"I was just scrolling through my For You page on TikTok one day, and a video came up," says Bottos, who lives in Etobicoke, Ont. On screen, a girl was decorating the pages of a notebook using ...

Part collage, part diary and part upcycling, a junk journal combines many crafting ideas into one sometimes-bursting book.

A freeform hybrid of collage, scrapbooking and traditional journaling, the creative hobby is having a moment right now.

Junk journaling calls for taking those bits and bobs and sticking them onto a notebook page. A freeform hybrid ... have been documenting their junk journal processes and sharing tips with followers.