What’s the purpose of a gluebook? Why make them?

[@MargareteMiller]

Still wondering what's the difference between gluebooks and junk journals? I explain it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqWummuMYrhmbbs

[@sherryhyde565]

Some may think gluebooks and junk journals are a waste of time. As for me, I am disabled and have no immune system and can't go anywhere. They really help me to cope and I feel so much better when I work on them. Thank you for this video! Be blessed🌿

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad you can work on gluebooks and it helps you. Thank goodness for the ideas and inspiration you can get from videos, too. I hope they continue to keep you creating! 💜

[@jfe1195]

I bet your books are beautiful! Do you have a youtube channel?

[@thejarfancystudios4638]

I feel the same way, and I also have the same ailments! I don’t go out of the house at all, and also have an auto immune disorder and the process helps me too. I do tend to want to be too perfect! But really I love it bc I can do it however I want … I love collaging and decoupaging things including mason jars, wine bottles… etc! I just moved and I have to sift through everything and get my set up back together and pray that I can jump start my small biz as quick as possible! One of my specialties is shabby flower making! Most shabby chic lovers are huge fans of them! I have to locate the two big boxes of them! They’re gonna be the first thing that I upload on my channel next! It was nice that I saw your comment! I’m gonna sub if you have content on your channel!

[@sherryhyde565]

@jfe1195 How kind your comment is. Thank you! I do not have a channel. I do it to help pass the time and being creative is good medicine. Be blessed 🌿

[@sherryhyde565]

@thejarfancystudios4638 Thank you for your comment! Autoimmune can be extremely challenging. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus. It has destroyed my immune system. It's great that you are so creative. I know that helps. Hope you get settled and all goes well. I don't have a channel. I enjoy KZbin though. Be blessed 🌿

[@cynthiapate9138]

When my son passed away, I began collecting papers that reminded me of him. It has helped me work through grief and to create something that comforts me. Love to you and anyone who reads this.

[@jenjenv.t.7602]

That's so beautiful Cynthia! I'm so sorry for your loss! I'm glad you've found a comforting art form to celebrate his memory 💜

[@MargareteMiller]

My deepest condolences to you, Cynthia. I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm so glad that this kind of art and creativity has been a help to you and I hope you can continue to have it be a positive thing in your life. 💜

[@cynthiapate9138]

@@MargareteMiller Thank you for your kind thoughts and for sharing your art.

[@maryburr3145]

I’m so sorry you lost your son - my heart goes out to you Cynthia 💜

[@blijvanpapier]

People often don't understand my love for paper. Nice to see likeminded people.

[@MargareteMiller]

There are many of us out there. Sometimes it does take a little effort to find us 😉❣️👍🏼

[@sleepsinsink]

@@MargareteMiller I like to refer to us as Paper Witches. It works, very well!

[@VodkaMutini413]

​@@sleepsinsinkI love that name. Where did it come from?

[@sleepsinsink]

@@VodkaMutini413 Hello! It comes from an absolutely wonderful tabby cat named Shiloh who loved to fall asleep in the bathroom sink! Thank you for your video, this is it!

[@karinswartz3046]

I know... I was on a journey to discover what type of "art" was for me. I started with Diamond Painting and then onto colouring books. Took some courses from Karen Campbell to get an introduction to drawing and mixed media and learned a lot. Then moved on and found people like Margarete and did her prompt glue book challenge, then found others like Karen Burchill on KZbin. My fascination for collage and paper and mixed media grew. I then found Fodder School and learned about creating my own collage fodder. I finally realized that I love art journalling and PAPER! Makes me very happy! I even love when it gets all crinkly sounding, lol. Tell me about your paper obsession.

[@judymills7157]

Back in the 1940's when I was a little girl, my Grammie came to live with us for her last years. She diligently cut out sweet little pictures, poems and stories of interest and pasted them in scrapbooks. It meant the world to her then. Nearly 70 years later and I still have them to look through as well as my grands and great-grands if they so choose. The best she could have left us!!! ❤

[@ashleyrigatoni702]

You are so lucky to have those books, they must remind you of your grandmother and be a comfort to you. ❤

[@karinswartz3046]

I would love to see those! How wonderful and the 1940s images must be amazing to see. I feel all cozy now hearing your story.

[@Iroh12345]

I finally have a name for my hobby! I used to call it "scrapbooking", "junk journaling", or simply "paper crafting". But I don't like writing in my books or adding personal ephemera and pictures. I just like the creative process of combining pretty stickers and washi and papers to create an aesthetically pleasing end result on the page.

[@ellen4956]

Yeah, it's scrapbooking. I don't know why this person thinks it's something new or different. They used to sell actual scrapbooks with either light or dark paper and you just did exactly this - cut things out and glue them in. Some people also put old cards or letters and ticket stubs - anything that meant something to them personally. It is fun! I just don't know why anyone would act like it hasn't been around for at least a hundred years. It has.

[@MargareteMiller]

Hi, I'm "this person". I explained in the video what is a scrap book and how it's different from a gluebook. It's there if you care to learn.

[@MargareteMiller]

The creative process really is the best part. 👍🏻 FYI, scrapbooks are all about memory keeping. Gluebooks are different because that's not the goal. Gluebooks can be any kind of papers that are not related to your past or to your memories. They can be just for fun.

