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Studio Tour and Walk Through Here at Book and Paper Arts

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  • At last, a studio tour! This walk through will show some of the good stuff that lives in here and is my special world, a room of my own. It’s actually only part of what is on shelves and boxes but well, I had to start somewhere.
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  • @sharyndj7404
    @sharyndj7404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Such a magical studio…filled with the wonders of days gone by. It is the stuff of dreams…storied old pages, ephemera and bits and bobs from another time. I am so so happy to have discovered your channel!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you, Sharyn. I am glad you did, too. And believe me, I do just sit around and gape at this stuff when I am alone. 😺

  • @LouiseAdie-zm2jf
    @LouiseAdie-zm2jf ปีที่แล้ว

    What a gold mine!!! Thank you for collecting and saving all these treasures!!! You're brilliant, what a pleasure to 'visit' with you. 🦋

  • @robertakeirn1870
    @robertakeirn1870 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “This is my pile of vintage French linens…” I almost blacked out!!! Love your tour, thank you!! 🖤

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Roberta, that is hilarious as that is the way I feel when I see these things in the wild - I want them all. I feel it is a sign of growth that I can leave some of there for others now rather than acquire them compulsively. Partly because I live in a small flat and there are only so many French linens you can use. Maybe if I had the rambling old farmhouse. Sigh. In the next lifetime???

  • @roseybud9646
    @roseybud9646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a very organized and wonderful studio. It's full of nostalgia and vintage glory! Ty for sharing your happy place.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Rosey, I do find that having things in boxes of their own helps. I would sub-divide it even more but 1. space and 2. time. It does make me very happy. 🌷🌷

  • @loriricci9383
    @loriricci9383 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible environment! You are so fortunate to have acquired such a plethora of beautiful pieces. May your talents continue to amaze not only your audience but your truest inner self exploration.

  • @camilliasornstein8808
    @camilliasornstein8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing your "sacred" space. AND thank you for not having a studio where everything is perfectly arranged. My area is small, a mess but I know where I put "stuff". Awesome!!!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello Camillia, welcome to the controlled chaos club. Actually every time I start to clean and organise Gab yells at me and tells me it should be more romantic and "artsy". Who am I to argue???

  • @jennygilvarry4561
    @jennygilvarry4561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Kelly, thank you so much for showing us your studio. I love it so much, especially all your books, ephemera, hats, in fact everything. Also your hair is looking great. Your hubby did a wonderful job filming. Look forward to your next video. Love Jenny xxx

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for all this, Jenny. It is fun to film with Gab but he is still training and will drop the camera and film the ground a surprising amount of the time! And that is what we have "delete" for, no? And thanks about the hair - I will be pleased when the colour is all out but it is taking way longer than I thought. Maybe this fall???

  • @melissaduncan9988
    @melissaduncan9988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I adore studio tours! Thanks. I love the space and the location. What a great place to work! Your husband has a great voice too.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Melissa. Yes, I am very lucky with the view and it is just around the corner from where I live. Gab says thank you! When we lived in Tennessee the locals never stopped asking him to "say something". 😁😉

  • @loisraphael9748
    @loisraphael9748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A treasure trove, a jewel box! Thanks for sharing the tour of your studio.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Lois, it is truly a jewel box, if by jewels you mean mouse-nibbled paper and distressed books. It is quite the Aladdin's cave and I love it so. 🌻🌻

  • @reginaeid1568
    @reginaeid1568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    OMG- you have your own room filled with yummy paper, and your own angel Gabriel ! Thanks for the awesome tour🤩

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is an angel but he actually goes by Gab as in "gift of" and that'll work, too. Thank you, Regina!😉

  • @claireskey5439
    @claireskey5439 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hey girl.❤ Now that is an incredible view from your studio,! Love your tour , a thousand gazillion? Thankyou so much for sharing your happy place. Ah, you're the keeper of keys? I also hate, matchy matchy and prissy clean stuff. And if i tidy stuff i can never find things! Much love.🇭🇲❤❤❤

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Hi there. Thanks for this. I mean to redo this someday but with my husband as cameraman it was a ton of work so maybe we will skip that. 😺I am good with messy - I have to be - but from time to time I do a deep(er) clean, otherwise I am just moving stuff from pile to pile and it ends up taking more time to find one piece of paper that I have buried in a pile than to clean and put it where I can find it. Does that make sense? Also, I always find tons of lost art supplies when I clean so there's that.

