Art Gallery Journal - This Journal Changed How I See Paper Crafting
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In this heartfelt video from the Bohemian Crafting channel, host Adrienne shares an extraordinary unboxing experience featuring a special package sent by her friend. The arrival of this mail was met with immense excitement as it contained vintage ledger papers, old documents, embossing folders, wrapping paper, and even socks designed for creators. Before diving into the main attraction, Adrienne takes time to appreciate each item individually, noting that some fragile pieces were kept in their original packaging to preserve them. She also highlights a practical accessory included in the gift: a pin specifically designed to hold together her favorite lightweight summer scarf, showcasing how thoughtful and functional every element of the package was.
The true centerpiece of this video is an incredible handmade journal sent by Adrienne's friend that appears to be nothing short of a miniature art gallery. Upon opening it, the host discovers stunning accordion-style pages featuring highly dimensional houses with glossy windows and intricate details that seem almost magical in their depth and texture. The craftsmanship involves multiple layers, embossing effects, and hidden rotating cards that create an interactive experience for the viewer. Adrienne expresses her awe at how these elements are constructed, noting that she feels like she is looking into a full gallery within just one book rather than a standard scrapbook or journal.
Throughout the video, the host struggles to contain her enthusiasm while carefully examining each page without damaging such delicate work of art. She repeatedly mentions feeling as though it were Christmas time due to the sheer beauty and creativity displayed in every corner of the gift. Adrienne considers whether she should attempt any modifications but ultimately decides against touching or altering anything because doing so would risk ruining its perfection. Instead, she plans to simply admire and study the journal for inspiration without interrupting its integrity.
The video concludes with a sincere message of gratitude toward her friend who created this masterpiece and an invitation for viewers to find similar creative inspiration in such detailed paper crafting projects. Adrienne emphasizes that while she might not be able to share direct links or contact information immediately, anyone interested should definitely seek out the artist behind these incredible dimensional designs. She ends by wishing everyone a beautiful day and encouraging them to take care of themselves before signing off with her signature warm farewell.
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Hello my dears. Welcome back to Bohemian
Crafting channel. I do have many friends
in this wonderful craft family and I'm
so blessed that that I do have them. And
one of my friends, Adrienne, she decided
to send me some happy mail, something
with old uh old ledger papers and maybe
some old documents she wrote me. It will
be slightly bigger.
Oh. Oh, look at this. Oh, I can't
believe they let it through that custom.
And I did a little sneak peek. I just
opened it this way and I was like, "Oh
my god." So, I decided to share this
beautiful package, whatever is inside
with you and maybe
only maybe I'm I'm not sure how long
time I will spend here with this one.
Maybe try to create something. So, uh,
Adrien, first of all, thank you so much.
[laughter]
Oh my god, that's gorgeous.
Oh my god. Okay, thank you so so much.
You can't imagine how [laughter] how
amazing that chat between us was for me
and how incredible this is. I'm not
sure. Yeah, that's what I did. I just
did sneak peek and then I was thinking I
have to share that with you guys. So,
[laughter]
this is just a little Yeah, I think she
she wrote that a little and then
and then then I thought I'm going to
share with you step by step. Yeah, step
by step, piece by piece of this amazing
package. I went through to everything on
camera. Literally everything uh piece by
piece. I opened everything. Some of
these old documents I kept in original
packaging from Adrienne because they
were fragile and I didn't want to screw
it up. There were amazing papers,
beautiful embossing folders, wrapping
papers, uh papers from Tim Holtz, and
then I received also awesome uh creators
socks. You will see that in the minute.
I had to wear them immediately. I have
to try them. Yeah, class creator was
that name. And there were so many other
stuff in this wonderful package. And I
thought I will make video about that
until I dig in that pack a little bit
deeper. And I saw there that something
looks like a journal. And that you will
see now.
Beautiful pages. Really gorgeous pages.
Okay, I think I'm going to do a little
tidy up on my table, make a space
because there is that I do believe this
is journal.
So, I have tidy up my table a little
bit. I put all those goodies back and I
also read a letter from Adrienne. She's
so funny. Really, she's amazing girl and
thank you so much Adrien for your
beautiful letter.
It was so cute to read it and I you made
me smile with that. I don't have a
choice now. [laughter]
And look at this. Look at this
beautiful, beautiful pin. It's what I
can wear. And I actually already know
where I will place it. I do have scarf
which I do like to wear lately.
And this will hold both of these sides.
You know, it's a summer scarf, very
light scarf, and it's always flying
everywhere. So, this will be perfect to
hold these two ends here. that will be
just exactly what I what I wanted to add
there. So, thank you so much. It will be
amazing. And here I am with two last uh
things. Uh Adrienne wrote me that she uh
created this one and uh she tried to
finish something and then she was
thinking it's in her letter. What she's
thinking what that is exactly what I'm
thinking that I can me I can finish what
I need to finish in that book. So, I'm
excited. I can't I can't express too
much. I can't express enough how much
excited I am about this one. I want to
see what you have created. And this one,
I think what we have here.
Oo, this is so cool. Okay, this way.
Don't touch it, Eevee. Don't touch it.
[gasps]
This is so cool. Look at that.
Wow, that's wonderful. I love it. Can I
open it? I don't want to ruin anything
here. Not going to pull I mean here. I'm
going to just pull this one.
Oh my god, this is so cool. I love him.
That's a beautiful folder.
Look at that.
Oh, this is Tim Holtz dyes and stamps
and probably papers inside as well. I
think it it is like two pockets or not
going to push it too much. I don't want
to ruin anything. [sighs and gasps]
It's so beautiful.
Oh, I love that.
And here is another one. Oh, this is so
beautiful. Look at that. Can I pull
something more? I don't want to ruin
anything.
