13 Days of Halloween Crafts: Day 1 Junk Journals

I love Halloween!  It is my favorite time of year and for this year I have so many craft ideas (13 to be exact) that I thought I'd share them all with you.  So starting today and each day leading up to Halloween I will be posting a spooky craft!  Be sure to check back so you don't miss out!


For my first craft I made a couple of mini Halloween themed junk journals.  I used gift tissue paper over mini manila envelopes, coffee dyed papers and other wickedly cute embellishments.  Each journal has 40 pages and lots of tuck spots and pockets.

Boo! Junk journal

Halloween Junk Journal

Trashy Junk Journal

trashy junk journal

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much.  I really haven't been working on my minis lately but instead, have been making mini junk journals.  For this last journal I made, I wanted to challenge myself to use as much trashy stuff as I could and the following is the result! 

I started with a bag and box that one of my birthday freebies came in, some junk mail envelopes, tags and magazine cutouts.

This was the finished cover.  I did use washi tape throughout the journal but the rest was all trashy materials.

After cutting and sewing in two inserts, I used the scraps to make some embellishments.

The first card was from the box my birthday freebie came in.  The other side is blank for writing space.

I put all the leftover embellishments in a baggie and pinned it to the back cover.

I hope you enjoyed.