The Beginner’s Guide to Junk Journaling: Simple Steps to Transform Your Craft Clutter, Sewing Scraps, Packaging, Paper & Paint & Other Hobby Hodgepodge. Go From Overwhelmed to Inspired.

by Heather Campeau

◆ ATTN: Crafters! You Can Go From Overwhelmed to Inspired ◆
What if I told you that your collection of craft supplies could go from being a burden to a blessing?

You’re about to discover a hobby that helps you use up your supplies, have fun, and join a community of like-minded people. In The Beginner’s Guide to Junk Journaling, you’ll find a simple strategy to transform your trash into treasures and enjoy the meditative benefits of crafting – all while creating beautiful and useful journals to keep or gift to others.

Step-by-Step instructions show you how to:

✓ Curate Your Existing Collection to Minimize the Mess

✓ Create Beautiful Ephemera From Random Bits of This & That

✓ Construct a Journal Using Whatever Paper You Already Have on Hand

✓ Compose Your Thoughts to Record Meaningful Memories

✓ Collage a Masterboard With Just Scraps

Say goodbye to frustration and shame. Soon that mountain of unused “junk” will put you on the cutting edge of the hottest trend in crafting!

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction

79 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 22, 2022

Reviews

[Beverly McCall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beginner’s Guide to Junk Journaling by Heather Campeau was inspirational. She did an outstanding job introducing her readers to this topic. I liked the way she walks her readers into the process of creating junk journals. I enjoyed her writing style. The way she laid out the steps for the entire process was concise and encourages her readers to take the plunge. It also demystifies this artistic experience. Her explanations are concise, thus, encouraging her readers to be bold, to experiment, and to learn. In doing so, readers are embolden to take their first leap into junk journaling.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heather's book is clear and concise with a bit of wit. As an artist/crafter who often feels overwhelmed by the abundance of supplies I have and the lack of time I feel I have to fully explore my creative side, I can relate to Heather's motivation to write this book. Now that I have been inspired Heather's journey, I can start to embark on my own by continuing to organize my space and set limits that will help me make time to create and express myself more freely. (Paperback)

[Kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s good for a person new to junk journaling. While mostly theory of what is a junk journal, it does talk about how junk journaling can use any craft supplies. At times, I was disagreeing with some of the things the author stated but I have learned that everyone junk journals differently. It does give a lot of encouraging for a newbie to start their own journal and not to get overwhelmed by your “junk”. I wish it had pictures.

[scott beaty · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved your story

I love art journals. I’m working on mine each day of the week. I take my stuff to work with me and work on it when I’m supposed to be working. But journaling is so much better than working. I’m pick up as much stuff as I can to journal. I have a vintage piece I can’t use because it’s very beautiful so I place it in the journal so anyone can look at it.

Appreciate your stuff Heather.

[Amy McCullough · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic ideas, no photos

Junk journals are visual. A book on junk journaling without any photos or images makes the concepts difficult to understand, especially for beginners. The book also has a strong Christian religious tone with many Bible verses included throughout. That part is not for me and detracted from the content. I've been junk journaling for a few years, so I found very little in here to help me.

[Frances Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Use those odds & ends

I have been journaling for years in plain notebooks. The ideas in this book sound like such fun. I am feeling inspired.

[Mandy Henderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

very short but good

This book is full of information but it’s limited material. It gives definitions but very short descriptions. It’s also a good book but quite short overall.

[Margret · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good and informative.

[Jilly · Rating 1 out of 5]

This sounded vaguely interesting and was free. I am so glad it was free because I would not have been happy to have wasted my money on this. It doesn't have anything new to say at all. In fact the whole point of it seems to be to get you to join the author's website. I have no idea if that costs money but at a guess I would say money is involved somewhere along the line. Bizarrely this book is also littered with bible quotes. I could do without that. Don't waste your money.

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In The Beginner’s Guide to Junk Journaling, you’ll find a simple strategy to transform your trash into treasures and enjoy the meditative benefits of crafting – all while creating beautiful and useful journals to keep or gift to others.

Step-by-Step instructions show you how to:

✓ Curate Your Existing Collection to Minimize the Mess

✓ Create Beautiful Ephemera From Random Bits of This & That

✓ Construct a Journal Using Whatever Paper You Already Have on Hand

✓ Compose Your Thoughts to Record Meaningful Memories

✓ Collage a Masterboard With Just Scraps

Say goodbye to frustration and shame. Soon that mountain of unused “junk” will put you on the cutting edge of the hottest trend in crafting!

[Teresa Berry · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too preachy and religious

Not real thrilled with this short of a book on journaling having 50% bible quotes and religious crap. I wish it was obvious that this was religious before bothering with it, as I am an educated athiest.