10 gluebook tips for BEGINNERS 🟢 How to start art journaling for simple joy + 50 prompts

[@beckypatrick9072]

I am just finding out about glue books. OMG I a home. It is all for me and I don't have to sell it or donate it. My enjoyment. I am 73 yrs old and it is my turn. Thank You

[@MargareteMiller]

Exactly, Becky. It for you, and there are so many possible things to do in creating them. I'm so happy for you in making that discovery 😘

[@brewerdon]

I needed to hear all of these things! I just keep collecting multitudes of papers, including old family photos and papers, and my perfectionist tendencies have kept me from getting started putting anything together. (I even thought maybe I just like collecting stuff and watching other people create *lol*) I think knowing I can have more than one journal of gluebook going at one without finishing it will help me. Also, permission to copy your style (or try to!) is so generous. Thank you!

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to think about. Start with a small project, maybe just something the size of an index card or postcard. If it goes ok, make another and keep going until you have a small collection. Then you'll be on your way 👍🏼💜

[@rebeccasmith2865]

I have a collage book I made 3 years ago. It is all on horses. So far,I've created 91 images,and am still going,until the book will be filled. I think I will give it a try in a smaller book,like the ones you have shown. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@LindaSRusso]

😊​@@rebeccasmith2865

[@AbbyAvon]

I hate when I toss out my old planners but now I can use it as a glue book! Thanks for the share.

[@user-wo8rs6lq9i]

I started off using different papers and glueing pictures from magazines. Then I watched a video on art journalling and decided my creations were not good enough and stopped. You have given me the confidence to go back to my initial books and just keep adding to my thoughts and themes thank you so much.

[@MargareteMiller]

I’m so glad to hear that!! Thank you for sharing your story and your courage to keep going 💙

[@pandalover3556]

I never knew about glue books but I have always saved all kinds of my favorite things that I loved. I saved them all in a binder with page protectors that served as pouches.

[@MargareteMiller]

Great! Now you’ve got new material to use for a journal 👍🏼❣️😍

[@qossl6727]

I m ecstatic about the Rolodex idea! I have one, I don't use anymore at work, I ll "gluebook" it when I need a break from work. Those little pages are a perfect idea for a creative break, I m so looking forward to starting it! Thanks and have a lovely day y'all

[@alisawelch8130]

I call it my inspiration journal; things I like and inspire me goes in there

[@MargareteMiller]

Perfect!! 💜👍🏻😉

[@roxyjinks9643]

I turn my glue books into my everyday journal!

[@C7557]

For those of us less crafty, a gluebook can be a cheap composition notebook. I have chronic illness and pain so won't be making fancy books. When the composition book is filled it is beautiful. Reusing the planners is good, esp. those hardly used 2020 ones. (looks over at shelf) 🤣Love the inspiration and reminder of items to use. Thank you.

[@MargareteMiller]

I love composition books. I even ask my school age daughter if I can have some of her old ones with class notes in them. I love how the pages make that crinkly sound when you turn them 😉

[@cherylb6349]

Love this so much!

[@parkerrose3590]

This is what I needed to hear today. I was looking through some of my late husbands papers and articles he saved, wondering if I should keep them. Now I think I will look through them and cut and glue some in a journal or composition book.

[@MargareteMiller]

What a lovely project to work on. I'm glad you've got some new ideas to play with 💜👍🏼

[@meridithlevinson5814]

I love this video so much. I’m not even half way through it, and already, so much inspiration! Margarete, your tips and ideas are great! I’m so excited to get back to work on my junk journal, after being in a rut. I’m not a natural artist or very creative by any means , so I never know what to do in my journals but you’ve given me so many great ideas! Thank you!

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad it was helpful, Meridith! I'm excited for you to jump back into your projects❣️👍🏼💙

[@lisac6318]

Thank you for sharing this method. I have so much ephemera from my trips that I can't scrap fast enough. I can place them all in a glue/journal book. Love it!!!!

