The perfect mix of creativity, nostalgia, and resourcefulness. In a world full of fast, disposable everything, there's ...

From direct-mail advertisements, magazines and used envelopes, the scraps that humans are inclined to discard serve as the tools Jennifer Hansen uses to craft her junk journals — an eco-conscious and ...

Think of all the average trash a person goes through in one day: Straw wrappers, stickers, receipts, plastic, paper, coffee cups, bags, tags, the whole lot. Now imagine pasting every one of those ...

Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her ...

Gina Anderson’s junk journal is full of collaged spreads of pictures and papers from vacations with friends, daily mementos ...

One main reason for this is affordability. Compared to some other crafts, junk journals can be incredibly affordable and, as we all know, college students need to save money whenever they can. When ...

Writing in a journal sounds amazing in theory. Imagine yourself with a pen in one head, a cup of tea in the other, and a beautiful notebook in front of you with dozens of blank pages just waiting to ...

I kept a daybook consistently throughout my high school years (ah, the ’90s) and well into my twenties, and I love to look at them now. Part scrapbook, part diary, they’re a chronicle of my teenage ...