Warning We Are Not Told About Our Bibles... I'm Going To Share What Happened To Me & Mine 

Love love your butterfly wall and your decoration 💖🦋

I love using tabs on my Bibles. I won't use the thicker ones though, even though they are usually quite pretty. I use the old standard tabs that have been around for years and years. However, my oldest Bible, purchased in 1989, has a lot of scotch tape on several of the pages where the paper has started to tear from the excessive use of the tabs. I don't know if there was such a thing as washi tape back then, but this Bible doesn't have enough margin space to use washi on, so I found that the clear tape worked best on those pages. It's far from being a premium Bible. The cowhide cover is torn and shredded and parts of the spine have come off. But it's my baby! It's my comfy Bible! I can't use it right now because I need cataract surgery, which has been postponed twice. :( I don't have anyone to leave it to so I know it will wind up in a trash heap somewhere, but as long as I am alive, this Bible will always be within my reach.

That was great information. It’s good to be careful and think through the harmful results to our Bibles before we decorate them especially when some of the fun stuff we do can’t be reversed or corrected in any way👍

I love the E6000 glue for some of my crafts. I agree it will not be good in a Bible though! I have always used regular Elmer's glue to hold an old Bible together. It is still holding with no bad effects. I agree, pink stickers, highlighters always bleed through eventually. Same with pink ink pen! I find I am not putting as much into my Bibles as I used to, as less is more? Love you, Cat, 💖💗💓 I hope to continue to learn Bible study, which getting closer to God's Word is like getting closer to God. ☦

Oh my Cat I saw that video with the crazy glue and my heart sank it really will be damaging in the long run for that spine and binding I'm so glad you got on and helped address that some products are a no no in our bibles I will admit I've used crazy glue for loose threads on a cover but inside the spine is catastrophic anyways love love love you have a blessed day 😊😊😊 thank you cat love

The only thing I use in my Bibles are the book tabs and highlighters.I do use colored pens to underline things,too.The Bibles I use most are in covers to protect the actual covers on them,so if I stack the Bibles,they won't get stuck together and peel.

Amen❤

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. I just bought my first premium bible. What about putting washi tape on the border of the pages to mark the chapters of the bible? I will go with what you suggest. Again, thank you!

Oh man, it's tough to see the "Oops!"! Do you also decorate regular notebooks, etc? Your artwork is beautiful, but I think I'd cry if some of those things happened in my Bible! Thanks for sharing though, this is great info to have. :)

Good video. Loved seeing your older bibles again. I have been journaling since 2017 and have experienced much of the same things in my older bibles as you, and, like you, I don't regret those experiences. I guess I love those bibles as one might love a wrinkled grandma. :) When it comes to Gorilla glue, I have been using it in my Jesus bible for a year or two. I put a thin strip alongside the edge of the page and then insert into the seam between two pages. So far, no problems with sticking to other pages or excess seeping glue. I only do this to add extra thin pages for writing notes on, not for art or adhering stuff to actual pages. A tiny bit of that glue goes a very long way, but for adding a thin page for journaling, it has so far worked well for me. Love your videos. CAVEAT: I always hold my glued edge pages up straight up for 30 seconds before closing my bible, allowing the glue to thoroughly dry. Also, I use a small, plastic rule to press the page into the seam and separate from pages closest to it. (Don't know if that makes sense, but it so far has worked for me.)

Question for you cat is would you still do it if you knew what it would be like now as a decorative style in your bible? Due to my struggles,I am at a lost as to what should I do versas what would be good. I have old and new stickers plus tabs I got off Amazon thru Mr. Pen. I like yhe idea of top tab but wouldn't that also be a way for paper yo rip? I have 2 bibles I'd like to at least use the tab sections but need more advice on it. Thanks

Great stuff Cat! Love seeing a well used bible

Yup… all true… I do all my art in a thicker paged Journaling Bible and use another for pen and markers, which is a thicker paper. I often question the highlighters … when I am through the end of chronological study, I ask myself, will all this color-coding actually hold up? Well, God has a fix for everything because I have re-studied a chapter/Book/verse and gain more and different understandings of what I highlighted before lol Hard to explain it all here lol❤

What type of watch do you have on in this video? It’s so pretty!

Hi Cat may I ask how big your pink Bible is? it looks small, but I love it!

Thank you for sharing!!

$300 for a BIBLE?!?! 😮🤯 I have NEVER seen a Bible for $300! Not even Extra Large Family Bible’s wrapped in quality leather need to cost that much money. That’s absurd! I don’t understand your definition of a “premium” Bible. Sure, Bibles can range in price. But, unless you are purchasing a Bible wrapped in silver or gold, there’s no reason for one to cost that much. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I will say, your Bibles are fun to look at! 😍 Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏼