OMG I never knew you could seal in feathers with a napkin...Brilliant!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad this has given you some ideas 💕

THANK YOU , THANK GOD FOR SHARING YOUR POSITIVE STRUGGLES WITH THE STICKERS !!! THEY'RE SO STINKING PAINFUL !! YOU ARE SO KIND, BEAUTIFUL, SWEET, LOVING, AND AN INSTRUCTIONAL ARTIST ANGEL ! ! YOU SHARE YOUR AMAZING SPIRIT AND ARTIST TALENT !! NAMASTE MARE

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words Mary Ellen ❤️🌹

A picture of your garden printed in Sepia would look gorgeous on that waxed page.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cheryl. I like that idea 💕

You’re so talented and creative! Especially like the journal with the leaves and feathers. So many interesting things in it. A beauty!

I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you create this magnificent nature journal. It really speaks to my soul. Nina you have an eye for beautiful things and an eye for displaying them so creatively. I’m working on my nature journal at the moment, but it won’t have the magic that yours has. Thank you for generously sharing your talents with us. 🌿🌿🌿

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words Maria, I’m so pleased with how both of these have turned out and it was lovely using things from nature that I have been collecting over the years. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed seeing them come together 💕🌺🌸🦋🌿

I think this is a major step forward you’ve laid out, to iron out moisture, then to mount on paper using glue, then to cover with a transparent layer also with glue (mod podge thinned or similar), and wind up with a journal-useable beautiful specimen. So glad to have noticed your process! Thank you!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Louise. I hope you’ll give this method a try 🌸

@louisedesantis6068

2 жыл бұрын

Nina, one more thing! I discovered ten or so years ago that our euonymus out front produces berries in the fall. I mean the prettiest, orange-pink-with-white berries. They’re on the strong stalk of the low-growing bush, have the euonymus leaves in clusters up the stalk, make really nice vase additions. We are about to get near-freezing overnight temps, which shrivels up the berries, so I must must make haste to cut a few more to enjoy inside. All to say that I cut small sprigs of it yesterday after being inspired by your post. Gosh darn it, I just don’t think there’s a reasonable way to instantly dry them and retain their integrity! If I should wish to use a sprig of berries within a journal, I’d better think again, anyway! Part of the nature of preserving plants etc is keeping them still and out of drafts, away from heat. Ha. Lots of wishful thinking here. I’d have to build a journal with boxes for pages and an acetate window, and all I’m doing right now is trying to organize my craft space here, not journal-ambitious. But had to share my own momentary obsession!

It's official Nina, this is one of my all time favorite videos from you! I can't stop drooling. These projects are ALL amazing!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Lynn. I really did enjoy making these 💕🌿🌸🌺

EDITH HOLDEN Diary of an Edwardian Lady I have loved Edith Holden's Diary since it was first printed. I've used it as a reference. It is one of my prized things. I cannot imagine cutting up such a book when to photocopy it would offer the same resource for projects while at the same time preserving this wonderful book for another generation. In the collages I pasted up yesterday, I photocopied pages from a 1906 Wildflower Guidebook, which was once used by my grandmother and my father. I have a beautiful collage but as important, I still have the book.

Your idea about the feathers is a wonderful idea. I love the whole nature thing. I am 81 and not getting around like I used too, but I have enough left over supplies that I might be able to do some like this. Your journal is beautiful and I love it. TFS!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nancy. I hope you will enjoy creature with nature 💕

Very well done! Great tribute of nature ❤️

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Amanda 💕🌸🌿🌺🦋

I'm so impressed that you were able to keep those lovely feathers from Louie. I have 2 cats and have learned the hard way that I cannot use feathers, string or ribbon in my journals. LOL. Lovely, lovely books. I am a new subscriber and a big fan. I have been binge watching your videos and learning so much. You never fail to inspire. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. Be well. ~phinny, Seattle USA

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Phinny, thank you so much for subscribing. I’m glad this has given you idea for preserving your own feather collection. They’re too lovely to be hidden away aren’t they. Happy Creating 💕

Wow!! I’m blown away by what you’ve done. Absolutely stunning. First time watching you but definitely not the last ❤️❤️❤️

my goodness this video is jam packed with wonderful ideas! the wasp nest---Wow!!!! and all your pages are so pretty, thank you

