I love how you use both sides of the paper.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

2 ай бұрын

Thanx so much for hangin' out here for a bit, glad you got something out of it 🤓😉

I have never thought about writting in my journal two different ways. I really appreciate that tidbit!🤩

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

It makes thing soooooooooo much easier, thanx for watching and commenting 🌊

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

😍 Beautiful beastlie pic, what kind of pup?

@ru4repeattoo

11 ай бұрын

@@TheCrabbyCrafterlol A Cane Corso!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

@@ru4repeattoo Wonderful pup, so beautiful 😍

I love your ideas! Plus I think your explanations are great!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

3 ай бұрын

Excellent, so glad you found us 😉🌊🤓

Love this 😀 ❤ Both of my daughters are. Lefties!!!❤

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

3 ай бұрын

Awesome sauce ✒️✏️👍🏼

Great video!💙🧡💙🧡

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, lots more on comp books in my video library (I'm in love with composition books 📓) SO many great ways to make good use of them. Thanx for stoppin' by and taking the time to leave a comment. Happy New Year to you ✨

Thanks for new and fresh ideas. At least for me! 😊

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

ohhhhht---that's music to my ears--one of the things I strive for here is FRESH ideas. So glad to know it, thank you for watching and commenting 🤓

Clever lady

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Awww , thanx 🤓 Glad ya' stopped by

I never use the first page either, thought it was prettier to leave it blank or maybe be an introduction page. The heart paper is adorable, thanks for all the tips

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Exactly...leave it for something better...You're ever so welcome for all the tips, glad to be of help. Thank you for watching and commenting, so glad you stopped in for a bit today 🤓

Hi there , I had to write and tell you I had a teacher who did same thing to me, only I would turn my book completely inside down, and I had a lovely hand writing surprisingly. This was a great irritation for my teacher... I did sneak my book back also...

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

19 күн бұрын

Aren't you so PROUD of your little self doing what was best for YOU? That's a great story, thank you much for sharing it. Funny what teachers did way back when would get them publicly stoned today, lol. So glad it worked out for you ✒️🤓

Ive seen it all now . Altering comp book video complete with a troll. Lol just found your channel ,love it. Enjoy the "talkative "instruction because I am a newbie. And I need all the help i can get. Thank you!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

3 ай бұрын

Hahhahha, much appreciated. I'm a college English professor, so that's what I do "lecture" lol. Oooooo WELCOME Karen to your Junk Journaling Adventure 🤓 There's lots here for you. There's a "Dive In" playlist that's designed to help newbies take the plunge with easy "in's"...I hope you find loads of inspiration here. And the troll thing makes me laugh. I haven't had but a few, thankfully. What's funny is this is the MOST VIEWED video on my channel. Joke's on her. Glad to have you, thanx for taking the time to watch and comment.

@karenfernandez979

3 ай бұрын

Oh sweet!! Thank u for making the play list for us clueless newbies❤

@karenfernandez979

3 ай бұрын

Oh and a college professor, that's cool!!!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome...NOT clueless, everyone STARTS somewhere. GOOOOOD for you for taking on something new. That's amazing 🤓

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, that will explain a lot, lol 🤓📓📚📓📚📓📚📖📙📘📗📕😉

Love composition books 👍👍👍👍💐🌼🌹🌻🌺🦋🌸🌷thank you for sharing 🤗🤗🤗🤗have a Blessed day💜💜💜💜

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Meeeee tooooo! Hooked right on them. I'm going to have to start buying them by the gross! 📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓📓

Love composition books. Just made one for my grandson for his D&D notes. He’s our dungeon master currently. Great video, thank you,., Glad to see you ❤

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Too fun, I can see a highly interactive DnD "junk" journal/treasure book the likes of Jibid Neary's Dickensian Steampunk book or Nik's Sherlock Holmes book in his future 😎

I love using composition books as journals. Love your collection.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

6 ай бұрын

oooooo same here, they're so versatile 📓 You might get a kick out of these 🤓 kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZIuls9ycorTRh84.html

Neat

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Thanx 🤓

I'm a lefty mom to two more lefties and we write like a righty. We don't tilt either. My late uncle, my husband's maternal grandfather, and my father-in-law all were the same. Nobody can/could tell we were a group of lefties. 🤷‍♀️

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

4 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Nice to meet you fellow-leftie ✒️ Thanx so much for stoppin' by 🌊

I love CatHand. I did her mixed media morsels. So glad I found you.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

ooooooo! Isn't she great? No mistaking her style. I tease her in comments: "You're the neatest crafter on YT" lol. So glad you found us too 🌊 Thanks for stoppin' in 🤓

You so realistic I just loved this video thank you for sharing ❤🎉❤

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching. Yeah, that's me: NO BS, lol.

