've really wanted to say to someone, and that just isn't me. I try very hard to not spew my "demons" on anyone. I wasted way too many years living that way. I had my "ah-ha" moment and changed how I spoke to people. I will go out of my way to be kind and spread some love now. But this one instance has really had me fired up. Again, I absolutely can not even begin to tell you how hard your words landed on my demons. I have since put them to bed and moved on from this situation that blackening my heart. Thank you 🙏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻. From the depths of my soul, 🙏🏻thank you. Oh, and.....👌🏻another fantastic video full of wonderful inspiration, giggles and laughs, and all the best parts of you! 🥰
That ‘sewing with yarn’ technique produces such beautiful, textured results. I love listening to your musings and creations. 😊 You’re a cut above the rest. 💃 I was still there. 😅
I was still there until the end. You made me smile. What most inspired me was the very thing you were unsure about. I liked that you moved with the flow and although it wasn't according to the plan, you let the muse guide you. I don't think you were abandoned at all, just inspired to work with what was on your desk. Thank you.
I LOVE these ideas to use book pages. For some of us it’s not obvious! Thank you for keeping it simple sometimes. Love the black paint, paper strips and pads and the doodles. 👏
I love the simplicity of these techniques that turn something ordinary into something absolutely over the top fabulous! I had a teacher in middle school that used to get sidetracked all the time when she was teaching. She called it bird watching. She would get off topic then say, "Oops! I'm bird watching again!" I thought it was so funny that I use that term in my classroom now 30 years later. Haha!!! Take care and thank you for all of your marvelous videos. I've learned so much from you! The longer I watch the more I crack up at your commentary!!!! I absolutely love how your personality shines through into your videos!!!
Don’t feel bad about this you inspire everyone with your creativity I appreciate all your inspiration and creativity I love how you recycle thank you
Theola
I am 7 minutes into the video......BRILLIANT! Now, back to watching!
Fantastic! Thank you so much ❤️
Love, love, love it. I always come away from your videos infused with inspiration and a million ideas. Some techniques feel so obvious, yet we are oblivious to them until someone like you points it out. I always enjoy your ability to mix textures so effortlessly. I have lots of paper strips and book pages in my crafting space that are currently calling my name!
This! ❤
I luv everything you do- God Bless you and all your ideas. I’ll be getting busy dibbing and dabbing and see what I can come up with as well!! I will start w my sewing machine!! Tyou for yr inspiration and looking at yr journal cover w pretty lace and buttons on left side- simply gorgeous!!❤️
I just recently started taking pages out of a few books I got. So I have TONS of book pages on top of my already existing endless pages 🤦🏻♀️ So while watching your video, I pulled out some of the pages from my piles, grabbed some paint, and a brush. Now I’m doing one of my favorite things…painting on book pages! But in a slightly different way than I typically do. Thank you for the inspiration, you are always so inspiring! Even if it’s something we’ve done before, we do so many different things all the time that we can often forget about the things we used to do. Having a reminder or refresher course is never a bad thing. 😊
Yes, Natasa, still here!😂 We ALWAYS need to be reminded of cool ways to use up the book pages!
Thank you so much for watching till the end!!
You have so many great ideas. I think you are too hard on yourself because even when you think something doesn’t look good, you manage to fix it with additional embellishments. You inspire me each and every time you post a new video. I love it all!!!
I’m still here….will be now and always….besides all the fun ideas you make me chuckle…can’t wait for next time ❤
Yes, I am still here!
You are so inspiring to me every single time I see you. I am amazed that you can think of so many different things day after day, week after week! Sewing yarn on paper is something I never would’ve thought of in 1 million years. Thank you so much for all the amazing ideas!
I have been watching Treasure books for about 4 months. You are so brilliant. You inspire me with your journal making. I have learned so much about making journal. You absolutely make my day. Thank you so very much.
Thank you so much!
Still here! Love the honesty, the giddiness, the way you let us in to the creative process. I had an aha! moment regarding some mix and match sticky notes I have, that look better together than they do separately. Cut into strips, glue on to page, doodle around - done! So easy! Very simple, but it wouldn't have happened without you.
I have SO MANY book pages. Thank you for this. Idk how i’m just now seeing it
I'm a fiber artist, first and foremost, so your hack for sewing over yarn is amazing! I have a ridiculous amount of yarn that I've spun and dyed over the years and there is no way I'll ever be able to knit, crochet, weave, etc. it all. Now I can incorporate it into my junk journaling. You are so talented and I really appreciate you for sharing your creative genius with us. Have a great night!
