Never did I think I would be jealous of the amount of junk mail someone else gets!! I would be lucky to get in a year what you get in a week that's rural New Zealand for you. So making a junk journal is going to take a long long time. Don't hold your breath Shannon!
Thanks for reminding me to stop outside the box!! I need to remember that things don't always need to be folded down the middle and that fronts of things can always be used as the back of something!! Damn these box walls!! Always, Leslie
+Scrapn Life Away Girl, I hear ya! It is my nature to fold everything in the middle and have them centered along the spine facing forward. Sometimes creativity takes effort!
You made my day! I'll never look at my junk mail in the same way again. I came here from a Melanie Jacques you tube video because she mentioned you as her inspiration for a "minidori" journal. Haven't seen that one in your contents yet but loved this one and am off to watch the binding part. Love your sense of humor. Thanks for sharing.
+Heather Dreith Do you have a link to Melanie's video? I'm not sure if I've seen it. This is probably the inspiration video she's talking about: th-cam.com/video/X3Gzj4h1hcI/w-d-xo.html
+Shannon Green yes, I'm sure that must be the video that inspired her. It inspires me too! I don't have a link to her vid because I watched it right from the Junk Journal Junkies facebook page. Thank you.
Such great ideas!!!! Just had Dr. Oetker Ristorante pizza for dinner and the box is now cut in half (kept the side panels in for the spine) and makes 2 perfect covers for the junk mail I organized into a journal....perfect fit! And I have one left over next week's mail. Awesome.
Hooo! Shannon I was so concentrate watching you and your junk mail ( seeing myself😁and my junk mail ) wen you said you'll leave the binding for other video I was soooo sad😯..... Please be fast I want to see a fresh binding video please🙏thank you for sharing.💖
After your recommendation to get the Oklahoma travel guide I also ordered a bunch of travel brochures, I'm expecting about 30. I am pretty sure I don't have a problem. Thanks for the awesome tips!
you have so much patience!! id be like,"just wanna get rid of it...throw it in the recycling" but then again thats why u have many journals to choose from and i have none!!! .:-D
+Cat Hand Wait. What?? You haven't made a junk journal before? How is that possible?? LOL Girl...get busy! I can't wait to see what a Cat Hand junk journal looks like :)
I feel I should do a video for for all the states stuff I am getting. I think it would be neat. Also those fake cards would be great little tags or En Masse Collections. Love your videos.
well after seeing this I just HAD to order myself a duluth trading catalog... never heard of those before :) See what you are having me do?!? lol and I did listen after the freeher part lol wow those cheesy cards could be a great thing for the En masse journal as well... now I need to collect those! and now just ordered lots of brochures from around here lol
+CraftyMagz A junk journal can be used in any way that a regular journal can. You can write in them, art in them, put pictures, scraps or momentos in them. Or you can do like me and store them on a shelf while you go make more! LOL
What are you doing to me Shannon lol, I've had to start hoarding all the magazines for pictures in my en masse journals plus they might come in handy to be journals, now I will have to hoard all the junk mail in case it comes in handy to be used for a junk journal. lol lol At least i am learning something while doing this well that's what I'm going to tell hubby if he dares ask why i'm hoarding all this stuff hehe. Look forward to the next video love and big hugs Caroline xxx
Miss Shannon, you could be the poster child for a hoarder anonymous chapter, I mean that in the nicest way. I was just telling my cousin about your videos last night and about sending away for the Oklahoma guidebook. She has a problem with clutter like I do and she was gently telling me not to start more piles and then I told her I have a little envelope started with interesting things I have set aside for you. She likes other things but doesn't get my fascination with paper. Anyway, thanks for the video.
After you showed the centerfold for the colleges I started hearing the song "Centerfold" in my head and now I can't get it out. I like the song though so that's ok. lol
Sometimes I like to paint on magazine pages and I prefer the glossy ones because the acrylic paint doesn't saturate the paper and make it soggy. Plus...I just like the way it feels. :)
HI Shannon - I just recently found you on TH-cam and want to tell you how much I enjoy your ideas and videos. I have a quick question. What is the difference between junk journals and smash journals? Maybe I'm making this too hard for myself...lol.
