Completed Christmas Junk Journal Flip-Through 2019! 

Aww,thank you so much and thank you for watching!! Happy holidays!! 🤗❤️❤️❤️

Thank you so much and thank you for watching! 🤗❤️❤️❤️

Oh, thank you so very much for your kindness!! I truly appreciate it!!! 🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Thank you again for a lovely comment and all your support, sweet friend!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you so much!! I appreciate you watching the video and leaving a nice comment! 🤗💕💗💕💗💕

Thank you, Cathy!! Good to know there are other people who love journals, but don't keep them in a traditional way! 🤗❤🎄❤🎄❤

Thanks so much, sweet friend!! 🤗❤🎅❤🎅❤

Hi Mary!! Thank you and thank you for letting me know you are happy with your journal! Happy new year!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you so very much!! 🤗❤❤❤

Thank you so much, Gloria!! Appreciate you watching and your comment!! 🤗❤🎄❤🎄❤

Thanks so much!! 🤗💖💖💖

Aww, thank you so much, Debbie!!! 🤗❤⭐❤⭐😝

Thank you so much, Connie!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you, Arlene!!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you very much!! 🤗❤️❤️❤️

Oh, thank you for sharing that! 🤗❤❤❤

Thank you so very much, Mindy!! I appreciate you checking it out! Happy holidays!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you so much, Renee!! 🤗💕💕💕💕

Oh, thank you SO much!! I can't wait for you to make one, too!! Yay!!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you so much, Charlotte!! 🤗❤🎄❤🎄❤

Thank you, Susan!! 🤗💕💗💕💗

Thank you so much, Gwen!! Hope you find a way to use your journals!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Aww, thank you so much, Karen!! Thanks for stopping by!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you, Stephanie!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

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Aww, thank you so much for your kind words, Teresa!! That really means a lot!! Vintage is the best, isn't it?! And thank you for purchasing the course! Please let me know if you ever have any questions! Happy crafting! xo Amy 🤗💕

Hi Adriene!! Thank you so much, sweetie!! Hope you are having a happy new year!! xoxo, Amy :)

Oh, thank you so very much for your kind words!! I appreciate it SO much!! Thank you for checking out my work! Merry Christmas!! 🤗❤🎅🌲⭐

Oh, thank you so much for your kind words, Marilyn!! That means the world to me! I hope you make one for yourself!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you so much!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Hi Jan! I just realized I missed a bunch of YT comments and I'm going back and answering them--even though yours was months ago! :D I always want to answer all comments and questions! Thank you so very much for leaving such a nice comment!! I truly appreciate it!! I really wish they would bring OA back, too!! I'm down to the last of their Christmas papers in my stash! I hope you have fun with your journal this year!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you for your kind comment, Linda!! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you, Pat!! And thanks for leaving a comment! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Oh, thank you so very much for your kind words!! I appreciate it so much!! 🤗💖💖💖💖

Thank you so much!! And thank you for watching! 🤗❤❤❤

Oh thank you so much and thank you for your kind words! 🤗💕💖💕💖💕

Hi Madilyn! Happy holidays!! Thank you for sharing that about your Christmas Favorites journal and your Simplicity journals with your baby cards in it!! I just love that! I am sure they are both beautiful! I hope you are doing well and have a happy new year! Thank you for stopping by and sharing your story! xoxo Amy :)

Thank you!! I will see what I can do! It is really simple, though! I just use jump rings on some charms and slide them around on a paper clip so they are in the "corner" of the paper clip when you hold it sideways! I'll try to do a little video over the holidays! Happy Holidays!! Amy :)

Thank you so much, Tina!! I am so honored!! Happy holidays!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you SO much!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too!! 🤗❤❤❤

Oh, thank you so very much, Patricia!! That means the world to me! Have fun making yours this year!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you so much!!! You may have seen my post on IG about those cards? They are like my prized possession! LOL I *may* sell some of the cards at some point, but for now I think I will keep the set in tact! They really are special! Thanks for asking about it!! xoxo

Hi Carrie!! Nice to hear from you!! Thank you very much for your li d words! I hope you do make yourself a journal! Did you know I have a Facebook group called Kittywitty Junk Journalers? I am sharing about the making of junk journals in the group in advance of the online class I will have out later this year teaching how to make them. Would love to have you!! Happy new year!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Kittywitty Papercraft thanks I will check that out

