Next Idea for Using Window Envelopes--Ephemera Holder Books
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- This project will use up some of the window envelopes you have been saving. I'll show you how I created these little booklets that are useful and so cute. They can be made using an even number of envelopes. The ones I made are made with either six or eight envelopes, but you can use more if you like.
It may be helpful if you number your envelopes with the page number in your book, especially if you want the envelopes to be in a particular order. The cover is number one and on through to the last page, which is the back. Put the pages together so that the cover is attached to the back page. The other pages will be assembled in this order for a six-page book: page 2 with page 5 and page 3 with page 4, odd numbered pages on the left and even on the right as you apply the binding strips. If you make an 8-page booklet, the pairs will be 1 and 8, 2 and 7, 3 and 6, and 4 and 5. The page numbers added together will equal the total number of pages in the book plus one. This method counts the entire envelope (front and back) as one page--not each side of it as a page.
Hope you have fun making some of these easy booklets. I'm sure you can think of several other fun ways to use them. Thanks so much for watching. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I love this idea and the waterfall is a bonus, it’s eye catching! Thanks for sharing your idea. I can’t wait to try making one.
Thank you, Sheila. I’m so glad you like it Have fun making yours.
love this! the string through the hole is absolutely genius!
Aw, thank you so much. I’m glad you like it. Thanks for watching.
So lovely and inspiring!! Thank you for sharing and can't wait to see more of your videos!
Thank you, Mary. I’m so glad you like it and I hope you find more inspiration in my other videos, too. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
What a great idea! I have dozens of junk mail envelopes. Will definitely be making some of these.
Hi Gaye, I'm so glad you like the idea and plan to make some. Thank you for watching and for your comment. (I, too, have dozens of these envelopes...still. You are not alone. ;-) )
I've made my first one and I love it. Thanks so much for the inspiration. I'm thinking about giving it as a gift and saying its "junk mail to heart mail".
@@gayemiller7643 Wonderful! I love it--Heart Mail. You are so welcome. It makes me happy that you are enjoying it.
Great idea! I like that you used things you previously made to decorate the journals.
Thank you so much. I’m glad you like it. It was good to find a place for some of those things. Thanks for watching.
I like this idea, especially the ribbon holding the pages together, very neat. Thanks
Thank you, Roberta. I’m so happy that you like it. Appreciate your watching and commenting.
Brilliant, love the way you didn't heavily disguise the envelopes, thanks greatly for sharing, take care 🎉
Thank you so much. These envelopes worked well. Sometimes they have things I don’t want to look at, like medical references and such. I’m so glad you like the idea and I am happy to share it.
I love watching you use windows!! ❤❤❤
Aw, thanks so much. Thanks for watching.
Love this. Will be doing this for sure. Who does have a zillion junk mail envelopes 😂
Ha ha, well that would be me, too. Thank you for watching and commenting. Hope you enjoy making your book.
Wow, I love it Linda! Such a cute idea to use a bunch of envelopes at once. And it’s adaptable to different sizes or even adding some flat journal pages. Your ephemera is so cute too! Really cute embellishing!
Hi Kathleen, thank you so much for watching and leaving such an encouraging comment. This project was inspired by the insane number of envelopes I have. And I still have a bunch. I need to craft faster. Ha ha.
What a neat concept! I’m saved the video so I can come back and watch. There were several pieces of ephemera that caught my eye I want to make! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Twila Sue, thank you so much for your encouraging comment. I’m happy you found inspiration here. I’m not sure which pieces caught your eye but I may have videos for some. Just fyi.
Great idea for using window envelopes. Love what you did with the various paint chips. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thank you so much, Margaret. I'm so glad you liked it and thanks for watching and commenting.
Very cool idea!! I love recycling my mail!! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you, Roseann. I’m so glad you like it. Thank you for watching and leaving me a comment.
Thank you - a very inspiring video - the books AND all the little things in them!
Thank you so much, Judy. I'm glad that you liked the video and felt inspired. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Thank you for this wonderful idea. I looking forward to making one😊
I’m so glad you are going to make one. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Super tutorial. Love it for happy mail. Blessings from Ohio.
Hello, Betty in Ohio. Thank you so much. I'm glad that you like it.
Clever idea! I like the waterfall effect!
Hi Betty. So glad you like it. Thank you.
