Junk journaling for beginners 🌟 Page ideas, upcycling papers & EASY no-sew journal!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @suebrophy1440
    @suebrophy1440 Год назад +164

    Getting back to what a true junk journal was meant to be....use what you have: paper around the house, your pens and paints or any media to decorate and no rules.

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +6

      Exactly!

    • @christinecude
      @christinecude 6 месяцев назад +7

      I like this comment. I looked into it and suddenly people are selling all these supplies. If I wanted to buy everything I’d go back to scrapbooking

    • @anniebateman-d1x
      @anniebateman-d1x 2 месяца назад +3

      Meg it is wonderful to watch your videos all found material not a digital in site you explain everything so well thank you

    • @sheilacurtis3428
      @sheilacurtis3428 Месяц назад +1

      Very true...those supplies are New stuff anybody can go to all dollar/ discount stores and buy--plus get more than they are paying. Sad idea for such a fun art play. Never buy " new crap" for trashy junk journals. ♥️‼️♥️

  • @loopholery
    @loopholery Год назад +74

    This is the first junk journaling video that has shown me how to collage whole pages without full layering and I love it! Feels more in line with the purpose of repurposing what you have lying around and not just glueing store bought ephemera down on established paper.

    • @marypruitt444
      @marypruitt444 Год назад +5

      Exactly!! This is what I wanted my comment to sound like but...yeah🤷🏻‍♀️...

    • @mhtammi
      @mhtammi 5 месяцев назад +3

      You are so right! It really challenges a creator’s creativity to use what’s on hand.

  • @susanjane4784
    @susanjane4784 Год назад +63

    Thank you. Far too many think they can only do a junk journal from a kit, from having specific supplies, from following the pattern given by others. This journal is lovely, organic, full of life, personal, and enduring. Thank you.

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +1

      Thanks so much!

    • @sheilacurtis3428
      @sheilacurtis3428 Месяц назад

      My trash grows daily...no reason to buy kits....WHAT?? In two days I can accumulate several pages...it does take ..Thinking!??

  • @catboy_official
    @catboy_official 9 месяцев назад +7

    This is gorgeous and I love that it doesn't require complex techniques or expensive sets of crafting supplies. Thank you so much for sharing this 🥺♥️

  • @MempoOfTwilight
    @MempoOfTwilight Год назад +18

    I was trying to find videos that didn't look super advanced or have a ton of purchased material because I want to try junk journaling and I found your video. It's got me super excited to try to use my existing art supplies! I sew so I'm thinking fabric scraps glued onto the pages could look super cute

  • @revCMF
    @revCMF Год назад +8

    I haven’t had much success making true junk journals that I like. This accordion method might be the game changer for me.

  • @Palmfairy
    @Palmfairy Год назад +16

    This is JUNK journal❤ not those pristine store-bought kit... I've wanted to start with junk journal but the videos I came across are intimidating. This one however gives me confidence.. I never wanted to buy supplies because I dont know if its for me or what, so this tutorial is great.. and the step by step reallt help because I will literally just going to start. More step by step tutorial please with real junk supplies.

  • @elizabethk2009
    @elizabethk2009 Год назад +27

    Meg, Sometimes, we need this gentle reminder of what true junk journaling is... using what you have around the house. I've been collecting pieces of junk mail. The time is here to do something with it! We get lost in all the "pretty STUFF" out there. Make our own💜 Thanks for this video.

  • @sandrareford2989
    @sandrareford2989 Год назад +24

    i knew i'd get a few ideas even if i am not a beginner junk journal maker! love the stamping on the inside of envelopes. Great idea rounding the corners of each page. This is my go-to way of making a journal when i travel. it becomes a place to write and record and a place to save all my ticket stubs, packaging from the country i am visiting, some sample type in the language of the place, a postcard, a menu...all i need is a glue stick! thank you Meg

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +1

      Ah glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching :)

    • @oneheart19
      @oneheart19 Год назад +1

      Thanks for the inspiration for my own travel oddities I come back home with!

  • @laurelieumphenour1158
    @laurelieumphenour1158 Год назад +9

    First time I have ever seen anything like this. I really wish I had seen this 4 years ago, when I first started, because this is the method, I would have wanted at the start. This is so fun!!

  • @StephanieKennedy-w6p
    @StephanieKennedy-w6p Год назад +14

    I have watched several of your accordion journal tutorials and im still scared to dive in!!!! You make it so effortlessly without fear!! I think I need to let go of control and give it a try!! Maybe with a glass of red wine!! LOL!!!!!