  • @turkeyduck6
    @turkeyduck6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for inviting us over to play ♡

  • @fifidubois5514
    @fifidubois5514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I could live in your studio. 😂 Full of wonderful treasure. Even the smallest piece of paper. Wonderful. 💕

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have wondered more than once if I could get a camp bed and a microwave in here and pretend it is a tiny house. Hmmm.😉

    • @fifidubois5514
      @fifidubois5514 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BookandPaperArts Sorted !! 💕

  • @GillianCrossArt
    @GillianCrossArt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hehehe "I don't think he knows what TH-cam is!" Lovely little studio, I'm amazed by the amount of things you've managed to fit in there.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Gillian. Gab is a delight and knows tons of stuff but sometimes he has glitches in his information. And a lot of this WAS in a one bedroom flat at one time. Under the bed and over all the cupboards.🙂🙂

  • @debsmith7050
    @debsmith7050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Creativity inside and out! Bet you enjoy coming to work :) I surely appreciate seeing your studio. TY Nice to have you say hello Gaby

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gab says hi back, Deb! And I love my job. I am one lucky woman.🌼🌼🎨🎨

  • @lwhitaker4054
    @lwhitaker4054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this look at your studio! I imagine walking in and sighing in happiness! Thank- you, made my day.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why thank you! It is a special place.🌷

  • @DonnaVintageSnippets
    @DonnaVintageSnippets 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How exciting to see your charming studio! It is lovely and thank you so much for showing it to us. It's amazing how much we are all alike. I love your rosaries and I collect them, too. A shrine in a cigar box sounds very interesting.....

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Donna, I would love to compare notes. Maybe one day we can meet on Skype or whatnot. I have one cigar box that opens in the middle to either side and I mean to make it into a triptych. One day. 🙄😉🎨

    • @DonnaVintageSnippets
      @DonnaVintageSnippets 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BookandPaperArts Hi Kelly! We can always chat through Etsy or Instagram!! I'm more comfortable with that than something like Skype, which I don't have. I just have to say, though, I think you are more of an artist than I am!

  • @kathysaleeba3397
    @kathysaleeba3397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a delightful studio! I would have too much explaining to do if I let my husband record a tour video. My tidy endeavors last about 5 minutes. Thanks Dr. G for being a great sport!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, Kathy, you actually nailed it. Gab and I argued and he kept trying to get me to stand here or there and do this or that and I overruled him except sometimes he was right and - you use up a lot of marital capital making a video together. 😉

  • @CatherineSunnysideJournals
    @CatherineSunnysideJournals 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a delight. That was wonderful. Thank you for the inspiring tour.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Catherine. It was more daunting than I thought it would be!

  • @socorrocastorena3862
    @socorrocastorena3862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow!!! It's like I'm in a candy store!! Except it's ephemera!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your studio, it certainly gets my creative juices going. You're so so talented and I'm so glad I found you!! Have a beautiful day and sending love and good mojo from Tucson, Arizona!❤

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well hello and welcome, Socorro. I have always wanted to visit Arizona. Maybe someday. Have a beautiful day there and best thoughts from Wales.😺

  • @lynnboyd33
    @lynnboyd33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good Golly Miss Kelly! What a fun and inspiring place for you to work! In so many ways you are amazingly organized, and yet, thanks for sharing some of the scattered stuff under the desk! It's REAL! In this biz of collage books and papers, they may be pretty thin and flat, but they can still very easily, get outta hand!! Thank your wonderful hubby as well, for filming this peek into your life. It always seems that when you actually get to see where some of your fave creatives work, you just feel like you really know them a lot better. Thank you, and you have a safe and exciting jaunt to France the end of this week! Can't wait to watch your adventures on here.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Lynn. Yes, actually I am fairly organised. It takes time but if I don't then I am just searching through piles and never finding what I want. Okay, gotta go pack now and get my vaccine info and tons of stuff to break the orbit and get out of here! More soon, my dear.

  • @nicolaj3294
    @nicolaj3294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Kelly, I could happily rummage around your lovely studio for days! I love old keys and boxes too. Thanks for the tour. By the way, I've been doing my husband's family history and they were welsh being Jones. They owned a pub in Blaenau Ffestiniog. We will have to go and visit some day, been years since we were last in the UK. Hello Gabriel🖐

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Nicola. Yes, Jones is a common name here. Every time I buy an old family bible I think to see if the descendants might want to have it and every single time the family name is Jones! So that doesn't really work. 😁

  • @roksannastephens4375
    @roksannastephens4375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful!!! Your entire studio is a work of art!! Ty for sharing, the both of you.