I love how simple this is and I think it’s a fun way to give someone some ephemera to put in their journal. I really love the stenciled paint chips!! And the fern stencil is lovely!! I too, have many envelopes saved, and hubby is irritated by my taking them out of the recycling bin! I’m keeping too much junk! 🥹He doesn’t get the point of junk journals at all. I’m going to watch your other videos about using the envelopes. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Priscilla. Thank you so much for your comment. I got that stencil at Walmart. I have a lot of envelopes saved too, but I always think “Oooh, that’s a good one.” Sorry that your hubby doesn’t understand junk journaling. We’re actually recycling and know for sure what happens to the things we use, unlike recycling programs where so much of the stuff just ends up in a landfill anyway. I hope you have fun using up lots of your envelopes making your art. ❤️
I love all of the techniques that you used in these!! so many great ideas!!
Thanks so much! Glad you like them. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Lovely ideas and imagination. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching and for your comment. I’m so glad you like it.
🎉Ohhhhh my gosh what a fabulous tutorial. I have a love of envelopes. Going to make one or three 😀. Thank you so much for showing us this idea ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comment. I’m so glad you like it and plan to make some. You are most welcome; it is my pleasure to share ideas.
Thanks for all the fun and the ideas!
Hi Lynette, you are most welcome. I'm glad you liked them. Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment.
Cute envelope books. Thanks for sharing. ❤
You are most welcome. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Creative! Love using envelopes for my paper crafting. TFS
Glad you like it. You’re welcome. Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment.
I love your idea with the envelopes. I have a ton of them to work with. Thank you for this idea
Thank you so much, Nancy. You are most welcome; have fun working on some booklets. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Use your powder tool, or rub a candle to take the tacky off that paint chip tag. I love it!
This is an adorable project! And I *have* envelopes! Thanks, Linda! Hugs! Peggy
Thanks for the tip, Peggy. Glad you like the project. You are most welcome. Have fun making with your envelopes.
Great idea!
Thank you so much, Heather. Glad you like it.
Hi Linda, wow what a great inspiration, I love new ideas like this! You always have paper scraps in your stash leftover from 12x12 paper, lol 😊 you’re very informative when doing your videos. Thanks, another Linda from California.😊
Hi Linda from California. I'm so glad you like it. Yes, I do have a lot of paper scraps. ha ha. Thank you for your kind words. Linda from Texas
Ooh I love this idea. Thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting.
These are adorable. I've used antique envelopes to make little journals. These are great for our new junk mail! ❤ Its cool how "confidential "
"Open now" and other printed things on the envelopes are visible. Love that. ❤❤
Thank you for your comments. I love hearing about your little antique journals. I liked that some of the words on these envelopes seemed appropriate, too. Hope you enjoy making some of these journals.
I kinda like the idea of this. I love collecting window envelopes of all shapes and sizes for just this reason - I think they make great little elements for junk journals. I think this would be a cute thing to add as ephemera in a junk journal and will probably make a couple. I prefer decorating the envelopes, myself, but I think they look okay plain as well from this demo. I actually was trying to come up with creative ways to use my window envelopes and well - I have one less creative idea to come up with because I'm def gonna use this one! Thanks for the cool share.
I'm so glad you like the idea and are going to make some. Decorated will just elevate the look of them. So many ways that you could "doll them up." Thanks for watching. (I had to smile about your having one less idea to come up with. Just sayin', I do have a playlist of ways to use window envelopes. Maybe some of them would be helpful.) This link is to all my playlists th-cam.com/users/feedplaylists
I'm having trouble figuring out how to list a link to a specific list, but It's named Making Ephemera from Junk Mail Envelopes
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Great idea, thank you for showing how to make it.
My pleasure. I’m happy that you like it. Thanks for your interest.
Linda, I watched this the other day and never got a chance to comment… great idea and lots of possibilities! I have a ton of junk mail, too. I’m so excited to see your channel growing so fast! Thanks for sharing all your inspiring ideas, sweet friend.❤️
Hi Rhonda. So happy to see you. Thank you for your sweet comment. I'm frankly astounded how this video has taken off resulting in such an increase in subscribers. I am grateful for every subscriber, especially friends who've been with me a while like you. Thank you for your friendship and support. :heart:
Love this so much!! Thank you for sharing~ Blessings, Violet
So happy that you like the idea, Violet. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Love it! So inspirational! And I love that you can still see what it originally was (envelopes you got in the mail). Not overworked. It really shows how you can dress them up! So fun and so pretty!
Thank you for your kind words, Lidia. I'm glad you like them. Thanks for watching and for your comment. I appreciate it.
I love all of your ideas!
@@kathyrobb702 Thank you so much, Kathy. That is so nice to hear. I appreciate your watching and leaving me a comment.
These are awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!
You are so welcome! I’m happy that you like them. Thanks for your time
Thank you for sharing your ideas 🎉
You are so welcome, Grace. I'm glad you like them. Thank you for watching and leaving me a comment.