That's my favorite notebook to use is composition notebook I plan on writing poetry and stories in them 📓✍️ I love your composition notebook's collection 📓🩷🩵❤️💜💖💗💓💞 they are the best notebook for me I recommend them 📓 ✔️ I forgot I have 3 of them 2 with cats on the cover and the third one with flowers on the cover night love them 📓🌼🐱🩷🩵

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

9 ай бұрын

No time like the present....don't put your dreams off: Write away!!! 📓📝✒️📖😉🤓 Thanx for watching and taking the time to comment, much appreciated 🌊

Really enjoyed your directions...thank you so much!!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for stopping by! I'm hoping to do another here pretty quick. I'm late making my May journal and I have a health tracker that's pretty full, so I need to make a new one of those too. 🤓📓

Many lefties in my life, did not know why they do what they do, thanks. Lovely ideas.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

10 ай бұрын

Always happy to shed some light on things, lol. Thanx so much for watching and taking the time to comment 🤓

Thank y ou for sharing.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching and taking the time to comment. Much appreciated 🤓

I love the Composition notebook with the Butterfly it so beautiful my favorite notebook is the composition notebook's i even have two Tiny composition notebook's 📓 🩵🩷

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

The mini and tiny ones are so fun. They're all so versatile what's not to love??? Thanx so much for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 📓🤓

@traceythibault4946

11 ай бұрын

@@TheCrabbyCrafterlol your welcome 🩷🩵

I love this 😊 I’m a lefty also and learned a lot, thank you

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

8 ай бұрын

Awesome sauce, so glad you stopped by 📓✒️

I enjoyed your video on how to use the altered composition books we all make. Its funny I am researching commonplace books and am going to start using the books for that.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

ooooooo YES!!! Common place books are just amazing. And the comp books are perfect for that! So glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for stopping by 🌊

This video popped up as a suggested one and I watched it. Love all the different ideas for the composition notebooks! I’m right handed so I never really thought much about the challenges of writing left handed. I learned a few things. Thanks! 😊

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it 🤓 lol, yeah: life as a "leftie" (thankfully I use both my hands for just about everything 🍀, but if someone is 100% left-handed, things can certainly be challenging.) Thanx so much for hangin' out with us for a bit 📓

@deannalynnsorenson8505

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCrabbyCrafterlol my hubby is a leftie too but he actually seems like he is ambidextrous and I forget he does write with his left hand! His handwriting is no where as good as yours!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

@@deannalynnsorenson8505 lol--hubbies' writing is usually worse than ours, hahhahaha. It sure makes a difference if once can use both hands. My dad just broke his left elbow. Has to be in a cast all summer. Mom said "it's a good thing it was his left" bc he can't do a thing with it, on the other hand, if it was his right hand--NIGHTMARE. That alone is a GREAT reason to at least practice SOME things with the less-dominant hand. The "just in case" scenarios.

I just found your channel and I like your voice and I like the way you do your journals. Great stuff.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! Glad to have you 🌊

I am a leftie myself, a twin at that! I do not do the hook thing!!! 54 yrs old & my handwriting is gorgeous!!!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

That's twice as AWESOME ✍🏼 🙌🏼 🤓 Thanx so much for stoppin' and chatting with us a bit 🌊

That is a pretty cool collection!!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Thanx--they pile up quick too--lol SOOOO many "addictions" 🤪

Very inspiring! Tfs

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

So glad you found some inspiration here, thank you for watching 📓🤓

Fellow lefty here, never understood the upside down writing myself. I really love your books, lots of great ideas. I also love your (wrap) ring on your left hand, can you tell me where you got it from.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

Hey there fellow leftie 👋🏼, thanks so much for stopping by 🌊 so glad you enjoyed the video 🤓 It's actually three interlocking rings. I think I got mine from JCPenney's a hundred years ago, but here's a similar one on Amazon (not an affiliate) a.co/d/e3HHeYN Happy shopping 🛒

I love composition books! I love this video! New ideassss! Ty Ker!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Thanx so much for stopping by, glad you got some new ideas 🤓 Did your recipe arrive in the post? 💌

@martiseelye6443

Жыл бұрын

I haven't gotten the recipe yet. Now that we've spoken about it tho, it'll probably arrive Monday lol. I'll let you know, okee dokee? ☺️

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

@@martiseelye6443 Ohhhhh my I sent it weeeeeks ago it should have gotten you by now. You did send me your address via DM on Etsy, right? You live in Michigan? Do you ever use "ie" at the end of your "Marti"?

