A Year of Planning in my Junk Journal Planners/Q&A Session

[@hilarymerola11]

You’re so correct about how going through your thought process is helpful to others. This is definitely true! And I love your planner-it’s both creative and practical.❤❤❤

[@Dimi.A]

I love your journals. Very inspiring. Beautifully made. ❤

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@skwoods7986]

Yours are the first junk journaling videos I’ve ever watched from beginning to end. Not only are you delightful to listen to, but I like your combination of junk journal with a useful planner/ journal/ memory book.

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks so much 😊

[@elzanneshepperson6729]

I'm glad you explained how much time and work goes into making digitals. It's a lot for 1 person. And here I was thinking I wished you made more videos ... I look forward to each and every one ... I relate to finding it hard to part with journals. It's very hard. Always will be ...

[@I_give_I_give]

Hey fellow crafters...don't forget to subscribe and then comment and hit “like” on all of our awesome craft channels and videos, old and new, every single time, to help keep them going strong. They deserve our SUPPORT! Have a creative day. 😊

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

[@CrystalVanner]

*This how I trash/junk journal and plan. ABSOLUTELY love it. I'll definitely be watching your channel for inspiration. Thx 4 sharing with us.*

[@elenalaskari4739]

I loved your video answering questions by your viewers! It would be so nice to have another one! The procedure that you explained us on how you make your digitals with AI is so interesting! I would love to know more about it! Also, I can fully relate with you on how difficult it is to part with your jj babies! I once gifted a jj that i have made for myself, to a nanny who was helping me with my newborn baby, and i so much miss it even though 3 years have passed! It was a jj with a kind of soft cover, with a rounded spine, and i have used for it a digital with a girl with dogs in shabby chic style. I back then thought that i could make another one for myself with the same digital, but i have never found the time and energy to make any jjs since then! Thankfully, i have a flip through video of it, so i can refer to it from time to time. Sending you hugs and kisses, Elena.

[@shawnmorymcmillion]

This video is EPIC! Thank you so much!!!❤️

[@49dragonflies]

You are so welcome! ☺️❤️

[@DancingScarabee]

Thank you for the such a great journey through all these journals! Recently I started to to have fun with AI graphics, mostly out of curiosity, but I really enjoy having the images that really translate my visions into graphics I can use in my otherwise very analogue and off-screen craft. Hence some thoughts about describing and showcasing this type of art: have you considered labeling products containing AI imagery? I thought this type of transparency might prevent some of "this looks so good but let's check if the number of fingers is correct and if every leaf is connected to the plant and if every line makes sense" kind of scrutiny ;) It is what it is, it's not perfect, but it helps to deliver the vision!

[@rosabarbiero389]

hi Barbara ❤ thank you for answering to my questions! Today I'll try and create a page using your suggestions for a focal point! it's a pity you're not going to organise a meeting in person but I can 100% understand and relate, I wouldn't be able to organise one myself😅. Thank you for sharing your art with us!!! ❤

[@angelaarnold4255]

Oh my gosh!! So many things I want to say. And we both know that’s scary because my comments are usually too long! First, I love this video. I’ve told you so many times how much I love seeing you flip through your Journal looking for the perfect page to use. So I was in Heaven watching this one. Next, I realized when I started watching your channel for the first time. I had moved back to Utah (from Texas) in August 2020. When you showed your altered book Journal (Readers Digest), I realized that was the first Journal I watched you make. Also, I love your paper ruffles. I think I learned to make them from Natasha at Treasure Books. I made tons at first. I’ve used them in a few Journals and I still have some left. Love them!! Thank you so much for teaching us and inspiring us. I’m excited to see where we’ll go in 2024. ♥️♥️♥️

[@flamingogirl57]

I made my first "Barbara Inspired" soft cover JJ 3 months ago. I'm doing my 2nd month with your monthly kits in it and absolutely loving it !!! First signature I did my own thing 😅. I recently had a new JJ friend over, she'd never seen a journal like this and fell in love !!! ❤ So I get to go to her house and play "let's make a Barbara journal" with her ! Taking my sewing machine too !! 😅😂😊

[@49dragonflies]

OMG that’s so fun! And I’m so honored! 😊❤️

[@lynnbeard2450]

love your journals and all the creative ideas.

[@tamaradankert5776]

I remember starting in happy planners and started making my own stickers 😂. Then switched to bullet journaling. Then I fell in ❤ with junk journaling, which is the perfect combination of everything. 😊❤

[@RobinNeville-xm1lg]

Barbara's plan with me journals, made from paper bags, are so fun and beautiful. I finally created a junk journal in her style. All along the way I could hear Barbara's encouraging words and suggestions in my head. She is such an inspiration. I love it and can't wait to work in it.