Hi Linda! What a neat idea! I love this. I’m going to make one of these. Thanks!
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Hi Paige, so happy that you like it. You’re welcome and thank you for watching and for your comment.
What a great idea thank you for sharing 🎉🎉
Thank you so much. I’m happy you are liking my videos. Thanks for watching.
Love this idea! TFS! ❤
Hi Connie. Glad you like it and I hope you have fun making yours. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
These are really cute Ms. Linda. I will try doing this project. Now I have an excuse to collect more envelopes.
Thank you, Patti. I’m so glad you like it. lol about collecting more. Glad to be a crafting enabler.
What a great idea and Super Pretty too ❤
I'm definitely gonna make one and I think I will use it as a journal ...
Thank You for sharing and your inspiration...
Have a wonderful weekend ❤
I’m so happy that you like the idea. I think it will make a great journal. My pleasure to share. Hope your weekend is blessed.
Lots of great ideas. Thank you!
I had to watch it a 2nd time. And take notes. ❤❤. So many creative ideas on what to do with a big pile of envelopes!
Glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Aw, thank you so much for letting me know that. I'm so glad that you got a lot of ideas from the video. I have a big pile of envelopes, too. ha ha
This is my first time here! I love what you did with the window envelopes! I'm having to cut a bunch of papers down for my 3x7 pages in the Envelope Notebooks that I'm making for Christmas (this year, I hope). I could store the scraps from those beautiful pages in those envelopes & use them in the Env. Notebooks as ephemera! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Hi Joanne. That sounds like a neat project for Christmas. So glad that my idea is helpful for you. Glad you found my channel and thank you for watching and for your comment.
This is a really cool idea. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Hi Patty, glad you like it. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Hi, I'm new. I love this idea. You could change it up some & do different ideas to the journal! You're very creative, so good at telling us how to do those! Thanks so much for this! ☺️🫂🌹🐾🦋✨️
Hi SharaLee, welcome. I’m so happy that you like the idea and see other possibilities for it. Thank you for your encouraging words. I appreciate it so much.
Love my envelopes. Nice job!
Thank you so much. Love your screen name.
Great idea!! Thank you🎉
I’m happy that you like the idea. My pleasure to share. Thank you for watching and commenting.
really like this! Thanks for sharing❣️
Thank you, Lisa. I'm happy that you like it. I appreciate your watching and your comment.
These are lovely thank you for sharing💕
Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind comment and watching.
Wow 😮 what great idea I have so many envelopes for your making these just hope I can get the order correct for the waterfall yours are beautiful and once you decorated the envelopes you didn’t notice what was printed on them. Your decorations where the focal points and my eyes where drawn to how beautiful each side looked. Thanks for sharing a wonderful idea. ❤
Hi April. Thank you so much for your encouraging words. I added a bit more explanation in the description below about arranging the envelopes for the waterfall. I hope it helps. I have so many envelopes, too. Thank you for watching and leaving me a comment. ❤️
@@lindaspaperworks You’re welcome I’m getting my first 6 together now to try and make mine. I’ll watch your video again for the order of turning them with the #’s you didn’t confuse me I think sometimes our or my brain says that not correct lol 😂. Thank you again looking forward to more ideas from you whatever you make. 🤗. Have a great weekend 💜.
@@aprilcarter749 Thank you. I don’t know if you saw that I have a playlist of videos about using window envelopes. Thank you for watching.
@@lindaspaperworks I’ll check them out!!
Love this idea so much❣️❣️❣️ So creative😊
Thank you so much. Hope you have fun making some.
Love this idea ❤❤
Thank you so much. Glad you like it.
Thank you for sharing I can’t wait to make this.
You are so welcome, Regina. I’m so glad you are going to make one… or some. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment.
Love the idea
Thank you, Tina. I appreciate your watching and your comment.
First time watching, grand idea 👍 and I have lots of envelopes 🙄😉
Hi Robin, and welcome. I’m glad you like the idea. And Yes, me, too, about having envelopes. That was the spark for this idea-to use up more than one at a time. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
This is very clever! ❤
Thank you. Glad you like it.
This is a great idea! Perfect for my newly downsized tiny purse. All of my jotting books had to go. You have good information to share, and your explanations and demonstrations are spot on. Just put your microphone close to your lips so we can hear you better. Thanks for sharing your design.😊
Glad that you like the project. Thank you for watching and for your kind comment and suggestions.
I love this project ❤
Thank you, Martha. I’m so glad you like it.
Hi. You just appeared in my feed. Loved watching your ideas on using these envelopes. Look forward to following & catching up on your creative videos.