  • @rosannagajdanelson999
    @rosannagajdanelson999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was delightful and inspiring! Thank you and your husband!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why thank you, Rosanne. And I will certainly tell Gab. He is so tickled.😺

  • @KatheD
    @KatheD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was totally fascinating and delightful - thanks so much for the tour!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Kathe. It is my very real pleasure. Thanks for checking in! Kelly

  • @Lucyverre
    @Lucyverre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for showing us your studio. It's great!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucy, it is my real pleasure! 🌷🌷🌻🌻🌼🌼

  • @laracraft82
    @laracraft82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God certainly boosts my creativity Amen 🙏

  • @mylittlemainecottagestudio
    @mylittlemainecottagestudio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kelly, you always bring delight & this tour was super fun! Really liked how you shared with us all right out in TH-cam land! Nice to hear your husband too! He did great!👍😅

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why thank you, Valerie. This walk through was kind of harder than I thought it would be but I love it so much I wanted it to have its own day in the sun. Or mixed clouds - this is windy Wales, after all. Gab says thank you! 😁

  • @marmaz57
    @marmaz57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was really great! Thank you so much for sharing! Everything about your studio inspires me. Loved your laughter with Gab at the end! Going to check out your courses, now. Thanks!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello and welcome, Mary. Yes, I am very lucky woman - an Aladdin's cave and a husband who makes me laugh!😎

  • @gailschmidt
    @gailschmidt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the wonderful tour and being real! Cool studio!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you, Gail. At my age I can afford to be real, and it is good fun. 😺

  • @ginainfantino411
    @ginainfantino411 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved it! That’s what happens when you expect more from a husband. Enjoyed both of you, and I love your studio! Thanks for sharing!

  • @diane2941
    @diane2941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How nice to see your studio and meet your camera man!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Diane! It is nice to be seen.😎 And I will tell Gab.

  • @lolly7608
    @lolly7608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oooohh such a great seeing your studio … and hearing Gab! 👍

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Lorraine. He is a nice Jewish boy from Manchester but has lived in Swansea for many, many years. The sun came out! And you?

  • @123.ABC.33
    @123.ABC.33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I so loved seeing your studio. It looks like a true artist works there. You have so many yummy goodies to create with. My studio looks like a tornado went through it but, as you say, I know where everything is and can find it to use. Thanks for sharing.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Lynne. Thank you very much for touching base and those kind words. But believe you me, it has its tornado days. Often just after a youtube video taping as in the interest of continuity (as we big time filmmakers call it) I throw things on the floor just out of camera range and reach for something else. A video often takes as much as six hours to make so at the end those papers just stay where they landed! For a day or so, anyway. 😁

  • @D10DeLuca
    @D10DeLuca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the peek around your studio and what a fantastic find on your book press!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Ned. I almost swooned when they told me the price. It had been £15 but no one had bought it all morning so they asked if I would consider paying £10 ! That was a good day.

  • @La1Senora
    @La1Senora ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings and Salutations, Miss Kelly! Your studio is a fabulous extension of your completed work. I also gleaned some creative inspiration from this. I've been a life long journaler, but I'm fairly new to junk journals & altered books. I've become a bit overwhelmed with how quickly junk journal materials grow. I noticed that, unlike mine, your stashes are congruent to your finished art. I think that is because you've nurtured and developed your unique artistic vision and voice. It's going to help me move beyond techniques to more thoughtful and deliberate expression in my own creative endeavors. Thanks for sharing!💐A little tip of mine: I use a decorative yard tile for a book press. Bonus: leaned against my shelf, it doubles as a decorative element.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Debra. I like that yard tile idea: it's all about being resourceful, isn't it? When this was my hobby I had cuttings in envelopes, then shoeboxes, then it got to where it took more time to find something than to make something. I bought my studio six years ago and now have the luxury of bigger boxes devoted to one topic. It is still messy but more organised chaos than anarchy. 😎 Kelly

  • @karenlulay
    @karenlulay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved seeing your studio. Looks so cozy and inspiring.

