As a bookbinder this makes me cry in so many ways 😭😭😭😭 but as a junk journal-er and creator, I think this is awesome! I love how you explain about the gluing the 2 pages together at the beginning/end of each signature - that is very important because the way stitched binding is done, usually each signature is not individually knotted, so by ripping out multiple pages, you will lose structural integrity, and by gluing them together, you kind of re-gain that structure. If you don't glue them together at the start/end of each signature, your book won't fall apart right away, because a thin line of glue is holding the thread at the spine, but eventually it will, especially if you rip seams for an altered book (i've seen many people do it like this). I would love to do a book like this, but because of my binding knowledge, I would just rip the seams, remove a bunch of pages, add new endpapers and re-bind with each signature knotted by stitching into a muslin "spine" glued to card stock, so I could have space in between each signature for bulk.. similar to a junk journal 😅😅 and then I would glue the new endpapers. I would probably add some 12mm cloth tapes along the stitching as well, to make it extra sturdy. For most, this would probably be too much to do, because most people just want to get to the art 😂 but for me, bookbinding is a passion. Thanks for the video! Enjoyed watching!

Can I just say that I think I you are amazing! A little background...I'm a recovering addict and have found crafting is an awesome outlet/hobby. My mother-in-law happened to have a yard sale and was going to throw out some books. I took one which had an altered book idea in it. Google led me to KZfaq, then to you. You don't try to be too much like some ppl with how they talk and act or background music/noise. Just calm, happy and fun. I love love love it. Journaling and crafting is great for my sobriety so to find something like this...PERFECT! Lol. Thanks for being a part of that. One down side, I'm new to this and have so many questions. Wish I could sit in the room with you while doing this lol. Thank GOD for Google lol.

Oh ! Yes so thankful No music in background or ever!!! Thank you!! I really enjoy the calmness of your teaching don’t change!!

Hi there LorriMarie, just had to have another look for old times sake HaHa!! Really miss you doing this type of Art, you are just an Amazing Artist, see ya on the table.X💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I really enjoyed the background techniques, especially not yet having used gesso. Thanks so much!

Dear LorriMarie, thank you so much for the book and this video. Now I know how to start. I am so grateful for being part of this village. Thank you. Big hugs

Just the tute I was looking for, a book of backgrounds. Thank you.

Hi LorriMarie found your chanel today. Very inspring! I started my 1st altered book imiidiateley - thank you so much ;) I like that there's no music in the videos and your explanations are nice ,calm and on the point.

Ooh, sparkly! My mom used to say I must have been a crow in a former life- I can't resist the shiny. Love it!

Thank you Lorri Marie. I love your teaching style. Clear, concise and considerate. xxx

Stunning! I never saw transfer foil before. Cool❣️muchas 😊

Oh my goodness I feel like Alice falling down the rabbit hole...it has taken me multiple rewinds and yet I still managed to podge four pages together. They can stay like that. I have moved on to another bit of the thankfully large book and may or may not have got it right this time. The whole video has finished and now I need to lie down in a dark room for a week before I Google gelatos. Bet it's not ice cream.

Ohhh myyy !! That gold at the end made the whole thing look so elegant !! Thank you !!

Just had to watch this one again, so awesome, but iLove them all, great teaching LorriMarie 💕

I am just loving rewatching the old videos and redoing the backgrounds.... love your work... thanks for sharing

Love it. Looks cool. Love you are teaching from scratch . 😊 Thanks for sharing .

Love this video, I learned sooo much! Thank you for all the nifty information. You are such a great teacher, LorriMarie. Can see this is another beautiful amazing book in the making!

I am so grateful to have found your channel.I am learning so much and all I want to do is create and try every technique. I can hardly contain the excitement I’m feeling.I have something to look forward to.And through you and your teaching I’m learning how to use all the art supplies,old books,and ephemera I’ve hoarded.

