From direct-mail advertisements, magazines and used envelopes, the scraps that humans are inclined to discard serve as the tools Jennifer Hansen uses to craft her junk journals — an eco-conscious and ...

Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her ...

The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. The art form where parking tickets, luggage tags and literal garbage shine. Credit... Supported by By Julia Carpenter When ...

Participants gather in the shade at rows of tables pushed together as they work on their journals during a meetup of the DFW Junk Journal Club at Klyde Warren Park Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Dallas.

On any given afternoon at Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas, you’ll see food trucks, kids splashing in fountains and families picnicking under the sun. But on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, a ...