I'm so glad that you kept the parts where you were processing your dream into reality. We should never be ashamed to create new ways of doing our craft. As for too much embellishment, remember that we are part of the "More is More Movement".
Thank you for this fun visit! Things are a bit hectic with my family right now and it's just so nice to settle down with a cup of ☕, craft along with you, learn from you, and have a few chuckles along the way. Thanks for all you do for all your subbies!
The "Bumbling Videos" are my favorites 💚 Crafting is not for sissies! You set a great example that if you just work through it you will succeed. We love our Gayle. 💚
Gayle Agostinelli on TH-cam = my favourite reality program. :) Loved every minute and I could very much relate to that struggle of getting something to work. Perseverance, humour, and patience are great gifts to have, and you have them in abundance.
I LOVE THIS!!! And "bumbling" as you say, actually helps reinforce what I am to do. Its fun seeing you working out something new. So thank you Gayle for showing you, and not doing a new video showing you doing it perfectly first time through as others would do. It shows that we can figure stuff out too.
So often we think everyone else just creates with ease, ideas just flow and everything comes together they saw it in their head. HA! Doesn't happen that way for me. So inspiring to watch your process - warts and all. Love how it turned out.
I have to tell you, you're my FAVORITE TH-cam addiction! You've brought my focus back to the vintage love I started with even as a little girl a thousand years ago. Hugs.
Gayle, I give you a lot of credit for trying a new and obviously difficult project, and on camera too!! You came across a few problems, but you fixed them, and you didn't lose your patience. Be proud of yourself. I think if it was me, a few choice words would have come flying out of my mouth. :) I watch you everyday, and I love your "bumbling", it makes me accept my own bumbles without getting frustrated, I just think of you and smile. Love ya and God Bless. XO
It's really nice to see somebody else who "makes it up as they go along." I occasionally have a template when I make a greeting card but I have the most fun when I can say, "Ooh, I'm gonna try THAT!"
I think it is great to see the process of how you do your work because when we just see all the beautiful things that are already done,we think that you have a things work out,and it’s good to see that it takes time to come up with ideas thank you for sharing
You were questioning whether or not watching "the process",especially if you are "bumbling". YES! It is very helpful, because when it happens to one of us, we won't get so down knowing that if it can happen to you, well, it's not so bad when it happens to us! Thank you for get another great video!
That turned out well!!! I don’t think of it as bumbling but more as working out the kinks. Perfection is an unattainable goal, excellence is not and your crafting is excellent! ❤️
Gayle, it doesn’t matter to me at all that you bumble your way through a craft. Because your one of us and I’m the biggest bumbler that there ever was! 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️
Gayle, I find flip outs confusing. What I enjoy about you is that you are great at making things work out, a good, happy problem solver. Love your creativity, solutions and laughter!
Great idea, sometimes we just have to work through it, but what’s good with this craft you can always turn into something else. It will be one sturdy pocket..the library pocket I need to make for my grand daughter’s journal, thanks for reminding me. I’m usually in my craft room and my hubby is in the family room, we’re both retired and it’s finally nice to craft and yes he does the cooking, that’s his craft. 👍🍁🍁🍁
Every time you whipped out a wipe for a correction it reminded me of last minute photo ops with toddlers and new babies oops but mom to the rescue no one knows the backstory after the best photo is shown off. So all of us love your thought process and your many “saves” and the delicious trials that turn out to be the best learned TRIUMPHS!!! Loved it all
I actually appreciate seeing your thought process and brainstorming! We seldom get to see the evolution of a complex completed project. Your videos are the start of nearly everyday for me. I enjoy “visiting” with you as much as I do the tutorial and learning! I think all of us can relate to the bumbling moments. You take it in stride with humor and show us that it doesn’t have to be frustrating. A very valuable lesson!❤️
Ditto to what Jody said. I love bummling, as I do it every day. Gayle you and I have similar backgrounds and are about the same age, so are our kids. I love your channel, so very much.
Love this video Gayle, I for one am pleased to see the design process. Sometimes I think “ how on earth did they come up with that?”, and you show that with such fun and honesty. Thank you for sharing your lovely designs, your mistakes and your joy with us all.😘👏💐
One of the reasons I enjoy your videos you keep it real 😄 and remind the new and not so new crafters that situations like that this is what makes creativity and crafting great! Another great video thank you 😏
Gayle, this video is great. The troubleshooting that you did showed me how to stop, think, and come up with plan B, and finally plan C. Thank you, as always...Janet
Ohhh Gayle - This is sooo fabulous!!! I really love that you shared your thought process!!! I tend to bumble through my crafting whether it’s my idea or someone else’s lol. I know when I first started making journals, it felt like that all the time so it’s nice few newbies to realise that it doesn’t always make sense straight away, but if you keep at it, you almost always end up with something functional and beautiful at the end!!! I’ve also learnt that it may not necessarily end up the way you initially envisaged but... sometimes it can turn out way better lol!!! I just love what you’ve created!!! No thought process is ever bumbling... just like no question is ever silly!!! That’s how great things happen!!! Big ‘crafty’ hugs, Sharon 🌷💜
Gayle, I enjoy watching you so much. I just started junk journaling after my cousin introduced me to it. It has become a wonderful therapy for me. I also enjoy watching and listening to your thought process. Thank you for sharing your gift.
I love seeing your little (very little) mishaps. It shows how to think through it and also makes us realize that even the big dogs hit snags. "Just keep going.. just keep going.... just keep going." Love your humble videos. Thank you so much.
Catching up on videos. I enjoy the “bumbling”. It gives me the courage to work through/fix the oopsies rather than giving up! I don’t know if anyone else is having problems with Etsy notifications?? I’ve reset them again. Hopefully they’ll kick in. Your shop is the first one I ever favorited!!!
I love your bumbling and laughing❤️ Please never stop. My cat seems to love you too. I usually watch you just before bed on my iPad but yesterday I was cleaning up in the living room so I thought I would watch your video. I saw my cat, Sammy Jo, by the tv and stopped to watch her. She was mesmerized, or so I thought, by you. She was intently watching your every move although I figured out a bit later that she was probably focused on the lace that you were moving around. I found this out when she looked like she was going to jump up to the tv screen. 😂 Blessings, Winona
I’m watching this on tv, and I just wanted you to know that you single handedly gave me a love for grunge. 😊 I will admit that the frilly stuff, fabric and trims, etc is NOT my cup of tea. But when I first started watching you, I thought “who could possibly WANT their stuff to look dirty and grimy? Well the answer is ME! Lol Now I have to ink all my edges, and coffee dye my papers and all the rest! So thank you Gayle! 😊 I love your videos and how you laugh all the time! Brightens my day! ☀️
I also liked your brainstorming ideas!!! Because sometimes it takes me a long time to get one thing done and I wonder if it really should take that long!! Thank You for showing "It Can"..
“YOU DID GOOD GAYLE”. I really enjoy watching your process of working through a vision of ephemera. I’m sure you make Denise very proud using her digitals. This turned out amazing. Thank you for sharing 🤗
I love being in your TH-cam family!!! I love listening to you and watching you be so crafty! I was literally over here about yelling at you that you had put that envelope on there wrong!! 😂 I was glad I was the only at the house at the moment
I love seeing you work through your ideas, the process and what it takes for you to complete something. I can relate to your problem with mailing international. My son has a problem getting companies to recognize his address and he lives here in the states!! He usually ends up having his items shipped to our house and then comes out and visits and picks it up.
pheeeew! you did it! i love how we get to watch your process-it helps to know even a 'pro' has challenges once in awhile, it turned out great! (and nothing fell from above!) tfs
I love how you figure how things go❣️ If it weren’t for you showing us, and maybe having a little trouble with it..it shows that we all are human and it just may take a little bit to figure it out..but that’s ok..we learn from making mistakes...I’m so glad you don’t edit..I just love being with you while you craft and teaching me things I’d of never known how to do with out you ❤️
Oh my gosh! I honestly appreciated this tutorial more than you can know because.... I have a kind of spatial dyslexia and can barely cope when I am tired with any fiddly things! It was frustrating to watch until my brain said... Hey, Gayle is drivin' this bus! So then I enjoyed the ride as you showed, modeled... how to think through a problem without just wadding up the whole thing and eating a brownie! lol... However, I was squealin' "No... at least I don't THINK so!" on that second glue event! lolol
A warm hello from South Africa!! Oh my gosh I loved this so much Gail. Woke up from a terrible itch and pain in my leg so I decided to watch something to forget about the pain and it worked. Love your videos xxx
Just want to say, when I’ve lost my mojo and am feeling down, I turn on Gayles video. I then settle down and within minutes am laughing ( with her!) and can’t wait to get back at my craft table. Gayle you may bumble through sometimes but watching you take the steps to figure it out is very encouraging! We all go through it and you teach us how to figure things out. Thank you for all your hard work! 👏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Dear Gayle, I watch you all the time but this is my first time commenting. I loved watching you go through the creative process start to finish. Having an idea and working out the kinks as you go was both instructive and fun! Thank you for sharing. Hugs, Robin :)
I enjoy your videos - even when you bumble. It shows us you're human. Nice project. I like it. I have spent a good amount of time trying to use up my paper scraps. I made about 50 tags, journaling cards, etc.. It doesn't even look like I put a dent in the scraps. I just made more!
