My dad worked at a paper mill. We never ran out of paper to draw on😂

Does anyone else feel like sea lemon videos are almost therapeutic? Her voice and videos are so soothing and calming to watch.

@Currently_Fangirling

3 жыл бұрын

I know right! Her voice is so soft and soothing

@sarah_noodle

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! I am in the middle of a panic attack over buying a house and I came right to Jennifer (who I haven’t watched in over a year). She’s doing the trick!

I think seed paper is a great idea. The premise is that you can send out an invitation or thank you card on that paper and then the recipient can plant the paper instead of recycling or throwing it away. Then they get flowers!

@cccccece

3 жыл бұрын

my cat died and we cremated her. in her box, there was a little paper heart made of seed paper. we planted the paper and it grew beautiful wildflowers. i'll love you forever, meow.

@LoLPunky

3 жыл бұрын

@@cccccece aww that's so nice. what a great idea. did the ppl who made the box put that in there?

I love how individual your journal is to you. I'm so tired of seeing everyone do just vintage!

I love your story regarding your dad. My dad worked for a company that made the machinery that made the paper. He inspected the parts. He would always bring home paper for me to draw on and now I have an associates in media art design. :) thank you so much for sharing this cool story. Made my day.

I've been creating Junk Journals in the last couple of years and it's so much FUN! I love how stress-free it is. I usually create vintage-styled spreads but you can basically can do anything you want in it! Thanks Jennifer! what a great video, as usual!

I was thinking about doing this with sentimental cards and my kids’ art.

@runsoffsarcasmcoffee8303

4 жыл бұрын

I have done both, it was fun!

@user-xk4rl8bj2n

4 жыл бұрын

Omg that would be so cute

@MrsGsSewingSpace

4 жыл бұрын

I do that with my kids art. So much better than throwing it away or having it just hanging around in boxes.

@shannonb7246

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve done both as well. I made my son one that he can leave all of his stickers, pictures, and memories

@KBlue728

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing as I was watching

I don't know why I never thought of it. But, what a great idea to use the cool papers and pictures I have "hoarded" over the years. I really like the idea of just creating the journal pages without doing anything to them. I found the idea of creating something for each page so intimidating. This is a great first step with the bonus of organizing my paper and magazine pictures. It is still great even if I don't do anything else. Thank you

This seems like a relaxing thing to do when I'm stressed out about other art projects! Seems fun

@francesschatz3131

4 жыл бұрын

DewDrop Art great

It was interesting how you did this. You're right in that it can be anything you want. I use regular paper and scrap paper in my junk journals, but I leaned how to bind the pages from you. I use your pamphlet binding method. I really have fun doing then, and since I journal in them I go through them pretty quickly. Some junk journals are very ornate, but mine are pretty simple. I don't sew or use fabric, but pretty much you can use anything in them. I also love making pockets for in them. I have been having fun with them.

I have about 30 handmade junk journals on the shelf above my craft desk now. My favourite is made with the cardboard cover of my University Annual. I bind mine with string and a really easy figure of 8 sewing method. I love using old book pages, music sheets and the odd piece of watercolour paper. I fill my journals with collage, handwriting and paint, inspired by the seasons and colours around us. I keep it simple. But fun. It's a relaxing and satisfying place to play. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Joie 🌿💜🍄

I to have only recently learned about these junk journals and love them. I’m a little upset because of how long it took me. But it’s a shame they’re not like really viral or like trendy among younger audiences mostly adults. But I’m 19 and obsessed with it. What I’ve seen girls close to my age doing here on KZread are bullet journals and journaling which is also nice but it’s too plain for me. So far I’ve learned about junk journals, and smash journals. I’m more into junk journals tho because you put stuff that you’ve treasured or kept over the years in there. And little papers or stickers that appeal to you. And you can draw and write ideas. I love junk journals definitely will be a hobby of mine from now on. If you guys know of any other journaling styles please let me know but really for me junk journaling tops it all. EDIT: and personally for me rn how im junk journaling is that I bought a 416 page retro blank paper book off of Amazon. And I have an obsession with thick books it’s eye candy for me. So I plan to glue down anything pretty in there and papers. Also draw in it 💗. I plan to someday drop a KZread video when I finish it but I doubt it will be soon with how many pages it is 😅😂💗

@Currently_Fangirling

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

Paper made with beer? You have to explain that one! Sounds 😎!

