Crafting the Core: Making Mixed Media Book Signatures Step by Step

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[@sherylfarrier8397]

WOW! What a nice person you are by showing your brother so much love by doing this project.

[@LoJo99]

Can’t wait to hear how much your brother liked his journal. It’s definitely a labor of love.

[@heatherparry3159]

What an amazing gift for your brother. He will treasure this forever.

[@caroltanzi29]

Barbara: this is a mammoth job. What a journal this is going to be. The designs, colors, design: fabulous., not to mention the personal pics and notes. Your brother is going to be stunned. Just picturing his accepting and opening the gift should be videotaped. What a wonderful surprise and gift. Carol from California

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@megmiranda9480]

Thank you for sharing not only the making process but also your thought process. The thought process is perhaps the most important part of any project. Cheers Meg

[@JessicaHarris]

oh my goodness, Barbara, This is such a labor of love! It will be a treasured family heirloom for generations! wow.

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you! ❤️

[@denisecope]

That moment when you put it all together. You must have been so excited. It’s gorgeous!

[@rosarieramon1081]

Barbara, you are saying to yourself, "What did I get myself into?!" You got yourself into your passion, creative world. No need to worry. You've got this. It's for your brother. It's going to be another amazing, beautiful journal. He is going to love it. He is going to have one of his sister's creations. WOW!!!💖😍

[@tharp769]

💗

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you for your encouraging words ❤️

[@lotusflowerpassion]

I can imagine this journal is going to be really special for your brother .💖 This is beautiful you are doing this for him.

[@jayneelinor]

One of my favourite bindings. What a pile of work you have done so far! It is amazing already.

[@annemiekeoosterhuis]

I absolutely want to do a project like this, already love your sister journal. And this one is also going to be great. I am gathering stuff to get started and already received the beautiful fabrics from quilting4you. Actually I want to honour my own sister, who died several years ago. So now I have to find the courage to build the journal itself.... Dear Barbara, thank you for all the things you do, tell and show us. I guess you are a true blessing for a lot of your followers. ❤

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks so much! I’m sure the journal in memory of your sister will be very special and beautiful. Once you start, it will tell you what it wants 😊. Trust the process ❤️

[@rntypical]

Watching a master work is always thrilling.

[@49dragonflies]

Aaaaaw ❤️☺️

[@rachelpatten8889]

Love all the different sizes. A brilliant solution to include all the letters and yet still show your creativity.❤❤❤❤

[@Dawn-fz5cu]

What a gorgeous memory book!! It's coming together beautifully! He will love it! ❤

[@Ms.W529]

I love the fabric binding method. I have so many fabric scraps. This opens up so many possibilities.

[@heathersullivan8494]

Oh it’s beautiful. I think you are so genius! I hope you do share the finished project. Thanks Barbara! ❤😊

[@sandikalin636]

This is going to be so wonderful. Anything we do for someone we love is more intense isn’t it? ❤️❤️

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! Yes, so true! 😊

[@donnaarsenoff8399]

You have done so much so far, and it is breathtakingly beautiful. Your brother will treasure the journal. ❤

[@victoriaanders8795]

I absolutely love watching how you created this. Its beautiful. What a work of art. I love this technique of using fabric to put them together. I cant wait to try this myself.

[@bobbiwest6625]

I love the color combinations, and the designs you chose for each signature. You really have a sense of design coordination. It's like you intuitively knew when you designed your papers that they would be perfect used this way. Amazing. Take care, be safe.

