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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Opting for paper receipts and putting wrappers in tote bags instead of trash cans, young people are saving “junk” to collage in their journals. Yes, scrapbooking and collaging found items, aptly known ...

Thousands of people are doing that or something similar around the world, using materials others could consider junk to create personal books full of memories and inspiration. Known as Junk Journals, ...

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. I wrote last year about junk research journals and conferences when I explored the intriguing case of a Philip Morris employee ...

Kaylee Chan explores memory and nostalgia by riffling through the ‘junk’ drawer with items that defined her childhood. “In the future, I’ll probably look back [and] think that my current 13-year-old ...