  • @sheryllamoureux1068
    @sheryllamoureux1068 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh my, I shouldn't be surprised but your studio is so much like mine I'm flabbergasted. The hats, the keys, the boxes of ephemera (although my backlogs are stored in Itoya portfolios) I have boxes for flowers, birds, butterflies, cats, and business ephemera. I hang my specialty papers on old wooden skirt hangers and my book press is made of iron acquired through similar circumstances.I even have the rosaries although mine are from Mexico and South America. Ah, serendipity.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Holy macaroni, this is amazing. Down to the paper on skirt hangers. I did have to look up Itoya portfolios. They look classier than my bunged up Rubbermaid but they do what they say on the tin and when I think about a better system I get distracted by making stuff. As for hats, I got into all of this (in a very winding way) through hats. Where is your studio, Sheryl? Can I come and live there? Kelly

    • @sheryllamoureux1068
      @sheryllamoureux1068 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BookandPaperArts If I can visit yours while you visit mine

  • @rpetrie9197
    @rpetrie9197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a beautiful studio in a perfect location. X 😊

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is a delightful place indeed. 🌼🌼

  • @sunnie2474
    @sunnie2474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a lovely studio, and there at a marina with a window! I did not see any "mess' at all!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Sunnie. It is actually zoned commercial and does have windows for display. Not much foot traffic except in school holidays but when there is, it is lovely to have visitors.😺

  • @dorothycmc
    @dorothycmc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was hoping you’d do a video like this. What a magical place. I could live there.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Dorothy. I have thought of putting in a camp bed and a microwave and calling it a tiny house. But I guess there's tiny and then there's tiny!

  • @wertsdb71
    @wertsdb71 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful studio. Thanks for sharing! 🙏

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Blake. It looks like the inside of my head. I am very happy in this place.

  • @dianefallon8471
    @dianefallon8471 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for sharing.
    This was so lovely.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why thank you, Diane. It was a messy but happy day. 😺😺Kelly

  • @jodimartin4250
    @jodimartin4250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow 😯 Kelly. You have a awesome space filled with wonderful things from days gone by. I’d love to come and rummage through your things. Lol 😝 Love your husbands accent. Maybe one day you would tell us how you ended up in Wales. 🤔 Thanks for the tour. 💐

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Jodi. Thanks a bunch and I'll tell Gab. (He got that a LOT when we lived in Tennessee!) It is a long story about getting here but here I've been for 17 years and I don't even think of it anymore. 😺

  • @rayanneedwards8542
    @rayanneedwards8542 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from Nehalem, Oregon, USA...I recently found you on TH-cam...Lucky ME! Your studio is lovely. I am a paper junkie so I can so relate to your amazing stash. You are such an inspiration love your Art work. Thank you.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello and welcome, Rayanne. Thank you so much for your kind words. It really does make my day. Stash-wise, I have to cull ruthlessly from time to time but it helps as I am of a certain age (ahem) and have a better sense of what I will really use in the time I have left and what it is holding on to paper and stuff because it is here. Oregon, eh? I have heard that the weather can be similar to what we have in Wales: wet but very pretty. Kelly

  • @karenr190
    @karenr190 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your studio. I admit that I was checking out the reflections in your glasses to see if I could get a peek at your husband. 😂😂

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Karen. I like to keep a little mystery around him. He gets an occasional cameo.😉

  • @christicoffey6463
    @christicoffey6463 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Okay, when I first saw a video of yours (6/22/24) I felt like I knew you, and delighted that I was meeting someone with whom I share so much in common. NOW I'm convinced we are related, sisters! I was born in 1952, so am probably your much OLDER sister 😂.
    Thanks so much for your studio tour, it is a treasure chest of FABULOUS material, the organization of which of which I am intensely in awe 😮. You're a rock star.

  • @keystojournaling9290
    @keystojournaling9290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kelly!!! What a great video! I love your workshop from its location to the reality of the work area. Omg... I want to visit and go car boot shopping with you. This is the best video and you made my day! You are a true artist 🎨 ❤️

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Laurie. That means a lot to me. And I am so lucky to have this place which is only five minutes' walk from my flat which means NO excuses not to go to work.😺

    • @keystojournaling9290
      @keystojournaling9290 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want you to know that I did share with my Instagram peeps! Just thinking what about doing a buy me a coffee on TH-cam?