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +3

      You got this! 💪

    • @JanisK1953
      @JanisK1953 Месяц назад

      The first one I did was the tutorial on using one piece of 12x12 paper. It is super easy. I would suggest doing that one first! The best part is if you do make a mistake, you can watch the video in stages & refold in the right direction. I'm serious. Give it a try!

  • @melbrownecraftingpodcast4771
    @melbrownecraftingpodcast4771 11 месяцев назад +5

    This is an amazing video. I had no interest in papercraft but someone on a planner video mentioned junk journaling so I looked to see what it was. Lucky for me, I found this video and it totally inspired me. I made my first journal that night and have been getting joy from this every day since. Now I’m up to me eyes in tea stained paper, book pages and recycled envelopes, and I couldn’t be happier 😊 Thank you

  • @momtomany
    @momtomany 19 дней назад

    I love this!!!! I’m waiting the car at the Dr. for a family member and I’m looking at just what is in my car! I can’t wait to construct my pages for my next journal!

  • @anitakling7141
    @anitakling7141 2 месяца назад

    I love how fearless you are and the outcome is amazing, love it!!

  • @PositiveThanksLiving
    @PositiveThanksLiving Год назад +10

    Thank you for going through the “how to” making the accordion patchwork style of junk journal. I made an accordion journal for JunkJournalJuly for my mom, but it was from original plain paper. (Not junk.) I’m going to try this patchwork style for November!

  • @krembry08kentucky
    @krembry08kentucky Год назад +2

    Love love love the accordion style! I am able to use up all my pretty scraps

  • @tutushale
    @tutushale Год назад +9

    Just stumbled across your channel. I recently pulled out my scrapbooking supplies from a few years back. Subscribing to your channel because this is the first time I have seen a journal created by gluing scraps together. Looking forward to watching more of your videos for inspiration. Live Aloha 🤙

  • @sttngf
    @sttngf Год назад +2

    Love this. I have been saving paper and various ephemera and not having a clue where to begin. Thank you.

  • @lisagreen3778
    @lisagreen3778 Год назад +7

    I like this idea…especially nice to start off with small pages..not so intimidating that way! And you make the collage for each look so easy too!😊

  • @gloriawagner9405
    @gloriawagner9405 Год назад +1

    Love, love love this accordion making process

  • @JanisK1953
    @JanisK1953 Месяц назад

    I'm late to this particular party but I'm in the process of making one of these. It is so fun to do! Thank you Meg!

  • @annina_pure_creativity
    @annina_pure_creativity Год назад +1

    Very cool I love that ! Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

  • @leeannsutherland858
    @leeannsutherland858 Год назад +4

    Cool idea! Love the idea of adding the left overs of your other projects as you go!

  • @lwallin3217
    @lwallin3217 Год назад +1

    You have a special way of putting things together!! ❤

  • @juliennebrendadevos6004
    @juliennebrendadevos6004 Год назад +1

    Im definetly going to have to try creating one of these accordian journals

  • @sassyh154
    @sassyh154 Год назад +1

    Some great tips here Meg... looks awesome... Cheers for sharing...

  • @CraftingandRelaxing
    @CraftingandRelaxing Год назад +1

    I love this journal idea for cleanup!! 😊 I could just create a journal to clear my counter. 😁💙

  • @trueblue9898
    @trueblue9898 Год назад +4

    Such a fun project!!! Maybe it’s a sign to use up all that junk I’ve been collecting for years 😂

  • @marypruitt444
    @marypruitt444 Год назад +2

    This is absolutely fascinating. I mean, the possibilities are literally endless. All of them are one of kind and each make it's own statement. You can use absolutely anything and everything to create your own message. I love this! I'm saving this video. I've never even heard of junk journals until recently and I am fascinated by this art! 😮...and I'm subscribing! 🙋🏻‍♀️

  • @dorotakrolicka5720
    @dorotakrolicka5720 Год назад +1

    Love your simple idea journal ❤

  • @sophiapapuchis1716
    @sophiapapuchis1716 Год назад +1

    What a fabulous channel.. you explained things beautifully ❤️

  • @sEaSoNaLMiLk
    @sEaSoNaLMiLk Год назад +1

    I always enjoy your style and color choices. ❤

  • @MrsPatJones
    @MrsPatJones 3 месяца назад

    I really love this design of journal. Thanks for this clear video. So easy and great to look at.

  • @werushka85
    @werushka85 Год назад +1

    this is brilliant, the no-sew journal! thanks for sharing!