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your lovely comment 💕

I like that you used a lollypop stick when you couldn't find your bone folder! Many people don't have a bone folder, and this hack is great! Your creative way of making your nature journals is wonderful! I'm a new subscriber to your channel! I love watching your videos, and learning from you!! TFS! ~Janet in Canada

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your lovely comment Jane. Glad this video was helpful 💕

I so love your awesome journals. Who knew that organic material would be so beautiful.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Debbie 💕

This is the first time I have seen this kind of journal. I love it. This is right up my alley. I Love Love Love this type of Art. Thank you for your posts. Thumbs up and saved and subscribed!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind comment Margaret and welcome to my channel 💕

It’s amazingly beautiful and I’m so inspired with your journal! Thank you for sharing and showing how to make it!🙌🎉❤️❤️💐🌹

Simply outstanding Nina ... both Journals are beautifully tailored to the theme . Great techniques hints and tips throughout the month. Thank you for sharing . As always you have inspired and shared . Kay x

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Kay, glad you’ve enjoyed this prompt 💕🌺🌿🦋🌸

WOW! This is just gorgeous! I love the papers, nature samples and paper made from a wasps nest!! Just amazing!

This was all so mesmerizing!! WOW!!!!! I can't tell you how enchanted I am with your beautiful work. 🥰 I'll be back for more 🙂

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words April. They mean a lot 💕

@cherylburkitt9722

2 жыл бұрын

Enchanting..that's the word I was looking for..just mesmerising

These are my very favorite journals of all time. I feel my styling is about to change.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for your kind words 💕💕💕

@SilverPennyArtisans

4 жыл бұрын

Nina Ribena they are heart felt.

@leahgordon2945

4 жыл бұрын

How lovely and natural..just gorgeous!

the feathers and wasp nests are incredible. Thanks for sharing these techniques and beauty of nature with us

These journals are so beautiful.

Ooooo, the wasp's nest was spectacular!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 💕

Absolutely gorgeous books. Very inspiring!!!!

I just recently discovered your channel and I love your nature journal and all your ideas on bringing garden treasures into our journals. So lovely.

Simple and elegant.. These journals are so very special.inspired by nature and God's given.. The tones are so very pleasant..and as you turned each page was like a documentary of specimens.. Some of my favourite journals.. thankyou for sharing

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your appreciation. This is one of my favourite ever journals 💕

BEAUTIFUL!!! The soft colors and textures, make this so elegant. Absolute Simplicity

NINA RIBENA, Thank you for sharing this stunningly beautiful journal, which you have so lovingly created, and so articulately and painstakingly tutored and inspired others to create. I shared your video on my Facebook page, along with this comment: "ART IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: Nina Ribena, a UK artist, shares her love of hand crafted art journals, primarily using things she finds in her garden, along with other natural elements, to create a gorgeous treasure tribute to the beauty and complexity of nature."

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Oh Alice, thank you so very much for sharing, and for the lovely comment you have written 💕🌺🌿🦋

Oh my word, the wasp nest was a fabulous idea.... Must check to see if Mum still has hers in the bush where it was. I might just grab it...😁 Well your journals have become so gorgeous I think that you will be looking at them over and over again... Amazing Creations this month... Thank you Nina ❤️❤️🌼🌷

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

I hope it’s still there, they’re fascinating aren’t they. I’m going to make some more backgrounds whilst I’ve still got it out. Glad you like the journals 💕🌸🌿🌺🦋

absolutely stunning!!!

This is so, so beautiful :) Bravo Alex! Bravo mom :)

Fabulous!!

I am so pleased I found your channel. Your work is so inspiring. This video is just amazing. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for that creative ideas. Never seen something like this with so much of details and creativity.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. Glad you enjoyed it 💕

Thanks for this - top tips about sealing feathers with napkin tissue and making coloured vellum using tea light candles!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sue, glad you enjoyed it 💕

These are lovely. Thank you for sharing

Omg Nina!.What an incredible journal this has become. I can imagine you pick it up and just admire it. For the vellum page I think a poem and a tiny collage would be awesome, showing as much as possible from the original page. 💝💝💝

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ineke. I’m really proud. I’m glad that I kept the pages minimalistic as it’s shown the natural beauty of the things I’ve displayed. Thanks for your kind words 💕💕💕

Beautiful🌸

You are SO inspiring!

WOW!!!! these journal are absolutely fabulous you are so very artistic, the wasp nest paperis out of this world thank you so very much, I will be trying some of these tech. for sure!!

