I would charge $40. Your skill set combined with vintage treasures truly make them one of a kind. Thank you for sharing your process.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jen!

@Enchanted.journals

Жыл бұрын

I second that. I buy mine for $45. 🥰😍

As a book lover, I squeaked a little when you cut the book, but I really enjoyed seeing the process. I could see how I would personalize the booklets for myself. Lol. Thank you

@annmarie3196

Жыл бұрын

I suspect many, like myself, who got into the JJ paper crafting hobby, were very uncomfortable when we found it involved the "deconstructing" books; especially book lovers and collectors of first editions like myself ! However, when I found out our local library's resale shop (library discards and donations from the community), as well as our local Good Will stores, send thousands of pounds of unsold second hand books each year to be burned and to local land fills. Once I understood that such used books are only offered for resale for a limited amount of time, and then destroyed... I realized that taking up this hobby would actually be preserving these books in a way, though "re-imagined" as journals.

@marymccloskey9450

Жыл бұрын

@@annmarie3196 this is interesting! I’ve donated to libraries, but never considered finding out if they have sales. :)

Generally the formula used for handmade products I’ve used is: Cost of materials X 3 So with the cost of your book you are already at $18 and you have all your other materials to add in. Some of the products you may not have the exact costs, so guestimating is what I do. Also, there is the controversy over bargaining with a customer. I ascribe to the no negotiating. I do not change the prices from venue to venue. You may develop a following. I believe once a price is set it should only go up to avoid being shopped. If customers see you at one venue then at another with different prices they may say something like-‘I saw this item a month ago at _________ & it was such & such price . Why is it cheaper/more here?’ Then you may be trapped into a lower price to accommodate the customer OR get passed over. Losing customers. The increase over time is easier to explain. Cost of materials, etc. Of course there is the variable- what the market will bare or not selling do to over priced items. If things are not moving then you need to figure out how to do it cheaper and faster to accommodate a lower price or discontinue it. However, there are those items that don’t cost much but the market will support a higher price. In that case go with the market price. And yet there are those items you may choose to price at no profit or lose money to entice customers into your booth or store. Like the Costco $5 chicken; they lose money on the chicken to get you in the store because you are bound to buy other products.

My 9 yr old grandson and I have a collection of almost 100 Little Golden Books, mostly vintage. He loves helping me find them at thrift stores and yard sales. He has an appreciation for the illustrations and is a gifted reader. I cannot bring myself to cut the books apart!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome

@marilynnewell4850

Жыл бұрын

My daughter has a collection of almost 1000!

@mishkalarsoncreations

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, as a publisher, this pains me.

@ammerslo2632

Жыл бұрын

@@CraftyCraftsByDeanna This is a cute way to collect the books & make them useful & add memories to them as well. TFS🤗

@michellelutz2721

Жыл бұрын

I live the idea of taking something damaged and making it useful. There are collectable and rare copies but there also are mass produced books that may never have a good life, so to speak. I have damaged books and look forward to creating something special with them

Love your process. It's very doable and not overwhelming. I especially love how you kept the book intact. Thanks for sharing it.

I like how you folded and glued the half-signatures into the scrapbook paper "folios". *Update* I love making these! Handy hint for using the vintage Little Golden Books: I use ArmorAll to clean and spiff up the outside covers. They tend to feel a little grimy from being in thrift stores.

Great lil book i love it

I’m making these as christmas gifts for family this year! The women anyhow. It will hold Christmas cards and photos and maybe Christmas recipies I can add to it. What a great idea! I’m so excited to get started! Have a Great Day!

Loved watching this video! You’re so creative ❤

Absolutely amazing. They are activity books, journals, scrapbook, kits etc…yes 33$ is fair. I love that you maintained the integrity of the little golden book

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I love your process. The best I’ve seen. I’m definitely going to give it a try. I don’t even think $40 is enough. ...Your time, talent and the cost of materials.....Beautiful work. You’re more gifted than you know.❤️🌺❤️

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

What a nifty way of putting LGB’s together. This looks a lot simpler than everything else I’ve seen, and a I’ve been doing this for several years. $30 is a good price for your books. I’m sorry you fell bc it’s very painful. I fell on Saturday, and it hurt a lot, but I think I’m going to be ok. Enjoy your little books at your craft show.

I love your idea

When your Fabri Tac gets too thick use a little acetone to thin it out. The journals are amazing.

@KimberlyLetsGo

Жыл бұрын

The acetone doesn't break down the glue? That's a hack worth pocketing!

@sleeplessinscandia6452

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done this too! It’s on their website.

