Craft with Me - LGB Signature Preparation

[@ScaryCheri]

Getting ready for work, having a cuppa coffee enjoying a Gail video. Thank you for sharing this.

[@tomekawinston3801]

This has been so much of a help for me!! I love your work and your method of putting together these Golden Books. I'm so excited to start my own today. I can't wait to find more of the vintage Golden Books around my local thrift stores. I have to make sure I explore ALL of your videos, as an elementary teacher myself, I appreciate your passion for the craft and humor while instructing! Thanks!!!

[@cindytunstall2314]

On vacation having a cup of coffee and some quiet time while everyone else is sleeping getting some good ideas.. thank you Gayle, you make creating signatures easy.

[@heathergeen6385]

This preparation makes it easier when you break it down thanks Gayle 🎶

[@carolynnixon7095]

This series is a huge help to me. Thank you so, so much. My latest crafting fun was using up a tube of Gold Pebeo Cerne Relief that was drying out. I added gold accents to a paper collection that was a bit dull. Now that was fun.

[@editingreality4779]

I’ve been working on a journal made from a book. Tearing out pages so I have room for the stuff I put into it. Getting ideas from you of course and a few other ladies. Love your creative spark. This is therapeutic for me as I have ptsd from being in military. God Bless

[@lynnballenger3799]

Love your books! I'm having so much fun watching the videos. I've got all my supplies and I'm making LGB "A visit to the Children's Zoo" for my daughter and son-in-laws baby shower in August. It's a baby girl and they are using a zoo theme for her nursery. I made them a zoo themed quilt for their gender reveal. This is so much fun! TFS!

[@sherriejohnson508]

Thank you enjoy watching your videos

[@karensumner3772]

THESE LITTLE BOOKS ARE SO SWEET-LOVE WATCHING YOU MAKE THEM-THANK YOU,HAVE A BLESSED DAY

[@Calicokate348]

I followed you step by step. I’m doing a Disney one for trip to Disney to help grandson relive our trip.

[@dorothyfraser956]

I am watching you with a cup of coffee. Can't take my eyes and mind off what you're doing. You give me so many ideas! Thanks for sharing these videos!

[@kathymarquardt157]

Love your golden books

[@rankinstudios5342]

You simplify creating. In my mind so many ideas are running around bumping into each other, I have trouble focusing. I love your tutorials because they calm me and help me to grab a project, break it down in manageable steps, and execute the plan while enjoying the process! Have fun family time together in Spokane! ♥️🏀🏀🏀

[@jsmomx8]

Terri Rankin what you said...agree...lol. Its not quite so scary when broken down to bite size.

[@Susanna79.]

So very true 😊💜

[@lalagamma4452]

❤The process is sooooo well explained. You're a joy to watch! Can't wait to see the completed project.💘

[@vbloodser]

Love all your videos! TFS

[@brandythompson6544]

Look at what I dug up!! I am working on my very first ever LGB jj - hoping to sell some Christmas ones and keep a few for presents!!

[@brandythompson6544]

I plan to try one of these after the holidays- when things slow down and the drabby days of winter hit...so happy to have these tutorials that help show the process!!

[@yvonnedebruin595]

It is so helpfull to see how you put them together, I have only done one LGB and my poor brain struggled with it. Have a wonderful weekend.

[@Happy2Plan]

Yay!! X-ray made in!! 🤣☺️❤️

[@Judymontel]

Lol - actually, recently I've been working on a crocheted blanket for my niece while I watch your videos, but today I'm eating lunch!! Lovely to watch your process - I really need to see it all to "get" it... :-)

[@pickncraft4000]

Thanks Gayle and have fun with those grandbabies, Cant wait for your next video.

[@JessicaHarris]

Hi! I’m re-watching this series as I try my hand at LGB nature journals! Thank you for the inspiration ❤️

[@WoodlandInspired]

I watch in the morning while having coffee & crafting. Have a safe and fun trip

[@papercraftingirl]

Your signatures came out great...I like your process of picking papers and what a cute little train! Thanks for the inspiration! Lori

[@bettywozencraft5670]

Hi Gayle. Love your videos. Usually watch them while I eat breakfast.

[@JudithWright5]

Great vid Gayle hand t heard of Golden Books. Just ordered my first and great idea to use coordinating papers. Also not too much embellishment. Just my kind of thing x

[@georgiewalker1069]

I love listening to you Gayle. You make my day. You have inspired me so much. Thank you again from Gail in South Africa 🇿🇦

[@marilynziesmer287]

Love watching you work. Have a great mini vacation.