What I love about your junk journal is that you can add pockets, scraps, photos or other things to it. (as I saw in videos) I hope you do an update on it if you add anything.

I remember in the 90s in elementary school we could get a book of wrapping paper samples booklet to try to sell for a fundraiser. I never sold any paper but I loved those booklets, the wrapping paper was really nice.

When we were growing up my mother's uncle worked at a paper mill. They didn't make fancy decorative paper like the ones you have but they made thick note pads with varying line widths in different shades of green and bue and pink and red. He would give us stacks of off-cuts left over that they were going to throw out. We used to love them so much, to me all paper was beautiful, even officey looking paper, it was exciting to flip through and smell and admire the lines and colours. I think I might still have some of the paper somewhere. I think for the number of trees used to produce paper every year we have to appreciate and honour it in all its forms. I love how carefully you work with paper, too. The love and admiration for paper is evident in all your work. I love this junk journal because it's different from what you normally see as junk journals.

Excellent way to store a selection of kids drawings / school work that you just can't bear to throw away. I still have many of my kids things even though they're grown now. We still like to look through them occasionally.

Omg I’m such a sentimental person and I love that this junk journal has so much sentimental value just being paper...like without a bunch added to it

I've been journaling like this for years due to my obsession with scrapbooking, short ass memory, and horrible habit of losing journals / notes etc. I just...slap em in there and theme each page, I have a box that I toss things in including stories,bits and bobs,flowers, old aesthetically pleasing packaging ,memories etc. Looking back at them really shows your progress as a person ♡

I don't call them junk journals, I call them joy journals, because I feel as long as it brings joy (to you, or the recipient, if there is one,) is a success. Doesn't matter what is made of. Unique, like the creator, like the owner. This was a wonderful video, thanks for sharing!

It's nice to see a modern junk journal that's not all vintage and shabby chic. Mine is pretty simple and leans more towards art journal, so I felt I'm doing something wrong because it wasn't choke full of all kinds of vintage memorabilia, lace and decorations. Sometimes less is more

@NN-iu2rp

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Not all junk journals or junk journal makers, make over stuffed, gaudy books. Check out Nik the booksmith, Lavender Crow Designs and IzzyBee Craft Creations for simple, clean lined, modern journals.

Thanks for the inspiration! I have a box full of small memories that i have been keeping for years : pictures, cinéma tickets, city maps, etc... and i didn't know what to do with them but i couldn't throw them away either. Now i know what to do : I'm making a junk journal!! I'm so excited!

I have gutted a book to make jjs, have reused a spiral notebook cover that I love to make a jj, and have made one from scratch. I use all kind of paper, lace, ribbon, wrapping papers... anything I like really as pages or to do pockets and embellish the pages. I use them for different things, some as art journals (my kids love these type), I am on my second "friend journal" where I glue cards and notes my friends gift me (and put notes of whenever I recieve Happy Mail or RAKs). I have another one for my kids drawings and little handmade cards. Simple ones to write all the random notes, toughts and to do lists I need to write. Also have one to put all my done crafty projects because I always tought I never could finish a lot of projects in a month. I have one to write all the measurements for my projects so I dont forget what an A2 card size is etc. And finally my "madness" journal for when anxiety is eating away at me and I need to just dump it all for my mental health. I make them on the simple side but love to have at least one decoration (even if a small sticker on each layout). And loooove making themed journals to decorate each page with a small thing that invokes the theme)

@GladysPerrin

4 жыл бұрын

Nilda M. Bonilla Very good ideas! Thank you for sharing.

yessss! I was so curious when I saw that post the other day! I always saved paper that I thought had cool colours and designs, this could be a nice way of using/saving them. A very fun video to watch ^^

I also make junk journals out of leftover scrapbook papers that are too small or oddly shaped to do anything else with. The pages end up being different sizes and shapes, so it looks a little messy but I like that look. I then fill the junk journals with doodles, practice calligraphy, ticket stubs, receipts, stickers... any random junk that I want to keep but don't have anywhere else to put!

I love how this turned out and I’m now inspired to go find some of those disks to make my own scrap paper books ❤️

Have ya’ll ever heard if the book series “Destroy This [blank]”? I have “Destroy this Journal” and this junk journaling made me remember it and I found all of my bandaids from any shots I have gotten when I didn’t flinch! I was SUPER afraid of shots and when I got “over” that fear I wanted to remember it. Gross I know.

