Still wondering what's the difference between gluebooks and junk journals? I explain it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqWummuMYrhmbbs
@sherryhyde5656 ай бұрын
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🌿
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
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! 💜
@jfe11956 ай бұрын
I bet your books are beautiful! Do you have a youtube channel?
@thejarfancystudios46386 ай бұрын
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!
@sherryhyde5656 ай бұрын
@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 🌿
@sherryhyde5656 ай бұрын
@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 🌿
@blijvanpapier6 ай бұрын
People often don't understand my love for paper. Nice to see likeminded people.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
There are many of us out there. Sometimes it does take a little effort to find us 😉❣️👍🏼
@sleepsinsink5 ай бұрын
@@MargareteMiller I like to refer to us as Paper Witches. It works, very well!
@VodkaMutini4135 ай бұрын
@@sleepsinsinkI love that name. Where did it come from?
@sleepsinsink5 ай бұрын
@@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!
@karinswartz30462 ай бұрын
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.
@juliagoolia726 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Excellent!! 👏🏼 You were already more than half way figuring this out for yourself. So glad I could help 💙
@andreahultman82726 ай бұрын
“Paper therapy” is a perfect term for it!
@cherylbalmas49015 ай бұрын
@@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!
@suzannemyers78705 ай бұрын
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.❤
@auntycori5 ай бұрын
"Paper Therapy" - I love that so much 💜
@judymills71572 ай бұрын
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!!! ❤
@ashleyrigatoni7022 ай бұрын
You are so lucky to have those books, they must remind you of your grandmother and be a comfort to you. ❤
@karinswartz30462 ай бұрын
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.
@Stephh242511 күн бұрын
That’s the original form of scrapbooking - how great that you got to see your grandmother maintaining hers!
@BarbaraMWhite-x9n4 күн бұрын
I love that you have her glue books
@pearlschoice19882 күн бұрын
I still have my old scrapbooks from the 60’s and 70’s. I treasure them. Have two from my maternal grandmother, which are mostly newspaper clippings and greeting cards from days of yore. So glad I kept them. ❤
@cynthiapate91383 ай бұрын
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.76023 ай бұрын
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 💜
@MargareteMiller3 ай бұрын
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. 💜
@cynthiapate91383 ай бұрын
@@MargareteMiller Thank you for your kind thoughts and for sharing your art.
@maryburr31452 ай бұрын
I’m so sorry you lost your son - my heart goes out to you Cynthia 💜
@maryd839326 күн бұрын
So sorry for your loss. You will have this book you made and memories.
@Iroh123456 ай бұрын
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.
@ellen49566 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
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.
@GingerDog2076 ай бұрын
@@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-A6 ай бұрын
@@ellen4956rude
@onerva.5 ай бұрын
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
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
Yes, exactly. They are small projects yet you get this nice feeling of having completed something, which is important 💜
@sadiebeast976 ай бұрын
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!!!
@MoonSpinners6 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
It is!! 😉 I hope you’ll start it up again, making a gluebook ❣️
@sadiebeast976 ай бұрын
@@MoonSpinners For me, it was the 1970s and 1980s.
@sadiebeast976 ай бұрын
@@MargareteMiller Yes, I just might!!!
@carlaeskelsen6 ай бұрын
@@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?
@ehmcke4 ай бұрын
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.
@serenityjewel3 ай бұрын
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.
@ehmcke3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@serenityjewel3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@ehmcke3 ай бұрын
@@serenityjewel probably different areas, but more importantly different ages. 🙂 Once "scrapbooking" became big business it really changed.
@aphillips537617 күн бұрын
I remember it being called a smash book about 10 years ago
@gillianinoz6 ай бұрын
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.
@geogirlforever6 ай бұрын
I do the same with my greeting cards....
@halo2188136 ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss 😿 💔
@NHarts36 ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss. Glad that you found something to help ❤️
@Jsarmy871246 ай бұрын
😢
@sibylmcnulty31786 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
My goodness, what an amazing project!! I hope you are really proud of yourself for what you've created. And yes, keep going! 🌟
@jimkehn5246 ай бұрын
This is the best idea ever. I'm going to do this too. Annie
@Vivienne_Plum6 ай бұрын
I love this idea! Did you cover pages of an already bound coffee table book or bind it yourself after it was done?
@specialk89276 ай бұрын
That would be interesting to see
@sibylmcnulty31786 ай бұрын
@@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.