[@pamsykes5507]

I am actually sitting eating taffy watching your video. I'm not a great multi tasker. You have inspired me to try and do my own golden book journal.

[@sherresmith2375]

Today I'm tea dying, and Kool aid dying while I'm watching you in 10 minute segments. LOL Ya gotta love You Tube. Hope you have a safe journey.

[@MissDaisyParsley]

Very helpful! I was actually organizing all my digital images while watching. They are all over the place and I'm trying to get them into one location on my computer. :)

[@artzology]

I love to watch you put these together! I have quite a few Golden Books I want to make into journals but really have not done them before. Your process has simplified the steps for me! Thank you so much for sharing your time and talent!

[@410cmiller]

Enjoying your process, you are inspiring me to make one. Enjoy the family time.

[@beverlystout7841]

I was eating popcorn while I watched your video. Lol! TFS

[@heatherbeyer8198]

I have watched this video series a couple of times and they are so helpful! I love the orange fabric on the summer journal. Thank you for posting so many helpful videos and for sharing so much of yourself with us. 🙂

[@ZenaBattaglia]

I love bright colors and Journal making, this meets my need! Thanks, new subscriber.

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Welcome to my channel, Diane! I’m so glad you’re here! ❤️

[@dianeterrizzi6399]

Diane Terrizzi I’m happy to be here. I am making this now!

[@AngelikaSchlager]

you have so wonderful gorgeous papers, in Austria hard to get. I make mainly railroad lover Journals and cat lover Journals, trying to sell them for charity. also hard in Austria! your tutorials are inspiring, thank you!

[@brendaclark2703]

Love this process thank you for this tutorial Gayle you are so very creative and thank you for sharing all 🌹❤️

[@funkeyjournals3674]

Gayle I just love your choice of fabric and paper for theses LGB’s. Your creations are so sweet and so special! I just love your work! TFS❤️

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Thank you so much, Grayce, for your kind comment! ❤️

[@georgiewalker1069]

Gayle the folded pages are very good for fine motor skills development in children so if they page through the journals they will really benefit from unfolding and refolding them ages 🇿🇦

[@DollysGram]

Have a great weekend and I can't wait to see your next video!!🐰

[@tfntexas]

Thanks for showing the whole process for those of us without a lot of journal experience! This is a beautiful journal!

[@SuZ3945]

I love your process videos. Thank you. Enjoy your fun trip.

[@jessjtadesigns]

So many sweet tips n tricks! Adorable book! Tfs🎯🌸💌

[@carolynbaker5135]

Your work shows how much you like making LGB. Love them! Have a wonderful trip, take pictures.

[@shirleyhaberle86]

Thanks so much Gayle, loved it. Have a great time with your family.

[@fabriclaceinkpapermicheles8251]

I love that you're doing videos on how you go about doing your LGBs. I have managed to gather a few of them and am hoping to do some also. Right now, while I watch you, I'm taking apart some fabric sample books that a friend gave me. Loads and loads of delicious fabrics to play with! Thanks, Gayle and have a great weekend. Canada Day long weekend here for us!

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Oh fun, Michelle! Fabric deliciousness!! ❤️

[@gailstubbings8606]

Hi Gayle i love your craft with me's i am learning loads and seeing how you do them. Thanks again and i don't mind the pages having a smaller gap great little tuck spots. Have a great time and we will be here for when you get back. Xoxoxo

[@brendaparker3072]

I’m watching as I go to sleep. I have this next week off work and I’m looking forward to making a new journal. I got stuck because I made a cover and ended up not liking it. Ugh! Oh well, not every single one can be a hit while you’re learning. Have fun on your trip. Your friend in PA.

[@SixFeetFromTheEdge1]

Actually I watched while cooking.😊

[@Dawnakh60]

HOOPFEST! ....I'm in Spokane..... one of the busiest weekends here! Lovin your LGBs. I have a collection, I need to get busy...lol

[@billiejoethomason6075]

Have you seen the utube where you fold & glue the LGB pages at the spine fold. It eliminates having the fold the outside edge of page. Neat way to do it too.

[@janawilliams5808]

Thanks for sharing Gayle, Its fun watching you work and you make it look so easy !!!! Love it,,, very pretty !!

[@SheilaY]

I have enjoyed these videos so much. I have a few LBK's and now they are at the top of my list. Really enjoy watching you!

[@LaughingDogsBookNook]

Have a great trip! Will miss your videos

[@jillstewart7355]

Just love watching your videos as always! Laughing and learning is what I call it! Jill

[@corinnecurtis5145]

I love the papers you have chosen! These journals are going to be fabulous! I always enjoy watching you create.

