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Bringing the junk journal community together through immersive creative events.
โจ The season of making , sparkle, and creative chaos is HERE โ and so is your invitation to join our Design Team.
Weโre looking for makers who:
๐ผ keep it real
๐ผ create wildly + imperfectly
๐ผ love creating like itโs a personality trait
๐โจ Monique, the Misfit Crafter, and the rest of Misfit Team, want to welcome all of our new magic making souls!!! Youโve just stepped through the studio door into a world where scraps become stories, ideas become adventures, and every creative heart is celebrated exactly as it is.
In this little corner of the universe, we believe in: ๐งต the magic of making ๐ the poetry of paper ๐จ the joy of messy hands ๐ and the comfort of creating together.
Settle in and let your imagination stretch its wings. Your creative spark belongs here โ and we canโt wait to see what you dream up next. โจ๐๏ธ
โจWe would love to get to know you better! Feel free to introduce yourself!
โจ Hello Beautiful Creative Souls!ย โจ
I hope this little note finds you well, inspired, and surrounded by scraps, splashes, textures, and all the delicious bits that make your art and junk journals come alive. If your hands have been busy making magic lately โ or even if youโve just started gathering ideas โ we would loveย to see what youโre creating. Share whenever you feel called; your art lights up our whole space. Here are a couple pics fron the album I made for my neices graduation.
Monique also asked me to sprinkle in a heartfelt message from her: she sends her sincerest apologies to those who havenโt yet received their prizes. Life has a way of tugging us in unexpected directions, and she needed to tend to a few things these past couple of weeks. Sheโs back now, refreshed, inspired, and eager to create alongside all of us again. Allโฆ
Thank you so incredibly much for your participation and your patience with us this past week. Below is the list of winners from the Retreat.
If you won a physical prize, please email us your address to contact@junkjournalretreat.com if you have not already done so. If you won a digital prize, you will be contacted with redemption information shortly.
Physical Prizes (email your mailing address to contact@junkjournalretreat.com)
Glue Stick
Lauralee Cosgrove
Kelli Kern
โจย Hello Sparkling Creative Souls!ย โจย We have a few little treasures to share with you โย and while it mayย sound like Iโm about to knock over a whole bottle of glitterโฆ I promise, no actual spills today.
1. A Heartfelt ThankโYouย Monique and I want to wrap each of you in the warmest, most glitterโdusted gratitude for attending, participating, and sharing your magic in this yearโs Art & Junk Journal Retreat. Your comments, posts, pictures, emails, and messages have filled our hearts to the brim. Truly โ youโve lit us up so much that weโre already weaving together the next gathering: The Autumn Muse Retreat. All Iโll whisper for now isโฆ keep September open, especially around the first day of fall. ๐ More details will flutter your way soon.
2. A Peek Behind the Curtainย Weโre working as quickly and carefully as two humans with glitter in their hair can โ uploading videos, finalizing prizeโฆ
Thank you so much for organizing the event. I am inspired and bursting with ideas. Now if I could only master folding the one page into a mini book I would be thrilled! I did it the first time I tried and have not been able to do it since :) I am very much looking forward to a fall event and already have it penciled in
And we've got today's winners, thank you random number generator wizards on the internet:
โขShawn
โข Noreen
โข Melanie
โข Monica
You're Creative Play Collage Kit is on its way to you.
The next round of prize winners for the Artful Play Collage Kit are:
โข Shell
โข M
โข Heather
โข Annette
The kit is on it's way to your inbox now.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations to Art, Nancy C, Nikki, and Sarah.
Your Artful Play Collage Kit is magically on its way to your inbox.
There's still time to enter the give away.
I'll choose 4 more names tomorrow.
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Congratulations Art, Nancy, Nikki, and Sarah
Hello All!
Two short things.
I would like to apologize to those of you that are having issues with downloads. We have been working on the issue since yesterday and are hopeful we will have a resolution soon. I do not want to promise a specific time frame but know that we have been and will continue to do what we can to fix it. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. We truly appreciate it!
What are your weekend crafty plans? There are only a few days to go until the retreat kicks off! Woo Hoo! I will be working on some albums, making a couple new shirts, making some paper crafts, and trying to figure out what to do for Artisan Pass Day! I am open to suggestions.....
I hope everyone has a restful and peaceful weekend! oooooo We could take some time this weekend andโฆ
I'll be cleaning my craft room. I just finished an album so I've pulled out a lot of things.
Hello All!!
If you come across technical problems, please send a detailed email to contact@junkjournalretreat.com for assistance. It is easier for me to track and check the issues we come across that way as I have to check in multiple areas.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we all learn a new platform together! You are greatly appreciated!
Email sent
The doors have opened, the sparkles are swirling, and our little corner of the creative universe just got a whole lot brighter. โจ๐๐
To everyone who has just joined us for the Art & Junk Journal Retreatย โ weโre so happy youโre here.ย ย Truly. Your presence adds a new color, a new texture, a new storyโthread to this magical gathering. ๐จ๐งต๐ซ
Weโre gearing up to begin soon, and the energy already feels like a soft humโฆ pages waiting, scraps whispering, ideas stretching awake. ๐๐๐ชฝ
While we settle in together, letโs warm up the space:
It can be a finished page, a messy middle, a tiny corner, a background you love, or even a scrap cluster that made your heart flutter. Thereโs no pressure โ just a gentle invitation to sprinkle a little inspiration into the room. โ๏ธ๐๏ธโจ
Beautiful covers! I never thought about putting my journals in little libraries. What a great way to share art and love!
Let us know all about you if you wish to share.
What do you hope to find here?
What do you like to do? Make junk journals, art journals, create in journals, journal in journals, plan in journals, all of the above?
Do you make anything else?
Did you attend any of our other retreats?
If so what did you like best, how was it?๐ค
Hi! I'm Mary & I live in northwestern NC. I've been married to my best friend for 35 years and we have three children (two biological and 1 foster-turned-forever son) who have left the nest and are living nearby. My mother has lived with hubby and me for the last seven years. I'm the full-time caregiver for both my mom and my hubby (he's a retired Marine who is disabled now due to injuries while on active duty). When I'm not taking care of my family, I teach the youth at our church and run the church library, garden, craft, read, and play with my two dogs--a Doberman/retriever mix and a Shiba Inu/husky mix.
Crafting is my haven- something I can do to keep myself entertained, be creative, nourish my soul, and escape when I need to get away--even if it's just down the hall in my craft room!
This is my 3rd retreat with Monique and I love everything about her retreats! The instructors are top notch and the creative ideas, techniques and inspiration they provide keep me busy for months! lol
I started out crafting with cross stitch and embroidery, then moved into knitting. Then I discovered the fun in making scrapbooks and mini albums from scratch. That led to junk journaling. From there, I've experimented with art journaling, watercolors, lettering, mixed media, resin, quilting, and so much more!
I have a YouTube channel, Mary Makes Studio, and an Etsy store, Mary Makes Studio_NC.
One of my favorite parts of the crafting world today--particularly in the junk journaling circles--is the community of crafters. The ones I have come in contact with are so generous with their methods, support, ideas and advice! I've even found an online craft store that goes above and beyond to connect with their customers personally and develop friendships with us.
I'm looking forward to another Art & Junk Journal Retreat so I can learn more techniques, meet new creators, and make new friends!
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Also I made this video to help with email notifications. Better like it. ๐ฅฐ
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Thanks for the update! I love your journal!