FREE finds for Junk Journals

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I absolutely LOVE when a KZbinr builds a TRUE junk journal out of JUNK!! Junk mail, tags, etc. I HATE to measure and I hate for my journal to look cookie cutter. REAL Junk journals will look different, unique as the Artist. THANK YOU for this video. These journals are not done enough.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you for the encouraging words! I'm so glad you enjoyed this 💜

[@kyupiangel90]

I mean, junk journals reflect the artist in many ways. Mine would be really uncanny to me if it was trully messy, i'm an aspiring illustrator and i would consider myself an ambicious person(over achiever? Maybeeeee…), so i'm a perfectionist by nature since i was little, everything HAS to be as i imagine it, otherwise it rubs me off the wrong way, like, "this ain't right". That doesn't mean things have to look like in my head aaaaall the time, sometimes i improvise or make use of my head when it's empty to work a page without planning, but it will still look very "clean" and "polished" compared to a true junk journal or scrapbook, 'cause i'm that way, from my organization systems to my art journals and "messy" sketchbooks. Clean and neat, despite all my efforts of doing the opposite. I wished i could have a junk journal this free of self judgement and my own expections, but well, i can't. I'm a cookie cutter journal bun 😂

[@sandeVBL]

Well, as a newbie, you just demolished my excuse of not having enough ‘junk’ to make something. 😂😂 Nice video!

[@MargareteMiller]

😂👏🏼❤️ I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to play with.

[@QuixLand]

FYI... in returning to the Yogi tea, If you look at the tab that is attached to the string that you hang on to when you pull the tea bag out of the brewed tea, look at the underside of that tab. There are lovely little sayings to brighten your day or give encouraging words. I didn't discover this until a few days ago, and I've been drinking that tea for a long time.!!! I also like to fold these tabs in half and use them for tabs on the edge of a JJ page. (other than the tea, I use the tea bag itself, the string, and now the tabs. Freebies are wonderful..!! jo

[@MargareteMiller]

Great ideas!! Thanks so much for sharing these. I will look at the little paper attached to the string next time 💙

[@JustMe-ds8fk]

@@QuixLand wow I drink this tea too gonna surely check my packets 😃 I never paid attention when I added them to my junk journal 😂

[@SNDDuffy-qo9zf]

Yes! My sister and I just enjoyed these during her visit!

[@SNDDuffy-qo9zf]

Love your videos ❤

[@kaycfox3013]

I collect these little inspirational quotes on the teas bag (:

[@laelswager4983]

Wow!!! So much information!!! Now I can look at the world with Junk Journal eyes.

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes, you've got "the eye" now. But maybe you're going to wish that you didn't, at some point. If you live with others, they'll be wondering what you're bringing home 💜😉👍🏻

[@lesliespeers2739]

It can quickly become an obsession, be careful, lol

[@stephaniecranston8134]

I am so excited to have found your videos. This is a new idea for me. I have bits of papers etc. that I've been saving for "just in case". I have done scrapbooking and stamping and card making, but this will bring all of these pieces together. When I get more time after downsizing, I will be doing this. I can hardly wait!

[@charlotteschmidt8612]

I can see doing these as gifts for my friends in my watercolor class. Use some pages for ideas, and some blank pages of art paper. Thank you for the idea.

[@MargareteMiller]

Ooooh! I love that idea!! Spaces for a bunch of little paintings ❣️ So cool 💜

[@sandraludwig1546]

Shirt cardboards! When I was a kid in the '70s, my mom used to give me the white cardboard pieces that came with my dad's dress shirts. I loved to draw on them.

