Hey everybody!
Today I have a very special guest, Molly
is here to show us some arts and crafts, so stay tuned.
So like I said, today I have a very special
guest, Molly has joined me
to show us a little bit of her arts
and crafts world.
She has a shop on Etsy
which I will put the link in the description
below, as well as at the bottom
of the screen.
And we're going to, you're going to teach us
different ways to collage?
Yeah.
I know that a lot of you have asked me
how do I create a recovery journal?
what actually goes in it?
what do I do if I want to distract?
what are some art and craft things I can do?
And Molly here does a really great job
So, tell us a little bit about
what we're going to create today.
Okay well each page I've shown a different
technique, so I'm just going to flip through
to start off, so you can see all the
different ones, um
and then I'll go into explaining them after
That's my favorite one, with the fish.
(Laughs)
Very cool, ok
So, um, the front page we can kind of do
whatever we want? Make it however we want?
Yep, you can make a title on it, or
include your name; anything you want.
Okay, well let's get started.
So we just kind of..
So all the paper is over here.
I'm not very good at this.
Oh, that was something else I wanted to say
I wanted to say, that everyone says like
they're not good at arts and crafts
but like, maybe you haven't found
the right one.
That's true, there are a lot of different
crafts.
Ok, so we've made our front covers
And, now we're going to do the first technique
Yep.
Which is..
It's the quote page.
Oh, you know how I love quotes
When we do the journal topics
so that would be a good thing you could
even go back and find some journal topics
you liked.
Yeah you can also write inside the page
you don't have to just do pictures
like collaging.
You can just like write and then do
collaging as well as the writing.
Oh, yeah and that's the thing. I think
this is why I have troubles crafting
is because I feel like it has to be perfect
and look a certain way. But it doesn't
at all, and it's actually kind of good
for me to have things just willy nilly.
Yeah, because when things are really even
I get to where I'm like oh my god
it has to be perfect, and I'm like no
it's just a journal, it's not like going
anywhere. It doesn't have to be perfect.
Yeah, and you can always make another one.
So now we have finished our first official
page of our journal after our cover page.
And, this is the quote page?
Yeah, it's the quote page, and um we
just chose one of our favorite quotes
and we wrote it out
and had a background with scrapbooking
paper, so it's one of the simpler collages
that we're going to be doing today.
And you can see Molly did like different
layers of things so you have different
colors and different patterns and
you know, don't worry if it doesn't look
quite right, it's actually kind of cool
when it's a little off.
And, um, do you want to share your quote?
Cause it's a good journal topic,
write this down.
Yeah, um, it's by Pablo Picasso, and it
says, "Every child is an artist, the
problem is staying an artist when you
grow up."
Perfect,, cool! Ok, so the next, now we're--
Can I see yours?
Oh, yeah. Mine says
"process, not perfection."
We had trouble thinking of quotes. We
should've written them down ahead of time
since I have tons of your quotes saved on
my computer ready for journal topic videos.
(Laughs)
But I didn't bring my computer.
So now we're moving on to the second page
Ok, the second page is one of my favorites
it's based off of words from magazines
so you can choose it based off of if you
like the word, or the typography it's
written in, the font of it. And I got this
idea from online, I saw a tree, and all
the leaves had different words on them
and I always thought of doing clouds just
as another way of taking the idea.
So I'm going to try to think of something
that I can do, I was thinking like scales
on a fish--
Which I thought was really cool, or petals
on a flower, or--
Or like the rays on a sun.
Yeah, there's a ton of things, and you
can kind of make it your own.
Ok, so that is all the crafting we're
going to do with you, but I encourage all
of you, hop on Molly's Etsy site. She
sells these books like we started with, but
plain , without anything, so you can let
your imagination run wild. And I actually
got so much into this that I completely
forgot what this whole plan was, that we
were going to put things on, either clouds
or scales of a fish, and I like this
watercolor paper that she created ahead of
time, which is something you can do.
And then I just kind of cut out words that
I liked from magazines, so you can get
old magazines from the recycling bin, or
the library.
Yeah, sometimes libraries get rid of old
magazines that they don't use.
Yeah, and you can cut out little phrases
that are motivating to you, or uplifting
in some way. And you also have some other
pages that we'll tell you a little bit
about, so if you're on your own and doing
this and you're needing more help and
insight, these are some other tips. So, my
favorite page is the fish.
So I know a lot of people like to do
coloring books, so I, um, I cut out some
coloring books, some fish from coloring
books, and I made a background of
watercolors, and I used these 3D dots,
these foam dots that you can get at a
craft store, so it makes them pop out of
the page a little bit.
It looks really cool, I don't know if it's
doing it justice via camera, but that's a
really cool technique.
And then I liked this page because it's
made out of things you have laying around
your house. So, for example this is a
birthday card that I had and I cut out
the words and rearranged them around.
That's so clever.
And a pizza box, um newspaper, an old
textbook that I don't need anymore
Just you can go to a thrift store and look
at their books too.
Oh yeah, and purchase those. That's such
a good idea. And that's the cool thing,
is that if you're looking for a
distraction technique in the moment and
you don't have all of your craft supplies
ready, you can make it out of stuff you
already have, and you know, we're also
being green in a kind of funny way.
Yeah, recycling.
Exactly.
(Laughs)
Um, so hop on over to Molly's Etsy site
because she does put this stuff together,
and you also mentioned to me that it feels
good to make these for other people?
Yeah, you can make something like "Katie's
Journal" and give it to them as a gift.
Yeah.
And sometimes those, I find, that when
people actually make things it can mean
more than actually than buying something, you
know. Because then you know that their
thought and care went into it.
So give this a thumbs up if you like some
craft videos, because I can definitely
sit down with Molly and do some more
and you, if you are crafty let me know!
And as always, please share your tips and
tricks below, if there are certain things
you know that you use to help you distract
or certain art techniques that you like
of Molly's and things that you've done in
the past, let us know!
Because the more we share, the more
we grow together.
And we made a hashtag.
Oh yes, and if you want to show us your
pictures of your journals and pictures
of your arts and crafts, use the
hashtag #katikrafts. And we will look at
those, and you know, it will be really
cool to share and see what our community
is building together.
See you next time!
Bye.
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