A scrapbook is built around your photos. A junk journal is built around the paper itself. Here is the honest difference between the two crafts, what supplies each one actually needs, and how to pick which to start with.
The first time I heard the word "ephemera" I genuinely thought it was some fancy art-store product I was supposed to go buy. Turns out it was sitting in my recycling bin. And my junk drawer. And the bottom of my purse. I had been throwing away the good stuff for years without knowing it.... Continue Reading →
You want to start a junk journal. You've been staring at them on Pinterest for six months. You've watched the tutorials. You have a vague mental list of supplies you think you need. And yet - the blank journal is still blank, the supplies are still unpurchased, and somehow another week has gone by. I... Continue Reading →
If you've fallen down the junk journaling rabbit hole and Googled "junk journal kit" looking for a single box that has everything you need, congratulations, you've found the actual right way to start. Junk journals have a million components and buying them all separately can take weeks of trial-and-error before you have enough to build... Continue Reading →
OK so I have a confession. I used to stare at a blank junk journal page for way too long before actually putting anything on it. Like, I'd have a pile of paper scraps and some washi tape and a good three hours of free time, and I'd just... sit there. Not because I didn't... Continue Reading →
Picking the right junk journal book base makes everything easier. A practical guide to composition notebooks, altered books, and travelers notebooks.
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