[@NoDecaf7]

I did the same thing in the 90s :D Actually, we just replaced a set of sheets and I still have the cardboard pieces sitting on my desk, they're so crisp and have a satisfying texture. Since I've been learning more about official names for these paper crafts, I've been hesitant to let them go 😂

[@MargareteMiller]

There you go! Some stores still use them 😉💜👍🏼

[@SightWordMovies]

Very impressed you had time to junk journal when your kids were 3 and 5! I didn’t realize you had been doing this for so long-no wonder you are so good at it. This was a good reminder that graphic art is all around us! Personally obsessed with paint chips. Thank you ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

So glad you've got some new ideas to play with. 💜😉👍🏻

[@peggyfitzmaurice4100]

Liked the idea of stacking containers for portability 👍

[@JaymeeKay]

I love the tea bag idea. ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

And it’s so easy to do 😉❣️👍🏼

[@marcy7154]

Cool containers Margarete! I'm going to be on my way to Target! I hope they still have them!

[@MargareteMiller]

I hope they have them!! 👍🏻

[@MargareteMiller]

I hope so, too, or something close. You’ll find something that works 👍🏼❣️😉

[@JeanFB16]

I love so much about this video, Margarete. I currently have my entire art room packed away due to a home renovation, and I'm itching to do something creative (but failed to keep out any supplies). Collecting for a junk journal and even starting some pages using totally free and found items is the perfect creative outlet for me right now! And I also love the idea of setting aside a journal where you don't get wrapped up in using the "good" stuff or creating a theme or making it "perfect". Sometimes the best ideas come from having no strings attached, no preconceived notions, no "precious" materials. When my kids were younger and I was traveling to sporting practices, I used to have a vintage travel case with a journal and all of the small snippets and cast-offs from past projects that were lying around on my desk. I loved sitting outside or in the car working on these little gluebooks while I waited. I'll have to revive that habit on my back porch. Thanks for such inspiring ideas!

[@MargareteMiller]

I totally agree with you, Jean, having "no strings attached" is super liberating and allows your creative ideas to flow. I love that idea of a vintage travel case! I'd love to see a picture of it. Sounds intriguing 😉💜👏🏼

[@teresazuehls783]

Thanks for all the ideas on where to find free papers and how you use stackable containers to make your supplies portable. Love your videos.❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks for stopping by, Teresa! 💙

[@RoseRivera-ed5qf]

Thanks for sharing such useful ideas! ❤

[@karenrawlins9741]

You can get free glossy travel brochures and maps from a lot of rest stops here in the United States.

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep, great idea! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻💜😉

[@karenrawlins9741]

@@MargareteMiller you're welcome! I collect them everywhere I go on a trip.

[@BigGrannydb]

Margarete - thanks for this totally comprehensive, inspirational tip-guide! Yes, I did get tons of "free" information from your video - that I will most certainly apply. ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear it❣️ Have fun adding all kinds of new things into your journal 👍🏻

[@PeterMurphy-c8i]

You explain it all very well!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you! So glad it was helpful 💙

[@missyb.623]

Great video, as always! I am not above dumpster diving 😂

[@MargareteMiller]

😂 Me, too, Missy 👍🏼

[@wandaspencer9523]

I love your stacking containers for on the go crafting! All the interesting books in other languages. That’s something I will start looking out for! Thanks for sharing your ideas and I really appreciate your tips and journals made from “recycled items”! They are amazing. 😊❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to play with. 💙

[@susannahleopold6788]

Love this one! REAL junk!

[@NoDecaf7]

You are a gold mine of information. Thank you for putting these videos together!

[@NoDecaf7]

Maps, great idea. Also travel brochures and those little touristy brochures at rest stops etc. My husband is not going to be pleased with the collection of "trash" I am about to amass, but we have clever ways of storing our crafts 😉

[@MargareteMiller]

You’re welcome! I’m glad to help 💜😉👍🏼

[@lorrainewilson2067]

Great reminders. I live in an apt. Always looking for interesting junk mail that others don't want, real estate magazines at the grocery store, so many things we would normally just walk past.

[@MargareteMiller]

There are so many papers that tempt me. I just don't have the time! I wish I could use more.

[@Wildpurl]

I did get tons of ideas from your video, thank you! What a lot of possibilities that I had never considered before, and your junk journal is fabulous. Thank you for a great presentation

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed this! 💜

[@ruthburr1951]

What a wonderful refresher course in using 'old and free' items. Thank you for the brain prod. I love the mobility of those stacker boxes.