You are a gem! I relaxed and enjoyed your video LorriMarie! I love your art! So much love sharing in here!

Very cool. All those yummy layers and the gold foil was like the icing on the cake. ❤️

What a delicious new beginning for this book 📚! I can almost hear it starting to sing ❤️😊 thank you for sharing this 🙏🏻

Just beautiful! I never saw the energy until I watched your pages come to life.

love this background - thanx for sharing your talent.

Great for advice on creating a healthy book to start from. And many more great ideas. Thanks so much for such a wealth of techniques you share with us 💜

These pockets are the best!!! I totally love this idea, your colors are scrumptious.

Great idea a book of just background. Nice and easy one to start with... luv it thank you 😊

On my U all most turned the channel before you took up the magazine page so glad I stayed. Thank you for you generosity in sharing this technic. Loved it.

LOVE THIS! What grungy heaven. Can't wait to try this. Thanks-Marsha from Texas

Great tutorial! Been making altered books for 20 years and I learned some new things! TFS!

❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊Thankbyou ! I have to try this. Beautiful creative art. So beautiful. I can hardly wait to start my altered book

Thank you for giving a great tutorial! You are very thorough and really explain what you are doing!!

Great tutorial and background!!

Oh my, I’ve not seen this before...underpants? Wow! Who knew? Not me! Thanks for showing your techniques for altering books! Love your style, and calmness, by the way. I just started an altered book, taking out pages & did a napkin decoupage with my PVA glue...it was so rough, sanded it. Better results. I can’t wait to try your style with my gesso & a random magazine page,,,so cool! I’m going to subscribe to your page for more fun & experimentation 💕🇨🇦

Love the addition of the foil! TFS the inspiration!

Just beautiful! Great information on how to give basic form to an altered book and then you ended with that wonderful set of pockets! Loved every. Minute of that! I am going to do altered books again after a 5 year hiatus. You have given me so much inspiration!

That background is amazing!!!!😻

Always gorgeous LorriMarie! Thanks sweetheart for your time and patience.

I just recently found you,and i love your technique,just beautiful.

Recently found your channel. Watching and learning! Love your work! Thank you for sharing!

So beautiful LorriMarie!!!!!

Best tutorial on KZfaq. Thank you 😊

I am new to altering books for artistic means. I usually just paint on canvas! found your video today and I am so inspired. I have subscribed to your youtube page so I will be watching all videos. thanks

Ahh!! So frustrating. Thank you for your video. I watched my 1st altered book video the other day as am new to junk journaling. The creator preferred glued pages easier than with signatures. I went to charity store & purchased 6 glued pages books that I liked the content, color and built of took me hours to get the right ones. Now.....ok I'll have to work with what I have. These are to be created as gifts for my kids and grandchildren. Lord don't let them fall apart. Ok, I'll keep learning from you, thank you.

Wow - so much new found helpful info. I have chosen my book I want to use and hopefully, this weekend will begin the prep. So enjoying your channel LorriMarie! :)

I love this so much and can’t wait to try it. Thank you for inspiring!

I am off to start a couple more altered books this morning!!

Love that foil.. Got to get some. This is BEAUTIFUL

Oh yes. Now I have 3 books on the go. It is a trifle addictive this business. Thank you lovely

I will try this very soon! So Happy that KZfaq proposed me your videos! :-D

Hiya Toots, just rewatched this one and am starting a new book. Lots of great tips, thanks! Also did the double pockets as shown in second half. Just LOVE all your creations my lovely friend! So, blessed to have you in our lives! Lynn

Thanks for reminding me! Long time no book, but you inspired me again! 🤣👍 you are a great teacher!

Thought I had seen (and done) more or less everything on altered books... stumbled upon your tutorial and a whole new creative world opened up! I'm feeling so inspired and excited to try this out! Thank you so much for sharing 🤗🦋🌻🕊️

Really good one! Love it.