[@GingerDog207]

​@@MargareteMillergo Margarete, Go! I used to feel so guilty for saving each little cool thing that I found. Now I know that I can call it paper therapy and give everybody the bird who 15:13 wants me to throw my collection away!!💌

[@A-Milly-A]

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[@sadiebeast97]

When I was a child I would save all kinds of pictures from advertising, cereal boxes, magazines, newspapers, etc, anything I found nice or connected with and paste them in a notepad or make a book. People thought I was wasting my time. Now I know this is a real art!!!

[@MoonSpinners]

That’s what my mum did from a child in the 1930’s and I grew up doing the same, we’ve always called them scrapbooks.

[@MargareteMiller]

It is!! 😉 I hope you’ll start it up again, making a gluebook ❣️

[@sadiebeast97]

@@MoonSpinners For me, it was the 1970s and 1980s.

[@sadiebeast97]

@@MargareteMiller Yes, I just might!!!

[@carlaeskelsen]

​@@MoonSpinners Same. My mother kept books like this from her mother's childhood. But, I don't understand the difference between a scrapbook and a glue book. I've never heard of a glue book until today. Something new. 🙂 Or is it?

[@juliagoolia72]

I have stumbled across what I call “paper therapy” lately. I started out decorating journal spreads, but found I didn’t necessarily go back and fill in the journal part all the time. The meaning is coming from the decorating. It brings me joy to glue and use stickers and paper and other ephemera. So to find videos like this and read the comments where others are doing the same thing makes me so happy. Thank you for sharing!

[@MargareteMiller]

Excellent!! 👏🏼 You were already more than half way figuring this out for yourself. So glad I could help 💙

[@andreahultman8272]

“Paper therapy” is a perfect term for it!

[@cherylbalmas4901]

@@MargareteMiller never heard these books referred to as glue books. That’s fabulous. I’ve been calling them junk journals, scrapbooks, or just collage books. I have a stack of those pretty boxes. You get from Michael’s with the magnetic closures. I fill them with papers, greeting cards, postcards, ephemera, tags from products I purchased that are interesting, pretty business cards from unique shops and so on and so on. Then when I’m ready to glue into a journal, I grabbed one of the boxes. I do have the boxes separated by theme.. I have a lot of magazines, especially craft and home decor magazines. When I no longer need them, I am constantly cutting things out of them. I’m currently working on kind of an unusual glue book. I’ve gathered photos, magazine, clippings, postcards, and other things with desks, desks, secretary, desks, bookcases, stacks of old books, cozy, nooks, and work spaces, artists lofts, studios, she sheds, etc. I got a lot of this material from magazines called Where Woman Work and Where Women Create. I’m obsessed with desks, workspaces, office supplies and stationary so I decided to put together a glue book that represented my love for those things.. Other books I have put together represent a different seasons, or places I’d like to visit, etc. The book or box that had. Martell on it in your video caught my eye! Martell is my maiden name and I assume that cover came from something to do with Martell cognac. anyway this was a great video and I can finally put a name to what I’ve been creating!

[@suzannemyers7870]

I began this method long ago by cutting up home decor and garden magazines with my favorite vignettes and gluing them on to white page papers, 3 hole punching and putting into a binder. It was during the Covid lockdown that I began the small journal collaging with printed papers I had on hand and had used for a 90th Birthday scrapbook. I discovered Margarite Miller and Constance Rose glue books on Pinterest and loved the themed colored pages. It truly is therapy as someone else mentioned. My glue, collage and junk journaling continues to evolve. For me it is process rather than results oriented. Thank you Margarite for affirming the joy I have for collecting papers, cutting, arranging and gluing bits and pieces that take me on a journey to create something that's beautiful and pleasing to my eye.❤

[@auntycori]

"Paper Therapy" - I love that so much 💜

[@ehmcke]

This IS what we used to call a scrapbook when I was a child. I'm not sure when the "scrap" got removed from the idea of a scrapbook, but that's what it used to be. Ticket stubs, chocolate wrappers, scribbled notes, bits of photos, sheet music, postcards, stamps - all things that got glued into a scrapbook, not necessarily in any particular order.

[@serenityjewel]

No it's not. A scrapbook back in the day was about a theme around the pictures people took - their travel, a person's day, usually photos with people's kids and family. This is a book of collages. That's very different from what people did back in the day.

[@ehmcke]

@@serenityjewel yes, it is. Photos used to be put in photo albums and scrapbooks held the ephemera - the ticket stub from the museum visit, the bus transfer, the paper from the chocolate bar your great-aunt gave you. The scraps, as it were. The books were often just newsprint notebooks of varying sizes, cost 50¢, and didn't require anything but a bottle of glue and whatever scraps you had.

[@serenityjewel]

@@ehmcke We had to be in different places then. Scrapbooking took off in the US in the 80s and it was mainly pictures with designs around them. I use to look through the ones my mom created. She also had a book about scrapbooking and it was about making the photos look cute.

[@ehmcke]

@@serenityjewel probably different areas, but more importantly different ages. 🙂 Once "scrapbooking" became big business it really changed.

[@onerva.]

there's a very low threshold to creating something like this, which means it's easy for anyone to pick up and make and feel a sense of accomplishment. I struggle with both bad mental health and perfectionism so it's hard for me to start all those grandiose projects in my head, simply gluing things down in an aesthetically pleasing way gives me that sense of satisfaction of having created something, even if it's very simple

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes, exactly. They are small projects yet you get this nice feeling of having completed something, which is important 💜

[@gillianinoz]

Now I have a name for what I’ve been doing. I kind of stumbled on the craft during the lockdown - it’s not only relaxing, it’s really helped me get on top of my anxiety and panic attacks since my mother passed away 18 months ago. Thanks for shining a light on this.

