Kermit the Frog. Coffee puns like “thanks a latte” and “a matcha made in heaven.” Drawings of dogs, cats, birds and bees.

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

I’m just one of tens of thousands of people around the world who’ve picked up journaling as a mainstay of my mental health ...