Building a junk journal from a pile rather than a kit
Junk journalling started as a way of using what was already in a drawer, and the best spreads still look like that. Kits are a useful starting point but the character comes from the things that were never sold as craft supplies.
Collect in one place, sort later
Tickets, tags, packaging and offcuts are worth keeping only if they are findable. A single shallow box beats a filing system, because the point is being able to tip it out and choose by eye.
Signatures before decoration
Deciding how the book is bound first – how many folded sections, what spine, what cover – stops you decorating pages that end up in the wrong order. It is the least fun stage and it is the one that determines whether the book closes flat.
Leave pages unfinished on purpose
A journal with every page complete on day one has nowhere to go. Leaving pockets, tags and blank corners is what makes it something you return to rather than something you finished.
What we have on the shelf for this
Everything below is in the Journaling Kits section at Brooklyn Craft right now, listed newest price first. Stock moves, so the page is the authority.
- Scrapbook Supplies and Paper Set — $21.99
- JOYCHOIC Vintage Junk Journal Supplies Aesthetic Journaling Kit — $18.99
- emmoolife 348 Pcs Scrapbooking Supplies Kit — $14.99
- GNILLKO 445 PCS Vintage Scrapbook Supplies Kit — $13.99
- OKUPAN Vintage Floral Scrapbook Paper & Journaling Stickers, 400pcs — $12.99
- PRSTINCOL 1900+ Magazine Letter Stickers,Vintage Scrapbook 24 Sheets Letters Stickers — $12.99
What it costs
Across journaling kits at Brooklyn Craft prices currently run from $12.99 to $21.99. In journaling kits that spread is mostly build quality and pack size rather than brand name: the cheapest option on this shelf is a reasonable place to start, and the dearest earns the difference in daily use rather than on the specification sheet.
Questions we get at the counter
Is the paper acid free?
Where the manufacturer states it, the product page says so. Where it does not, we do not claim it. Ask us and we will read you the pack.
Can I see the paper before buying?
Yes. The shop on Greenpoint Avenue is open seven days and there are samples on the counter.
Related parts of the shop
If this was not quite what you were looking for, the neighbouring sections are Adhesives and Tape, Scrapbook Paper, Stickers and Ephemera. They are all listed on the shop page.
Buying from Brooklyn Craft
United States orders of $35 and over ship free, and a flat $5.25 applies below that. Everything is packed at 165 Greenpoint Ave in Brooklyn and we ship within the United States only. Brooklyn Craft takes returns for 30 days from delivery on unused items in their original packaging, and the full terms are on the Brooklyn Craft return policy page. If a specification you need is missing from a product page, call +1 646-201-4049 during opening hours — Mon-Sat: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Sun: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM — and we will check the item physically rather than guess.
Side by side
The table below pulls the published figures off the 6 journaling kits listings above so they can be compared without opening six tabs. A dash means the manufacturer of that journaling kit did not state the figure, not that the item lacks it, because Brooklyn Craft does not fill those gaps with estimates. Where a number matters to your decision and the table shows a dash, call +1 646-201-4049 and we will measure the item at the 165 Greenpoint Ave counter in about a minute.
| Item | Price | Quantity | Size | Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrapbook Supplies and Paper Set | $21.99 | – | – | – |
| JOYCHOIC Vintage Junk Journal Supplies Aesthetic Journalin | $18.99 | – | – | – |
| emmoolife 348 Pcs Scrapbooking Supplies Kit | $14.99 | 348 pcs | – | – |
| GNILLKO 445 PCS Vintage Scrapbook Supplies Kit | $13.99 | 445 pcs | – | – |
| OKUPAN Vintage Floral Scrapbook Paper & Journaling Sticker | $12.99 | 400 pcs | – | – |
| PRSTINCOL 1900+ Magazine Letter Stickers,Vintage Scrapbook | $12.99 | 24 sheets | – | – |
How the rest of the shop is laid out
Brooklyn Craft keeps a deliberately narrow scrapbooking and junk journal supplies range, split into the sections below. The counts and price bands are read from the live brooklyncraft.shop catalogue at the moment this page was built, so they show the actual shape of the Greenpoint shelf rather than a marketing summary of it. If a section looks small, that is because Brooklyn Craft would rather stock a few things we can answer questions about than list everything a distributor offers.
| Section | Items | Price range |
|---|---|---|
| Adhesives and Tape | 4 | $6.13 – $9.99 |
| Journaling Kits | 13 | $4.99 – $21.99 |
| Scrapbook Paper | 4 | $12.99 – $19.99 |
| Stickers and Ephemera | 5 | $3.99 – $12.99 |
Reading a product page here
Every listing on brooklyncraft.shop is written from the manufacturer specification, and where the manufacturer is silent Brooklyn Craft leaves the field out rather than fill the gap, which is why some scrapbooking and junk journal supplies pages are shorter than others. The details block on each page carries the figures that were actually published — pack quantity, size, material and compatibility — and the paragraph underneath says which part of the Greenpoint shelf the item belongs to. Anything not covered there is a question for +1 646-201-4049, and Brooklyn Craft would rather answer it before an order than process a return afterwards. Stock counts come from the same records the counter uses, so an item showing as available is an item on the shelf at 165 Greenpoint Ave.