I loved watching you work on your design team project. I also worked on my inspirational quote journal. Great video as always. Thanks for sharing with us!
Hi Gayle! Well, we got up a little too late for Niagara Falls, so opted instead for a place called Skatneatles, NY. It's a small town at the top of, I think, one of the smallest Finger Lakes. The Finger Lakes are known for their beautiful scenery and wineries, especially during the Fall. And this little town did not disappoint. It looked like something straight off of a Hallmark Card or Norman Rockwell painting. Just a gorgeous place...very clean...with some beautiful and large homes in Victorian, American Craftsman, Dutch Colonial, and Cape Cod styles mainly. Oh, I was just so enchanted by it all. Streets were all decorated with Fall and the leaves all along the lake were at their peak colors! It even had a church right off the water with a nice steeple on it. We also visited a nice winery there and sat and relaxed awhile tasting wine. It was a beautiful place and many of the vines were just abundant with purple grapes. With the Fall colors there and the lake in the background, WOW, what a wonderful place to relax in! I really want to go there again sometime. It would make a really nice place for a retreat, especially for artists. Gayle, that's exactly how I think these things through. Bumbling right along!! Yup! You know, could you make a pocket with the time card on the right side? Having a pocket opening on the right side, you could put a card in that has some lace or something to make like a tab for the page. So, it'll be a small pocket that would have a card that could be pulled out and also be a tab for the page. Just another option for this idea you have, which is a great one! You know, you could also make the library card a flip on the front, too. And yes, girl, you just rub that grunge into that white spot on the envelope! Can't abide by any white spots, you know! LOL Hey, would a small bit of lace,or something, on the top of the library card pocket look good? Or maybe do the entire back with some colored paper or something? Just thinking out loud here. Oh my gosh! I just said that and then, you put the background on! Yeh, Gayle! Just love when bumbling brains come together like that! LOL You know, I do chat with you as you go along, as you do things, not always after. And gosh, that is really lookin' nice. I like it a lot! I just took a peek on Etsy at my notifications, because you said something about turning on notifications a bit ago. I noticed www.etsy.com/shop/EllsieBeLsBookShelf?ref=notif_psffs§ion_id=1 was having a sale. I took a few moments to read her profile. And I was surprised to see that she is a mother of 5 children and her husband passed away in Oct 2018. She lives only a few hours from me, too. I really am touched by her story, because my husband was a single Dad for 9 years of 3 kids. He had a tour of duty for the Air Force in Italy during this time, too. This was many years ago for him, but I know how tough it was to do that alone, especially taking 3 kids to a foreign country for 4 years. She says her main income is her Etsy shop. Can you do that well on Etsy to support 5 children? Though, I'm sure she probably has other income as well. I'm thinking you already know who she is, but if not, maybe you could check her out. She has some beautiful digitals on there. Well, my dear, I've been just writing up a storm the past few times. I've been feeling better is probably why, but also just having fun watching and chatting along. Not tired after resting so much on this trip. For me, a new creation always takes a bit of time to put together, too. So, it does my heart good to see you taking some time as well. But once you do one, the next ones are pretty much a cinch! Well, my friend, enjoy your Saturday with your family (son and daughter-in-law, right?) coming in! A big Happy Birthday to your daughter! God Bless! Sue
Yes! Elsiebelsbookshelf has been featured on lots of my videos and I always put her link in the description box. I have several of my unfinished journals that are made with her designs. Hopefully, I’ve sent some traffic her way over the course of all the videos that I’ve mentioned her. So sweet of you to bring her up after hearing her story. What an amazing lady! Continue to enjoy your trip, my friend! ❤️
Yes, I thought I had seen you use her things before, but wasn't exactly sure. Thought I would check. I really get a little emotional when I read a story of a woman with 5 children trying to make it on her own. My husband (my 2nd marriage) had 3 and he said it was tough for him. And my Dad also had a father who passed away when he was 6 (in 1942) and I know it was really tough for him and his 3 siblings, too. Back in those days, my grandmother did work as a head secretary in a lawyer's office. But when she went to ask for a raise, because one of her male charges was making more money than she was, they told her the male charge had a family to support and so, wouldn't give her a raise. And here my grandmother was a single woman with 4 kids. But there was a stigma with my Grandfather's death...he was an alcoholic at a time when alcoholism was not seen as a disease. My uncle once told me they were severely poor and in the small town they lived in...well, let's just say some people put their noses down at them. It really affected my Dad. And then, me and my brother's growing up in an offshoot way. It does come down the generations. So, when I read a story like hers...well, I think about all that and want to just help in any way I can. So, a bit of a story about my family history, but I've seen effects like this in the school system, too. Single parent families really do need a lot of support from the community.