  • @UrbanGrrl69
    @UrbanGrrl69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A magical tour of your space Kelly, very organised I think. The altered piece on the wall with very large fly kept catching my eye, at least that’s what I saw. I’d love to run my own little arts gallery shop, in my list of dream jobs.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Pauline, it is giant bee on an altered book cover. Because bees make everything better. (Unless they get in your sleeping bag which actually happened to me once while camping.🐝🐝Keep dreaming that dream job - I didn't get the studio until I was in my 50s and then some but it got here in the end. Off to Amboise tonight !

    • @UrbanGrrl69
      @UrbanGrrl69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BookandPaperArts Bon voyage

  • @mariamitropoulos7130
    @mariamitropoulos7130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a beautiful studio!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you, Maria. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

  • @blanchetait8063
    @blanchetait8063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun tour of your studio Kelly! Loved all of it. Maybe one day we will visit Wales and drop by🤗

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Blanche. You would be very welcome and it would be a treat to visit. In some ways Wales can be country-fied but it also has incredibly natural beauty and would make quite the holiday!

  • @jodimartin4250
    @jodimartin4250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And the story of hat collecting that lead you to paper arts

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah. I will put that in a video but the short answer is that I only wore vintage clothes for MANY years and that took me to vintage and antique shows to look for old fashion magazines and ads for reference points and that is when I became interested in old paper and ...there you go. I also did bookbinding for a hobby and they kind of came together at some point. 🌻

  • @isabellevaillant6666
    @isabellevaillant6666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoyed looking at your art supplies under your desk! ...It looks like mine!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Isabelle. It is my to-do list to organise that sucker but I am too busy creating so messy and happy it remains! So glad you agree.🙂

  • @juliezappa6399
    @juliezappa6399 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    HEAVEN !!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hi Julie, your comment made me laugh out loud because I couldn't agree more. I am a very lucky woman and a blessed one and my studio looks like the inside of my head and makes me very, very happy. 🌻🌼🌷Hope you are having a creative week! Kelly

  • @cherylmacedo5521
    @cherylmacedo5521 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can’t wait to hear the hat story…..🎩🎩🎩🎩

  • @weaver7249
    @weaver7249 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your studio. I just knew it would look like this. your great!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for the vote of confidence, Dana. Every time I try to clean it and make order my husband yells at me and asks Who wants a studio that is all orderly??? I try to hit a happy balance. 😎😎Kelly

  • @karenselway836
    @karenselway836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely arty, artful studio. I love old books, they're works of art themselves. I've managed to pick up a few old beauties quite cheaply at Hay on Wye. I'm so jealous of that beautiful book press. It's gorgeous. I can't believe I've not come across you on our many visits to Swansea, it's a lovely place. Our daughter graduated from uni there last summer. We live just an hour's drive away.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well hello, Karen. Yesterday I got a book from 1731 HERE IN SWANSEA. Minus the cover but with engravings so ding ding ding. My studio is in the marina. Please let me know next time you are this way and we can try to meet! Best to try to arrange it, if even vaguely, as I am not always in the studio. If you send me an email at kelly@bookandpaperarts.com I will forward you my mobile number. Oh, and Hay on Wye is my idea of paradise, or it used to be back in the day. Despite my (lack of) accent I have lived here 18 years and remember it when it was 40 bookstores, one down-at-hill teashop, and some sheep.

    • @karenselway836
      @karenselway836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1731! Does it still have a title page? Still quite a lot of book shops in Hay, although the children's bookshop Stella & Rose has gone but they do have a shop in Tintern, or they did last time we were there back in the summer. Thankyou for your kind offer. Would love to see your studio in the flesh. When I showed my daughter your video tour she recognised your studio instantly, though she thought it was a shop. Unfortunately you were closed otherwise she'd have asked permission to come in. Though she did have a cheeky peek through the window. ; )

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@karenselway836 Hi Karen, a lot of people think it is haunted as I am only in "by chance" and sometimes if the door is open they RUN in and say they were afraid I would disappear as no one is ever in. I do sell as a shop and have pretty things displayed but altered books are not big movers in Swansea. 😉 And more's the pity. I am going to be doing workshops at the Gower Heritage Centre this summer so - stay tuned ! Kelly

  • @kimssuitcase735
    @kimssuitcase735 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really lovely and inspiring. Thanks so much Kelly.

