Thanks for getting back to me, I am excited about it!

I am new at Junk Journals and I enjoy your videos. I would love to see videos using Easter Egg dye and vegetables and anything else that you can use. I am going to take the leap and try tea dying some paper. I love your videos! ❤❤❤

Can you tell me what kind of copypaper you use, mine starts to break down when I'm submerging it..

My type writer paper breaks up but artist paper doesn't. I don't submerge the type writer paper I squeeze the tea bag over it which works great.

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BUT she has THREEEEEEEE DAYS ?!?! to dye paper? I do mine in 45-min to 1 hour from start to finish- done n dried. An hour (about as many or more pages). I don’t have three days to dye paper 🤦🏻‍♀️

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I came here to say this very thing! 😂 Natasha, you're my kind of woman. When my daughter was 16 she asked me "mammy, do we have an ironing board?" and I replied "Yes, it's the digital piano stand that you practiced piano on for 4 years!" She had seen me use many tools over the years but an iron wasn't one of them.😂 I'm new to journalling and your tutorials are great. I've been using tea and coffee to stain new wood in household projects for years but as I move to paper crafts it's great to learn from paper masters such as yourself. I did a small first batch blind without all of the logistics figured out in advance (drying space in particular). Also, as I used an older roasting tin, the solution became grayer as it began to oxidize with the surface of the metal, delivering a gray/green hue that I didn't care for. Second time I used a newer tin with better results. Fantastic to see your process in particular to see that sheets can be par dried in small bundles and separated midway through. Your channel is great for 'keeping it real' compared to some creators that have studios as big as a small house. Once again, thank-you for sharing your talent. You set a high bar for us newbies but it's great to have a quality standard to aim for. 🙏

Love this idea!!!!

Thank you :) Great idea

A series sounds awesome!

Yes!!!! Id love to see that also...👍

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I have used purple onion skins and it turns the paper this beautiful sage green color. It’s gorgeous!

@@ajennyforyourthoughtscincy How much onino skins do you need? Save a bunch in a produce bag until ready to use?

Thank you so much Claudia :)

Great video... thank you

I would guess same as teabags except use an Easter egg dye tablet. She probably leaves out the Vinegar due to ph levels.

Thank you so much Ana!!

Oh gosh, Yes. No. Not with a cat in a house hahahah

You would get some very cute Paw pad stains on your papers!!! 🐱

Oh wow, you have tried many methods!! I am trying paprika next!

Thank you so much !

I'll have to try that, thank you :)

Thnx indeed! I’ll try that too 😃🇳🇱💖

Fantastic idea Vera...👍

Doesn't the Vinegar make the solution overly acidic?

I haven't had any problem with doing that; I just use about a tablespoon to a quart and a half of my mix.

I used beet juice also but it seemed to soften my paper. Maybe heavier paper would be better. I still used them all though. I love the rosey color.

Thank you so much Eileen. Ohh mashing raspberries, never would have thought of that!

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I didn't think about it either

@@beanerb822 hi hi hi! I see we are fans of the same amazing women!! hahahahahah

Why does that acidity matter?

@@Mary-em5yi Because over time, acidity will eat through whatever material it is - which is why a lot of "archival" things also say "acid free" - like photo paper, inks, materials, etc.

Thank you so much Donita :)

Thank you so much Diane. Here is the onion dying process video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtqCicqW3smWgYE.html

Do it in the kitchen!

I love the grundgy look. Love the big splotches.

What is ironing paper? Lol, I don’t even own an ironing board and only use my iron for craft! 😀

I would love to get some blue pages. *adds berry tea to shopping list.

Thank you so much Dragana :) Oohhh blue paper from berry fruit tea! That sounds awesome :)

Can you tell us what brand of berry fruit tea you used and THANKS for the heads up on that one!

@@heymudda1 I used Teekanne forest fruits ( mixture of raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries) Tea is dark red but the paper turns purplish blue. Another time, I used dried Aronia fruit(chokeberries), boiled them for a while to extract color. Paper turned grayish blue that time.

I explained everything in the video, but here goes again. Ph level measures alkalinity versus acidity. Water is neutral. Bleach is highly alkaline, coffee is acid. Paper is also already slightly acid. When you add tea or coffee to paper, you make it very acid. Acidity eats through any writing on the page and especially if you place photograps into a journal that has very acidic paper. It takes years for this to happen, and for the writing and photographs to fade, hence why people don't worry about it too much. That is also why a lot of scrapbooking products and paper state "archival" paper, meaning its not acid, it will not fade your photographs. So, adding soda bicarb, which is alkaline, it neutralizes the acid and brings the solution to neutral. I hope this helps

Thank you so much for the thorough explanation, I understand now that it’s all about preventing the paper, photos, etc to become yellowish over time. Best regards from Canada :)

Firts time I've heard about this too, thank u for such a learning vid

@@TreasureBooks WOW! I did not know this. Thanks for sharing your dye methods and educating us on what "archival" means. I'm working on a family tree book and I want it to last, so it's going to be archival papers for all vital documents going forward for me!

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching !