Ain't nobody got time to craft! - Nik the Booksmith

[@RebelSol67]

The picture of the girl in the window is my aunt Jan. She passed away last Nov of liver cancer. Thank you for using those pictures. You got me all teary eyed :). So neat to see my family in a cool book :). The diva is my grandmother and you got her exactly right. She was a fast car, world traveling wild woman :)

[@masja1790]

Rebecca Combs I don't have facebook....can I still get these beautiful pictures? I would love them. Don't have any old pictures in my family. The all got lost.

[@EveMcLainNewsom]

How kind of you to share the History of your precious Family with the World....

[@dawnrussell2148]

Lovely photos. So nice to hear stories behind the pictures.

[@Canadianrobin27]

Rebecca Combs I have a picture almost exactly the same in my dads photo album of the cadet. My dad was in the Canadian armed forces and took a bunch of pictures of his friends in their uniforms. Think it would be in the early 50’s.

[@KH-lt3he]

Rebecca Combs I love the photos of your family. I don’t have FB and wondered if there was another way to download them if you allow others to use them.

[@shannonfinn4316]

Nik, nobody can take a composition book and make it gorgeous like you can. You are just so talented....and funny. I could watch your videos all day.

[@kj6628]

Thanks so much for this. I adapted it to make a monthly "journal" for a friend who is newly separated and now has his little 5 year old boy part time. The plan is that when they are together they can write down memories and put movie tickets or any other memorabilia in the monthly pocket. He loved it x

[@alyce-kayruckelshaus1224]

Ohhhh, what a great idea!

[@dianemoore1945]

I so enjoyed your video, made my Sunday. Your so entertaining! That 45 minutes flew by before I knew it. Thank you ever so much for sharing your talent with us! D.

[@RDJmassage]

Nik, so I totally love your videos. However, if I laugh any harder while I watch I will wet myself. Girl you crack me up and I love the clarity of your vision it just melds with mine! Your my kind of crazy! Keep having a blast and thanks for puttin' the easy out there and you have a blessed day.

[@NiktheBooksmith]

hahaha! thanks, Tammie ;)

[@Rhaevyn13]

@@NiktheBooksmith I second this (Tammie)! I am now using your videos not only for educational purposes, but to pull me out of funks I get into when my fibro flares up. You're hilarious, so glad I found your channel.

[@shellywilliamswilliamscomp783]

GREAT JOB, Nik. I have covered a mini notebook just like this a few months ago.

[@helenwood1]

Wow! This is a good video for people like me, a beginner. The investment for supplies and tools is not expensive and the technique is not too complex. Thank you for posting.

[@lyndajoyce6243]

You are the cutest igit ever! So fun to watch your videos. I really love your little notebooks!

[@angelavincent2870]

I love your dialog and all the projects!! Thank you!!

[@wandaamorose9964]

You are a hoot. Nothing less than a hoot! And a great video filled with great inspiration. So happy I found you.

[@bearclawflowers]

Love this video & the cool ideas! the dollar tree movie tickets are the best too! Thank you so much for your fun!

[@lynnharrell303]

Love this idea. I have tons of old photos of my family that I have scanned and could use for family journals. Thanks for the inspiration. You are a hoot to watch.

[@jessjtadesigns]

I wish you were my neighbor, we'd laugh alot😂 such a cool idea!!

[@KYATKAT]

This is a great idea thanks can't wait to use it when I need a quick gift... 💖💖

[@SonshineLady7]

THANK YOU!!! I've been watching junk journal videos for a year, collecting supplies, shopping thrift stores...and have yet to make one journal. Now it's only a handful of days until Christmas and there's at least one person I'd like to gift with a journal and this idea is perfect!!! I can do that!!!

[@SimplySinclair]

Oh man that was so funny, caught me off guard your mental checklist of “no sex scenes...no bad words” when affixing book page to outer cover. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE! Thank you so much for being so open & free. I love your videos!

[@laurenbutler3452]

Very fun store bought notebooks! Super cute!

[@century21actionrealty48]

Trimming down the composition book. Genius!!! I wouldn't have even thought of that. Love it.

[@Cyrilmc222004]

Nik you are really really awesome and amazing.....those cheapo books, look really really stunning and gorgeous, and what a difference you made to them. I really really love 💕 watching you create beautiful things xxx Mags.

[@MaryJoDavis]

You're the bomb diggety! Love these two journal ideas! Your creativity overfloweth!

