Junk Journal Theme Ideas
Junk Journal Theme Ideas. Hi reader, welcome again! In my previous blog post, I had promised you to share the name of the themes for junk journal I have collected so far. Hopefully, these will be of some help if you are a newbie or an experienced hand as well. I have never made a theme-based junk journal, but I intend to do some of course.
List Of Junk Journal Themes:
Vintage
Fern
Book
Library
Rose
Butterfly
Moth
Bee
Dragonfly
Underwater
Mermaid
Sea and ocean
Beach
Forest
Birds
Leaf
Botanical
Food
Travel
Gothic
Victorian
Edwardian
Festival
Christmas
Diwali
Halloween
Floral
Music
Dance
Fruits and vegetables
Lace
Crochet
Countryside
Medieval
Garden
Hearts
Button
Alice in wonderland
Envelop
Holiday
Key and lock
Summer
Fall
Spring
Winter
Postage stamp
Newspaper
Fairy and elf
Fairy tales
Nature
Herbs
Astronomy
Horoscope
Wildlife
Retro
City
Railway
Balloon
Bicycles
Nautical
Seashell and starfish
Shakespeare
Historical events or historical figure
Lithic culture
Egypt
Aztec-Maya-Inca
Indus valley civilization
Writers and poets
Family
Mystic
Babies and children
Pets
Circus
Bohemian
Spiritual
Surreal
Renaissance
Great minds and people
Coffee stain
Amusement Parks
Architecture
Ballet
Birthdays
Cactus
Classic cars
Clocks
Mountains
Maps
country (of choice) culture
Knitting
Inspirational quotes
Buddha
Vintage advertising
Vintage Women
Gypsy
Cards and casino
Old movies
Origami
Photography
Pirates
Seed Packets
Tea
Sewing
Theatre
Unicorns
Sci-fi
Dreams
Typography
Patterns
Castles
Rainbow
Marriage and relationship
Get together of family or friends
You can find more than 100 themes up there. You may club two or three themes at a time also, e.g., vintage+library+books or maps+nautical etc.
Apart from these, you can also create a colour themed junk journal. Some popular inspirations are sepia, all white, blue-yellow, blue-orange, shades of green, pastel, black-red, black-gold, metallic, monochromatic, yellow-purple, shades of brown and many more.
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How to choose colours for a junk journal?
Please go through the colour wheel first - The colour wheel was invented by Issac Newton in 1666. It is basically a circle with colour spectrums and shows the relationship between colours.
Try to pick a colour and a compatible theme together - for example, if you choose the theme ‘Gothic’ then your journal has to be decorated with red and black colours with images and fabrics or other things.
It is not necessary to bind yourself in a few colours. You can go straight to the rainbow theme.
At times you can pick more than two colours or shades of one particular colour. My recent project is going to be a collage of blue-yellow-brown. I am not the one who would stick to themes so this is going to be a challenge for me.
Why choose a theme?
Simplicity - obviously some people love to go random because picking a theme and sticking to it is tough at times. You need to sort out all the theme-based items first. In the meantime, if you can't find a needed one you may be stuck at that place with an unfinished project, which I think is ridiculous enough for a beginner. So if you want to know my suggestion, please pick more than one project at a time and go for it. It will serve major joy for being involved always and you will be free from being stumped. But as Leonardo da Vinci emphasized that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, so you should probably take his words for granted.
Easier to pick - if you have decided your theme already then it will be much easier to pick the necessary pieces or scraps or paints. Suppose you think of your junk journal theme as buddha, then you would pick mostly the elements related to him. You may include buddha pictures, printouts with his teachings, some cards you may have collected while travelling or paint something by getting inspiration from Google or Pinterest images. You will be free from unnecessary junk.
Finally, for making a theme-based junk journal it's always up to you with respect to what you finally want to create, because, in this world, you are the only creator, destroyer and whatever (mostly creator). I am not advocating to choose a theme always but you may consider at least for once as a beginner as it may suit you. You'll never know before you try. So my advice is to consider some easy topics for your next junk journal, like roses or butterflies, or going for a vintage looking journal based on sepia tones. If it's a problem to find vintage paper or stickers or photographs, then make sure to read my next post where I am going to share with you the ways to make a scrap look vintage. Till then stay tuned.
