Junk Journal flip-through & tips on starting your own

Welcome to Week 8 in my weekly series of crafty projects in 2024. Today I'm sharing a flip-through of my pretty junk journal as well as some tips on starting your own, what supplies you need, and some helpful links.
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Beginner Bookbinding Project by Nik The Booksmith: • BEGINNER BOOKBINDING P...
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[@gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919]

So pretty! There are no limits with these. You gotta love the fact we are recycling paper and doing our part to keep stuff from going in the landfills. :)

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thank you so much! Absolutely right on feeling good, doing our part, and repurposing things! Thanks for being here.

[@karanallen2528]

I love Nik the Booksmith too!! I have been watching her for a couple years now.

[@AnnetteGreen]

She's so great. I've been following her also a long time now. I have probably watched every single video of hers. So inspiring, and she's such a hoot sometimes.

[@PamShenouda-ey7tg]

So pretty. Thanks for going through all the goodies you save and use.

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks Pam. So happy you liked the flip-through. I'm enjoying filling it little by little.

[@cherylwells1266]

Your journal is so pretty - I do love the look of not so much "junk" but pretty things in a journal - very nicely done Annette - thank you for sharing this and great tips!!

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks Cheryl! I don't care for the true junk journal look, so I'm happy you like this style too.

[@kdgowdy]

Another winner! Your creative style speaks to me, I like very similar things and look forward to your weekly videos!

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks so much Kim! I really appreciate that. I can tell by your creations in your planner that we like the same style.

[@jacquelinegirouard2913]

I look forward every week for your videos. Now I want to do a junk journal!! Have a great week.

[@AnnetteGreen]

Hi Jacquie and thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying this year's variety of videos. I hope you DO try a junk journal and enjoy every minute of it. ❤

[@jodieb4970]

I'm working on my first junk journal. I'm learning so much and enjoying the process. Your junk journal is more ambitious than mine. I loved your first two releases. Looking forward to the next one.

[@AnnetteGreen]

I hope you're enjoying making yours too, Jodie. It's such a pleasure to make. I can't wait to share my new upcoming release too!

[@user-zg6gg7oe5j]

Love this journal - thank you so much for sharing. Jill

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@CindyStewart-Held]

Great ideas for junk journals. Thank you for sharing!

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks so much. Glad you liked it!

[@selinamcginn8749]

Glad you showed us your junk journal after getting a peek last week. After watching your video, I had to buy the flora book on Amazon. 😍

[@AnnetteGreen]

It's a wonderful book, so i hope you enjoy it. Don't be afraid to cut it up. The illustrated images are so beautiful.

[@mariebinkin4365]

Loved looking through your junk journal, Annette. It is really beautiful. I am not really into junk journalling because of the grunge ...... Yours, however, is pretty and colorful. Looking forward to your new release next month. We are moving to the St Louis area (from Illinois) on Monday to be closer to our grandkids. Big change, but can't wait! Will be so happy to get my craft room unpacked!

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks so much Marie. I prefer this style of junk journal over the traditional ones out there too. How nice you'll be moving closer to your grandkids! (I wish I had some of those) I hope all goes smoothly. Moving is such a big chore. Thanks for being here this week again.

[@ellenlemen2271]

Your video is so timely for me! I just got into junk journaling and it was great to see yours. It’s also reassuring that I can put a pretty one together and worry about “finishing” it at my leisure!

[@AnnetteGreen]

That's wonderful Ellen! I'm sure you will love junk journaling. No one says you have to complete it in one sitting. I love that about this journal. I can take my time and make pretty things little by little. I'm so happy you're making one too!

[@kathiwilson4082]

Beautiful work, love the look of this journal- so pretty 😊

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks so very much!

[@pamkenel7534]

I do like your junk journal, my kind of junk journal. I decided to do a pretty one to, trying to pick the papers for the cover and pages. Thanks for sharing.

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks Pam. We may have to come up with a new name for these "pretty, not so junky" journals. Thanks for watching today!

[@belindazimmer2107]

Love your started beautiful junk journal! I am wanting to make one too and don’t want to keep it fairly organized but using all kinds of elements such as yours. I’m thinking I might use mine as a place of reference for techniques and ephemera making ideas to look back at once finished for inspiration. I love experimenting without boundaries to see what happens so this would be the perfect place to record and keep those techniques and elements. Thanks for sharing and I’m super excited to see your next release! 🥰

[@AnnetteGreen]

Hi Belinda and thanks so much. I think your idea to use it as a reference book is fantastic! I may do the same. Not sure just yet. I'm dying to share that new release (including my first ever paper collection) so I can't wait either!

