At its heart, junk journaling is the art of transforming everyday paper ephemera into a handmade, mixed-media journal. Think ...

The perfect mix of creativity, nostalgia, and resourcefulness. In a world full of fast, disposable everything, there's something undeniably satisfying about reusing tactile materials and creating ...

From direct-mail advertisements, magazines and used envelopes, the scraps that humans are inclined to discard serve as the tools Jennifer Hansen uses to craft her junk journals — an eco-conscious and ...

Think of all the average trash a person goes through in one day: Straw wrappers, stickers, receipts, plastic, paper, coffee cups, bags, tags, the whole lot. Now imagine pasting every one of those ...

Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her ...

One main reason for this is affordability. Compared to some other crafts, junk journals can be incredibly affordable and, as we all know, college students need to save money whenever they can. When ...

The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. Credit... Supported by By Julia Carpenter When ...

In this journaling session, I’m using the Grabie Scrapbook Club Box to decorate the pages of my handmade junk journal. From ...

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Unlike millennial women, the Gen Zers junk journaling on my TikTok feed are less concerned with the constraints of the world around them ...

I kept a daybook consistently throughout my high school years (ah, the ’90s) and well into my twenties, and I love to look at them now. Part scrapbook, part diary, they’re a chronicle of my teenage ...

On January 1, 2020, I bought my very first journal. At the moment, it was simply part of a New Year’s resolution—but the timing was uncanny. Throughout the tumultuous months of 2020, I became reliant ...