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'm so glad you enjoyed this!! 💜

[@graceng5525]

Margarete I really appreciate your videos, they are always insightful and inspirational. I do find that I relax a lot more when I use junk, because I am always worried that if I use my vintage papers and then change my mind later, I would have wasted them.

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep, I agree. It's a lot easier to relax and enjoy the process when you're not worried about working with vintage papers. 👍🏻💜😉

[@OjibwayDreams]

New subscriber here and you're quickly becoming one of my Favorites ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Yay! Thank you! 🎉

[@amyt6254]

I did not know the Yogi boxes had writing on the inside, so cool. I love the idea of using punches on maps!

[@MargareteMiller]

I’m so glad you’ve got new ideas to play with. Have fun❣️👍🏼😉

[@roswithadeutschmann2657]

Hello Margarete - Im from Germany and I always enjoy your videos! You gave such interesting new proposals for what is possible! Never ending new ideas ! I love your style and most the way to use anything in my house - everything around me - every little scrap or tiny bits and pieces. Thanx for your inspiration! 😍🤗⚘🍀🌻

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much for watching! I’m so glad this inspires you to use things around your home. It’s so fun to include “forgotten “ objects 🌟❣️👍🏼

[@darcywho2487]

I love this journal!! It's validating seeing what you've put in here, I have old clothes tags, Dr Pepper labels, maps, etc and haven't had ideas on what to do with them. Thank you for sharing! I know exactly what to use my junk for now 💕💕💕

[@MargareteMiller]

Yay!! 🎉 So glad this was helpful 💜

[@caroltanzi29]

Margarete: it looks like you and I shop at the same places. In fact, keeping organized with what I bring into my studio is somewhat of a job in itself. However, even that is fun for me. Good reminders for me. Thank you. Carol from California

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes, I agree with you that keeping organized is a job in of itself 😉. Thanks, Carol😘

[@joankaiser3527]

Fun video, thank you. You gave me some great new ideas for finding, and using, free stuff!! (And I think your new tattoo is very classy 🙂)

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you! And I’m glad you got some new ideas to play with. 💙😉👏🏼

[@aliceharbour5926]

Lol i thought FREE meant was a free day and to do whatever you felt like making that day. 😂😂😂 I have been a collector of clothes tags for some years now. There are so many cool ones! 😎 for the past 6 years i have been saving the drawings from my great niece and my son and i put them in my junk journals as pages i keep and consider done. I am big on nostalgia. 🎉 Thank you for sharing. 🌞

[@MargareteMiller]

Nice!! Great ideas there. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻

[@lole-21ruff63]

I was thinking how to build rubber stamp home made. Thanks for the ideas. Rubber stamps are expensive .

[@MargareteMiller]

Yes, there are all sorts of creative ways to use things as stamps. 💜😉👍🏻

[@nancelarsen1437]

I knew there were stamps in that tin as soon as I saw it!! I’ve been adding stamps to my collages & they are the perfect finishing touch. Also those user manuals with different languages, great idea! I’ll be saving those from now on. 😊

[@MargareteMiller]

Nice! Yes, user manuals and instructions. Ikea has good ones, too. So glad you are using stamps!! ❣️

[@vickiebain6734]

My friend gave me a stack of quilting catalogs and there are so many yummy visuals in them too

[@MargareteMiller]

Neat!! That sounds like a great resource for things to cut out! 😉

[@craftyoldlady]

Great tip (among many) about the postage stamps! I didn't even know they still made 1 and 2 cent stamps!!

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep. And they are SO pretty!! ❤️

[@lole-21ruff63]

Oh😮 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thanks . Like before start.