  • @lesliewit
    @lesliewit Месяц назад

    I LOVE this!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial!

  • @MariaRomero-qc1hn
    @MariaRomero-qc1hn 6 месяцев назад

    So nice to see a video that is easy and beautiful, lovely DIY for a junk journal I can enjoy doing it thanks for sharing lots of blessings

  • @CateField
    @CateField 5 месяцев назад

    Meg, I really love how you constructed the book. Adding the bits and pieces as we go makes for something totally unique, and used up all those tiny bits that often get thrown away! Thank you for such an excellent tutorial 😊🙏

  • @rabbitgregory9289
    @rabbitgregory9289 Год назад +1

    A great way to make an easy junk journal. Thanks.

  • @paulinewhite3273
    @paulinewhite3273 Год назад +2

    Meg this is fantastic, I love 'keeping a journal' and have made several of my own but nothing like this, it is as you say no rules and you have freedom to work in it at will. I will certainly try to create one. Enjoying paper and glue at 71! Thank you. X.

  • @sandracampbell3004
    @sandracampbell3004 Год назад +8

    Feeling so inspired!! Thanks Meg! I always look forward to your tutorials. You have such an eye for throwing “random” together, and creating “beautiful “! 😀💗

  • @SleeplessPage
    @SleeplessPage Год назад +1

    What an awesome method! Definitely trying it! TFS!!

  • @thelasonj
    @thelasonj Год назад +1

    I love watching you make the journal 🩷🩷🩷

  • @emilyrogers3271
    @emilyrogers3271 Год назад +1

    I have never seen this technique before. I really like it! Tfs. I am brand new subscriber.

  • @claudiamiramontes9851
    @claudiamiramontes9851 Год назад +1

    Awesome idea!! I love it!!❤❤❤

  • @lisaprice8777
    @lisaprice8777 Год назад

    I'm so glad I've come across your page......I'm making a junk journal for a secret santa (it has a theme) and was panicking I hadn't got time to put it all together (it has to be done for Monday! ) this has inspired me. Thank you x

  • @marie-helenelemonnier3365
    @marie-helenelemonnier3365 Год назад +1

    Tellement Simple et tellement Joli ! Bravo pour ces merveilleuses idées 💡 ❤ merci beaucoup ❤💝💖

  • @annwoleben5439
    @annwoleben5439 Год назад +1

    Always a pleasure to watch your videos and gain inspiration~

  • @nessieplans
    @nessieplans Год назад +2

    I absolutely love this! I have wanted to try junk journaling but was hesitant because I don’t sew. And honestly was a bit intimidated. This is awesome! Thank you for sharing! ♥️☺️

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +1

      Hopefully you can give it a try! Thanks for watching!

  • @KateCollins-Thompson
    @KateCollins-Thompson 9 месяцев назад

    I love this video! Thank you so much for the clear directions.

  • @tavanetaylor98
    @tavanetaylor98 Год назад +3

    I’m going to make one of these! I’ve not done a journal this way before and excited to try it. Thanks for the inspiration!💙

  • @lizdowlingcodes6009
    @lizdowlingcodes6009 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is awesome, traditional journalling has always been a hobby of mine, but I wanted to incorporate some more creativity. I'll be rummaging through our paper recycling tonight!

  • @aleksandra.s.89
    @aleksandra.s.89 Год назад +1

    I really like how the stamping looks! Tfs 💕

  • @tutorandtrade007
    @tutorandtrade007 Год назад

    Thank you for sharing this video. I am new to junk journaling and it was interesting to see all the possibilities!

  • @leavuijk5333
    @leavuijk5333 Год назад +1

    This is such a great video! Thank you for making it!❤

  • @deborahneumann9162
    @deborahneumann9162 6 месяцев назад

    This is lovely and so easy! Thank you for the idea! :)

  • @cathiespalding2083
    @cathiespalding2083 Год назад +1

    You make best journals like this!

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад

      Ah thanks so much! Hope you give it a try? :)

  • @weaver7249
    @weaver7249 Год назад +1

    This is a great little video - I enjoyed it so much…

  • @skullingtonfly
    @skullingtonfly 11 месяцев назад

    I love this patchwork idea 🥰

  • @sonyasantana7385
    @sonyasantana7385 11 месяцев назад

    I really enjoyed this tutorial. You really made it look so simple.

  • @Kayenne54
    @Kayenne54 Год назад

    I love this. Also it's fun. It's like a glue book collaged into a junk journal, sort of. Very freeing! Also it's not intimidating at all.

