Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 on being a collaborator! It’s a big thing! You earned it with your creativity ❤❤❤❤ So many ideas! I think I will try it this year. Loved your idea of making a zine, scanning and printing.

@ella_nym

20 күн бұрын

thanks, karina!!! i really couldn't believe it haha excited to see if you join in for some days 🤩 i've been very into zine making lately so im looking forward to working on that method too

You did a great job of listing things that could inspire non junk journalers. As you were talking my brain kept going. Crochet fans could make a granny square a day, embroiderers could perfect a stitch or motif a day etc etc etc... I myself am trying again to do more than just a few pages this time around. If I get really short on time I will make a tag, a journal/index card, an ATC or just alter a playing card to suit the prompt instead of a journal page.

@ella_nym

14 күн бұрын

thank you so much! 🧡 i love expanding the ways we can user prompts and sometimes thinking that way even helps us come up with ideas related to junk journaling in the first place. love the idea of a granny square per day! I have found that given how busy I am, I haven't been able to actually collage every day but I'm writing my haiku every day and then on Saturday will try to set out a day to collage for an hour or two.

I am going to try to do as much as I can. I have made my accordion booklet for July. I have never done anything like this with certain prompts for each day. I kept mine on the smaller side 6” approximately square. I figured less stress filling up a big page but also a little space to write. I have lost my soft brush black pen I write with. I have my husband on the hunt. I also would like to have a white speedball pen and maybe if I can find a pink jelly pen. That goes with the theme. I have a ton of scraps and bigger paper I can use if needed. I loved the idea of adding a short tag and I’m going back to my journal and want to add at least one. Also somehow when making it I glued two pages together so now I have a top loading pocket by chance! Maybe it’s supposed to be there. I don’t know! We will see how it goes! Good luck to everyone!!!! Dawn

@ella_nym

14 күн бұрын

I am also trying to just show up where I can and not pressure myself to create every single day. I absolutely love accordion journals!! Have you been able to find your soft brush black pen?

While I don't set time limits or other constraints, I totally believe in stretching a prompt to its limit. They are simple a spring board for your creativity.

@ella_nym

22 күн бұрын

Yes absolutely!! And constraints like that are also just another way to help anyone who may need it, if the weight of so many options makes it overwhelming, but end of the day a prompt really is just a springboard ✨

I'll be joining JJJ for the first time. New to journaling, a tiny bit scared but excited as well. I loved your akkordeon journal with the watercolor spreads and deli paper like writing connecting the pages. Love it!❤ See you there!

@ella_nym

14 күн бұрын

thank you so much ! the accordion is one of my favorite things i ever made and it really was a no pressure thing to experiment. haven't been able to create anything just yet but hoping to get a good session in over the weekend and make some spreads 😍

Thank you for these ideas and tips

@ella_nym

20 күн бұрын

i'm glad they can be of some use or inspo

I am not a junk journaler, but when it comes to collage, I'm right there with you. Next month will be the 5th time I've participated - I just really enjoy responding to the prompts, which gets me out of my comfort zone. My only self-imposed rule is that I can't buy anything new; everything that goes into making and filling the journal has to come from my stash. That's as close as I get to "junk," I suppose! I enjoyed your video. Thank you.

@ella_nym

20 күн бұрын

yesss !! i wouldn't consider myself much of a junk journaler either but i am a tad obsessed with collage so that's usually my go to style for these challenges. do love the rule of not buying anything new and just using what you have. i think ill stick to that a well. glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for commenting

Love the idea of interpreting the prompts as writing prompts! I wasn't going to participate but I will now for at least some of them to inspire some writing!!

@ella_nym

22 күн бұрын

omg so excited to see what you come up with 😍 maybe for the typewriter notebook

@osheenycreations380

22 күн бұрын

Oooh yes. I love writing

I had made a file folder suitcase with Faithful Designs with Christy and I didn't know what to do with it; so I'm using it for the junk journal july event. I had some paper/ephemera left over, so, like you suggested, I set it aside for the JJJ event. Using the prompt to look up on Spotify for music to inspire you is a great idea! I really appreciate you helping us get ready for the JJJevent! Thanks!

@ella_nym

20 күн бұрын

I'm so glad i was able to help with some ideas and inspo !! love the idea of repurposing/ using things you didn't have a purpose for in challenges like this !!

Thank you for these great ideas! I'm inspired to try to do the haikus, even tho I'm no poet. It just sounds fun!

@ella_nym

20 күн бұрын

they really are so much fun! i think haiku's are great for anyone, even non-poets, cause the form is fairly simple. and i think they're a great way to memory keep abstractly. do let me know if you end up writing any! 🧡

HI! New sub to you. Came to see you JJJUlY! Love your first page of "notes". Really helpful! Great video! Nice to meet you!

@ella_nym

14 күн бұрын

thank you so much for subscribing! nice to meet you as well 🧡

Thank you for these assuring tips! I look forward to Junk Journal July ✨🫶🏽

@ella_nym

22 күн бұрын

i'm so glad they could be of some use

love how you opened up the rules, i'm def one who thinks i need to follow them to a t or there's no point in joining a challenge 😅 so many great ideas for interpreting prompts too! i think i might join in and do a mix of collaging, junk journaling & just diary writing. i've been looking for ways to get back some creativity, so this is brilliant! tysm for making the video ❤

@ella_nym

22 күн бұрын

oh i'm so glad some of the ideas could be helpful! i know that i need a combination of flexibility and also constraints for challenges so they are always hit or miss for me haha but i am also just wanted to work on my creative practice a bit more so im excited to see where the spreads go this time around. thanks so much for sharing what your plans are !!💜