Use my starter bundle of book lovers junk journal printables to create a wide variety of journals including aesthetic reading journals and scrapbooks or junk journals for book lovers!

It consists of a bunch of sample junk journal pages, reading journal pages and ephemera from my premium bundle!

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Aesthetic Reading Journal Versus Book Lovers Junk Journal

What’s the difference between an aesthetic reading journal and a book lovers junk journal?

Book Lovers Junk Journal

A book lovers junk journal is a scrapbook style journal that makes use of book pages, ephemera and mixed media elements to achieve an eclectic layered look. The cohesive use of bookish themes and items reflect the crafters love of books.

It is great for book lovers to creatively express their love of books using a myriad of junk journaling techniques. Often this includes:

• Collaging and layering of ephemera, clippings, lace and other embellishments.
• Use of rubber stamps and stencils to add visual elements and interest.
• Distressing or aging pages by giving them torn edges, tea or coffee stains, burnt edges, crumpled edges or watercolor washes.
• Adding mixed media elements such as washi tape, pressed flowers and herbs, buttons, lace and whatever other “junk” you can find or have saved up for sentimental value.
• Pockets, tuck spots and flipouts are created for storage of items such as notes, library cards, book quotes, character notes, etc.
• Bookish themed stickers and book illustrations, book quotes, reviews and other thoughts on books can be added to give it a book lovers theme.

Aesthetic Reading Journal

An aesthetic reading journal is great for book lovers and organized readers who want to document their reading journey in a visually pleasing way. They often include:

• A cleaner, more intentional layout focused on book tracking and reflections.
• Organized pages like reading logs, book reviews, TBR lists, and quotes.
• Cohesive themes and a visually pleasing aesthetic.

In short: A junk journal is messy, eclectic, and creative, perfect for artistic book lovers. An aesthetic reading journal is structured, elegant, and visually curated, great for organized readers. They cater to different journaling styles and functions, though they share a love for books.

My Aesthetic Reading Junk Journals

My designs feature aspects of both:

• reading journal pages such as reading logs and lists, book reviews and quotes.
• frequently used junk journaling techniques to lend them visual interest.

As I have mentioned at the beginning, you can use the printables in my bundle in a variety of ways. Either to create aesthetic reading journals or junk journals and scrapbooks for book lovers! It’s a matter of being selective with what you use from the bundle, mixing and matching and just getting creative adding your own touches!

Sneak Peek Into The Book Lovers Junk Journal Starter Bundle

✅ Use it to create an aesthetic reading journals, scrapbooks or junk journals for book lovers.

✅ US Letter /8.5 x 11 inches, which fold into half to make journal pages of size 5.5 x 8.5 inches.

✅ Available to download instantly upon sign up!

✅ Ready to print PDF file formats.

✅ Personal Use License Only (For commercial use, please buy the premium bundle).

✅ Unlimited printing allowed.

All the kits in this starter bundle can be printed on US letter sized papers, folded or cut into half letter sized pages and assembled using any of the myriads of book binding methods out there. The resulting book will be approximately 5.5 x 8.5 inches in size.

The easiest method I recommend is cutting them into half letter sizes, punching with holes and binding them in these personalized mini ring binders that you can find in my Zazzle shop! These will fit the half letter sized journal pages nicely!

Plus, if you buy from my Zazzle shop, you can also claim the premium bundle for free, with more than 500 book lovers junk journal pages and ephemera! Click here to find out more about that!