  • @ymrabc
    @ymrabc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, I love your studio Kelly, I think I could get lost in there with so much interesting stuff to discover. I’m pleased to see that I’m not the only person who works like you, I try to keep things relatively tidy as I have my husband to consider but my love of making journals and altered books is gradually taking over our flat, I need to get organised but if I tidy up, like you, I can’t find anything. Tell your husband he is doing an excellent job as cameraman 👍

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yvie, the reason I bought the studio five years ago it because before that most of this stuff was in our one bedroom flat and I was pretty much informed it was becoming grounds for divorce.😁This place is small but around the corner from where I live and cheaper than getting a two bedroom flat and there you go. But when it was in the flat, I had those huge, flattish storage boxes that fit under the bed and all the paper and stuff went there every night. Keep on making! Kelly

  • @thegildedpaintbrush9276
    @thegildedpaintbrush9276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this! I wish I could come visit your studio in person! If I’m ever in the area I’ll be sure to say hello and 🤔maybe ask for recommendations for vintage book and papers supplies! What a treat to the eyes. I’m sure they have amazing textures too! Just wonderful… thank you for sharing!
    Oh and .. Hello, 🤗 hubby Gabe! 🤭

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Laura, please come and visit anytime. Have you seen my video on how to find old papers and whatnot?
      th-cam.com/video/MC7gd40F30s/w-d-xo.html

  • @aliciaharvey1
    @aliciaharvey1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey, Kelly! Thank you for the tour since it looks like we won't get to Wales until next year. Btw, Gab has a sexy voice☺️

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hiya Alicia. Yeah, he gets that a lot. We will just let TH-cam enjoy his voice and keep everything else a mystery. 😎

  • @heleneebenstein9120
    @heleneebenstein9120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a magical studio tour. Absolutely delightful. Compared to me you are very organized. I'll try to pick up some helpful tips from you.

  • @laracraft82
    @laracraft82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for showing us around and I recognise the Swansea Harbour as walked around there before being quite close to us from Bridgend. I will have to check out the Swansea Carboot sometime.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It used to be halfway decent at the Singleton hospital car park but blast, it's gone. There is still one on Sunday at Liberty Stadium. It is big but not always the most inspiring. Still, a nice walk if the weather holds.

    • @laracraft82
      @laracraft82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BookandPaperArts darn were be away this Sunday but were be free for the next one. Never knew about it being the old singleton hospital car park.

  • @cherylmacedo5521
    @cherylmacedo5521 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh My Me……this is what I have been (im)patiently waiting for……be right back…….

  • @Bobbie92
    @Bobbie92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your studio...

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why thank you, Bobbie. It is a very special place, especially as I live in a tiny apartment. This is where all the sprawling out occurs. 🌷🌼🌻

  • @itsamysticlife3500
    @itsamysticlife3500 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't tell you how much I love this video and your wonderfully inspiring works.
    Your studio is lovely. You've given me wonderful ideas on how to get my bits and bobs organized, as well as including an area to display pieces for sale.
    I'm definitely subscribing and will be binging as well.
    Thanks so much to you both for taking the time and effort to share your lovely space.

  • @cherylmacedo5521
    @cherylmacedo5521 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aren’t you modest…. I spied the book you penned right away 😉😉😉

  • @sophiewagstaff2081
    @sophiewagstaff2081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved this!

  • @koungson
    @koungson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your studio ❤️

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why thank you! It is a special place.🌻

  • @RandomArtist222
    @RandomArtist222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So interesting 😀

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Susana!🌷🌷🌻🌻🌼

  • @debbieyanta5753
    @debbieyanta5753 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have a fabulous studio, and I loved the tour ...also appreciate the story regarding the book press that you thought you needed and alas what we think we MUST have and will of course use ALL the time,,,is not the case. I loved the big old stack of books for a WEIGHT,and the doily ontop is such a awesome touch. Love your channel, just stumbled onto it a few nights ago.

  • @rickiquilt
    @rickiquilt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your studio!!! It’s amazing…thanks for sharing ♥️

  • @lauramarycann9590
    @lauramarycann9590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous , enjoyed watching your art space pity you are so far away. I would definitely drop in for a cuppa.......... 🙋‍♀

  • @mysnowangelz
    @mysnowangelz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the BOXES!!! omg....
    thank you for sharing!! i liked how you have a smallish studio with very focused supplies. i have way too much stuff and don't know where to begin sorting, but that alone is very therapeutic for me. i think I'm subbed to you, I'm going now to watch some more videos!! TYFS 💛📚

  • @lericamims
    @lericamims 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Ancestors are from Swansee, Wales!