[@49dragonflies]

Aaaaw thank you! Go you! 😃👍🏻❤️

[@loribaca9065]

I started a journal/planner like yours for the start of January. I'm really enjoying using it. My question is what AI do you use? Would you mind doing a quick tutorial on how you use it?

[@kathleenPARESA]

Love your process.

[@kayeganann5237]

I am working on a year-long journal now. You are the one who got me started on junk journaling. I understand what you mean about the changes from when you began to where you are now. I am still very new to it all. I think I just want to do a grungy journal just for the fun of doing one. Thanks, Barbara, for all the inspiration!

[@nairafoganholi6563]

I love your videos, your tips and your kits, Barbara! They always help in dark days.. i always come to your videos and kits when i need inspiration! Plan with me videos and kits are my favorite! I love this video today! Happy sunday! ❤

[@TK2SK]

Barbara, I’ve been following you for a few years now, and I go back to your videos from time to time when I need my creative mojo flowing. I recently decided to open my own journaling shop and I owe a lot of my skills and confidence to you. Thank you for sharing your journey & creativity with us as well as your trial and error moments. It remind us that we are all human and everything can turn out beautifully. I’m looking forward to another year of your creativity and wonderful spirit. PS- I could listen to you talk all day, you have a beautiful voice.

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you and I wish you every success with your shop! 😃👍🏻❤️

[@TK2SK]

Thank you so much!!

[@barbarapiano7917]

Thank you for answering my question in this video. Now that I understand what goes into making your digital, I have even more appreciation for the free sharing you give us. Please continue as you are doing.❤❤❤

[@prof.mommyarty]

I love strolling down your memory lane and feel honoured to be along with you on your journey every week🤗. They're like a garden growing beautiful with every memory. I always forget the community tab 🙈. I love the sound of those hand pans! So grateful when you do film but you definitely should do it for yourself too. I'm really enjoying making digitals and was inspired by you! Time consuming but rewarding. Loving using AI images, they do take a lot if development. I've lost confidence in my own art unfortunately. A course sounds very labour intensive. Yes you're going to need more shelf space 😄. Parting with some is hard 🙈 unless I've made to gift and maybe sell. I found an ancient paint brush to use as I love yours. Tfs and have a great day 💖💖💖

[@doreethorpe4800]

Thanks Barbara. I enjoyed this question and answer session. It is fun to go back and see the changes in your style in a relatively short time. ❤❤

[@MaureenAstrid]

💖 I love seeing your journey unfold sweetie, when you show us your journals. Answering all those questions was also very informative 😊 keep going , you are such an inspiration to so many people

[@blackcoffeeandwildflowers]

What a lovely video with you answering questions. I am always so inspired by you and my next project is a paper bag journal cover with fabric. Very much like your planners, because I love those!! Thank you for the fabulous inspiration! Hugs ❤️🤗😘

[@rebeccadaleartthecreativewande]

Totally agree ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️about working your KZbin channel and all that involves versus running a workshop and retreat. I have chosen the workshop end of it, there is no time to do videos, preparing and getting everything ready for the classes and at this point just getting my retreat ready for Clients to stay and play, is enough! Eventually, I will be showing videos of people participating in the workshops. Gradually I have added Journal flip through videos. And on Facebook showing all the work that I’m doing at the retreat itself I am a one woman show at 74 and this has been a dream after raising children by myself. I’m determined and have a passion for creativity.

[@49dragonflies]

You rock! So impressed by you! 👍🏻😊❤️

[@pambotter355]

Barbara, this was a fun video. I remember watching you make that first planner. TFS!❤

[@deborahryder5364]

Love your jjs/art. ❤ I've also struggled to describe junk journaling to others until recently I explained it like this. "As a creator, I am dabbling in bookbinding by making journals from recycled, and or repurposed materials." This explanation seemed to get people past the term, "junk journal," which they seem to get stuck on, and help them to approach the idea through the more familiar "acceptable and understandable" (to them) craft of book bonding.

[@49dragonflies]

Good explanation 👍🏻😊

[@AshleyKiMiller]

🌟🙏🏼🌟 thank you for sharing your work. your creative vulnerability and courage make a difference. ✨️🙏🏼✨️

[@valleyfever1964]

Absolutely beautiful 📖✂️🎨🖌

[@carolm4094]

Thanks for sharing and answering viewers questions.

[@carolbisson7903]

I loved all the information in your video and how much your art has evolved. Absolutely fabulous. ❤

[@AnkePargen]

Liebe Barbara, ich führe zur Zeit noch ein Bullet Journal und ein Journal, wo ich monatlich die Highlights als Collagen und Jounrnalkarten einfüge. Nächstes Jahr ( auch wenn es noch weit scheint) möchte ich beides zusammen führen und da bekomme ich durch deine Planner so viel Inspirationen 🥰 Danke dafür und dieses Video mit dem Beantworten der Fragen was super interessant 😉 Liebe Grüße Anke

[@dianeestes9004]

What is the piece of material you have the journal on while you are explaining? The one with the embroidery. It is beautiful!

