How the Scrap-a-Day Journaling Trend Turns Everyday 'Junk' into Art

At its heart, junk journaling is the art of transforming everyday paper ephemera into a handmade, mixed-media journal. Think ...
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How to Make a Junk Journal (and How They're Different From Scrapbooks)

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 ...
News Tribune

Crafters were lonely in LA, ‘junk journals’ brought them together

LOS ANGELES -- Bikini-clad girls sat sipping canned cocktails by the shallow end of a swimming pool. Their sunscreen glistened in the summer heat, leaving a coconut aroma in the air. But these ...
Bustle

Can’t Get Into Daily Pages? Try TikTok’s “Junk Journaling” Trend Instead

Writing in a journal sounds amazing in theory. Imagine yourself with a pen in one head, a cup of tea in the other, and a beautiful notebook in front of you with dozens of blank pages just waiting to ...
Rolling Stone

Can Junk Journaling Be an Answer To Digital Fatigue?

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 ...
The New York Times

Inside the Messy World of Junk Journaling

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 ...
The Daily Tar Heel

'Everybody is an artist': Community members collage their clutter in junk journals

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 ...
SheKnows

‘Junk Journals’ Are Making a Nostalgic Comeback — & Might Be Your Teen’s Latest Low-Tech Obsession

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 ...

For Gen Z, journaling is fun. For millennial women, it was their first act of rebellion

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

The Death of the Souvenir — and the Rise of "Memory Collecting"

Last year was Ramisha Sattar's "year of side quests." While she was busy making a name for herself as Chappell Roan's one-of-a-kind creative director, she also did a last-minute trek around Machu ...
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These crafters were lonely in L.A. Their 'junk journals' brought them together

Bikini-clad girls sat sipping canned cocktails by the shallow end of a swimming pool. Their sunscreen glistened in the summer heat, leaving a coconut aroma in the air. But these sunbathers weren’t ...