Button Elastic Closure for a Junk Journal 

I believe this closure is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you for sharing. ❤

I agree with everyone else. After two other closures failed, yours worked perfectly. Thank you Susan.

Very helpful. Excellent presentation with clear instructions.

I keep coming back to watch this little film. I love this closure and how calm and patient you are.

I love this closure and these are great explanations. Thank you

Absolutely gorgeous! I really like every aspect of the way you approach this! I’ve never seen two holes on the back cover, so I’m excited to see that! I know about making a thread shank, but I also have never seen a journal maker doing that! All in all, you seem to have perfected this technique! The beads you chose were just perfect, even though the longer bead gave you some trouble. Now I know how to get through that too! Thanks so much for such an informative video! I hope you are having a great weekend! Erica❤

Awe Kathleen I love this idea, thank you for sharing this! I appreciate you taking the time to show the details. Can’t wait to try this! ❤ sending you LUVnHUGZ, Rita Donnelly.

Hallo Kathleen, I love your videos sooo much and I´m so glad, that I found you ❤️ I share this video with my German viewers under my new video, I Hope, that this is okay for you ❤️ I also love your Craftroom Organising videos, it helps a lot ❤️ Many greetings from Germany ❤️ Susanne

I really like this closure, not hard to make and easy to use! So glad I watched it. Thank you so much! 😊😊😊

Thank you, I was quite at my wits ends on how to close my journals (as I kept forgetting to pre plan when starting a JJ). How lovely and simple!!! Thank you!! ❤️x

Thank you for this idea. And also I'm glad u had a rough time with those beads cuz I'm sure that's gonna happen to us when we duplicate this method and it's nice to see how u worked through it to get the stubborn elastic through. Very nice video. N yes if u can't eat before at least keep a snack handy or some juice so your sugar doesn't drop while filming. 💗

Great tutorial and the closure looks fantastic. I'm really glad you left the struggle with threading the beads in because I think we've all been there and it's a great idea to add glue to the ends to thin our the elastic to help with threading. Also it's a really ingenious idea to use a crochet hook for doing the knots. I'm definitely going to be trying all of these things in my next journal.

Very clever, easy to do, thanks for sharing this info 🎉❤.

Thank you so much! I have been looking for the perfect closure and this is it.

Thanks you so much for sharing this video. It was very helpful for the closure on the mix media storage box I am working on. It will be the perfect closure my handmade jewelry storage box.

Thank you for this tutorial, I have been looking for tutorials on different closures. Excited to try this out.

I really love this closure, thanks Kathleen, I love my buttons so this will be my go to for closures as I do like it being easy to open and close!

This was so helpful. I love this closure. Thank you for sharing this.

Thanks for showing this. I've been wanting to try it.

I wish i had known this earlier as some of my journals really need some kind of closure thanks Kathleen

Great tip about fraying and gluing the ends of the elastic - thanks! My altered book junk journal is filled and the cover embellished, so this closure is perfect - it won't obscure the cover design. And I agree with others - it's good to see the struggle rather than everything going perfectly. :D

Great video Kathleen. You might try using a needle threader to get the elastic through the button hole. I use the dental floss threaders for flossing under a dental bridge to thread beads. You can buy them where dental floss is sold. Thanks for the tip of using the small crochet needle to pull the thread/elastic through the hole! Great video!

Pretty, I like this idea better

I did it Kathleen! I completed my first proper journal and with this awesome closure - love how easy it is to acces the journal, especially because this will be my motivational journal for healthy living tips and reflections and goal making!

Thank you! I’ve often wondered how one gets the elastic through the beads. 💐

This is a great idea.

Hey, Kathleen, don't worry about your demonstration with the part of the elastic not co-operating. I am sure how you handled it will be ESSENTIAL when we encounter the same issue!

ich bin sehr glücklich dieses Video gefunden zu haben. vielen Dank aus Stuttgart/Germany

Thank you for the the tip on threading the beads with small holes! LIFESAVER!!!!!

Really appreciate all your detailed explanation. I am enjoying binge watching your channel today!

I love that closure I’m glad to see you have to make it work . You are teaching me and now I know how to work through a problem when I add beads. I will run into problems😀

Thanks Kathleen. I like how the closure is really out of the way, yet still attached, when using the journal and looks to be quick and easy to close! 😀💞

I love this closure! I'm so glad you made a video of it. And what a great idea to use the crochet hook to tie the knot! I'm going to try this on my next hardcover journal. Thanks for sharing!

I have never made a closure like this, but I will now. Beautiful, Kathleen, thank you for doing this tutorial!❤️❤️

Fantastic..will do that on a journal I'm currently making! Thanks!

I’m a new subscriber to your channel. I really enjoy your videos. I haven’t made a journal in so long, you inspire me to get back at it. Life and other hobbies take over and I need to make my way back to paper crafting. I love your nice calm voice. Your also very thorough in explaining things. Have a nice day! Hugs from So. Cal 🤗

Thank you so much for sharing this process! I love these closures and have noticed them on your various journals. They're just lovely!

Thanks so much! Very helpful. 😃

Thank you for sharing. I plan to do this . 🙏🏻

Thank you for the video. it was just what I was looking for - a great way to close a journal. Simple and very neat.

Love this great idea😊

Good for you, dear heart! Really enjoyed the video and like everyone else watching we all struggled with you and waited to see how you resolved the issues. And that’s great. Don’t worry about it. Yes, this is a wonderful closure. I am curious if you have a video on how to add signatures to Art already existing book cover. And if you use elastics for that. OK I’ll take a look at your other videos and again kudos for patiently showing us how to do a very very nice closure. Dave M California

Thank you great job.

Thank you so much for sharing this Kathleen! I love this idea! 🤗

Great video!! Thank you ❤

What a beautiful closure!! Great way to improve an elastic one.

Great closure! Hugs and blessings, 🤗❤️🇨🇦

Thanks for the tips....................😻

Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial Kathleen.

Thanks. Great idea.

Just made a journal/portfolio from an old pendaflex folder and was having a heck of a time figuring out a closure. I think this will work perfectly! Thanks for your tutorial!!!

Brilliant!

Great idea for the closure. Thank you for sharing

Great...! I dont have one of those fancy Crocodile things, but I think the Awl, the puncher thing, will work also.

Have you tried the button part with a curved needle? I still need to put together a journal and love this idea.

This is fabulous 💖

Thank you for sharing! This is wonderful!

Thanks for sharing, great idea x

I am almost finished with my first junk journal and have been loving all your videos. I especially love this closure, but was wondering if there's an alternative to using the crop-o-dile tool for the back holes. Could I just use an awl or a drill or do you think the eyelets are necessary?

Hi Katherine, the eyelets weren’t long enough to use in the journal (a regular altered book). Are there longer eyelets available. I carried on without eyelets. 😊😊

Could you share elastic brand, size please?