I love that you don't edit out your "bumbling". It shows that you don't have to do it exactly right the first time and that's ok, it will work out in the end. I say this just after I went through 3 index cards because I kept messing up cutting the right size ;-}
This is a great idea...see you had another one in you..lol. I so enjoy seeing the process, it's live and your human...give yourself a pat on the back. It turned out fantastic in the end. Good job. Hugs and blessings and prayers coming your way.
I’m with the others - showing the REAL process, not editing out the complications (not bumbling) isn’t reality! We love you just as you are! Never apologize dear Gayle. I am interested in hearing your solutions for time management. I’m having the same issues with my time...hubby wants to retire, we are hoping to travel a bit more (dogs have health issues so it’s a bit more complicated), and my journal adventure is just taking off! Why couldn’t I have found this amazing wonderful craft sooner??? Anyway, my hubs would like to spend more time with me too I have him trained to do my tea dyeing now though....so there is that! LOL. 😁😉. Hugs always, Martha. 💕🤗
I am happy to know that I am not the only one who tears something out because it looked wrong only to find it was ok. I ripped a whole (glued) signature out of my first journal because I thought I put it in upside down. 🥴 Nope, I had the book upside down. It definitely is helpful to see your thought process as you create on-the-fly.
Hi Gayle,my favorite time of of the morning is having coffee watching you do your crafting. Love this ephemera series. Getting some great ideas for the journals I want to make for my girls. I have 3 daughters and 2 bff's I 'm making for. By XMas! ,😬 And I'm a newbie omg! Wish me luck.... Lol they may get them late but they will get them.. Lol just want to thank you for your awesome continual inspiration. Have a wonderful blessed day hugs, Glenda (AKA) GiGi...
I'm so glad that you kept the parts where you were processing your dream into reality. We should never be ashamed to create new ways of doing our craft. As for too much embellishment, remember that we are part of the "More is More Movement".
Gayle, you are so amazing in your ability to turn goofs into masterpieces, and laughing at yourself in the process. You are delightful!
Thank you for this fun visit! Things are a bit hectic with my family right now and it's just so nice to settle down with a cup of ☕, craft along with you, learn from you, and have a few chuckles along the way. Thanks for all you do for all your subbies!
The "Bumbling Videos" are my favorites 💚
Crafting is not for sissies! You set a great example that if you just work through it you will succeed. We love our Gayle. 💚
Gayle Agostinelli on TH-cam = my favourite reality program. :) Loved every minute and I could very much relate to that struggle of getting something to work. Perseverance, humour, and patience are great gifts to have, and you have them in abundance.
I love your videos Gayle. Please don’t ever change. No editing required❤️
I LOVE THIS!!! And "bumbling" as you say, actually helps reinforce what I am to do. Its fun seeing you working out something new. So thank you Gayle for showing you, and not doing a new video showing you doing it perfectly first time through as others would do. It shows that we can figure stuff out too.
So often we think everyone else just creates with ease, ideas just flow and everything comes together they saw it in their head. HA! Doesn't happen that way for me. So inspiring to watch your process - warts and all. Love how it turned out.
I have to tell you, you're my FAVORITE TH-cam addiction! You've brought my focus back to the vintage love I started with even as a little girl a thousand years ago. Hugs.
Gayle, I give you a lot of credit for trying a new and obviously difficult project, and on camera too!! You came across a few problems, but you fixed them, and you didn't lose your patience. Be proud of yourself. I think if it was me, a few choice words would have come flying out of my mouth. :) I watch you everyday, and I love your "bumbling", it makes me accept my own bumbles without getting frustrated, I just think of you and smile. Love ya and God Bless. XO
It's really nice to see somebody else who "makes it up as they go along." I occasionally have a template when I make a greeting card but I have the most fun when I can say, "Ooh, I'm gonna try THAT!"
Thank Gayle for not editing, you keep it all real. Love this video!
I think it is great to see the process of how you do your work because when we just see all the beautiful things that are already done,we think that you have a things work out,and it’s good to see that it takes time to come up with ideas thank you for sharing
You were questioning whether or not watching "the process",especially if you are "bumbling". YES! It is very helpful, because when it happens to one of us, we won't get so down knowing that if it can happen to you, well, it's not so bad when it happens to us!