I’m gradually making my way through your videos Natasa, you are such an inspiration to me, I’ve been gathering bits and pieces together for literally years-I’m a frugal person who likes to repurpose things but haven’t got round to making a junk journal yet. I find it hard to just go for it and have to plan everything which really holds me back! The more I watch you, the more I’m inspired to just go for it and I’ve started making tabs and labels to go into my journal. This video has sparked so many ideas and I especially like the sewing tips for the yarn stitching-so clever to thread the yarn through a straw (or piece of penne!) and I’m going to give it a go! I’ve found in the past that I watch a lot of your videos for inspiration but don’t actually get round to the crafting bit so that’s my new resolution to watch your video and then create something from all your amazing ideas. Thank you for your precious time and for sharing all your amazing creativity with us🥰
You also made me laugh a lot when you were talking about Asemic writing and getting it all out!😂
How I love that you always come up with ways to repurpose things for journals. Using book pages in the ways you demonstrated is brilliant. Thanks for the ideas!!
Enjoyed the video. Learned a new term --Asemic writing. It's always good to increase vocabulary and word knowledge. And as usual you are an inspiration.
If I was limited to just one video maker to watch, it would be YOU!
Thank you so much!!
No apologies/explanations needed. I got so many good ideas from this video. Thank you for always sharing your creative ideas. ❤
I absolutely love how creative ideas just flow as you work.
Your page ideas blew me away, so inspiring. Love the gold buttons looks very medieval style. Your style of creating is truly one of a kind. You could make these different pages and glue them together into writing pads for a gift or happy mail.
I like the unplanned experiments and instruction - it keeps it unexpected and interesting!
I'm still here! I believe the first video of yours that I watched was the Junk Mail Envelope Journal, that now has had 1.1 million views! Amazing ❤
It was likely the first junk journal item that I ever made. I was a little frustrated, not used to this type of craft. It took a lot of time and I didn't have much to work with materials wise. From that time, I have made a Christmas journal, 6 denim journals (inspired by 49 dragonflies) and countless pages of coffee dyed papers and collages.
I am always inspired by your videos, your craft is beautiful but truthfully I keep watching because you are genuine, you make me laugh and you make me feel like I can keep going, keep making things even if they aren't exactly how I expected them to turn out.
And for all this, I thank you ❤
Completely inspired by this video! 😊 I love the fun and passion that goes into creating a good “treasure journal.” Having space to write, sketch and paint to share the emotion of the day, is equally as important as building the journal. Keeping all these elements together in one place provides an opportunity to capture the energy of life. Thank you for sharing your ideas and passion.❤
I love how authentic and spontaneous you are. Don't change a thing.
Thank you so much!!
I LOVE what you did here with the book pages ❤❤❤ - that's why I watched 😅.
I wouldn't give "the creative muse" too much power over my emotions 😉 Sometimes we are bigger and better than it!
What you did was perfect for today ... paper bag can wait it's turn 😂
Love your honesty about feeling the muse abandoned you
As always so inspiring and down to earth. It's the basics that make creating journals such fun! Start with a piece of paper and GO FORI IT! No one page is the same yet it all started with a basic page. Thanks!
I am still here! But on my TV and I did the Thumbs up. Lol You always spark inspiration for me. I have made many, many books, journals, and ephemera pieces. Don't stop what you are doing. Your passion transmutes through the air waves or frequencies, and it is contagious!!
YAY!! a new, happy video from Natasha!!! I so look forward to seeing the notification that you’ve shared your magic with us ❤️
I’m still here😂. Always watch to the end. Loved the writing! Always come away with a new to me idea or two or more…😉Loved the spontaneity and fun of today’s video😉. Fun to catch a glimpse of a different side of you…every video you share is creative and inspiring, thank you. The journal cover with the beads and buttons is lovely! Really like the notepaper on the book pages and the yarn fed through the foot …WHAT?!?! oh my goodness, who knew!?! LOVE that! I will definitely be trying that! I have a lot of book pages also and appreciate all the fun ideas you shared. Thanks again! ❤
I'm still here!!!! You are very inspiring, every video. I am always pleasantly surprised and a bit in awe by how you come up with new and creative ideas for pages and tags and ephemera. I am new to junk journals, last Autumn I discovered your channel and that was it for me!
Thank you for all you teach us. I really appreciate you and your work.
Love that this video demonstrates the leaving of the muse and stuff you did not like, Natasha. It's great to show that art is unpredictable and that imperfection is fine.
