r/JunkJournals

dreamcore liminal themes

It was so fun to make all the little artwork mini collages and fill an entire meowseum with them! I hope it’s the purrfect day out for this little fellow!

recently everything i glue is coming up at the edges :( anyone else experience this? Maybe i got a bad lot?? Examples at the corners of these stamps. The entire stamp is stuck to the envelope paper. So its not glue on a sticker. And the whole thing was covered in a thin layer of purple elmers glue stick.

So I am desperately trying to set-up/pack my junk journal bag to bring to my sister’s place this weekend (we’re going to junk journal outdoors) and honestly I am trying to figure out what could be redundant or just plain overpacking. I’m trying to fit everything into my soola bag without having to bring extra totes and all that.

I scrapbook a LOT and I have a planner bag for my Hobonichi. However, I’m getting stuck trying to narrow down what’s useful to bring on the go like with patterned paper and an A5 journal and all that. For those of you that junk journal on the go regularly, what’s in your bag and how do you not bring a suitcase? What can I leave at home?!?!

Help 😂😂😂

Recently I offered up some packets of assorted ephemera and in response I got 24 large envelopes ready to mail. The harried postal clerk told me I couldn’t give her that many to mail with the long line growing longer. I mastered the self service machine and got to watch her scold and chastise customers who didn’t know how to tape up boxes or fill out paperwork.

I have a few left I could send to anyone in need of some new material for journaling or collaging. US Canada only please due budget constraints. DM me please

I cut up an old anime figure box for this ^^)b

What’s nice about junk journaling at night is it keeps my hands busy so I don’t snack all night.

My older brother, my hero, died October 18, 2025. I still don't know where to put so many of the feelings and I know grief/love is forever. So, art. I'm a poet, that's my medium, and I'm writing a lot, but I needed something entirely different. So I'm making my first ever junk journal and here is my first ever double-sided page. It's incredible, art. It's arranged intentionally but when I actually saw the reality of my brother looking down on me with his proud smile and the text, and that what I'm holding on my shoulder is his hand... I didn't expect the flood that hit me. I think he'd think it's neat.

Some of the things such as magazines, flyers, food packaging were from my friend! I incorporated it with my stickers and other bits of junk!

They all have some sort of theme and meaning ☺️☺️

Hi, this is my first junk journal and I picked up a basic Artist Loft journal from Michaels. I've only done about 5 spreads and it's already starting to tear away from the binding. Does anyone know how to avoid this from happening or is it just this journal in particular? I'd appreciate any recommendations for better journals too. I'm already obsessed with this craft and want to continue without wasting my precious junk on pages that fall out! Thanks!!!

here are some of my first few pages that i love and am very proud of(:

The newspaper one i need to finish i think. But the Hobbit and GodzillaxHello Kitty pages are my thickest pages 🥲

The background is meant to be TV color bars. Too bright, too uncoordinated, too loud. This is my interpretation of what anxiety feels like for me.

so i've junk journaled a few times on and off (long ago) but i recently made these spreads and i have to say, i think im going to be obsessed with this. such a fun creative way to think about layouts, and it's especially helpful to me as a graphic designer! it also made me stop and reflect on the moments of my trip, and i can have a physical way to remember it 🥹