Here is a less messy tip to dye doilies. I put instant coffee and warm water in a small spray bottle, laid out wax paper and misted the doilies. let dry then turned them over and misted them again. I have mixture for several months now and it seems fine. I also tend to use paper clips so the recipient can do what they want. I love your decorating Kyra.
I have watched hundreds of videos but I have never seen a more beautifully decorated journal. Thanks so much for an excellent tutorial. Lots of great ideas here.
Im new in starting junk journals. Loving all the little tips thank you. OH and i love the using even all the littlest scraps. I have always saved those and now have more ideas for them, SO MUCH FUN😊😊
Gorgeous, just wonderful as usual!!!! Love everything, I’m in the middle of printing this kit out with all the extra papers, love the various sized papers it just adds so much to a journal.😘💕😘 All your decorating ideas 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤩!
These tutorials are so inspiring to watch I can just watch you creating for hours and days Kyra . The naturalist journal is simply delicious and you share so many beautiful ideas. There is so much work that's gone in to the journal itself and the tutorials, thank you. I am incredibly grateful to spend a few hours with you each week as I rediscover my papercraft passion. Watching from the beginning of the tutorials, you clearly had a lot of work printing out all the papers in the beginning. In real time, how long does it take you to create a journal like this, if you weren't having to film and edit? Also I am very interested in any tips you might have as to how you organise yourself. I am in the beginning stages of my journalling journey and find myself 'gathering' lots of materials, but yet to produce much at all, from a sense of knowing where everything goes and quite where to start. Any advice you have would be incredibly welcome. You truly are a blessing. Thank you again.
Wow! Thank you so much for your lovely comment! That made my day to hear how much you love my journals. 💗🥰 And I'm thrilled to hear you are getting back into paper crafting and beginning a new journaling journey! To help answer some of your questions: Q. How long in real time does it take to make a journal? A. It really depends on the journal. I think this journal took me about 9-10 days, working 6 hours a day. I would say the fastest I ever created a full journal from start to finish would be my recent Hometown Christmas Journal, which took me 5 or 6 days (again, working on it about 6 hours a day). Other journals, like my "Sepia and Ivory" journal took me more like two weeks, because I spent a lot of time on the little details like inking the edges of everything, printing everything front and back, etc. Because junk journaling is my full time job (which I am so blessed to be able to do!) I am able to spend time just sitting down and working on it for long hours, BUT I also have a bit of a time limit because subscribers are expecting videos from me, so sometimes that means I have to skip over little details I would like to add in favor of getting the video out. But for most people there's no rush. You could make a journal in a day (skinny journal, envelope journal or writing journal) or spend an entire year building a single large decorative journal if you wanted. It really depends on the complexity of the project and how long you have been journaling. I feel like working on junk journal crafts nearly every week for two years straight has helped me iron out my process and move a lot faster! Q. How do you organize yourself and know how to use your materials in a journal? A. That's definitely a learning process! I think everyone ends up developing their own way of doing things. Since I primarily use printed materials from our Etsy Shop kits to make my journal, I typically start by taking a look at what's new and picking a kit that inspires me in some way (Maybe the color scheme or theme). Our kits come with papers, pockets, ephemera, so a lot of the work is kind of taken care of, I just need to decorate and assemble. Typically I start with printing and cutting things out, sorting them out on the table into "like-items" piles, inking them, choose pages for my signatures, distressing them, building my cover and decorating it, binding the pages to the cover, then I work with pockets first and go from there. Once you have pockets, it's easy to fill a journal. I also tend to use items from old tutorials (Like maybe I made some tags or a flip or something like that) so just by following along with our weekly tutorial projects, you should be able to build up quite a stash of items you can use in your future journals. Here is a video I made explaining how I created my personal junk journal style and sort of my process for when I begin to plan a journal I want to make: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AJ1aDeJ5V7E.htmlsi=1T3oFPnx15Ip1jPD And here is another video where I explain some ideas for what goes in a journal in case you were looking for some inspiration: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_jl0CgWnCh4.htmlsi=IxvzLxmmDGNYgf4U Here is a video for anyone who is very new to junk journaling (Might be redundant to you but I wanted to share just in case.) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L2WoofsvEG8.htmlsi=9C9vjBvUfT47I7Fr This is a playlist with videos related to movement and dimension, if you are looking for some more advanced projects to add to your journal besides just pockets and ephemera: ru-vid.com/group/PLQzfr9QzZFLK_UUM39ICXCXD4q1wQiLv1&si=uT5sryvQoLAgH7W4 Sorry for such a long response! Haha, I hope you found it helpful in some way! 🤍
Hi Kyra. Thanks for your awesome videos and kits. I'm working on my second journal right now and am really loving it. At 19:13 in the video above there is a piece you added to the envelope . Could you tell me where to find it? I'm working on my naturalist journal right now and would love to use that piece. I've bought all sorts of kits. I think that piece must be in one that I have. Thank you so much for your help.
Hello! I'm sorry I'm not sure about the envelope size. We purchase our coffee dyed papers, but we also have printable ones here: www.etsy.com/listing/648949099
Hello! 😁 It depends on your definition of a journal. Some people use journals for writing, and others use them for artistic expression. Here is our blog post about the ways to use a junk journal: www.myporchprints.com/post/what-to-do-with-a-junk-journal