+Karen Hill There's really no difference other than Smash books were commercially manufactured at one time and junk journals are mostly DIY. You can call them whichever you prefer :)
Oh how I wish you were zoomed out so that you and your table were in view. I've been waiting for a video like this and we can't seeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! :(
This comment is meant in the best way possible. I would like to suggest that you have your thyroid checked, you are not a heavy person but when you hold your head down it looks like you have a lump under your chin. Please look at this video and judge for yourself if you think it looks suspicious . Thyroids are tricky little buggers you can have a hypo which means it is slow or it can be hyper which means it is fast. But a lump is never something to ignore. I am not a Dr or even a nurse but I have a sluggish thyroid which I am on medication for and my Dr. was very concerned at how my neck looked, granted I was a little heavier than you are and mine turned out to just be heaviness and age. But it is nothing to play around with anything caught early can usually be cured thyroid tumors or goiters which they are sometimes called could be very serious. Saying this with your best interest at heart. Not to scare you or stick my nose in your business. Just wanted you to be aware please look into it. May God Bless! And keep you safe. A concerned reader. Oh I enjoy your junk mail journals , have started saving my interesting pieces to see if I could make one. Thank you and Good Luck!
Monica you are so sweet to be concerned, I appreciate you! In fact I do have thyroid trouble and I've been on medication for it for years. It fluctuates quite a bit but I do have it checked twice a year. Thank you so much for looking out for me! :)
Ok I have all this junk mail to make a journal. How many items do you put into one signature? After you assemble it, there is not really anywhere to write. I don't get it :-) can you send me a link showing one that has been used so I can see the next step after assembling it. Your very needy friend....LOL
+Marcia Edwards The number of items in each signature is a matter of personal preference. You can have 2 sheets per signature or 50...just depends on how your spine and covers can handle the bulk. I actually put a junk journal into use this past weekend so I'll make a video of it to show you. If the pages are heavily printed or super glossy, I often glue small pieces of blank or lined paper over them to write on.
+Shannon Green thanks for responding. Well I made one over the weekend. Not great but I'm learning. If I took pictures, how do I send them to you? See I told you I was needy LOL
Never did I think I would be jealous of the amount of junk mail someone else gets!! I would be lucky to get in a year what you get in a week that's rural New Zealand for you. So making a junk journal is going to take a long long time. Don't hold your breath Shannon!
+Angie Green LOL It'll be worth the wait!
Love your sense of humor...my kind of woman...I believe sarcasm is a gift from God...lol
Absolutely!
Thanks for reminding me to stop outside the box!! I need to remember that things don't always need to be folded down the middle and that fronts of things can always be used as the back of something!! Damn these box walls!! Always, Leslie
+Scrapn Life Away Girl, I hear ya! It is my nature to fold everything in the middle and have them centered along the spine facing forward. Sometimes creativity takes effort!
Thanks to you and your videos, Shannon, I realized that any paper can be useful for creating Journal.
+MR.VICTOR CRAFTER Yes it can!
You made my day! I'll never look at my junk mail in the same way again. I came here from a Melanie Jacques you tube video because she mentioned you as her inspiration for a "minidori" journal. Haven't seen that one in your contents yet but loved this one and am off to watch the binding part. Love your sense of humor. Thanks for sharing.
+Heather Dreith Do you have a link to Melanie's video? I'm not sure if I've seen it. This is probably the inspiration video she's talking about: th-cam.com/video/X3Gzj4h1hcI/w-d-xo.html
+Shannon Green yes, I'm sure that must be the video that inspired her. It inspires me too! I don't have a link to her vid because I watched it right from the Junk Journal Junkies facebook page. Thank you.
Thanks for the tourist mail idea, now I have it coming from everywhere.
+Vickie Hansford (PickieVickie) You and me both!
Now if only I could shake Arkansas loose out of my email in-box. . . LOL!
What a fantastic use for all the junk mail xx
+Anne Hayward This past weekend I used one of those quick little journals I assembled. "Twas fabulous!
I now' eagerly' wait for our everyday junk mail! Gota show your art now... for more inspiration.
+Barbara Horovitz Junk mail is our friend!
Wish you had the camera set up so we could see you going thru the mail
+Patricia Sue So do I! I wasn't thinking very clearly that day :)
Viking cruises has nice, substantial catalogues that are free. Try them out. Tons of pictures, and some of them are filled with thick papers.
Great idea, thanks Angie!
Such great ideas!!!! Just had Dr. Oetker Ristorante pizza for dinner and the box is now cut in half (kept the side panels in for the spine) and makes 2 perfect covers for the junk mail I organized into a journal....perfect fit! And I have one left over next week's mail. Awesome.
+P Toodle Fabulous idea!
LOL! Good job. the foldout from DC, Manhattan fold out? LOL! laughing through this one...
+Lueee Lueee Yeah I went to public school! LOL
The brochures from Oklahoma are just as great in 2018. I received a box they were so thick and so many brochures.
Good to know, thanks Vici!
Omg! I am so happy to have found you, I have been laughing the whole time! Lol and great ideas....