  • @charlenestrasburg4369
    @charlenestrasburg4369 Год назад +1

    This looks like a lot of fun and I am anxious to try it out. Could you show what it might look like after you use it as a journal. Do you just use it like normal? I see a lot of these but never one that is actually filled out.

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад

      My recent journal flip through (from around August) used this format which might give you some ideas! :)

  • @sandrabarrientos556
    @sandrabarrientos556 Год назад +1

    Thanks for sharing. You make journaling look so easy.

  • @gailoliver5676
    @gailoliver5676 Год назад +1

    So inspirational! I use my Zentangle in my junk journals plus old letter stickers I have accumulated over the years.

    • @JanisK1953
      @JanisK1953 Месяц назад

      Using Zentangle in junk journals is a fabulous idea!!

  • @donnaleeclubb119
    @donnaleeclubb119 6 месяцев назад

    I LOVED this video!!! So easy.

  • @thesecretslimmer
    @thesecretslimmer Год назад +1

    What type of paint were you using when you were stencilling on that but of paper? Was it the pink emulsion paint you were using in the previous shot?

  • @amanda-janedeagrella5020
    @amanda-janedeagrella5020 Год назад +2

    Lovely Meg you always make this process look and sound sooo easy as well as attractive to do 🌿🌸🌿🪻🌿🙏🏼thanks for sharing you are inspirational 😊

  • @camrouxbg
    @camrouxbg 8 месяцев назад

    Very interesting. I've never heard of or seen Junk Journalling before, so it's a little ... strange ... to me. But only because it's different and doesn't conform to my preconceived notions of what a journal is. I can see doing something like this, but adapting it so that I can document my D&D campaign, for instance. Sometimes taking detailed notes in a book is very difficult, but I do end up with scraps all over with notes jotted about who did what, who rolled what, and what some NPC said that gave us a ton of lore. I also can see doing this to use up the bits of scrap, pamphlets, brochures, show tickets, and other things that are collected while travelling! Thanks so much!

  • @rhondawise1897
    @rhondawise1897 Год назад

    Thank you. I'm going to look for scraps and try making one

  • @iliketocutandpaste
    @iliketocutandpaste Год назад +1

    Love this! Thank you for this video-I'm working on one right now. :)

  • @janetbennell9855
    @janetbennell9855 Год назад

    Lovely example of a junk journal. Thank you

  • @matthewflinchum5452
    @matthewflinchum5452 Год назад

    I love your videos. This was fantastic for the new person wanting to experience junk journaling with free and recycled materials you have around the house. Your demo of a scrappy accordion style journal is perfect! Perfect for kids and adults for just the cost of a glue stick! ❤❤❤❤❤😀

  • @alexiane250
    @alexiane250 8 месяцев назад +1

    i love how it goes against perfectionism. if you have some supplies that are faded, ripped or stained, that might be all the better for junk journaling!

  • @teaganrath255
    @teaganrath255 10 месяцев назад

    I love this way of constructing a junk journal! Haven't come across the patchwork method. Very exciting. Thanks for sharing!

  • @oneheart19
    @oneheart19 Год назад

    I love everything about your video! You've inspired me to dig out my bits & pieces and get to work having fun!

  • @Elena-qg6lz
    @Elena-qg6lz Год назад +1

    Amazing❤ !

  • @IntrepidInkweaver
    @IntrepidInkweaver Год назад +1

    I love this idea, it's a really great way to use up scraps! And you could even make ones that are meant to be tucked inside of bigger journals! What type of gluestick do you use?

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +2

      Oh wait, inside journals! That’s such a fun idea 😍 I might have to do that! It’s a pritt stick :)

  • @lyndaholloway5469
    @lyndaholloway5469 Год назад

    Thank you. That is a great quick journal and so easy. Thank you for sharing these ideas with all of us. The best to you.

  • @cherylbell4057
    @cherylbell4057 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you Meg for another terrific video. You are my inspiration and have helped me jump in to the junk journaling world😊. Please continue making videos.😉

  • @heksedansd.2919
    @heksedansd.2919 Год назад

    Very nice and easy way to make a junkjournal!(and to me a completely new way!)🙂 Thank you for the idea, I love it!!❤🙂

  • @barbigriz
    @barbigriz 10 месяцев назад

    I absolutely LOVE this method! Thank you! 😊

  • @Teresita-ls1eh
    @Teresita-ls1eh 8 месяцев назад

    That was awesome. It makes me want to attack my pile of scraps NOW!!! 🙏 thank you

  • @deborahcagan2422
    @deborahcagan2422 Год назад +2

    I love this so much but I’m watching again as I’m a bit confused on all the folding. I really want to try this. I love the way you put papers together. At the end do you leave as is to enjoy or do you add more to the pages?? Just love this

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +1

      You can add as many as you'd like - use a thicker paper/card as your last pages to make the cover. A piece of string can tie it up too :)

    • @deborahcagan2422
      @deborahcagan2422 Год назад

      @@megjournals thank you so much for responding!

