I am enjoying this series so much! The focus is less on name brand products and more on taking what is at hand and applying your prodigious creativity to make something unique and compelling. This is your superpower. This series is letting it shine, and fills me with inspiration.

Hi Luise, I am so happy that You and Barbara inspire each other because not only do you both benefit from each other's creativity but those of us that follow you both are blessed with the wonderful fallout that is left in your wake! I can't wait to see how your 'moving' journal turns out. So far, it is fabulous! Loving your creations! 🌷♥️😁

"A little Barbara in my soul!" I love that! We might all have a little Barbara in our soul, just as we have a little Luise in our soul!!💛

Limited supplies has not hindered your creativity. You could make a burlap sack look good. Bravo!!! xo

Hi, I made a comment a few weeks ago that I think got lost in translation! To me, this is true junk journaling! I feel we are at our best when we have to come up with something from nothing. It really gets the creative juices flowing. You are just inspirational to us all. This sort of "Art" allows us all to think beyond labelled merchandise and to dig deep within ourselves. We are all capable of "stepping out" of our comfort zones, sometimes we just need a little push. Love how your mind works Luise, tfs😍♥️

Thank you, Luise, for posting so many videos during this challenging , and perhaps stressful, time in your life. Good luck with your move. I am sending positive vibes your way for a smooth transition. Your creativity, positivity, and your soothing voice bring me such relaxation and, of course, lots of great inspiration.

I love how you can take “stuff” and create a masterpiece. I like how your brain works!😊

I am really enjoying this series of videos. This to me is real junk journaling. I love how you take all this junk you found and make something beautiful to document your move. Using your limited supplies is all part of the story. Great inspiration for my journals when I go on vacation with limited supplies. I am really amazed how you make both a German video and an English one!

I had to pause & 11:30 to say... I have remarked that Eva, from Bohemian Crafting, "... could create something beautiful from a piece of lint!" She has... I've seen her do it! 🤩 Now I can say, "Luise can create beautiful works of art from literal trash!!" 😍 You have given me an excuse for all of the random "trash" that my family can't understand why I keep.😁 I'm really loving this series.💜💜💜

Luise putting aside that this collage fodder is over-the-top grungy brilliant, I love how you are gathering the pieces in the buffet box, to later build the journal. You can see the pieces together and it keeps the overall vision for the journal cohesive. Thank you - this is going to help me organize my bits and pieces, and then what fun designing the pages with all of that to choose from!!

The bee on the flower was so perfect! And then you were able to find more special bits from almost nothing left on the remnant rubs! You are so inspiring to me! I have years of ephemera from my son’s school years. I want you to make a junk journal (or several) but I’ve never made one! If you have a video or a series you recommend I follow, I would be thrilled to hear!❤❤❤ This series has been a thrill to watch so far! Good for you for doing all of this at such a hectic time moving! ❤️🏠

I am so happy you are doing this series. I love the story of it all! I think it makes it all the more special because it is made of things you found in your new apartment and your creativity in using them is truly awe inspiring! I am so grateful for I always learn so much from you, especially in the videos you show your process and explain your thinking and why you make one choice over another. I love the way your mind works with all the brilliant crazy ideas. You encourage and move me to explore beyond my own boundaries! And from the bottom of my heart I thank you for that! 😊

I am just fascinated with your process for this journal. I feel so blessed to have your videos available to me. Thank you Luise.

Musings: I think I've always been a little confused by exactly how junk journalers use the term ephemera. That's because I have long been fascinated by those items one can stumble across that's been forgotten in the back of a cabinet or a drawer that is old enough to look kind of nostalgic. Thinks that weren't created to endure but to be used/enjoyed/referenced and then discarded: a paper package for needles; a 15 year old tag from a popular brand of blue jeans; an old school library card; an old postcard or greeting card; a label from an old container; etc. When I say 'fascinated', I was deeply fascinated. And I didn't really know what one might call this kind of stuff. I finally, maybe 20 years ago, ran across the term 'ephemera' and I instantly got it! That was what was so fascinating. These items weren't meant to endure but they had. And I'm also kind of a fan of nostalgia (as a state of mind) and the 'way back' nature of these items played into my love of nostalgia. Fast forward into me dipping into various paper arts and I realized junk journalers were freely using the term ephemera. Sometimes it was digital versions of those old items (which I had mixed feelings about but... everyone to their own) and sometimes the items didn't resemble what I understood as ephemera at all. Not that I think people are necessarily using the term incorrectly. It's a term used by a demographic of creators and if everyone understands that term, it works. It has grown a new meaning. But, personally, I, often can't sense the parameters that bound the variety of items that can get identified as ephemera in many videos I watch.

