Pressed Botanicals- A September Junk Journal Spread
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Pressed Botanicals- A September Junk Journal Spread

September arrives like a hush in the trees. The air turns crisp, the light slants differently, and the forest begins to exhale its final bloom. In this post, I’m sharing a journal spread created with real pressed botanicals—each leaf, petal, and pinecone a small spell of memory—layered with vintage ephemera, torn pages, and that sweet sense of seasonal melancholy I crave this time of year.

This is not just a craft project. It’s a moment captured in paper.

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Yellow Monochrome Junk Journal with Vintage Ephemera
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Yellow Monochrome Junk Journal with Vintage Ephemera

My original intent was to create a yellow monochromatic junk journal that had only yellow and shades of yellow papers, ephemera and fabric trims. I started out by gathering yellow papers and looked around my studio for yellow ephemera of all kinds. It soon became apparent that sticking to strictly yellow was going to be a challenge and one I wasn’t sure I could adhere to.
As I went on, I found myself wanting to add more colour and create some great colour combinations with the yellow tones I had in my papers and ephemera.

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