I cannot tell you how many times I gave up on junk journaling because I’m like, “why am I doing this when I don’t even write in them!” This video explains the reasons and I love it! Every single junk journaling beginner should watch this video. Also, I love your furniture and pieces in the background. Thank you for doing this wonderful detailed video!

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Awww. Thank you for the kind comments! I’m so glad this was helpful ❣️🙂👏🏼

My quick and simple answer is, "I enjoy doing it!" No one has to understand another person's hobbies. Each person must find their own bliss. This is mine.

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Nicely said. 👍🏼❣️😉

@One_gruntled_woman

2 күн бұрын

I agree absolutely!

@rhondabarlow860

Күн бұрын

I appreciate you saying that. I needed that reminder.

I can truly say it is therapeutic. My home was destroyed in hurricane Laura in 2020 and we had to live in a small trailer for almost two years. This was extremely traumatic. This is when I learned about junk journals. I made one about our hurricane experience (We stayed and were in the house when the tree came through.) Junk journals kept me sane and gave me calm while we were going through all the decision making and rebuilding.

@MargareteMiller

8 күн бұрын

First off, I’m so sorry for your tremendous loss! I’m so glad you found a way to deal with some of the trauma through art. Thank you for sharing your story 💜

@nonibbs

4 күн бұрын

My heart bleeds for you , thank goodness you had some creative skill to turn to!

@Azaryah1982

2 күн бұрын

I'm very, very sorry you went through such trauma. You're much stronger than you may realize, being able to find a way to cope in a healthy way. I'm struggling with an avalanche of unpleasant life events over the past 3.5 years. Your comment has helped me decide the prayer journal / junk journal I've been struggling to start is _not_ stupid or useless or a waste of time. It's therapy. God bless you and yours.

Non artists have no understanding of why you waste your time doing anything. They are blind to all types of art, journals included. But these journals are also historical documents and one day may be valued for the snap shot they provide of the era in which you make your journal - so keep going. don't let any one discourage you.

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for these words of encouragement 👏🏼❣️🌟

I've been seeing junk journals around for a few years and I think they look amazing, but they've always been a mystery to me. I've never had the attention span to sort through videos trying to figure them out. Thank-you for putting all the info into one video and finally clearing it up for me!

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Super! I’m so glad it was helpful ❣️👍🏼😉

It's difficult to explain to a non-artist why we create stuff. In my case, my mental health tanks if I don't break out the paints every day. Junk journals are a work of art in themselves, and in my opinion the cost of not doing them outweighs the time, effort, and cost associated with creating them. As long as you are not neglecting your loved ones, don't let anyone put down your creative work.

@dandelion1239

7 күн бұрын

I feel the same way. I need to be working on something all the time. My hands have to be busy. It’s fun & good for me, then others benefit from the things I make too.

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

I'm glad you've figured that out about yourself and the benefits to keeping creative. And I 100% agree with you: don't let anyone put down your creative work! 👏🏼💙🌟

@turiaseiger-todd2404

6 күн бұрын

Being creative is a blessing and a curse, at the same time. I have to be doing something creative when I'm home. I've got many subjects I love to do. Outlets!!! Have to do it! And, it's fun!!!

@Joanne217

5 күн бұрын

"May your hands always be busy May you feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation When the ​wind of changes shift . .' Forever Young, Bob Dylan💙@@dandelion1239

@nikkik4603

4 күн бұрын

Oh how I envy all who are creative! I love junk journals have tried my hand at it but I just don’t seem to be able to pull things together in a way that’s cute and fun.

I recently found a pad of aviation paper and put together a junk journal for my granddaughter who is going off to school to become a pilot. She absolutely loved it and I am so pleased! We are putting finishing touches in it together. Her own creativity came out, we copied her college acceptance letter to use in it and some lined paper to log her fly time. I used an old blue book for the right blue color and had an old atlas for maps. Rubber stamps and stencils too. Such fun!

