Make a zine from scratch / a zine tutorial

[@caterinagalli8045]

I love how gracefully you fold the paper, it really shows how much care you put into your work :)

[@ladyinblack1964]

You do a great job of explaining everything and making it easy to follow. Thanks!

[@MargareteMiller]

How kind of you to say. Thank you! 💜

[@alison4dice]

This is so simple but so clever. I’m a teacher, and I’m going to use the zine idea to create a project for my students by making a worksheet they can use as a template. Thank you so much for the inspiration! ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

That's a great idea! I'm so glad you'll be teaching a whole new audience about them 😉👍🏻💙

[@parsellart7805]

I love your philosophy about not rushing through art projects.. You think through how to relate what you know about the topic. Yeh! a real teacher.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much!! 💜

[@lindaraffaele4116]

Thank you for this fun tutorial! I appreciate how you break down the steps and share your thought process as you go along. The helpful steps of numbering the pages and the arrows are so helpful. I love to collage, but have not made a zine . I am attending a zine class at my local library and was looking for some information on zines and your video was so helpful. Thank you very much, I am quite inspired!

[@MargareteMiller]

Great! Glad it was helpful. How fun that your library has a class on this. What a great project to work on❣️

[@mischievousmalee]

You are such an inspiration! I just made my first Zine! So fulfilling to have a completed project without stressing! Than you for sharing your knowledge!

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! Congrats on completing it. What an accomplishment 👏🏼💙🙂

[@insanitynprofanity]

I’ve been browsing KZbin for a straightforward tutorial with a classic hand made zine! And when i found your video i said to myself out loud, “finally!” Well spoken, very informative and great video too! Thanks!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for your kind words, Tracy! 💙

[@ginabadeaux9319]

thank you so much i made some yesterday with watercolor paper so much easier this way,i love what we can create with paper it is never ending

[@jsmxwll]

good video. verywell explained. i've never done a collage style zine. gonna have to give it a go. something that's helpful for me is putting a layout on a transparency so i can overlay it as i work. i have a layout of all eight pages so i can see exactly where the folds and such will be and another with a black border around all but one spot so i can look at each in isolation. i don't do so well with envisioning how exactly it will look in the end. having the transparencies has been super helpful for me. hopefully ti helps someone else.

[@MargareteMiller]

That's an interesting idea to put sections on transparencies. 👍🏻😉💙

[@lisepederson499]

Margarete, I received your zine today. Thank you for sending me one of yours. Love it. Lo

[@MargareteMiller]

Yay! Glad it came 😉💜👍🏼

[@alicethomson6342]

I have been making these since 1998 and even had my 3rd grade students make them for book reports, etc, but I never thought about numbering the pages! How helpful! Thanks1

[@darleneferree5829]

I bet ur 3rd graders was quicker than me getting this book to fold right! such a net project for them!

[@MargareteMiller]

Numbering definitely helps me, Alice. I'm glad you got some new ideas 😉💙

[@alison4dice]

I’m a teacher too and am going to use this idea for a student project. Great minds think alike!

[@mousepudding]

Thanks Margarete. This was an excellent basic primer on how to make a zine. Informative, to the point, and free from extraneous chatter. Very well done!

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lisepederson499]

I would like to thank all the great people who sent me zines in the last few months after I got an empty envelope from Margarete. Julie, Dorothy, Dianna, Mary, Joanne, Karen, Shelly and. . linda All your Zine were wonderful and loved all the goodies. I have been away for a while and all this mail made my day!!! Thanks again and looking forward to doing more swaps. Lise

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful!! I'm so glad they came and made up for that sad empty envelope!!!

[@Impulse_Photography]

You're great !! I just starting making a photo zine. I take photos with my 35mm camera. I come back and work them in Gimp, then I create my Zine as a pdf in my word processor prog. It's coming out really cool - - I love yours also ... I am going to try this method also -- Gotta get stamps at Michael's ...

[@MargareteMiller]

That sounds like such a neat project! 💙

[@lesleymorris6018]

Great Tutorial, thank you!

[@cmt8783]

I would love to get 8 zines in the mail! What a fun idea and great tutorial! I will try to make one that’s good enough to share and doesn’t take me days to complete!

[@tywilliams3543]

This is gorgeous! I love making mini-zines and seeing the variety and beauty of all these creations is inspiring!

