The Paper Outpost - The Joy of Junk Journals!

S2 Ep 21: How to Use Color as a Powerful Magnet in Your Junk Journals! :) The use of color can change everything in your junk journal! It creates emotion and mood and context for your beautiful handmade book! :) There are so many ways to use and explore the power of color in your creations! Come lets have a chat! :) Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !! NEW! Vint...

S2 Ep 20 W ant to Sell More Junk Journals at Craft Shows? I have some Golden Tips for you! :) Struggling to sell your journals at craft shows? No one knows what they are or how you can use them? Here are some solid and usable tips! I worked the craft show circuit for 10 years and am so excited to share some easy tips for you to maximize sales and profits for you at your next craft show! Come grab...

Ever wonder what it is like to live with someone who has a crazy passion to make junk journals? Well, in this episode I interview my dear husband Thomas and you can hear his take on what life is like having a junk journal maker inside your house! Is it like living with Gepetto?! Should we call the hoarder people for an intervention? Tom tells all in this podcast! Come and join us both! :) Thanks f...

Oh my gosh! We are not just crafting! We are ACTUALLY MAKING BOOKS! This is on a new level or new tier of art! This embraces history and art and knowledge and communication and so much more! Everyone in their lives at some point ought to make a book! This should be taught in schools!  :) It is a beautiful way to honor a very old and revered craft of past ages and blend it with the new twist o...

S2 Ep17 How many is too many? Junk Journals..that is :)! Have you ever thought how many junk journals is enough? Or how many junk journals should I really make? Or "Am I insane for making so many junk journals?!!" Yep. It happens! Before you know it! :) Come, let's chat on it :) !! Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !! Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost:...

Ever feel like you have no craft supplies, nothing to play with, but you know in your heart you have bought many, many goodies ...and they are somewhere...disregarded...is a box or drawer or pile of stuff? Thanks for listening everyone! Maybe it's time to breathe some new life into our old and forgotten tool and supplies! :) Let's chat about it? Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !! Come Find...

Scrapbusting your way to happiness or how to clean your desk the fun way and make embellishments for your Junk Journals!! :) Its lots of fun and can make a merry old time of desk clean up time! And you end up with lots of fun things to play with! :) Thanks for listening! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost! :) !! Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkwO0IRem3AAzR...

Have you ever wondered why so many folks are jumping on board the junk journal train? New people every day from master artists to regular people who just want to glue paper together are feverishly headed over to their crafting space with handfuls of papers and the bits and bops of everyday life!  There is something magical about creating a book! Creating something from nothing feels like alch...

So there you are in your craft space all happy as can be and then you look down and.........there it is,  staring back at you in such a cold manner...the menacing blank page of a junk journal! What is an innocent crafter to do? Stare blankly at it? That's one option, but I have a few more ideas you may like to peruse to see if any of them tickles your creative fancy!  :)   Thanks fo...

So there you are in your craft space all happy as can be and then you look down and.........there it is,  staring back at you in such a cold manner...the menacing blank page of a junk journal! What is an innocent crafter to do? Stare blankly at it? That's one option, but I have a few more ideas you may like to peruse to see if any of them tickles your creative fancy!  :) Thanks for liste...

Just the thought of tearing up a book or "gutting" a book sends chills through some folks spines! Others are completely fine with it. Others say...it depends. No other topic in the junk journaling world riles up more ire and lather and dander than this hot topic! Let's have a chat on the subject :)  It's going to be OK, no matter what side of the fence you are on :) Thanks for listening every...

Have you ever experienced happiness or joy or a meditative zen-like state while crafting? You are not alone! Why do you think this happens? I asked a wonderful group of over 2000 crafters these same question and I received some amazing answers :) Thanks kindly folks for answers! Some made me laugh, some made me cry and some made me go...hmmmm ;) As the song goes ;) Come kick your heels off and tak...