[@49dragonflies]

It’s a table cloth I found at a flea market. I usually use it to cover my sewing machine 😊

[@darylfisher8341]

Love the concept I going to try to make it. As soon as I recoup after surgery. What a fantastic memory holder. 😊😊

[@49dragonflies]

All the best for a speedy recovery! ❤️

[@juanamauk4166]

So that’s where you get your beauty, your mom is beautiful

[@49dragonflies]

Aaaaaw ❤️

[@harrietthompson189]

Loved watching this episode, show and tell of your journals

[@kcueva313]

Great video Barbara, thanks! 👍🏻

[@helenbroadway1408]

Barbara your journals are amazing. I always wonder about trying to keep a theme throughout but you showed that they can be quite eclectic and they work beautifully, thank you. I would love to know how you manage to sew on some of your pages after the bases are in the journal or is it that you sew the toppers first so it looks like they've been sewed in? I hope you understand what I mean 🤣 Thank you for your time.

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you! I sew on the pieces separately and glue them in to look like they have been sewn on 😊

[@dawnhiggins6802]

All are beautiful

[@lindsayj30]

Absolutely love these journals ❤

[@BellaSunshyn]

I'm loving the Q&A Session, please do another one. Just like you, I do have a problem giving away the journals I make. I made a calendar for my sister for 2 years now and hers always turn out better than mine, but not this year. I'm so excited working on my planner inspired by you. Thank you for always sharing! In case you have another Q&A session, my question is "why don't you have a Facebook group?"

[@ElaineHowlin]

This is so wonderful and informative! I love your journals 💕

[@CherrySignature3]

Love it

[@shinybreesilver3264]

I love this Q&A. It was so much fun to get to learn more about you and your creative process. Here is a question for a future video. I enjoy making journals, and made quite a few of them. I also have several ideas and I am inspired by folks like you about how to use them. But when it comes to it, I struggle to start. I end up with several journals, lots of ideas on my head, but nothing really ends up in the journals. I struggle with this, it is like a blockage. Have you ever felt this way? Any ideas of how to overcome it?

[@Yoda_Bonk]

You make beautiful journals! Despite several attempts, I haven't mastered the making of the cover!😂 I knew that picture had to be your Mom before you said it b/c you look so much like her!💜

[@caroltanzi29]

Barbara:I have no idea what your business budget is, but I would start thinking of outsourcing to accomplish things for your future growth as far as teaching classes on video or having actually workshops. I believe this would bring you additional satisfaction. You are more than ready, as far as your artistic ability. It just may be the next step in growing your business. Carol from California

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks for your kind feedback, Carol! ❤️

[@amyvetter1830]

I ran into a lady on a cruise ship with a junk journal, but she was getting off an elevator as I got on, so did not get a chance to talk to her. She had it in her arms, I would have liked to talk with her. Thank you for all the questions you answered, very helpful.

[@49dragonflies]

That would have been awesome! So rare to meet other junk journalers in real life!

[@jneigler]

This was a very informative and interesting video. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and knowledge. One question… Did you start from scratch and teach yourself junk journaling techniques?

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! Yes, I did 😊❤️

[@pattyhabegger3073]

How do you use your step tracker? Do you have an app that shows your steps and then you record them in your planner? I really like this idea and I want to try it in the planner that I will make.

[@49dragonflies]

Yes, I used to just track on my iPhone, but in the meantime I have a Fitbit watch, so it’s much more accurate and it totally motivates me to walk more have fun with your planner 😊. I’m in the process of making a new one (video will be up on Friday)

[@MeikeEule-jy5bh]

Dear Barbara, I just love your journals and your digital papers. Especially your planner packages would be right up my alley if….. yes, if… You know, I am an utterly anglophilic person, but I just prefer calendars in German. Would you deem it rude if I asked you to take into consideration a German version as well….? ☺️

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! My calendar pages are not dated, so you could easily stamp the days for the weekly pages in German. I had more versions last year (although not in German), but it took much time each month, so I had to reduce. So sorry!

[@sandypeppers6861]

Oh my word! If you and Luise put together an in person event, it would be like the Beatles playing! Sellout venue for sure!

[@49dragonflies]

OMG how cute are you! ❤️🤭

[@corleasmit7241]

Youve got beautiful hands

[@hankejoosen4029]

🤩🤩🤩

[@tharp2499]

Such a lovely trip down memory lane.😍💗 May I ask what graphics software you use to compile your digitals? I literally have zero skills with that stuff. I am "technologically challenged".🙄lol! But I want to learn. Just thought I'd ask.😉 Love & blessings.💙❤💙

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! I use Affiniy Photo.

[@anitajansen5610]

👍🧡

[@glynismccartneyintricatesc5281]

❤️⛄️🇨🇦❄️