Thank you for get another great video!
I love seeing you think through the process. I do it so much that it is nice to know You sometimes do too! I love your videos and your sense of humor
Yes it is very good to see someone besides myself fumble and bumble with an idea that in my mind was so clear. Thanks for sharing
You are just so darn entertaining Gayle! Thanks for sharing you in all your blundering wonderfulness!😻😽
How sweet it is when a plan comes together. I did enjoy watching the process.
That turned out well!!! I don’t think of it as bumbling but more as working out the kinks. Perfection is an unattainable goal, excellence is not and your crafting is excellent! ❤️
Gayle, it doesn’t matter to me at all that you bumble your way through a craft. Because your one of us and I’m the biggest bumbler that there ever was! 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️
Gayle, I find flip outs confusing. What I enjoy about you is that you are great at making things work out, a good, happy problem solver. Love your creativity, solutions and laughter!
Mishaps is what keeps things real. It is fun to see what happens the second time. I really enjoy watching your tutorials.
Great idea, sometimes we just have to work through it, but what’s good with this craft you can always turn into something else. It will be one sturdy pocket..the library pocket I need to make for my grand daughter’s journal, thanks for reminding me. I’m usually in my craft room and my hubby is in the family room, we’re both retired and it’s finally nice to craft and yes he does the cooking, that’s his craft. 👍🍁🍁🍁
Every time you whipped out a wipe for a correction it reminded me of last minute photo ops with toddlers and new babies oops but mom to the rescue no one knows the backstory after the best photo is shown off. So all of us love your thought process and your many “saves” and the delicious trials that turn out to be the best learned TRIUMPHS!!! Loved it all
I thought I was the only one who figured things out like that. Love your videos. You feel like a friend.
Watching old videos! So glad there here to watch. Have a fabulous day Gayle
I actually appreciate seeing your thought process and brainstorming! We seldom get to see the evolution of a complex completed project. Your videos are the start of nearly everyday for me. I enjoy “visiting” with you as much as I do the tutorial and learning! I think all of us can relate to the bumbling moments. You take it in stride with humor and show us that it doesn’t have to be frustrating. A very valuable lesson!❤️
Ditto.
Ditto to what Jody said. I love bummling, as I do it every day. Gayle you and I have similar backgrounds and are about the same age, so are our kids. I love your channel, so very much.
Thanks for showing that it is not always so easy and you make it look most of the time!!
Love this video Gayle, I for one am pleased to see the design process. Sometimes I think “ how on earth did they come up with that?”, and you show that with such fun and honesty. Thank you for sharing your lovely designs, your mistakes and your joy with us all.😘👏💐
What a cute fold-out! You didn't "bumble" any more that all of us have at one time or another! :) You did a fantastic job! TFS
One of the reasons I enjoy your videos you keep it real 😄 and remind the new and not so new crafters that situations like that this is what makes creativity and crafting great! Another great video thank you 😏
These are so prescious. Absolutely love the butterfly and the fabric it's a part of.
Yes, a fun idea! You teach more than just crafting. Process is a big help. Thanks as always.
Gayle, this video is great. The troubleshooting that you did showed me how to stop, think, and come up with plan B, and finally plan C. Thank you, as always...Janet
Ohhh Gayle - This is sooo fabulous!!! I really love that you shared your thought process!!! I tend to bumble through my crafting whether it’s my idea or someone else’s lol. I know when I first started making journals, it felt like that all the time so it’s nice few newbies to realise that it doesn’t always make sense straight away, but if you keep at it, you almost always end up with something functional and beautiful at the end!!! I’ve also learnt that it may not necessarily end up the way you initially envisaged but... sometimes it can turn out way better lol!!! I just love what you’ve created!!! No thought process is ever bumbling... just like no question is ever silly!!! That’s how great things happen!!! Big ‘crafty’ hugs, Sharon 🌷💜
I just love it that Denise at A Tattered Dream is here in my hometown of Albuquerque!
I love your videos because you are so real. There are no mistakes in crafting only opportunities to be creative.
Great Video Gayle, loved how you work your way through, to the finished prize.
Having a blast learning from you Gayle! Thank you!♥️
No Twilight Zone with you, Gayle...so refreshing to see what we all go thru, on a fairly regular basis. Hugs, Caro
Enjoy learning from you and seeing the thought process come full circle.
This is just the way my process looks. Thanks for taking us through it all.
Oh, and it turned out great!
I’ve been loving all of the fun ephemera videos!! So many wonderful things from A Tattered Dream!
I just love your channel and personality. I get inspired, find new Etsy shops, see your beautiful journals and just have a really nice time. Tfs
One of the best videos! Allowing us to see how the wheels turn is fabulous!! TFS 💐
Gayle, I enjoy watching you so much. I just started junk journaling after my cousin introduced me to it. It has become a wonderful therapy for me. I also enjoy watching and listening to your thought process. Thank you for sharing your gift.
Love watching your videos no matter how you do them. Love the ephemera you have been sharing with us.😊❤️
Finally got to watch this one!! I wish my flub ups came out so gracefully! Great save Gayle!!
I love seeing your little (very little) mishaps. It shows how to think through it and also makes us realize that even the big dogs hit snags. "Just keep going.. just keep going.... just keep going."
Love your humble videos. Thank you so much.
Lovely and I for one enjoyed seeing you work out the he entire process. 💜☮️✌️💛
Catching up on videos. I enjoy the “bumbling”. It gives me the courage to work through/fix the oopsies rather than giving up! I don’t know if anyone else is having problems with Etsy notifications?? I’ve reset them again. Hopefully they’ll kick in. Your shop is the first one I ever favorited!!!
I really enjoyed this Bumbley Tutorial! It was the best!! It is totally gorgeous!! Love it Gayle!!😃 TFS!! Hugs & Blessings!!❤️🥰
I still love it .... Bumbling and all.
Maybe I love it even more.
Fantastic visit with you my social media friend 😊
👍 there you go Gayle. Love your videos. Watch everyday!!!❤️
I appreciate the folding, fussing and fumbling. It gives me faith in what I can accomplish also.
Love what you do no matter what happens. 🥰❤️🥰
I love your bumbling and laughing❤️ Please never stop. My cat seems to love you too. I usually watch you just before bed on my iPad but yesterday I was cleaning up in the living room so I thought I would watch your video. I saw my cat, Sammy Jo, by the tv and stopped to watch her. She was mesmerized, or so I thought, by you. She was intently watching your every move although I figured out a bit later that she was probably focused on the lace that you were moving around. I found this out when she looked like she was going to jump up to the tv screen. 😂
Blessings, Winona
Great video, Gayle! Thoroughly enjoyed your ‘figureitout-atorial,’, I loved seeing your process, it was totally helpful!
I’m watching this on tv, and I just wanted you to know that you single handedly gave me a love for grunge. 😊 I will admit that the frilly stuff, fabric and trims, etc is NOT my cup of tea. But when I first started watching you, I thought “who could possibly WANT their stuff to look dirty and grimy? Well the answer is ME! Lol
Now I have to ink all my edges, and coffee dye my papers and all the rest! So thank you Gayle! 😊 I love your videos and how you laugh all the time! Brightens my day! ☀️
It came out beautiful. It do take time creating a piece of ephemera. Great job. Loved it have a blessed day.
Aww, Gayle, you’re so cute! I loved watching this, you crack me up! Big Hugs! Chelle
Gorgeous! Love it, Gayle! You do inspire me...when you're not cracking me up! 👍😂
Love bumbling with you 😘☺️ thanks for sharing your projects with us 💕
I love the process Gayle. Makes me feel better knowing that the experts struggle through the project just as I do when creating a new innovation. ❤️💁🏼
This was fun! Thought processing is amazing to see. ♥️
I also liked your brainstorming ideas!!! Because sometimes it takes me a long time to get one thing done and I wonder if it really should take that long!! Thank You for showing "It Can"..
Bumbling or not, your videos are real and awesome which is why i don't watch them only once xo
“YOU DID GOOD GAYLE”. I really enjoy watching your process of working through a vision of ephemera. I’m sure you make Denise very proud using her digitals. This turned out amazing. Thank you for sharing 🤗
Thank you very much for your wonderful help. Much appreciated so kind. X
I like it too!
Well done :)
Thank you so much for sharing with us ❤️
I love being in your TH-cam family!!! I love listening to you and watching you be so crafty! I was literally over here about yelling at you that you had put that envelope on there wrong!! 😂 I was glad I was the only at the house at the moment
Yeah! I knew all would come out right in the end!!!
I love seeing you work through your ideas, the process and what it takes for you to complete something. I can relate to your problem with mailing international. My son has a problem getting companies to recognize his address and he lives here in the states!! He usually ends up having his items shipped to our house and then comes out and visits and picks it up.
