Putting Together A Junk Mail Journal - Like Actual Trash! (Part 1)

[@PatWalker-mq7ir]

What a new and interesting way to make a JJ! I love it. 😻 Now I’ll have to start saving my junk mail. TFS 😘

[@TaraJacobsen]

Yay!! Save all the junk!

[@m.i.miller8008]

wow.. Tara.. you make the coolest stuff ever!!! So creative!

[@TaraJacobsen]

So glad you love it!

[@annwieland1]

This is great - been saving stuff & will save more!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@TaraJacobsen]

Make a little one to get started!

[@sherrybarfield8446]

What an interesting project. Girl.....cracked me up with learning how mail/male pieces work! You are just the bestest! Love Tara in the morning.......to start my day.

[@TaraJacobsen]

Awwww love you too Sherry!

[@robinwebb2160]

Excited for this project. Never have seen how one was put together. Really cool pockets and flips. Looking forward for more 😀 ❤

[@TaraJacobsen]

Ohhhh so fun because there is no pressure... it is just trash!

[@franciemontgomery2935]

EXACTLY my jam! Can't wait to see the continuation. (I still 😃 thinking about the Tim Holtz journal.)

[@TaraJacobsen]

It is on my dining room table...:) I have wee little update... may have to call it!

[@Paperlover123]

I adore making junk mail books! Love your taping method, and wow! I must start saving my mail crap! This us awesome! Can't wait to see everything you do with it! Loved your dramatic ending...although it was rather Alfred Hitchcock, and made me cry ! lol. Hurry up and come back, ok?????

[@TaraJacobsen]

I have a bunch scheduled already so even if I get hit by a bus you will get to see what I do!!!

[@Paperlover123]

@@TaraJacobsen oh please do not let anything happen to you!!!!!! DON'T EVEN SPEAK THOSE WORDS!

[@TaraJacobsen]

@@Paperlover123 I am very vigilant about buses...hehehehe!

[@Paperlover123]

@@TaraJacobsen GOOOOD!!!!!!!!

[@Wvnursey]

Capitol One always had a heavy card inside!!!!!!! Awesome. This is my favorite way to make a junk journal!

[@TaraJacobsen]

I have been very pleasured by my Capital One junk mail!

[@henkesarah7147]

Tara, it’s so fun to know others save the “trash” mail too - with the ‘what it could be’ possibility in mind! I am so looking forward to Part 2...I check back everyday for it! No Pressure! LOL!

[@ngaireashdown6783]

Looking forward to the next installment. I love BIG MAGIC - I've read it a few times and even bought copies for my crafty friends. Such good messages from Elizabeth. Thanks for another great video and chat. Love you, Tara. xo

[@TaraJacobsen]

I feel like Liz (can I call her Liz) is my imaginary besty!

[@sandyfranklin1123]

You are far more creative than I am!! I often regret tossing some things, but I’m already too inundated with stuff!! I would need to complete a project in one sitting to make the saving of stuff worthwhile! A finished product would be considered somewhat valuable by my kids if I were to suddenly pass on (maybe). Otherwise it would be disposed.

[@TaraJacobsen]

I stash things for a wee bit, make a journal and toss everything else! The only thing I have "saved" is the cool Tim Holtz flip open books...:)

[@lisastevens2607]

You never fail to amaze me! I am now envious of the amount of junk mail you get. Lol This is gonna be cool 😎 Thanks for the advice concerning gesso and posca pens 💜

[@TaraJacobsen]

Oh woman... that is just a few days... we get SO MUCH JUNK MAIL!

[@kimberlybajorek1900]

Love this idea! Looking forward seeing where this goes!

[@TaraJacobsen]

I have a bunch more videos coming!

[@lisas7025]

Love the this idea. Now I know what I am going to do with all that junk mail that comes. Can't wait to see how you finish this.

[@TaraJacobsen]

I have a bunch of followup videos already scheduled!

[@darcygoodboe3457]

So much fun! TY!

[@TaraJacobsen]

Thanks Darcy!

[@4evaMrsBrentWeston1]

Now this is my cup of tea...

[@TaraJacobsen]

A junky junk journal is my jam too!

[@Guammaine]

Hi! I just made something similar to this, and now I don't know what to do with it. I don't want to put my expensive acrylic paint on it lol. It seems like a waste of my gesso and papers which I feel ridiculous about. So now it's just sitting there staring at me lol. Could you please do a video showing how you would use this junk mail journal? Are you planning to just cover the print with paint? Or journal in it? Or collage? I just don't know what I want to use mine for . And some ideas would be great! Thank you.

[@TaraJacobsen]

I have a bunch of videos coming up using it! Just you wait to see!

[@janicehoughtelling5137]

What's the difference between jesso and modposh and the uses for them

[@TaraJacobsen]

Gesso is like primer and mod podge is a glue and a sealer!

[@janicehoughtelling5137]

@@TaraJacobsen thank you Tara for answering me question!!!!

[@stellabiteme]

In Florida, y'all are encouraged to be the only one alive if someone is trying to get in your house and harm you. I'm not worried for you, I'm worried about who might want to darken your door step lol.