Junk journaling for beginners 🌟 Page ideas, upcycling papers & EASY no-sew journal!

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Junk journaling beginner? Start here! Learn about junk journaling, get page ideas, upcycle papers, and make a no-sew journal in this bitesize beginner-friendly video.
This video is perfect for anyone who is new to junk journaling, or who wants to learn more about it. It covers basics like what junk journaling is, example layouts in my own journals, and how to get started. You'll also discover some great tips for upcycling papers and making a no-sew journal.
My beginner-friendly series The Journaling Workshop has lots of tips and ideas for collaging, layouts, interactive pages and more: • The Journaling Workshop
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Videos you might like:
My EASY junk journal tutorial: • How to Make a Junk Jou...
How to make a NO SEW junk journal: • How to Make a NO SEW J...
Watch my Mini Altered Book series: • Mini Altered Book
MINI journaling: • Mini Journal
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@suebrophy1440 9 ай бұрын

Getting back to what a true junk journal was meant to be....use what you have: paper around the house, your pens and paints or any media to decorate and no rules.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@christinecude Ай бұрын

I like this comment. I looked into it and suddenly people are selling all these supplies. If I wanted to buy everything I’d go back to scrapbooking

@loopholery 8 ай бұрын

This is the first junk journaling video that has shown me how to collage whole pages without full layering and I love it! Feels more in line with the purpose of repurposing what you have lying around and not just glueing store bought ephemera down on established paper.

@marypruitt444 7 ай бұрын

Exactly!! This is what I wanted my comment to sound like but...yeah🤷🏻‍♀️...

@mhtammi 3 күн бұрын

You are so right! It really challenges a creator’s creativity to use what’s on hand.

@susanjane4784 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Far too many think they can only do a junk journal from a kit, from having specific supplies, from following the pattern given by others. This journal is lovely, organic, full of life, personal, and enduring. Thank you.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@leadeguzman9463 8 ай бұрын

This is JUNK journal❤ not those pristine store-bought kit... I've wanted to start with junk journal but the videos I came across are intimidating. This one however gives me confidence.. I never wanted to buy supplies because I dont know if its for me or what, so this tutorial is great.. and the step by step reallt help because I will literally just going to start. More step by step tutorial please with real junk supplies.

@AmandaTWaH 8 ай бұрын

I was trying to find videos that didn't look super advanced or have a ton of purchased material because I want to try junk journaling and I found your video. It's got me super excited to try to use my existing art supplies! I sew so I'm thinking fabric scraps glued onto the pages could look super cute

@elizabethk2009 9 ай бұрын

Meg, Sometimes, we need this gentle reminder of what true junk journaling is... using what you have around the house. I've been collecting pieces of junk mail. The time is here to do something with it! We get lost in all the "pretty STUFF" out there. Make our own💜 Thanks for this video.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

So true!

@sandrareford2989 9 ай бұрын

i knew i'd get a few ideas even if i am not a beginner junk journal maker! love the stamping on the inside of envelopes. Great idea rounding the corners of each page. This is my go-to way of making a journal when i travel. it becomes a place to write and record and a place to save all my ticket stubs, packaging from the country i am visiting, some sample type in the language of the place, a postcard, a menu...all i need is a glue stick! thank you Meg

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Ah glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching :)

@oneheart19 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the inspiration for my own travel oddities I come back home with!

@PositiveThanksLiving 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for going through the “how to” making the accordion patchwork style of junk journal. I made an accordion journal for JunkJournalJuly for my mom, but it was from original plain paper. (Not junk.) I’m going to try this patchwork style for November!

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tutushale 9 ай бұрын

Just stumbled across your channel. I recently pulled out my scrapbooking supplies from a few years back. Subscribing to your channel because this is the first time I have seen a journal created by gluing scraps together. Looking forward to watching more of your videos for inspiration. Live Aloha 🤙

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Welcome!! :)

@laurelieumphenour1158 8 ай бұрын

First time I have ever seen anything like this. I really wish I had seen this 4 years ago, when I first started, because this is the method, I would have wanted at the start. This is so fun!!

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@user-jx6tr1cd5l 9 ай бұрын

I have watched several of your accordion journal tutorials and im still scared to dive in!!!! You make it so effortlessly without fear!! I think I need to let go of control and give it a try!! Maybe with a glass of red wine!! LOL!!!!!

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

You got this! 💪

@catboy_official 4 ай бұрын

This is gorgeous and I love that it doesn't require complex techniques or expensive sets of crafting supplies. Thank you so much for sharing this 🥺♥️

@melbrownecraftingpodcast4771 6 ай бұрын

This is an amazing video. I had no interest in papercraft but someone on a planner video mentioned junk journaling so I looked to see what it was. Lucky for me, I found this video and it totally inspired me. I made my first journal that night and have been getting joy from this every day since. Now I’m up to me eyes in tea stained paper, book pages and recycled envelopes, and I couldn’t be happier 😊 Thank you

@megjournals 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@revCMF 9 ай бұрын

I haven’t had much success making true junk journals that I like. This accordion method might be the game changer for me.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

They're addictive!