Thanks Natasha, your scrapbooking pages and ideas are so adorable and the things you make are very creative, been inspired a lot. I'm making one for my best friend to try cheer her up, the whole thing is Skyrim game themed. When I have a moment of "I don't know what to do next" you help me. Believe it or not I come here and I have an idea right away so thank you, God bless you and your creativity always 🐦🙏❤
I do look forward to your videos. Such great ideas always and I love listening to your commentary. The straw to put the yarn through was a really clever idea and sewing the yarn on paper was something I have never seen. You have such great ideas. Keep up the good work. I love everything you do!!
I love learning from watching your techniques. Absolutely love when you get a creative bug and just start doing them
You inspired me to grab my book pages and paint and doodle ! I’m always looking for ways to add writing spots and you gave me many fresh ideas ! You are such an inspiration, thank you !🦋
Yes! I feel a bit like, “Whaaaat?”
It may seem so simple to you, but for those of us who don’t think so out-of-the-box, are quite inspired by your simple techniques…I’m always wanting to do things like this with book pages, only I don’t think of thinks like this🤨
Thank you for sharing this with us!!!
Sweetie I think you're one of the most creative people I have ever seen you don't always tell people to run out and buy this and that you just look around the house and God gives you incredible innovative fun ways to do interesting things you're crafting is amazing you're amazing and out of all the videos I watch not only do you present it well you present fabulous interesting fun art and we're so glad that you have an opportunity in this world to show the creativity that it's put inside of you! Your presentation is clear crisp and quick it holds my interest and I think these pages are the cats meow! I guess that kind of shows you I'm a retiree in Florida but you go girl!❤
“I’m still here”. So inspiring as always ! Thank you for sharing so generously in your videos.
Thank you so much!!
I’m still here. Made it all the way to the end. Great idea. Thanks!
Awesome! Thank you!
i can not believe it but it is true...somehow i missed this video from 3 months ago. when i first discovered you i was so inspired i could not wait to see what else you had to offer. i binge watched what i thought was every single one of your videos. i was so happy to be sitting in front of my tv and watch for hours on end. thanks to a question on your fb page i discovered this video. pure joy! i was taking notes for all the inspiration. it came at a perfect time as i am in the middle of embellishing a current jj and will certainly apply some of these fantastic ideas....you are a true gem and you shine each and every time i view your videos. thanks millions for all you do!
I'm continuously wondering how to use up book pages, so this is great! Even a few ways to use up my endless pile of paper strips...
“you can throw in some swear words”…love that! Great video, as always. Thanks for sharing your creativity w us❤
You’re writing iS so beautiful don’t doubt yourself
I had thousands of books collected over a lifetime. I am trying to simplify things now so I sold and gifted as many as I could. I kept the really special ones for myself. Used some for book folding and altered book art. Now I know what I am going to do with some of the ones that are falling apart, damaged, foxed, yellowing etc,etc, that I just can’t bring myself to just throw away. I love your videos, your ideas are so inspiring. Thank you.
I'm very much still here! Thank you Natasa, for hanging in there. Hugs and Blessings from Cypress, Texas!
I’m still here & LOVE LOVE 💕 all your projects. 🎉thank you Natasha❤
I don' think you ramble ....... you have a LOT of wisdom and talent, and your ideas are amazing. And you don't just show us how to make something, you also give us what you learned along the way so we can possibly avoid pitfalls you experienced. Thank you for sharing your talented gift and showing us your most unique ideas
Natasa you are too hard on yourself. Everything was great. The sewing pieces really inspired me. I'm still here and will ALWAYS be. You crack me upa!!!!
I’m still here. I don’t have a sewing machine because I don’t sew, but I loved the other ideas. I like putting the notebook pages on the book page. Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re human but so CREATIVE. You’re videos inspire me, I have used some of your ideas and put them in a journal I’m working on. I like using the cut offs on the book pages too, great ideas!
Thanks for creating this comprehensive overview of what I personally consider to be The Core activity for creators of junk journals. I.e making fun (motivating, inviting) spots to write on. Preferably on papers that are PAST their use. For record keeping, therapeutic writing, etc. Binding it all interestingly you covered a lot and effectively in the past as well. But binding is secondary to writing in my mind. So thanks a million for this! My #1 favourite is painting on top of existing paper design semi-transparently (to provide the newly-created space to write AND to appreciate the past of the paper to some extent). Also love the glued onto background offcuts sticking out the edge and/or wrapped around the page. True convergence of economy and fun!!
