EASIEST Junk Journal I’ve EVER Made!

It looks stitched, but it's not, and no

one will ever know. Welcome. I'm Ingred

Carlson, and I am so glad that you're

here with me today. I am really excited

for this video. We are making a no sew

junk journal binding. So, in this video,

I'm going to show you how to build this

all using no sewing in the binding at

all. I did sew some elements on the page

edges, but that is completely optional.

I'm going to start off by grabbing some

manila colored card stock. I'm grabbing

three sheets, which will give me six

pages total, and I'm going to cut them

in the center. So, it's going to be at 5

and 1/2.

Once you've cut all of your pages down,

you're going to want to just fold them

into the center and make sure that you

burnish them down. Now, a little side

note here. This type of style journal

can be made for any size that you want.

This is just the size that I've opted to

go with, and I'll show you why a little

later.

I think that you're going to fall head

over heels in love for this style

journal. You're going to want to make

tons of them. That's how I feel. And

this one came together in less than an

hour, which is really great, especially

when you are jammed on time, but you

want to make something beautiful.

For the next step, you are going to want

to measure down on all of your sheet

folded sheets by one inch and just mark

them. I find that the easiest way to do

this is to have them kind of waterfall

like this. And then you can measure all

of them at the same time.

Since I started off with three pages of

card stock, I now have six pages for my

little booklet. I'm going to set one to

the side. And for the others, I'm going

to cut at an angle up to that little 1

in mark. And how much you want to do

this doesn't really matter. You just

want a little bit cut off.

And for that last sheet that you stuck

to the side, you are going to want to

measure out a/4 of an inch from the edge

and mark it. Now, if you want to, you

can draw a line and cut it that way. But

you guys know me, I like to live on the

wild side. And so, I'm not going to cut

with any marks. I'm just going to

eyeball it and it comes out beautiful at

the end. So, no worries here. What we're

doing is we're going to make a little

rectangular cutout in the center.

And this is the exciting part because

this is where the magic truly happens.

You're going to want to take your other

five sheets and just line them all up

together like you see here. And then I'm

going to fold them in the center and

then put them through the little

rectangular piece that we just cut out.

This is a little cumbersome. What I

would say is get it to where the notches

line up and then twist it. This makes it

go a little bit easier.

And just like that, our little booklet

is done. I cannot believe how quickly

these really come together. I really do

think that you're going to love them.

And the sky's is the limit of how you

want to decorate them. If you want to

see how I decorated it, then stay tuned.

But first, we're going to tear out some

book pages. So, if that's something that

bothers you, you may want to fast

forward this part.

So, if you're making the same size

booklet that I made, you are going to

need 24 sheets of paper so that you can

line both the front and the back. And to

get my measurements, I'm going to

eyeball the size that I want. I want it

to extend on three sides. The left is

not going to extend because that's where

my binding is. And so I want that to be

flush, but I want it to extend a little

bit on the outer edge, the top, and the

bottom. I think this gives it a really

lovely ethereal feel. If you want to cut

yours to fit the page exactly, feel free

to do that as well. I think that that

would be really pretty, too.

You can choose to glue down your pages

with whatever glue that you want. Here,

I'm just going to use an ATG glue runner

so that my pages don't have any buckling

on them.

once your pages are glued down. Since we

have that little excess on the top and

the side, you can feel free to have some

fun here by tearing some of the pages so

that it reveals the text underneath. I

think that this is really pretty and it

really adds to the textural element of

the journal.

I really love the look of a journal like

this. I had made one a few years back

when I was on the graphics fairy design

team and I think it was the orange kit

and I did sell that one to someone

really special. But um I loved the look

of it. I love the feel of the pages and

every single page felt like it came from

a forgotten library. The book pages give

it a warm and softness that just feels

so real and vintage.

And since we didn't trim the edges and

they're just so natural, they start

feeling like an heirloom of maybe a

bundle of notes that you find in an

attic tucked away in a dark spot where

no one has seen it for years.

I'm going to keep this journal a little

more simple, which I know it's not in my

character at all. And it did take a

little bit of restraint. I'm going to

start off with one of my printables from

my new kit that will be coming out soon.

And I am just going to line it on some

card stock so that it has a mat in the

back. I think that that looks so pretty.

And it's like a little picture frame

that's hanging on the front of the

journal. And that's it. I'm not going to

put any other clusters, any other

labels. I know it's kind of scary, but I

love the way that it looks. And then for

all of the pages, I'm going to build

these little scrappy

um I don't know, little bundles, I

guess. And so what I'm going to do is

build my bundles and add just a tiny bit

of glue so that they stay put. And then

I'm going to run them through my sewing

machine so that I do one stitch that

holds all of the papers together. And

then I'm going to take them all and put

them on the edge of all of the different

pages that I have inside my journal. I

think that it came out really beautiful

and I hope that you have enjoyed this

video. I hope that it inspired you to

make one of these journals today. I

really do think that you're going to

love it, enjoy it, and really have fun

making this. It is a lot of fun and the

possibilities are endless. I think these

would make really great keepsake

journals, a wonderful gift, um maybe an

art journal. I mean, really, the

possibilities are endless. I thank you

again for being here with me today as

you finish watching my process. And I

just want to thank you again for all of

the love and support that you shower on

me. Um I am not deserving of it and I

thank you from the bottom of my heart.

And if no one has told you today, I want

to tell you that you are precious.

You're precious. You're wonderfully

made. You're beautiful. Your voice

matters. Your story deserves to be told.

And you are loved unconditionally.

Until next time, love you. Bye.