@conmdescrap7142 9 ай бұрын

Finally! A real junk journal!

@lisagreen3778 9 ай бұрын

I like this idea…especially nice to start off with small pages..not so intimidating that way! And you make the collage for each look so easy too!😊

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@user-rs6bi5rq1f 8 ай бұрын

I got a bit confused just watching but I’m sure once I do it hands on it will be easier, I’m a tad bit uncoordinated!

@leeannsutherland858 9 ай бұрын

Cool idea! Love the idea of adding the left overs of your other projects as you go!

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@lisaprice8777 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad I've come across your page......I'm making a junk journal for a secret santa (it has a theme) and was panicking I hadn't got time to put it all together (it has to be done for Monday! ) this has inspired me. Thank you x

@sandracampbell3004 9 ай бұрын

Feeling so inspired!! Thanks Meg! I always look forward to your tutorials. You have such an eye for throwing “random” together, and creating “beautiful “! 😀💗

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

@marypruitt444 7 ай бұрын

This is absolutely fascinating. I mean, the possibilities are literally endless. All of them are one of kind and each make it's own statement. You can use absolutely anything and everything to create your own message. I love this! I'm saving this video. I've never even heard of junk journals until recently and I am fascinated by this art! 😮...and I'm subscribing! 🙋🏻‍♀️

@krembry08kentucky 9 ай бұрын

Love love love the accordion style! I am able to use up all my pretty scraps

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Yay!

@sttngf 8 ай бұрын

Love this. I have been saving paper and various ephemera and not having a clue where to begin. Thank you.

@nessieplans 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this! I have wanted to try junk journaling but was hesitant because I don’t sew. And honestly was a bit intimidated. This is awesome! Thank you for sharing! ♥️☺️

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Hopefully you can give it a try! Thanks for watching!

@tavanetaylor98 9 ай бұрын

I’m going to make one of these! I’ve not done a journal this way before and excited to try it. Thanks for the inspiration!💙

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@alexiane250 3 ай бұрын

i love how it goes against perfectionism. if you have some supplies that are faded, ripped or stained, that might be all the better for junk journaling!

@trueblue9898 9 ай бұрын

Such a fun project!!! Maybe it’s a sign to use up all that junk I’ve been collecting for years 😂

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

lol, I feel you

@paulinewhite3273 9 ай бұрын

Meg this is fantastic, I love 'keeping a journal' and have made several of my own but nothing like this, it is as you say no rules and you have freedom to work in it at will. I will certainly try to create one. Enjoying paper and glue at 71! Thank you. X.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Yay 🥰

@DC-cd5tv 7 ай бұрын

So helpful for me...a true beginner! Just love this video.

@gloriawagner9405 9 ай бұрын

Love, love love this accordion making process

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@lizdowlingcodes6009 3 ай бұрын

This is awesome, traditional journalling has always been a hobby of mine, but I wanted to incorporate some more creativity. I'll be rummaging through our paper recycling tonight!

@CraftingandRelaxing 8 ай бұрын

I love this journal idea for cleanup!! 😊 I could just create a journal to clear my counter. 😁💙

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Haha yes!!

@lwallin3217 8 ай бұрын

You have a special way of putting things together!! ❤

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@Teresita-ls1eh 2 ай бұрын

That was awesome. It makes me want to attack my pile of scraps NOW!!! 🙏 thank you

@amanda-janedeagrella5020 9 ай бұрын

Lovely Meg you always make this process look and sound sooo easy as well as attractive to do 🌿🌸🌿🪻🌿🙏🏼thanks for sharing you are inspirational 😊

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@micahruthie 9 ай бұрын

I always enjoy your style and color choices. ❤

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

@mirandalemon2469 9 ай бұрын

How lovely!

@susansmithey5317 6 ай бұрын

SO much fun!!!!!!

@sophiapapuchis1716 8 ай бұрын

What a fabulous channel.. you explained things beautifully ❤️

@leavuijk5333 9 ай бұрын

This is such a great video! Thank you for making it!❤

@marie-helenelemonnier3365 9 ай бұрын

Tellement Simple et tellement Joli ! Bravo pour ces merveilleuses idées 💡 ❤ merci beaucoup ❤💝💖

@werushka85 8 ай бұрын

this is brilliant, the no-sew journal! thanks for sharing!

