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

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 ...

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 ...

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Local News Saving pamphlets, receipts, and wrappers: Young people take on junk journaling “We’re really hoping for a return to this, like, tangible, analog practice where you are using your hands ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...