Let’s go from the recycling bin to a junk journal - this project is beginner-friendly, no-sew, and all junk.
Gather your materials
Gather up paper items such as junk mail, magazines, paper bags, maps, book pages, wrapping paper, envelopes, and so forth.
Select a binding method
There are many ways to bind a junk journal. We’re going to use twine binding, which requires no special tools or materials. Other options include disc binding, coil binding, sewn signatures, glue binding, special die sets, purchased covers, and the list goes on. It’s important to pick your binding method first since that will shape how you make the cover and select the pages.
Select and prepare the cover
The easiest way to cover a journal is to use a box, since the spine shape comes built in. This can be a cereal box or other food box. Open the top and bottom flaps, then look for the seam. Run your finger along the seam to open the box completely flat. Trim the top and bottom flaps off the box, then remove the side flap, leaving a book shape. Cover the box as desired. I like to use an oversized piece of paper cut about 2” larger than the cover and wrapped around each side. Be sure to bend at the crease as you work, to ensure the journal will still open and close.
Make the binding
Use a piece of string, twine, or elastic seven times longer than the height of the journal. For example, if the journal is 9” tall you will need about 63” of twine. Wrap the twine around the spine three times, then tie off.
Make the pages
Select pages from your pile of diverted paper recycling. This could be junk mail, advertisements, or paper bags. You will need a crease in each page, a center fold to slip into the twine binding. If your selected pages don’t have a crease, you can create one by folding them in half. This works well for small paper bags and book pages. The pages do not need to be the same size as one another, but generally should be smaller than the cover. Group the pages into three stacks. Each group, or signature, will slip onto the twine binding.
If you want to make an envelope booklet, select envelopes where the flap is mostly intact. Slip the flap of one envelope into the opening of the next, always ensuring that every envelope faces the same way. You can use various sizes, but the largest envelope should be the first in the process and the smallest envelope should be placed last. Once you build the stack, glue where the flaps meet the next envelope while the stack is in place (much, much easier). Use the last flap to wrap around the entire stack, then glue that in place.
Decorate
Decorate your junk journal as desired. This is the fun part! I like to use text from magazine pages to cover any objectionable advertising or logos on my base pages as a first step.
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