Welcome back to the Crafternoon Podcast hosted by Daisy @MyGreenCow and Meg @megjournals 📖✨
This time we're diving into the history of scrapbooks and journals! Daisy takes us on a journey of scrapbooks in the 1800s, stationery adverts from the newspaper archives, and a look at journals passed down in her family. Later, Meg is joined by Mandy from @paperofthepast on Instagram to chat about collecting scrapbooks and the stories behind the pages. We hope you enjoy joining us for this crafternoon!
💭 Mentioned in this episode:
Blog post: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/blogs/mygreencow/journaling-in-the-1800s
Sources:
Oxford English Dictionary: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/scrapbook_n?tl=true
Scrapbooking Waterloo: Thomas Pickstock’s travel journal: https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/08/scrapbooking-waterloo-thomas-pickstocks-travel-journal.html
Victorian scrap book / album 1880: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167587225906?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=0f_GcqzKT7K&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=HwTKSGuWQ96&stype=1&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
🌸 Follow Mandy!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paperofthepast/
Recommended links from Mandy:
History of scrapbooking post: https://www.scrapbook.com/articles/history-of-scrapbooking
Scrapbook history podcast: https://www.scrapbooks.org.uk/
Book about the history of scrapbooks in the US: https://www.jessicahelfand.com/books/scrapbooks
Cool Substack about famous notebooks from history: https://jillianhess.substack.com/
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🔍Where to find us
Daisy
YouTube: @MyGreenCow
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygreencow/
Shop: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/
Creative Journaling Club: https://www.patreon.com/mygreencow
Meg
YouTube: @megjournals
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megjournals/
Substack newsletter: https://megjournals.substack.com/
Welcome back to the Crafternoon Podcast hosted by Daisy @MyGreenCow and Meg @megjournals
This time we're so excited to be joined by Katie Moodye! Katie is a mixed media artist living on the south coast of England and is hugely inspired by nature. She teaches and shares her art on YouTube, Patreon and Instagram, encouraging more people to pick up their sketchbooks, find their creative joy and get painting!
Katie shares tips, mindset shifts, and sketchbook ideas to help you enjoy the creative process. In this conversation we chat about how to start a new sketchbook, overcoming the fear of the blank page, working with prompts, what it’s like to publish a book, and so much more!
This is definitely an episode you’ll want to grab a cuppa and your sketchbook/journal to listen to! ☕️📖
We hope you enjoy joining us for this crafternoon!
Mentioned in this episode:
Katie's book, Sketchbook Joy: https://geni.us/SketchbookJoy
Follow Katie!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katie_moody/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/katiemoody
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/katiemoody
New episodes drop every other Friday. Subscribe to the Crafternoon channel so you don’t miss the next one!
Where to find us
Daisy
YouTube: @MyGreenCow
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygreencow/
Shop: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/
Creative Journaling Club: https://www.patreon.com/mygreencow
Meg
YouTube: @megjournals
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megjournals/
Substack newsletter: https://megjournals.substack.com/
Welcome back to the Crafternoon Podcast with Daisy (@MyGreenCow) and Meg (@megjournals) 📖✨
In this episode, we put some of the internet’s most popular nature-inspired crafts to the test to see what *really* works! 👀
All of the creative projects we attempted are beginner-friendly DIYs. From pressed flowers and shadow drawing to eco dyeing and colour palettes, we’re chatting through the whole process of these sustainable art ideas. See what turned out well... and what was maybe not so Instagram-worthy!
We also dive into how we used these DIY nature crafts in our junk journals and share tips for making your pages memorable without spending a fortune. Grab a cuppa (though maybe not with boiled petals), get your supplies ready, and join us for this crafternoon!
Let us know if you have ideas for what we should try next :)
Daisy's handmade flower press: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/products/mini-flower-press-kit
Pinterest board: https://pin.it/381EGVeOl
🗓️ New episodes drop every other Friday. Subscribe to the Crafternoon channel so you don’t miss the next one!
🔍Where to find us
Daisy
YouTube: @MyGreenCow
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygreencow/
Shop: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/
Creative Journaling Club: https://www.patreon.com/mygreencow
Meg
YouTube: @megjournals
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megjournals/
Substack newsletter: https://megjournals.substack.com/
Today’s episode is a bit of a hot topic in the journaling world… with junk journaling having her It Girl moment in 2025, what does this mean for a hobby rooted in rebellion and sustainability?
We chat about junk journaling supplies, how different trends and styles have evolved over the years, and our approach to documenting. We also discuss consumerism in the craft space and Meg flips through one of her first handmade journals!
Disclaimer: We are absolutely not here as 'journal police', your journal is yours! With the sudden rise in popularity of junk journaling, branded as a 'TikTok trend', we thought it would be an interesting discussion to chat about journaling trends over the years, including creative journaling, art journaling and scrapbooking.
We hope you enjoy joining us for this crafternoon!
🗓️ New episodes drop every other Friday. Subscribe to the Crafternoon podcast so you don’t miss the next one!
🔍Where to find usDaisyYouTube: MyGreenCowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygreencow/Shop: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/ Creative Journaling Club: https://www.patreon.com/mygreencow MegYouTube: megjournalsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/megjournals/Substack newsletter: https://megjournals.substack.com/
This time we're joined by Selam (@selamjournals), the founder of an in-person junk journal club in Birmingham that has been featured on BBC news! Selam shares the inspiration behind setting up the club, what it's like attending a junk journaling event, and tips for hosting a local journaling meet-up.
We also chat about how her journaling style has changed over the years, and take a peek inside her Japan travel journal filled with stamps, ephemera and ticket stubs!
We hope you enjoy joining us for this crafternoon!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Behind the scenes of junk journal clubs
12:28 Junk journaling in the news!
18:49 Selam's journaling style
26:16 Travel journaling and documenting Japan
💭 Mentioned in this episode:
BBC article about junk journaling: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y0ervrn71o
Traveler's Notebook: https://www.travelers-company.com
🌸 Follow Selam!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selamjournals/
YouTube: @selamjournals
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@selamjournals
🗓️ New episodes drop every other Friday. Subscribe to the Crafternoon channel so you don’t miss the next one!
🔍Where to find us
Daisy
YouTube: @MyGreenCow
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygreencow/
Shop: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/
Creative Journaling Club: https://www.patreon.com/mygreencow
Meg
YouTube: @megjournals
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megjournals/
Substack newsletter: https://megjournals.substack.com/
It’s been a long time coming…. Welcome back to the Crafternoon Podcast with Daisy (@MyGreenCow) and Meg (@megjournals) 📖✨Where have we been since the last podcast? In this episode, take a peek at our current journal line-ups (spoiler, we have quite a few junk journals on the go!) Daisy also shares her journey to living in a tiny house and how she’s organising her craft supplies in a smaller space. We hope you enjoy joining us for this crafternoon!🗓️ New episodes drop every other Friday. Subscribe to the Crafternoon channel so you don’t miss the next one!🔍Where to find usDaisyYouTube: @MyGreenCow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygreencow/Shop: https://www.mygreencow.co.uk/ Creative Journaling Club: https://www.patreon.com/mygreencow MegYouTube: @megjournals Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megjournals/Substack newsletter: https://megjournals.substack.com/
