Free Projects & Tutorials: Journals

Free Beginner Tutorial – How to Make a Printable Junk Journal

I love to use printable pages and journal kits to make my journals because they're so easy and creative to use. Printable journal kits usually have a theme and color story, as well as beautiful imagery, which gives a cohesive look to your journals. Plus, you can sew...

How to make a simple printable journal

There's nothing like the feeling of using a beautiful journal to write in, and printable journals and notebooks are quick and easy to print and assemble. They are perfect for giving as thoughtful gifts to special friends, or just to keep for yourself. While there's...

DIY Printable Gratitude Journal

Keeping a gratitude journal is not only a great way to remind yourself of all the wonderful things in your life, it can also transform your life in amazing ways. According to Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough, leading researchers into Gratitude, their research...

DIY Heavyweight Stabilizer for Stitched Journal Covers and Book Covers

Creative Art'n'Soul Journaling kicked off this week and one of things we're going to be exploring is making stitched mixed media journals. When making these types of journals I like to use a heavyweight stabilizer such as double-sided fusible Peltex. This type of...

How to Tea-Dye Lace and Thread for a Vintage Look

When making stitched mixed media journals, I love to use lace and thread that have an aged and vintage look. It just seems to complement the other bits and pieces I use to tell my stories. Dyeing lace and thread using tea (or even coffee), is a quick and easy way to...

How to Make a “Creative Ideas” Journal

Over the years one of the things that I've learned about being a creative business owner is that if you don't write things down, they are soon forgotten. This is particularly true when creative ideas arrive in a flash of inspiration because they often arrive at the...

Scrappy Garden Fabric Journal Cover

This week I'm sharing a quick and easy fabric journal cover project. I was inspired to print one of the pages from the Scrappy Garden Printable Journal Kit onto fabric, to make a journal cover for a new journal that I'm making. I love the fun floral designs on the...

Ancient Earth Mini-Journals – a quick tutorial

I finally completed one of my Ancient Earth Mini-Journals that I started about a week ago. Because the pages are small, it went together very quickly. I named this particular journal "Meditations from the Heart" and attached some small stitched collages to the pages....

How to Make a Quick and Easy Traveler’s Notebook Cover

Several years ago I began using a traveler's notebook. When I first bought it, I wasn't sure if I'd like it or not, but over time I've grown to love it! I particularly love the idea of being able to use several different styles of notebooks such as a writing notebook,...

How to make a Handmade Journal with the Stitches Hidden in the Spine

It took a little trial and error to figure out how to make a cover and assemble last month's journal which was themed Taking Flight. I wanted a cover that looked like a book cover with no stitches showing on the outside, and pages that weren't all squashed together....

3-2-1 Printable Gratitude & Creativity Tracking Journal Kit

Several months ago I wrote about my 3-2-1 Creativity Tracking Journal, which is a journal I designed and use every day to help me stay on track with my daily creative practice. It's a combination gratitude journal and creativity tracking journal, and it takes only...