[@MargareteMiller]

Yay!! I'm so glad 💜

[@cherylbaker473]

Thank you Margaret for showing that it is OK to work on various projects. I always feel I have to complete one book before starting another. Always love your videos.

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep, I know what you mean. But it sure is liberating when you know you can do several things at once 😉👍🏼💙

[@kayr6422]

Your Pita Bite journal you stapled together is so clever, colorful, so beautiful. It’s my favorite!!!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you! It's such a "casual" journal, which I love. It's not fancy or particular. It's just everyday stuff, which is so freeing 👍🏼💜

[@seemas4508]

I’d love if you could do a video devoted to showing us how to bind your glue books in different ways other than sewing (staple, hole punch, etc)!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks for the idea. 💜👍🏼

[@diannelevy9179]

Yes, please!

[@annamilford7122]

THIS is one of the most motivating videos re junk journalling/ glue booking etc I've seen- it feels so freeing! ThankU🥰

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad, Anna!! 💜 Thanks so much for watching 👍🏼

[@Llama_Whisperer]

Thank you so much for giving me permission to work on more than one book at a time. I think that this is how I instinctively want to operate, but I always feel guilty if I don’t finish something right away. I’m very excited now. No guilt!❤😂

[@MargareteMiller]

Great! I'm glad you've got a new way to think about things that gives you a little more leeway. 👍🏼💙

[@SightWordMovies]

Such good tips! Especially about not having to write in your book. I discovered I don’t like journal writing-I like the idea of it but not doing it. You inspire me to pick up an old journal that I abandoned because I don’t want to write and I’ll glue over the boring stuff and give it a new life. Also your ideas about how personal style can change and evolve, and to embrace longer projects. This type of art is teaching me to become more flexible in my thinking and to be less of a perfectionist. I wish you lived next door to me!

[@MargareteMiller]

Yay!! Thanks for your comments. I'm so glad the video was helpful ❤️

[@priscillafriesen148]

Me too! A great neighborhood we’d make! And we could have a “______Step Program “ for recovering Perfectionists! lol

[@Lisa-rqt]

This looks so much easier than junk journaling. Thanks for sharing your wisdom

[@MargareteMiller]

Everything takes time, but I certainly enjoy it more. 😉💙👍🏻

[@rhondadahlgren5198]

Ohhh I love this!! I am going to use my old Happy Planners and recycle them into gluebooks!!

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! So glad you’ve got some new ideas to play with. 💜

[@babawawa1953]

Oh, the Rolodex idea is just fabulous & so unique. Love it!!!

[@MargareteMiller]

I do love those! I hope you'll start one, too!

[@bettymetz3746]

I am about to begin my first glue art journal. This could not have been more timely for me. Thank you…..you’re the very best teacher for this😉. Blessings to you.

[@MargareteMiller]

What a kind thing to say. Thank you! 😘

[@brendadavisscrapitydoda1284]

Enjoyed this video❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you!!

[@ProductivePixie]

I really appreciate your videos. You are relatable and patient and don’t make art feel intimidating. Thanks!

[@angelalankford6]

Thank you for explaining what a glue book is. I've been dabbling in junk journaling, but I love the glue book idea! Thanks for the tips also!!

[@barb3405]

Margaret, thank you so much for your informative videos and your 50 prompt printable. I'm 74 and I've been a cardmaker for many of those year's. I recently started watching videos about making journals. I bought alot of items for this craft but I'm a little intimidated by it. Your video inspired me to stop looking at all the supplies I've bought for this craft.....and start using them. Thank you so much.😊

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad to hear that, Barb! I'm glad you are jumping in there and starting to create with what you have. 💙

[@karent1717]

It looks like you are in a tiny house :). If so then I'd love to hear how you maintain your art practice in a small space.

[@simplyjanet]

Best explanation of a glue book so far...

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you! I appreciate your words. 😉💜👍🏻

[@judycreasman7238]

Great reminders. When I first started doing collage I thought the pages looked clumsy and didn't really like what I did. Now, several years later upon revisiting those early attempts I sometimes tweak them a bit, but overall find them interesting. Thanks for all your tips and advice. Doing is learning!