Absolutely gorgeous ❤️❤️

Your nature journal was exquisite. You worked the colors and textures and the subjects together beautifully. I want to try and use your sense of texture and combining color with papers etc of different color groups and see if i can come up with as pleasing results as you have with these natural textures and dyes. Thank you for sharing.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your wonderful comment Chris, and I hope you will enjoy creating some lovely keepsakes of your own. Happy Creating 💕🌿🌺🌸🦋

I love nature themed decoration, so this seed (video) fell onto the right soil. I am having leaves collecting fever these days for making press leaves. Thanks for the beautiful ideas!!!!

This is a beautiful journal Nina , I bet you are so pleased with it ,, loved the pages you have done ,,,xxxx 🎨🌈👏😊💕

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Annie, yes I am thrilled with them. It was lovely using things from nature that I’ve collected 💕🦋🌺🌸🌿 xxx

This is possibly my favorite video yet! I love to use natural elliments in my art work as well. And the wasp nest paper idea is off the charts brilliant! I will be one of your biggest fans I'm sure!

I watched again! I love your work!

Wonderful video, Nina!! So many great ideas. I never would have thought of keeping the wasps nest...now I can't wait to find one. Those stickers that are so difficult. to get the backing off - try sticking a piece of tape to each side near an edge and gently pull apart. someone shared this tip with me and it works quite well. ❤️❤️❤️

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the sticker tip. I will give that a try 💕

I didn't get to sit down on Sunday after the dog walk as usual. This has been so lovely to watch on Tuesday. The journals are a pure delight. You enjoy them x

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ali, I’m so pleased with these 💕🦋🌿🌺

Simply elegant, classy, beautiful. Love this!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💕

Stunning!!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank so much 💕

I love the look of the journal. I got so many good ideas to play with! Thank you so much.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Phyllis. Glad to hear it’s given you some ideas 💕

Love, love, love

Hello Nina, Love your nature journals. Thanks for the tip on preserving feathers. I have a few feathers I have found on my walks and didn't know how I would put them in my art journals without damaging the feathers. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely the most beautiful nature journals I've ever seen!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Awww, thank you so much ☺️💕🌸🌿🦋🌺

So beautiful! Thank you for sharing your work with us!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Vonalda 💕

I LOVE you journal and all of the natural elements. I think using a photo of the fresh plant on the opposite site of the page from the eco page would be cool on your blank page.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing your ideas 💕

Absolutely stunning Nina, thank you for sharing your art with us

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💕🌿🌺🦋

I love this journal! It is beautiful.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Ann 💕

Wow! Just gorgeous!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💕

ABSOLUTELY gorgeous. I love all your work Nina

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Christie 💕

Absolutely love your nature journals!! THEY ARE SO BEAUTI F UL!! THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING.I can't wait to get going myself.They appeal to me more than any I have seen .....much love...Angie from Australia.x

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thanks so much for your kind comment Angie 💕 x

Fabulous idea with the feaders! Thank you !

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💕

absolute beautiful nature journals, thanks for sharing your creativity and ideas!!!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jan. Glad you enjoyed it 💕🦋🌺🌸🌿

Oh my gosh, I love how your feathers turned out. I'm always finding and collecting feathers and this is a great tip for using them! Geez, love how you did the ready mounts!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cass. I like collecting feathers too and have always wondered how I can use some of the larger ones in my journals. I’m so glad this method worked and I can now include them in my art. Happy Creating 💕

Wow, the feathers look just amazing. Thanks Nina x

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Tracie 💕 x

These journals are so creative and beautiful. Thank you for sharing your creative process.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your lovely comment Barbara 💕🦋🌿🌸🌺

Beautiful work! I love how you used the feathers. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marianne, glad you enjoyed it 💕

Love LOVE LOVE this! I have parrots, and will be trying your techniques with their feathers. Thank you!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I bet your parrot feathers will look amazing 💕

I absolutely love those journals. And that wasp nest......wow.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darlene, isn’t it fascinating 💕

Gorgeous pages, love the natural look and colors. I made some handmade paper this morning and can't wait to use it.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and I hope you enjoy using your handmade paper 💕

These are just beautiful ! You have given me so many ideas, that I don't know where to begin ! Thank you for sharing :) And I think a picture of your garden would be lovely to add an even more personal touch inside the journal-poetry is nice, but you could have that next to the feathers. A picture of your garden would make it even more uniquely yours and capture a memory forever.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind comment Carole and for sharing your thoughts regarding the remaining pages. I’ve got some lovely photo’s of our garden 💕🌿🌸🦋🌺

Gorgeous journals. Love the pages you did in this video 😀🤩

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Yvonne 💕

Wonderful tutorials on using pressed flowers and feathers! I especially like the tips on the napkin laer and alchohol markers to revuve colors. I make collages snd cards. i dont sew, but perhaps I could make a dotted line with a brown micron pen.

