I adore you. I love everything you do. You have inspired me in so many ways with art. You taught me how to sketch. I followed your videos and now sketch my own whimsical mushroom houses, botanicals, etc., and I’m good at it! I’ve never considered myself an artist but have always done arts n crafts… I’m now opening my own Etsy shoppe for art and homemade journals, folios, prints, and ceramics. You taught me to take chances and just ‘wing it’. I love you as a soul sister and I mean that with the greatest respect… you changed my life. I just wanted you to know that. 🙏🏻

Thank you for being real and sharing your creative process!

I really love your style I’m the same way I like it imperfect and well loved and a little grungy

I love your style. I love your no stress advice.

You are amazing! Love your technique and your lovely sketches. Next time you are in the dollar store, go to the hardware section. I picked up (two years ago) a plastic case with small screw drivers in it. They are about four - five inches long. The package had several types- - one was a pokey tool. I have it stuck in a wine cork holder on my desk. It is great for separating tear tape. TFS. 🙏🥰

Oh Michele, you made my day with the cutting part! 😆That was hilarious but worked perfectly well. - I mostly use cardboard for journals, and honestly I never thought of cutting book covers to a smaller size. Thanks for this idea!

I enjoy your relaxed and imperfect attitude…you make art feel grounded and unpretentious. Thank you, your art is a life style that makes me want to create…now I just need to start…to make time and just do it.

I just recently started making art journals and I altered my first book on Saturday. I found your channel this week and subscribed right away. In between watching my 2 year old granddaughter I’ve been watching you. Really glad I found you. I’m pretty sure your art is exactly the art I’ve been trying to find within me. I love watercolor but stink at it and stress. Well I’ve already used some book pages and painted loose blobs and sketches or doodled flowers. Keep up the videos 😊

You had me laughing out loud watching you hack that book cover! Loved this video!

Oh my gosh you had me nearly choking on my coffee, hacking away, 😂. GREAT video.

I really like that you use up those new scraps the same day and that cleans up your table. Gonna try it.

Oh I love your scraps!!!!! I got just as excited about them as you did lol! 😂

Very inspirational~ Thank you for sharing! Betty :)

I love this carefree process ❤😊

You are one of my most favorite crafters. I love your style, love how you give us such neat pointers. I have learned so much from you. You are such an amazing teacher! Thank you for all the time you put into your channel for us. *This is just a side note: I ran across a full set of micro pens in the color sepia from Temu. I thought of you when I saw that color.

That hacking was soooo satisfying

If you are not hacking, are you even an artist 😂.? Your work is always so incredible and inspiring. I never miss watching when you post a video.

Love this!! Man! Thank you for sharing! My creative juices are flowing!

That was fun!! Looking forward to watching more of your videos!!!

what a stunning journal 😊😊

Always inspirational watching you create! Love this! Thank you so much for sharing, take care and have a wonderful weekend x

Great journal as all your projects 😊

I love this journal & the book page signatures

Love watching your videos! I spend way too much time on trying to make things perfect and I do wish I could break through it! I am working on it!

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Thx for making it fun to be messy...God knows my ocd-neatness is mostly due to limited space & ii hate losing things so everything gets out back even if it comes out next period...puts a crimp in my spontaneity at times but a sense of humor, & tutes like yours keep me inspired to start fresh. How is yr hip?

You are so right on about "toooo much stuff". I've seen craft room tours and the amount of supplies is just overwhelming. I think when will she ever use all this???? How about giving us a studio tour. Love your stuff. I'm sketching and doodling because of you.

When I want to cut through something thick and I'm too lazy to set up a cutting area, I get it to the point you did (cut it enough to fold the flaps together) then put the cutter between the flaps, blade upward, and draw the blade through the cut.

Oh no! I just erased my whole..oh too long… comment so here I go again! Love everything! So many great ideas! I think this idea will translate great to any style too! Thank you for stimulating so many ideas in me! Yes to carving of those darling little stamps Please! I’m only here because I’m in the process of moving (actually just packed my carving rubber (?)) that I have never tried) this morning …and also carried some oh to heavy stuff so I’m trying to not have a worse back ache by resting for a few and watching you…my excuse anyway…at 74, I can’t seem to act my age 🙃! I’m just loving everything that you are doing and wondering what else I have missed out on all this time…partly good because I’ll have plenty of videos to catch up with! As I am watching I can’t help but think that you might have a bit of stuff like me and wondering if you have ever done any craft room organizing videos or have any hints… I really didn’t realize that I was overdoing it with the crafting stuff until I started packing it up and got so ashamed of myself that I started picking up things and boxes of things and just donating it without even looking at it…that’s pretty bad! I am glad that someone else will benefit from it but I don’t want it to happen again and I am so grateful that my son doesn’t have to be the one to do this. All that to say that any hints are appreciated! You seem like such a cute, sweet person! So happy to have found you!!Thank you again!!💕💕💕

Thank you for sharing your tricks and how you let go of being to concerned on how you do it! I actually worked on a writing journal I bought at Barnes and Nobles for $8 and took out pages and glued others together to make a junk journal! Enjoyed working with you!

I am a "wing-it" kind of Artist also!

I stress also, but I try to relax. This is great. Inspiring. Thanks

New subbie... Enjoyed watching and I like your style. I use a lot of digitals and really want to try some journals not using digitals. I want to try so many different things. Never enough time. 😊 Joan

Hi Michele, Oh like a studio tour in your organized one. Because I just organised my corner were I have my materialen (its little 😢 but cosy) How did you do it. Love all your creativities ❤Anjo 👋

I love this video. I have a question. Why did you cut the spine off of the book cover? Seems like it would have been easier just to leave it on. But I'm sure you have a reason, so enlighten me! Thanks for the video. I am inspired!

I subscribed 2 minutes into your video here lol. I really like your artistic process. It really helps me not to be a perfectionist going into making journals.❤

No scraps!?!?! 😲😲😳 i try and use them, but as i am using them, I get new ideas and flail off into something else that creates more scraps. 😂😅😂

Pleeese, don’t keep putting your hand under that large blade: one wrong move and an accident may happen.

You lost me at the hacking. Just stupid.