Love your video. First time watching.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Awwww-so glad you got something out of it, glad to have you here! Thanx so much for stoppin' by 🌊

Yep i can relate to you about the paper i had a teacher that did that to me to. I have a sister who is a year older than me and she is left handed to it runs in my family. several niece and nephews are left handed. My daughter in law and grand daughter are lefty to

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

2 ай бұрын

Old school teachers were a hoot weren't they??? I'm ever so glad Mom didn't send me to the hell that was Catholic school (where she went) so it certainly could have been worse, lol. Lotsa lefties: That's awesome! My mom always said to me "your other right hand"...because I have always used both hands about equally...not good when it comes to things like scissors, lol. I always thought the "right" hand was the right one to use for the project. Consequently I use both hands, still, about equally. I mostly write left handed, but can write right handed. I sew right handed. Bowl right handed, cut hair right handed...paint with moth hands. Use a craft knife with both hands... I like to think it saves me time hahahaha 😂

Love this! So glad I found your video! New sub!!!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! Glad to have ya' 🌊🤓

I just found your channel. This is great! I am obsessed with composition books because as a child I never had any. They were considered luxury back then and remember Mead made them. But I got a few now, and a special one years ago I was unable to find more of. I remember they were hard covers but now are flimsy. I imagine them full of writing and sketches. But I can never start! It’s like white canvas syndrome. But Using them as scrappy journals is growing on me even if I have to collage in them. Your show and tell got me motivated! Your creativity journal brought me back to the 80s when I was using fluorescent highlighters for my pages and it was taught to me by my cousin in Italy, where its paper and stationary heaven. I even thought of hunting down some acrylic fluo colours. I was looking for mini composition books but can’t find them. I’ve seem ppl with them. Small ones are easier for smaller projects. Since they crinkle well, I think all I did was wet one and air dried it so I could start on a crinkly one. Using one per month has been a goal. But one per season or recipe, food would be a great start. Being able to go back by year and dates to journals, is an amazing thing. I will check your Etsy shop. Being able to decorate them and embellish them will motivate me to use them.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

So glad you found some inspiration. Do you have a WalMart (or maybe visit walmart.com) where you are? Right now they're on sale for "back to school" half-price (50 cents each here). I had a hard time finding the half-comp books here too so I ended up getting a pack of 6 or so from Amazon, those were about $1-$1.25 each if I remember correctly. I haven't done anything with those yet. So many project ideas, so little time, lol. Another thing that may help you use them is think of ways to get multiple uses out of one book. For example, one of my comp books is a depository for the last little bits of paints left on my acrylic palette from other projects. Once that's "full" I plan to take my favorite pages out and doodle/mark-make on top of the paint and use them for backgrounds or digi-kits and use the painty pages that are left in the book for glue-booking. Another thing I find helpful is always having more than one. Now that they're on sale half-price I get 5 at a time for $2.50 and "stock up" that way A) I never have to pay full price for them and B) I've got lots of them, so using one doesn't pinch so much. Happy to have you check out my Etsy shop, but you can decorate the covers with anything from scrap material (old sheets, old clothes) newspaper, any digikit, construction paper, master boards, collage, tissue papers, napkins, old (thin) placemats or kitchen towels (as long as they're no too bulky), woven ribbon scraps, markers, paint...

I just found your channel. Subscribed. New subbie here. I love this video. Thanks for sharing. I love composition books and I am learning how to alter them.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it, GREAT to have YOU here 📓 There's SOOOOOOO many things to be done with 'em, what's not to love???

I am catching up with your videos - sorry for my late comment. I do love your composition books, they are fabulous and I love your digis with the doggos, so cute! Now, I am not a writer like you, but I do think I need a health journal. 💗💗

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

In the land of YT one is never "late" lol--I appreciate you watching--whenever you can. I'm finishing up the health kit--all those damned plates going again...🤪

@KariGibsonArt

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCrabbyCrafterlol lol, I'll wait!