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

This sounds absolutely lovely, Pam. What a wonderful keepsake 💜💙❤️

@BA-ef4pr

4 күн бұрын

A blue book sounds perfect for my gdaughter and I to use as the structure to make our first journal. Thnx!

@birgip.m.1236

4 күн бұрын

How thoughtful & loving❣️ Doesn't sound like a junk journal as it sounds thematic -personalized to your grand daughter's exciting career endeavour & quite purposeful!!

It is kind of a healing process. I lost my second baby four years ago. I was devastated and beyond consoling but then I found junk journaling. Granted, I did have God but I needed an outlet. I have always liked paper items. To be able to manipulate images, painting and collaging is such a broad meaning to take away from.

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your struggles. My deepest condolences on your loss. I’m so glad you discovered an outlet to help you through. 💜

@thejunkjourney2650

4 күн бұрын

Tearing paper and gluing is great therapy. And to make something you enjoy is a bonus. Sorry for your loss! May God bless you with peace.

@debbiebreen6276

3 күн бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, I think junk journalling is a healing process and opens your mind to beautiful things to think about. God Bless xx

Why make junk journals? Because it’s FUN to see all the beauty you can create with paper! And it’s serendipitous! “Junk” journal is not the best term (must be the alliteration that keeps it around), it has evolved and expanded over time to include many styles, materials and techniques. Anything goes! For me, it’s about being FREE from perfection.

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Love your comments. Thanks for sharing!! 💜

@rhondaburtch4483

4 күн бұрын

My husband has dubbed them “Keepsake Journals” because he says they are definitely not junk.

@wollfaden1979

22 сағат бұрын

Free from perfection... YES, EXACTLY! The more I do this craft the less perfectionist I become. It is so healing!

Love that I found this but I am going to add all the junk I have piled up around the house in drawers, files, boxes, albums, charts from cross stitch patterns I have stitched, book covers of those I have loved, maybe even put in a single earring of which I’ve lost the pair but adored. No order. Fabrics and wallpaper I love, etc. Just a place to reflect on my life at 65 years old!

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Yes, and you can take a sampling of all those things to be represented in your junk journal. It could be a way to show what you’re interested in ❣️👍🏼😉

@sonyacreel6600

Күн бұрын

@cynthia8022 I've been reading many of the comments left under this video and yours screamed at ME. So, to this BEAUTIFUL woman of a length in life of 65 yrs of wonderful LIVING, on this day I commend you for having an excellent beginning. Now you're choosing to journal your journey using stitched patterns, book covers from books you have loved on, fabrics of your choice, and perhaps adding an earring for a tassel because the other is misplaced. What a reflective journal your going to place into this WORLD 🌍

@cynthia8022

Күн бұрын

@@sonyacreel6600 Thank you! What a lovely note to find on this very hot and humid day. You took so much time to write that and it really has touched me. You must be a special young lady yourself. I send you blessings and hopefully, whatever brings you joy will touch your soul today and bring you peace and a smile. Now that I am retired, I do creative things all day long and I am at peace, where do you set form your roots? We live in Vermont, next to a private lake, waterfall and woods.🥰

@cynthia8022

Күн бұрын

Sure wish I could edit those dang typos though!!!! 🥸

I haven't made one in almost a year mainly because the antique store I sold them in went out of business. I finished the journal I was working on then went straight in to a funk. Watching this video has inspired me to start up my junk journal making journey again! I can't thank you enough.

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Yay!! 👏🏼 I’m so glad 💜

I loved how you transformed a box (which usually would end in the trash) into a tiny peace of art.

@MargareteMiller

8 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it, Blanca 👏🏼💙🌸

Now I understand! I've been asking in the comments of other channels, "why, what's it for etc" and no one ever replied with an answer that clicked. You've explained and demonstrated it perfectly. I'm going to help my gdaughter make one. Thnx!

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Wonderful! So glad it was helpful ❣️👍🏼😉

:o the signature stitch INSIDE AN ENVELOPE is incredible

@Dana-fn5zt

8 күн бұрын

I loved that!!!

@lindabarnett7653

8 күн бұрын

So true!!! such a super idea!

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

If I could remember who showed me that I'd give them a shout out. I love how neat the envelope makes things 👍🏻😉💜

Making all these decisions is the exact reason why I love creating junk journals. I also have my son-in-law coming to me with his smaller empty boxes from his business. Once I showed him what I do with them, he got me and has been diligent about asking if I can use them.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

How wonderful that you've got your own source for boxes (covers)! I love it when I hear of creatives who have family members who keep an eye out for materials. 😉 A good box is priceless, isn't it?!

I think i like making them more than actually using them. I have some many different styles. It’s therapy for me. creative freedom.😊

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Exactly ❣️Me, too

We are all different. I love waching people making junk journals, but it has to be functional for me. I am trying to make one now from a big paper bag and i am collecting the signatures now, but since this is the first time making a journal i find it really difficult. As they have to be functional, it is going to be my personal journal where each signature contains a topic i love, like autumn (photos, pictures from magazines, recipes for food to make in autumn), Christmas (old christmas cards, recipes, traditions, wishlists, photos of our christmas trees through the years, aso), education (copy of diplomas, class photos, friends from school, teachers that inspired me), one signature about my son, and so on. A book about me and my life.

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

So interesting! That's great that you know exactly what you want to do with yours. It makes things a bit easier when you have a focus and goal. 👍🏻

@schuhujin5019

6 күн бұрын

OMG that sounds like a huuuuuge project. Good luck!

My reason for making junk journals is, WHY NOT ?...They are extremely fun to make and it's even more fun decorating them. I'm totally addicted to making big or small, eclectic or themed, it doesn't matter, if it gives you joy to create them, JUST DO IT.

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

Exactly! ❣️👍🏼😉

Margarete: it is so clear to me why one collages in a junk journal, glue book or any thing else. Any time I get a chance to explain to someone about what it is all about, I use the words calming, relaxing, can’t make any mistakes, creative, free and cheap to do. That usually catches their attention. Haha. Carol from California

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Sounds like a great list of reasons to me! 👍🏻😉💙

My mom passed away a little over a week ago, and as soon as I got home, I spent the next 6 days making junk journals for my 2 sisters and myself to capture memories, prayers, gratitudes, and write about my mom. They both loved their journals. I am still adding to mine. 💜

@MargareteMiller

6 сағат бұрын

My deepest condolences to you on your tremendous loss. I’m so glad you had this skill of journaling making to focus your energies and create beautiful books for your sisters. It’s really amazing you could do that for you and your sisters. Thank you for sharing! ❤️

I'm always surprised when folks ask why or don't "get it." I think like many other hobbies or creative interests, you either love it or don't quite understand it. Great video Margarete!💙

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Thank you! It's a bit of thought to get the concept, but once the lightbulb comes on, the ideas never really stop 😉❣️👍🏻

prompt free flying, falling, free to be, thought, free living, freedom, free expression. Hope these spark some free thinking!

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Thanks, Lucy!! ❤️👏🏼😉

I'm in the middle of making my daughter-in-love a Treasure Book (Junk Journal) as a companion to her Bible for study notes. I've made some for friends for all different reasons. One friend's an artist, so I made her one with plenty of pages for water colors, sketches, etc. When I gave it to her, I added a small travel water color set. Another was for a diary. The possibilities are absolutely ENDLESS!!! LOVE THEM ALL! 💖💖💖

@janicesullivan8942

2 күн бұрын

That sounds like the perfect gift.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

What a thoughtful and creative gift, Brenda! I hope she loves it and will use it! 🙂👍🏻💜

I love this little junk journal. Part of junk journaling is also using materials you love so that when you look back at the pages, it makes you happy. Thank you.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Yes! Thank you! 😉❣️👍🏻

Making junk journals is my therapy. I love to create unique pages just because it makes me happy to create something fun and just for me.