You should rename your channel to "Louise The Magican Heinzl" ❤ As a newbie this series is really helpful, I do not have all the fancy tools or supplies. I feel so inspired from this series. ❤

Thank you so, so much for being you! Without you we would be without your wonderful magic of creativity. Love the genius mind you have when it comes to the art world. You give us so much. Thank you again.

What fun this was! I enjoyed the kitty tag at the end. So stinking cute❤

I totally admire your creativity!!! A true creator makes art out of random things, no mater if you all the fancy tools. Love everything you create. Thank you 🙏

Don't we all have a little Barbara in our souls?

loving the "use what you have" or your "use what you can get to"!! I'm just getting started so using what I have and saving bits and pieces is totally cool. TFS 😍😍😍

Louise you are amazing to keep making videos in the midst of moving wow! Thank you so much 🙏🏻🥰

YOUR JOY & CREATVE MIND IS REFRESHING, LUISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do take care. US

I love this... I have plenty of collage fodder buffet items... thank you

Luise....you blow my mind!! I can't wrap my head around your vision on this one. I absolutely love each make. Love the fodder, the ripped cardboard with paste and rubs, who thinks of even trying black on black? Makes me want to buy some cologne just for the box! Haha This masterpiece of memories will make the best book to flip through in years to come. Can't wait for your move and looking forward to sweet music. Oh, and by the way...i learnt from you about foddet. One of my favorite videos is your making fodder with scraps, ink, stamps etc. TFS and inspiring ❤ Nebraska ❤❤

Luise: you are so talented! Enjoyed your video. Carol from California

You're amazing to make trash look beautiful. . . and making a journal in the middle of moving from one place to another is astounding. Thanks for including us in the adventure.😊❤

Fabulous collage fodder, enjoyed watching so much🩷🪻💙

Oh you are very talented and sure makes me think ..I have gone back and watched your German videos . Fantastic

just amazing what you've done with your collage fodder!!

Fantastic video, having limited supplies definitely makes one more creative. I really enjoyed watching you come up with your ideas.😊

so Kool dear love how you create out of junk is so Kool so creative dear .💖

Way to use the scraps. Fun to watch Luise.

I love the out of the box thinking you always seem to demonstrate! Thanks for all of the inspiration 🥰. One little tip, punch the hole in the reinforcer first, THEN cut out/punch the outer shape. Way easier to hold and line up.

Yes yes yes yes yes yes ❤❤❤love

Another wonderful video. Love the fodder. It can be difficult to label the various things we use in our journals. Looking forward to seeing the next episode

I died laughing when you said "the little Barbara in me" 😂 YOU ARE SOOOOO CREATIVE! Thanks for sharing

Luise, you are brilliant & so cool! (I knew this already, of course!) Amazing ideas! I sometimes think that we say "ephemera," just because it sounds better to those who aren't familiar, than "junk," lol. When I hear the term "junk journal" that sounds interesting to me, but I am used to this type of crafting. But when I describe what I'm doing to my friend who does more "structured" or "traditional?" creating like sewing, quilting, etc., the junk idea is a turn off to her, so I might say "handmade journal." It really doesn't matter, really, except we've now come up with common shared terms, so viewers understand. It's a bit like the saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." 💜

I am more creative when i limit myself so I totally understand what you mean! The more i have the more i think about what i can do and use and it is overwhelming for me.❤

What you have done with your things from your new apartment is amazing. I really love it, enjoy your day, big hugs.

Such interesting results!! ❤

Junk Journal Artist dictionary definition: Luise Heinzl!

So creative, very inspiring

I love all of the things you made today and I find being limited makes me more creative. You are the making the very best of what you have at hand!💕🇨🇦

Cool!

Good discussion Luise. I think once something becomes a tag and gets to the level that your tag was, that it is then pre-made ephemera that I would file under tags. Speaking of tags... I tagged you on ig with an example of what I think of as ephemera fodder that can be used as collage fodder or cluster fodder. But you are right and that is that at the end of the day its all about having fun and having fun in our own way. Thanks for your ability to be real about things. Btw, it is so funny to read through the comments and see how folks are trying to find a love life for you . I pray for good friendships for you and if one of those friendships happens to fit in the significant other category .. than so be it.

I am new to all this …… I love the expression « Fussy Cutting »😂 I never understood « Ephemera » …. I do now though 😅. Maybe « Fodder » could be the rough stuff you have to create « Ephemera » ? …… or is that more confusing? 😅😂. Love everything you do ❤

Hi Luise, you know when I have worked with things like that I think mine look terrible. But yours are really nice. I guess mine weren’t so bad, can’t do anything about it now. They went in file 13 the trash😆🤪 love and hugs I hope your in your apartment by now.

I know…the S and L stands foe Sachsa and Luise

If you use the texture on the gel plate, what would you call it? A texture tool? Then if you used it as ephemera in a journal with the new color on it, it returns to ephemera or fodder.