Junk Journal January Days 1-3

I already shared some inside pages and close-up pics here, but now I can share Days 1-3 of the Junk Journal January challenge I've been playing along with in this green + blue themed mixed paper journal. When I went about choosing papers for this journal, I knew that I wanted something bright and inviting after the intense holiday colors of the December journal I had been using.

Here's the journal + embellishment kit you'll see me using this month, see what I mean about the fresh feel of the color scheme?

JUNK JOURNAL JANUARY

Day 1 | New Resolutions
I am not one to make resolutions because I seldom seem to carry through on the list I've made. I did make list, though, of creative projects I want to work on this year. You can see how I do with that by following #my2020creativeprojects on Instagram. You can find the printable tag labels here.

Day 2 | Cozy Vibes
I’m all about the cozy vibes and a warm blankie to cover my legs while I journal on the couch or watch a show or even write up blog posts. And layering a journal page with bits and pieces to add texture gives me a cozy vibe, too.

First, I layered my paper bag with some modeling paste using a stencil, but only filling in parts of the stencil in a random sort of way. I used the Made Me Smile printable label for my journal prompt holder and placed in top of a heart pattern speech bubble. I spelled out "cozy" down by my journaling with my letter stencil.

Day 3 | Upcycled
I have always been a fan of collecting bits and pieces from interesting packaging or clothing tags to use in my journals. The book page tag comes in the embellishment kit included with this journal. When I was playing around with where all the items in the embellishment kit would go, this book page tag certainly fit on the page...but, I wanted to do something unexpected with it. So I did.

I folded over the bottom of the tag to form a pocket and then punched some holes along each edge, placing it atop an old mouse pad so as not to damage my craft table, then hand stitched along each edge to form the pocket. The pink along the left edge is a used sticky note that I tore the edge on and placed beneath the tag and the kraft paper is recycled from a travelers notebook that was trimmed to size.

In my stash, I found the corrugated cardboard tag and used the backside of the cream colored hangtag from some flannel jammie bottoms we bought before Christmas as my journaling spot.

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Want to join in the Junk Journal January challenge? Find out more info here.

Find this journal here and also more journals + mini books in my Etsy shop.

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