@recoveringsoul755

4 жыл бұрын

That's OK, I saved my 1st babies umbilical cord when it fell off.

@cryingblindeyes

4 жыл бұрын

Recovering Soul i hear that’s pretty normal actually? But I think that’s sweet

@wrapsbyrachel5571

4 жыл бұрын

anything that "helps you" -- besides its not for anyone else's benefit. I think that's great

@linah.939

4 жыл бұрын

@@recoveringsoul755 how did you do that? doesn't it... rot? or something?

@howwrongwewere

3 жыл бұрын

@@recoveringsoul755 could be worse... could've been like the mom in "meet the fockers" and saved your sons foreskin from his circumcision 😳🤢😱

The thing that makes junk journaling fun and easy to do is, the fact that it can be anything you want it to be, like if you want it to look like it 100 years old you can do, or if you literally want to glue junk you like into a book you can do.

You’re inspiring me to start a discbound junk journal with spare paper too! I liked your journal! Thank you!

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks paper punches are fun ❤️ That and making envelopes idky but it is calming to me.

Can’t wait to see you fill it up with even more beautiful junk!!!! 💕💕💕 so cool to see you crossing over into the JJ world!

What a great way to save and enjoy those special papers! I’ve always been reluctant to delve into junk journals, but this idea appeals to me! I always enjoy your videos, whatever the subject matter!

Plenty of junk journal queens on KZread. There are no rules to making a jj. I recommend watching Johanna Clough, Tracey Fox, Wendy's journal adventures, 49dragonflies, Angela Kerr Designs, Gayle Agostinelli, NikTheBooksmith, Treasure Books.

That’s what I love about junk journaling, it can be whatever you want it to be. There are no rules and as cliche as it is, possibilities are endless. I can’t wait to see what you create in your junk journal 📓😁🥰

Love this concept!!

@no-so9vz

3 жыл бұрын

Omg hii I love your channel :)

@achaudhry5127

3 жыл бұрын

Hii luv you

I did a junk journal similar to that. I used a homemade paper with seeds in it when I got married. I loved it for being recyled and you can plant it.

I love the idea of a junk journal. I actually had no idea what it was until a week ago! I'm going to start working on mine and I'm super excited so thank you for covering this

Fabulous way to keep your special papers. It's very different yet so beautiful too. I always like what you do and how you do it Jennifer. I'm not into doing the vintage thing, like with inking every single thing in the journal with brown ink. I do some pieces in that way but most times I forget to do it and my journals are pretty and fun.

Turned out great!....especially since all of the papers were special to you

I love this. I have always been interested in junk journals, but have never made one. I, too, am a paper hoarder, to the point that I have drawers of scraps sorted by color. I also have tons of paper acquired from my mother's crafty stash. I think I should do this. Thank you so much for the inspiration.

I love junk journals! So fun to make and you can all the those bits of papers and ephemera that you can't seem to get rid of!

I absolutely loved the story about your Dad!!! That was such a cool story. I would have absolutely played and kept the paper samples too!

Good job 👍 How you enjoyed making your JJ. The possibilities are endless. Nice way to use those old pages. 😀 I followed your binding tutorials for my first journal.

Hello, I too hoard pretty paper. I have those things, not just paper, that I love but don’t know really what to do with it! This is a great solution. I’ve known about junk journals for about three years. I too was late to that trend. I usually am late to most things. Oh well, it doesn’t bother me. Your journal turned out great! Enjoyed your video! ❤️💜💚

I didn't even think of discs!!! I have a Cinch too. What a great way to save your beautiful papers.

Your journal is the most beautiful one I have ever seen!!

I don't really get the whole junk journaling thing... BUT I've been trying to figure out how those disc things are used for binding. And you showed that! So thank you!!🥰

@jkay606

4 жыл бұрын

yes! That's why I clicked because I thought she was going to explain what they were used for other than a bound pile of "stuff"

Oh, nice! I think I need to make a kind of junk journal/storage system for all the stickers and smaller pieces of paper I've got cluttering up my drawers, so I may try making some clear pockets and binding them with the disc system and see how that turns out.

I love the idea of the junk journal it has a nice aesthetic to it. Your journal looks very nice😁😊😊♥️

We also have a hard time using old items especially books (just can't tear apart a book). So our approach is more from the art journaling avenue, but we do bring the essence with papers we create (digitally and with media) along with other purchased ones, and then we put more of our mixed media onto it and well... Each one we create is different. That is the cool part.