[@geogirlforever]

I do the same with my greeting cards....

[@halo218813]

Sorry for your loss 😿 💔

[@NHarts3]

Sorry for your loss. Glad that you found something to help ❤️

[@Jsarmy87124]

😢

[@kerry_4everchanges]

I love this video! I'm 69 years old and have been collecting pictures from magazines, ephemera, souvenir ticket stubs, postcards, and the like my entire life. All that stuff currently lives in boxes in a closet. I think that creating glue books with it is a fabulous idea. Thank you!

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful, Kerry! I'm so glad you've got a new idea to play with. Have fun pulling out those papers and putting them to use 💜

[@CrystalBerrios]

Great... I'm happy for you that you can now go through all your cut outs and place them in a Book where it will be easier to look through and enjoy ❤ how fun it's going to be for you to see all those things you've cut out so long ago. ❤ 👏🏼 have fun 🤗 I am going to start my very first Glue Book soon 🤗❤

[@depictionsbydeb9238]

Absolutely

[@lindalowry4239]

I think MY closet would like to talk to your closet...I started at five years old, when someone gave me an album, (9x9) that came with colorful picture stamps.....I am 72. No magazine is safe from me, I also draw and paint, but ephemera actually CALMS MY MIND and stills the nerves, It is te editing process, to co-ordinate the colors, the scenes, etc. Such joy to find that YOU and all of us find such pleasure in this beautiful work. YES , it is my work, my joy, my peace. thank you for letting me share.

[@sibylmcnulty3178]

A few years ago, I became disenchanted with day books: those daily mediations for women who do too much, or parents or whatever. So I decided to make my own. Who knew it was a glue book. 365 different mediations with a collage around it in a large coffee table type book. It took 3-4 years to make, but now I get great peace in going to a specific day and reading the thought there. Your video had inspired me.

[@MargareteMiller]

My goodness, what an amazing project!! I hope you are really proud of yourself for what you've created. And yes, keep going! 🌟

[@jimkehn524]

This is the best idea ever. I'm going to do this too. Annie

[@Vivienne_Plum]

I love this idea! Did you cover pages of an already bound coffee table book or bind it yourself after it was done?

[@specialk8927]

That would be interesting to see

[@sibylmcnulty3178]

@@Vivienne_Plum I have no idea of how to post photos or I’d show you. But I used a bound book (the title, which I kept, is “Real Simple Solutions .” I glued over some pages, I used parts of some pages, I glued some pages together, I made doors. One page had a file box on it, so I made cards that slipped out of the box. So, I did all sorts of things; each page had a quotation that spoke to me (or a poem, or a short essay). The only commonality was that every piece pleased me then and still does. Some pages had more than one day also.

[@Jan-kf3qk]

When I was a child, I'm 60 and from the UK, we used to have scrapbooks, you could glue pictures, out of magazines and other paper things, in them, these have been around since the victorian era I think!

[@lindakernot2455]

Yes I’m from the UK too and I too remember our scrapboooks from childhood. We all did them didn’t we?! But now I’m an avid junk journaller and somewhat obsessed with different ways of using the mountain of paper I’ve collected over more than 50 years!

[@janeleverett3128]

I'm in Australia, & always had "scrapbooks", well into my married life. I still have them, & what memories! 😊

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes! These type of creative books have been around for hundreds of years. 💜

[@lamargot2201]

After the process is finished, it's a collection of things that make us happy, as well as the happy memories of the time spent crafting

[@lindastiles7450]

I was gifted an old glue book someone had made in a big old red book. 3 inches full and 8 1/2 x 10 or so. A friend of my husbands was going through donated books and was going to toss this out but decided to keep it. Then she shared it with me and I loved it so much... she gave it to me! Definitely one of the best gifts ever... This person who made the book had glued articles, patterns, recipes, advertisements, almanac type things etc. It is not artistic papers/ephemera really, more just a keeper of all the things they liked I guess. In some places only the top was glued and I could lift up to see more glued underneath and sometimes even a picture or text ofthe original book. I was so fascinated. I had to look through the whole book several times to make sure I didn't miss anything. My favorite things to see were craft related.....how to fold an envelope or how to crochet lace or do tatting or make a rag doll etc. Also interesting was alll the old remedies for everything. I learned so much reading through it all. So fun. It had a lot of the old work basket type things and many things I would want to use in my junk journals... but of course I can't bear to tear anything out of it. I feel like it is a piece of her history I get to preserve and share with others. Makes me wish I had a youtube to do a flip through. I appreciate your videos, thank you!

[@adrianaduff2740]

Oh, please do a flip-through. We would love to see it! I love finding treasures like you described!!

[@username00009]

You can always take pictures or scan some of the images to use in your crafting.

[@megancampbell3914]

This would be a wonderful flip through! Maybe you could get a regular You Tuber to set it up for you, someone in the Glue Book world....

[@shkhan84]

I literally just did this last night because i didnt want to throw away a sequoia park brochure and some roses cut off a yogurt packaging and called the book stick eveything here book! Glue book makes more sense 😂 thank you universe for showing me its normal and many people do this ❤❤

[@MargareteMiller]

So glad you found gluebook a and are enjoying creating them 💜👍🏼😉

[@danielaferrari1380]

I love "stick everything here book" . From now on, this is what i'll call them 😊

[@chrystalchapin6152]

I am 76 years young and have my scrapbooks I made from 8th grade and all four years of high school! Just dug them out of the attic this past summer and really enjoyed flipping through all of them, and WHAT JOYFUL MEMORIES they brought back to me!!I still love them all these decades later!!😊. I am so happy I kept them , and will keep them out of the attic from now on😄!!