[@MargareteMiller]

“Doing is learning”. Love that! 💙

[@meridithlevinson5814]

@JudyC - That’s how I feel about my junk journals: they looks so clumsy and amateurish. Some pages look better than others, but on the whole, it’s amateur hour over here. But that’s ok. I enjoy the process and enjoy learning from Margarete and others and just hope I will get better over time!

[@Llama_Whisperer]

I just threw out a Girardelli chocolate bag, and thought can I use that in a journal? Nah. But there it is in your journal more than once! I’m never throwing one out again. Such beautiful colors!😂❤

[@MargareteMiller]

😂 I've done that too--thrown something out, only to see someone else use something similar in an art project. That's what happens sometimes. Gotta go out and buy more chocolates, right? 💜

[@candacearkell1214]

@@MargareteMiller I like the way you think! 😂

[@yvonneguilford2822]

I absolutely love your practical advice on collaging, glue books etc. You're a star!

[@MargareteMiller]

Awww. Thanks so much! ❣️

[@surquhart3020]

Margarete, you give so much to the collage art community in teaching, motivation and inspiration. Especially beginners like me. Thank you so much for your time, energy and commitment to sharing and encouraging.

[@MargareteMiller]

Wow, thanks so much for your kind words! 😘 I'm so glad it was encouraging.

[@loritersigni3493]

I cannot tell you how wonderful this video made me feel. Thank you !!

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad❣️ 🙂

[@nanmau6234]

Another fantastic video, thanks Margarete !

[@cajanbella3101]

Thanks this has help me.

[@feyHiker]

I'm not a fan of the color red but, I love your red glue book and now want to make one! Thank you for all the inspiration!

[@MargareteMiller]

A gluebook dedicated to any single color is great 😉❤️👍🏼

[@babawawa1953]

Thank you for this wonderful, freeing tutorial. It’s silly but I feel like I’ve been given permission to work on multiple projects rather than becoming worn down & weary as I try (meanwhile losing my zest & excitement) to complete one piece at a time. Great tips. So happy I stumbled upon your video. Thank you. Merry 2024 to you.

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear it❣️ All the best to you in 2024! 🎉

[@priscillafriesen148]

Thank you for sharing such helpful tips and showing us exactly what you are talking about! Your videos are so motivating and inspiring and I like their simplicity and clarity and your calming presentation! My mom passed away 2 years ago and I have found lots of interesting papers she kept. I can hardly wait to begin to use them in a similar manner!

[@MargareteMiller]

What a lovely idea to use some of the papers your mom collected. That sounds like a great project 😉❣️👍🏼

[@janice2992]

I am so glad to come across your channel. I am starting a journal in an empty A4 ring binder. I don't get very much done but it's a place where I can keep everything together. Your voice is lovely and calming. I am useing art for calming therapy and to play with colour and different art mediums. I make cards for my family so I have to keep coming up with something different. Your glue books are perfect. Glue book may not get people looking for your channel but its perfect for people who want to make something art/craft. I love junk, mixed media, colouring in and want to write what I learn. I would not know what that would come under. Glue book is perfect, glue in whatever you want for whatever purpose you want. Thank you so much ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad you've got a gluebook to go back to, and adding your pages. Keep it up 👍🏻

[@susanparrish5169]

I think I used to follow you on face book. It was a few years ago and that group got moved to a different format and I lost you. :P I started a collage book with your weekly prompts from that group. It's nice to find you again. :)

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful!! BTW, I opened that Facebook group again. Feel free to stop by over there as well again if you’d like 💙

[@susanparrish5169]

@@MargareteMiller I will! :D See you over there. Did you start up the weekly prompts again too? I So enjoyed those!

[@momasaurus48]

Very interesting...thank you for sharing.

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad you enjoyed it 💙

[@jlesliejournals]

Love this video you made! You've relieved a lot of stress I put upon myself about finishing stuff. I also have a really really hard time just starting.