[@MargareteMiller]

So glad you liked it! 💙

[@Kraftingkirstin]

Brilliant idea about user guides! Now they have a function, never read them usually 😂

[@MargareteMiller]

😂 Ikea has some good ones too, in so many languages!💜

[@Kraftingkirstin]

My mind has been blown by this. I have been hunting out guides with foreign language pages. Apparently, well, according to my other half, me claiming the pages in something Arabic from his power tool instructions manuals 50 pages past the English pages will mean the end of the world. 🙄 They will have to wait till he is out for me to rescue them 🤣

[@silviannedelmars8084]

I love that you are using so much of it as is...i.e. the cracker box cover, the tea bags, the clothes tags. I’ve been saving all the same kinda stuff because I like it, but then so many others just cover it up first step. You have inspired me, thanks! And the Yogi tea boxes with the beautiful designs (I have several stashed for that very reason!!!)-- getting out my colored pencils as we speak 😊.

[@MargareteMiller]

Nice!! Is it the same design in every box or do they differ according to the tea? I need to do more research 😉💜👍🏻

[@dorislew636]

Thank you so much for the inspiration.

[@MargareteMiller]

You are so welcome! 💙

[@pdmullgirl]

Hi Margarete! I just subbed! Yay! Anyway, I’m new to junk journaling and this kinda collaging, collecting sorta things. I’ve alway crafted but did more thrift flips and home decor type crafts. But just now I realized I’ve always done these sorts things just didn’t have a place for them that was as nice to look at, was in one place and organized. But I’ve been a scrape booker/junk journaler all along! Especially after watching your video about glue books! Who knew they were a thing? I’m late to the party! Oh well, better late than never right?! I enjoy your videos. See ya soon! ❤️💜💚

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome 🎉 So glad you found this video and it has validated your thinking all along 💜

[@bluemuf]

Lots of great ideas, thank you

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks for watching! 💜

[@susanjane4784]

Having accidentally dumped out traveling collage papers and tools far too many times, I finally arrived at Rubbermaid Brilliance and similar locking-type boxes. Having a flat working surface can be really nice. And they do stack nicely.

[@MargareteMiller]

Sounds good. The stacking is really key. 👍🏼❣️🌟

[@JanalynnM]

Hello thank you for the great information. I never thought about the post office. Our library has a magazine recycling area too but much smaller than yours. Thanks again for sharing.

[@MargareteMiller]

I'm so glad you've got some new ideas to play with! 💙

[@teresa8610]

Margarete, what an awesome junk journal! So many great ideas! 😊

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much! 😊 I’m glad you like it. 💜

[@nancyorourke7679]

Love this video!! Super fun and useful ideas!

[@MargareteMiller]

Thanks so much!! 💙

[@loreesmith5418]

These are quickly becoming my favorite kind of journal! The for all the tips!

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome! I'm so glad. Have fun working on your own👍🏻😉❣️

[@gloriawagner9405]

Great great ideas I haven't started on "free" yet. Thank you

[@lindasparks7131]

You always give me such great ideas! I love watching, listening and learning from you! Thanks for the free ideas.❤❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you so much, Linda! I'm so glad you enjoyed this 💜

[@JustMe-ds8fk]

I'm so happy to see I'm not the only one that saves these things too! ❤love it

[@MargareteMiller]

Ha! 😂 There you go. There are many of us out there 💙

[@SincerelyLASMR]

Love your ideas and your work :)

[@MargareteMiller]

Thank you! 😊💙🌟

[@linmims3049]

Great tips and ideas! Thank you!

[@MargareteMiller]

Glad it was helpful! 💙

[@robinwebb2160]

I recycle all the time. I'm one of those who will go thru the top layer of the recycle container 😅 When traveling, the information centers at rest stops have free maps and lots of colorful brochures you can pick up 😊 Great video, Margarite. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep, travel centers have loads of materials, don't they? I always check out their maps. 👍🏻

[@chinacat59]

Love this! So many good ideas - thanks Margrete!

[@MargareteMiller]

Awesome! I’m so glad you’ve got some ideas to play with 💜

[@DebbieRhew]

Sadly my post office no longer has a trash bin in the lobby. “someone” was afraid it was a good place to get personal info. So I can no longer get good free stuff from there. I’ve found neat stuff there in the past. My thinking is if it has any personal info, don’t toss it in public. ??

