Unlike journalling, sticking glossy pictures and ribbon scraps helps me explore how I’m feeling in in a language only I can decipher
I had always associated scrapbooking with grandmas and bored children, so, imagine my surprise when, as a twentysomething with a Big Girl Job, I found myself enamoured of printing, cutting and sticking random bits and bobs into a book.
If, like me, you’ve racked up a disconcerting amount of screen time, you may have stumbled across a multitude of craft-inspired social media posts made primarily by young women. Described as “junk journalling”, the hobby is distinguishable by an affinity with collecting and storing physical mementoes, such as tickets, receipts, packaging and Polaroids.