Junk Journal

Hello and welcome my fellow Doodlebugs! I have been interested in junk journals for a while and recently a friend told me about some ideas on Pinterest using a child’s Golden Book as the base. No surprise my journal base is a Golden Book about dogs.

You might be asking what exactly is a junk journal? It is a journal/book  that includes anything you want, no rules, items do not need to coordinate and the more variety of colors and items the better. A junk journal may be a personal journal, calendar, prayer journal, address book, to do list, you get the idea.

The base can be a Golden Book for children, a vintage book or a new base. Typically junk journals are created to have a vintage look, it is personal preference. I used a vintage Golden Book for children, as painful as it was I had to take the book apart. I want to be able to add as much “stuff” and pages as I want. I used the rings that come with Graphic 45 tags to bind my book and everything inside. I “collect” all things dog related and have for several years, items I am using do not match with the overall theme being dogs. My journal is still in progress, I plan to use envelopes, old card bases, chipboard scraps, envelopes, tags, flowers and ephemera. This type of journal creation allows you to use up left over items from previous projects.

On Pinterest I saw a Christmas Golden Book front and back cover as the base of a junk journal which incorporated Christmas cards as the pages, a great way to keep favorite cards and memories of Christmas past. The possibilities are endless and you can create special gifts for family and friends especially if you use a child’s book from their childhood.

Thanks so much!
Amberly