[@tharp769]

I can never find the right words. I just know how she, her methods, & the final results make me feel.🥹 You've said it so well.💗💗💗

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@cindycreateforlife]

Wow, Barbara, you have definitely made a lot of progress and taken a lot of the anxiety away! We all know that this project is only stressful because it comes with your own high expectations and a timeline. You normally work at your own pace, creating hour by hour based on what inspires you as you go along so, relax, this will come together as you get going with the photos! I think chronological would be a pain causing you more stress, not good, give yourself lots of flexibility and time to respond to each page. It will be treasured!💕🇨🇦

[@angelaarnold4255]

Oh wow!! I feel the pressure with you. These fabrics are so beautiful! I’m glad you got to use so many of them! When I saw your first envelope, I thought, “Oh wow! What a good idea. She can decide how many letters you’d like to put into 4 envelopes. That way you’d have one envelope in each signature.” Nope, 25, TWENTY-FIVE envelopes. It’s going to be such an amazing gift for him. He'll find something new every time he looks at it. It’s beautiful!♥️♥️♥️

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much, sweetie! ❤️

[@carriecorbin1502]

This is going to be an amazing book. Labor of love for sure❤❤❤

[@creativepassages]

I love the fabrics that you used to hold the journal together. What a great idea. I want to turn my art into fabric and give it frayed edges and make a journal. Thank you.

[@wendycannarile7116]

I'm tired just watching you! What a labor of love. Its beautiful!

[@janillingsworth7478]

You are doing a fabulous job with this journal . The envelope idea is such a tidy and practical solution. Keep trusting yourself Barbars.❤

[@sherry7222]

This book is so beautiful! You have an incredible talent of explaining everything so well!!!

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@deirdremaker]

Barbara you have been working so hard on the signatures and stunning hand made envelopes, for your brother's memory book. Well done!💮so glad you had a fantastic warm holiday before you started! ☺

[@Robin-qc4gn]

I think this is my favorite of all of your series! It was so inspiring to see you go step by step, just figuring it out as you completed the previous step. I think it's going to be AMAZING!! You do such great work, Barbara!

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@darylfisher8341]

Love the concept of the book. Things that are from love, will be treasured for generations. Thanks for y😊😊❤

[@ItadakimashuU]

I find that sometimes, having to work with constraints sparks creativity you might not come up with when you are free to do whatever you want... This memorybook is going to be amazing!!!

[@49dragonflies]

So true! Thanks for your motivation ❤️😊

[@sheilaironside8099]

Love how this is coming together! The idea for an open spine would be super cool! Can't wait to see what is next. Thank you Barbara!

[@pambotter355]

Barbara, what a fantastic journal this is going to be. Full of memories and treasures for your brother. He is going to love this. And it will be extra special because it’s made by you! Love watching you create! This is going to be beautiful! TFS! ❤

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much, sweet Pam! ❤️☺️

[@pambotter365]

You’re so very welcome sweet Barbara!! ❤️

[@barbaraschmidt6893]

This is quite the challenge, but we know you're up for it. I know the finished journal will be amazing🫣

[@katherinetwilliams4254]

This is going to be a wonderful gift for your brother. What an act of love❤❤❤

[@victap1386]

I just wanted to thank you for sharing your working processes with us. You are SO creative and inspiring and definitely bring us things "outside of the box". Quite refreshing and enjoyable and different from the average videos involving the same old thing: flowers, (usually pink), roses preferably, the same envelope builds and tags, tuck spots, etc. Your style is exquisite and always something new and delightful. Love you. I anxiously look forward to each new video.

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@maryschuler9512]

I am always SO inspired by your videos. I have a HUGE bin of scraps of my kids clothes that they wore growing up. Most of the clothes that they outgrew were donated but some "special" pieces that they wore for school pictures, I cut into scraps in hopes of making some type of memory quilt (but I'm not a quilter so I've just been procrastinating). I have equal size bins of some of their school work and school pictures and also didn't know what to do with them. With this project of yours, you have solved my dilemma. My 5 kids range in age from 40 to 27. So I better get on it. I know it's going to be a huge undertaking but now I have a vision and a plan. Thanks to you. Continued blessings. 🙏🙏🙏

[@49dragonflies]

I’m so happy this was helpful! Enjoy your project! ❤️

[@megperry5586]

Beautiful, you inspire me to make something similar for my mother’s 85th BD! Thank you as always

[@49dragonflies]

Wonderful! 😃👍🏻

[@birgitbonde6677]

It is looking fantastic Barbara! Love your style and hope your brother will appreciate the work😊

[@donnamorina7846]

Oh, my goodness what a project you have before you! But I know with your talent that you will make an amazing keepsake for your brother and his family. What an honor, really.