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

Exactly❣️👍🏼😉

I found it helpful to do my junk journal as a way to help with the loss of my mom things that I would like to tell her but can’t

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Great suggestion, Sarah. Thanks for sharing that. I’m so sorry for your tremendous loss. What a lovely way to stay connected to her. 💙

Yes its all so fun! Paper and glue is addictive with so many options. Thanks!

This video has to be the best I have seen with regard to Junk Journals: the explanation, definition and subsequent examples on how to build one from nothing is superb. Thank you for the time you invested in making such a well thought out, informative and educational video. 10/10 with a gold star to match x

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Oh my goodness, what kind words. Thank you SO much❣️ I really appreciate it 😘

I gotta get one of those long-arm staplers! What a terrific idea!

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Go for it!! It speeds things up for getting papers bound 😉👍🏻💜

Really loved this video. Regarding your next theme, FREE, I got to thinking of so many ideas: free gift, free time, freedom, free thinking, free falling. I think you’ll have a blast with this topic. I can’t wait to see what you do!

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for these ideas! I appreciate it 😉👍🏼❣️

For me making junk journals gives me a place to store ephemera, make collage and practice mixed media art. The Creative freedom you describe is accurate… especially the way junk journals allow you to use whatever you want as an “art supply “

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Yep, totally agree. I love that anything is "an art supply", as you said. I love putting interesting papers in my pockets, like currency, for example. As long as it's flat, vintage, and pretty, I'll consider it 😉

@jcreateturner

6 күн бұрын

I like your reasons. I prefer other creative outlets but at least I'm starting to get why they're called journals and what they can be used for, my limited exposure seemed like it was just about making it, not using it. Sometimes it's the journey, not the destination, but sometimes it can be both.

As long as it’s legal, lifts your spirits, encourages creativity and it’s FUN…..just do it!

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

Great advice! 👍🏼❣️😉

I don't make junk journals. I couldn't understand the point. But watching your video, I think what keeps me from enjoying something like this is that you almost have to have a collection mindset, gathering yhings that might one day be used in a journal. I like gathering pretty paper for card making. Other than that, if it isn't used promptly, out it goes! I have neither storage space nor mental space to gather little things like this. But if you enjoy it, great! 💛😊

@MargareteMiller

3 күн бұрын

I see your point and it’s valid. Everyone has to decide what is their limit. It’s smart of you to set yours 👍🏼😉❣️

We do them to have fun and play with creativity and materials. To relax , yes. I look at them and they relax me just moving the pages. Furthermore I feel proud of the final result.

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

That’s exactly it. You’ve said it perfectly ❣️👍🏼😉

@lechat8533

6 күн бұрын

For someone new to the concept of junk journaling, the "messy" pages can be confusing. It takes time to process and appreciate the aesthetics of something new. We often take familiar things for granted. Junk journals have their own unique aesthetics, and not everyone loves them at first sight.

@lole-21ruff63

4 күн бұрын

@@lechat8533 I get it . I’ m new as well and sometimes I don’t like the result . The point I wanted to make is that this is a hobby. And there is no need to be a reazon for hobby. 🦋

@lechat8533

4 күн бұрын

@@lole-21ruff63 Yes, I understood your point in your first comment :) I just wanted to add the view of those who don`t quite understand the idea of junk or art journaling. Happy journaling❤

Junk journals are thee best! You can put all your sentiments, fave sayings, prayers, concert tickets from past, movie tickets from a date, and it holds your keepsakes in one beautiful junk journal

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Exactly 👍🏼❣️😉

What a perfect video for me. I’ve wanted to understand the “how and why” of junk journaling and you did such a thorough job of answering my questions! Thank you. ❤

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Wonderful!! I'm so glad it was helpful 💙

@krystleburgess1052

6 күн бұрын

Thank you. I am going to try and make my own. Wish me luck. Does anyone have any ideas to make it look Victorian??? Thank you, k

I like to think of my journal pages, as if they were artistic magazine layouts. Not too interactive or busy, just tasteful.😊

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

It’s good when you find your style and groove ❣️👍🏼😉

This is a wonderful intro to junk journals! I will refer people who ask to your thorough and informative video. Thank you! I love the process of making a junk journal. Each one has its own personality, and some are just works of art in and of themselves that won’t be “used” in any way. I have purchased a few journals over the years just for their artistic (and tutorial) value! I had planned to include Junk Journal July in my current “memory-keeping journal,” but the thrill of creating a new journal specifically for July has changed my mind 😂. Really loved watching you make the small journal from the watercolor box and it turned out beautifully! Who can resist a good box?? Thank you, again, Margarete, for sharing your time and talent with the rest of us ❤

@MargareteMiller

3 күн бұрын

What kind comments! Thanks so much❤️. Yes, it’s hard to resist a good box 😉

lol 0:17 this question is always asked with all paper crafts, they can’t understand, but crafts has always been fun for me. I’d like to know wer and who invented or started jj I think the best of it is seeing all the old vintage stuff 7:57so funny how we look at boxes, and what we keep, Rocky (chocolate sticks) lots of kool box’s

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Pocky chocolate sticks? I love those boxes! Great idea!! 😉❣️👏🏼

Margarete, I thoughly enjoyed this video for lots of reasons. In a way it connected to your prompt for July "free". I find playing with journalling in whatever form, has a freedom about it. For my sanity I need to write about stuff, whether about events ( in what is basically my mundane life) or my feelings and moods. For me everything is connected to my faith and to include Gods Word is life giving. I hope anyone new to journaling will give it a go after watching your super video. Thank you. Pauline. Age seventy one and a half. X.

@MargareteMiller

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for your comments and kind words, Pauline❣️ You’re right. There is so much freedom in expressing yourself through this kind of art. I want to think about that more, but it’s a great jumping off point. Wonderful❣️👍🏼😉

Beautiful work Margarete. Your comments on the process being as worthwhile as the result is true for me. Love your style with Junk Journals.

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! 💜

I really enjoyed your video. It’s a great explanation of junk journaling. I especially liked how you took us through some of your completed journals and took a step-by-step in making a small journal. Thanks

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

You’re welcome!! Thanks for watching. I’m so glad it was useful ❣️👍🏼😉

My grandfather was way ahead of his time. He made lots of junk journals which I have inherited. I remember looking at these as a child and they always gave me pleasure. I must have inherited some of his talents as I love papercrafting, which is very therapeutic. I have yet to create a junk journal, but it is on my to do list. Thanks for video.

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

How neat!! How wonderful that you are the person to inherit them and appreciate your grandfather’s work. It makes me so sad when I go to estate sales and I see old family scrapbooks being sold.

@judicoerver613

Күн бұрын

Boy I sure would LOVE to see one of your grandfather's books!!!

Thank you for clearifying this topic. I love recycling things and using them in an unexpected way and I love paper and save and rescue every piece of it, I myself do envelopes with those papers, greeting cards and things like that for creative reasons and I do nature journaling. But I never got the point of making those junk journals and thought there might be some kind of "magic reason" for doing this. I got it now. There is a kind of magic to those people who do them.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

So glad you are open to trying one. 👍🏻 They are a kind of magic, and they grow in meaning as you are assembling. The more time and effort put into them, the more special it becomes. 😉

I started doing glue books during the Covid lockdowns. It really helped with the anxiety and isolation.

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

I’m so glad you found that outlet 💜

Thank you for this, I have people who still don't get it and I will send them to this video! Oh, yes... 'free' to me means using things I never paid for, found materials etc. Looking forward to seeing what you create!

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Great “free” idea. Thanks so much!! 😘

I was asked the very same thing today. I have made lots of them. I also made smaller ones at a class of kids who were going away to boarding school. My idea was they could have other kids leave their message as a keep sake to look back o. The girls were happy with their Little books.

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

What a wonderful idea. So thoughtful of you to put that into practice. A great keepsake 💙

Loved your explanations and peeks at some of your beautiful books! Whenever I give a JJ as a gift, I include a note with possible use ideas: they can record passwords - important birthdays & anniversaries - a running list of events, vacations, milestones, etc. through-out the year…truly endless possibilities❣️

@MargareteMiller

3 күн бұрын

Good idea to provide suggestions 👍🏼😉❣️

Thank you for the 'permission' to do whatever feels right to me!

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Fabulous! Your so welcome 👍🏻🙂💙

Making it a diary or a memory keeping. That is what makes journal special. You can make it into something that suits your needs. Beautify it according to your liking.

Finally....someone has answered my question. My understanding is that a junk journal is a style of journal that has multiple uses (scrapbook, diary, etc.). And the purpose of a junk journal as opposed to other journals, is that one is supposed to enjoy the making process, and make it unique to their liking. Up until now, I thought that a junk journal was just a way to waste one's time and materials in order to create a book that is nothing more than....junk. Thank you for this informative video.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Great summary. You've got it! So glad this was helpful 👍🏻❣️🌟

Thank you! Recently I decided to make a junk journal to help me use up some of my scraps. Using a box as a cover seems so intuitive and easy and stapling too! So very helpful!😊❤

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Wonderful! So glad it was helpful 👍🏼❣️😉

ADORABLE!! It's just so cute. I did a show last year and was totally surprised that most ppl never heard of these, and couldn't grasp the concept. If i had to explain them again I'd just tell them it's an updated form of scrapbooking. I think they would get that. I did sell 2. I've been a crafter most of my life and and I really think this is my favorite craft, I love anything paper. Hugs * L

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

They kind of are difficult to explain. It's a bigger concept if you've never heard of them before. I'm so glad you had some success selling some of yours 💜

I recently started junk journaling and I'm addicted. I hope I get great at it like I see you and others make beautiful things.

@MargareteMiller

15 сағат бұрын

You definitely will get more confident with time. Keep going 👍🏼❣️😉

I’ve been junk journaling since 2017 and enjoy it

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Fabulous!! So glad you found this creative outlet. 😉👍🏻💜

@NippyShay3

Күн бұрын

@@MargareteMiller adult coloring for 9 years as well

I love that you started from the simplest beginning for making a little jj. It’s nice to get back to basics no matter how many books you’ve made. ❤

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Sometimes simple is "easy", or easier, anyway 😉

I have a lot of hobbies and the one where people always ask "Why?" or seem dismissive is collage. I guess I didn't understand it myself until I made one collage and was hooked. So far I haven't made a junk journal since I have some pre-made books that I'm using up. But I got the little book binding kit from Amazon so I'm ready to try it. I love how yours with the cracker box and the paint box came out.

@MargareteMiller

3 күн бұрын

Nice!! Book binding kit on Amazon?!! I’ve got to check that out 😉❣️👍🏼

Your journals are all beautiful, and with your detailed explanations, I learned a lot about junk journals, I've been saving and recycling magazines, and photos that I didn't know how to start.

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

Great! I’m glad you’ve got some ideas to play with 👍🏼❣️🌟

I lead an art drop in group. I've led a seminar on how to repurpose books as various types of journals, but I like the idea of making journals like this better for the art group. We have lots of scrapbook paper and miscellaneous scrapbooking stuff in our supply cupboard.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Great! I'm so glad you've got a new idea to work with 😉

Oh my gosh! I dint know about long arm staplers! Game changer. Thanks!!!

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

So glad it was helpful! 💙

Fabulous tutorial on junk journals, especially since I’m a novice and have never made one.

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

So glad it was helpful! 💙

Small binder clips would help greatly to hold your signature in place while you are stapling. You only need to keep 4 of them on hand.

Loved your junk journal show-n-tell...great answers & beautiful creations!! ❤️😉

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Awww. thanks so much! 💙

I always loved paper crafts. When I saw junk journals, I dived in. While I love creating them, I find them a total escape when looking at them later. I’ve left a couple in Dr waiting rooms to help others take their mind off of the current situation.

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

What a kind idea❣️ I know what if I saw one in a doctors office I know I wouldn’t want to put it down😉

@katietatey

5 күн бұрын

That is a great idea!!

