In this journaling session, I’m using the Grabie Scrapbook Club Box to decorate the pages of my handmade junk journal. From ...

One main reason for this is affordability. Compared to some other crafts, junk journals can be incredibly affordable and, as we all know, college students need to save money whenever they can. When ...

If you haven’t noticed, technology is everywhere. While some people wander the crowded streets of social media, warning that the sky is falling or that artificial intelligence will march us straight ...

The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. Credit... Supported by By Julia Carpenter When ...

Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her ...

Think of all the average trash a person goes through in one day: Straw wrappers, stickers, receipts, plastic, paper, coffee cups, bags, tags, the whole lot. Now imagine pasting every one of those ...

Malia Mendez is a reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times. She started writing for The Times in 2023 as a summer intern on the Entertainment and Arts Desk, worked as an editorial assistant and ...

On January 1, 2020, I bought my very first journal. At the moment, it was simply part of a New Year’s resolution—but the timing was uncanny. Throughout the tumultuous months of 2020, I became reliant ...

On any given afternoon at Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas, you’ll see food trucks, kids splashing in fountains and families picnicking under the sun. But on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, a ...

I kept a daybook consistently throughout my high school years (ah, the ’90s) and well into my twenties, and I love to look at them now. Part scrapbook, part diary, they’re a chronicle of my teenage ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been told that I hold on to way too much. Emotions, memories, grudges — and yes, garbage. Or at least, things that most people would consider garbage. From receipts ...