I write the same way as you. When I used a ball point the ink would often smear my side of my hand and the page. I love gel pens

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

ooooo me too!!! Ink Joy retractable, 0.7 have been my favorite several years running now. One of my treasures is a 30-pen/30-color rainbow set from my bff. I just love 'em. So glad you stopped by 🤓 🌊 Thanx so much for watching

Hi there! I am relatively new to junk journaling/ glue booking. This is also the first video of yours that I've seen. I enjoyed it very much! Can you tell me where you got that big tape roller? I've never seen one before! Thank you!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Yay!!! for you embarking on your junk journaling adventures! That's awesome, welcome 🤓 Here's the Amazon link for the tape runner I use: a.co/d/2dlbJhf. Thanx so much for stoppin' by 🌊

I do that with my books, write one page then flip, but I am right handed 😊

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

Cool, do you know why that happens or how you started doing it that way? Just curious 🤓

Uline catalog at 27:08. I love paper and stuff and I love the Uline catalog.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

10 ай бұрын

YES! Sure comes in Handy! Thanx for stoppin' by! 🦀💜

Ordering the dog love kit now! We also have two Bostons! How do we get a kit with the Boston photos? We love it. We love you for sharing the video. Thank you. 😊

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

6 ай бұрын

ooooooo!!! Tell me alllllll about them, what are their names??? How old? Personalities, I'd love to hear ❣️ I would be happy to email you my version, but apparently, I made my Boston pages then altered those for the general dog-loving public as I do not have any with the Boston on them. If you DM me your email address via Etsy, I'll send you a few Bostons from a new Snazzy Snips (cut & collage/create) book I'm working on (sort of a sneak peek) if you'd like.

@susanconniry9247

6 ай бұрын

Will do!

I am a firm believer in adapting. Who made the rules for things like paper position? In the grand scheme of things it does not affect the world.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

oooooooo yes! But, boy it mattered to those embittered old teachers. 😂🤣😂 I'm with you: Bloom where you are planted. Flexibility is a beautiful thing and as the Marines say: Improvise, adapt and overcome 🤓 Thanx so much for stoppin' by 🌊

Watching your vid and I can say. I'm a lefty also. When I was in the 6th grade already writing cursive. Used to hate the ink stains on the other left handed students. The book that we were using to learn to write cursive had 2 methods of writing. Just like the right handed students turning the page 45 degrees to the right. Not one stain on my hand. The teacher I had in the first grade used to tie my left hand to the desk and call me daughter of the devil. She was an old lady probably 70 if I'm exaggerating I'm sorry that is how she used to look to me.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

OMG that's crazy. The first grade teacher I had (also looked every bit of 70 to me too) once tied me to my chair using the laces on the back of my shirt, then took the rest of the class to the cafeteria for lunch, shut out the light and shut the door. Leaving me there alone, literally tied to my chair. Can you imagine in today's mindset: National Headlines of teacher/student abuse, lol. I'm glad the old lady wasn't successful in making you right handed. I'm convinced that jacks up kids' brains trying to make them something they're not by messing with their natural wiring and function. Craziness Thanx so much for stoppin' by, and taking the time to comment, much appreciated 🤓

I love these books. I have had trouble getting adhesive to stick to the black binding on the composition books. You don't seem to have issues. Is it me or is something different on the books that I have purchased? I wait until the sales on the school supplies and I have purchased them at Staples for a quarter!! That's a bargain!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

11 ай бұрын

I haven't noticed any issue with the paper not sticking to the black binding, but I usually either butt the paper right up to the edge of that biding so it's not even on it or wrap the paper I'm using to cover it all the way around from the front to the back or vice-versa. You could try sanding the black binding material, perhaps they're using something with a bit of plastic or vinyl in it that makes it too slippery for the glue to adhere. Just a quick scuff up here and there with an old nail file or sanding block from the home improve supplies. 25¢ is an awesome deal. I've started stocking up bc they're 50¢ here right now vs. $1.

