Sturdy, pretty wrapping paper – especially if it’s already been used – makes excellent pockets and envelopes for your junk journal! If you’d like more info, leave a comment below. Happy holidays & much love from Rhys & me! 💓…
Heads up for anyone who’s in our new Junk Journal Club or might consider joining in the future! Or anyone who just likes working with pretty papers 🙂 There’s a designer called Ink & Page Journals who creates the most…
Pictured: An altered children’s board book junk journal. This book had been loved so much that the binding was worn and the pages were coming unglued. Did you know an estimated 320 million books end up in landfills every year?…
I’ve been bouncing some ideas off of the founding members of the newly formed Junk Journal Club (location: Columbiana, Ohio) and we’ve decided it might be fun to have an ongoing, structured project that we can work on together. Something…
This weekend’s creative session resulted in three new Artist Trading Cards—small pieces, but meaningful ones. Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) are miniature works of original art, traditionally sized at 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Their small scale makes them perfect for experimentation,…
I did a quick search for free printable library pocket templates and this looks like a good one. 🙂
We’ve decided to postpone this JJ Club meeting due to the cold temperatures and massive amount of snow we’ve been hit with. We hope to see you at the next meetings in February. Stay safe out there! Meanwhile, we welcome…
Get together to work on your Papercrafting projects, sponsored by the Columbiana Public Library. Bring all your own materials & tools, and meet in the Salchow Room. This is not an instructional activity, but there will be extra paper scraps…
This month, we’ll be making the stuffed pockets I just posted in our blog Here’s a link to the free printables we’ll be using You can either print them at home, or at the library if you need assistance. VERY…
Yesterday I made a couple of ATCs — Artist Trading Cards — and they were exactly the creative reset I needed. ATCs are small 2.5″ x 3.5″ pieces of art originally made by artists to swap and collect, and they’ve…
