Purple Mushies Junk Journal
This one-of-a-kind, handmade junk journal features a purple mushroom theme. The cover is created re-using a vintage book and bears hand-sculpted polymer clay mushrooms. The peekaboo spine is velvet that I hand embroidered with beads. Every page is either hand-dyed with a combination of coffee, tea, or avocado or with an assortment of inks and paint. Papers include vintage music sheets, dictionary pages, book pages and modern papers (velum, lined paper, coloring book pages etc) aged to match.
This is a no/low-decorated junk journal. Ephemera bits are included for you to decorate your journal as you see fit. Please watch the end of the video where the ephemera is shown.
Absolutely unique.
Please scroll down to view the video flip through of each page.
This one-of-a-kind, handmade junk journal features a purple mushroom theme. The cover is created re-using a vintage book and bears hand-sculpted polymer clay mushrooms. The peekaboo spine is velvet that I hand embroidered with beads. Every page is either hand-dyed with a combination of coffee, tea, or avocado or with an assortment of inks and paint. Papers include vintage music sheets, dictionary pages, book pages and modern papers (velum, lined paper, coloring book pages etc) aged to match.
This is a no/low-decorated junk journal. Ephemera bits are included for you to decorate your journal as you see fit. Please watch the end of the video where the ephemera is shown.
Absolutely unique.
Please scroll down to view the video flip through of each page.
This one-of-a-kind, handmade junk journal features a purple mushroom theme. The cover is created re-using a vintage book and bears hand-sculpted polymer clay mushrooms. The peekaboo spine is velvet that I hand embroidered with beads. Every page is either hand-dyed with a combination of coffee, tea, or avocado or with an assortment of inks and paint. Papers include vintage music sheets, dictionary pages, book pages and modern papers (velum, lined paper, coloring book pages etc) aged to match.
This is a no/low-decorated junk journal. Ephemera bits are included for you to decorate your journal as you see fit. Please watch the end of the video where the ephemera is shown.
Absolutely unique.
Please scroll down to view the video flip through of each page.
DETAILS
Size : 9.5 x 6 x 2 (approx)
hard cover with embroidered peek-a-boo spine
6 signatures
66 pages (132 front and back)
handmade ephemera bits
WHAT IS A JUNK JOURNAL?
Well, this is a ‘junk journal’! The simplest definition of a junk journal is: a book which is often made through found and recycled materials to be used as a way to collect and record memories, thoughts, ideas, and inspiration.
I created this journal with mostly recycled material that I have gathered over the years from various free sources and local garage sales. You’ll notice some of the pages appear purposefully aged; I did this by using homemade tinctures of tea, coffee, beet, avocado or cabbage to dye the paper. Also mixed in these pages is a small selection of new papers, things I spotted at one point or another and loved the design even though at the time maybe I didn’t know what I was going to do with it. But, hey! It found its home now!
This junk journal would be considered ‘lightly decorated’. Other junk journals may be filled to the absolute brim with bits and bobs and various marks, but I prefer to leave my journals with lots of room so you can do with it as you wish. I have included some ephemera to get you started with decoration should you choose to use it. Glue, staple or tape these bits wherever you see fit.
So, what can you use a junk journal for? There are no rules. The whole point of using junk to make a journal is to free you from having to make anything tidy or perfect. This is already junk - you can’t mess it up!
– Make it an art journal! Paint over the pages. Glue down collage items. Use whatever art supplies bring you joy and cover up entire pages, or just small sections
– Make it your daily /inspiration / bullet journal! Find different pens that will work on the different pages. Or, write on plain paper and then glue/staple/tape your entries to the pages in the journal
– Make a travel or memory journal! Even if it is just a day trip, you can record where you went, tape in ticket stubs, staple down brochures, glue in found ephemera, and attach photos
– And in all cases, have fun! Add stamps, stickers, paint, pen, markers, fabric, ribbon, wrapping paper, photos, receipts, junk mail, postcards, greeting cards, etc to decorate your pages as you go