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Michelle Caldwell MLCN; Creative Contractor
Michelle Caldwell MLCN; Creative Contractor

Hey All Magical Creative Souls! Winners!!

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


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Pre-Closing

โœจย Hello Sparkling Creative Souls!ย โœจย We have a few little treasures to share with you โ€”ย and while it mayย sound like Iโ€™m about to knock over a whole bottle of glitterโ€ฆ I promise, no actual spills today.


1. A Heartfelt Thankโ€‘Youย Monique and I want to wrap each of you in the warmest, most glitterโ€‘dusted gratitude for attending, participating, and sharing your magic in this yearโ€™s Art & Junk Journal Retreat. Your comments, posts, pictures, emails, and messages have filled our hearts to the brim. Truly โ€” youโ€™ve lit us up so much that weโ€™re already weaving together the next gathering: The Autumn Muse Retreat. All Iโ€™ll whisper for now isโ€ฆ keep September open, especially around the first day of fall. ๐Ÿ‚ More details will flutter your way soon.


2. A Peek Behind the Curtainย Weโ€™re working as quickly and carefully as two humans with glitter in their hair can โ€” uploading videos, finalizing prizeโ€ฆ


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Apr 29

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

Woot! Woot!

And we've got today's winners, thank you random number generator wizards on the internet:

โ€ขShawn

โ€ข Noreen

โ€ข Melanie

โ€ข Monica

You're Creative Play Collage Kit is on its way to you.


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Ding Ding Ding!

The next round of prize winners for the Artful Play Collage Kit are:

โ€ข Shell

โ€ข M

โ€ข Heather

โ€ข Annette


The kit is on it's way to your inbox now.


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Apr 24

Thank you so much!

Edited

Winner Winner!!!

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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Apr 22

Congratulations Art, Nancy, Nikki, and Sarah

TGIF!!

Hello All!


Two short things.

  1. 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!

  2. 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 andโ€ฆ

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Apr 17

I'll be cleaning my craft room. I just finished an album so I've pulled out a lot of things.

Technical Issues/Questions

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!

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Apr 15

Email sent

Michelle Caldwell MLCN; Creative Contractor
Michelle Caldwell MLCN; Creative Contractor

๐ŸŒฟโœจ Welcome, New Creative Souls! โœจ๐ŸŒฟ

The doors have opened, the sparkles are swirling, and our little corner of the creative universe just got a whole lot brighter. โœจ๐Ÿ“œ๐ŸŒ™


To everyone who has just joined us for the Art & Junk Journal Retreatย โ€” weโ€™re so happy youโ€™re here.ย ย  Truly. Your presence adds a new color, a new texture, a new storyโ€‘thread to this magical gathering. ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ’ซ


Weโ€™re gearing up to begin soon, and the energy already feels like a soft humโ€ฆ pages waiting, scraps whispering, ideas stretching awake. ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿชฝ

While we settle in together, letโ€™s warm up the space:


๐ŸŒธ Share your latest junk journal or art journal creation below!


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. Thereโ€™s no pressure โ€” just a gentle invitation to sprinkle a little inspiration into the room. โœ‚๏ธ๐Ÿ–Œ๏ธโœจ


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Unknown member
Apr 08

Beautiful covers! I never thought about putting my journals in little libraries. What a great way to share art and love!

Intros please

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?๐ŸŽค

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Apr 08

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!


It's Here!!!


VIDEO ISSUES RESOLVED!!! if you still have issues refresh your screen, log out and back in, close your browser and reopen it. If that still does not work let us know.

๐ŸŽจ Welcome to the 3rd Annual 2026 Art & Junk Journal Retreat!

Also I made this video to help with email notifications. Better like it. ๐Ÿฅฐ


Welcome to our dedicated online sanctuary! ๐Ÿก

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Apr 23

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