  • @stefflabullescrapplanner2833
    @stefflabullescrapplanner2833 Год назад +1

    Yeah I love this journal !!! Would love to do the same look like 🥰🥰🥰

  • @jeanneblondewomanstamping9788
    @jeanneblondewomanstamping9788 10 месяцев назад

    What a joyous endeavor. Terrifically inspiring video! 👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍

  • @Carol-c8z
    @Carol-c8z 10 месяцев назад

    so happy to find you

  • @PhoebesWorldProductions
    @PhoebesWorldProductions Год назад +1

    This is awesome. 😃👍

  • @Joeraz
    @Joeraz Год назад +1

    Nice!!

  • @susansmithey5317
    @susansmithey5317 Год назад

    SO much fun!!!!!!

  • @mirandalemon2469
    @mirandalemon2469 Год назад

    How lovely!

  • @DevonLass
    @DevonLass 8 месяцев назад

    Hello Meg. This is absolutely beautiful. Just one question… could you add small signatures into some of the page folds in a journal like this?? 🥰💖

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you! 🤗 Yes, absolutely - in fact I did that recently here: ruclips.net/video/B0EVudUTHnk/видео.html

    • @DevonLass
      @DevonLass 8 месяцев назад

      @@megjournals Thank you for the link! Another beautiful video! I shall be trying this. I love your ideas Meg xx

  • @katherinerand1892
    @katherinerand1892 10 месяцев назад

    What is the corner tool called. Only just found out about Junk Journalling and I am in love! Saw a Facebook group and that is something I would love!

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  10 месяцев назад

      If you search for a ‘corner rounder’ you will see some similar! I think mine is an X cut, had it years and never an issue :)

  • @mugglescakesniffer3943
    @mugglescakesniffer3943 Год назад +1

    IDK I have watched junk journaling videos for years and I think that the genre has changed drastically and now has more say sub divisions like the dewey decimal 600 section of technology which is broken down into subsections like 620 being Engineering and 660 being Chemical technology. I think the 600 of junk journaling is using pure junk like wrappers and stuff. I think there are vintage journals and art journals and glube books that are all under this. Part of why I like pure junk junk journaling is that you don't need to be an artist and know the principles of art or have an art education to do it.

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +1

      That's a great way of thinking about it! :) A journal can be anything you want it to be

  • @jaronsdiary
    @jaronsdiary Год назад +1

    아주 마음에 들어요😍😍저도 한번해보려구요❤️❤️큰도움이 됐습니다 구독하고갑니다👍

  • @ChrisTensfeldt
    @ChrisTensfeldt 5 месяцев назад

    I can’t wait to try this. So many scraps! What will you come up with next? ChristinesJournals

  • @RaeErin
    @RaeErin Год назад

    Sorry if I missed it in the comments…do you have an affiliate link for your favorite “rounding corners cutter”.

    • @megjournals
      @megjournals  Год назад +1

      If you search for “x cut corner rounder” you should find something similar on Amazon or a shop where you are :)

  • @shreevas6160
    @shreevas6160 Год назад +1

    I have no idea what junk journal is. can we use it as a diary

  • @coachwcherylb
    @coachwcherylb 5 месяцев назад

    I really want to do this BUT I don’t get it??
    How by the end do all the bits look so cohesive??
    I am a newbie so this is a bit overwhelming and not obvious, apologies if I sound stupid!

  • @cookietcb2
    @cookietcb2 10 месяцев назад

  • @michellelmaher57
    @michellelmaher57 Год назад +1

    😉👌👏👏👏

  • @Yanerd.
    @Yanerd. 7 месяцев назад

    I started junk journaling, but I am not creatively gifted 😩

    • @Morgan_Layfay
      @Morgan_Layfay 7 месяцев назад +1

      Just remember your eyes don't see what another's will, I am constantly reminding myself that while "hating my art".. Just go for it! And if you don't like it, put it side for a little while, and come back to it, you'll see it with "fresh" eyes 😍
      Not an expert, just a person that likes making things, and used to quit half way through lol 💖✌️