I enjoy watching you figure things out. It turned out great! The laces you used are so pretty.
pheeeew! you did it! i love how we get to watch your process-it helps to know even a 'pro' has challenges once in awhile, it turned out great! (and nothing fell from above!) tfs
I love how you figure how things go❣️ If it weren’t for you showing us, and maybe having a little trouble with it..it shows that we all are human and it just may take a little bit to figure it out..but that’s ok..we learn from making mistakes...I’m so glad you don’t edit..I just love being with you while you craft and teaching me things I’d of never known how to do with out you ❤️
Aren’t we all a bumbling crafter? I know I mess up. 😉 the flip is awesome. Hugs! 😘💜
That came out awesome, Gayle!!! We all bumble, it's fun! LOL
Your side page flip turned out great. As always, I enjoy your videos.
I enjoyed watching the process and actually gained some ideas on projects that I was craft along with. Tyfs
Oh my gosh! I honestly appreciated this tutorial more than you can know because.... I have a kind of spatial dyslexia and can barely cope when I am tired with any fiddly things! It was frustrating to watch until my brain said... Hey, Gayle is drivin' this bus! So then I enjoyed the ride as you showed, modeled... how to think through a problem without just wadding up the whole thing and eating a brownie! lol... However, I was squealin' "No... at least I don't THINK so!" on that second glue event! lolol
It is a big help to me when you work through an idea. This turned out so cute!
A warm hello from South Africa!! Oh my gosh I loved this so much Gail. Woke up from a terrible itch and pain in my leg so I decided to watch something to forget about the pain and it worked. Love your videos xxx
Love this fold out, Gayle. Going to try something like this. We love you the way you are. Hugs xx
Just want to say, when I’ve lost my mojo and am feeling down, I turn on Gayles video. I then settle down and within minutes am laughing ( with her!) and can’t wait to get back at my craft table. Gayle you may bumble through sometimes but watching you take the steps to figure it out is very encouraging! We all go through it and you teach us how to figure things out. Thank you for all your hard work! 👏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Dear Gayle, I watch you all the time but this is my first time commenting. I loved watching you go through the creative process start to finish. Having an idea and working out the kinks as you go was both instructive and fun! Thank you for sharing. Hugs, Robin :)
I had to tell you... I’m so excited that my Uhu glue sticks arrived today! Thank you for recommending! ~Cynthia
I enjoy your videos - even when you bumble. It shows us you're human. Nice project. I like it. I have spent a good amount of time trying to use up my paper scraps. I made about 50 tags, journaling cards, etc.. It doesn't even look like I put a dent in the scraps. I just made more!
hahaha! i enjoy all of your videos... bumbles and all!!!
I had to giggle because while you were talking I’m answering you and it dawned on me. Lol you go ahead and I’ll have that conversation with you.
I loved watching you work on your design team project. I also worked on my inspirational quote journal. Great video as always. Thanks for sharing with us!
Turned out beautiful! Love that lace! :) tyfs
Hi Gayle! Well, we got up a little too late for Niagara Falls, so opted instead for a place called Skatneatles, NY. It's a small town at the top of, I think, one of the smallest Finger Lakes. The Finger Lakes are known for their beautiful scenery and wineries, especially during the Fall. And this little town did not disappoint. It looked like something straight off of a Hallmark Card or Norman Rockwell painting. Just a gorgeous place...very clean...with some beautiful and large homes in Victorian, American Craftsman, Dutch Colonial, and Cape Cod styles mainly. Oh, I was just so enchanted by it all. Streets were all decorated with Fall and the leaves all along the lake were at their peak colors! It even had a church right off the water with a nice steeple on it. We also visited a nice winery there and sat and relaxed awhile tasting wine. It was a beautiful place and many of the vines were just abundant with purple grapes. With the Fall colors there and the lake in the background, WOW, what a wonderful place to relax in! I really want to go there again sometime. It would make a really nice place for a retreat, especially for artists.
Gayle, that's exactly how I think these things through. Bumbling right along!! Yup! You know, could you make a pocket with the time card on the right side? Having a pocket opening on the right side, you could put a card in that has some lace or something to make like a tab for the page. So, it'll be a small pocket that would have a card that could be pulled out and also be a tab for the page. Just another option for this idea you have, which is a great one! You know, you could also make the library card a flip on the front, too. And yes, girl, you just rub that grunge into that white spot on the envelope! Can't abide by any white spots, you know! LOL Hey, would a small bit of lace,or something, on the top of the library card pocket look good? Or maybe do the entire back with some colored paper or something? Just thinking out loud here. Oh my gosh! I just said that and then, you put the background on! Yeh, Gayle! Just love when bumbling brains come together like that! LOL You know, I do chat with you as you go along, as you do things, not always after. And gosh, that is really lookin' nice. I like it a lot!
