Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Do You Have A Junk Journal?

Do you know what a Junk Journal is?
I do...I have one.
I didn't really know that it had a name, or that other people save the memorabilia I do.
But they do and they put the items in a "Junk Journal".
Before I started my blog, I enjoyed preserving my memories into scrapbooks.
I have a lot of handmade scrapbooks.
I started blogging in 2010, my blog became my scrapbook, my journal.
But I was used to saving all the things, tickets, room keys, brochures, menus, business cards...
and I included them in my scrapbooks.
Not wanting to throw those things away, I started making "Memory Jars" for all the memorabilia. 
I wrote about those memory jars and their contents herehere and here.
At some point I realized I never opened the jars to revisit the items 
and thought perhaps it would be better served in a book.

- so long story longer...here's a look at my Junk Journal -









I can't really close the book, 
it's a store bought journal and I would like to recover the out side and make it pretty.


The hubs ran into the food store, just to pick up a few things...
he came out with these flowers...aren't they gorgeous?!

9 comments:

R's Rue said...

This post is making me smile so big. Thank you.

Chrissy T said...

How neat. You are so incredibly talented. You always share such wonderful posts and creativity! The flowers are beautiful.

Lowcarb team member said...

Debbie those flowers are beautiful, such lovely colours together.

All the best Jan

Ann said...

I do know what a junk journal is but I've never done one. I love yours. Those are awesome.
How sweet of your husband to pick up the flowers. They are very pretty.

DeniseinVA said...

What a brilliant idea!!! Enjoyed all your pages and your dear husband? He's a keeper!!!! ;)

Soma @ InkTorrents.com said...

Lovely journal pages, Debbie! I specially like the yarn pages very much.

-Soma

Connie said...

Very sweet way to remember your adventures . . . big & small :)
I agree your flowers are so pretty, love the cheerful colors ❤️

Conniecrafter said...

Your junk journal looks terrific, i will have to send you a video I watched of this girls journal, she can barely hold it it is so stuffed, some like them thicker the better :). I like how you are adding your coloring pages to it too! The flowers hubs picked up are lovely!

Pattie Tierney said...

Like you, I started blogging in 2010, and I have been making junk journals long before people knew what they were. These days, they are more art journals than junk journals because there is very little junk involved. I love little bits of ephemera, so I’m constantly pasting things. I love to start with a 12“ x 12“ backing from one of those tablets of scrapbook paper. I will collage the whole thing, then cut it up to use as postcards. What can I tell you? It keeps me off the streets.