January Mid-Point Review

We are half way through January and I wanted to share progress in my Junk Journal January book and share something else I am very excited about. 

The YouTube collaboration playlist for Junk Journal January 2025 will remain up here - you could use it for any month of the year. And Meg Journals (the organiser) has her own playlist for her take on all the prompts here. My accordian book started by looking like this

and I've completed one side of the accordian

These are some of my favourite pages so far. 

I especially love the accordian view of the these 3 prompts 

 If you want to see more, I am posting my pages every couple of days over on my Instagram and Facebook Artist's page. It's not too late to join us. 

I have been very privileged to have recently enrolled in a couple of my dream classes - when the Mini Marks collaborative course was first launched by Autumn Moon in 2023, I dearly wanted to do it, but couldn't commit the money when I didn't have the time. 

Then she did another one in 2024, and I felt like I wanted to do it even more than the first round but again couldn't justify it. 

This month she has opened the doors (for 3 weeks only) to the Mini Marks classes separately and as a bundle. They are now self-guided and although still a sizable financial commitment, I hadn't enrolled for a year-long anything, it costs less than Fodder School (my previous commitment for the last 3 years), I am so excited about ALL the teachers, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about these classes since 2023! The Bundle cost is less than the price of one of the classes when they first launched. Once you divide the cost by the number of teachers and projects on offer, it's amazing value for a year of anticipated joy. If you want to jump in with me, you still have time. Sign ups end on January 24th. Go here for info, and if you sign up to Autumn's newsletter you get extra discount. Email her if you have questions.

In the past I've tried Creating a Book a Month and I feel inspired to do that again, using Mini Marks classes to fill in the blank months below. I hope the offerings from Meg Journals roll out as previous years, but I could just use 2024 prompts if not run again in 2025 : Junk Journal January, Junk Journal July (2024 playlist), No Sew November (2024 playlist) and some kind of December Daily-ish.  

I'll let you know which book I'm going to start with for February inspired by a Mini Marks teacher. I will continue to post Junk Journal January page progress as it happens on my Instagram and Facebook Artist's page. Talk again at the end of the month.