These crafters were lonely in L.A. Their 'junk journals' brought them together

Junk journaling, a hobby blending elements of scrapbooking, collaging and journaling, has grown rapidly in popularity over the last year.

Accompanying a surge in junk journaling content on social media is an uptick of in-person craft clubs where crafters gather to junk journal together.

Junk Journal Club members say the club provides a low-cost, alcohol-free way to make friends in L.A.

Bikini-clad girls sat sipping canned cocktails by the shallow end of a swimming pool. Their sunscreen glistened in the summer heat, leaving a coconut aroma in the air.

But these sunbathers weren’t here to tan. They were here for a junk journaling party.

Junk journaling, yet another marker of younger generations’ continued reversion to physical media , is a catch-all term for a craft practice that in