Making a Junk Journal From an Old Book | Altered Book Adventures #1

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3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the first episode of a new series: altered book adventures! In today's video, I'm showing you the book I've chosen to alter and how I prepare the book ready to work in as my junk journal. I hope you enjoy and join me for this journey!
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@evarene07 2 жыл бұрын

Obviously these the pages in these types of books are “coated”, so perhaps a gesso before using any type of painting or texture building medium. A towel with a warm iron will help flatten the pages as well. 🦋

@lizgorley 3 ай бұрын

I'm so excited to see how this altered book turns out! Love your creativity!

@positivethinking4333 6 ай бұрын

I would love to see this completed.. You inspired me to start my first junk journal by altering a book.. :). Thank you for sharing your creativity..

@brendawetzelgrubbs4743 5 ай бұрын

Just getting started with Junk Journals. I ❤ your style of teaching this fun craft…your voice is calming and soft. I feel so inspired by all your videos I’ve watched. Trying to soak them all in!!!❤

@erlyne0 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you shared the book in its original form before you did any altering. Thank you for showing the steps that you've taken so far. I look forward to trying some of the tips you showed here!

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@suzanne4258 3 жыл бұрын

What a great find! The coffee wash adds so much character. I'm excited to follow along and see how this altered book project turns out. Thank you for sharing with us!

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! It was beautiful but I think the coffee adds an extra touch!

@stacylinn3102 Жыл бұрын

I learned so much from the video! Thanks so much for sharing 😊

@JunkJournalTreasures 3 жыл бұрын

The book itself is great! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

@lauriesmith372 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to see how this turns out.😻

@evelynhughes951 2 жыл бұрын

This is going to be WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!

@Guammaine 3 жыл бұрын

I am so excited for this! What a great idea. Cant wait to see what's next!

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks so much!

@giusicoluccia6594 3 жыл бұрын

I'm really so excited!!! I just adore altered books. Thanks a lot for this❣

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Yay!!! ✨🥳

@PurplegirlStacy 3 жыл бұрын

The coffee dying is INCREDIBLE!! This will be so fun for you to work in and for us to watch your ideas and progress. Can’t WAIT!! YAY! 😁🙌🏻👍🏼💜

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Woohoo! Thank you ☺️☺️

@JustEmmaLY 3 жыл бұрын

I will be so interested to see it at the end as well - if you can actually avoid it getting so chunky 😆 That book is amazing, great find!!

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Challenge accepted 🤣

@janhillsberg5166 3 ай бұрын

@megjournals I saw part 2, did you do any more with this one?

@stonenest55 3 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see what you will do next!

@babysaffron8839 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video......I learned alot. Adding coffee to remove the glossy is brilliant. I hate glossy pages....now i have an option.

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Yay!! There’s still a slight gloss but it’s nothing a little bit of clear gesso can’t fix! ☺️

@babysaffron8839 3 жыл бұрын

@@megjournals I hope there is iother alternative for clear gesso......It is so expensive here in our country

@Paintspotsandpaper 3 жыл бұрын

The pages look lovely with the coffee on, looking forward to seeing the next video x

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!! 🥰

@mccrackenshuskies333 3 жыл бұрын

Oh that lovely sound of coffee dyed paper! 🥰🥰🥰

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

So nice Isn’t it 😍

@HeavenlyMama1 3 жыл бұрын

I love the way the coffee made the pages look! I love the colors and the crinkly pages! Can’t wait to see what else you do for this journal. Hugs💕

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

@ck4429 3 жыл бұрын

I Love this!! I have found several beautiful books (like yours) that are too nice to cut apart. I'm anxious to continue to watch you work on this altered book!

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you’ I totally get what you mean!

@LyllyBellula 3 жыл бұрын

I love using flowers in my spreads so I really can't wait to see your ideas and use you as my muse for inspiration 😍

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

This book definitely has some inspiring illustrations! 😍

@caroltanzi29 3 жыл бұрын

Meg: I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ll do to the book. Nice start! Carol from California

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carol!! ☺️

@drnmarketbydebbie 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, great book find! Thanks for sharing your techniques.😊

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching ☺️

@michellejohnson378 3 жыл бұрын

The coffee prepped pages look stunning! I feel like the text and visual elements really pop! Well done Meg! Looking forward to seeing how this will develop.

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I’m so pleased with how it turned out and excited to work on it!

@ceecee9939 3 жыл бұрын

This is going to be such a fun & exciting project to follow you along with! I’ve been looking for pretty books to turn into altered journals/junk journals so I’m looking forward to trying out some of your techniques when I find one. Thanks for sharing!!

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

We’ll all be learning together 🥰

@MissDaisyParsley 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful book! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it! I'm also wanting to alter a book to do some art journaling so this will be a great series for me! Thanks for sharing!

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Yay!! Thank you :)

@lynngudgeon9416 3 жыл бұрын

You have already given the book a totally different look and I am excited to see how you embellish it. Thank you and have a blessed weekend 🙂.

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!!

@julesiou12 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow Meg I bet your heart was racing when you found that gem. It's such a pretty book. Great size and great subject content.Can't wait to see how you use it x

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

I hit the jackpot hahahah! Thank you 😊 x

@artzology 3 жыл бұрын

How fun! Heading over to the next video! xo Deb

@kcueva313 3 жыл бұрын

Oh very cool TFS 👍🏻

@jacquelinesnailmailmummy 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to this series. I also watched Tatty treasure do something similar. Can’t wait to see you transform it.

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Ooooooh I’ll have to check their channel out!

@sherryvanderpool4024 3 жыл бұрын

Great find I’m working on my first altered book

@lucy7b 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, one good way is to stick the last and first of each signature together.

@peggydid 3 жыл бұрын

This is a lovely book to repurpose! And, don't forget...you can put gesso down before you paint. I'll be following the process here! Hugs! Peggy

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea!!

@emileechristensen7342 3 жыл бұрын

Love it!!😍😍

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@blupoppy608 Жыл бұрын

this was a great video thank you for posting this, very informative...I have subscribed, thanks

@scrapstampcreate 3 жыл бұрын

New subscriber. I found your channel from 49 Dragonflies. She made a zig zag journal inspired by yours. Loving your videos. Can't wait to see what's next in this journal.

@tonegiswold4150 3 жыл бұрын

Takk!

@suestrano1452 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the coffee gives it a crinkly sound:)

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Coffee crinkles are awesome :)

@heinikeskinen-junttila4010 20 күн бұрын

can you tell me how much coffee and how much water i should mix for painting the pages? thank you for speaking slow and clear so that it is easy to follow foreign language.❤😊

@patriciawalker9470 2 жыл бұрын

I love this journal and you great idea of how to transform it. Have seen this on occasion and never knew what to do with one 👍 Question: how long did you let the pages dry before you did the next one? Thx so much 🙂

@shantycrafts8491 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Meg! Question: Do you usually do one project per month? Just started watching for the Junk Journal July series. Love your channel and your Tik Tok videos that I see on Instagram are hilarious. Love from Texas, 🇺🇸

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks so much for watching 🥰 Not usually - I do the junk journal challenge in July and January. Just thought I’d try something new on my channel with a series and I’ve always wanted to try altered books ☺️

@ManonVelasco 3 жыл бұрын

This book is beautiful!i really like how your altering it ! Just a question, did you wait for each page to dry before moving on to the next? That would've taken you hours to do the whole book??

@megjournals 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes I did it over the course of a week - throughout the day I would do a page then leave to dry as I did something else, then come back throughout the day :)