Finally got around to looking on your videos for starting an altered book. Now I need to search for an appropriate book (one that is not glued) but sewn. I'll have to hit my favorite used book store where I always find tons of inspiration. As always your videos are a joy to listen to and I always learn so much and am so inspired. Never too late to learn something new and i"m already inspired to create something with focal points from the first nine years of my granddaughter's life, something that will be fun to create and hopefully some day she will be inspired to create on her own. She is already inspired by me since age two but these new techniques are so much more fun than just drawing. .

Once again intrigued and thank you!

This video is very helpful! I really love how you showed us about signatures and talked about the sewed together Pages! It helps me a lot my very first Altered book came apart quite a bit and I had to mend the bind Now I fully understand why! LOL thank you so much. You rock!

Boy am I glad You made this video! I started pulling out pages from my book a few days ago, but didn't know it was supposed to be a book with " sewn-in " pages! Thank you LorriMarie for all your hard work and great videos!❤️❤️❤️🙆❤️❤️❤️

Thank you, LorrieMarie. I need as much help with these techniques as I can get. 💕💕💕

Thank you so much. I wanted a tutorial from start to finish. I have seen some of these kind of books and wanted to try it ( for personal mementos.. movie stubs, child art, kiosk pictures, family recipes, etc. ) I just didn't know where to go. Having it all in one video …. amazing. Now to watch it. Thank you again.

OMGosh...I have recently discovered your channel. Beatles....Emerson....YOU ARE PRICELESS! We must be of an age...although I'm probably much more so. This is the 2nd video I've started....can not wait. TFS! Bonnie

This tutorial is perfect I love it!

Hi Lorri Marie! Just wanted to let you know how much I'm enjoying catching up with your videos. I have so much to learn and you're such an inspiring teacher! I can sense the positive energy and life emanating from your creations. You are truly a gifted artist. Peace & Love

This was so amazing! I don't have a lot of the supplies yet, but you've given me lots of good reasons to get them! Hehehe! Thank you for such a fun tutorial.😃

Hi LorriMarie🖐🏻👋🏻omg I’m making my book with you!!! This has helped so much. Now I know what I was doing wrong making my book before with all those wrinkled pages and falling apart ones lol!!!! My decorating pages and book will now be 100% better!! Thank you always for being such a great teacher and inspiring me to go big!!! Think outta my comfort zone!!! I did thank you in one of my videos you inspired me to make.. I will never think of magazine’s as boring again!!!!!Big hugs!!! I’m off to make some art magic at my table and have some fun 🍃🌸🍃TFS💕😊🐚gracie

It’s August 2020 just found you and I can’t stop watching! You have my attention and curiousity! I love your style. I’m looking forward to making my first altered book! I’ve watched a lot of the things you made for it - now I have to make one! Thank you for sharing your craft! It’s amazing!

So inspiring 🐱💕💕💕. Thank you 😘

Just wonderful backgrounds.

Just discovered your channel, and I love what I'm seeing! So glad I found you and am now subscribed. Take care, sweet pea! P.S. I've ordered the book... same edition even! ;-)

Awesome! Love it!

just wonderful!

Loved this.

Great idea changing things up a little. It will help us to develop our own style. ❤

Yumalicious! I love your new book and new techniques! I shall miss some of your focal points, and yet, kind of like streamlining the projects. I am so glad that you are continuing doing the altered books. They are my faves! I now need to try and pull unused book pages the new way you are describing. Hmmm, new adventures all the way around! Love ya

Yes I have watched many tutorials but yours have convinced me to start a book. I love and collect books so this should be interesting 😁👍😎

Very helpful, thank you so much!