Hooo! Shannon I was so concentrate watching you and your junk mail ( seeing myself😁and my junk mail ) wen you said you'll leave the binding for other video I was soooo sad😯..... Please be fast I want to see a fresh binding video please🙏thank you for sharing.💖
+Laura Orta LOL Laura. I'm behind on reading comments but I uploaded the binding video and hope you've found it by now!
Shannon Green 😜yes I did. Thank you for sharing.💖
I love your videos! You are so much fun..great personality. :)
+SnkyChks Thanks!
You are absolutely hilarious. I love your sense of humour. Thanks for the video ( caz)
I luv the idea of "different" folds.
+Darlene Ferree It's such a simple thing but makes a big difference :)
Love your videos never a dull moment
Thanks for watching Colleen!
After your recommendation to get the Oklahoma travel guide I also ordered a bunch of travel brochures, I'm expecting about 30. I am pretty sure I don't have a problem. Thanks for the awesome tips!
+dawnscraftriot I don't see a problem here :) Thanks for watching!~
you have so much patience!! id be like,"just wanna get rid of it...throw it in the recycling" but then again thats why u have many journals to choose from and i have none!!! .:-D
+Louisa Vevers LOL I do pick and choose, I don't keep every little piece of paper. Anymore ;)
Wichita Falls!!!! "boy howdy!" i lived in Iowa Park for 6 years many moons ago ;)
You are so entertaining & absolutely hilarious! I enjoyed this video immensely! ☺️
I'm so glad, thank you for watching!
Fun! I've been saving up some stuff for my first junk journal! Thanks for the instructions! 😊
+Cat Hand Wait. What?? You haven't made a junk journal before? How is that possible?? LOL Girl...get busy! I can't wait to see what a Cat Hand junk journal looks like :)
+Shannon Green LOL, true story! I'll be sure to share it when I do make it! 😊
Oooooouu! A cliffhanger video!! Will check back this evening to hopefully see the conclusion. TFS. Tere
+paprluvr I'm behind on responding to comments so hopefully you've found the binding video by now!
I feel I should do a video for for all the states stuff I am getting. I think it would be neat. Also those fake cards would be great little tags or En Masse Collections. Love your videos.
+Cody Doll Thanks Cody!
Shannon Green Your welcome.
well after seeing this I just HAD to order myself a duluth trading catalog... never heard of those before :) See what you are having me do?!? lol and I did listen after the freeher part lol wow those cheesy cards could be a great thing for the En masse journal as well... now I need to collect those! and now just ordered lots of brochures from around here lol
+Crafting Vicky Look at you go! LOL
I wish my junk mail was as good as yours! I am saving what I get though!
+artzology I am just learning that apparently not all junk mail is the same. I had no idea!
Sometimes I forget why I am hanging on to all that junk. Thanks for the reminder Shannon! :)
+Beverly Stout We gals need our junk ;)
I love how you are using you junk for a journal but and I have heard others talk about theirs but excuse my ignorance but what do you use them for.
+CraftyMagz A junk journal can be used in any way that a regular journal can. You can write in them, art in them, put pictures, scraps or momentos in them. Or you can do like me and store them on a shelf while you go make more! LOL
enjoyed watching -- I can hear the travel industry gearing up for a big summer season based on the sudden infux of travel brochure requests! !
+TheMeriAtelier LOL Bless their hearts!
What are you doing to me Shannon lol, I've had to start hoarding all the magazines for pictures in my en masse journals plus they might come in handy to be journals, now I will have to hoard all the junk mail in case it comes in handy to be used for a junk journal. lol lol At least i am learning something while doing this well that's what I'm going to tell hubby if he dares ask why i'm hoarding all this stuff hehe. Look forward to the next video love and big hugs Caroline xxx
+Caroline Withington Oh how funny Caroline!
Miss Shannon, you could be the poster child for a hoarder anonymous chapter, I mean that in the nicest way. I was just telling my cousin about your videos last night and about sending away for the Oklahoma guidebook. She has a problem with clutter like I do and she was gently telling me not to start more piles and then I told her I have a little envelope started with interesting things I have set aside for you. She likes other things but doesn't get my fascination with paper. Anyway, thanks for the video.
+Lottie Faith Well bless her heart ;) I don't like clutter either, I'm a tidy hoarder...but still a hoarder!
In our family, we call that stuff that sticks the fake credit cards to the paper 'mail mucus'. Just thought you'd like to know.
+Marianne Vakiener Mail mucus! Hilarious!
Hahahahaha I say "Panties" to my hubby too! :-D
+hipretty Everyone should...it's just funny!
After you showed the centerfold for the colleges I started hearing the song "Centerfold" in my head and now I can't get it out. I like the song though so that's ok. lol
+Laurie Richardson Haley Na na na na na na...na na na na na na na na naaaa
sing it girl!!!....My blood runs cold....My memory has just been sold....lol
I just requested a Duluth catalog lol. I like your shirt haha
Thanks :) Duluth catalogs are super fun!
