Our Junk Journal Journey Starts Tomorrow!

There’s a new class starting in The Academy this weekend and I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss it: Junk Journal Journey.

A Junk Journal is a handmade journal created with found papers, such as junk mail (hence the name), old calendars, pages from books and magazines. It’s the perfect place for the paper ephemera of your life – cards, stickers, letters, leftover stationary, etc.

Creating a junk journal is a fun, easy and unintimidating step into the world of visual journaling.

In the Junk Journal Journey Course you will …

Gather: Every step on this journey is a discovery process. Gathering your materials will be not just a practical exercise but a way for you to hear the stirrings of inspiration in your creative heart.

Envision: You’ll have the opportunity to choose and explore a theme to bring to life through your junk journal so that you’ll have a focused exploration and finish tangible expression of your vision.

Create: You will create a Junk Journal that is uniquely yours, one that expresses your vision and style!

Collage: Once you have made the basic form of the journal, you’ll continue to develop it and your theme with additional collage.

Embellishment: You’ll finish the whole thing off by adding in some drawings, doodles and embellishments – another step in personalizing your very own junk journal.

A Little Note: Don’t be intimidated by any step in this journey! There is nothing here you can’t do. Our goal is to keep it simple and doable and to have fun and grow creatively along the way. We’ll be taking our time with each step so that we can actually enjoy the process while we’re learning and creating.

The Junk Journal Journey Course gives you …

A Weekly Video Lesson: Every Saturday you’ll get a new video lesson teaching you the next step of the process. Of course, you can choose to watch at a time that is convenient for you.

A Chance to Learn & Enjoy: Each week we will take one step on the Junk Journal Journey. This gives you time to get grounded and comfortable with each creative step. Plus, it gives you time to enjoy the process! After all, isn’t that what creating a junk journal is all about?

A Creative Practice: Having a focus, a community and a schedule is a great way to support you in being creative throughout our time together. When you spend dedicated time developing a creative habit, you allow it to take hold in your creative life.

A Creative Community: You won’t be alone on this journey! You’ll be a part of a group of creative hearts learning, growing and creating right along side you – plus the guidance of a creative living coach – that’s me!

You Time: Having a structure and support can make all the difference in taking time for your creativity and bringing a project to life. You may just be surprised at how much making your junk journal nourishes your artistic soul.

Your Unique Junk Journal: At the end of the course, if you’ve followed along and taken all the steps, you’ll have your own junk journal – a tangible expression of your creative vision and unique style!

The Details

Format: This is an online e-course delivered through a series of video lessons.

Schedule: Junk Journal Journey runs February 25 to March 25. Lessons will be released on Saturdays.

Feb 25: Intro & Gathering on a Theme
March 3: Assembling
March 11: Collage Elements
March 18: Embellishing
March 25: Celebrating & Sharing

Supplies: I’ve kept to the basics for this course but you are welcome to get as fancy as you like during your Junk Journal Journey

Paper Materials: such as old calendar pages, flyers, office supplies, paper bags, pages from secondhand books
Collage Materials: such as magazines, ephemera and, again, secondhand or old books
Binding: an awl, an upholstery or book-binding needle and some waxed linen thread or embroidery yarn
Adhesive: Glue stick and/or tape adhesive
Embellishment: Some pens that will work on whatever kind of paper you use
Tape (optional but recommended): Washi tape and packing tape or decorative Duck Tape.

Your Guide: Jamie Ridler. A journaler for decades, I am a creative living coach who has led creative workshops covering everything from dreamboards to journaling for entrepreneurs. I am also the founder of Give a Girl a Journal, a do-good initiative that brings journals to girls around the world!

Community: We will have a private Facebook group where we can continue to be in community and encourage one another’s junk journal journey!

Register Now & Join Me on the Junk Journal Journey!

We’re going to have such a great time!

Registration is $65 USD