I just took a peek on Etsy at my notifications, because you said something about turning on notifications a bit ago. I noticed www.etsy.com/shop/EllsieBeLsBookShelf?ref=notif_psffs§ion_id=1 was having a sale. I took a few moments to read her profile. And I was surprised to see that she is a mother of 5 children and her husband passed away in Oct 2018. She lives only a few hours from me, too. I really am touched by her story, because my husband was a single Dad for 9 years of 3 kids. He had a tour of duty for the Air Force in Italy during this time, too. This was many years ago for him, but I know how tough it was to do that alone, especially taking 3 kids to a foreign country for 4 years. She says her main income is her Etsy shop. Can you do that well on Etsy to support 5 children? Though, I'm sure she probably has other income as well. I'm thinking you already know who she is, but if not, maybe you could check her out. She has some beautiful digitals on there.
Well, my dear, I've been just writing up a storm the past few times. I've been feeling better is probably why, but also just having fun watching and chatting along. Not tired after resting so much on this trip. For me, a new creation always takes a bit of time to put together, too. So, it does my heart good to see you taking some time as well. But once you do one, the next ones are pretty much a cinch! Well, my friend, enjoy your Saturday with your family (son and daughter-in-law, right?) coming in! A big Happy Birthday to your daughter! God Bless! Sue
Yes! Elsiebelsbookshelf has been featured on lots of my videos and I always put her link in the description box. I have several of my unfinished journals that are made with her designs. Hopefully, I’ve sent some traffic her way over the course of all the videos that I’ve mentioned her. So sweet of you to bring her up after hearing her story. What an amazing lady! Continue to enjoy your trip, my friend! ❤️
Yes, I thought I had seen you use her things before, but wasn't exactly sure. Thought I would check. I really get a little emotional when I read a story of a woman with 5 children trying to make it on her own. My husband (my 2nd marriage) had 3 and he said it was tough for him. And my Dad also had a father who passed away when he was 6 (in 1942) and I know it was really tough for him and his 3 siblings, too. Back in those days, my grandmother did work as a head secretary in a lawyer's office. But when she went to ask for a raise, because one of her male charges was making more money than she was, they told her the male charge had a family to support and so, wouldn't give her a raise. And here my grandmother was a single woman with 4 kids. But there was a stigma with my Grandfather's death...he was an alcoholic at a time when alcoholism was not seen as a disease. My uncle once told me they were severely poor and in the small town they lived in...well, let's just say some people put their noses down at them. It really affected my Dad. And then, me and my brother's growing up in an offshoot way. It does come down the generations. So, when I read a story like hers...well, I think about all that and want to just help in any way I can. So, a bit of a story about my family history, but I've seen effects like this in the school system, too. Single parent families really do need a lot of support from the community.
Turned out so yummy💕
I love that you don't edit out your "bumbling". It shows that you don't have to do it exactly right the first time and that's ok, it will work out in the end. I say this just after I went through 3 index cards because I kept messing up cutting the right size ;-}
This is a great idea...see you had another one in you..lol. I so enjoy seeing the process, it's live and your human...give yourself a pat on the back. It turned out fantastic in the end. Good job. Hugs and blessings and prayers coming your way.
I’m with the others - showing the REAL process, not editing out the complications (not bumbling) isn’t reality! We love you just as you are! Never apologize dear Gayle. I am interested in hearing your solutions for time management. I’m having the same issues with my time...hubby wants to retire, we are hoping to travel a bit more (dogs have health issues so it’s a bit more complicated), and my journal adventure is just taking off! Why couldn’t I have found this amazing wonderful craft sooner??? Anyway, my hubs would like to spend more time with me too I have him trained to do my tea dyeing now though....so there is that! LOL. 😁😉. Hugs always, Martha. 💕🤗
I am happy to know that I am not the only one who tears something out because it looked wrong only to find it was ok. I ripped a whole (glued) signature out of my first journal because I thought I put it in upside down. 🥴 Nope, I had the book upside down. It definitely is helpful to see your thought process as you create on-the-fly.
Hi Gayle,my favorite time of of the morning is having coffee watching you do your crafting. Love this ephemera series. Getting some great ideas for the journals I want to make for my girls. I have 3 daughters and 2 bff's I 'm making for. By XMas! ,😬 And I'm a newbie omg! Wish me luck.... Lol they may get them late but they will get them..
Lol just want to thank you for your awesome continual inspiration. Have a wonderful blessed day hugs, Glenda (AKA) GiGi...
Yes beautiful video and i love the lace ..💖