Hi Barbara!! Welcome!! Thank you so much for your kind words! Glad to have you here!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Hi Rox Angel! Thank you so much for your kind words and for subscribing!! I *think* I'm going to make one this year! I am also going to be selling junk journal kits for Christmas so people can make their own! I love Christmas! I hope you have a magical holiday season!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you SO much, Cathy!! I am in the process of creating an online class that teaches how to make this type of junk journal, which will, of course, include how to bind it! I am hoping to have it out this summer! In the meantime, I am talking about junk journals in my Facebook group, Kittywitty Junk Journalers, if you'd like to join us! There are a lot of things to learn about junk journals and we are covering those things in the group before the class comes out which will focus, primarily, on how to build the cover and do the binding. Would love to have you!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Hi Gina! Happy New Year!! Thank you for your nice comment!! The word 'favorite ' on the title page are alpha stickers. They are EK Success Sticko brand I think that brand is at all the major craft stores, although I've had them since last year. Yes, I totally goofed on the year! That should say 2006!! I will change that! Thank you! Great point about leaving the journal for others to see down the road and them wanting to know more about the photos and events!! I can definitely see the value in that! Thanks for the feedback!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Hi Jeni!! Yes, that has been a plan, but one I have not gotten to! I've never been a journaler, just a journal maker! This December journal is the first one I've ever used! The only other journals I've kept that I have made are 2 of my sewing pattern envelope journals. My plan was to start using one of those, and I just havent been able to find time! My business keeps me so busy I dont have time to craft or journal for myself. I know people really want to see them in use, so I'm going to find. a way to make it happen! Thank you for letting me know youd like to see that!! And I just reread tour question and I think I do remember saying I would suggest different ways you can use journals (not necessarily showing how to use them) and maybe that's what you meant! 😄 That is on my list of topics for our FB group! Either way...thanks for the reminder!! 🤗💕💕💕💕

Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Cindy!! The yarn is a little hard to find since it is vintage, but I sometimes find it on ebay! I search for "vintage gift tie yarn." It was originally sold as yarn for wrapping gifts! Good luck! xoxo

Hi! Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment!! Seems like there are quite a few of us who aren't traditional journalers!! I will certainly be sure to talk more about that! Glad to also know someone else who loves kitschy cute vintage!! I actually put together a list of my favorite Etsy shops to buy vintage ephemera from! Are you on Instagram? You can access the list through the link in my bio there! My IG is kittywittypapercraft. You can also get it from my website, kittywittypapercraft.com. There's a box in the center of the homepage where you can sign up to get the list. Also, if you're interested in n learning how to make junk journals, I have an online class coming out later this year, but in the meantime, I'm doing some teaching in a Facebook group I recently started called, Kittywitty Junk Journalers. We would love to have you join us!! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you for stopping by!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

@@KittywittyPapercraft thank you for your quick reply and info. I definitely would love to learn to make a junk journal and I will definitely join your FB group. I think I have an IG account but never really used it because I guess I am not THAT saavy at some social media sites lol. I would love to do more on that site but I honestly don't really understand how it works. I don't post anything so I guess that's why I never really delved into it, but would love to follow some jj related people. Take care and thanks for everything you do!!

@@kitchenwitch04 Hey again! I think you joined the FB group! It's sometimes hard to remember! I hope so! There is a nice crafting community on IG! You could follow me there and find similar accounts by seeing who comments on my posts or who follows me! If you have questions about how IG works, I'd be happy to help! Hope to see you around!! xoxo, Amy :)

@@KittywittyPapercraft thanks again Amy! And yes I did join the FB group and I might just have to take you up on the IG help....not too familiar with how it works..Take care! 🙂 Tina

@@kitchenwitch04 Great, Tina!! So glad to have you in my FB group! Please let me know your questions about IG and I will help!! You can ask me here or look me up on IG and ask on any of my posts and I'll see it! Or you can email me at kittywittypapercraft@gmail.com! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thank you, Maribel! I will have an online class coming out this year that will teach how to make one! I have a Facebook group called, Kittywitty Junk Journalers and I am teaching about junk journals I. there before the class comes out, if youd like to join us! 🤗💕💗💕💗💕

Merci beaucoup!! (I hope I said that right!) 🤗❤🎄❤🎄

Thank you SO much, Rovelyn!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Hi Tanya!! Thank you so much!! I don't have a video for how I make my charm dangles. I'm actually opening up an online website this spring where I will have courses, and I *may* eventually have a course on how I make them! Thank you for asking! 🤗💕💗💕💗💕

Thank you, Cristy! Gosh, I find it all over! Anywhere that sells vintage...antique shops, flea markets, and estate sales are probably the best for vintage ephemera in person options. Ebay and Etsy are great for online options! Would you like me to send you a list of my favorite Etsy shops for buying vintage ephemera? It will get you on my email list, too! If you would, just send me an email to kittypapercraft@gmail.com and I will reply back with the list! Have a great day! 🤗💖💖💖💖

Thank you!! 🤗❤❤❤

Thank you!!! I use permanent double sided tape and glue dots for most things! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Thanks, Lisa! 😬❤

Hi Sandy! They are EK Success Sticko brand. I got those at Tuesday Morning last year. I think they carry that brand at the big box craft stores, too! 🤗❤❤❤