Beautiful journals and I love the feathers.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eve 💕

This Is Just Beautiful I Love It Thank You For An Amazing Demo, Love Your Channel Nina TYFS Lynn

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Lynn, glad you enjoyed it 💕

Your journals are gorgeous and I love your projects this week!!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martha 💕

They are totally my style! Thank you for sharing Nina 🦋🌺😘

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Antonio. Glad you like them 💕🌸🌺🌿🦋

I so enjoy your video. The journal you are working on in this video is beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to share. Gorgeous!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve really enjoyed creating the pages. Thank you so much for your kind comment 💕

Hi Nina, this week I made some vellum. Your feathers and especially the wasp 'paper' are something special.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carina. I’m really enjoying using the vellum. Glad you gave it a try too 💕

Probably one of the most beautiful nature journals I’ve ever seen. Stunning! Really enjoyed watching this process!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ☺️💕

These look professional. You are really talented

I have loved this nature theme. Your journal is exquisite. I absolutely love everything about it and will be doing something similar myself. Very inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing it. Beautiful! 💗

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Steph. Look forward to seeing your nature journal 💕🌺🦋🌿🌸

Beautiful!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💕

💚 so many fantastic ideas Nina ....... 👏

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Wilma 💕💕💕

Absolutely Gorgeous!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I hope you give them a try 💕

You are a treasure of inspiration.im in the middle of learning how to do ecoprint and thought of making a journal and just came across your chanel.:)

Gosh Nina is there anything you cannot use in your journals, that wasp's nest paper is absolutely stunning. We had one a good few years ago and I couldn't wait to get rid of it, so scary. You have knocked it out of the park with this set of journals, so unique, so gorgeous and completely wonderful. Tfs xo

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elizabeth. I’m thrilled to bits with these journals. I don’t know why I’ve waited so long to use the wasp nest. We found it in our log shed and the wasps had long gone. It looked so delicate and beautiful that I couldn’t bear to throw it out. I know what you mean about them being scary though. We have 3 or 4 wasps nests in our Apex’s every year that we have to deal with and it’s an absolute pain! Sam is allergic to them and swells up like a balloon when he’s stung. Glad you enjoyed this 💕🌸🌿🦋 xo

@elizabethnaisbitt1795

4 жыл бұрын

@@NinaRibenaMixedMedia Oh no, hope he is alright this year xo

That was so cool to see the colored candles used to make the vellum. I was afraid to try it myself. I'm so glad I asked. Fabulous!!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tammi. I’m going to try it with waxed crayons as well. It never occurred to me to use coloured candles so I’m really glad you asked 💕

Love all your projects!!!!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💕

absolutely beautifully gorgeous! 🤩😱i love this, the simplicity, texture, colors, everything is wonderful! what a treasure! tfs!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for your lovely comment 💕

💜...what a good idea with the feathers! Def one to try for me 😁 x

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

The feathers turned out beautifully. Glad I found a way to display them. Happy Creating 💕 xxxx

You have amazing supplies for your projects. The wasp nest paper is awesome. I will be binge watching your other videos

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Dawn. I hope you will enjoy them too 💕

Nina, these journals are breathtaking. True works of art. Love the bee hive paper! So cool. Love everything you do! TFS. I did. Gid bless and stsy safe!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Evelyn, and as always thank you for sharing 💕🌿🌺🌸🦋

These are absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing xx

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💕

Lovely journals! The individual pieces are beautiful. All the papers are stunning. My favorite parts are the little collages. Thanks again for your wonderful leadership.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Susan 💕

These are both so stunning!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jennifer. Glad you like them 💕

Those are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💕

What a beautiful nature journal!!! Love it.

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Barbara 💕

You do things with such ease...just beautiful!

@NinaRibenaMixedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ☺️💕