Just wondering what kind of paints you use on the glossy papers. Do your acrylics scrape off?
+J. Adams I use mostly craft acrylics and I rarely have a problem with them scraping off.
just ordered a bunch of brochures :)
+VedaPaperAddict Crafts Join the club! :)
cool junk mail
What do you do with bags from cereal?
Mostly this: th-cam.com/video/z21xjlOAvsc/w-d-xo.html
You are so funny! I love this. Thank you for sharing! We should get together, I'm not too far from Wichita Falls. :)
+Elizabeth Britt We'll be stopping there on Monday on our way to Amarillo but hopefully we can meet up when have more time :)
Why are the lossy pages good. I'm new at this and would like to know.
Sorry meant glossy
Sometimes I like to paint on magazine pages and I prefer the glossy ones because the acrylic paint doesn't saturate the paper and make it soggy. Plus...I just like the way it feels. :)
HI Shannon - I just recently found you on TH-cam and want to tell you how much I enjoy your ideas and videos. I have a quick question. What is the difference between junk journals and smash journals? Maybe I'm making this too hard for myself...lol.
+Karen Hill There's really no difference other than Smash books were commercially manufactured at one time and junk journals are mostly DIY. You can call them whichever you prefer :)
You are so fun😊
Thanks Smarie!
cool! I'm from Katy Tx 😁😁
We live in NW Arkansas now and I sure do miss my Houston!
Did you say the big thick catalog was from Katy? Where is that?
+Christy Mills Katy is a suburb of Houston.
I have a stack of Daluth (spelling??) in my stash to use.
You are hilarious!
Oh how I wish you were zoomed out so that you and your table were in view. I've been waiting for a video like this and we can't seeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! :(
+JBaum I'm sorry, I was temporarily not thinking! I'll have to make it up to you in another video :)
You rock !
+Patricia Stubbs Thanks Patricia!
Are you assembling them now?cause I can’t see what your doing?
Have you ever made hand-made paper out of those unexciting bits of paper that you laid to the side? I have a recipe. . .
Yes I have!
This comment is meant in the best way possible. I would like to suggest that you have your thyroid checked, you are not a heavy person but when you hold your head down it looks like you have a lump under your chin. Please look at this video and judge for yourself if you think it looks suspicious . Thyroids are tricky little buggers you can have a hypo which means it is slow or it can be hyper which means it is fast. But a lump is never something to ignore. I am not a Dr or even a nurse but I have a sluggish thyroid which I am on medication for and my Dr. was very concerned at how my neck looked, granted I was a little heavier than you are and mine turned out to just be heaviness and age. But it is nothing to play around with anything caught early can usually be cured thyroid tumors or goiters which they are sometimes called could be very serious. Saying this with your best interest at heart. Not to scare you or stick my nose in your business. Just wanted you to be aware please look into it. May God Bless! And keep you safe. A concerned reader. Oh I enjoy your junk mail journals , have started saving my interesting pieces to see if I could make one. Thank you and Good Luck!
Monica you are so sweet to be concerned, I appreciate you! In fact I do have thyroid trouble and I've been on medication for it for years. It fluctuates quite a bit but I do have it checked twice a year. Thank you so much for looking out for me! :)
I’m so glad you’ve had it checked , now I can watch follow and enjoy my subscription to your channel without worrying about your health!
Ok I have all this junk mail to make a journal. How many items do you put into one signature? After you assemble it, there is not really anywhere to write. I don't get it :-) can you send me a link showing one that has been used so I can see the next step after assembling it. Your very needy friend....LOL
+Marcia Edwards The number of items in each signature is a matter of personal preference. You can have 2 sheets per signature or 50...just depends on how your spine and covers can handle the bulk. I actually put a junk journal into use this past weekend so I'll make a video of it to show you. If the pages are heavily printed or super glossy, I often glue small pieces of blank or lined paper over them to write on.
+Shannon Green thanks for responding. Well I made one over the weekend. Not great but I'm learning. If I took pictures, how do I send them to you? See I told you I was needy LOL
You're not needy, you're learning! You can email them to me at jaysonshannon@comcast.net or if they're posted online just send me a link.
You are my kind of crazy!
High five sista!
I bet you can't wait for the political silly season because of all the wonderful heavy bodied paper advertising you will find in your mailbox!
+Regina Read I just love it when they waste all that money on those fabulously glossy flyers!
can't see what your doing
+Susan Shaw I know.
Why?????????
+catfansf Oh bless your heart.
+catfansf Because it's fun. You rock Shannon.
Can’t see what you’re doing.
It's a secret :)