[@zajournals]

I had no idea what a zine was. Thank you. My mind is exploding with ideas. I'd print a double-sided borderless sheet as my base. I'd cut a slit with a ruler and blade instead of using scissors to cut off a sliver. The inside (not collaged areas) could be pockets. I'd try various paper sizes. I'd use cheesecloth and/or fabric bits. So many possibilities. Exchanging with others sounds fun too. Difficult to believe that you don't have an Ecotank printer. They save so much money. Mine paid for itself in one week.

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm glad you've got a bunch of new ideas to play with and experiment with. Have fun! 👍

[@lauralu4175]

Thank you for your video. It’s great. ❤🎉

[@Lynn10751]

Excellent video - thank you for taking the time to carefully point out each aspect of the process! Lynn

[@lorineltner6193]

Thank you i folded paper like this when i was young now I know what it's called and how to decorate. Great tutorials

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! I’m so glad you’ve got an idea to play with 😉❣️👍🏼

[@carolwelch4953]

I've watched a lot of video tutorials on making zines. Your lesson is by far the best! Thank you.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you! I'm so glad this one was helpful 👍🏻😉💜

[@dakielty]

Thank you for making this available again and easy to find. I remember seeing it before, and learned more by watching it again. Can’t wait to see the theme for the next swap

[@taniasmith9135]

Wow this is neat I'm going to have to give it a go at making one of these

[@MargareteMiller]

I hope you do! It's so rewarding to have it in hand once you've completed it 💙

[@caroltanzi29]

I really like this project. I think I’m going to do a children’s theme. I’m waiting for some vintage Highlights to be mailed to me. These pages mixed with vintage children’s book and music pages, and what else I can find, will be a lot of fun. Thank you for letting people hear you say , you don’t have to rush. Have fun with it and just continue to work along at your own pace. That’s half the fun. Carol from California

[@margaretmoar8529]

This is the best tutorial I have watched. I accomplished creating the zine for the first time. Many thanks.

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful!!! So great to hear 🙂

[@pastda3]

I never knew these were called zines. Years ago I made a mini photo album cutting the paper this way!

[@MargareteMiller]

There are so many things you can do with this format. I think they are called zines because you can print copies like a magazine and distribute them. 😉👍🏻💜

[@janicehoughtelling5137]

I like the zine idea although I've never heard of them till now. It is a great idea to show me sister parts of Tennessee .She lives in Michigan and I live in Tennessee Thanks for sharing your zines for us

[@MargareteMiller]

Great idea, Janice! I hope you'll create your zine to share with your sister. I can imagine she'd be so happy to receive it. 💙

[@gailboddie4219]

Do we need 8 different zines to participate in the exchange or one zine copied 8 times? Confusion runs ramped in my life. Thanks for the video.

[@theresaratliff2506]

Im wondering the same thing

[@MargareteMiller]

1 zine, copied 8 times. Send the 8 into me. You keep the original for yourself. 👍

[@michellelumho822]

I loved everything about your tutorial. The size of the finished product is right up my alley and your sharing your thoughts, process and tips. I’ve only made the booklet in a larger size, so slap my forehead, of course a smaller size is what I would enjoy making most. Haha, so thank you for waking me up. Enthusiastically looking forward to thoughts of my next project! Thank you very much! Good day for me 🎉

[@victoriabergesen6775]

Thanks! I missed this the first time around. Looks like fun.

[@Shadowlight11]

Thank you so much for this! I can’t wait to make some.

[@jacksonbutterfly2964]

I love making zines, It's so easy to make.

[@KitKatUniverse]

So clever - the folding and cutting and folding!

[@janicebellino460]

Awesome very helpful👍🥰

[@Poohtle]

I used to make these but with a random patterned paper, nothing that needed to be a certain way up. Then I’d decorate on top of the patterned paper. I really like your zines.

[@sakameg]

This is such a clear and helpful tutorial on zine making. I've made several zines but I've never seen the particular folding method you use. I'm going to go try it right now! ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome, Linda! I’m glad it’s helpful 👍🏼

[@elviadestefano429]

Love the Zine … excited to start one ! Or two ! Thanks Margaret ! ❤Elvia

[@sarahg7566]

'Amazing process and incredible way of expressing emotion. Thank you for sharing with us!

