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favorite junk journaling supplies
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items best supplies for starting your new favorite analog hobby!!! I've been junk journaling for years and if there's one thing I know, it's that there is NO WRONG WAY to junk journal!!! The most important thing you'll need is scraps from your day. Use pap...
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GLUE & SCISSORS
JOURNALS & PAPER
STICKER BOOKS
MARKERS & WRITING UTENSILS
EMBELLISHERS
GLUE & SCISSORS
the basics (but remember you can also always just use kitchen scissors/rip paper!!!)
elmers might technically be for kids but works great for your journal. you don't need anything fancy. I love the purple glue sticks because you can see where your glue is, and then it dries clear! Any of this glue will work great in your journal
Elmer's glue
this is my actual go to glue. It smells amazing and works a tiiiiny bit better than Elmers in my experience. Worth the extra $ but also not necessary
COCCOINA Italian Glue Stick
this glue rules- it works on almost anything!! (I've even glued rocks in my journal with this baby)
Beacon Zip Dry Paper Art Glue
I like glue tape for taping wrappers and ephemera that is a little too slippery for glue sticks!!! (candy wrappers, plastic bags, concert wristbands that are fabric, etc.)
Glue Tape
THE jumbo glue stick!!! If you're gonna be gluing a lot, this is more enviornmentally friendly, it lasts forever!!!
Darice Giant Glue Sticks, Jumbo XL Glue Stick
I am always an advocate for just ripping scraps and paper...but sometimes you need a good pair of scissors for tiny edges and these are it!!!
Fiskars® Premier No.5 Micro-Tip® Scissors
JOURNALS & PAPER
the one thing you actually need to buy. There's a huge range in journal prices, you don't need to spend a ton, my best tip is get one you love so you'll be even more excited to use it!!!!
I love the A5 sketchbook or A5 blank pages books- hardcover or softcover!
Journals - LEUCHTTURM1917
a less spendy version of Leuchtturm - comes in cute colors!! these are not QUITE as high quality and the spine could break more easily but a great place to start if
PAPERAGE Blank Journal Notebook
I have the black and white polka dot version of this!!! It is SO CUTE but be warned, it gets really chunky. I recommend gluing pages together so the spine doesn't break. (Martina's new journals coming out have less pages so the spine won't break as e...
Original Ribbon Journal (Hard cover)
love this journal because the paper is thick enough to hold a TON of junk, and even some paint. It's a little smaller than the Paperage/Leucttrumm journals, just barely
Moleskine Large Art Sketchbook, Scarlet Red
you don't NEED to buy scrapbooking papers but these are really cute and you will use them. I LOVEEE everything Martina designs- and these papers are A5 size, so smaller than typical scrapbook paper
Scrapbooking paper
Origami paper is a good alternate to scrapbooking paper, which usually comes in 12x12 (bigger than the average journal) and then becomes annoying to store
Origami Paper 6x6
STICKER BOOKS
USE YOUR STICKERS!!!! Also check out my favoirte indie sticker brands list :)
I'm a featured artist in this book!!! It's called the wine sticker book but it's really about ~GIRLHOOD~ and gathering :)
Rosé Mansion Wine Sticker Book – 2,500 Stickers, 25 Artists
this is the sticker collection book I have! I thought I didn't need this but it has changed my life. All my stickers in one place :) Also it is very relaxing transferring sticker sheets into it
Reusable Sticker Book Collecting Album
probably my most used sticker book
The Ransom Note Sticker Book: Thousands of letters
Elowyn hand paints all her stickers!!! The Tiny Stickers book is so insanely cute.
Art by Elowyn tiny sticker book
this book has tons of butterflies and cute diamonds and gemstones in it!!!
The Antiquarian Sticker Book: Mandala
gold star stickers make every spread look amazing. I love doing an all-junk spread and then adding doodles and gold star stickers on top!!!
Gold Foil Star Metallic Stickers
MARKERS & WRITING UTENSILS
to add doodles and write notes about your spreads!
the acrylic paint markers from jusart are my absolute favorite. A MUST.
JusArt Paint Markers
I have a johnny was pen and I LOVE it for writing notes about my junk. a regular pen works too but this one elevates (also they have cute journals!)
Johnny Was Pen Set
kids art stuff is perfect for junk journaling because there's no reason to be precious with it :)
Crayola 24ct Pre-Sharpened Colored Pencils
I LOVE THESE. They write like crayons but then you can paint over them with water and they look like watercolors!!!
Caran dAche Neocolor II Aquarelle Artists Pastels and Sets
EMBELLISHERS
fun extras that can add to the experience :)
this is SO FUN and easy to use. you twist the top to each letter that you want and can make your own old school looking labels! You can also get other colored tapes for it :)
Pink Embossing Label Maker
this prints photos on sticker paper from your phone!!! I thought I'd use it more than I do, but it is really easy to use and it's fun to be able to add photos to your spreads.
HP Sprocket Portable 2x3 Instant Photo Printer
a CLASSIC!!! polaroid pics are still very much in style in my life. pro tip: cover the camera in stickers and now it's also an accessory
Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Instant Camera
this is my fav washi tape brand so far. there are TONS of cute patterns, so explore!! This one is insanely cute. you can use washi tape to stick stuff, but I tend to still glue stuff down and let the washi tape mostly be decorative
Washi tape- mt brand
These kinds of patterns end up looking so cute in junk journals!!!!
Grid Washi Tape Set
these are 3D so beware that they'll make your journal nice and chunky!!!! love these with gold star stickers to make junk spreads look more whimsical :)
Gem Stickers