Shades of Winter Junk Journal Flip Through & Ideas

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Are you looking for winter junk journal ideas? Check out my flip through video and photos below to see an example of a beautiful journal I made from foil candy wrappers and white lace.

Shades of Winter Junk Journal

One of the things I love most about making junk journals is that you can make them out of almost anything… even candy wrappers!

That’s how I made my Shades of Winter junk journal.

Read on to take a peek inside my journal and find out more about the project, what inspired me and why an earth I wanted to use candy wrappers to make the cover.

Shades of Winter Junk Journal Flip Through Video

The Details

  • The cover: candy wrappers, die cuts, sparkly ribbon and lace; lined with pretty scrapbook paper
  • Number of signatures: 1
  • Spine: hidden behind white lace
  • Binding: 5-hole pamphlet stitch using lightly waxed linen thread
  • Materials used: lace (and lots of it!), Quality Street wrappers, vintage fabric and trims, cardstock, envelopes, an assortment of vintage papers and this Shades of Winter kit from HappinessinCrafting
  • Extras: I added a tassel (attached to a vintage fan) to decorate the spine and included a mini envelope folio full of other little extras
Shades of Winter Junk Journal

The Inspiration & Story

When I was studying GCSE Textiles, one of our projects was to make a patchwork book cover.

Now I can’t remember if it was my teacher who told me to use candy wrappers, or whether I did it of my own accord (my memory really is getting terrible these days!). But either way, I made my book cover out of scraps of fabric and Quality Street wrappers – and it took on a dusky pink colour.

Fast forward 15 years or so and I remembered this project while tucking into a tin of Quality Streets with my husband at Christmas.

And it dawned on me – could I adapt my GCSE project and make a junk journal cover out of Quality Street wrappers?!

Yes, yes, I can.

So, once I had enough wrappers, off I went to try to find a way to use them as a journal cover. Because of their shiny silver wrappers (and the time of year it was), I instantly thought of making a winter junk journal.

I made most of my Shades of Winter journal on video – from how I made the cover right through to making some ephemera and pages for it. You can find my full playlist here if you’re interested.

Sadly, I don’t have very many photos of this journal as it sold before I could list it in my Etsy shop. Silly me for not taking the photos anyway. Oops!

Oh well, at least we have the flip through video to look back on.

Inside the junk journal cover
The inside of this winter junk journal cover has a hidden pocket

Love watching flip through videos? Here’s another one; this time for my wedding junk journal, which was actually born out of this winter project!

The Verdict

Would I make a journal cover out of candy wrappers again? Would I make another winter junk journal?

Maybe. And maybe again.

Since I’m still learning and adapting my style in this craft, I’m not a fan of doing the same things over and over again.

I want to challenge myself and learn more, so while I thoroughly enjoyed this project and how it turned out, I wouldn’t rush to make another as I have many other projects I want to focus on in the here and now.

As always, I’ll keep you posted.

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Justine is the brains behind the House of Mahalo craft blog, YouTube channel and Etsy shop. She's been cross-stitching since she was 10, baking since she was 6 and just generally creating something fabulous for as far back as she can remember. In 2020, Justine started upcycling various items around the house, and in 2021, she discovered the wonderful world of junk journals. Since then, she's made well over 30 journals and folios by hand, alongside various handmade gifts and home decor pieces. Justine now shares tutorials and inspiring DIY ideas via this craft blog, her YouTube videos and in her Facebook group called Junk Journal Ideas and Inspiration.

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