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What is a junk journal for?
A Junk Journal is a handmade book of recycled and found materials and ephemera. The pages can be used to write, draw, paint or record memories, thoughts, ideas, and inspiration. The finished junk journal can become anything you want. What is this? Where scrapbooks are made to be polished and beautiful, junk journals are made to be used, written in and to remember things you want to keep track of. Often a junk journal is a handmade book and is not intended to last a long time the same way scrapbooks are. Etsy is probably the most common place for people to sell their junk journals. It’s a online market for handcrafted creations, and therefore a perfect place to find people who might be searching for a junk journal. Setting up an Etsy shop is a pretty easy process. It’s about choosing things you want to scrapbook about. As for smashbooking, it’s an even more relaxed style, where you just add in memorabilia or journal onto the smashbook directly and you don’t have to put in as much planning and thought like a regular scrapbook.
What do I put in my junk journal?
Personal Diary A junk journal can be a great place to record your thoughts, dreams, project ideas, or even appointments and events. If you plan to do lots of writing, you can leave plenty of blank space on the pages. Tags and foldout journaling spots provide more unique places to write. Use a junk journal as a memory and photo keeper – junk journals tend to borrow a lot of ideas and techniques from the scrapbooking world, so it’s natural that junk journals often become books for keeping memories, photos, cards, tags, and other bits of ephemera that remind you of friends, family and trips you might … Combining scraps of paper, paint, and other stubs together with mixed media supplies like acrylics and watercolors turn a junk journal into an art journal! Some people use the already filled junk journals as the base for an art journal and then fill it up with patterns and other stuff.
Why are junk journals so popular?
The reason junk journals are so popular is because there are no rules to follow, which mean you can really let your imagination run wild and design something beautiful and quirky. You can work on the whole book, or just little snippets of it when you get time, like some tags, pockets or belly bands. A junk journal is typically a book made up of all different types of papers and material, that might otherwise have ended up in the bin – hence being called a junk journal. But a standard junk journal is usually about the size of A5 (or roughly 8×5 or 9×6 inches). This is a great size for beginners as you don’t have to trim your pages as much; most A4-sized sheets of paper will fit just right inside a standard-sized junk journal.
Should I throw away my journal?
This seems to be a common refrain amongst the journaling community and especially for memoir writers. Don’t throw out your journals—they are tiny pieces of you. They are the raw materials for whatever autobiography you may want to write later. While many people have this question about junk journals, the truth is that you can write whatever you like in a junk journal. If you’re making a journal for yourself, then it can serve as your own private space to record your innermost thoughts and feelings. It presents an opportunity for emotional catharsis and helps the brain regulate emotions. It provides a greater sense of confidence and self-identity. Journaling can help in the management of personal adversity and change, and emphasize important patterns and growth in life.
What is a signature in a junk journal?
Today we are going to look at what a junk journal signature is and how to make one. Signatures are also called sections in bookbinding circles. They are a collection of paper that are stacked and then folded in half to form what looks like a book. These signatures are then bound into a cover to form your book. The reason junk journals are so popular is because there are no rules to follow, which mean you can really let your imagination run wild and design something beautiful and quirky. You can work on the whole book, or just little snippets of it when you get time, like some tags, pockets or belly bands. A junk journal is typically a book made up of all different types of papers and material, that might otherwise have ended up in the bin – hence being called a junk journal. What is this? Where scrapbooks are made to be polished and beautiful, junk journals are made to be used, written in and to remember things you want to keep track of. Often a junk journal is a handmade book and is not intended to last a long time the same way scrapbooks are. Combining scraps of paper, paint, and other stubs together with mixed media supplies like acrylics and watercolors turn a junk journal into an art journal! Some people use the already filled junk journals as the base for an art journal and then fill it up with patterns and other stuff.