Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Found papers are a great way to make fun and easy illustrated journal pages. Even if you aren't comfortable drawing or painting, you can still make strong visual diary layouts using papers that you come across in your everyday life all the time. The trick is to learn to "see" them and then use them in unusual ways. Found papers are free and easy to find no matter where you live: flyers, brochures, magazines, greeting cards, food wrappers, paper shopping bags, and on and on.
To see printable scans of vintage paper ephemera from my private collection, they are here on Etsy:
etsy.com/uk/shop/BookandPaperArts
If you are interested in buying original paper and vintage ephemera bundles full of cards, paper, handwritten pieces, lace, and more I sell them here:
bookandpaperarts.com/french-ephemera-book-arts-boxes
Found papers are a great way to make fun and easy illustrated journal pages. Even if you aren't comfortable drawing or painting, you can still make strong visual diary layouts using papers that you come across in your everyday life all the time. The trick is to learn to "see" them and then use them in unusual ways. Found papers are free and easy to find no matter where you live: flyers, brochures, magazines, greeting cards, food wrappers, paper shopping bags, and on and on.
To see printable scans of vintage paper ephemera from my private collection, they are here on Etsy:
etsy.com/uk/shop/BookandPaperArts
If you are interested in buying original paper and vintage ephemera bundles full of cards, paper, handwritten pieces, lace, and more I sell them here:
bookandpaperarts.com/french-ephemera-book-arts-boxes