I loved what u said about decluttering our minds. We have so many ideas and sometimes just don't know what to do with them all ❤
These ideas have definitely inspired me! So often I start to watch a tutorial, realise I don't have the supplies needed and feel defeated before even giving it a go. Thanks so much for sharing your creative ideas with us! ❤ I appreciate your honesty around not liking everything you make too. As a perfectionist I get discouraged when my work doesn't look how I want it to. I think it's easy to be our own biggest critic. I hope your followers comments remind you that so many love your work! 😊
I'm still here and I've got to be honest, my first thought was that I won't watch this video BUT I am so glad I did!! You never cease to amaze me Natasa. You always have so much to inspire us. You are wonderful. I could so easily make some of these but would not have thought about using the yarn and sewing on top of it. I also wouldn't have thought of just doodling around the edges etc. So many terrific ideas. Thank you 🌷
I love all your creations...muse or not! Please don't apologize for your video....your ideas are always appreciated and I get so much inspiration from them and you!!!! I can't imagine how you are able to come up with all these ideas...must be a lot of pressure! We truly appreciate what your do for your subscribers.
I'm still here. 😉I am always so surprised when you say you are not happy with your project because in my eyes, I think they always are beautiful.
Just last night I was thinking of how I could make writing space on music pages in a journal I working on. And here are some great examples. I’m still here. ❤
You are truly fabulous! So creative & a great teacher. You don't skip over anything and I really appreciate the time you put into your channel. THANK YOU!
I’m still here and I ramble as well. Got quite a number of ideas from you today, appreciate the inspirational help. Have a beautiful day!
Atypically, I jumped right up and gathered supplies to replicate your page of thin strips glued on for writing spaces. I LOVE the look and function. So I'm glueing now!! Great ideas in this video. And yeah, go with the flow, the plan idea will emerge again. It's time wasn't today!!
I'm still here- all the way to the end!! Although you call it "rambling," I love that we get a peek into your thoughts and that you're honest with what you like and dislike, what inspires you and what doesn't. I feel really validated when you "go with the muse" instead of what you originally planned out in the beginning, because sometimes a creative spark just hits you in the middle of nowhere and it can be so distracting!
Love the way the pages look. the macaroni glued to the sewing machine to guide the yarn is brilliant .
Thanks so much!
Thankyou for snapping that shank off with pliers. I did not realize it was that freaking easy. You've changed my life!!!!! ❤❤❤
hahaha I love it! Thank you :)
I am very new to this type of paper crafting. I am accustomed to doing scrapbooks with photos. I am so thrilled to have stumbled across your channel while i was searching for inspiration. I love how you to go off script and go with a thought. I truly love the journal pages that you were not loving, That is how my brain works.
You are incredibly hard on yourself, you may not like everything you did but you gave us so many great ideas and I loved this video. It was great to see you put a page together and make what you did not like in the beginning work so well. I am happily still here👋
In response to your rant at the end of your video,I think that you dont give yourself enough credit. You are so creative! I'm 45 and have been crafting for a lot of years, and you are my go to on TH-cam..Please keep the videos coming!
Thank you so much :)
I invite you to not diss yourself, please. That pic looks awesome and the writing looks cool, feel free to express frustrations and to want to do or be even better or more uniquely you, but you're prettier, more successfully creative and published than many of us and we look up to you. :-)
This video does really help. It did give ideas I didn't have before. Never really gave much thought to painting a book page to make it a writing spot or using so many different types of papers to put on a page to make writing space. Your ideas may seem mundane to you but can really get others like me to think. Thank you. I love the Journal cover you made on camera. I'm glad you went off topic and took us along for the ride. ❤❤❤❤❤
Still here! 😂
I miss my sisters who live on the other side of the world to me, and hearing you chattering away like they do is lovely ❤
Love that! Thank you!
Loved all of the ideas. My stash of … EVERYTHING …. Needs a place to go and book pages are everywhere. When I have too much, I don’t feel creative because I start to feel like I need to use it up before I get anything else. That mindset squashes my creativity. So having videos like this is super helpful to get the creativity flowing again with my overflow of supplies. Even if I don’t feel creative, this video offer super practical ways to use up overflowing stash and turn it into something useful to embellish other projects.
