Junk Journal Idea Generator

Stuck on a blank page? Get a junk journal prompt together with a layout to build it: what to collect, what to make and where it goes. Every pocket, tag and envelope opens as a printable template in your size.

How the idea generator works

  1. Press “New idea”. You get a prompt: what to collect and what to do with it.
  2. Under the prompt there is a layout for a two-page spread, with a sketch and four steps.
  3. Choose your journal size. The pockets, tags and envelopes of the layout are sized to fit your pages.
  4. “Get the template” opens that piece in the Template Maker, ready to print.

What you need

A journal or a few folded sheets, scissors, glue, some patterned paper and the paper scraps of an ordinary week: receipts, tags, wrappers, tickets. The prompts are written for real junk, so nothing has to be bought.

A list to print

“Download 30 prompts” makes a one-page PDF with thirty ideas and a box to tick for each. Pick a topic first and the list starts with it. All the pieces can be made with the Envelope and Pocket Template Maker.