From direct-mail advertisements, magazines and used envelopes, the scraps that humans are inclined to discard serve as the tools Jennifer Hansen uses to craft her junk journals — an eco-conscious and ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever struggled to keep a neat diary, hated wasting pretty paper, or felt weirdly attached to ticket stubs and old ...

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 ...

Writing in a journal sounds amazing in theory. Imagine yourself with a pen in one head, a cup of tea in the other, and a beautiful notebook in front of you with dozens of blank pages just waiting to ...

Junk journaling encourages people to use everyday items to document lived experiences in a journal Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, ...

Local News Saving pamphlets, receipts, and wrappers: Young people take on junk journaling “We’re really hoping for a return to this, like, tangible, analog practice where you are using your hands ...

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 ...

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 Dallas.

On any given afternoon at Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas, you’ll see food trucks, kids splashing in fountains and families picnicking under the sun. But on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, a ...

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On January 1, 2020, I bought my very first journal. At the moment, it was simply part of a New Year’s resolution—but the timing was uncanny. Throughout the tumultuous months of 2020, I became reliant ...