Congratulations on your first junkjournal!be careful, they’re very addicting! 😁💜

I like to create really mixed media arty journals, with pockets, tip-ins, fold out pages etc and I tend to use old books for the cover. The way you did yours is very different to my techniques, might give it a go in the future 😊

Using old papers that you have been saving for ages are the perfect ingredients for a junk journal! Nice to see you make one and I hope you have fun filling it. Also I was today years old when I heard of paper made with beer. 😳🍻 🤣

In re: punching holes for disc-bound journals: The We R Memory Keepers brand made a pretty nice manual hole-punch that does multiples holes at a time. I snagged one with all the different hole-punch variations when it went on clearance, so I can also punch holes for pages to go into a spiral notebook, or a more typical binder. :)

Very nice and interesting! I remember that I got the leftover papers from my friend who used to be an art teacher.

Really liking that idea, I got so many junk papers that I can't part with either. I might try this out, except in a more traditional style (I don't have the materials for a discbound book), thanks for sharing!

I am junk journaler for over 10 years, I was a scrapbooker before, and this just changed my life, I LOVE making them but I also have so much fun playing with them! I use a mix of modern and vintage papers and the results are just wonderful. JUNK JOURNAL LOVER FOREVER! ❤️

Love this idea. I am going to buy disc binding tools just to do this project. I also save paper sample books from the trash. I love flipping through the books and touching the paper.

I made my own "Pinterest" binder before Pinterest was a thing; it's like a junk journal full of clippings from craft and fashion magazines that I wanted to use for ideas. I glued the pics to plain paper and wrote notes about the pic and the way it inspired me. I have it divided up into clothing, beaded jewelry, knitting/crochet dolls, and accessories. Some of those things are discontinued so I'll have to study the picture and recreate it, if I can. This junk journal looks great and gives me more ideas! 😁👍🏻

thanks for the video. hahaha, I am also a paper hoarder. I actually recognized a couple sheets in your junk journal that I had at some point (the swimming pool water one and the very crafty paper with seeds inside; that was a lovely one albeit bulky).

Love the idea of laminating the die cuts! I'm so doing this!

Oooh! I got a lovely card/wedding announcement from a friend two decades back that was made from that seed paper. The idea was to read the note/invite and then soak/plant the paper. Better for the environment. 🌱

Cool! I’ve recently gotten into book binding and I have been interested in junk journaling, but I never had a book to junk journal in, but now that I know how to bind books I can just make one! :)

So clever!! What great ideas you have!!

Great video. You videos were very helpful in binding my own watercolor sketchbooks. I also like disc binding. Thank you ❤️

What a great idea! Thank you Jennifer. I also have a lot of papers lying around for ages. For me it’s mostly because of that the are too beautiful to cut up and use them in projects. I tend to use less interesting paper which result in that I don’t like the project that much. Weird, isn’t it?

I made one for my adult children using school papers I had saved. I have a flower garden journal, a veggie garden journal, a junk journal for interesting junk papers, an art journal where I play mixed media on pages and last a journal for the days of this virus!

I checked out your disc video after this video. This is so useful, I’m not just a holder for all my pictures over the years but I have a scatter brain too. I could organise my plans/drawings as well as reusing blank pages in other notebooks. I’m trying to declutter my room which is full of sketchbooks.

I have made 7 junk journals this past year, and none for myself...until tonight! Finally made mine!

I think the whole idea of junk journal is do it how you want it! Love yours!

Wow this is such a great sentimental storage book! I moved around a lot so I dont have a lot of this stuff... I watched a description of Mukbang as people watching other people eat so they can eat with others. I feel like this video was like that - i enjoyed your stories :)

Very nice collection of papers! I’d be hard pressed to call it junk; the sentimental value makes it a treasure.

I have been making junk journals for years, which involves mostly cardboard packaging from stuff i buy and other paper ephemera i collect on the way. I turn them into a smashbook to collect everyday memorabilia like ticket stubs and receipts, which is really nice on the heavy weight cardboard papers and more interesting than plain paper. Your book reminded of a scrap sampler, which is a collection of paper scraps but yours is a much larger size. I follow nikthebooksmith and Treausure Books, and they are both quite inspiring junk journalers.