Welcome, PJ, and thank you for watching and leaving a comment. I’m so glad you like the ideas.
Love this video. I too love paper crafts and envelopes in particular are fun in my opinion. I have a channel but been away from doing any videos for a couple years maybe and just recently started paper crafts again. Watching from SE NC.
I'm glad you're getting back into paper crafts. There's so much fun to be had in creating. If you start making videos again, please let me know. Thank you for your comment and for watching.
I love this idea!😊❤
So glad, Susan. Thanks for watching and your comment.
Thank you so much Linda, I really really enjoyed watching you put this waterfall used envelopes together, and I really really ❤❤❤❤ love this idea. I also really love ❤ your style of crating so much so that I’ve subscribed and given you a thumbs up too. And I’m definitely going to try this out soon, great idea.
I’m so glad you enjoyed watching and like the idea. Enjoy your crafting time. Thank you for your kind words and for subscribing.
What a great idea! I would have to cover the envelopes because, well, just because. But this is a great gift or even a craft fair item. You’ve got my creative gears churning! Thanks!
I’m so happy that you like the idea, and certainly you can cover the envelopes for a more finished look. Even stenciling a background design would disguise the original envelope. Have fun. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
I knew I was saving these for a reason!
You are not alone. I’ve got a bunch, too. Thanks for coming by and commenting.
These look awesome XXX
Thank you. I appreciate your watching and leaving a comment.
I have saved so many envelopes with windows not knowing what to do with them. Thank you for sharing this video....my wheels are clicking now...lol
I’m so glad to know this is going to helpful to you. Hope you have fun. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Thanks Linda.
My pleasure. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
So fun!
Hi Becky. So glad you like it. Thanks so much for your comment and for watching.
Thank you! 🌹❤️
You are most welcome. Thank you for watching.
I really love this idea. I can’t wait to put the Tammie spin on it lol!
Hi Tammie. I’m so pleased that you like the idea. I would love to see the Tammie spin on it. Enjoy and thanks for watching.
I like your idea with the envelopes. They would look great if you coffee dyed them
Yes, that is a great option. Really so many ways to decorate and use the booklet. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Hi new subbie here, absolutely love this idea, am already using my stash of envelopes but this is a new idea ....might just have to make one....and yes I will you the credit when I show it....Shabby or Grunge and the ideas are flowing....tfs sharing and have a great week. 😅 and am glad I watched the full video as I like the loose seam binding idea to add more.
Welcome and thank you for your comment. I’m so glad you like the idea and I appreciate your crediting me when you make a video about it. I’ll be sure to watch. Hope you’re having a great week, too.
Cute ❤
Thank you!
Lovely❤
Thank you, Darlene. I appreciate your watching and your comment.
I’m new to your channel! This is an awesome idea, I look forward to watching more and also making this project! 🦋
Hi Claudia, welcome and thank you so much for your comment and watching my videos. I hope you have fun making this booklet.
I need 4 of these for various things ❤
Time for a mass make. Have fun! So glad to know that you found the idea to be useful.
Great recycling
Thank you. Hope you have some fun with making a few.
New subbie! Love this project. ❤. Joan
Hi Joan, welcome. Thank you so much for watching, subscribing and leaving me a comment. So glad you like the project.
That was so much fun. So inspired me ….you are talented and super skilled and it was a creative extravaganza for sure.❤❤❤
I do love envelopes, but thought I knew about everything you could do with them. You gave me lots of new ideas.
Hi Theresa, thank you so much. I’m happy that you found inspiration here and that you enjoyed the video. I appreciate your kind words of encouragement so much. Hope you have tons of creative fun.
Hi .. I'm new to Your channel .. Thelma Hall sent Me over ... Thank You so much for showing Us how You make these 🙂
Hello and welcome. I appreciate Thelma sharing my video and you for coming over. It is my pleasure to share ideas and I love it when someone else take it and puts their spin on it. Thank you for coming by and commenting.
I really should make one!
I hope you will. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
NEW SUBSCRIBER, i really like the ephemera holder idea tyvm for sharing!
Welcome, Thelma, and thanks for subscribing. I’m so glad you like the idea.
i posted a #whatsupwednesday video and i shoed off the ephemera holder i made using your tutorial. and i am sharing this video and your channel :) today
That is awesome! Thank you so much, Thelma. I've already been by to watch your video. Love what you've done with the idea--yours turned out so cute.
Thst was interesting but kind of confusing. I might give it a try sometime. Tfs.
