I've come up with the solution... use them as is to journal in, or collect a few with some tea stained papers and simply bind them together into a hardback book cover; using ribbon, or elastic, and tied in.
Or you can make a book cover with pockets that you just slide your signature paperbacks into.
If you have been considering starting to make your own book based on the Junk Journal craze, but hate staring at blank pages, then this is the answer for you!
I've created a series of book signatures already bound as very slim paperbacks in a number of gorgeous vintage scrap themes.
Just get your paperback book, cut out the back pages of ephemera and glue them into the spots on the pages in the rest of the signature that you want to embellish.
Then you also get to add all your own laces, ribbons, scraps, bits and bobs that you want to.
Just keep building up the layers with as many pages as you want, and add lots of scrap papers for you to Journal on as well!
Then you can put all your signatures together with elastic cord or twine, tied to a firm book cover, and just slip the pages of half the book into the spine twine for the book to sit comfortably and securely as you journal.
No sewing of book signatures or cover is needed!
Check them out here:
Junk Journal Home Farm Themed Signature
Junk Journal French Farm Themed Signature
Junk Journal By The Sea Themed Signature
Junk Journal Nautical Notions Themed Signature
Junk Journal Vintage Gypsy Themed Signature
Junk Journal Vintage Circus Themed Signature
Junk Journal Victorian Scrap Themed Signature
Junk Journal Vintage Birds Themed Signature
Junk Journal Masculine Themed Signature
Next in the series themes I'm creating a vintage Circus and Boho Gypsy as well as a Nautical theme, so keep your eyes open for them.
I have also created four beautiful inspirational famous Quotes and Alphabets in same themed backgrounds.
Get as many of these paperback books as you need to have a supply to use in your scrapbooking or your Junk Journaling.
There are four big images with quotes on each page, with Alphabet A - Z on the back side of them - 52-56 quotes to each paperback.
Check them out here:
I have also created four beautiful inspirational famous Quotes and Alphabets in same themed backgrounds.
Get as many of these paperback books as you need to have a supply to use in your scrapbooking or your Junk Journaling.
There are four big images with quotes on each page, with Alphabet A - Z on the back side of them - 52-56 quotes to each paperback.
Check them out here:
Quotes & Alphabets For Scrapbooking & Junk Journals: Full color four quotes to an 8" x 10" page gloss paperback
These kinds of illustrated glue books and Junk Journal scrapbooks are a great way to get your creativity flowing no matter how little artistic skills you think you have.
And when it comes to the writing part of your journal, its up to you how much writing paper you glue into your books for your personal memories and goals etc.
Here are some prompts to help guide you in your journaling... follow these suggestions and you will love the process and get all the benefit of relaxation, mindfulness and even increasing your focus on life.
And when it comes to the writing part of your journal, its up to you how much writing paper you glue into your books for your personal memories and goals etc.
Here are some prompts to help guide you in your journaling... follow these suggestions and you will love the process and get all the benefit of relaxation, mindfulness and even increasing your focus on life.
Keeping a journal can be one of the
most powerful tools for working through issues, unburdening your problems and
connecting with your inner self. It can give you a quiet space to find your
voice in a noisy world.
It’s easy to
feel undermined by social media or your Inner Critic telling you what you
‘should’ be doing, how you’ll never get there and generally that you’re not
good enough.
Journaling can help quell those loud outsiders and focus on what’s
important. You!
Here are some prompts to help you get
started.
1.
What do I write about?
The famous ‘tyranny of the blank
page’ can be off-putting. But accept that feeling and commit to writing
whatever comes into your head for ten or fifteen minutes. Set a time and write
whatever comes into your head.
It
doesn’t matter if it’s not Pulitzer Prize-winning prose, it’s about getting
into the writing flow. It’s okay to start by writing “I don’t know what to
write about,” or even “I don’t want to write about my job.”
By getting that
reluctance out of your head and on the page, you’ve already cleared the way to
start to resolve the issue.
2.
What feels good right now?
Journaling about the good things in your life can help
reset your focus on the positives around you.
It’s easy to get stuck on the
things you don’t like, but how often do you take time to write down what is
good?
Think of the last thing that made you smile, or the highlight of your
last vacation, write down the big stuff and the small. Start a list you can
come back to when you’re not feeling so good.
3.
List your good qualities
Most people tend to focus on the things they don’t
like about themselves. Forgetting that everyone is a mix of talents and flaws.
Write down ten things that are great about you. What makes you special? Do you
have you a green thumb? Do you make great slide presentations?
Do dogs and
little kids gravitate towards you? Are you funny, helpful, insightful,
compassionate?
Make a list that will make you smile when you go back to it.
4.
Talk with your older self
Imagine yourself as a wise, experienced older person.
Someone who has seen good times and bad, who has weathered the ebbs and flows
of life.
Project into the future and ask future-you for advice on how to live
your best life. What should you concentrate on? What should you avoid?
See more of my journal designs here:
