junk journals

Some of my favorite images from junk journals I have created -or- worked in:

 
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Junk Journal Ideas:
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• envelopes: handmade from printed paper or magazine pages
• tags: to tuck into pockets
• pages made from handmade papers - texture rubbings, hand painted, marbled, etc...
• pages made from "serendipity" or "MasterBoards"
• pages from junk mail, coloring books, unusual paper, old greeting cards, postcards, etc...
• add punches, cut-outs, torn papers, book pages, collage, maps, catalogs, receipts, tickets and stubs, found items and ephemera
• punch out parts of pages, decorative cut borders 
• paper clips (decorative - shaped)
• needlework: crochet (I like to bind a crocheted doily into the book - so that I can attach pins, pinback buttons, unusual buttons, or other items)
• needlework: cross stitch (I like to add little cross stitched pieces to the covers and pages)
• more to come ...

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Junk Journal Charm Ideas:
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• use broken jewelry, games pieces (scrabble letters, dominoes, and odd bits), polymer clay, metal washers and keys, wooden shapes, found items, bottle caps, shrinky dinks, beads: purchased, or handmade (paper beads, fabric beads, clay beads), buttons, charms, sequins, etc...
• ribbons, fibers, string and yarn, tatted or crocheted bits (use for charms, or attach to the binding coils or rings)