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@MariaRomero-qc1hn Ай бұрын

So nice to see a video that is easy and beautiful, lovely DIY for a junk journal I can enjoy doing it thanks for sharing lots of blessings

@user-rs6bi5rq1f 8 ай бұрын

Super cut!

@skullingtonfly 6 ай бұрын

I love this patchwork idea 🥰

@donnaleeclubb119 Ай бұрын

I LOVED this video!!! So easy.

@barbigriz 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE this method! Thank you! 😊

@teaganrath255 5 ай бұрын

I love this way of constructing a junk journal! Haven't come across the patchwork method. Very exciting. Thanks for sharing!

@janetbennell9855 6 ай бұрын

Lovely example of a junk journal. Thank you

@gailoliver5676 7 ай бұрын

So inspirational! I use my Zentangle in my junk journals plus old letter stickers I have accumulated over the years.

@thelasonj 9 ай бұрын

I love watching you make the journal 🩷🩷🩷

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!! :)

@rhondawise1897 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm going to look for scraps and try making one

@user-hj5fx9np8c 4 ай бұрын

I love this video! Thank you so much for the clear directions.

@oneheart19 6 ай бұрын

I love everything about your video! You've inspired me to dig out my bits & pieces and get to work having fun!

@dorotakrolicka5720 8 ай бұрын

Love your simple idea journal ❤

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@deborahneumann9162 Ай бұрын

This is lovely and so easy! Thank you for the idea! :)

@lyndaholloway5469 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. That is a great quick journal and so easy. Thank you for sharing these ideas with all of us. The best to you.

@claudiamiramontes9851 8 ай бұрын

Awesome idea!! I love it!!❤❤❤

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@rabbitgregory9289 9 ай бұрын

A great way to make an easy junk journal. Thanks.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

@cathiespalding2083 9 ай бұрын

You make best journals like this!

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Ah thanks so much! Hope you give it a try? :)

@aleksandra.s.89 9 ай бұрын

I really like how the stamping looks! Tfs 💕

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@heksedansd.2919 6 ай бұрын

Very nice and easy way to make a junkjournal!(and to me a completely new way!)🙂 Thank you for the idea, I love it!!❤🙂

@sassyh154 9 ай бұрын

Some great tips here Meg... looks awesome... Cheers for sharing...

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tutorandtrade007 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this video. I am new to junk journaling and it was interesting to see all the possibilities!

@user-wp1hz9le5r 5 ай бұрын

so happy to find you

@sandrabarrientos556 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. You make journaling look so easy.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@sonyasantana7385 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this tutorial. You really made it look so simple.

@iliketocutandpaste 9 ай бұрын

Love this! Thank you for this video-I'm working on one right now. :)

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

@cherylbell4057 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Meg for another terrific video. You are my inspiration and have helped me jump in to the junk journaling world😊. Please continue making videos.😉

@annwoleben5439 9 ай бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch your videos and gain inspiration~

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jeanneblondewomanstamping9788 5 ай бұрын

What a joyous endeavor. Terrifically inspiring video! 👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍

@SleeplessPage 9 ай бұрын

What an awesome method! Definitely trying it! TFS!!

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@weaver7249 9 ай бұрын

This is a great little video - I enjoyed it so much…

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@camrouxbg 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I've never heard of or seen Junk Journalling before, so it's a little ... strange ... to me. But only because it's different and doesn't conform to my preconceived notions of what a journal is. I can see doing something like this, but adapting it so that I can document my D&D campaign, for instance. Sometimes taking detailed notes in a book is very difficult, but I do end up with scraps all over with notes jotted about who did what, who rolled what, and what some NPC said that gave us a ton of lore. I also can see doing this to use up the bits of scrap, pamphlets, brochures, show tickets, and other things that are collected while travelling! Thanks so much!

@emilyrogers3271 9 ай бұрын

I have never seen this technique before. I really like it! Tfs. I am brand new subscriber.

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for subscribing 🥰

@juliennebrendadevos6004 9 ай бұрын

Im definetly going to have to try creating one of these accordian journals

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Yay!! 🥳

@annina_pure_creativity 8 ай бұрын

Very cool I love that ! Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@matthewflinchum5452 6 ай бұрын

I love your videos. This was fantastic for the new person wanting to experience junk journaling with free and recycled materials you have around the house. Your demo of a scrappy accordion style journal is perfect! Perfect for kids and adults for just the cost of a glue stick! ❤❤❤❤❤😀

@Kayenne54 7 ай бұрын

I love this. Also it's fun. It's like a glue book collaged into a junk journal, sort of. Very freeing! Also it's not intimidating at all.

@Elena-qg6lz 8 ай бұрын

Amazing❤ !

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@stefflabullescrapplanner2833 9 ай бұрын

Yeah I love this journal !!! Would love to do the same look like 🥰🥰🥰

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@Joeraz 9 ай бұрын

Nice!!

