Crafters learn how to make junk journals at a summer 2024 workshop held by the Art Gallery of Hamilton. (Art Gallery of Hamilton) When you know, you know. The first time Felicia Bottos saw a junk ...

From direct-mail advertisements, magazines and used envelopes, the scraps that humans are inclined to discard serve as the tools Jennifer Hansen uses to craft her junk journals — an eco-conscious and ...

From a camping trip, Amanda Harper held onto a postcard that she picked up from a gas station, the label from an empty pie filling can and a map of the area she stayed in with her husband and friends ...

The perfect mix of creativity, nostalgia, and resourcefulness. In a world full of fast, disposable everything, there's something undeniably satisfying about reusing tactile materials and creating ...

Gina Anderson’s junk journal is full of collaged spreads of pictures and papers from vacations with friends, daily mementos and creative projects. But her favorite pieces of junk that she’s collected ...

Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her ...