Make a Junk Journal From an Amazon Box and Craft Supplies
A Complete and Detailed Guide on Bookbinding a Junk Journal - From Gathering Supplies to Decorating the Pages.
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What You Will Learn!
- How to create an entire junk journal from an Amazon box and supplies you have around your home.
- How to bind a junk journal by hand, even if you don't have bookbinding supplies.
- How to use scrap papers and scrap fabrics to make a beautifully upcycled junk journal.
- How to decorate the pages of a junk journal to give as a gift.
Description
Have you ever looked at an Amazon box and thought, "Wow, that would make an excellent book!" ?! Well, I think that all the time. In fact, once I learned basic bookbinding and junk journaling techniques, everything around me became a potential craft supply. From shipping boxes to cracker boxes to discarded envelopes to junk mail to stained clothing and so much more- it can all be upcycled and turned into unique gifts.
In this course, I'll show you step-by-step how to begin with an Amazon shipping box and a few supplies from your home and turn them into a completely new creation- a junk journal.
If you're new to the junk journal world, let me explain. A junk journal is a book made from "junk," scraps, or items that might even be considered trash. The idea is to give all of these items new life. Inside the junk journal, we fill the pages with pockets (also made from scraps). Inside those pockets, we fill them with little treasures, like beautiful ephemera, stickers, pretty photos, tiny notebooks, and anything you come up with on your own. The person you give the junk journal to will be inspired to write or doodle on their pages, discover all the treasures hidden in the pockets and folds, stick the stickers, and create more new things.
A junk journal isn't a perfect book with perfectly folded white pages- sometimes, we are afraid to use these, as white paper can feel intimidating. What if we don't draw or write just right?! A junk journal is meant to be used. It's meant to be played with. Get your ideas out, doodle, experiment, write poetry, try calligraphy, make lists of ideas you want to try, and make themed pages to of special events or memories.
This is the gift you're giving- the freedom to create and be inspired.
In this course, we'll work together through the entire process. I do not speed up any of the videos or skip any details. We'll use a small Amazon shipping box, scrap papers from old notebooks, fabric scraps, scrapbook papers, fabric from an old dress, stickers, and pretty ephemera. I'll even show you why you should save all of your paper scraps, and what you can make from them.
Don't have bookbinding tools? Don't worry- I'll show you how to use other items from around your house.
By the end of this course, you'll have a completed junk journal, ready to give as a unique gift for any occasion.
See you in the course.
Who Should Attend!
- For first time junk journal makers and anyone who wants to learn basic bookbinding techniques.