No.778: A “Little Autumn Joys” Junk Journal

This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you.

This “little autumn joys” junk journal is a project that I have enjoyed immensely this past month!  Everything about the process has been new to me; I have made quite a few mistakes but have also learned so much.  A few details:

For the cover, I used the spine of an old, water-stained Little Women book.  I had kept it in my craft stash “just in case” and was so happy to finally have a use for it.  I glued a piece of my hand-stitched quilting (remember when I mentioned it last year in this post?) on top and added a little blue button for some interest and dimension.

The inside pages are a hodgepodge of things: pages from two children’s books that were ripped/had the cover pulled off, kraft cardstock, pages from a picture story pad (sort-of like this), a brown paper bag, pages from an adult coloring book, pages from the Little Women book itself and a few scrapbook papers that I purchased.  My goal was to create something beautiful with items I already owned, spending the least amount of money possible.  I think I accomplished that!

 

Junk journals are a great home for those little notes and drawings from the kids.

 

For my birthday, I asked for and received the Canon Selphy photo printer and it’s so great!  You can link it to your phone and it makes printing photos a breeze.

 

I have had that postcard of the fox playing cards since the Big White Farmhouse Shop days!  So nice to have a use for it – I used the back as journaling space.  This photo also shows one half of the paper bag I included in the papers.  I tucked a picture of me and Samson in that side space and used a fabric scrap as the tab.

 

One last photo: I stapled in a dried leaf (hopefully it won’t crumble into pieces!) and made a little flip up space with the “BOO” card.  Underneath, I have journaling and another photo.  So fun!