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching! 💜

[@user-te7zz8mv3x]

thanks for the tip about old diaries… it’s a great recycling idea too!

[@lauryburg6185]

Wonderful tips… thank you so much for sharing! ❤

[@shabbydabbydoodah]

Fantastic video Margarete, xx

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much!! 💙🙂

[@monikaburdon8793]

Hooray, halfway through and three cheers👏👏👏 🙂💐

[@angelperry1836]

Thanks for making me think outside the book.

[@pamburke8614]

I took the heavyweight art pages out of my Somerset Studio magazines, cut them down,used my Happy Planner punch to make a glue book. The pages are so beautiful and arty and give you a great background to start collaging . On the first page I write “Random Thoughts In No Particular Order”. Then you can journal freely or not. Love it! Love your videos.❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Wow! I love your ideas ❣️I never thought to use the Sommerset pages that way. I’ve got a bunch I can go grab and use. Thanks! 👏🏼🌟💜

[@aquaintsound]

I'm a Library scientist and i highly encourage people to look at Artists' books! They are books as art and there are some glue books that are in museums labeled under "art book" , "artist's book" and "Artists' books" !

[@MargareteMiller]

Neat!! I'd love to know more about this and even go see some at the library some day. How do I find out which libraries carry them? Could you provide me with a bit more information about this? [e-mail]

[@chelliebarron2094]

Tip no. 7 is the hardest, I always want to finish. Thanks for these tips.

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Dana-fn5zt]

I want you to know that I come back and watch this quite a bit. It’s very helpful

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad it's helpful!!! Thanks for letting me know! 💜

[@MsRuthK]

Thank you for the free prompt tags 😊 I am excited to do my first glue book.

[@judyy3827]

I’m not a journaler so glad for the tip that it’s ok to just glue a picture book. All your hints are helpful to me as a beginner. Thanks 😊

[@HeiderosesPhotograph]

I watch people doing your prompts and it is amazing what for nice pages they come up with. TFS

[@orbs66]

I love your Glue books and your style. Thank you for sharing beautiful one. Love your enthusiasm its contagious!! 😂

[@lemondayplanning]

I LOVE the red glue book. That's my favourite colour and what a fun little project to work on over time. Really helpful video!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@lucybanta7311]

Fantastic ideas and tips. Sometimes we (I) just need a push to get going (again). Thanks Margarete.

[@chelliebarron2094]

Thanks for all the tips!

[@luvbears7492]

Ceri The Crafter recommended you and I'm so glad! Watched a couple of your videos last night and I'm already acting on ideas that you inspired. Recently came across notes and cards that I saved from my Mom & Dad over the years. Now I know how to make a special book to hold them in along with vintage papers I saved when they passed. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity! Also thank you for the 50 free prompts :)

[@MargareteMiller]

Nice! I love Ceri's channel. I was just watching yesterday. 😉❣️👍🏻 I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to play with. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

[@irynaborisova2604]

Great tips. Love your new hair-style.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much, Iryna!

[@MsJoanne6]

Thank you for your very helpful video. I haven't done a glue book, but I am going to now.❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jukes243]

Very helpful. Thank you, Margarete.

[@cleot151]

I love Somerset magazines for collage pictures.

[@theartesana]

Great tips, TYFS❣️✨

[@dodo849]

Thank you very much from the North of Germany!

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad it helped!

[@DevonLass]

I absolutely love this video! It is so encouraging! Thank you. Lots of love from England 🇬🇧💝

[@MargareteMiller]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it❣️Thanks for letting me know it was helpful 💙

[@kimberlyhoward7896]

Great tips! Now I don’t feel guilty for having so many composition notebooks as glue books 📚 😆! Thanks 🤗💕!