Junk Journals are......Unlimited!!!!!❤🎉😮

I have a friend who LOVES to make them, and I LOVE to use them! I fill mine with scripture verses or other theological quotes. When I fill one it becomes part of my daily devotions or I give it to someone who needs inspiration in their life. Plus--they are soooo beautiful!

@MargareteMiller

15 сағат бұрын

Great!! I love that you know what you want to use them for 👍🏼😉❣️

Adorable project! I am somewhat new to collage art. Working on your 2024 52 week challenge has been both fun and a great learning experience. I so enjoy your videos and your teaching style. Thank you!❤

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! And I’m so glad that you are enjoying the weekly assignments ❣️👍🏼😉

Eres una maga!!!! Me encantó tu proyecto, y adoro cómo explicas tus procesos creativos

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it ❣️👍🏼🙂

I absolutely love this idea of a junk journal! ❤ i had never heard of it. Something like this is perfect for me to get lost in. Thank you so much! 🌼🌹💐

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Wonderful!! I’m so glad you’ve now discovered them. Have fun exploring 👍🏼❣️😉

I love making junk journals and then using them to explore different creative avenues. Stencils,stamps,inking,collage. At the end looking back at how I progressed is so exciting,very addictive!

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Yes, they are great record keepers for all kinds of creative experiments, aren't they? 👍🏻😉💜

I always wanted to make one; haven't gotten to that point yet. I picked up two junk journals from thrifting. I puruse and enjoy them regularly.

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Nice! How fun you already have couple to play in 😉❣️👍🏼

Thanks for this. New to paper crafting and I do love the pretty boxes from various purchases I’ve made. I’ll try a junk journal after your video.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear that you're going to work on one of your very own 😉

Great , simple video. I’m inspired to make one today. I like how you show us your techniques! 👍

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

I hope you will! So glad you enjoyed this ❣️👍🏼🙂

Added thought: pages could be ZenTangle as art. I find this a superb method of relaxing. It blocks out all the noise in yr head, it allows the brain to focus, concentrating on what you're designing each stroke/line !!!

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Great idea! 🎉

Giant wavy paperclips are brilliant for all journaling

My 2nd video of yours and just loving them. You are an exceptional teacher with directional thinking. So encouraging!❤ I would love to see how you store your ephemera. Many thanks. Denmark 🇩🇰

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

What kind comments. Thank you, Elizabeth 🌟💜👍🏼

EXCELLENT Explanation. You did an amazing job in drawing out the what, why, and how about junk journaling. Thank you so much. You are my new inspiration as a fellow artist!

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words ❣️

I've always been interested in book making. I thought about taking a class but didn't know where I could go. Then as i was randomly going through KZread, I found videos about junk journals. I was hooked. I purchase digitals, I'm not that creative. There are so many people who are creative and sell digitals for a reasonable amount. i have enough to digitals to last me for years. LOL Most of the digitals have pages that are blank, or very little on them. I use these pages as you would a diary. I get the fun of putting a book together and have a journal with beautiful pages to write my thoughts in.

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

I love digitals, too. You’re right. They’re so inexpensive. You can explore to your heart’s content ❣️

Great fun, thank you!

Thanks 4 sharing. Yes i admit i m 1 of those who say why and what 2 use them 4. Thanks 4 explaining a bit of why u do it.

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful 💜

Your comments are helpful. I have wondered about these items. Thank you.

@MargareteMiller

3 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 👍🏼❣️😉

I used to think that, but I really get it now I do them. I love it. They tick all of my artistic boxes.😊

This was my first of your videos to see. It was excellent. Subscribed and will periodically rewatch this video. Thanks so much.

@MargareteMiller

4 күн бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for subscribing and glad it was useful ❤️

It took me a long time to do a junk journal but once I did, I was hooked! I love creating different things to put in them. I must admit mine aren't so junky, lol. I suffer from chronic pain, and it helps take my mind off of it (as much as it can) for a while.