Randomly found this video, as a junk journaler and a crafter - im here for it haha I'm ambidextrous and when I use my left hand I tilt the page that far otherwise my hand smears the ink and its just more comfortable writing that way. My brother is a lefty and he keeps his page straight and kind of tucks his elbow near his side and rights with his hand straight like a righty would. I'm ambidextrous however when I was in kinder I always used my left but the teachers would make me switch hands to use my right hand. I never understood why I was always being "corrected" and I still don't to this day. Especially since a lot of other kids in my class were left handed lol

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

I find being ambidextrous to be a huge TIME SAVER! 😁 Sucks that they tried to change so many kids over. It messes with their systems' natural wiring. When I was a kid, bc I used both hands for everything, my mom would say, "it's on your right side" and I'd look to my left...she'd laugh and say, "no, your other right" So for the longest time I thought I had two right hands. They were both the "right" one to use for me... Also, I could never understand why the left wasn't ALWAYS the left. Up is always up and down is always down...of course until you're upside down. Backward was always back and forward always forward...why then would left/right change depending on the direction one was facing⁉ Yeowza a life-long OVER thinker of all things. 🤪 I was well into my 30s before knowing my right from my left came "naturally" 😂 So glad you randomly found us, thanx so much for hangin' out a bit 🌊

@budgetwithcam

Жыл бұрын

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol haha over thinker here too! I mostly write with my right for the most part unless I need to use both hands than I use my left. But, when I'm eating, 95% of the time I use my left hand lol when I was a kid I was opposite lol its weird, I guess as I've gotten older I've just gotten into my own little routine lol

I come from a long line of lefties and have two left-handed children, and none of us curve our hands. None of us tilt either. We actually write like right-handed individuals. We hold our hand below the writing. 🤷‍♀️

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

Awesome sauce! I'm about the only "leftie" in my family in that I primarily write and use a fork with my left hand, everything else, I use both or either (whichever is closest, most convenient for the project at hand, lol). I have a few leftie friends who use the hook/curve method, it looks so awkward (almost painful). And their writing is unmistakably left-handed/back-slanted. Thanx so much for stopping by, spending some time here and taking the time to comment 🌊 🤓

@swl9270

11 ай бұрын

Same for this lefty! They tried to make me hook handed and even tried to make me write handed when I was in the FOURTH GRADE! I use scissors and do most any gross motor sport right handed bc why? I was taught be right handed people 😂

@terireyes6464

11 ай бұрын

Lol, I'm actually right handed and tilt and have been told I write like a lefty

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

10 ай бұрын

My right-handed mom would say to me "use your right hand" for some things...and I'd automatically use my left, she'd laugh and say, "No, your other right hand" so there was a part of me that believed I had two right hands and both were the "right" one to use....hahahhahha. So now, I use whichever hand is handy, so to speak. I do my make up on the left side with the left hand, right side with right hand; if I'm painting walls I use the left hand as far as I can reach and then the right hand as far as I can reach: less ladder moving, lol.

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

10 ай бұрын

Take it as a compliment 😉🤓👍🏼

Omg. I also had teachers do that. They were so sit on right handed people they would tilt paper for that and I did the same thing. I also write straight without all the contortions. It's so neat to hear you say that. My daughter is also left handed and her teachers tried it with her and she wrote backwards from right to left. I freaked out her teacher and she was so concerned. I laughed and tilted her paper the right way for her and she automatically started writing the correct way. I told her teacher left handed!

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

That's crazy, recently? That's awesome you don't have the contortions either. I think we're few and far between, lol. I'm lucky enough that no one tried to make me change to right handed. Though I've done that myself for some reason. It makes sense to me to use whichever hand is closest to the job, makeup on the left side of the face: use the left hand. Make up on the right side, use the right hand. Painting the walls takes a lot less time if I do all the left side with that hand and all the right side with that hand, I don't have to move the ladder as often. Hahhaha. I noticed this evening I also switch up cutting with my utility knife, whichever is easiest, closest, fastest I use that hand. That drove my cosmetology instructors bonkers too "you have to pick a hand and stick with it" was the mantra there. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting 🌊📓🤓

What is "journal by fives?"

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

3 ай бұрын

It's a fantastic (and EASY) way to get into a project, by setting a timer and doing one thing at a time, here's a video I did on it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y5-fqLudk9PSg8o.html Setting that tic-tic-tic kind of timer gets ya' moving, doing one thing at a time, is do-able. Having a set of "prompts" keeps ya' from getting stuck, like: "backgrounds, mark make, stamp, stencil, write/words, focal point"...

You talk to much, we come to see the project. Your videos are like watching paint dry

@TheCrabbyCrafterlol

Жыл бұрын

My playpen, my videos, my way...🤷🏻‍♀️ Thanks for stopping by and for spreading your personal brand of sunshine ☀️

@mkyred

6 ай бұрын

@zandraashley7247 the amazing thing about you tube is there are many other videos you can watch. But we are too old to be a "Mean Girl". Do better!