Scrap & Junk Journaling

Scrap or junk journaling is the practice of pasting ephemera, photos, ticket stubs, and bits of paper into a notebook. The result is part diary and part scrapbook.

There are no rules. Some people stick to neat layouts. Others let the pages get thick with stuff: receipts, dried flowers, fabric scraps, postcards. The thicker the page, the more the book becomes an object.

It costs almost nothing once you have a notebook and a glue stick. Most material is stuff you'd otherwise throw away: coffee shop receipts, concert tickets, brochures from places you visited.