[@Jeannette.akaJnett]

These are geat. Absolutely love that lace. So beautiful.

[@deborahwilkinson8685]

They look so nice,pretty.Thanks for sharing.

[@barbaranoble9748]

I've watched this again Nik. Great idea for my grandchildren who are so on the go with lots to do! Thank you!

[@craftydee8489]

Thank you for sharing your crafty ideas and your videos!

[@susannaeasdale1162]

These look great Nik, Fabulous job...

[@nasushll]

Wonderful photos Rebecca. Love them.

[@angelaem205]

Al thumbs up to Rebecca Combs for sharing her wonderful family photos and all thumbs up for you for making another very beautiful journal book with vintage ephemera! I really love ❤❤❤ to see you work and I love your sense of humor. Who needs perfection when you have a good sense of humor? he 😂👍👍⭐

[@francesdmackay]

I came to journal making by accident, my daughter was going on holiday to Venice, a 21st birthday present from my sister. I had just started leather crafting as a complementary skill for my silversmithing and decided to make her and the two friends she went with a travel journal each. Then my son went to university and I made him a journal to help him control/monitor his expenditure. It worked. I then rested on my laurels. I went back to silversmithing. As a result of the research I’d carried out on Pinterest and KZbin I received recommendations relating to journaling from time to time. I watched one of yours and I was hooked. I now find excuses to make journals for friends and family, I love your Frankenpages (I do my silversmithing on a Frankenbench I discovered the tutorial for on Pinterest) I have never been disappointed with any of your videos. They are funny and informative by turn. Thank you.

[@NiktheBooksmith]

thank you, Frances! Silversmithing is a beautiful expression of art, I am always in awe of it!

[@bettyswinford5886]

That lace made it !!!!! Wow how cool.Great job.

[@sweetcurly28]

Keep going!! Make the back part 👍🏻😁😁😁! So fun to watch and listen!! Love this!! Have a fun visit 😊

[@user-AnuPP247]

Just seen this! You are so super cool! Love the inspiration - thanks so much 🤗🍁

[@PaperPlaywithJulieK]

Very nice video! I love altering composition books and never thought to cut it down to size. So great idea. I also love to gesso the black spine and paint over the gesso to make my spines match.

[@lauramurphy438]

Just found this video. Thanks for all the ideas. You make me smile. Thank you for sharing.

[@siameseire]

You are a Joyous Blast!!! Made me laugh and feel so happy. ... and I love the journals. thanks!

[@dragonflyer59]

I love this journal...now this is one jounal I know I can do...thank you...and I am so glad I found you...

[@laurie3881]

Just discovered your videos! What a delight! Spend an enjoyable morning with you, smiling, chuckling and drinking my coffee!

[@crochetingmemorieswithcj6408]

You did it again Nik. It usually takes me a month to make a junk journal. I can't even keep up with my orders. You have inspired me to be more spontaneous and make these types of journals. Keep on keeping on.

[@marlenejones6266]

You are a gem. You inform, teach bring joy and make everyone laugh in one fun video. Thank you. And i promise i wont be yankin on anything. Lol you are a crazy silly woman and everything IS a dollar at Dollar Tree. Ha

[@barbaracheatham692]

Love the hardback book. I have one just like it in a lighter brown. Will definitely make it like this.

[@kimpuckett6919]

Love these journals and your videos! I am frustrated because I used a crooked old heavy paper cutter for so long and FINALLY did some half-assed research and chose the fiskars cutter...and the FIRST time I used it I wasn't happy with it but I thought it was ME! Oh well. A little comforting to know it isn't just me. Thanks for sharing of yourself!

[@sharonmariec]

Love your videos. So talented and fun. Thank you!

[@mattieparker211]

love it .great idea for gifts for sure . also ,you crack me up. love watching you

[@maryallen7221]

I love your work,and I love your personality. I would like to see more of your work. Thanks for sharing

[@opaldenja80]

I really enjoy watching your video! You are hilarious!!! Love your idea of taking a reg journal and notebook and turning into a wonderful gift!!

[@ramonasuina7051]

Thank you for the information it is very intriguing to see how you can totally change a plain journal into something that looks like you went to a one kind place and purchased it. Also forget get the question that I ask before about glue I should have waited and I would have had my answer. Thank you for taking the time I plan on coming back to see what else I can learned from you.