@kerry_4everchanges6 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
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 💜
@CrystalBerrios5 ай бұрын
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 🤗❤
@depictionsbydeb92384 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@lindalowry42392 ай бұрын
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.
@Jan-kf3qk6 ай бұрын
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!
@lindakernot24556 ай бұрын
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!
@janeleverett31286 ай бұрын
I'm in Australia, & always had "scrapbooks", well into my married life. I still have them, & what memories! 😊
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Yes! These type of creative books have been around for hundreds of years. 💜
@lamargot22014 ай бұрын
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
@susanhirst61686 ай бұрын
I've never heard of Glue books before. Thank you for giving me a new hobby ☺
@lindastiles74506 ай бұрын
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!
@adrianaduff27406 ай бұрын
Oh, please do a flip-through. We would love to see it! I love finding treasures like you described!!
@username000096 ай бұрын
You can always take pictures or scan some of the images to use in your crafting.
@megancampbell39143 ай бұрын
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....
@shkhan846 ай бұрын
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 ❤❤
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
So glad you found gluebook a and are enjoying creating them 💜👍🏼😉
@danielaferrari13805 ай бұрын
I love "stick everything here book" . From now on, this is what i'll call them 😊
@Artbee6 ай бұрын
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.
@chrystalchapin61523 ай бұрын
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😄!!
@MargareteMiller3 ай бұрын
How lovely that you have them! I hope you'll think about making more 😉
@HerbalAnnie15 күн бұрын
I just reworked an old scrapbook on birds from my childhood. I am 70. It took me back to a time of fascination and learning. I still love the birds.
@joannealton60416 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
So glad you found this video, Joanne❣️ I hope it's given you some ideas to play with. 👍🏻
@BigGrannydb6 ай бұрын
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!
@cozycasasmr45106 ай бұрын
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
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Glad this was helpful 💜
@joannjeffcoat13545 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
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 🌸
@sherrytyson432118 күн бұрын
Thank you Margaret!! You are validating so many people with putting a name to this art form! Making a book that brings you joy is a great thing!! Thanks for this video! So glad I found your channel!!❤❤❤
@donna-12346 ай бұрын
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!
@dianesmith47596 ай бұрын
I love this idea!
@mregg-gy7jg2 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
Great! I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to play with! 👍🏻❣️😉
@finapaca4 ай бұрын
I love the way you speak and respond to questions that can be kinda snarky. Thanks for spreading joy!
@MargareteMiller4 ай бұрын
Yep. Turn lemons into lemonade 🍋 💜 😉.
@dorlevanos34806 ай бұрын
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. 🤗❤️🇦🇺
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Ahhh, yes. Altered books are so awesome, too. I’m so glad you’re thinking up ways to create with them 👍🏼😉💙
@elizabethglenbentley78826 ай бұрын
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 😂
@cleot1516 ай бұрын
My thoughts also.
@craftybarb62206 ай бұрын
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.
@ownsacat6 ай бұрын
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
@marydettmann58546 ай бұрын
My creative outlet is constructing Glue Books. Started doing them as self care while learning to live with mental illness.
@juliejohnson4976 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Glue books are great for self care and mental health. Good for you for taking this up as a hobby. 👏🏼
@nittnybently226 ай бұрын
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! 🙌🙌🙌
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Awww. I'm so glad you enjoyed this!! 💙
@Kathieartcraftanddestash6 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Well, you're not alone out there, with your love of working on gluebooks💜. There are lots of us 😉🌟👍🏻
@202cardline3 ай бұрын
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.
@denisehogarth54336 ай бұрын
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
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
How nice that you were able to help your friend with a great suggestion. Yes, they really can be so helpful 💜
@rhondamitchell58922 ай бұрын
I love this type of books i try to get my 16 yr old granddaughter to journal or make a glue book but no shes just into makeup and her hair .❤❤❤😊😊😊
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
Keep gently encouraging her. Eventually her priorities will shift. 👍🏼😉💜
@susansmithey53176 ай бұрын
I've been holding onto some outdated Happy Planners of various sizes. Now I know what to do with them!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Awesome! So glad you’ve got a new idea to play with 😉❣️👍🏼
@BeccaL20165 ай бұрын
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..
