Theatre of Life Junk Journal

Sting and Bite Junk Journal

The Comet Junk Journal

Crusades and Crinolines Junk Journal

Faux Vintage Button Cards for Junk Journals Collage Scrapbooks and More

I love to create faux vintage button cards.  It's such fun to create a fictional button brand and select the image that showcases that brand!  And it's a great way to use up that massive vintage plastic button stash I have.  The cards make a great pocket-stuffer for junk journals, smash books, scrapbooking, card making, or even collages.  Here are a few that I have in my Craftique Redux shop at Etsy:

Over 100 Pieces of 1950 Era Paper Ephemera

This assortment of paper ephemera was culled from a vintage 1950 magazine, and features images and full sized pages for your junk journal, smash book, scrapbook or collage; find it at Craftique Redux:

An adorable book candidate for a junk journal?

This vintage book on cowboys is cute as is, or could be a candidate for a junk journal.  It has good covers, with pages unmarked and without rips or tears..... it is offered with Free Shipping at Craftique Redux of Etsy.

Vintage Sewing Pattern Envelopes for Ephemera

If you create junk journals, smash books, greeting cards or collage, you know the possibilities of a simple sewing machine pattern envelope!  This listing at Etsy has a bundle of
15 of them for a decent price and free shipping within the USA. 

Bird Themed Journal

As someone who has canaries, finches, cockatiels, rosy bourkes and lovebirds, I can honestly say I love birds.  This handmade junk journal has vintage encyclopedia pages of birds for the covers, and is bird-themed throughout, even with a tiny feather!  Find it at my Etsy shop:

Feeling froggy? Jump!

This handmade junk style journal has a frog theme, from the brightly colored frog fabric to the inside with frog themed ephemera and papers.  You can find it in my Etsy shop:

A junk journal with a creepy clown theme

I got a tiny creepy clown head from a coin vending machine, and it inspired me to create a junk journal with the theme of creepy clowns.  You can find it in my Etsy shop:

Dia de Los Muertos journal

This junk journal was created to celebrate the life of a loved one, with a Dia de Los Muertos theme.  I kept it small, so it can always be handy on a shelf or curio, and it will fit nicely on the muertos altar!
You can find it in my Etsy shop:

More than just cabbage roses and lace, baby!

When your tastes run to shadow instead of sunshine, consider the handmade 'Monster Mix' junk journal, a fun mix of custom printed papers and some vintage additions... now available on the online shelves of the Craftique Redux shop at Etsy!

Vintage Style Printed Button Cards

Button cards are an adorable embellishment to any junk journal, smash book, greeting card or collage.  Here are three button cards now available on the online shelves of the Craftique Redux shop at Etsy!

Junk Journals

Junk Journals are something that either touches your artful soul, or you just think they are, well, junky.  In addition to the basic junk journal which is created with found materials and recycled / upcycled papers, etc., there is the Vintage Junk Journal.  Now here is where some may jump off the junk journal train, because this type of journal includes gorgeous bits of real vintage ephemera such as genuine old photos, papers, and fabrics.  These are carefully curated for use in the journal and they command a higher price because of the artistry and material value. 

But if you simply love the idea of upcycling and recycling found items and papers you will be more than happy with putting down your thoughts, notes, drawings, and prayers into a basic junk journal that was created from a rescued book cover, recycled book pages and papers, and bits of whimsical ephemera.  I know my ancestors would approve of 'using all parts of the buffalo'!  And if you are the do-it-yourself type, there are even digital journal files you can purchase to print out, cut and assemble.  

I love making these journals, but do offer pre-made covers to get you started; all you have to do is add your signatures (oh, and if you're new to junk journals, you've got to learn the lingo.  A signature is a folio of pages....)