This is so cute. I think it's maybe
maybe it's pocket here, but
you know guys, I don't want to ruin
anything. I think it's probably pocket
here, which is wonderful. Look at this
beauty.
Oh, it's so cute. And it's pocket here.
It is pocket here as well.
[gasps]
This is so cool. Really? Pocket. Pocket.
Pocket. It is pocket. Look at me. Oh my.
Okay.
[cough and clears throat]
Mhm. [laughter]
So, we do have pocket here. Pocket here.
It's so beautiful writing space. And for
all of that, we do have this beautiful
space here. And I'm not sure if this is
also a pocket. I'm not going to ruin
that to be too harsh. It's so gorgeous.
No, this way. This way, Eevee.
Beautiful. Look at that.
[sighs]
Okay, now this
in this package, Adrienne sent me
amazing vintage documents and I love
them all. They are all so beautiful and
it's a huge inspiration and I will have
to think that really carefully how I
will use them because these documents
are just stunning. And now let me
introduce you that gallery in the
journal.
Oh my god, look at that. That's that
accordion style of journal.
That's like a huge one.
Oh my goodness.
No way.
No, you did. You did not.
Oh my goodness. I do remember when
I saw first time these houses.
Oh my dear lord. This is amazing.
Look at this.
This is so gorgeous.
This is embossed. Oh my god, that's
freakishly amazing. How did you do that?
This is so cool effect. Really, it's
very cool effect. How did you do that?
Do you have embossing folder or do you
have die cuted piece under this green
paper? It's quite amazing. And I do love
your houses. Oh my god. I I think I did
did wrote that before Adri to Adrienne
that I I'm in love with her houses, her
art with those houses. It's quite
amazing. Look at these glass windows.
[sighs and gasps]
Oh my god,
this is amazing. Look at this. Oh shoot.
Okay,
going to place it back.
And it's holding. [clears throat]
Look at that. Oh my. This is amazing.
And it's so dimensional.
Wow. This is quite something really.
It's so awesome. Look at that.
Oh, it's so wonderful.
Wow. [gasps]
I am so in love with those houses.
This is so cool.
Look at this.
Oh my god, this is so gorgeous.
Adrienne, you really should have classes
on how did you do that? Because this
guys, this all this it's dimensional.
This is that background. And I do
believe this water is all underneath
probably. And all this, it's
dimensional. That's incredible. Really,
I do feel like I do have full gallery in
this book art gallery in one journal. Oh
my god. This is
This is so amazing. Really,
it's incredible. It's It's just Oh my
god. It's just incredible.
>> [laughter]
>> What is this funny?
And I think
Oh, this is that um that card. That
hidden card here in this
Oh, yeah. This is that hidden card. Oh,
this is so cool. Woo! Look at this.
Oh, you made it so well. And [laughter]
this is so crazy. Oh my god.
It is rotating this way and beer is just
hanging. Oh, this is so funny.
Look at that. Look at this guys.
Those houses are like dimensional.
And I do it.
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Easy, easy. Oh, shoot. A little bit of
Oops. Here. Got stuck here. Just a
slightly.
Look at these.
Oh my god, this is so amazing.
And look at these windows. That's what
I'm telling you.
It's like freakishly amazing. It It's so
gorgeous. This is dimensional.
Oh my goodness. These are beautiful.
I can't believe you sent that to me,
Adrian, because this is it's really like
full gallery. Oh my god, this is
gorgeous.
And the pieces you made like
dimensional. That is so amazing.
So freakishly amazing.
See guys, I hope you can see that that
some pieces on that picture I
dimensional.
Oh my god.
[sighs] Look at this.
This is so awesome.
So this is all like dimensional and more
than that there are another steps and
that glossy glossy windows. Oh my god,
it's freakishly awesome. And I do have
plenty of space to try out
some of these.
And I'm not sure how to do it really.
[laughter]
These are so gorgeous. Those eyes are
incredible.
Oh my god. I'm not sure I didn't show
you here today
that we do have many dimensions on these
images.
Like many dimensions on these images.
Really?
Oh my god. I can't believe you sent that
to me. It's amazing.
And here I do have Look at this.
Look at these charms.
This is freakishly awesome. I love this
style.
Beautiful charms.
And I am back with all those goodies,
guys. I'm going to be flipping all of
this journal few times more because it's
really incredible. Adrienne, if you are
watching this, thank you so so much.
Really? I Oh my god. I feel like I am at
Christmas time right now. And I can't I
can't [clears throat] believe you sent
this to me because this is such a
beautiful work of art. Really, it's full
gallery in one book and that's
incredible. I love it so much. And uh
thank you. Thank you from bottom of my
heart. This is beautiful journal.
Beautiful. Really your work is
incredible. And I you you should do uh
those you know classes for those for for
those houses because they are so cool.
So guys I do hope you found some
inspiration in what you saw especially
in this in this book. I did enjoy to go
through to all those goodies. I will try
to use them and uh I will try to give
them justice because they are all
beautiful. I am not so sure if I will
even try to interrupt this journal
because for me it's it's done. It does
have everything what it needs. I did
make wow all the time and I did enjoy it
so much. So I I think I will don't
interrupt this because it's it's too
beautiful to get my hands on it. I will
ruin it and I don't want to do that.
This is so beautiful work of art. So
thank you so so much. Thank you so much
to to you guys for jumping in and
watching all of this. I will try to put
links for uh Adrienne's if she will
allow me to put some links or some
contacts. If you are interested in her
art, you should be because this is
really incredible all that dimension and
all those layers. It's so beautiful. So
I wish you all beautiful day. Take care
of yourself and I will see you soon.
Bye.