Omg love it !!!!🌹

I've been following you for several months... I didn't see a purpose (for me) to make this style art into a journal or altered book. I used your ideas to create greeting card art to send to people I loved... a lot 😉. And actually, not sure what I'm going to do with the un-sent cards. I know I just need to make these little gems and I'm getting a lot of them. Well, the other day a friend gifted me a book about artists using art as daily prayer/time devotionals... and each day there is an art project to do. I thought... bingo! I'll use Lorriemarie Jenkins' altered book idea to do my daily devotional activities in, so, pulled out your KZfaq directions for altered books to make a book canvas to work on.. the daily devotionals will be together and easy to get to each day before I start my studio time... I started my painting, mixed-media art journey several years ago when I retired. I began entering my work in local art shows and began selling, getting prizes and attention. I had to back off because I was letting my community dictate what I needed to do.., and the joy of getting to the studio was fading. I had to get in my studio (alone), and work open-ended without worrying about shows, opinions, time... making cards and small pieces has brought me back to finding joy in expressing through mixed-media art.

Just found your channel, am inspired to try! Looks addictive 😊

Awesome technique! TFS, Beth in SC

Watching video on my hubby's phone. Lol (Roberta Lovejoy). So I liked with his account and then when I get my phone I'll like it too. Lol can't wait to see what new stuff I'm gonna learn. You're an awesome teacher and artist. Thanks a bunch friend

Gelatos. Looks like fun. I’ll look for them on Amazon. Thanks again.

Omg i loved so much your channel. I've started my first "altered book" and day by day is a interesting experience

Wwooww... I'm happy! One hour of your video, you're a great inspiration. Thanks for your lesson xxx Carmen🇮🇹

Great! Tutorial. Learned so much..and no obnoxious music:)

I love it.....yes I do!!!

Oh girl. I just go thru ripping out stuff wildly. I end up w crazy out of shape books. Like 8 ‘almost finished minus the spine issues’ 😂😂😂 love u so much!

beautiful background...tearing out pages & gessoing!

The sun is up the sky is blue it's beautiful and SO Are YOU! Dear .......

So I may have read some of the comments below about said hidden book title and author.. and honestly I feel that's a wonderful beginning layer, a wonderful energy to start with. Not saying this is the author of your book, but I'm tempted to go find a book by Walt Whitman because you know, from what I know of the man, I think he would be delighted to know that his words were carefully woven into some deliciously yummy mixed media.... maybe I can find a sewn copy of Leaves of Grass somewhere.. that gives me a really warm feeling. Inspired!

i love this one so much LorriMarie - i had to make this right away and it came out lovely - thank you for your inspiration - your videos are so informative and very relaxing to watch ~ hugs xx

I love the paragraphing! Real full of text!

Love this tutorial!! I'm SO excited for this background series!! THANK YOU!!! You are opening up a whole new world for some of us! (.....and I know what the book is!!) **giggle** I'm off to rip some pages out of a book.......

This is awesomely yummy! what a neat place to start out on a project I'll enjoy trying this too. I'm kinda new at mixed media with the exception of a few pages Ive created in the past. but these books are such works of art Lorri, love the stitching !

I love this, never knew you had to do that to keep the books strenght, I need to get another book to try it! 😊

amazing what you do ❣️ 😍

I was happy to see that one of my 'give away' books had signatures, went into the craft room and began preparing the book, the signatures are GLUED in, grrr. I have already messed the book up, so I'm going to use it, but it's a pain. Live and learn. Thank you for the tutorials, they are great!

Love, love, love. If I ever clear off my work table so that I can play, you will get all the credit for inspiring me to move beyond watching.

That's okay!! So you're honoring the book!! xoxo!!

Heyyyyy! It’s Susan Sarandon! It’s been awhile since I’ve been to your channel, but I got my hands on some beautiful, old, beat up books (literature, classics) with some unusual covers etc. So I’m looking to you to help me out to alter one and make it a journal. I hope you’re well!👍🏼 And thanks for the nice videos

Thank you for so much more knowledge....I realized that I've done some faults in the beginning of my first book, BUT "Being creative is to having fun in making mistakes" 😀👍