@faodail3913

7 күн бұрын

I'm the same!!!😊😊😊 It's so relaxing and positive, it takes your mind off your troubles. I'm hooked, too.😅

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Yes, and they can turn into a big project but it's okay because you do it a little at a time. I do, anyway. I like that I can spread out the tasks and squeeze out so much joy from working on all those pages. 💜

I love the little journal. You have great ideas. Thank you for sharing.

Great explanation. I’m going to have to come back and write it down. 🤔 on my journal

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

😁❣️👍🏻

I love everything about junk journals, art journals, mixed media journals, and plain journals in general. I love making them and writing in them. Someday, hopefully my children, will read my thoughts at the time, but if the books get brought to a thrift store, perhaps someone might take an interest. I'm doing it because I love it and the end result doesn't concern me at this time.

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

I agree with you and think that’s the way to do it. Even if my kids have no interest in it and want to give it all away, I’m fine with that. This is for me 🌟

Every single video you make inspires me to jump in!

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Awww, what kind words. Thank you ❣️ And so glad you enjoyed this 💜

Your video came across my feed and I was so excited! I have been a creative from about 10 years old and I'm mid 70's now. I have seen and done a lot in the art world. I always come back to paper in the end. I love all the pockets, secret enclosures and the absolute creativity and therapy of junk journals but I can't find a use for them at all. Sadly this video did not solve this issue for me. I've made about half a dozen and while I like them they sit on a shelf. I don't journal and don't know anyone that does. I have never scrapbooked and don't know anyone that does so I am left with making things that are of little use. Sad but true. I will stick to watching junk journal ideas and incorporating them into cards that I sell. Darn, I had high hopes. I enjoyed your video and will binge on your past ones. Thanks so much. Jan

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Do you like collage, Jan? I use so many of my junk journals as a place to hold my collages. 💜

@CanadianQueenmagenta

Күн бұрын

@@MargareteMiller I do Margaret. Now that is an interesting use. I'll have to think about this option. Thank you

I like your book. Magnifique. Merci

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

Merci beaucoup 😉❣️👍🏼

Fun pkg’s: coffee baggies had pictures on them. I used some for friends fun. lol

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Good idea! There's so much fun product packaging out there! 👍🏻

What an amazingly helpful video, Margarete!!! You presented the information in such a logical clear manner, following it up with an example. PERFECT!!!!!

@MargareteMiller

7 күн бұрын

Thank you, Linda! So glad you enjoyed it 💜🌟👏🏼

Thank you for sharing this idea I have some smaller pages that I had no idea what to do with it's perfect .

@MargareteMiller

2 күн бұрын

Great! Glad it was helpful! 💜

For me, it's an art journal. I don't write in them. I just enjoy creating each page. For me each page is a work of art. They reveal or reflect what my feelings are at that moment.

@MargareteMiller

7 сағат бұрын

Yep, they are art journals for me, too 👍🏼❣️🙂

I think junk journal comes from the term junk mail, where it all originated from, back when all we had was paper mail

@MargareteMiller

Күн бұрын

Sure. That's certainly possible. 👍🏻

Thanks for these good ideas!!!❤

I love how this journal turned out. Thank for sharing it. ❤

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it ❣️👍🏼😉

Margarete, your videos are so inspiring! I like making ATC size art but, when I make something good enough to trade, I can't bear to part with it! I love the clusters, they are perfect accents to the ATCs. An idea that came to me for the prompt 'free' is to collect brochures and Trader Joe's newsletters if you can figure out the times they are released, I'm still trying to work that out. Thank you for igniting inspiration, now I must look and see if you have a video about clusters!

@MargareteMiller

6 күн бұрын

I had that idea, too. Of looking for “free” advertisements to use in a collage such as a flyer for Trader Joe’s. Next time I’m in I’m going to ask for one! 😉❣️👍🏼

I always say I'm contributing to taking care of the environment by up cycling what would normally be thrown in the trash. 😊

@MargareteMiller

5 күн бұрын

Yep. There you go ❣️👍🏼😉

Maravillosos todos tus proyectos! Muchas gracias por compartir 😊