Class Overview:
Junk Journal Making for Non-Crafty People is a comprehensive step-by-step class to crafting a handmade Junk Journal. If you can't cut a straight line or punch a clean hole, This class is for YOU!!! Welcome Welcome!

HERE, perfect is boring, and there's magic in mistakes! Led by an approachable instructor with a down-to-earth communication style, Kathy shares her own experience to walk you through the process of crafting a Junk Journal that you will love the process of making, love to use, that you'll be proud of, and that you'll be inspired to work in again and again!

Kathy provides inspiration and ideas for sourcing recycled materials to use for your Junk Journal. She uncovers ways to think about your creative process that will help you focus on considering what purpose you want your Junk Journal to serve for you, to help cut to the heart of your inspiration and avoid creative overwhelm! Kathy's "everybody-in-the-pool" vibe welcomes anyone who— artist or not— considers themselves "crafty-challenged"!

Come on in, the water's fine!

Anyone can make a handmade, personal Junk Journal, have fun doing it, and enjoy the fruits of their creative work long after they complete it! Experience the spark of creativity that you get from truly being in the creative zone and blooming in that space. You will then enjoy a functional, living piece of your own creative brain that you can use regularly afterwards and continually be inspired by, again and again.

Junk Journal Making for Non Crafty People is a fun and rewarding class where you'll learn something new (or a new way of doing something you already know how to do)! You'll celebrate your own individual and unique creative expression, and have fun doing it!

What You Will Learn:
How/where to source materials for your Junk Journal
How to hone in your ideas for your Junk Journal, so you can play in the creative zone without overwhelm
Cutting and hole-punching tools overview
Overview of the Binding Method we will be using
Tips, tricks, and lots of support for non-crafty people!

Step-by-step process of making a Junk Journal, including:
Choosing interior papers
Kathy's Stashspiration Show and Tell
Thoughts on Tools
Trimming papers
Hole-punching processes
Binding your Junk Journal
My ribbon trick
My finished Junk Journal and Final Thoughts

You will see how to
Conceptualize your book
Source materials easily and from anywhere
Build your Junk Journal without self-judgment
Creative thinking skills
Tool Tips
Appreciating your own uniqueness
Positive Self-Talk throughout

Why You Should Take This Class

If you feel intimidated by crafting and iyou find it difficult to give yourelf permission to make mistakes, this is your permission slip-golden ticket combo! Come with me, and you'll see how mistakes are in the eye of the beholder, and you can flip them into your own unique style!

This class is for anyone who wants to connect or reconnect with in-real-life creative activities of the non-computer variety.
It's for people (even those intimidated by crafting!) who want to try a creative activity that is easy and practical to start.
This is a creative project you can start with things you already have in the house. It is not complicated to do, and anyone can do it.
Warning: Youngsters will need help with portions of this class that require sharp objects.

Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Creative-CURIOUS and/or creative-minded people who have a general working knowledge of tools like hole-punch and guillotine style paper cutter (alternatives are talked about and demonstrated)
This class does not require ANY drawing ability
This class requires an effort to be accepting of imperfections that may happen in the making your book.
Your book will be an original, so your mistake is not an imperfection after all, it's "customized"! :)
This class requires a willingness to look for the magic in mistakes.
This class requires a willingness to try something new.
This class requires a willingness to try a creative activity.

Materials/Resources

Here are materials used in this class:
Recycled papers/found papers/2-dimensional (flat) paper-adjacent substrates of almost any kind and heavier weight material for your front and back cover (cardboard, backing board, mat board -- anything similar)
Loose leaf binder rings - available at some hardware stores, office supply stores, and online
Any type of ribbon or twine that can tie a decent knot
Guillotine-style Paper Cutter (alternates shown)
Scissors
A recycled piece of styrofoam (or alternate)
A single hole punch - you can get at most hardware, office supply or drug stores and some grocery stores

Laura Aube

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