[@MargareteMiller]

How lovely that you have them! I hope you'll think about making more 😉

[@susanhirst6168]

I've never heard of Glue books before. Thank you for giving me a new hobby ☺

[@7andearth76]

Paper is the best! Hello paper lovers.

[@nittnybently22]

I love crafting but all the “typical” arts and crafts are hard to get into or expensive. I am grateful to the KZbin feed for sending me this video! 🙌🙌🙌

[@MargareteMiller]

Awww. I'm so glad you enjoyed this!! 💙

[@Artbee]

In this day and age with everything being electronic it is so sad to realize that pictures and papers and so many of the happy occasions in life, are nothing but a capture on an electronic device. Nothing to touch, feel, hold or even pass on to the next generation. I get such joy out of making handmade journals and albums. Thinking of a design, collecting the papers and embellishments, the layout, the cutting, the pasting, all of it. I am always astonished when someone asks why I am doing this, or why do I bother to make these for others. I understand that this isn't for everyone, but It makes it hard to explain the joy and emotional therapy these creations can bring. So it was especially nice to read some of the positive comments and to see that people are still doing and enjoying some of this type of crafting.

[@cozycasasmr4510]

this is great 'therapy' for my hoarding. i hate throwing things away and i have hyper empathy, almost feeling like im hurting an objects feelings by getting rid of it. this is a thing i can do to help calm those feelings and isolate the hoarding to a specific place almost. its hard to explain but it helps me a lot

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad this was helpful 💜

[@dorlevanos3480]

Hi Margarete! I love to make glue books out of old books I have altered. I am a big collector of paper fodder (can’t throw old books or magazines out before I check them for pictures I might like to use in glue books). So I have a huge selection! I find it very relaxing and quite therapeutic. Thanks for your great channel and cheers from Oz. 🤗❤️🇦🇺

[@MargareteMiller]

Ahhh, yes. Altered books are so awesome, too. I’m so glad you’re thinking up ways to create with them 👍🏼😉💙

[@elizabethglenbentley7882]

It's the first time I've actually been able to fathom what glue are, used for etc. And yes, I believe taking one's mind to another place of relaxation is crucial to remain sane, from the hurlg burly of life! Thanks Margreth 😊. Your explanations are so succinct and interesting fodder for the brain 😂

[@cleot151]

My thoughts also.

[@craftybarb6220]

Hi Margaret, I've been sticking pictures in A5 note books since 2017 where it became a Chtistmas glue book. I have 3 of those. Then pictures from a UK magazine called Evergreen. That stopped 2 years ago. Then this year I started getting This England same company as Evergreen. My other goto magazine is Daphneys Diary.

[@ownsacat]

Margarete, I must tell you something funny that happened to me. I spent A bit of time making an altered book for a friend of mine. She likes to journal so I thought she might like it. It turned out great. I sent it to her and heard nothing. Finally I asked her in email if she received my altered book. She said um, dear, I hate to tell you this but someone wrote all over your book. LOL. I said hon, that was me, I used rubber stamps mostly and the images went with the pages. Poetry book. I could not get her to understand it was supposed to be that way. LOL

[@joannealton6041]

I’m so happy the algorithm brought your video to my feed. I’ve been doing this for years but always just called it scrapbooking but never felt it was actually scrapbooking. Love it, just love it!

[@MargareteMiller]

So glad you found this video, Joanne❣️ I hope it's given you some ideas to play with. 👍🏻

[@finapaca]

I love the way you speak and respond to questions that can be kinda snarky. Thanks for spreading joy!

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep. Turn lemons into lemonade 🍋 💜 😉.

[@donna-1234]

Hi Margarete, I like to make a glue book page or two or three (depending on the vacation) for each vacation or trip that I go on. I use things collected on the trip: maps, brochures, business cards, stamps, etc. I always have the pages (I use index card-sized cardstock)and a glue stick with me but seldom get around to making the pages until after my return, whereupon I can relive and enjoy the experiences all over again 🥰. Thank you so much for your videos, instructions and motivation. I have been following you for a couple of years and am very grateful to you for introducing me to the world of collage. Greetings from Austria!

[@dianesmith4759]

I love this idea!

[@BigGrannydb]

As you thumbed thru - looking for something “unique”, I’m thinking IT IS ALL UNIQUE! At least to me! Beautiful compositions - lovely colors - awesome shapes - who knew it could be so much fun to collect & display PAPER! I adore it! And you totally inspire us to “see” what is there … an awareness perhaps. Thank you, Margarete!

[@marydettmann5854]

My creative outlet is constructing Glue Books. Started doing them as self care while learning to live with mental illness.

[@juliejohnson497]

Good for you. I have read several places that making things with our hands actually releases happy chemicals in our brains and I believe it from my own experiences -sewing and fabric crafting and photo scrapbooking. I hope it continues to help you.

[@MargareteMiller]

Glue books are great for self care and mental health. Good for you for taking this up as a hobby. 👏🏼

[@sfrench1124]

My youngest grandchild is 7 & still loves coming to see Gigi. He loves to glue. I think I will make him a blank Glue Book & put it on top of old magazines with his glue stick, scissors and markers. Thanks!