[@mizmaxeen]

Love both of the books, gave me the idea to go through pictures of my mother who recently passed. One of my sisters regularly journals like she's writing to mom. I think she would your book idea

[@roseapple8786]

You are so funny with all the words you make up. I love how you showed all the journal books that you made. I will try to do the same. Hope it will turn out great like yours.

[@cbabick]

Usually I don't like people talking in the video unless it is explanation of the process. But you are very funny--you made me laugh and lifted my spirits.

[@rrr_rozell7992]

You are so refreshing and funny! Love it

[@sharoncarroll8892]

That was great ! It's been a while since I laughed so much . I was doing my own thing and listening to you , it was like an old radio show comedy routine ! We identify because we all have crafting issues , sometime I think I spend more time fixing mistakes than anything else . I love you . Thanks for the video .Till next time .

[@tannabella6071]

You are so real Nik! That's what I love about you! It's ok not to be perfect! It's a JUNK journal! That's what I tell myself! Thanks for sharing and would love to be in drawing for planner book! Have a great rest of weekend!

[@jansiehs2239]

Love the ideas - thanks for sharing, so inspiring and you make me smile!!!! Love your sense of humor!

[@gabrielegermaine2337]

Exelent!!! Thanks for the ideas. Watching from Germany ❤

[@tambranicolekendall9288]

Stephen Lawhead is a great author. Nice to see his work being used creatively. Love your videos.

[@judysamson6805]

My husband was chuckling listening to me watching this video. He thought you were very entertaining :) I love all the great ideas you come up with!!

[@maureendavis2387]

Nik you did a journal insert that goes in your book as an insert, I think you referred to it as being the size of a cd case. Can you recall that video I have searched and can't seem to find it. I love your work your ideas are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@cindymonahan3741]

You are so fun to watch and listen to💕

[@gwenwiedner3392]

Just seeing this and love it! With the original scanned in pictures, I got the idea of making a genealogy journal.....thanks so much!

[@bettelovelace4456]

Nik ...your amazing.. again... your books are so cute and easy TFS❤️

[@isabelbustos2293]

Lol. Love it! Even the conversation. You sound like me. Whatchawhosit, thingamajig , oh mylanta is one I use alot. I hate when I cut crooked but at the same time I like it cos then i find somethin else to boarder it with. Thanks for the video hun.😀

[@Namuze]

I just discovered "The world of journaling" and i'm in loooove with it. And I can easely say that your Channel is my fav! You are so funny too. I'm subscribing!

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Same!

[@DaturaHellebore]

I enjoy your videos so much, even the "simple" ones. They truly inspire me!

[@lorrainedurgee1761]

Thank you, this is such a good idea ,so cool & very easy to do.....

[@shimmeringdragonflycreatio201]

Oh Nik, these are very cool!! Thanks for the idea.

[@cookiethurman2228]

You are a hoot,i love you ,I also love the ideal of making a silk purse out of a sow ear lol..Keep up the good work,you are entertaining and informative....

[@DAnnsDesigns]

Great idea's. I appreciate them so much. I would love to go to Tuesday Mornings with you, think it would be fun, but I will settle for going alone. What a crafter has to do.

[@daisycutterx3300]

This is so very inspiring!!! And you are a lot of fun to learn from!!! TFS 💖🦋

[@sharonvanderpool4611]

New fan girl comin’ at cha!! Absolutely enjoyed every part of your vid..can’t wait to veg out on all your videos I can find!! Keep crafting you’ve got fans!! 💕👍🏼😄

[@NiktheBooksmith]

welcome to the channel! I'm so glad to meet you, Sharon! 🤗

[@blessgirlshirl678]

Hello. 😂first let me say you are so funny I needed the laugh. I love what you did you did an awesome job on that composition notebook. Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@joycedugas4550]

LoL 😹!! You Are a Hoot 😎 and So Kool! I enjoy watching you.

[@kelleylee2007]

I just discovered your channel...you are cracking me up...love the idea of the journals...thanks for the laughs

[@madonnafriedman1877]

This is my first video of yours. So much fun. Thanks for sharing, learned alot. 😁

[@mariabean8627]

I don't know! My Grandma is 97 - she would have a giggle at those pages! 😂 love your tutorials ❤

[@e.knight9526]

I always enjoy your videos! !!

[@woodcrystal19]

just found this. I don't know how I missed it, but you made me giggle, so thnx for that. what a wonderful idea

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Omg! I love ❤️💗💞 it! Subscribed!

