How to Harvest Magazines 🖤 Tips For Your Junk Journal

What kind of magazines work best for junk journaling? And what should you look for when harvesting images and words? This tutorial offers some advice and guidance on this subject.
Access free printables and PDF tutorials via my mailing list here: journalingplanet.substack.com/
Related videos:
My Eco-Journaling Manifesto: • An Eco-Journaling Mani...
How to Use Decollage in Your Junk Journal: • How to Use Decollage 🖤...
Please note that all crafts shared on this channel are designed for adults 18 and over.

[@denisealekseev6518]

Our local library has a bin for donating magazines; it’s a great resource as they are free!

[@robertakeirn1870]

I asked my mom for some of her old magazines. We spent the next hour digging through images together. What a treat to start my harvesting adventures! Thanks, Helen!❤

[@journalingplanet]

Oh Roberta, what a lovely connective way of going through this process! I'm so glad you spent time with your mother. That's perfect.

[@robertakeirn1870]

@@journalingplanet My mom was involuntarily “retired” from her job at 80 yrs old, so it made her feel useful to dig through her magazines for me. By the end she was telling me what I could use certain images for. 😆 It was a very special time.

[@journalingplanet]

@@robertakeirn1870 lol. I can just imagine the pair of you sharing this time together. I love it.

[@visualisednz]

I absolutely love harvesting magazines. I never buy them new, they are way out of my reach, financially. Keeping an eye on local FB groups has netted me many free ones. I prefer matte, but will take anything, particularly if it is a unique subject. Breathe is one of my favourites to try and find, but they're not so common here in NZ. I did a video on using magazine pages to make faux washi for my Trash Craft Tuesday this week. I haven't stopped making it since. 😁

[@journalingplanet]

Oooh! I need to look up that faux washi video! Magazines are the treat I occasionally indulge in because we struggle to go anywhere with my husband's health and thus spend less money on everything else but it is very rare that I buy a brand new one. It has to have amazing craft potential or I have to really need the pick me up. I agree that you're much better getting them second hand. ❤️

[@CraftingwithLani]

Great tips. I'd love to see you do a video showing how you use some of these magazine images.

[@journalingplanet]

I'll add that to the list of videos to shoot Lani! Thank you for watching. ❤️

[@ilakaiser3778]

When I teach a basic junk journaling class, I tell student’s to look not only for images but also color, texture, and words. In the first magazine you flipped through I was drawn to the blue brick/ tile on one page. Little pieces of texture and color go great in collages both master board size and journal tag size. Cut into strips they can be used like Washi tape. Here in the USA older cross stitch and crafting magazines are not only matte finish but have wonderful pages in the back of advertising like tiny business cards which make wonderful and unique labels. In newer magazines logos and brands also make great labels. Thank you for sharing how you would harvest these magazines.💜🐞

[@journalingplanet]

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom on this topic. And thank you for watching!

[@rachellee.9389]

Whenever I see a magazine at the store I want to buy, I think I can get the info from the computer and save spending anywhere up to $25. If I really want to read an article, I see if Libby has it (the library's free service which I'm sure your library has, too - or the European equivalent). Old magazines are 25 cents at the thrift store. Free mags can be found at library sales, Little Free Libraries, Senior Centers, and friends/relatives. I leave all my handmade journals at Little Free Libraries and the Senior Center so I'm always looking for free things.

[@journalingplanet]

Thank you for all of these suggestions! I'm sure they will be very helpful to both myself and other journalers.

[@caroleminvielle9554]

I love using magazines too. History magazines are great. I did an Elizabethan man and woman, with the words “ you better shape up, cos I need a man, and my heart is set on you” (Grease). I had great fun with contorted medieval figures and funny quotes. Bayeux tapestry is a great source.

[@journalingplanet]

I Iove the idea of crossing Elizabethan theme with Grease. Amazing! ❤️

[@lifeisagame2023]

Great stuff

[@journalingplanet]

Thank you. Enjoying your videos too!

[@journalwithdolly]

Hey girl, new sub here: fab to see a fellow UK based crafty youtuber!! 🥰 I don't buy magazines much to cut up now (I do buy Antique Homes though as fab stuff in there!) I prefer to use the Olio app as I've managed to get so many for free on there!! And i'm talking good stuff: 90's Marie Claire's, vintage National Geographics, 1960's magazines and all for free! Would defo recommend downloading if you haven't already and see if anyone uses it in your area 🥰

[@journalingplanet]

Thank you so much for sharing this tip! I'm sure others will find it useful. Thank you so much for subscribing. Lovely to meet another UK crafter!

[@grandmaallison]

Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍🦋🌸🌹🌺💐🌷🌼🌻have a Blessed day💜💜💜💜

[@journalingplanet]

Thank you, it's a pleasure!

[@lottesteeg3289]

Thx Helen. I also buy magazines some new, some second hand. Looking through them for images is so relaxing, inspiring. Thx for the tips you give whilst talking us throug your flip through. Hope your are okay. Greetz from Holland. Lotte

[@journalingplanet]

Thank you Lotte, I'm so glad the video was helpful!

[@gabrielebruhl1218]

😀

[@janinewoodhull3611]

If you went over the glossy images with a clear gesso would that work to turn it to matt finish, or would it be too wet and wrinkle it too much?

[@journalingplanet]

It's a good question Janine. I haven't tried clear gesso but I would say it's certainly worth a go. Maybe mounting the image on the tag / journaling card first would make it more sturdy and stop it wrinkling? If indeed that is a problem - it might be fine!

[@MyDjturner]

I am deawn to magazines like the last one

[@journalingplanet]

I love them too. The articles are often really inspiring and then, of course, they are fab for junk journaling too! ❤️

[@MyDjturner]

@@journalingplanet i collect flyers and brochures because I see jj potential

[@journalingplanet]

@@MyDjturner I love that you reuse materials to create your art.

[@MyDjturner]

@@journalingplanet isn't that what junk journaling is all about? I have been a recycler, reuser and reducer of anything for years, like, almost 50 years, before it was cool.

[@journalingplanet]

@@MyDjturner it is what I've always felt it was about but some lean harder into scrapbook paper and printables. Each to their own but I love that you were ahead of the curve. 😎

[@rociolopez2514]

Hello, im from Argentina. Please someone can help me with a doubt: Can I sell a junk journal made with pieces of magazines?....... i have many ideas to collage and i wish included in my journals to sell. But i dont want break any rule. Thank you

[@journalingplanet]

Hi there, thank you for the comment! So, unfortunately I can't offer legal advice. What I can tell you is I've seen quite a few people in the community say that it is fine to use magazine images for a junk journal you want to sell if you are creating a one-of-a-kind item. Issues seem to arise when people scan their collages and try to sell many copies of it. This isn't legal advice but community wisdom suggests that it's fine if you are only making one. I hope this helps you. It's a complex issue. ❤️❤️❤️

[@rociolopez2514]

@@journalingplanet thank you very much for answering. The suggestion is useful to me. If it is not something that is sold massively, if it is an article created by transforming the original design, it would be respected. Use a piece of color, some images of natural, details to create something New and Just one item. A big hug and continue loving art 😍😍😍