  • @laracraft82
    @laracraft82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That red and silver book cover is stunning 😍

  • @karenpuschmann4157
    @karenpuschmann4157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can I come and live with you. You have a magical studio..

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are very welcome to live with us, Karen! I have a tea kettle in the studio and it can be very cosy indeed. Kelly😺

  • @cherylmacedo5521
    @cherylmacedo5521 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that you a. Got that book press for $13. b. It’s mahogany. And c. that you don’t use it. Lol. I’m using Michel’s kettlebell to weight down my glue jobs 🤣🤣

  • @denisestone9119
    @denisestone9119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your studio!

  • @jennyjunemoon-walker8739
    @jennyjunemoon-walker8739 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're my hero

  • @lericamims
    @lericamims 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My studio is the same way!

  • @LadyJaneG
    @LadyJaneG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish I could visit your studio! Enjoyed the tour! QUESTION: have you ever done video on using cabinet cards in art ?

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jane, you are always welcome! Hmmm, I have not done one on cabinet cards specifically so much as I have occasionally shown them in finished pieces. Let me add that to the list and see I can come up with something for later in the summer. Thank you for idea. Feedback really helps me plan. Hope you have a creative rest of the week! Kelly

    • @LadyJaneG
      @LadyJaneG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BookandPaperArts looking forward to that!

  • @sirbimsaranadirangaalmedaa403
    @sirbimsaranadirangaalmedaa403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your videos are actually innovative I'm honestly thanking you to make my awareness about paper arts like this your studio is actually breathtaking you are maintaining it adroitly may i ask you a question please answer me if you don't mind i m actually would like to know what is your country? seems like Italy i also want to tell you something about anti government protesting events in sri Lanka yesterday the police became actually violated they were killed a protester by shooting and injured many more about 30 people so the government Imposed the curfew to that area i think now the government took their first step of violating on protesters now they attempted to kill innocent anti government protesters brutally i m actually disappointing about everything happening to my mother land my father is going send me to another country i will have to agree with that because it is the most safest decision has remained for me to survive from this critical situation

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello, Bimsara. I live in Wales, in Great Britain. "they attempted to kill innocent anti government protesters" - this is terrible ! I can understand your father. I also would want my child to be safe in another country. I have good thoughts for you to be safe. Kelly

    • @sirbimsaranadirangaalmedaa403
      @sirbimsaranadirangaalmedaa403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BookandPaperArts Thank you for replying madame you are very kind!

  • @barrylytle5118
    @barrylytle5118 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great studio! You've been collecting a very long time! The Marina....is it for Narrowboats? I follow a couple TH-cam channels on Narrowboats. Loved the outtake at the end of the video vwith you husband. Hi Gabriel!
    Thank you for sharing your wonderful space!

  • @kayhammock
    @kayhammock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi. Great tour! I would definitely come in and stroll around. What do you make with the children board books? I always see them and can't think what I'd use them for. I also haven't made any bookcover art for the wall. I love the cigar box shrines. So many ideas my head is spinning.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well Miss Kay if your head is spinning with ideas then I have done my job and that makes me happy. I strip the glossy paper from the board books, gesso the boards, then use it as a kind of art journal. Here is a video I made when I was on the design team for The Graphics Fairy. It is one of my early videos and the quality is a bit not great but it will give you an idea. I will be making more later in the year.
      th-cam.com/video/tCadOSPnXwA/w-d-xo.html

  • @vintagewriting
    @vintagewriting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More Gab Jacobs please

  • @laracraft82
    @laracraft82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello Gabriel 👋

    • @prof.gabrieljacobs1778
      @prof.gabrieljacobs1778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Lara. Thank for my first ever TH-cam comment.

    • @laracraft82
      @laracraft82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@prof.gabrieljacobs1778 that is so cool 😎 my husband gets dragged into my videos too as my only recording equipment is my digital camera Lols so either I'm holding it or Rob is my hubby 😀

    • @prof.gabrieljacobs1778
      @prof.gabrieljacobs1778 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@laracraft82 We also serve who only stand and film.

