Color as a Theme For Journaling | Journal With Me #3

A lot of people find it difficult to think of a theme for junk journaling. As a result, they spend a long time wondering what their spread should be, and even more time to actually get down to junk journal.

Did you know, you don't need a big topic, or sensational news, or strong emotions, to count them as a theme. Even a color can be a theme.

In this Journal With Me tutorial, you'll see how I used one color i.e. purple, and played around with that to make a creative journal spread.

Materials required:

A paper from a book

Colored sheet on which you'll base your theme

Some patterned paper (I took it out of a magazine)

Black pen

Colored pens

Lace (optional)

Stickers (optional)

A tag (can be handmade too)

Step 1:

To begin junk journaling, I tore a rectangular paper from a book, and pasted it on the top left corner of my journal. On this piece, I tore and pasted a purple-colored square.

Step 2:

To add some more texture to the spread, I pasted a paper with a pattern. You can either get it from a magazine through fussy cutting; or you can even draw a pattern, or use painting techniques like marble painting, etc to get the desired pattern.

Step 3:

To maintain harmony, it is also necessary to keep a balance of the patterns and solid colors. To do the same and to add layers as well, I pasted a different purple.

At the same time, I also pasted a tag on the other page.

Step 4:

The green piece that I pasted in this step is from a lace. Instead of pasting a paper, a lace adds some texture to the junk journal spread. In place of this, you can even use flowers made out of ribbon.

At the bottom, I have again pasted a torn page from a book.

Step 5:

To move away from the straight lines and torn edges, I planned to cut waves. I pasted these waves above the tag.

From the same cutting, I got some more waves, one of which I pasted in the bottom left corner, and the second one I pasted along the edge of the patterned paper.

Step 6:

Next, I wrote the word 'Purple'. As such it holds no significance, but I just felt it highlighted my theme. I chose the color green because it somehow matched the pattern, and using a different ink to write the name of color added some irony.

I also pasted stickers, which I had from before. You can even draw stickers and paste them. At the same time, I wrote whatever was in my mind in the moment, and that didn't necessarily match with my theme (because that's not necessary)

You can read: What to write in a junk journal?

Step 7:

To complete the journal spread, I drew some doodles in the blank space and colored them. I got the inspiration for these doodles from Pinterest.

I hope through this Junk Journal tutorial, you got some idea of how you can select a theme for your junk journal. Now, don't wait! Select a color, narrow down few supplies, and create your happy piece!

Just Begin.