[@MargareteMiller]

They might be afraid of stealing addresses. I can understand that. 👍🏻

[@MuLouCreations]

Never thought about the instruction manuals in different languages! ❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep. IKEA has good examples too. 👍🏼

[@lesliespeers2739]

Great ideas as always. I have an eclectic journal you made, i think it was out of a bingo card. TFS * L

[@MargareteMiller]

Oh, yes!! I remember that. Nice!! I hope you've filled up the pages 💙

[@judiemjacobson4613]

Great video. Thank you so much for your hard work to bring it to us. Lots of good ideas and reminders of things but some new ideas that I hadn't thought of before one of my favorite things are closed tags. They work great for dangles but they also work as Journal cards are tags. Blessings and hugs from New Mexico

[@MargareteMiller]

Clothes tags are often really well made. They are nice and thick, and you can paint on them if you'd like. 👍🏻💙😉

[@JustMe-ds8fk]

I feel you on changin environment and I also have bag I carry up and downstairs 😊

[@MargareteMiller]

Yep. Exactly 😉💜👍🏻

[@rowiegrl]

Hello Margarete new here, came over from jjj link. Love what you shared I love using paint chips and have a lot of hearts I punch out from the scraps-I really love the flower you made. I will try it today with a photo I’ve been trying to add in a different way. TFS. P.S. I could not get past your beautiful background/studio that I had to go search for a tour of it. 😂 😍

[@MargareteMiller]

Awww. Thanks!! I haven't done the official tour of my creative space. It took me a little while to get settled in. It's still new 😉

[@rowiegrl]

@@MargareteMillerwell I’m In love with it 😊

[@idavera55]

Thank you for sharing!

[@MargareteMiller]

My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed this 💜

[@nancyludlum2646]

Interesting. TFS

[@sherryliberto6749]

Awesome, thanks for the inspiration. I love that you didn't cover the cracker box. Youve inspired me. Thank you. Have a fabulous day. Sending big hugs Sherry ❤❤❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Wonderful! I’m so happy you enjoyed this and are inspired. I hope you start working on one 😉

[@eule48]

15:56 WOW what a surprise when I saw the tickets. My valid ticket from 12.06.24 now costs 3.55 €, but that means that someone was in my city in 2015, how nice it is. Thanks for all the ideas you share with us. Ulla

[@MargareteMiller]

😂 it’s so little time that has past, but such a big change in cost. 💜

[@eule48]

@@MargareteMiller Yes, that's how it is, unfortunately 💙

[@toniscott1029]

Thank you for the ideas 💡🙂

[@MargareteMiller]

You’re welcome, Toni ❣️

[@donnaleeclubb119]

I do make my journals with the intention of actually journaling. I have a travel journal, an exercise journal, a food journal. Most recently I created a Faith journal. I do actually use my journals. I wonder how many people do create their journals to actually journal inside.

[@MargareteMiller]

Good question! I have no idea. I'm so glad you make use of yours that way. Thanks for sharing your ideas 💜

[@hopesmith480]

Great video with a lot of ideas! I was wondering if you could share where you got the stacking bins?

[@MargareteMiller]

I got them from Target. They were in the bargain bin section. The Michael’s craft store has some stacking bins too. 👍🏼

[@hopesmith480]

@@MargareteMiller thanks 🙏

[@diporter5273]

Lovely work, Margarete. Just a question: I’m making a recipe junk journal as a gift for someone. What would you do to protect the cover from food stains/liquids etc from spills that may occur during use ie cooking plz? I’d really appreciate yr advice. Thank you. 😊❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Good question! Maybe some kind of varnish, though not Mod Podge. Liquitex has a matte varnish that puts a nice protective coating. I’d coat it about 3 times. 👍🏼

[@diporter5273]

Thank you so much Margarete.

[@cynthiahogue7724]

Another great vdeo! I try to use as much free stuff as I can. I often use food packaging for the base of my journal covers and then cover them with fabric. Thanks!