The paper with the seeds are flowers. You can put the card into the ground, water it and flowers come out. It's a fun way to recycle the card. The paper and ink is also nature friendly. So it would be nice of you 'plant' the card.

i love my junk journal. i find it so hard to stop making them. 💕

This would be perfect for any kind of supplies you have. From yarn to Beads, Sequins etc. This would be fun. I don't like the Vintage Look. I have scrap paper I been trying to use up..😁 This would be fun. I'm one of those that can't have enough paper....🙄😁 Next on my supply list is one of those large cutting boards. And maybe hole punchers...☺️ I love the ASMR part when you put out all those Disc. ☺️ Watching these gives me my own inspiration to make my own. My Dad was also a Truck Driver for the Mayflower Trucks. He use to collect old TV Guids. Wish I had a few of those. Not sure what the done with them.

I did not even think of making the disc-bound holes with a regular punch and scissors!! I know what I'm doing with some piles of old artwork now ;) Thank you!

Thank you for making this video. It gave hope for this paper hoarder that there will be order in my stash one of these days.

Last time I was this early, Kona was an only child! I have some old paper squirreled away, I should try this.

I want to start an artsy garden journal to keep track of my plants and small garden. Would love a video on this topic!

Beautiful journal!

Ahh I have stubbornly opposed discbound books for some reason [I truly don't know why, they're just another kind of binding!] But seeing this video has let me see the benefits of using them! ♡

I never thought of using my laminating machine as a 'fixer' for collage! What a great idea! (Side Note: I've seen a lot of that seed-embedded paper used for invitations or announcements. The seeds are often wildflowers and the paper can be planted after use. Less waste - more pretty.) ( More notes: Your Dad could have a profitable side-business selling those vintage magazines on eBay. Paper-crafters pay top dollar for vintage mags with lots of advertising.) Cheers!

Wow! I’ve been wondering about Junk Journals and this video was great! I might have to try it out now lol

I though I was being lazy with the Bible I disk bound. For the cover, I ended up using an empty laminating pouch to help line up the holes. I went through each setting of the punch and punched a strip, so I have an idea of how the bottom differs. Using the guide, I would select the right setting (so letter/junior/ etc) to see which has a better base. Then I would line it up so that the top is over the top of the punch to avoid the half punch. Sometimes I ended up using a piece of paper/cardstock to make sure the distance between the paper stopper and the actual cover is the same. If that makes sense... But thank you for the introduction to junk journal. Now I have a project for all the random bits and pieces I've been saving up. :P

You were my first teacher for bookbinding. Once I was comfortable doing that, I started making my own junk journals. Now I make all different kinds of junk journals. Unfortunately it seems that not many people want to write in a journal, they have their phones. So, I just keep :asking them lately because I have a HUGE stash of scrapbook paper.

Awesome! I really love the laminated scrap page. I'm going to try that :D

I'm not even keeping so much different papers, but a lot of prints and illustrations which I used to hoard when I thought they might turn into an inspiration for a drawing or painting, so maybe I should try to turn my carton box full of those into something like that ^^' Btw, I think, I actually saw something like that seed paper before, with some kind of add printed on it and that could be ripped up or cut and actually used to seed wildflowers or something like that :3

I absolutely love this idea, Thank you xx😁🧡

I started my junk journal adding soap wrap. I didn't want to throw away and decided that a junk journal would be nice to keep memories and wraps and stuff . I think junk journal is actually a memory keeper

Really cool and full of memories 💕

I made one like this I didnt have any discs so I used my spiral notebook and added pages there😂😂 I turned out so nice and i wanna send you my recreation on Facebook

I love the doggo just chilling there

Just love the original sound @ 6.13 it s so soothing to hear rattle from disc...

This was so inspiring! I have soo many weird pieces of paper lying around.... thank you so much!!!

Love this idea!!! Great video!

I'm planning 2 junk journals, one for quotes and the second one for an art journal. Just waiting for things to settle down here.

Love this junk journal!

So cool to see you doing this

cool Junk Journal / paper keeping idea! I make Junk Journals by myself and use them for memory keeping. Wanna make a penpal Journal where I bind all the letters I got from my one paypal since 2018 in it. I keep them in an A4 Organizer in foil at this time but don't like it. Cool to see that I am not the only one who likes to bind memory-papers as a kind of new journal hahaha