[@ashley.henry.87]

This project is coming along so nice! It's going to look so cool when it's finished!

[@annina_pure_creativity]

Great ! Love that binding! Your brother will be happy

[@matildaenlund6679]

I love this so much!! You’re doing a great job…as I knew you would.❤

[@allisonjames2923]

I can totally relate to the “aaaggghhh what have I got myself into” feeling that clutches your chest & tummy. Like you I would totally have complicated things by making my own envelopes & adding extra garnishing. Just remember that your project will be what it is meant to be. You know when you try to go in a specific direction & it just doesn’t work that projects do seem to have their own ideas on what they want to be, so just go with it. Your brother will be blown away with all the work you put into it & I’m sure this will become a treasured memory book.

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks so much, Carrie! ❤️

[@lillybullen5374]

Wow!!! Just, wow Barbara. Not only are you talented and determined, you are bold and brave. I can't wait to see just how much of this stunning creation you will be able to share with us. 🧡💚🤎

[@ddmattin]

Wow! This is going to be amazing. The envelopes are fantastic. So much work!

[@user-gl3ip3lc8t]

Just gorgeous!

[@junkjournalgirl]

An amazing journal this will be Barbara!!! Your brother will treasure it :)

[@klaire74]

It will be wonderful, your brother and his wife will love it! This is a gift like no other. I was thinking at the end of the other video how would be to be found in a hundred years (or more) by someone from your family. Maybe you could hide a note somewhere for them, written by all of you. Absolutely amazing!♥♥♥

[@kathylambert-uz1vs]

Oh my goodness! That is great to be absolutely beautiful. It already is. What a special gift you are creating with your gift of creativity. Enjoy and best wishes to you and yours. ✌️🙏🤗💚💚💚

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@teresitalamas5304]

You are doing a great job with the book for your brother and you know you are enjoying it you are very artistic and have it covered. I love this style of placing the pages. Can’t wait to see more.

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@margaretschmidt7451]

This is going to be an amazing gift!!

[@kimberleymaloy1728]

This is going to be fantastic! Your brother is going to Love it! TFS 😊

[@jeanieferretti4203]

Thank you for sharing ❤ the fabrics and beautiful. I will have to watch this again ❤

[@allisonjames2923]

Love where you went with this. The envelopes were an awesome idea & worked perfectly with the pages you decorated! Just an idea for future projects with the hinge - only one piece needs to be big enough to glue onto both pieces with an overlap, so you could use a smaller strip of the same fabric, or ribbon or lace to the other side to cover up the back of the fabric.

[@tharp769]

Oh, Barbara... it's coming along so beautifully.😍 I love everything you create. Not sure how you do it. But it's always, very inspirational.💛 Maybe it's just me... but this journal already exudes so much emotion.🥹 Such a labor of love.💗💗💗

[@dailydoseofpaper]

What an amazing gift for your brother!💖🍀

[@enchanteddreams7166]

Beautiful Barbara ❤

[@TubeYouLena]

A tons of inspiration here for me, thanks so much, your family is so lucky to have an artist in their midst.

[@49dragonflies]

Aaaaw thank you ❤️

[@blackcoffeeandwildflowers]

This is phenomenal! I’m so impressed, as always. You often stress and get anxious, but all that stewing around in your head results in you creating something magnificent! 😍 I think he is going to be flabbergasted, and will treasure it dearly. Thanks for all the great inspirations. I love the fabric flap idea for the signatures. Hugs 🤗❤️

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@nancyofshiloh7103]

Absolutely amazing! Just this so far is incredible, Barbara. I hope you can show some of the finished work, even if not all. Thank you! ❤-NJM

[@dianeschneider7442]