[@gracel3320]

Just found you! Love love, love anything vintage! Have a lot to watch, very excited, thank you! 💕

[@SonshineLady7]

I have 100's of vintage photos of and taken by my family dating back to the 1900's. To sell by digital method, would I first make a copy to keep or can I use the original photo to set up the digital to sell? I saw this video a year ago and the thought just popped into my mind to make some money with my old photos. Thank you for anyone who happens across this and responds. :)

[@Leafkittie]

I was just talking to my mother in law about doing crafty Christmas gifts this yr. This one is perfect for that!!

[@barbaranoble9748]

Enjoyed your talents tonight. tyfs.

[@TnAngelii]

You are simply a hoot! So glad I found you! TYFS! ;)

[@neetaramesh7512]

“We’ll just start slapping stuff on and see what happens” . (3:36) Yes!!!

[@novasmith9827]

Such a wonderful idea. You always make such amazing things.

[@maryskog6142]

Love your videos and your journals. I have told my children one of your journals is on my Christmas list. So glad jenofeve did a video on you!

[@lilywhytewallis6897]

I love sewing everything too.... It really does give the paper more interest and easy texture!

[@maryallen5551]

Hi i love what you did with those books and i love your sinxe of humour. Thanks for sharing.

[@JamieLOVEUMOREJOURNALS]

I enjoy your crazy. I have watched so many of your awesome videos and I'm loving every one!!

[@tinealene]

This gave me great inspiration to jazz up my kids comp notebooks (full sized though!) for school and I have several boring notebooks that I get from vendors from work that I can work on. Agreed on those ding dang Fiskars trimmers...mine also cuts crooked.

[@pamwilkinson1981]

I’m a newbie to your channel! You crack me up! Thanks for your inspiration! 💕

[@shirleymccullough2515]

That was so much fun ... loved it and more fun stuff like this video sure would be great Nik, thanks very much for helping make my day !!! Really useful journals to give as a hostess gift, stocking stuffer or a young person off to college ... enjoyed every bit of it Hot Stuff !!!

[@SierraGal]

You rock! Wish I lived closer so you could make me laugh in person!

[@mimijjustlife4953]

New subbie. I have so many old family photos to scan and use... now that I've seen this video! Love it. :)

[@joandamerow3518]

You have such good ideas. Thank You

[@annelenox4140]

Nik...Thank you so very much for teaching and entertaining me tonight! I would love your handmade planner as my very own ;o). Big ole HUG to you!

[@NiktheBooksmith]

*mwah!* right back atcha ;)

[@marciaeck343]

I know that this was uploaded back in 2017 but it just popped up on my KZbin information but I just love watching you you are really great I’m gonna make sure I subscribe to this channel thank you. thank you, Marci

[@deborahgiles8214]

Your comment about the wonky Fiskars trimmer got my attention. When I "upgraded" to a "better" trimmer some years ago it was to a second or third Fiskar's trimmer, just larger than my old one (which was perfectly accurate). And I swear the cutting blade groove is not at a right angle to the end guards that you butt the paper up to TO GET A RIGHT ANGLE CUT. First I thought it was me, but I'm pretty obsessive about accuracy and I now know it's not me--it's the trimmer. I also read the comment below about Fiskars customer service and I clearly need to contact them. But what I need most of all is a trimmer that will cut a 90 degree angle to the edge of the paper!!! Clearly this hit a nerve for me :-) but thanks for getting me moving on doing something about that annoying paper trimmer! Cool treatment of a Plain Jane notebook. A great trick to have in back pocket! Thanks for another great video.

[@luvcreatincardsnkeepsakes]

I loved your video, thanks for making and and sharing it. It's a two in one video , firstly the tutorial with the bonus of giggle time included too. You are so funny with some of the things you say, I thoroughily watching and giggling too. Thank You sooo much.I made myself an altered cover for a shop bought diary, on these lines a couple of years ago and was really pleased with how it turned out. A couple of friends saw and liked mine diary and asked if I would do one for them too. They were delighted with the results, so I may make some more for presents this year too. I would love to be entered I for the draw too please : ) Warmest best wishes from across the pond. Susanne

[@galpalzz]

Great idea Nik, you inspire me to be a better crafter!!

[@diannashort3780]

You are zany and so inspirational. I have a cream chow and can relate to hair, it's like a snow storm. Anyway, keep us laughing we love it!

[@thegypsy1968]

and then......ha ha ha ha...Your AWESOME Nik!!...this video is exactly what I needed! thank you so much!...Love and Hugs from North Carolina