Found & Layered: A Vintage Journal Primer

Found & Layered is a lovingly guided introduction to the world of vintage art journaling—where worn papers, quiet stories, intuition, and creative play come together in beautifully layered pages of personal expression.

This gentle, hands-on primer invites you to slow down, gather what speaks to you, and begin creating a journal that is rich with texture, memory, and meaning. There are no blank white pages to intimidate you here—only welcoming, time-worn surfaces already whispering their stories.

Whether you are brand new to art journaling or returning to your creative practice after a long pause, Found & Layered offers a warm and encouraging doorway back into making.

Inside This Workbook You’ll Find:

• A beautiful introduction to vintage art journaling and why it’s such a powerful storytelling practice

• A complete supply guide using materials you likely already have at home

• Step-by-step guidance for:

  • Gathering and preparing vintage materials

  • Working with limited color palettes

  • Discovering your visual language through mark-making

  • Building depth through layering & texture

  • Embracing imperfection through wabi-sabi

  • Trusting your creative intuition

• Soulful creative prompts, including:

  • One Little Word

  • Foundations & Gathering

  • Marks & Meaning

  • Layering & Textures

  • Perfectly Imperfect

  • Trusting Your Intuition

  • Creative Play & Serendipity

  • The Day Pouch (art journaling on-the-go)

  • Botanical Specimens

  • The View From Here

  • Five Senses (and then some)

• Gentle encouragement to take your journal out into the world—cafés, walks, travel, and daily life

• A deeply supportive philosophy: there are no mistakes, only layers of meaning

What This Workbook Is (and Isn’t):

✔ A soulful, beginner-friendly guide
✔ A tactile, intuitive approach to art journaling
✔ Rich with encouragement and permission
✔ Focused on process, not perfection

✘ This is not a rigid step-by-step technical art manual
✘ This is not about polished outcomes
✘ This is not about “doing it right”

This is about listening, layering, and letting yourself be seen on the page.

Perfect For You If You:

• Love vintage paper, ephemera, and layered textures

• Feel drawn to art journaling but don’t know where to begin

• Want a gentle re-entry into creativity

• Are in a season of reflection, slowing, or quiet becoming

• Crave a practice that is soulful, intuitive, and pressure-free

Format Details:

• Digital PDF workbook

• Immediate download

• Designed for on-screen use or home printing

• Created with a soft vintage aesthetic and richly layered imagery

A Note From the Studio:

Your journal does not need to be tidy to be meaningful. Your pages don’t need to be perfect to be beautiful. Your creative voice does not need polishing—it only needs space.

Found & Layered is an invitation to begin exactly where you are, with what you already have, and let the layers slowly tell your story.

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