Thank you!! And oh my gosh, yes!! I meant 2006!! I totally missed that I did that! 😄 Thank you for letting me know! Now I can fix it! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Hi Lise! It's a little hard to describe! 😄 There are several ways to do it. You can take about an inch of the left side of the page and fold it around the back of another page and glue it down or you can take 2 book pages, lay them next to each other with just a tiny space between the 2 and use washi tape to connect them down the center, and then add to the signature before sewing. Please let me know if that doesn't answer your question!! 🤗❤❤❤❤

Aww thank you!! Yes, time goes so fast! For the journal you asked about making...you could create a journal with lots of pockets and envelopes and tuck spots bc it's fun to hide things and pull things out. You could add picture flash cards in the pockets or alphabet letters or similar educational items appropriate for his age. You could also add photos of family members and long distance relatives or ones who have passed on and as he pulls each one out, you could tell him stories about them. Hope that helps! Thank you for watching! 🤗💖💖💖💖

@@KittywittyPapercraft thank you 😊 I look forward to binge watching your channel

@@susanspisak65 Aww, thank you, Susan!! I truly appreciate it!! 🤗💖💖💖

Hi! Thank you for watching and asking your question! If you want to try making a junk journal, it is definitely a good idea to learn how through a class! There are RU-vid channels that have tutorials that show you how to make them (search RU-vid for "how to make a junk journal). I do have an online course that teaches how to make the style of journal in the video. I go step by step so it is not intimidating. It costs $39 and you can watch and go at your own pace. The website where you can find the class is kittywittyacademy.podia.com No obligation of course! Thank you for your kind words! Best of luck to you!! xo Amy

Thank you so much, Kerstin!! Christmas is my favorite!!:🤗❤❤❤❤

Hi Jennifer! Thank you for your kind words about my work! In any type of book making, pages are put into the book in groups called signatures. A book can have one or many signatures. A signature is a group of pages that are actually wide sheets that have been stacked on top of each other and folded in half, and then sewn together. In junk journal making, we take that group of folded sheets (the pages) and sew them directly into the spine we have built. Traditional book makers usually sew the signatures down the center and then glue the outer edge where they are folded and sewn, into the spine. I know this can sound confusing! Each junk journal maker does it somewhat differently, but I usually make my journals with a 1.5" or 2" spine and 4 signatures. Each signature has between 6 and 8 sheets to it. I'm not calling them pages, because before they are pages, they are flat. They become pages after you fold them. So for example, say one signature has 6 sheets. The 6 sheets may be made up of a piece of scrapbook paper, a song lyric sheet, a cookbook page, a children's book page, a dictionary page, and a catalog page. You would trim each sheet so it was slightly less wide all around than the journal cover when laid open, and then fold each sheet in half and then nest the pages all together. They will look like a little book that you can open in the center. That is one signature. You would open the signature and poke holes in the crease where it is folded, as well as poke holes in the spine that correspond with the holes in the signature, and use waxed linen thread and a 3 inch needle and sew the signature into the spine. You repeat that whole process for each signature. I've simplified the instructions a bit, but that is basically how you do it! I do have an online video course that is self paced and for absolute beginners that shows how to create a cover using a Little Golden Book and how to sew in the signatures. I go slowly step by step, explaining each step thoroughly. It is $37. Absolutely no pressure!! I just wanted to share that because I know it's sometimes easier to see it demonstrated in a video than reading an explanation! 😄 IF you are interested, you can check out the details at www.kittyacademy.podia.com Again, no pressure! Thank you for stopping by and checking out my videos! I truly appreciate it! Best of luck to you!! 🤗💕

Thank you for your kind words about the journal! I'm sorry you thought the video was too long for a flip-through. So many people told me they wanted me to share more about what I did for each page and not to rush through the flip-throughs like I always did, so that's what I tried to do here. So hard to please everyone! 😄 Good thing I'm not making journals or videos any longer! 😄 💕🤗💕

Oh ok! Thank you for the feedback. I always get so many questions, I think I was trying to anticipate what people would want to know about the journal. I'm sorry that ruined the experience for you (and likely, orhers, too!). I will remember that for future videos! 🤗💗💗💗

I’m sorry I really should not have said that I think I was just impatient to see the journal ignore me and accept my apologies the journal is fabulous x

@@Sharrianna Aww, it's ok! Thank you for your apology! I appreciate that. I know from watching YT videos that you sometimes just want to see the flip-through and don't care about the details! 😄 And as a creator, you want to anticipate what the viewer might want to know (how something was done, where you got something). And that video was a year old and I was even more nervous making videos then, than I am now! 😄 Hopefully, I've learned to make better videos since then. Thank you for your kind words about the journal! I hope you have a great day!! 🤗💕💗💕💗💕

Oh, thank you very much!! Happy holidays!! 🤗❤❤❤

@@KittywittyPapercraft And to you and yours!