Tips on Binding Heavy Mixed Media Pages

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[joannewolbert]

thanks for this tutorial. as soon as you started to show what to use I had a light bulb moment and then said, "OF COURSE! MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!"

[shirleymccullough]

Very good solution to the problem of not wanting to bend the pages, thanks my not too serious Nik 🙃... love you just the way you are !!! Please don’t change ....

[LedgerAndLace]

That makes the eco-dying extra-special! Looking FW to your DT project. And also more giggles and SMILES and laughs! :-)

[mariep-MAPAT]

Love silly! Great idea, Nik, it's beautiful!

[rneustel]

I love your channel! I've told my husband that I've learned not to drink anything while I'm watching you - soda spewed out the nose isn't a great feeling!! 😂

[letsmakeamesstoday]

These pages are BEAUTIFUL!!! Oh I do that too!!!!

[AzaleaLala]

Great idea Nik. I did not know the Graphic's Fairy had a channel. Thanks for letting us know. Hope you are well.

[charlean_sherrod]

Very nice, great idea... makes me want some eco prints

[annieo]

Short but sweet. =) Thank-you Nik.

I like how you inject your humour and fun and even silliness into your videos. I'm no spring chicken, but fortunately I've managed to stay immature, so your style of fun is perfect. lol There's a lot of amazing crafters and artist out there, but video presentation is key. Always well spoken....and PREPARED. Hearing a voice trailing off to a barely inaudible muffle, while looking for the glue is cute sayin. =))

Love the hinge idea....I do this often...but for different reasons. Sometimes I just have a gorgeous image from a book, that is only a one page size...but if it's too thick to stick to another page, I just hinge it, in the same manner you did.

Love yer stuffs. =))

[sandrachandler]

Thank you for sharing this! I’m new and just wondering what all I can put in the journals.

[monmetierestcite]

sometimes serious ? No, Nik never and it's the reason i love you ;) So, i have my "eco print" and it's true ( vrai ), i don't want folder its ... But i am not able to sew ... i try to binding with glue only and i hope it's secure ;))) Isn'it ? I don't grab a coffee because now in France, it's 23 h 49 ... and it's time to go to bed. Have a good day Nik and take care, you are precious for me and all your "subcripters" old and new ;) Bye bye . Sylvie

[jennifergreenfield]

Thank you for this wonderful demonstration, Nik, much appreciated!

[WildChildandtheTajMahal]

Well, this tip really makes me feel stupid! 😂 I have been trying to think up a way to do this for ages. Thank you so much! 💕

[lornamikkelson]

Hi Nik
Thanks for the binding ideas. I have yet to try the Eco-dyed process. Waiting for the humidity and torrential rain/storms to leave La Crosse Wisc. so I can do it outside. Flooding everywhere, so sad. What type of paper do you use?
Yours are so colorful also.

[yiianyiian]

A couple of questions:
- Do you need to put the fabric strip on the front and the back of the pages? It adds a lot of bulk to the signatures when double.
- Would something sheer like gauze work? Or is it too flimsy to keep the pages together?

[krobin]

Nic, I’m not sure this is the place to ask this but I don’t know another way. I have some vintage sewing pattern with great envelopes. I would love to use them as a cover of a journal. Do you have any suggestion or ideas on that? Thanks in advance.

[pamketron]

Love this way of binding thicker things together. Thanks.
Happy Week 🌸🦋🌸🌼🐝🌼

[lesleywade]

Very helpful tutorial... Thank you xxx

[ArtistWizardry]

Would this work for even the thick, rough watercolor pages?

[jackiekristoff]

As always Nik great tips and tricks. Thank you!!😁😁😎😎