  • @jennyjunemoon-walker8739
    @jennyjunemoon-walker8739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Will you be my journal sponsor???♡

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why hello there. Not sure how heroic I am so much as very lucky, very blessed and very aware of it, living it big, happy, and mindful. Now, what is a journal sponsor? If you like you can email me at kelly@bookandpaperarts.com 🌷🌼🌻Kelly

  • @ochervelvet9687
    @ochervelvet9687 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been fussy cutting while watching this video. What a charming space you’ve created to work in! And how glad I am to see a working studio that is not frighteningly clean and organized. 😅 I’m curious about two things. (Curiosity is only one of my besetting sins.) You have either an American or Canadian accent; how did you end up in Wales? And I note in your videos a preponderance of Catholic imagery. I myself am a lapsed (Spanish) Catholic, but I’m still very much influenced by my background. Much of that imagery still speaks to me (as well as mystical imagery from around the world). I’m wondering what role it plays in your work?

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why thank you. Everytime I start to clean and organise my husband yells at me: "No one wants to see an organised art studio!". How I got to Wales is a long story and I am going to try to get around to an intro video about that before the end of the year. In the meantime - this is not my real accent so guessing won't help. I am from a farm in rural Mississippi and no, not even kidding. But I've lived in Wales for almost 20 years and I've been a UK citizen for over 12.
      Now, I am not Catholic, not even traditionally religious. You might say I am a Transcendentalist. But I work in old churches and abbeys a lot because they are where the stories and the history and the art and the culture and the whole-bunch-of-stuff about a place. The saints just kind of came second. Also, here is a piece I wrote about it.
      bookandpaperarts.com/saints-the-unknown-and-alter-egos/
      Okay, off to get this day on the road. Feel free to ask questions (curiosity is my word 🦋) and share pieces of your own story. I really do like to compare notes - it's what makes the world go around.
      Wildly, creatively yours,
      Kelly

    • @ochervelvet9687
      @ochervelvet9687 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BookandPaperArts ♥️♥️♥️

    • @ochervelvet9687
      @ochervelvet9687 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BookandPaperArts Thank you for pointing me to your blog entry. That was fabulous. I absolutely agree that the world is mysterious, and in fact, we need it to be. In a lovely bit of synchronicity, I recently had an idea for an exhibit and a local gallery bit-they want a proposal. The theme is Pantheon for a Modern World. Modern times have not made gods and goddesses obsolete. The complexity of today’s world is such that we need them now more than ever, but maybe in an updated version. I’m hoping to see artists submit either revamped or entirely new deities, angels, spirits, and saints. It’s exciting to think that maybe the gallery will accept the proposal. Fingers crossed!

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ochervelvet9687 Wow wow wow. If the proposal is accepted please let me know. I would love to submit something, if you wanted. Re the blog post about saints - it was originally a newsletter post and when it went live I had about 17 unsubscribers the same day. 😮😮🙄🙄

    • @ochervelvet9687
      @ochervelvet9687 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BookandPaperArts I will definitely keep you posted. That is so weird that you lost subscribers. I hope time has replaced them with viewers who follow you because of your art and not your religion.

  • @lynetteparkhurst6803
    @lynetteparkhurst6803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please tell us the hats to paper arts story.

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, well! You aren't the only one to ask, Lynette, so tell I will. Here's the deal - for someone who likes demonstrating creating stuff and who also has a big personality, I am loath to talk about myself too much. Always looking for that balance between being a real person in my videos and not veering off into LOOK AT ME territory that too many videos do (I am sure you know the type.🙄) But - it is a good story and involves antique everything so I will put the telling of it in the pipeline. And thank you for the idea! Kelly

  • @tulamagoola
    @tulamagoola ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What type of modge podge do you use?

    • @BookandPaperArts
      @BookandPaperArts  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Sheila, it isn't modge podge but I sometimes mention it because we have to use what you have and a lot of people have that on hand. I use acrylic gel medium. Usually Golden or Daler Rowney, whichever one is on sale. It is thick but has a lot of "slip". This is from a UK shop but it will give you an idea of what it looks like. Let me know if I can answer more questions! Kelly
      www.jacksonsart.com/liquitex-professional-matt-medium-gel-237ml

  • @cherylmacedo5521
    @cherylmacedo5521 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok, I guess I should mention the studio…it’s fabulous. Your view is amazing. That book press in the window….it’s all a beautiful life…🤍🤍🤍