[@MargareteMiller]

Oh my goodness, he's going to love that! You are such an awesome grandparent❣️

[@beverlynewton4282]

BEST VIDEO EVER. I have found that my glue books can be the basis for bigger collage pieces. SCRAPS WITH PURPOSE. Best way to recycle.

[@MargareteMiller]

Awwww. Thanks, Beverly!! 😘😘😘 I've never thought about using the pages for bigger collage pieces. Kind of like a staging ground? I like that idea!

[@ayaeya-b7z]

Oh my, this is honestly a GREAT IDEA. I’ve been meaning to keep my paper scraps lately. Thank you so much for this idea ❤❤❤

[@Kathieartcraftanddestash]

Thank you for todays video. I never show my glue books on videos because I feel people wont understand why I do so much of them. I honestly feel myself relax in every inch of my body working in them and making them just something that I understand lol.

[@MargareteMiller]

Well, you're not alone out there, with your love of working on gluebooks💜. There are lots of us 😉🌟👍🏻

[@cherylthomas5630]

I love everything paper! Gluebooks are fascinating and fun. They are infinite expressions of imagination. The fact that the free materials are all around us and anyone can join in is icing on the cake. Thanks for your inspiring video.

[@MargareteMiller]

I love your comments and totally agree with you 😉👍🏼💜

[@joannjeffcoat1354]

I do paper and junk journals for the pure enjoyment I get out of creating them. However, I have a foster daughter that has a lot of past trauma, ADD, and ADHD and other problems and she too enjoys sitting and quietly, (that she does it quietly is surprising), focuses on creating countless pages. And then she will show her creations off to anyone and will talk about the reason behind why she did a layout. For her it is a VERY therapeutic path.

[@MargareteMiller]

It’s so good of you to encourage her 💙 I hope she can turn to art and crafts whenever she needs to find that peace within 🌸

[@mregg-gy7jg]

I never thought of reusing an existing notebook as a glue book- I have so many loose papers and notebooks that would be perfect for this! No activity done for joy is a waste of time, and these are all beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[@MargareteMiller]

Great! I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to play with! 👍🏻❣️😉

[@jfe1195]

Your artistic gluebook looks tidy. Its flat, not lumpy bumpy, like many junk journals on KZbin. I like the fact that people find papercraft therapeutic. I still don't know difference between junk journals and gluebooks.

[@MargareteMiller]

I'll have the video out next week where I explain in more detail. A LOT of people have asked this question. 💜

[@katietatey]

Isn't it just that a junk journal is where you make the book itself out of different papers and things and you may or may not also use a junk journal as a gluebook by then adding things in. A gluebook is where you are gluing (or taping) things into a book you did not make - either it's a new manufactured notebook, a book you are repurposing, a planner, etc. So basically in a junk journal the pages themselves are the art, and a gluebook you are making art on the pages. So junk journal could also be used as a gluebook but not the other way around. Hopefully I have that correct.

[@jfe1195]

Thank you for reply. I noticed that some people reuse rings to make a makeshift binder. I used to do scrapbooks when i was a kid. The quality of glue for papercraft is better now.

[@iaciflanders6608]

I make a glue book each year to collect anything I come across that I want to keep for myself while making jj for others. I make a small collection, setting them aside until I have the time to glue them into my glue book. I love looking at my older glue books and reading some of the notes I make about particular items. Sometimes, I put things in pockets or envelopes in my glue books with the intent that I might use these in the future on another project. Although there isn’t much “journaling” in my glue books, they are a reflection of my tastes and likes… and these make me smile. 💝

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for sharing this. So many great suggestions here. 👏🏼

[@AngelaStone-js2kr]

Love this! I’m kind of stranded at my son’s without any of my craft supplies because my car broke down. While I wait for my kid to fix it this would be something I could start with minimal supplies and expense. Thank you!💖

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm glad this gave you some ideas to think about. I hope you get your car fixed soon! 💙

[@BeccaL2016]

When I was younger, I liked some of the candy wraps, so I saved them in a notebook, and some stickers, or articles, I'm glad I have been doing this without even putting a term to it ;) it comes naturally..

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep. There you go. You were doing something and you didn't know why. Now you do! You like and appreciate the qualities of paper and pretty packaging 😉

[@missyb.623]

Great video! I like to make junk journals, but I give those away. It's the process I love, I don't journal. Glue books are my favorite. Collage art is relaxing to me. I have books with several themes: color, alphabet, random, paper dolls, surreal collage... I do it for all the reasons you mentioned. I would advise anyone who thinks it is silly to grab an old book and some basic supplies and just go at it. I have a grandson who thinks it is really fun to create the most bizarre character (paper dolls) he can. Also, I gave my older grandsons junk journals. When we are out and about I like to show them things we obtain that would go INTO their junk journals ❤

[@denisehogarth5433]

Any book that I make whether it is a glue book or a junk journal or a book that I have used to practice book binding, they are all important to me. I have a friend who has done quite a lot of handcrafting and she had never done any paper crafts. She got in touch with me soon after her husband passed away for suggestions. I thought for a nano second and mentioned glue books and discribed them as best I could and linked her to a few YT videos. She just loves them and reccomends them to everyone. There is a reason for glue books

[@MargareteMiller]

How nice that you were able to help your friend with a great suggestion. Yes, they really can be so helpful 💜

[@susansmithey5317]

I've been holding onto some outdated Happy Planners of various sizes. Now I know what to do with them!