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paperhoardersanonymous6859]

Thank you for such a thorough step by step! 🤍

[@daughteroftheblessed839]

Wow, so nice

[@triciat342]

❤️This is fascinating and such a delight to share your creations and teaching.Beautifully filmed and narrated.Thankyou so much for this inspiring tutorial

[@Andre-ek8fy]

It is very creative and helpful video thank you for sharing this. But i wanna know, can we add more pages of it? Maybe like 10-12 pages

[@donnanowland3163]

Very cool project! 👏👏👏😎

[@hopewilkes74]

Very cool. Liked that a lot!!

[@allthebest744]

I am new to zines. This was extremely helpful. 😊

[@franciemontgomery2935]

This is one of my favorite projects! I have shared this with children and adults!

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad you're encouraging others to create them too! 💜

[@jenniferwatson7118]

Great, thanks for the info! Great little zine!

[@gwenluttrell8595]

A great video. I havent made a zine in awhile but this inspired me to do so.

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad, Gwen! 💙

[@sabinediezmann3478]

Hi Margrete, thank you for showing us such a nice idea and make a tutorial for us. I like it. Greetings from Germany Sabine 🐝

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks for watching, Sabine❣️

[@andrelaschet3957]

If you put the openings at the bottom it’s easier to work when the paper is open bc the numbers are facing to the middle

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks for the tip! 👍🏻😉💙

[@tlglock1637]

Loads of thanks to you for this video. It was a lot of help to me. I have been wanting to make a zine for a while now (about 1 year), but I could not settle on a theme. I am excited to try out collage and see where my brain takes me. Thank you again.

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! Have fun putting one together. 💙

[@lauriek6183]

This is so interesting. I’ve never seen a zeen before. Do you always need to make a copy? Or can you create on the whole page and leave it as is? Thank you for sharing 🩵😊

[@MargareteMiller]

The point is that you keep the master and make copies for others that you want to trade with. 😉💜👍🏻

[@debbivaughn1313]

Such a cool fun idea!🤗🥰

[@CelestialLunaMoth]

Brilliant ❤😊

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad it was helpful 💜

[@teresac205]

Love the zine. Thank you

[@BelleSouthUs]

💓LOVE💓LOVE💓LOVE💓 Great timing too. I'm working on layer 2 of masterboards & a bit overwhelmed with the whole A4 page. Feeling empowered now for the next steps. Thanks!!!

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome! I’m so glad to hear 🙂👍🏼

[@pamwilson78]

So, question. I'm very new to junk journaling and learn new stuff everyday. This is new. I understand the assembly process, scanning, making copies to trade and share. But... What do you do with the ones you get. (Two of my teens watched the video with me) they said "these are Pokemon cards for junk journals makers"

[@MargareteMiller]

I like that idea, Pam!! They are like Pokemon cards for jj makers 😉. So yes, you trade them and then have a collection to look through, get inspired from, and enjoy 😉💙

[@pamwilson78]

@@MargareteMiller I'll tell them you like that answer😁. And thank you, I just was unclear on that point. Really neat idea ❤️🥰

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

Great video! Thank you!😊

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks for watching!

[@maryellenbrown6361]

Since I have just recently started creating collaging, I hadn't heard about 'zine' before. It's very interesting. I am, however, wondering how you use the final project. Basically, when finished, what does one do with it? Thank you for your videos...and I am taking your Collage class

[@MargareteMiller]

Hi MaryEllen, When you are done with it, you can trade it. Guess what? We are trading them in the Collective as our art exchange. I hope you'll think about participating 💙😉.

[@paularose847]

Jan Jones how to make a Paris zine.

[@cathyhubmann8227]

Wonderful video and so helpful! I started paperwork with scrapbooking where you select your pictures and then determine a background to compliment. I do the same thing with collage pages; pick my elements and then find a background. I find it fascinating and scary to start with the background and then add the elements! I'm going to experiment with this layering!

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome! I’m glad you’ve got a new idea to play with 😉

[@marycarmen3922]

This is very beautiful, thanks for sharing! Do you put a coat of matte medium or something like that above your original zine?

[@MargareteMiller]

No, nothing. You don’t want it to shine if you photocopy it.

[@lorettataylor3374]

What a great idea.❤️

[@Dana-fn5zt]

Thank you so much for the video!! Can we use a piece of printed paper? Is there any theme for the exchange? 💕🙋🏻‍♀️

[@MargareteMiller]

No theme - just make sure you are using papers in a vintage theme. Yes you can use printed paper, but add some of your papers too. 😉👍💙

[@annettedeardurff5463]

This is fabulous! Where do I find where you’re doing swaps with these?