[@MargareteMiller]

I love getting materials from the grocery store. There are so many possibilities 😉❣️👍🏼

[@s.m975]

The first booklet you picked up was written in the urdu language...my mum has tons of them booklets... they're full of short fictional stories

[@MargareteMiller]

Neat! Thanks for letting me know 👍🏼❣️😉

[@samcollage7682]

On one of my visits to Half Price Books, my car was parked by the trash bin. Of course I peeked in and it was full of book that they always say they will "recycle". There were a ton of children's books and a few other books I grabbed. It had started to rain and it broke my heart to know all those books would be ruined. HPB never gives you a good price to buy books to resell. But they throw out instead of donating.

[@MargareteMiller]

Wow! Good to know. Thanks for sharing. 💜

[@marypanich9880]

To be honest, there are very few places they can donate books. Most libraries don’t have room for old books. And most recycling places don’t take books. Some places still do take them but, if they don’t have room where else can they go but into their trash. Especially if they are damaged or mildewed. It is a sad fact of life in the life cycle of books…

[@vickiebain6734]

Layer dividers in fancy feast canned cat food boxes are freT

[@MargareteMiller]

Good idea! Thanks for sharing 💜

[@charlesmangum2100]

You gave me an idea. Make an envelope. Before you glue ittogether, sew it in the signture, then glue it together.

[@devinchatwood5217]

Where did you get your folded card holder? ❤❤❤❤

[@MargareteMiller]

Hi, let me know what the time is in the video where you see it. I'm not sure what you're referring to. 💜

[@devinchatwood5217]

@@MargareteMiller 1:29 when you span your desk talking about left over bits in your work space 🤩 it’s in the middle at the back of your desk- looks like auto correct changed my question: your roledex/memorydex card holder

[@christineschmidt1025]

❤❤❤

[@MargareteMiller]

💙💜❤️

[@applejade]

Sometimes, if I love a picture but it’s on a card that’s too thick, I “butterfly” cut it or peel the top picture layer off the top and try to leave behind as much of the card as possible.

[@MargareteMiller]

I do that, too! I’m about 50% successful 😂. Sometimes I get lucky, though, and it separates cleanly 👍🏼

[@aundreaharris69]

Shhhhhhhhhhh.... Yes, you do know what it says...your google search bar, open camera in search bar, there should be an option to "Translate" in the photo/camera ...It's there. That's what I use to translate many books/pages before I use them! ;)

[@MargareteMiller]

I tried that with the book from India. It couldn't translate the text for me. I've used it with other pages and it worked fine, I'm not sure why it didn't work this time. Thanks, though 👍🏻

[@PatWalden]

❤❤❤

[@AnZebley]

Where can I find a list of your preferred supplies? I’m specifically looking for glue tape. TIA!

[@MargareteMiller]

Hi there, my list is in the description of the video. The double sided tape I use is SKOR tape 👍🏼

[@edithabouwiak]

❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@PhoebesWorldProductions]

😊👍🏼

[@Anita-ej3rp]

Sorry, I don't understand the purpose of junk journals. Can you explain it?

[@MargareteMiller]

Hi, it’s here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6K6mn9ppd90aq8si=hVrG0g9LhZsKRBew

[@Anita-ej3rp]

@@MargareteMiller Yeah, I watched it, total waste of time.

[@aarntz61]

Great ideas ❤ One question, why are you putting subtitles in the screen. It's a big black thing and now you can't see your artwork anymore. Bye from the Netherlands 👋⚘

[@MargareteMiller]

Hi, I think you can switch the subtitles off in settings. 👍🏼

[@aarntz61]

Hi again, yes, I found the 'off switch' 😂 Thanks 👋

[@jeriannroberts1816]

Man, you can talk. Too much, maybe? I want to listen to your expertise, but you go on too much explaining things rather than showing how. Sorry, I will go somewhere else to watch. 😢 Blessings to you.

[@MargareteMiller]

Aren’t I showing the journal? I’ve got the camera on it most of the time 🤷🏻‍♀️. You can’t please everyone all the time.