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome! So glad you’ve got a new idea to play with 😉❣️👍🏼

[@cassandrascott2613]

Thank you❣️ now I know what to do with all the pretty magazine pictures that I don’t want to throw away❤

[@suelutz5364]

Thank you, Margarete! Your explanations are always so concise, helpful, and encouraging!

[@MargareteMiller]

You're so welcome, Sue!! Thanks for watching 😘

[@spinnettdesigns]

Thank you! When I was a child, I always loved making collages…as a senior citizen, I still love to do it and now realize that I don’t have to call it anything, like “art” I just enjoy the fun of the creative process. I don’t find it pointless, but didn’t share it so much because people sometimes “give an eyebrow”, but I don’t care anymore, the lovely and fun process pleases me. In our crazy world, doing something wholesome that is so enjoyable for me, is enough. I have always LOVED paper, it’s hard to describe…I LOVE it! I have sooooo many books and magazines (for sale from the library, 5/$1) to cut up. I make little things (cards with the center cut out with a flower or sticker in it, under clear plastic from an old envelope or paper coasters or playing cards) to send to others as greeting cards to send to friends and then I don’t just have a stack of them lying around.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and comments. I’m so glad you have decided to forge your own path and do what brings you joy. Keep on going 😉❣️👍🏼

[@donitamoore9748]

I use lots of things in glue books. Magazine pictures, greeting cards, ticket stubs, artwork of my grandchildren, brochures from places I have visited when on vacation. Anything that is paper related is a possibility of being used! Enjoyed seeing your glue books. ❤

[@lesliespeers2739]

Love glue books, the whole concept is so therapeutic. And I especially like that it really only has meaning to the person who is making it. Just another form of art. TFS Hugs * L

[@MargareteMiller]

I agree. It is very personal. 💜👍🏼🌸

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

When I first heard gluebooks I thought Here we go, another silly time waster (I can’t get into junk journals even though I journal-pen to paper-like crazy. Thanks for sharing your insights into this craft. It definitely shines a light on a new way of dealing with life as it bombards us from all sides.

[@RJE95]

I do something that I call creative journaling and that might work well for you if writing is a big focus. I basically view it like a decorated diary or journal, but it isn't exclusively for diary entries, I also decorate and stick in things I like just because I want to keep them. I find that everyone has a slightly different idea or definition of these terms anyway, and perhaps what you consider a junk journal is a lot more restrictive than what I would

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you for your encouraging comments. And thanks for watching 💙

[@bonniediener5413]

Thank you for focusing on the enjoyment of the process of creating these treasures. ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

You're so welcome. Thanks for stopping by! 💜

[@stephaniepedersen6051]

I hadn’t heard of a gluebook, so thank you for sharing! It reminds me of Pinterest boards…saving images with a common theme. I love this! ❤

[@dianadee23]

I love these little spiral bound books. Some things are difficult to throw away and these are great for sticking them in .

[@MargareteMiller]

I totally agree! 👏🏼

[@TsukasaFanTc]

Oh I LOVE Junk Journals!! They're so pretty and fun!! Glue books look just as fun!! ❤

[@airworks07]

What a terrific explanation. I had never heard of “glue books”. Thank you

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad it was helpful! 🩷

[@carolynnilsen9270]

The mindfulness and flow of the activity creates peace.

[@MargareteMiller]

Exactly so 😉❣️👍🏼

[@caroltanzi29]

Margarete: I absolutely love glue books. I’ve done a travel size made from a magazine. I work in a three ring binder for my random glue book. I’ve done little 2 1/2” squares with quotes on the back that sit in a small box of the same size. And now, I’m working in an altered book. It is such a creative, inexpensive, calming way for me to relax. Eventually, I would like to teach a class for adults.It is just plain fun! Good video. Carol from California

[@LilyLightOne]

I saved a book that was for writing down phone numbers and addresses. I really liked the cover but have no need for the pages. Now I have some ideas of what to do with it! Thank you so much, Margarete!

[@MargareteMiller]

That sounds like a perfect gluebook to me 💜😉👍🏻

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I had a notebook with thick paper, almost as thick as construction paper. I totally took magazines and collage similar colors and images totally from magazines. It was almost like painting. Sometimes, I did a little painting too. It was peaceful. I almost always found a message come through. You've made me want to do this again. Thanks.

[@MarylinShiver]

I have truly been inspired! I am now going to start a glue book to put scraps from some of the themed journals I make. These will remind me of what I made and for whom. I will also add pictures of the babies I make books for, the bride and groom, the recipe, et cetera. I really didn’t NEED another project, but here I go!!

[@MargareteMiller]

😂 I know what you mean!! I do like that idea, though, of using a gluebook with scraps from project to keep track and use as a record. GREAT idea!!

[@pompommania]

I donthave glue books, but I've been eyeing them at the craft store. After a devastating death, I started crafting and I haven't stopped. Glue books seems like something I'd enjoy, like a thought put together with pictures.

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes, exactly. They can be as little or as much as you need them to be. 👍🏼 I’m so sorry for your loss and am glad that your creativity can bring you some peace. 💜

[@cathlinejohnson1856]

Thank you for this. Sometimes it’s the creative journey, not necessarily the destination(finished product). For me creating something I think is beautiful is therapeutic, whether it’s useful or not. It’s meditative and calming. It’s using my own unique imagination to make something that makes me happy. 😊

[@juliejohnson497]

I have just recently learned to accept that it is okay to just benefit from the making , and if the result is not perfect, or I don't have anyone to give it to, that's okay.

