This month I have been consumed with making a new junk journal for sale on Etsy. It is nature themed and I love it. The cover is made from a re-purposed hardcover novel, Tom Clancy I think, and I have covered it with fabric and lace. It has three signatures, a bird themed one, butterfly …
Today you are going to learn how to bind a junk journal. Creating junk journals has opened my eyes to the over looked things in daily life. I have found beauty and inspiration in these things and I hope you have found the same. So you have your signatures and your cover now it’s time …
Last week we talked about what signatures are and how to make them. If you missed it go “HERE“. Now we are moving on to how to make junk journal covers. Your cover can be as easy as cutting up a cereal box and going to town with the glue and images, you can also …
This article is a follow on in my junk journal series. Last weeks post is ‘What is a junk journal?‘ To make a junk journal there are three essential parts. The cover, the binding and the signatures. Today we are going to look at what a junk journal signature is and how to make one. …
What is a junk journal? Well the short answer is that a junk journal is a journal that has been handmade from recycled materials. From the pages to the cover, everything is made by you. Junk journals have been around for a while now and they have become very popular in North America and Australia. …
Since my family have started self-isolation I have re-discovered my love of paper craft. I used to scrapbook and I still do memory pages in my bullet journal but I haven’t done anything really creative for a long time. Recently I discovered junk journals and have been down that rabbit hole for about 10 days. …