[@crschwartz380]

Really nice journal. Love it. Getting into junk journals. Looking forward to next week ❤❤

[@AnnetteGreen]

Chava, thank you so much! (And thank you for the package of goodies in the mail! I loved all the little things you sent me. I wasn't able to find your email address to write you personally.) I hope you enjoy junk journaling as much as I do. Thanks for being here again. ❤

[@lauriek6183]

Wow!! Your journal is so Beautiful!!! ❤❤ And I just LOVE all of your goodies and pretties… papers etc! I love the Rice paper!! I would love to purchase some😊 I the envelopes you save to make cute pockets etc! Thank you very much for sharing all of this 🩵🩵🩵

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thank YOU so much! So happy you liked it. It's such a delightful style of book to make. I'm enjoying it very much. Thanks for watching today and leaving such a wonderful comment. I appreciate it!

[@lauriek6183]

Annette you are so welcome! I want to try small journals with faux leather. I’m ordering the We R product you showed😊❤

[@Vintagebeautyca]

awesome! thank you for sharing!

[@AnnetteGreen]

Glad you liked it!

[@EileenWstCstGrl]

This journal is too pretty to be called "junk" ❤

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks. Let's call it my Not-So-Junky Junk Journal. 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@caroleanderson1106]

Such a pretty journal, Annette. I don't call them junk journals. I call them journals and don't put junk in them. Yours and mine are too pretty to be called junk journals. Not sure where that term came from, but I don't much like it. Thank you for all your ideas and tips. You see your stuff is not junk! Thank you and take care.

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks so much Carole. They really aren't junky at all, are they, when we use pretty things inside. Thanks for watching again this week.

[@celineworotniak4349]

I’m looking forward to seeing the progress on your junk journal. I love that a junk journal almost gives permission for an “anything goes” journal. Although mine are on the not so junky side, it’s nice to relax a bit and use the papers I have made or accumulated.

[@AnnetteGreen]

Yes, anything goes. I love that too. Thanks for being here again Celine!

[@barbaraedmondson1596]

I love that reader book "Here and There"!

[@AnnetteGreen]

Isn't that cool?

[@barbaraedmondson1596]

@@AnnetteGreen yes

[@quittintime33]

This is STUNNING! AND- I have some of the same hobby lobby paper packs as you used in this journal! I'm definitely going to rewatch this and make one using those papers. SOOooOo beautiful! Tysm! ♥️

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thank YOU so much! I love that paper too, and am so happy I didn't ditch it after hoarding it for so long. I hope you enjoy making yours too!

[@catherinelancaster511]

Such a lovely video! Something I’ve fancied doing but never have - well yet anyway! 🤗 I might one day! Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks so much! I hope you give it a try someday. It's such a pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@amyt6254]

I love your junk journal! It has a more modern look with the scrapbook paper and that is my favorite type of junk journal. I am looking forward to seeing what you add to it. New subscriber here.

[@AnnetteGreen]

Hi Amy and welcome! Thanks for subscribing. I can't wait to add more pretty things in my junk journal soon.

[@ThePaperMonkey]

This is a beautiful journal! Thank you for sharing. So inspiring. *New subscriber*

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thank you so much! And thanks for subscribing!

[@janewebster7661]

Very pretty journal. It was nice to see you can use any papers. I do not get much junk come though my letter box. I do try to the card which came with the items . But only like the pretty one. Thanks for sharing. Have a good week.😊❤

[@AnnetteGreen]

Thanks Jane. Neither do I. The junk mail I do get is pretty ugly, I must say. Wouldn't dare put it in my pretty journal. Thanks for joining me again this week.

[@RF-nq3vi]

wow! thank you so much for all the explanations. I have been collecting and hoarding (although...its not hoarding if its going to be used...right?! LOL ) and trying to get started. Clearly, I should just decorate some smaller items with the hoard and build from there. loved this vid! new subbie as of last week. tyvm :)

[@AnnetteGreen]

Hi and welcome! Thanks for subscribing! Yes, just get the base of the book done and let all the little fun follow.

[@elizabethglenbentley7882]

Excellent advice. Wish I'd done that from the beginning before the "hoarding" started. New to your channel. Enjoying it Denmark 🇩🇰

[@suziescrapbook3574]

Do you actually journal in this book or is it just pretty to look at?

[@AnnetteGreen]

Eventually, I will journal in it. For now, it's just a fun process of building and adding on to.