[@MargareteMiller]

I just sent out the email to everyone on my email list. Make sure you are on it so that you get the info as it goes out. margarete-miller.ck.page/47608cfe04. Here is the info on this upcoming swap: Zines are due by November 10th, and you may sign up more than once if you would like. The cost to register is $7.99, which covers the postage back to you, as well as the time it takes me to go through more than a thousand zines to get them sorted and mailed. Here is the sign up link: buy.stripe.com/8wM5ntaQ70LQbaE9AL

[@bettelovelace4456]

Fun video👏👏👏💜

[@lucybanta7311]

Great ideas for a zine! Do you always make copies, or do you ever use the original?

[@MargareteMiller]

Always share the copies and keep the original for yourself. You never know when you'll need to make more copies. 💜👍

[@klkallaa]

👋👋👋 from Paris !!!

[@michelel3372]

This was very helpful, thank you so much! ❤

[@noriclements4362]

Hi, this tutorial was great ! I have a color copier so would I be able to make my own copies ? Would that be okay ?

[@MargareteMiller]

Absolutely, Nori ❣️👍

[@lisepederson499]

What type of paper do you have your originals printed on? Do you get rid of the white frame around the printed paper? Is it fine to bring your original paper and get it printed at the printers or do they scan it before? Have never done this before and tried to print on my color printer but the color is not a nice clear color as the original. Thanks

[@MargareteMiller]

You can cut off the frame around the printout if you'd like. I like to keep it on. I print on regular copy paper. 👍

[@lisepederson499]

@@MargareteMiller thanks Margarete. Will get my prints out and will join this exchange.

[@NellieandRuthDesigns]

Thank you Margarete, yes, it was very helpful and I'm just afraid once I start creating one I'll not want to stop and it'll become an addiction 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MargareteMiller]

That's not a bad addiction to have, Barbie 😉💙

[@NellieandRuthDesigns]

@@MargareteMiller I know !

[@carolbisson5242]

Great tutorial. I just ripped a page from a magazine so I would remember how this is made.

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome! No time like the present to practice 😉💙

[@darleneferree5829]

It took me awhile but I finally got it! such a neat little book! Collage & mixed media is my favorite form of art. I luv the way u collaged yours! I hav so many scraps in my stash- now for a cup of coffee, scissors & glue & let the fun begin! I came across ur video while checking collage on you tube, so glad I did. You hav great ideas!

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad you stuck with it and successfully made your zine. Yay!! 👍

[@lindabarnett7653]

Zines are cute little documents (if I can call them that)~~but in truth, I'm wondering what I would do with one. Being so tiny, I fear it will get lost in my art stash. How do you store yours?

[@MargareteMiller]

People love to trade them. 👍🏼

[@kineiya]

This is called mini photo album. When did the name change? I've been making these since the 80's. My mom and gramma both taught me how and they've been making these since the 50's (for my gramma) and 60s (for my mom)

[@SusanLBritt]

Do u put our signature on our zine ??

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes, if there is room, squeeze it in there somewhere. On the last page, if you can. If not, anywhere! 💖

[@jesantiago9404]

Where do you get vintage paper

[@MsMaria990]

❤❤❤

[@michelebernsteinklausner4634]

Where can we find zine exchanges?

[@MargareteMiller]

I usually do them towards the end of the year. Sign up to my mailing list (link in description) and I'll let you know when the next one is open.

[@NicolasSequeira]

These are zines that are from such scratch they're like a tray of chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven

[@l0v33rx]

in my opinion this the harder version to make a zine

[@Amy-0000]

What’s the easier version?

[@l0v33rx]

@@Amy-0000 fold it hotdog style, fold it 2 times hamburger style, unfold it, then fold it hamburger style and cut the middle, unfold it and push in on the cut then you should have a zine

[@miguelbenitez4548]

sorry, paper police here. 8.5 in x 11 in is not A4.

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes, I know. But A4 is a rough equivalent and both work for general zine making. 👍🏼

[@Andre-ek8fy]

It is very creative and helpful video thank you for sharing this. But i wanna know, can we add more pages of it? Maybe like 10-12 pages

[@amyb82941]

💜💜💜