@tamiwalker1016

Жыл бұрын

I need to do this. My Fabric Tack is usually thick with the first use.

I can’t believe how quick you did this beautiful journal. Loved it!

This is the best, easiest tutorial I've seen for these! No punching... no sewing! Thank you so much!!! ❤

Love it all! Keep vintage Santa for yourself. I couldn't give it up!

Add acetate to fabritac glue when it thickens love the video

Oh my goodness! They're soo adooorable!!! Love love them! Tyfs Hugs ❤ Blessings 💗 😊

It's the 1st time I've seen these and I love them. ❤ Thanks for a great tutorial. I gave all my children's Golden books away when they outgrew them so I will have to buy some of these books to make a journal. What a great idea.

I need to make these! Fabulous job! Love the different way you put them together! Wow! ❤

I love this book. W have a few copies of this book ranging from the early 70's- 90's because it's also a favorite of several of my children.

These are simply marvelous!

Great idea. Love them!

These are lovely; thank you for sharing.

The journals you created are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing

Love the way you put these books together so beautifully and somewhat with ease. Thank you for the tutorial.

Love these golden journals the vintage look is so amazing 👏

Lovely books! Thank you for sharing. 😊

The books are all adorable!

You did good girl!

These are precious and spectacular. Thanks for sharing this process. Blessings on your sales.

I just love your journals! Thank you for sharing!💕

Deanna, your method for the pages are my favorite! I tried it with your last LGB tutorial and will not use another method! 😊

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kim! It’s simple

They are AMAZING! I LOVE them! Wow, thanks for sharing how you made them! I hope to try one!

Thank you! Loved the show and tell!

Glad your okay!❤ Thank you for this great tutorial.🎉

OMG these are so cute, I’m definitely going make a few for my family. Thanks for sharing.

I love these books so much. You do an amazing job. I definitely made it to the end so I could see all of the books to choose from.

Watched til the end! Love these so much! Thanks for the inspiration!

I loved this video. Thank u for sharing. ☃️

Love your LGB & elastic to secure them in! They look wonderful! Take care xoxo

I saw on another KZread video to put a few drops of 100% acetone( nail polish remover) into the Fabric Tac glue. I haven’t tried it yet because I threw my hard glue out🙄 Love your video👍

This is the best golden book journal tutorial I have seen. This makes me feel like I can actually do this and not be overwhelmed. Thank you so much

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

9 ай бұрын

Aww thank you

You shared some great tips!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

28 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the tutorial! My brain’s inspired! I have several vintage little golden books that I need to turn into journals.

You’re right, making Little Golden Book journal is so fun! Yours are always so pretty! Love these!❤️

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Fun video! It’s so fun listening to you guys interact with each other. Thanks for all your hard work!

Thx U for sharing. Absolutely brilliant, it brings excitement as you scan through the pages.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Those are beautiful thanks for sharing

So cute, great idea.😊

They all look beautiful! Thank you for the easy tutorial, I now feel I can attempt one of these.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Truly priceless in my opinion! I have 2 of the books now. My plan was to scan the pages and use them to make sets of ornaments on wood circles. I definitely will make one of these, and my wheels are turning as to other holiday themes I I have papers for. Thank you so much for sharing this! It's my first time to see one completed. I was mesmerized by the whole process!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

I am glad you are going to make one! Have fun!

@brandymarshall6868

Жыл бұрын

Be careful about copying the books because of copyright laws...

Hi, watched another fantastic video to the end. Great inspiration. I love them. Thanks again xx

Hey, Deanna! I love this video! Thank you for sharing! I’m in Texas too (Lufkin) and go to Canton sometimes to look for bargains!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

I do remembering that you did this process video before, but I'm so glad you decided to repeat it. I ordered some little golden Christmas books and also found a Halloween one. I think everyone will get a Christmas one this year and my granddaughters will also get the Halloween one. Love this type of album, it's different and cute. $30 - $35 sounds good, a lot of work and product went into making them. Yes, I watched to the end. Thanks again.

Thank you for sharing your techniques. Using Tyvek on the spine is one I'm going to use. Beautiful job.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Yes, I watched it all, and love these books!! I have been wanting to do something with a Golden book, and so I had to watch this. I love how it all came together! They are all precious, that vintage one would be hard for me to let go of!! I have saved this video to my favorites so that I will be able to easily find it. Thanks so much for sharing your process, you always have such great ideas!! Happy crafting, and I hope your bumps and bruises have healed by now and your hubby feels all better too!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

They are all so sweet!! Thank you for sharing❤️❤️❤️. Hope you are feeling better soon!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

How fabulous are these?!!! What a wonderful job you've done!! TYFS

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hi crafty Deanna very pretty and festive holiday and classic Golden books journals 👍🏻

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

These are super cute, precious❤🌺😊

This is great the way you made these! So quick and easy! Thank you so much for your tutorial!!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Pam

Super cute.love it

These are absolutely Precious! You've truly done an outstanding job! & Yes, I made it until the end! LOL

Very nice

They are all Sooooo Awesome 👍👍🥰

Love these! thanks for the walk through and tutorial! ❤️

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

They are adorable.