Ever wonder about how you can make money with junk journals? Can they pay for your hobby? Can they pay for your supplies? Can they put dinner on the table?! There is definitely a market out there for good quality handmade junk journals! There are so many ways to take your passion and turn it into an income generator for you and your family! :) Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The P...

At some point, many junk journal makers will think about selling a journal or two or 50 :) Here is a little journey down the path of thinking about and actually selling your junk journals. It is possible and there is a strong market for them but they are your handmade babies and what if they fall apart?!! Come explore the possibilities of selling your journals! :) Thanks for listening everyone! Si...

All of us started ...at the beginning when junk journals were only a magical idea that swirled around in our brains! Let's make these lofty dreams into reality simple, quickly and have tons of fun along the way! :)I have a feeling there will be many more journals coming from you very soon! :) Thanks for listening! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost! :) !! Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpo...

A Junk Journal Facebook Group??!  What's that??? It's a place to show off your stuff, get to know others who have the same passions about everything junk journals! Share your stories, your ideas, your questions with others who understand your crazy passion for junk journals! Explore mini weekly and bigger monthly junk journal challenges to get your creative juices flowing! And so much more! W...

It's the icing on Your Junk Journal Cake! It's your Mona Lisa moment! It's the cover! The glorious cover! So many possibilities! So many textures and designs! The talk is all about covers today! Ready to dive in?! Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !! Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkwO0IRem3AAzRvMj6jPbw Etsy Shop: www.etsy...

Do you have stuff you bought to craft with but have not used yet...and its been a year or two or seven? Do you have no idea what is in your boxes or drawers? Do you tend to use the same stuff over and over but keep buying new stuff in hopes of using it? Do you strive to clean your craft space yet it ends up a mess in a microsecond? I am all ears! Let's chat about the real life of this state of aff...

Have you ever considered....? Fun things to add to our junk journals! Cards! Cards! Cards! This is even beyond greeting cards! So many things we can add to inspire and intrigue our audience! :) Come ponder these lovelies with me! :) Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !! Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkwO0IRem3AAzRvMj6jPbw...

"Eph- what? "The "beboggling" words we love to use in our magical junk journal worlds! Come explore these words and one word that seems to be missing! The mystical world of junk journal language! Quite baffling! Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !! Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkwO0IRem3AAzRvMj6jPbw Etsy Shop: www.etsy.c...

Where is your little slice of paradise known as your crafting space? We folks, being crafters, can get very creative with our spaces! We are designers and clutterbugs by nature! Today we talk about our crafting cocoons however big or small they may be!  Come grab a cup of tea and a snack and nestle in...or perhaps continue doing the laundry, walking to work or the gym or gardening or cooking...

Does anybody else have a scrap pile staring at them in the face?! Does anyone have multiple scrap piles doing the same thing? Me too! Let's face this head -on together or atleast acknowledge its existence and have some fun along the way!:) Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !!   Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkwO0IRem...

Time to have some fun! Let the fun roll and the inspiration will find you! :) Let's go on a search for it! :) Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !! Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkwO0IRem3AAzRvMj6jPbw Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/ThePaperOutpost?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Twitter: twitter.com/thepaperoutpost Instagram: www....

Who doesn't have this question pop into their brains when contemplating making a junk journal?! "What will be the theme of my journal? Will it be nature-themed, shabby chic or Sherlock Holmes?"! How is a junk journaler to choose! What ideas am I not thinking of? How to inspire yourself early on and capture your ideas and creations as you develop your themes! :) Come let's chat about it, while I cl...

Let's Talk Papers! All kinds of papers! Come tour with me my collection of different papers that just might inspire you to "collect/gather/hoard" (let's call a spade a spade;)  new types of papers for your junk journals! Places and tips on how to find them! :) Thanks for listening everyone! Sincerely, Pam at The Paper Outpost :) !!  Come Find Me At: Youtube: The Paper Outpost: www.youtub...