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
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 😉
@iaciflanders66086 ай бұрын
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. 💝
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing this. So many great suggestions here. 👏🏼
@cherylthomas56303 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
I love your comments and totally agree with you 😉👍🏼💜
@cassandrascott26136 ай бұрын
Thank you❣️ now I know what to do with all the pretty magazine pictures that I don’t want to throw away❤
@bonniediener54132 ай бұрын
Thank you for focusing on the enjoyment of the process of creating these treasures. ❤
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
You're so welcome. Thanks for stopping by! 💜
@jfe11956 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
I'll have the video out next week where I explain in more detail. A LOT of people have asked this question. 💜
@katietatey6 ай бұрын
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.
@jfe11956 ай бұрын
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.
@deborahsmith69758 күн бұрын
Creating paper crafts are an awesome way of relaxing, feeling creative, and creating memories. I would encourage everyone to try this process. Its fun and therapeutic.
@MargareteMiller5 күн бұрын
I totally agree! ⭐️
@missyb.6236 ай бұрын
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 ❤
@airworks072 ай бұрын
What a terrific explanation. I had never heard of “glue books”. Thank you
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful! 🩷
@spinnettdesigns6 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
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 😉❣️👍🏼
@pompommania2 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
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. 💜
@suelutz53646 ай бұрын
Thank you, Margarete! Your explanations are always so concise, helpful, and encouraging!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
You're so welcome, Sue!! Thanks for watching 😘
@GingerNinja14 ай бұрын
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 😂
@sfrench11246 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness, he's going to love that! You are such an awesome grandparent❣️
@MamaBojangles594 ай бұрын
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.
@AngelaStone-js2kr5 ай бұрын
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!💖
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
I'm glad this gave you some ideas to think about. I hope you get your car fixed soon! 💙
@cleta20455 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
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 😉
@pummichell6 ай бұрын
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.
@thisisme64T5 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
What creative ideas ❣️ Thanks for sharing 💙
@user-vm5ud4xw6n6 ай бұрын
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.
@T34Panda6 ай бұрын
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
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your encouraging comments. And thanks for watching 💙
@ziggiezag9385 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
Wonderful! I'm so glad 👍🏻😉💙
@dianesmith47596 ай бұрын
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!
@theresaakin22846 ай бұрын
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.
@LilyLightOne6 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
That sounds like a perfect gluebook to me 💜😉👍🏻
@merconne11 күн бұрын
I love your gluebooks! I’m encouraged to be more free with what I put in one. I have already so many stashes of clippings and decorative papers and such but don’t really know how to use them. Been meaning to that’s why they piled up, and also because I’ve been limiting myself to stationery for journaling. So excited to start.
@MargareteMiller11 күн бұрын
Good! I’m so glad you’ve got some new ideas to play with. 👍🏼 The best thing to do is just start. I know it’s hard, but once you do, you’ll be glad you did 💙
@beverlynewton42826 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
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-b7z5 ай бұрын
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 ❤❤❤
@dianadee235 ай бұрын
I love these little spiral bound books. Some things are difficult to throw away and these are great for sticking them in .
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
I totally agree! 👏🏼
@TsukasaFanTc4 ай бұрын
Oh I LOVE Junk Journals!! They're so pretty and fun!! Glue books look just as fun!! ❤
@MarylinShiver6 ай бұрын
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!!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
😂 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!!
@donnaleeclubb1196 ай бұрын
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.
@donitamoore97486 ай бұрын
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. ❤
@caroltanzi296 ай бұрын
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
@auntyb63136 ай бұрын
Oh your glue books are tidy, compared to mine 😁 I love making them, I’ve always collected scraps of paper, and I’ve always made books since I was about 8 years old.
@stephaniepedersen60516 ай бұрын
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! ❤
@saskiaseaglass95043 ай бұрын
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. 😍
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
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 👍🏼💜⭐️
@7andearth766 ай бұрын
Paper is the best! Hello paper lovers.
@lindahowe22936 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I’m so glad you’re ready to jump in. Go for it. 👍🏼❣️😉
@lesliespeers27396 ай бұрын
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
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
I agree. It is very personal. 💜👍🏼🌸
@nguinn1989Ай бұрын
I'm so happy I found your channel, im about to start my first glue book and I have chosen Christmas as my first book, I've been all over the place as what to do in the book but I'm gonna put what ever I want in it
@MargareteMiller21 күн бұрын
There you go! You've got a plan and are ready to start. I love it! Have fun with it 😉👍🏼⭐️
@deb.e.mixedmedia6 ай бұрын
Great explanation of glue books! I love to glue book in composition books usually with a color theme, they are so relaxing for me.
