Are you new to Smash Books? This guide explains them and shares smash book ideas so good you'll want to glue something down ...

If you’re into self help practices, chances are you write in a journal. Journaling has many benefits including creating a safe space to vent and self reflect. Now junk journaling is the newest type ...

The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. Credit... Supported by By Julia Carpenter When ...

One main reason for this is affordability. Compared to some other crafts, junk journals can be incredibly affordable and, as we all know, college students need to save money whenever they can. When ...

Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her ...

Bikini-clad girls sat sipping canned cocktails by the shallow end of a swimming pool. Their sunscreen glistened in the summer heat, leaving a coconut aroma in the air. But these sunbathers weren’t ...

Think of all the average trash a person goes through in one day: Straw wrappers, stickers, receipts, plastic, paper, coffee cups, bags, tags, the whole lot. Now imagine pasting every one of those ...

From a camping trip, Amanda Harper held onto a postcard that she picked up from a gas station, the label from an empty pie filling can and a map of the area she stayed in with her husband and friends ...

Participants gather in the shade at rows of tables pushed together as they work on their journals during a meetup of the DFW Junk Journal Club at Klyde Warren Park Sunday, April 13, 2025, in ...