Yes , still here !! Thank you so much for being such an inspiration , you always light my creative fire ! You’re such a lovely genuine lady , it’s like visiting a friend spending time watching you ! Look out book pages ….here I come 😂!
hehe Thank you so much :)
Hi, Natasa 👋 I've been MIA for a while for no good reason and clicked on this vid because I haven't seen you in what feels like forever and the title caught my eye. I want to make a journal to document something I'm doing right now - something I'm going through - and I have several good sized pamphlets explaining everything that's involved. These are very sturdy materials, and just this morning it occurred to me that any one of them would be an excellent journal base. I had a vague idea of how to create some writing space, but you have absolutely inspired me beyond the simple glued on pieces of paper I had imagined just a few hours ago. I've saved this vid in my "Natasa" file so I can refer back to it in the days and weeks to come. Your timing could not be more perfect! Thanks! Hugs from the southern California desert, MK 🤗❤️🌵❤️🤗
PS, I didn't know that I could "follow" somebody on Amazon, but I can and I am now "following" you! Your book is AMAZING!!
Some would say I spent too many years "hunting and gathering" while living in a city-rummage sales, thrift shops, Michaels. After I finally retired at age 75 and moved to the country, I have a most awesome amount of craft stuff. I loved this video to show more uses for what I already have. Also the vid of decorating the edges of pages. I have many hardcover books I've re-paged and they need decorating. Thanks for the ideas
Years ago, my daughter got me a journal and I haven't done much with it except for write down some inspirational quotes. Now that I have watched your videos, this journal is in grave danger of being severely altered.
I'm still here. Lol. I was inspired, especially by the use of the watercolor strips that went beyond the edge of the page. I also liked the way the smaller note pages, placed at angles over each other, left some text around the edges of the writing area in an attractive way. Love the addition of the doodles, too!
Natasa -- not all of us know how to do this stuff. I continue to draw a GREAT deal of inspiration from each of your videos, even those that you are not very happy with in general. Please don't be so hard on yourself. You have creativity oozing from your very soul, in my opinion. And, your writing is FUN!
Love these ideas! Especially the noodle on the side of the sewing machine to thread the yarn through--BRILLIANT!
Thanks so much! 😊
Still here!! Because I love the ramblings and tangents you take us on. Lol😂
I'm still here! Thanks for the video. I'm working on a project I DON'T want to have to do and had this video going while I worked. It made me smile! I really like the idea of folding scraps of paper around to the other side of a book page.
As a stroke survivor, I do asemic writing all the time! Of course, it's very hard to decipher when I've done it for a grocery list so my daughter and I are left scratching our heads in the supermarket aisles. Anywho, now I have a fancy-pants word for my handwriting style - LOL! (I will ALWAYS still be here.)
You are fantastic. This is what happens to me all the time. Good to know that I am not the only one. Learning so much from you. Your book is my lifeline when stuck. My problem is too manny ideas lousy execution. But i am getting better at it. Making something nice from junk.Gives me a great feeling. Greetings, Daphne a big fan ❤
The glued on scraps and notepads are my favorite way of adding writing space to any paper. I want to try the paint ones, and do some more decorating and scribbling on the pages. As always, thank you for the tutorial(s) and for the inspiration.
Thanks for sharing your creative ideas. It's been a while since I painted book pages, seeing your video reminded me to be creative with the supplies I have. And I totally understand wanting to do another project, but you have to finish something first! There have been many times that I have an idea that I want to do, but instead of doing that I do what I feel I must get done because it was already on my desk I think many times we don't allow our selves to play. To run off on a tangent trying new things, even if they fail, we are still doing something productive, we are learning, exploring and hopefully we are inspired to enjoy the whole process. Again, Thank you for sharing your creative ideas with us.
I'm still here! Yes, these are simple ideas but honestly ones that I wouldn't have come up with on my own. Especially inspired by the coffee dyed strips. So basic but so effective. A 'wish I'd thought of that' moment. 🌻
I’m still here watched it all the way through while doing my own little journal. I absolutely love your work listening to your video and watching you get creative. Thank you very much for all that you do.
I love the look of the Asemic Writing! Imagine though, if a journal was preserved for centuries and then discovered, and scientists/historians attempted to decipher pages with this style of writing! Lol!!
Yes i'm still here lol xx - i will say that they are all wonderful ideas but my most favorite is the paper on paper - what i like to tell others is That You Plant a Seed of Inspiration and then our Muse will take over and we get to create our own style - i enjoyed this - and i like when you show us options on how to use your techniques - thank you Natasa 🤗🤗
Love these ideas! The idea to feed the wool through while zigzagging is brilliant!
Thank you! 😊
You always have such original ideas & such GREAT tutorials. THANKU :)