[@silverpromidi]

folding the pages is SO much EASIER :)

[@BeckyL56]

I enjoyed this so much. I've been working on making LGB journals a video at a time.

[@jsmomx8]

When i first started watching JJ videos they made NO sense!!!! WHY????? I could not figure out what good they were and why to waste time and money. It seemed "wrong" to destroy books to make pockets and other things. What is the PURPOSE??? Then one night someone said..the purpose of these JJ. Is to enjoy the process of making them..to enjoy taking them out and looking at them..enjoying the fact you created it. And for some lucky talented ones to sell them!! After watching your videos for several months i think i am beginning to understand. Thank you!!!! I am collecting things to eventually try to do a flower..butterfly..bird..garden type journal. Still unsure but am getting braver...I go to yard sales etc and look at childrens books and just see a book not art so i dont buy them. Guess i need to just DO IT!!! .THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GREAT BOOKS....while watching you i made a pocket from a toilet paper roll covered in junk mail in a foriegn language. My first. Now just to decorate it tomorrow. BABY STEPS...LOL!!!!

[@tuthillg]

Tootles is looking pretty good, Gayle! Love following along with your thought processes and organizational tips. Enjoy your basketball trip. Sunday I'm off for Idaho and then Alaska on Wednesday. Woo hoo! I'll miss the videos, but know that you will enjoy being with your husband for retirement. You are lucky to be enjoying retirement together. My husband passed two years before I retired. See you in a month! TFS!

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Aw, Gail, I’m sorry to hear about your husband! How hard! God bless you, my friend. I hope you have an awesome trip!!! 😘❤️

[@deborahbaxter27]

I love these. Love watching your process.

[@doebailey9644]

Gail, I love your little Golden books, but not my thing. However you mentioned your camera setup. I’ve not yet got the nerve to do a video, because I don’t feel I have the right setup. Would you be willing to share when you are back from your basketball trip?

[@Sallyturl]

Loved the video. It is very helpful to see your process. I never did multiple books at once so this is an inspiration for me. Thanks for sharing.

[@64053nickki]

Thanks Gayle. safe travels for your family

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

I was thinking about my son's old story books

[@sammcgowan76]

Love your thought process gale. Have a fabulous time with your family sweetheart xxx

[@teresaware7211]

Safe travels and enjoy Gayle!

[@kathyluty6035]

Have a great time on your basketball trip. Love watching your crafting process.

[@danaclark8077]

Thank you for doing this tutorial it is so helpful 😊

[@mauricepowers3804]

This is great! Can you sell these if the stories are really old? Like Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Hen?

[@RENEWEDandCRAFTED4U]

Cute,cute!

[@cazyoung5887]

Very helpful love them x

[@sylviacostello2979]

Great tutorial Gayle i appreciate it enjoy your day x

[@Beezign]

Hi Gayle - is the spine about 2 inches? And did you do a tutorial on making the cover and spine? I looked through your list but couldn't see one. Thanks for all the great tutorials!

[@LadyLeda2]

Let's see, today I went out to the farm to give our friends a mulberry and rhubarb pie as a thank you for letting us pick their mulberrys. We walked around at the edge of the woods and picked a lot of wildflowers and leaves to do some eco-dying tomorrow. We checked on our bee hives. I worked a bit on my journal this evening. Now I am ready to call it a day!!! Have a fun trip with your Grandkids!!!

[@JollyRose143]

Where did you buy your fabric Gale they are very nice love the flower print on it. Thank you for sharing

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

JollyRose143 I bought the fabric at a local quilt shop and the papers are a Paper Studio pad from Hobby Lobby! ❤️

[@krislair8019]

Your videos are so inspirational. What paper pack is the one with the flowers on boards? Love it. Tfs

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Kris, it's a Paper Studio brand from Hobby Lobby...Boho something or other. I'm not at home, so can't look for you. Sorry I'm not more specific! ❤️

[@carolmc1744]

Hi Gayle, I have been watching your videos for a while and have enjoyed them. While watching this video and wondered if there was a way you could extend the cover width so you don't have to cut or fold the pages? Just curious... thanks for sharing your ideas.

[@marybeth6026]

check out Elizabeth brewers technique where she folds on the inside of the golden book pages where you dont have to cut and it still stays connected for the signature.

[@2ndChanceCrafting]

How do you get those wonderful coffee splatters on your paper? I have watched your coffee dying video but did I miss the technique? Thanks Gayle, have a wonderful 3-day vacation! (I watch at night with my husband snoring next to me!-lol)

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Robin, the marks on the coffee dyed paper are from the paper sitting on the wrinkled and uneven parchment paper. The coffee puddles and makes those marks. 😄❤️

[@Michelle-CraftyWACatLady]

Do you have a video where you show how you get the measurement for what size the papers should be for the signatures in a book?