[@MargareteMiller]

I was just looking for another one floating my house yesterday, for a new project. I never run out of ideas for them 💙

[@loreesmith5418]

Great video!!!!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks, Loree!! ❤️

[@cicifarrior]

Can't wait to do my first glue book. Ty

[@sandikalin636]

Another wonderful video. I really need to heed your advise about multiple projects. I’ve always been one to not start “anything” unless I’ve finished what I’m working on. So therefore, what’s happened in the past is because I don’t like what I’m working on I don’t work on it, hence I’ve stonewalled myself from doing anything. I’m currently doing that to myself with a knitting project, I don’t like the color way of a pr of socks I’m making, so I’m not knitting at all. Geez 🤦‍♀️. The thought of unfinished projects has been an issue for me., I need to give myself permission to move on. Old habits are so very hard to break, aren’t they?

[@brewerdon]

On my gosh, this is so me! Years ago I told myself I wouldn't start a new project until I finished what I had going, and because I didn't want to finish those things, I quit creating altogether! Now I'm somehow afraid to start anything new. What we do to ourselves!

[@MargareteMiller]

Indeed, give yourself permission to move on. Set it aside with the plan to come back to it, when you feel like it. It could be you will never feel like it again. It's not ideal, of course, but that does happen. It may mean that you will never finish it, but that's ok too. You still learned something from the work you did. 👍🏼💙

[@MargareteMiller]

If you can, find a way to move past whatever is holding you up. If you don't finish it, that's ok. You've learned something from the time and work you did. Time to move on, though💙

[@Melinda-S]

Thank you for the tips and the prompt cards!

[@SueF51]

Wonderful video as always, Margarete. Thank you for the download.

[@SandyBuonoCarta]

Fantastic video!!! Thank you so much for the permission to have multiple projects at a time. Time to bust that thought distortion!!

[@caroltanzi29]

Margarete: a very good video. Enjoyed the reminders. Carol from California

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much, Carol!! ❤️

[@matildaarcher9187]

Love this video, thank you soooo much explaining it to us. And giving us permission to just do something for fun, and not try to make cards to sell etc. I see so many beautiful pictures in magazines that, to me, I don’t want to throw away when the magazine is finished with. Someone has gone to a lot of effort to either capture that image in a photo, or created beautiful art etc. So I’ve started gluing them into another old magazine, and I’m loving it. It’s sooo freeing. Some pages are 1 complete image from a magazine, others are lots of tiny ones. I add washi tape, but never thought of adding ribbon, thank you. ❤😊

[@MargareteMiller]

Great! I’m so glad you got some solid ideas 🙌🏼🎄❤️

[@terricorbett468]

Thank you thank you!! I needed to hear this!!! ❤

[@janeswigart2955]

Thanks for another informative video, and for “giving me permission” to have multiple projects going. So often I feel I have to finish one thing before starting another, and then that project becomes a chore and I never start on the next!

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm glad that was helpful, Jane ❣️🙂

[@LDFine]

New subscriber here. Love this video! 💯 Thank you!

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome! Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed this 💜

[@waynepage54]

thanks for sharing so much of your ideas jenna

[@gailkutasi3866]

Very good advice, loved your way of explaining the process. Excellent!!! love from Australia. xx

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much, Gail❣️

[@peggylindenthaler6169]

I never thought of just doing a glue book. I didn't even know that that's what they were called, and then I come to find out that I was making glue books! I'm not much of an artist, so I tend to turn to ephemera and magazines for my ideas. Thanks for letting me know that they are glue books now!

[@eugeniaosborne3883]

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[@GraceBullen-sg2ng]

Great ideas! Thank you for reminding me to look for what I already have! In the unlikely event I don’t have anything, I would get from thrift store, since any thing written on can be covered up, even the covers.

[@MargareteMiller]

Exactly! I like your thinking 😉

[@rgporter1957]

This was great, Margarete! I love the covers you use from your food and drink products! They are so lovely. Cocoa Pebbles is just not a stand alone image for a journal cover! I need to class up my eating!😂 I have an over the door hanging organizer where I store all my glue books, finished or not. I can go there and grab one when the mood strikes and either work on one or just enjoy going through one I've completed. Great fun! I have to many ideas to ever finish all the books I'll ever make, and I'm OK with that. As you say, it's the journey, not the destination. ❤

[@GoodbyeAngel]

I'm excited to get started. Thank you!

