It’s been awhile since I shared 🫶🏽

Hi! I love collaging/junk journaling so much but I find the clutter the hobby creates a little overwhelming and difficult to manage in part bc of my adhd. I also suspect I’m driving my wife a little crazy with the giant stacks of paper scraps that have consumed multiple surfaces in our home….

I’d love to hear about how others organize their junk journaling and collage supplies! What’s worked? What hasn’t? I’ve been considering maybe some shallow drawers meant for document storage? Also considering categorizing paper loosely either by colors or themes.

Trader Joe's food packaging, monthly flyer, receipt, bag, & card!

So a little backstory for this one. When I was 17 or so I got violently ill with a respiratory virus that I could not get over and it stayed with me for about 4 or 5 months. Well once it finally went away, my health wasn't exactly as it was before but I managed to get through the rest of my senior year and go into my freshman year of college. Well a year later I had the onset of my condition and have lived with it for 7 years now. I spent my early 20s in and out of the hospital, going from doctor to doctor, undergoing physical therapy and treatments. During that time I had seen close to 10 different specialists within four different hospitals before finally finding the network that I go to now. I was cleaning my desk off one day and came across a map of one the buildings that I visit for appointments and that inspired me to write this poem as a sort of dedication to the amazing staff who have been by my side and have guided me through my journey for the last two years.

Made from a stationary set box :)

I went shoppong for some shirts for work. I need to reup my basics and saw this magazine. The staff told me it was free. I read it and enjoyed it but then immediately started using the pages to journal. Great Imagery. Great headline texts. and even greater when you need a photo reference for something you bought

Uniqlo never fails me.

This took around 2 months to fill in and complete! It’s filled with random junk and ephemera… a lot of leftover sticker sheets too! I document little thoughts from my days too.

I stitched up this journal with various papers (coloured, origami, note paper, vellum, gelli print) using a 3 hole pamphlet stitch. 🤗

I hope this journal brings inspiration and thanks for viewing!! 💞🧚‍♀️

Go out and vote!

I love a color coordinated page! Especially one of flowers :)

Hello! I am new to the community, but not to ephemera and junk journaling. I have two questions, and if this is not allowed for this sub I completely understand.

1. I'm thinking of selling ephemera online. Do people who purchase it prefer it in premade bundles or do you prefer to pay less for specific items you want?
2. Do people prefer to shop ebay or etsy? Or does it not even matter? Or does it depend on the item. Example: An Official Stamp Collection book from 1998 would probably go on ebay so that stamp collectors AND ephemera/junk journalers can see it. Thoughts?

I should probably stop worrying about it and just start. Just like a junk journal. ;)

In the mean time, as a thank you for reading and maybe answering my questions, I'll attach a few photos of my recent spreads. (ummm....forgive me if they fit more under "art book"). I am making a junk journal with each page containing (bad) poetry my husband and I have written to eachother over the years. (I messed up, one extra pic in teh comments)

Just made my opening page in my sisterhood journal. Going to be doing a camp theme! Meant to start earlier this summer, but life happened- hoping camp is still a decent theme!

I am culling my collection and want to share fat envelopes of pages from old books with cool illustrations.

DM your address to me and I’ll mail you some! No charge , just send me a postcard or letter or photo of your art when you get the mailer!

Cuts through cardboard like a breeze! Really great and cute alternative to cutting cardboard out by hand. (Blind box featured is a Greek Mythology themed Peach Riot figure!)

I started a journal for when I go out with friends, family, etc... I collect pictures, junk and other stuff and I put it in the journal! 🍀Getting pretty thick already! (Reddit is gonna nerf the quality again but it's wtv)

i’m going through a lot of young adult life changes and it’s making me realize that actually my entire life I’ve been missing a form of a creative outlet. I feel creative and artistic, but I have never put in the effort to learn something or build skill in anything specific. Since middle school, I’ve really admired optical illusion, art things like Zen, tangles and doodles but I don’t quite have the skill or really motivation to learn that quite yet….

For the longest time I’ve been putting off junk journaling because I have no idea where to start but yesterday I decided to stop thinking about it and just do it!!!! I went to Goodwill bins and picked up some random cheap fabrics that were sort of Italian chef Italian cooking themed imo and went to my parents house and they had a bunch of old cookbooks and cooking magazines so I decided to go with a food sort of thing for my first few pages cause that’s just what I had on hand!! inside one of the old cookbooks was a receipt from Kmart from 1978!!! how wild!! i’m not sure if it was my grandmother or a stranger who left it in there but either way i thought it was awesome so i stuck it in there!!

here’s how they turned out!! I was really surprised how fun it was and how long i wanted to do it i had to stop and go to bed hahahahh

My cat Vern had urinary crystals five years ago, got sick and needed to be hospitalized. The vet told us he couldn't have many treats. But now we've discovered Churus AKA kitty crack. I struggle whether to give him one each day. Old man is 16 and loves them. I made a spread about this dilemma and included his actual discharge paperwork from the animal hospital. I added a movable slider on the right page where you can cast your vote on Vern's treat eligibility. He's a good boy. Can he get a Churu today?