Hello Laura. It can be a bit confusing. It might help when you get your envelopes cut to the right sizes to put them in the right order, shortest in front to tallest in back. Then number the envelopes one to six (or however many you’re using). We’ll say six for this example. Put one through three in one stack and four through six in another. Then pair them-one and six, two and five, and three and four. Attach those pairs together with your fabric strips, thinking about where you want the windows to be placed. For the front/back pair I wanted the fabric on the outside, so I put the shortest one window facing up next to the back envelope, front on the right of the back, which has the window placed down so it will be inside. The other two signatures I put the fabric on the other side, but all of them could have the strips on the same side as the cover set.
I hope that makes sense. It’s easier to understand after you make one. You don’t have to do a waterfall, which might be easier on the first attempt. Thanks for watching and for your comment. I hope you will give it a try.
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Thank you!
Hi I am a new to your chanelle and enjoying every minute of it. I saw this idea on Thelma Halls channel and she mentioned that you had inspired her to made this journal. I will differently be trying this
Hi Tina. Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so glad you found my channel and are enjoying it. I hope you will make one (or some) of these. If you show yours in a video, I hope you will tag me. I'd love to see your creation. Thank you for subscribing.
I found a kool envelope today from BofA with a long window, never seen one like that
Those are cool envelopes. I have some, but so far, I don't think I've used any of them. I think Kathleen Mower likes to use them to wrap around a page and have windows pockets on both sides. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
@@lindaspaperworks I’m still watching, I’ll have to look up Kathaleen
@@sandratheprocraftinator945 Aw, thank you. Yes, do look up Kathleen. She is a great teacher and makes lovely journals. I think you will love her. She's @BeAgainBooks Tell her I said Hi.
These are so cute! And would make a lovely addition to a journal for a gift. I have been watching your videos, I don’t comment much, or every time. But love your channel. Your voice is so comforting... are you by chance in East Texas? Or Texas in general? You sound like you are. I wasn’t going to ask, but then you showed the post card from San Antonio sunken gardens. I’m South east of Dallas between Dallas and Tyler... anyway... I love finding new uses for the envelopes, and can appreciate that you don’t try and disguise the fact it’s an envelope!
Hi Patricia. Thank you for your lovely comment. I appreciate your watching my videos. Yes, I am a Texan, north of Dallas. Love all those beautiful azaleas in East Texas. Thanks so much for your support.
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Thank you, Martha.
I’m new to all this but I have been saving envelopes and think this is a terrific idea! I’m trying to figure out how tall the first envelope is. I’m thinking 6 inches? And then 1/4 inch more for each envelope after? I’ll be looking for other videos by you and subscribing. You are a good teacher.
Hello Marylin, and welcome. Yes, i made the front envelope 6 inches tall and increased by 1/4 inch for each one going back. Actually, you can make the first one whatever size you choose. For instance, depending on how tall the window is you might want to adjust it up or down to be more proportional with the window. Thank you for your encouraging comments and for subscribing. Jump right in and have fun. There are no rules for junk journaling and mistakes are just design opportunities. Many of my favorite things happened because I was covering up a mistake. Thanks for stopping by.
First time here. Love the idea, tfs! I’ve been collecting all those envelopes for many ephemera ideas I’ve saved on YT. Perhaps marking the envelopes would help demo it easier? Also dollar tree has $1.25 fabric rolls in many varieties. Cotton and not too thin imo. PS: I hear water boiling or steamer kinda background sound. May be it’s the AC?
Welcome and so glad you love the idea. That is a great suggestion about the fabric from Dollar Tree--plenty for junk journal projects and inexpensive. Sorry about the AC noise in the background. It was too hot that day not to have it on. I was hoping that the sound wouldn't be heard on the video. My voice needs to be louder and the AC quieter. Sigh. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
I ADORE the stencils that you used on some of the ephemera (the floral, the fern) with texture paste - - can you tell me where you found them? or the brand name? Thanks for sharing! - Nancy
Hi Nancy, the stencil came from Walmart. It's their Hello Hobby brand and the number on it is 49886. In our store it's on the aisle with the chalk paint, acrylic paints in bottles, and other craft things. Hope you can find it at your store. Thanks for watching.
@lindaspaperworks wonderful! I feel a Commando mission to Walmart in the near future!!!!
@@WishesandWeeds Ha ha...best of luck on your search and rescue mission.
I subscribe to your channel 😀😀😀
Hi Dorothy, thank you for subscribing and for watching.
Hi there, I love this video. I am now a new subscriber of yours. Tfs 😊
Hi Kem, so glad you liked the video. Thank you for subscribing and for letting me know.
@@lindaspaperworks you're very welcome 💜🩷💜