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Michelle, I don't have a video, but just measure to make sure it fits nicely in the book. I think the Little Golden Books are something like 7 1/2 by 10 inches. When I do journals that have a 9 x 12 envelope as the cover, an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper fits perfectly. Just measure the height then double the width of the front cover and it will turn out great! Hope that helps! ❤️

[@Michelle-CraftyWACatLady]

Gayle Agostinelli Thank you

[@Sallyturl]

Forgot to tell you - while I watch your video I’m working on my LGBs (which I started back when you did your last batch!!) You mentioned that some people don’t like folding the LGB pages to fit in the journal. I thought you might like to see a third different way to prepare the covers so the pages will fit without folding AND without cutting. My method is on my Facebook page. Search for Sally Connell Turlington(Mimi) on Facebook. Sorry, I don’t know how to link the post here.

[@melissaedwards7431]

Sally, I went to your FB page and did not find the video. Could you help me? I loved seeing your pages! Very pretty!

[@craftyshamrockdesignsbyshe5871]

Hi Gail, I am a great fan of yours! I love your videos, they are full of such inspiration! Can you tell me the name of your shop?

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Hi SHERL! My shop's link is www.etsy.com/shop/CinnamonT It's on vacation right now, but will be back on Aug. 1 hopefully with some new journal stuff added! Thanks for your interest! ❤️

[@craftyshamrockdesignsbyshe5871]

Thank you so much. Have a great vacation!

[@debbieevans4813]

Hope you don't mind me asking. What price do you put on your LGB , when you put them in your shop. I so enjoy watching you and it's now my hobby to make these cute little books.

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Gosh I haven’t made a LGB journal in a year or more! I think I charged $65 plus shipping back then. I’d check out Etsy to see what they are currently selling for. 😁❤️

[@jaclynhouy9518]

i love your video than you Jackie houy from Galena ill ❤

[@christyballinger3600]

Hi Gayle, I am a bit confused on the number of pages. How many total pages with pockets are inserted into each signature? It looks like you put three? Also, do you include three regular scrapbook pages (cut 7 3/4 x 11 1/2)? Finally, how many coffee dyed and children's book pages are inserted -- is that 3 of each? So total full pages including signature set is 15 full pages? Sorry for the long questions!! :)

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Christina Ballinger about 15 pages per signature. I did two signatures in these books. The types of pages, Scrapbook paper, coffee dyed, music, dictionary pages, whatever is really up to the journal artist. As far as measurements, measure slightly less than your covers and your good to go...I think you had the measurements right! The main thing is to have fun and put the books together in a way that pleases you! Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@sandy_521lakestreet]

SO glad you did this video, I have never seen anyone put the signatures together before, it seems that step has always been done before the video starts..Also, is there a reason that you didn't use some patterned papers that are juvenile themed? Also...lol...what is the dimension of the pages that have no pocket? .Thanks! Gayle! Hope I am on the list you mentioned...I have the LGB coming my way...oh, by the way how much are they? lol Sandy

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Hi Sandy! I don't have any juvenile print scrapbook paper, so that's why I chose the ones I did. The dimensions are 7 3/4 x 11 1/2. And yes! You are on the list. We can chat cost when we visit back and forth on Etsy when we are getting close to time to make the next batch. Thanks for watching!! ❤️

[@marilyntorsch3970]

Hi Gayle, how many pages do you put in a little golden book?

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

I usually put about 15 pages in each signature. ❤️

[@ginaporter167]

Where are these gorgeous floral papers from?

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Gina, they are all Paper Studio brand from Hobby Lobby. ❤️

[@kimlauritzen5896]

How can I find where you bound the book?

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Hi Kim! I have lots of videos of sewing in the signatures in journals. For a Little Golden Book, if you search Gayle Agostinelli LGB Sewing in Signatures, several videos will come up. 😁❤️

[@debbieevans4813]

What size is your spines??????

[@lorieduff7126]

How many decorated pages do you use when the story is only 8 pages long?

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

Lorie, about 15 pages per signature including the story book pages. ❤️

[@sandracapps5543]

So, your added pages are NOT the same size as the LGB pages? They seem to be narrower.

[@gayleagostinelli_ct]

The added pages can be whatever width you like as long as they fit within the covers! ❤️

[@marybanspach4056]

I love the little books I had them when I was little- it must be a baby boomer thing-look for some Dick and Jane readers picture are kind of the same that was the 60's I believe there is one before them in the 50;s