[@juliejohnson497]

It has only been very recently that I have been able to feel that it's okay if my paper hobbies do not produce anything other people can appreciate. That has been a very long time in coming😮.

[@elena911000]

Beautiful and romantic ideas. Thank you!💕💕💕

[@theresaakin2284]

I've been saving the dots from hole punching for a long time. Use for fillers in little windows. Great to make from those little scraps.

[@ziggiezag938]

I've always wondered why people make them, what they were for, and what do you do with them afterward. You answered all those questions. Thank you!

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! I'm so glad 👍🏻😉💙

[@thisisme64T]

I like to use instruction books for appliances as art journals. I save them even after the appliance has been replaced. I will try making a glue book from one. I have been known to pick up free booklets from the hardware store also.

[@MargareteMiller]

What creative ideas ❣️ Thanks for sharing 💙

[@annemcdonald5602]

Hi Margarete! It was your introduction to 4x6 Zutter bound journals and rolodex cards years ago that started my collage journaling. I will always be grateful to you for the fun and creative journey it has been for me. I appreciated this video!

[@MargareteMiller]

Really?!! So cool! Ok. I take back my words about not loving the Zutter. It you’re being creative with it and love what you make, then that’s awesome 👏🏼❣️🌟

[@annemcdonald5602]

@@MargareteMiller At the time, The Zutter binder was more reasonable than buying the Cinch binder. I also like that it's smaller and easier to store. (As I recall, you found yours at a garage sale 😉- you can't beat that!)

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

I've not make a glue book, but I've always thought that I would like a place to keep all those pieces of ephemera and momentos I've collected over the years (besides in a box on a shelf). thank you for this. New sub. Excellent content and presentation.

[@MamaBojangles59]

I am new to making junk journals. But I make them to glue in different little pieces of ephemera and bits of things that I have found over the years that are just fun to keep.

[@dorisandujar8277]

This explaining of what glue books are and why do them was very helpful. I'm new to all of paper crafts. I've made one bee themed journal and I haven't decorated most of the pages yet. I see all of these, weather it's junk journals, glue books, or any kind of journal making, it's all a process. I get so much joy when I'm doing anything creative. At 67 years of age now I've done just about every craft imaginable. I still enjoy sewing and crocheting and wood crafts and craft shows. However this past year the paper has taken 1st place in my creative life. I am going to start a glue book now and it doesn't seem to be as daunting a task as was my bee journal. Thanks for explaining this to me. I'm going to watch your suggested video of 8 things or ideas on glue books. ❤❤❤

[@adrinem4513]

I love gluing stuff in books. I just never thought to call them glue books. This video is informative and now I can feel good about all the papers I have.

[@MargareteMiller]

Good! Glad it was insightful ❣️

[@teresazuehls783]

Thank you for you explanation of a glue book. I have been a bit confused about what they were for. You did a fantastic job of explaining. Thank you for taking the time snd share your own personal gluebooks.

[@MargareteMiller]

You are so welcome! I’ll so glad you enjoyed this 🙂❣️👍🏼

[@sallygreiner5724]

I have wondered for years what is a glue book and what they are for. You answered all my questions and more. Thank you. I love your explanation on why people like to make and use one. Not many people understand why some people “have” to create and love the process.

[@MargareteMiller]

So glad this was helpful, Sally. I hope you’ll start on one soon❣️😉👍🏼

[@deb.e.mixedmedia]

Great explanation of glue books! I love to glue book in composition books usually with a color theme, they are so relaxing for me.

[@cleta2045]

Hi Margarete. First of all, let me compliment you on your absolutely beautiful skin! I suppose you popped into my feed because I posed this very question on another's video, so thank you for such a comprehensive answer. I admire everyone's creative abilities and chosen art forms. I don't know if a glue book is a project that I will try, but I also have a love for paper and will use some of these techniques on cards and on the covers of handmade journals. Thanks again.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for your kind comments! FYI, good make up and a good camera do wonders for making me look better than I typically do 😉

[@GingerNinja1]

I call it my smile book. I have one with copies of things my kids made for me when they were little. I minimized them on a copier & glued them in. I even have a smile that my son let me "borrow," when I had a tough day at work once. It came from his Happy Meal box 😂

[@saskiaseaglass9504]

First video I’ve watched of your Margarete. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have always been drawn to collage and collecting ephemera, and I guess by default doing lots of paper therapy! You are helping me put names to some of the formats though, and definitely providing lots of inspiration! Beautiful work. 😍

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for watching! I’m so glad you enjoyed this and I hope you’ll experiment more with collage and see what you come up with 👍🏼💜⭐️

[@berandomwithme.]

I think this is a perfect ongoing project (s) for my autistic daughter. ❤ thank you

[@MargareteMiller]

Absolutely! With some guidance, she could really love it 💙

[@pattyhabegger3073]

I wasn't really sure what a gluebook was and this video explains it perfectly. I found 3 sketchbooks that I never use and now I can use them as a gluebook! I like finding a use for everything that I have. Thanks so much for this video. I really enjoyed it! And now I'm so excited about using my new/old gluebooks!