@susankrzywicki6 ай бұрын
What a wonderful video - calm, clear. attractive, and inspiring.
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! 💜
@jeannedeshazer-ellsworth99956 ай бұрын
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.
@partialartsblackbelt83846 ай бұрын
This sounds like a commonplace book . I keep one as well!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing 💜
@teresazuehls7836 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
You are so welcome! I’ll so glad you enjoyed this 🙂❣️👍🏼
@jenniferwilliams76 ай бұрын
Your books are so pretty and interesting! Thanks for sharing!
@rosehavenfarm29696 ай бұрын
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.
@leannefox42135 ай бұрын
My grandmother and I use to make books with cut out cartoons. I loved Holly Hobby and we would cut them out and glue them and bind the pages with brads! Oh I must go find it! Thank you!
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
Yay!! Such great memories for you. I hope you locate it! 💜
@PrairieWoman66804 ай бұрын
I love this! I am been making glue books and didn’t know it 😂 I thought it was junk journaling. Now I need to look at your junk journaling vids to get myself straightened out on the difference between the two. I think your glue books are beautiful . Thank you for all the ideas.
@MargareteMiller4 ай бұрын
In the end they are all art books and art journals. No matter what they’re called, enjoy working on them 👏🏼❣️🌟
@pastda36 ай бұрын
Interesting. I always thought of these as junk journals.
@Yourenotreal75 ай бұрын
❤all those planners I can now use plus tons of notebooks… thanks🤗
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
Yay!! 😉👍🏻💙
@karinahampshire81446 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Great idea to collage in layers like that. Hanks for sharing your idea and experience 💙
@DoloresJRush2 ай бұрын
I have a BIG BERTHA gluebook based on a composition notebook. Happy mail has contributed to the four sections - en masse, alpha, US States, and food packaging recipes. I enjoyed looking at your gluebooks.
@MargareteMiller2 ай бұрын
Wow! I've always wanted to do a Big Bertha gluebook! Yours must be so fun to flip through! 💜
@annissa89596 ай бұрын
What a great way to collect all those paper bits that is laying around everywhere! 😊
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
It really is! 💙
@stolenzephyr6 ай бұрын
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.
@lisadiver52536 ай бұрын
As a Junk journal maker and a scrapbooker… some of what you are doing reminds me of the techniques of Junk journaling. Glue books also also remind me of masterboard, or collage sheets that you could put in junk journals. It I look for colour/ image inspiration I often use Pinterest for this. I think that glue books are also another great way to use paper in a creative way that inspires imagine.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Yes, I agree with you. Papers used to make art certainly do inspire imagination 💜 Thanks for sharing.
@tinahuestis6931Ай бұрын
I never even knew about glue books! How fun! Thank you for this informative video. I am excited to do this!❤
@MargareteMillerАй бұрын
You are welcome! I’m so happy to hear that it inspired you! 🩷
@minnesotagirl14736 ай бұрын
I think your gluebooks with the coil binding is just precious !!!❤
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I do really enjoy working in this size 💜
@pattyhabegger30736 ай бұрын
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!
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
That’s fabulous! I’m so glad you’ve got some new ideas to play with 👏🏼❣️😉
@AngieTrianta6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. I really want to try gluebooking. You’ve provided some great ideas here.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Great!! Glad it was helpful! 💜
@sallygreiner57246 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
So glad this was helpful, Sally. I hope you’ll start on one soon❣️😉👍🏼
@kathleenlarose13866 ай бұрын
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 ❤
@MargareteMiller6 ай бұрын
Perfect! You’ve got a great foundation. 👍🏼❣️😉
@adrinem45133 ай бұрын
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.
@MargareteMiller3 ай бұрын
Good! Glad it was insightful ❣️
@dorisandujar82776 ай бұрын
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. ❤❤❤
@mg2023faith6 ай бұрын
How you talk about glue books is how I used to talk about artist trading cards. Being fond of papers, found images, embellishments, ephemera, textures, traditional art methods and memorabilia all go into my ATCS. I found myself using cheap spiral notebooks keeping scraps and moments taped in them to access later. Thanks for the great description of gluebooks. I learned a lot.
@MargareteMiller5 ай бұрын
I'm so glad!! THanks for your comments and for stopping by 💜
@cece-dd2yl6 ай бұрын
I love playing with paper! My favorite is junk journaling and making collages. It is therapeutic for me, I love your explanation. Thank you.