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@PhoebesWorldProductions 9 ай бұрын

This is awesome. 😃👍

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!! :)

@PhoebesWorldProductions 9 ай бұрын

@IntrepidInkweaver 8 ай бұрын

I love this idea, it's a really great way to use up scraps! And you could even make ones that are meant to be tucked inside of bigger journals! What type of gluestick do you use?

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

Oh wait, inside journals! That’s such a fun idea 😍 I might have to do that! It’s a pritt stick :)

@charlenestrasburg4369 8 ай бұрын

This looks like a lot of fun and I am anxious to try it out. Could you show what it might look like after you use it as a journal. Do you just use it like normal? I see a lot of these but never one that is actually filled out.

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

My recent journal flip through (from around August) used this format which might give you some ideas! :)

@jaronsdiary 9 ай бұрын

아주 마음에 들어요😍😍저도 한번해보려구요❤️❤️큰도움이 됐습니다 구독하고갑니다👍

@deborahcagan2422 9 ай бұрын

I love this so much but I’m watching again as I’m a bit confused on all the folding. I really want to try this. I love the way you put papers together. At the end do you leave as is to enjoy or do you add more to the pages?? Just love this

@megjournals 9 ай бұрын

You can add as many as you'd like - use a thicker paper/card as your last pages to make the cover. A piece of string can tie it up too :)

@deborahcagan2422 9 ай бұрын

@@megjournals thank you so much for responding!

@DevonLass 3 ай бұрын

Hello Meg. This is absolutely beautiful. Just one question… could you add small signatures into some of the page folds in a journal like this?? 🥰💖

@megjournals 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🤗 Yes, absolutely - in fact I did that recently here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJZ1idiVurqsnp8.html

@DevonLass 3 ай бұрын

@@megjournals Thank you for the link! Another beautiful video! I shall be trying this. I love your ideas Meg xx

@katherinerand1892 5 ай бұрын

What is the corner tool called. Only just found out about Junk Journalling and I am in love! Saw a Facebook group and that is something I would love!

@megjournals 5 ай бұрын

If you search for a ‘corner rounder’ you will see some similar! I think mine is an X cut, had it years and never an issue :)

@thesecretslimmer 7 ай бұрын

What type of paint were you using when you were stencilling on that but of paper? Was it the pink emulsion paint you were using in the previous shot?

@mugglescakesniffer3943 8 ай бұрын

IDK I have watched junk journaling videos for years and I think that the genre has changed drastically and now has more say sub divisions like the dewey decimal 600 section of technology which is broken down into subsections like 620 being Engineering and 660 being Chemical technology. I think the 600 of junk journaling is using pure junk like wrappers and stuff. I think there are vintage journals and art journals and glube books that are all under this. Part of why I like pure junk junk journaling is that you don't need to be an artist and know the principles of art or have an art education to do it.

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

That's a great way of thinking about it! :) A journal can be anything you want it to be

@cookietcb2 5 ай бұрын

❤

@RaeErin 7 ай бұрын

Sorry if I missed it in the comments…do you have an affiliate link for your favorite “rounding corners cutter”.

@megjournals 7 ай бұрын

If you search for “x cut corner rounder” you should find something similar on Amazon or a shop where you are :)

@user-rs6bi5rq1f 8 ай бұрын

Hi, do you have a video using envelopes? I looked through but didn’t see one. Thank you

@megjournals 8 ай бұрын

I don’t but I can make one! What would you like to see in it? :)

@user-rs6bi5rq1f 8 ай бұрын

I’d like to see a handmade journal/sketchbook that does dual purpose. Thank you for getting back to me. I don’t know if my message makes sense! @@megjournals

@shreevas6160 7 ай бұрын

I have no idea what junk journal is. can we use it as a diary

@megjournals 7 ай бұрын

Course you can!

@michellelmaher57 8 ай бұрын

😉👌👏👏👏

@cherylb6349 17 күн бұрын

I really want to do this BUT I don’t get it?? How by the end do all the bits look so cohesive?? I am a newbie so this is a bit overwhelming and not obvious, apologies if I sound stupid!

@pennyrowe9705 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this! I'm going to try this for Junk journal January 2024! @getmessy

@Yanerd. Ай бұрын

I started junk journaling, but I am not creatively gifted 😩

@Morgan_Layfay Ай бұрын

Just remember your eyes don't see what another's will, I am constantly reminding myself that while "hating my art".. Just go for it! And if you don't like it, put it side for a little while, and come back to it, you'll see it with "fresh" eyes 😍 Not an expert, just a person that likes making things, and used to quit half way through lol 💖✌️

@lisaprice8777 7 ай бұрын