[@MargareteMiller]

That’s fabulous! I’m so glad you’ve got some new ideas to play with 👏🏼❣️😉

[@annissa8959]

What a great way to collect all those paper bits that is laying around everywhere! 😊

[@MargareteMiller]

It really is! 💙

[@lindahowe2293]

Margarete, thank you! This was very helpful! Now I think I'm ready to dive in! Heaven knows that I have plenty of papers and clippings to use! I especially like the books using book rings. Bulk would not be such a critical issue with these. Thank you again! I really enjoyed your presentation!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks for watching! I’m so glad you’re ready to jump in. Go for it. 👍🏼❣️😉

[@minnesotagirl1473]

I think your gluebooks with the coil binding is just precious !!!❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much! I do really enjoy working in this size 💜

[@tinahuestis6931]

I never even knew about glue books! How fun! Thank you for this informative video. I am excited to do this!❤

[@MargareteMiller]

You are welcome! I’m so happy to hear that it inspired you! 🩷

[@dianesmith4759]

Find them in lots of places like old books (i love old paper in some books), inside patterns of junk mail envelopes, magazines, old catalogues may have some nice patterns or pictures to use, calendar pages, children's books... I love to find things at thrift stores. I enjoy hunting for these items!

[@stolenzephyr]

This is really cool. I have a lot of small water color paintings that I would like to put somewhere, as well as post cards and stickers. A glue book seems perfect.

[@pummichell]

I have a journal, although I don't follow any type of "rule" or method per se, I just do on every page as I feel like. Sometimes I glue things in it, do a collage, put a single photo, sketch or sometimes I just write like it's some kind of "diary", or do swatches of any art material like markers/color/pastels. I doubt I could name that "journaling" but I like to have the freedom of creativity in it.

[@skwoods7986]

Your video seemed to finally give me permission to begin a journal journey.. I just finished two weeks of making a glue book about my childhood and dolls and it helped me overcome a depressive episode I was struggling to pull out of over several months. I tentatively shared it with my husband this morning - I thought he was probably going to think it was a waste of my time, but he really enjoyed going through it!

[@MargareteMiller]

How wonderful!! I’m so glad you took the steps to create something, and that it was such a positive experience. I hope you’ll keep going 👏🏼❣️⭐️

[@kathleenlarose1386]

I love these! I might enjoy making these more than junk journals! I have lots of yearly planners that I start but never finish. I’ve wondered why I don’t just throw them away. Now I have a purpose for them!! Thank you so much Margarete ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Perfect! You’ve got a great foundation. 👍🏼❣️😉

[@202cardline]

It reminds me of making a textile, ripping up old materials and weaving them back together. The finished pages could be used for something specific like framing a photograph, but they stand alone as an aesthetic thing.

[@pastda3]

Interesting. I always thought of these as junk journals.

[@MrsBear123]

Paper therapy, vision board book, I’m in love!

[@jeannedeshazer-ellsworth9995]

I do these, but I use it to record random thoughts, inspiration, and noting my books read, but all with a more random quality than other journals. I love vintage and wit and deep thoughts, and I just put it together in a way that really represents me and the way I think. It's so fun. It's a great relaxation technique and it is so fun.

[@partialartsblackbelt8384]

This sounds like a commonplace book . I keep one as well!

[@MargareteMiller]

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing 💜

[@sarahmontuori6164]

I love the idea of filling old date books.😊

[@karinahampshire8144]

I make my own signatures for my home made leather traveler’s notebook. I always make and dedicate one with 50-60 lb art paper in it. I love to sketch and paint but this specific book I love to collage and glue in it. Sometimes I write on a blank page if I feel like I am in the depths of despair or really praying about something sad in my life.. In a few days I love going back to this page and collaging something beautiful over the writing, praying and committing the situation to God. It always lifts my spirit! Some times I collage, glue book style to get my creative juices flowing for the day!! I love collecting free ephemera!! Love your channel!

[@MargareteMiller]

Great idea to collage in layers like that. Hanks for sharing your idea and experience 💙

[@susankrzywicki]

What a wonderful video - calm, clear. attractive, and inspiring.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much! 💜

[@silentCaim]

Well, now i know what I made when I was a teen lol I used to cut all the movies recaps from the weekly TV magazine and stick them in a chunky notebook. I still have it, and now i have a name for it 🙃

[@Alicia-yn5ex]

That is actual gold!!!!! (((I have movie stubs from nearly 25 years!))

[@MargareteMiller]

That’s so cool! I’m so glad you kept it ❣️

[@aliceDarts]

this really reminds me of when I was a teenager. I used to print out anime and classic art work so I can glue them all in a book. Each image had a meaning and I loved that book. I think I will be remaking it... thank you! This was a forgotten memory that I forgot about it it was so precious to me.

[@cece-dd2yl]

I love playing with paper! My favorite is junk journaling and making collages. It is therapeutic for me, I love your explanation. Thank you.

[@kulacooperative5189]

This is fantastic! You opened up so many possibilities for me. I'm amazed and excited and grateful 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful!! I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to play with 💜😉👍🏻

[@AngieTrianta]

Thank you for this video. I really want to try gluebooking. You’ve provided some great ideas here.

[@MargareteMiller]

Great!! Glad it was helpful! 💜

[@gabrielleseeley4117]

I thought I was the only person who used ephemera and small beautiful papers this way! I love your books!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you. Keep on creating 👍🏼❣️😉

[@weaver7249]

I love this video and also glue books. I hope to see more of your glue books with tips and ideas. I especially love the red glue book. You have great ideas and examples of all you do - I am starved for more of your ideas. Thank you, (Greensboro, NC, USA)

[@MargareteMiller]

Let me know what kinds of questions you have. I’d be happy to answer them! Thanks for watching 😘