Getting Started with Junk Journaling – The Easiest and Most Fun Way to Create a Life Log
A delightful introduction to junk journaling and a collection of inspiring works, perfect for anyone who loves collage, paper ephemera, and planners. Whether you simply browse the pages or create your own journal, there is plenty to enjoy. This book carefully explains everything from tips for collecting materials and composing pages to collage ideas, bookbinding methods, and decorative techniques. It covers a wide range of approaches, from basic processes that are easy for beginners to adopt to more advanced ideas for creating a distinctive visual world. It also features numerous examples of finished junk journals and individual page layouts. Rather than focusing solely on making something “beautiful,” the book celebrates spontaneity and the changes that materials undergo with age, showing how rewarding it can be to gather everything you love into a single volume. Collect, paste, and bind paper ephemera together. Welcome to the world of junk journals, where you can fill a book with everything you love. Tickets and labels from overseas, vintage papers, magazine clippings, handwritten notes—combine all kinds of paper materials freely to create a one-of-a-kind journal of your own.