Beautiful Deanna! Thanks for the tutorial!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary

what a great idea! I am going to head to the thrift store today to try and find a couple books- thanks so much!

You just blew my mind by the way you sandwiched your inner page edges into your pocket pages. Brilliant! I also appreciate your no-fuss way of putting it all together. I would not think twice about paying $40 for your journals, but I would adjust that up or down a bit depending on the location. Where I live, if I drove 45 mins one way, I'd probably charge less, and 45 mins the other way, I would charge a little more, because I know the price range the people in the area would be willing to/are able to pay. I hope that makes sense. I hope you and your husband are on the mend! Thank you for sharing!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad u like it!

So nice love the journals

I finally understand the process. Thank you for the beautiful tutorial ❤

I absolutely adore these xx

I love these, so cute. The last (and only) time I face planted was a mall parking lot. I literally hit the pavement with my face. I broke my glasses, split my lip, and had a black eye for months. I also broke my foot!

These are so cute. Thank you. Blesings.

They all came out so beautiful!! What a fabulous idea!! ❤

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Love this! What a wonderful idea. I have all my daughters golden box from her childhood and she is 35 now and I’m thinking this would be a great idea to make journals for her. Thanks for sharing this. 💕💕

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Super idea!

I am so excited to make one of these books. If you only knew how grateful I am to you for making this video. It's very well done. You are the best and have a generous soul. Thank you.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

They are darling and yes $40 sounds good for each of them! Thank you for sharing how to Create them you made it look so easy! Hugs sending well wishes for you and your hubby! ❤christine

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Christine

Wow Deanna you have been a busy bee!! Love them all. You did an awesome job and I am sure you will sell them all! Hope your knee and your toe will be better tomorrow keep nursing the toe!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you friend!

Thank you for your inspiration! I have so many golden books! I'm definitely going to be trying this style

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Have fun

I made it to the end twice. My second time watching it. Thank you. I love them.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

WOW! So adorable!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

So sorry to hear you injured yourself. Hopefully you’ll be 100% healed soon! I love your tutorial’s , so relaxing. Praying your hubby feels better 🙏🏽. TFS 😍🌟

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Beautiful work…I cannot wait to try this idea. You’ll have to keep us posted as to whether they were a craft fair hit 🤗

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Will do!

Before cutting the book, look at the very back loose page on the back at the binding where it connects to the hard back. If you see a letter about 1/3 way down, (you sometimes have to gently bend the back a little away from the paper), the book is more valuable as it is. The letter A is a first edition. Collectors pay a lot for certain LGB's. $100.00+

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know!

Thanks Deanna for sharing your technique….love these..

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I literally just tried a junk journal for the first time last night (using a different method) WITH THIS SAME BOOK! 😂 I can't wait to try with the ribbon and elastic on the spine! Super cute! Thanks for sharing

I love those, they’re so cute and nostalgic!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

I love this idea! Santa's Surprise Book is one of my favorites.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Adorable little books, so sweet.

@deborahcook3707

Жыл бұрын

Yes I made it to the end.

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sweet friend!

Thanks for sharing. I just got some Little Golden books from my Aunt and one was Mary Poppins and it had Julie Andrews face in the book! I always loved that book when I was a kid. I made it to the end, loved all 10 of your albums!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sharon! I bet your Mary Poppins is so cute!

Made it to the end......Thank You Great Tips! I have some Golden Books I would like to try.

Oh Deanna hope you feel better, your sense of humor is there, take care of your self.

They all turned out great! I too did a tumble from a hump in a parking lot a few years back - it is embarrassing but we get over it. Keeps me conscious of that when I go to the pet store. Getting old is no fun! 😀

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

I love this idea for my toddler grandson!!! I’m going to make him a birthday LGB journal of goodies!!!

I broke bones falling like you did. Thank goodness you are ok. I am elder and new to book crafting. Love your videos!

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

So sweet, Deanna! Thanks for the excellent tutorial! From Cheryl in AZ

@CraftyCraftsByDeanna

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Cheryl! Good to hear from you!