Barbara, it’s beautiful so far. Trust your instinct. I just made a journal for my niece and I think we put pressure on ourselves when it’s so personal. It’s certainly worth it in the end. I’m your you noticed but one of your signatures didn’t have a smaller envelope on the outside. That is how you had an extra in the end. It’s wonderful either way. ❤

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you, I realized it later 😊

[@giulianazakani2086]

Liebe Barbara ein tolles Projekt. 🤩 Du wirst es nicht glauben, mein Bruder wird auch 60 und ich hatte schon einige Zeit die Idee ihm ein Junk Journal zu machen. Er war Helikopterpilot und sehr oft in den Alpen. Nun habe ich ein Fotobuch gefunden, das ich auseinander nehmen werde. Und da kommt deine geniale Idee mit dm Stoff gerade recht um die Bilder nicht falten zu müssen. Danke für das Teilen Deiner Arbeit 🙏🏻👍🙋🏼‍♀️🌹

[@49dragonflies]

Wie lustig ist das denn! 😃 ich wünsche dir viel Freude mit deinem Projekt! ❤️

[@wendyk2557]

I'm loving what you've done so far!

[@chiagirlmyfatcat896]

Watching this right now, it. Barbara you stress yourself, make many pockets and put lots paper inside them. Oh OK... use an envelope.. you go girl. You got this ... going to be interesting how you get " the look" you desire. Don't take forever😂

[@poppydaniels9855]

What a 🦣 mammoth task😮 but you can do it🎉 Love it so far❤ You go girl🎉🎉

[@MaureenAstrid]

Oh my goodness sweetie ❤❤❤ what a project, but it is becoming so beautiful.

[@2Junk2journal]

I'm thinking this is something you've already finished since it's a gift, and you're showing us after the fact so brother will be surprised. It looks beautiful. I keep forgetting about the fabric to attach the signatures. that will be so much better for my books. I do mostly travel and gardening, and nothing folds right in the middle. If you haven't decide yet, I made a scrapbook for my son's going off to college - it was WAY easier to keep everything in groups than chronological. Trips, different holidays, places we visit regularly, each grandparent set got their own layout. Good luck!

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! Just finished it today 😅. I did not go chronologically.

[@vickilimbocker2505]

Can’t wait to see it

[@swannwillow9476]

Hi Barbara. Huge project. But all your ideas up to now have been great, so I think you got this! 😊❤️

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919]

All so fabulous! I love your channel and gain a lot of inspiration from it. I've been making pockets, tags, envelopes, etc for a few months now and am hooked good. One thing I don't have is a gel plate. I've made my own prints/backgrounds for a very long time just by painting, but think I would love using a gel plate just as much.

[@virginievelschersap4236]

So much inspiration !!!! Love every bit of this beautiful book and would be delighted to see the final flip through ....

[@bozomahoney]

Absolutely gorgeous!!

[@lindapel6196]

I love it already! I know it takes up a lot of time, but once You’ve finished it, you will be so proud off yourself! I made a scrapbook (size 30x30) for my parents 40th aniversary, took me months to compete it, but I loved it and my parents and all off my family members loved it as well

[@49dragonflies]

What a special project for your parents. You go, girl! 👍🏻😃❤️

[@chiagirlmyfatcat896]

Love this, you did so much work in this video.❤ all the envelopes are perfect for this project. Happy you are not as anxious now. Good start to a fabulous project your brother will cherish!😊

[@susananderson8428]

This has given me some ideas for my anniversary journal. My husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary last year. Our children gave us a "semi" surprise party and we spent the next day doing family pictures professionally! (They had to tell us about it to be sure we weren't traveling but it was in the last few days.) I have a stack about 3 to 4 inches deep of cards I want to bind together. I wish I had saved the envelopes but this has gotten me to thinking of other ways to bind them together and add other pages for the photos. TFS 🤩😍😍❤

[@49dragonflies]

So happy this was helpful! 😊

[@sherrydennis2419]

What a lovely book!

[@elainemartinez1778]

So much inspiration!!! Thank you! 💛

[@tannaorr4133]

Loving this, so creative and so beautiful!

