Junk Journal

January 5th, 2025
1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M

​Overview:
Looking for a fun way to record and organize your thoughts, engage in creative play, and improve your mood? Junk journaling just might be the activity for you. This hands-on workshop will guide you through the process of creating, decorating, and using your own junk journal. Junk journals are a great way to express your creativity, preserve memories, and keep track of your thoughts and ideas using unexpected and unusual materials.
​What You'll Learn:
  • How to gather and prepare materials for your junk journal
  • Basic bookbinding techniques
  • How to create your own ephemera and embellishments – including washi tape
  • How to decorate your journal with collage, mark-making tools, and other embellishments
How to Use Your Junk Journal
  • The first rule of junk journaling is “there are no rules in junk journaling.”
  • Use it as a regular journal, a planner, a sustainable scrapbook, or a personal gift.
  • Make a personal cookbook of favorite recipes to share with a friend
  • Make it a reading journal about your favorite books
​Some Suggested Materials:
  • Junk Mail – especially security envelopes
  • Stickers and canceled postage stamps
  • Magazine covers and pages
  • Pages from salvaged thrift store books
  • Old notebooks or tablets, including shopping lists and to-do lists
  • Tags from clothing items, buttons, fabric scraps
  • Washi and masking tape
  • Gift wrap paper
Some Page Ideas:
  • Pockets – make a pocket with paper and tape
  • Envelopes – glue in a small envelope to fill with ephemera or notes
  • Photos and frames – add pictures or frame for favorite quotes
  • Flips and Waterfalls – add stapled or sewn collections of paper to your pages
  • Fold-out pages – tape an page or accordion of pages to the edge and decorate
Some Prompts
  • Finish a thought such as “I’m excited about…” or “I’m happy because…”
  • Explore your intentions by choosing a word or words for the day/week/month/year
  • Collect your favorite quotations and write or illustrate how they make you feel
  • List your favorite accomplishments
  • Pick a limited color palette and fill the pages with different hues and values
Cost: $25.00
Date:  January 5th 2025
Time: 1–3 pm

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Location:   Gallery 86
                    86 West Main Street
                    Uniontown, PA 15401
724-562-9517
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Instructor: L.A. Smith-Buxton
Email LA Smith-Buxton at [email protected]

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    ​    January 5th, Junk Journal
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    Uniontown Art Club
    P.O Box 963​                                              Uniontown PA. 15401
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