[@jojones9694]

Oh gosh! I needed this! This video makes me feel so much better about what I attempt to do at my "art" table. I needed that reminder that I don't have to do things "right", but just to do what pleases ME! I watch your videos on my smart tv, but unfortunately, it doesn't allow me to like, subscribe, comment etc. But I'm there! I did just subscribe on my desktop. Thanks so much for your great videos.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for watching! I'm so glad it was helpful 😉👍🏼💙

[@michellemills1681]

Gosh I never thought to leave the box partially or fully uncovered... I thought it was "mandatory" to cover it up one way or another (though by typing this I recall there are no rules...) Thanks for the idea

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad I could share some ideas that were helpful 🙂❣️👍🏼

[@wesley5518]

Thank you so much. Another great video. So many AMAZING journals you create. Just the 'glue stick' has helped me, small has helped me and now I feel the book & blank pages will help, Your group Collage Are Collective has offered SO MUCH support in so many ways. It's been rewarding fun to 'try' and 'enjoy' Enjoy each day and again Thank You

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for your comments❣️ I'm so pleased that the Collective has been a good experience for you 💙

[@lorrainewilson2067]

So many great ideas. This is so relaxing. My drawing skills are so low level but these suggestions let me express the artistic talents I do have.

[@MargareteMiller]

I hope that this kind of art will continue to be relaxed and low-key for you 👍🏼💙

[@joyjoyjoyfolie]

Thank you! I enjoyed this so much!! I bought myself a little watercolor sketch book for 3.00 and Walmart… and you’ve inspired me to start and I did…. Glued some vintage papers down….

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear it❣️ Enjoy creating in it 💙

[@rockchik631]

This was clear, kind and definitely helpful. Thank you!

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad it was helpful and that you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching! 🌟

[@tortagialla]

Thanks for all the tips! Love the encouragement of having different projects… I love themed journals ❤

[@susiescraftroomandstudio]

Great information. Blessings and hugs 🤗

[@beverlyshaffer58]

I love watching your videos - so helpful! Keep them coming!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you!! I will 😉💜👍🏼

[@mariannaosinski4297]

Omg! I want to marry you! 😂😂😅You described my feelings i go through when i junk journal or make glue books! I have anxiety! It goes through the roof sometimes cause my brain tells me that i better stick something down or else! So in my mind its a race against time! I need to relax and realize its not a race! Having prompts are helpful to me . They show me where to start. I have ADHD and mildly autisic, so having these prompts keeps me from racking my brain for ideas! So thanks for the tips! They are spot on! 😅❤

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad the prompts are helpful, Marianna. They really do help with keeping focus. Keep having fun with them! 😉👍🏼💜

[@shellylucas5999]

This was so enjoyable and informative, Margarete! I was very happy (and relieved!) to hear you say 'copy someone's style that you like'....especially yours! And you will see this when you receive my postcards for the swap. I found your video using the penny stamps so inspiring. Thank you so much.😍

[@MargareteMiller]

I can't wait to open your envelope, Shelly. It's always such a pleasure to receive your mail❣️💌😍

[@Helen_kittycat_crafts]

great tips and lots of common sense xx thankyou xx i have about 6 books on the go at the minute i like to chop and change xx i love your red book its so cute

[@dawnhiggins6802]

Great video

[@TheVal1963]

I am very happy that I discovered these videos of you last night. Especially the Gluebook. I collected things, but it is all over the place..now I know what to do with it. Thank you very very much.

[@MargareteMiller]

Great!! I’m so glad you’ve got a new idea to play with 👏🏼❣️😉

[@mcouragee]

Love all the ideas!

[@RoseRivera-ed5qf]

Thank you for all these useful tips!

[@MargareteMiller]

You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful 😉❣️👍🏻