[@elizecoetsee6285]

Hi Barbara, I love what you are doing with this journal. I found it difficult to put photo’s in a journal. I don’t know why. I made about 20 scrapbook albums in the past years 15 years. I learned in this process to do formal scrapping. Journaling are more informal and I have trouble to scrap photo’s in my journals. In a way I returned to my formal scrapping in the journal. That is why this journal of yours are very important to me. I hope that I can learn from you how to do the informal way of photo scrapping. I think I am not the only one with this problem. I leave for the UK in a week, for a six months holiday. While I am there I want to make a travel journal with photos . Alternatively In will do a album. I have tried previously to combine photo’s in my journal and I am not happy with the results. Please share all your ideas with us, even if you think it’s an boo-boo 😂.

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you! I’m happy this has been helpful so far. I will be sharing more of this book. Have a wonderful vacation! ❤️

[@lauriejjournals]

This is absolutely gorgeous l! I am so inspired for a journal I’m getting ready to start. Thank you for sharing your process!

[@49dragonflies]

You are so welcome! Have fun with yours! ❤️

[@yolandakouwenberg-meijer344]

I love the journal already..

[@petriekaspardlov7787]

Coming along beautifully 🤩💕

[@mrangieglad]

Ohhh that is so gorgeous

[@myhappyspace4533]

Such a beautiful project

[@christelvaneyssen7548]

This is going to be very special! ❤ it

[@katherinec3463]

It will be an amazing gift.

[@lenawarelius4195]

You are doing a fantastic job 👏👏👏 this book is awesome 🤩 and a lot of work 😅 I believe you found the best solutions👏😍 so excited to see the final 😊 lots of love from Arctic Norway 🥰🏵️🌸🌺🌼🍀

[@Jayne287]

So beautiful

[@vickilimbocker2505]

Gorgeousness!!!

[@mimiwatchthis1]

Incredible!!!!

[@elizabethcastle9335]

This video is amazing you inspire me so much 😊

[@jackielubeck5277]

Hi B - Don't worry... just make one of your big journals and it will be beautiful...

[@rainydaygypsy]

I love that! 🤩🤩

[@CherrySignature3]

Stunning

[@cbarens1]

This is going to be an awesome journal....what about grouping the letters ex. friends, family......to have less envelopes...of course I am writing this comment before seeing the whole video, so may be a moot point...lol. Can't wait to see how it comes out, a labor or love for sure :)

[@dede-vintage-art]

Wooow super gorgeous dear 😍😍 pleaseee let us know about his reaction I’m sure he will loveeee it 😍😍 happy birthday to him 🙏🏻

[@ulrikefair2860]

ich glaube, das Buch wird richtig klasse, von dem was man jetzt schon sehen kann ... dein Bruder wird sich tierisch drüber freuen :D

[@chrystallized871]

dearest barbara, this is a masterpiece in the making! am sooo excited and grateful that you are taking us along in this journey - although this means even more work for you. wow, i'm sooo inspired by how this process unfolds. and my heart goes out to you concerning the moments when you are at the brink of despair or feeling overwhelmed by the dimensions of this project and the wish to live up to the expectations put into you by trusting you with this task. which you are going to exceed most definitely; ) i salute you for your endurence and for the way you use the lever of your creativity to balance out the difficult aspects of this project - and the influence the mind of a perfectionist can introduce to such an endeavor; ) all the best for the rest of the process and heartful greetings to you from the 17th district of Vienna; )) CHRi

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you so much for your encouraging and kind words! ❤️ OMG you are in Vienna! 😃

[@susiesusansue3725]

Have you thought about attaching the letter to the opposite side of the envelope? That’s a lot of letters to have to pull out individually. Either way this is already so Lovely.

[@SleeplessStrawberry]

First of all, doesn't your brother watch your videos??? Spoliers??? Also he's veeeery lucky to recieve something i already can tell will be so beautiful! Great work, Barbara!

[@49dragonflies]

Thank you! No, this one doesn’t. My other brother does 😊