Junk Journal From Old Book

Visit a junk store or a used bookstore to find them.

Junk journal from old book. A junk journal is a handmade book created with recycled or upcycled materials. Check the quality of the paper thick and absorbent is best. A junk journal is a book or journal made up of scrap pieces of paper bound together.

Beyond that there are many many variations and interpretations. What is a junk journal. Junk journals are fun and creative to make and once you become addicted to making them it s just so hard to stop.

The junkbook paper block is assembled from a wide variety of paper. The cover of an old russian book was used. Look for illustrated encyclopedias or children s picture books.

But feel free to experiment. It s been a while since i updated my happiness junk journal and there were a good few pages that i still hadn t done any journaling on. In fact some people don t even use scrap pieces of paper.

The images from my journal are below as well as a video flip through of the completed journal i created this year which includes sewn in signatures a first for me. Part 1 step by step diy tutorial for beginners. Cover caption rl stevenson ostrov sokrovich romany rasskazy rl stevenson treasure island novels story.

Just about any relatively flat and foldable material usually paper can be used to make a junk journal magazine newspaper or book pages greeting cards envelopes scrapbooking papers copy paper postcards and even old seed packets. Then turn that discarded book into a creative personalized journal page by page by decorating the cover altering the pages and adding unique papers and illustrations. Once you ve got the basics of making a junk journal down you re going to want to experimenting with different papers styles and pages.