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This farmhouse christmas junk journal kit gathers red barns, galvanized buckets and a big kitchen table into one set you can print at home. It has 19 scene pages full of country holiday moments, 4 seamless background papers in plaid and holly prints, and 4 lined writing pages with rustic borders for your own notes.
Print everything on plain white or cream cardstock, at least 24 lb for less ink bleed through, and set your printer to its best or photo quality. Trim each sheet to your journal size once the ink is dry, then glue, tuck or stitch the pages in wherever they feel right.
Using these images: free for personal projects such as printing, coloring, cards, journals and gifts. Handmade items that include them may be sold up to 30 pieces per design. More than that is commercial use and is not permitted, and neither is selling or sharing the images themselves or passing them off as your own. Please ask before any other use.
Barn and Farmyard Pages
A red barn sits deep in snow, a wreath hung on its hayloft door and a cow standing close against the cold at thirty words wide for one full breath of country quiet.
Pair this page with the tiny red barn and pine tree pattern further back in the set, laying the pattern paper underneath the truck as a backing sheet.
Trim the pattern a little smaller than this page so a thin border of the truck scene shows all around it, then glue the two together before you glue the pair into the journal. The match carries the same red and green straight through the spread.
Tear the edge of this page roughly by hand before gluing it in, so the galvanized bucket looks like it has sat out on the porch through a few winters already.
A torn edge catches more shadow than a clean cut one does, which suits the dented metal and the worn porch boards behind it. Keep the tear along the bottom only, leaving the top edge neat for the binding.
Kitchen and Table Pages
Write the names of everyone who gathers around this table across the pine runner, or tuck a real holiday recipe card into a small slit cut beside the pie.
Which chair on this porch belongs to you, and who sits in the other one beside the sled and the garland.
Barnyard Animal Pages
Give this page to the one who feeds the animals before sunrise in a gift journal, since this is her hour and this is her quiet little barnyard.
The usual mistake here is filling every inch of the can with holly until it looks crowded, so leave a little bare metal showing beside the burlap bow for the eye to rest on.
A lantern set just behind the can gives the page a second light source without competing with the holly, keeping the whole arrangement calm and easy to read at a glance.
Glue a small photo of your own mantel or tree over the fireplace opening on this page, or leave the space as painted and simply enjoy the cotton garland and wooden beads as drawn.
A horse stands warm in its stall wearing a red blanket, a small wreath hung on the stall door and hay scattered across the wooden floor below.
The five minute version of this page skips the detailed wagon and bow saw altogether, letting you just glue it in and move straight to writing which row of trees you would choose this year.
A wooden farm stand holds a row of hung wreaths, baskets of pinecones and bundles of fresh evergreens tied with twine for sale along the roadside.
Small painted price tags on string hang from a few of the wreaths, and a short wooden bench sits off to one side for anyone waiting to pay. Snow dusts the stand’s little peaked roof above it all.
Tuck a holiday cookie recipe folded small behind the apron on this page, so the page holds both the picture and the instructions for baking it.
A goat wearing a small bell stands beside a hay bale and a wreath, its breath showing faintly in the cold farmyard air around it.
Place this windmill page next to the barn in snow page earlier in the set, letting the two skylines sit side by side across the spread for one long winter horizon.
Market and Porch Pages
A wire egg basket sits filled with glass ornaments on top of a wooden crate, swapped out for a season from gathering eggs to holding Christmas instead.
What does this quilt remind you of, and whose hands made the stitches that hang over the rail tonight.
A farmhouse window hung with a buffalo check curtain frames a plate of gingerbread set on the sill, frost gathering lightly at the corners of the glass outside.
A pair of sheep stand close together in a snowy pasture, a split rail fence running behind them and a barn roof just visible past the far corner of the field.
Read more country kitchen pages in the sunflower junk journal kit, which pairs well with this farmhouse set for anyone who keeps a kitchen themed journal.
Background Papers
Use this plaid as a backing for the quilt and window pages, as a pocket lining behind the farm stand page, or trimmed down for a simple journal cover.
Slip this pattern behind the pickup truck page as suggested earlier, use it to line a pocket holding farm photos, or fold it into a small envelope for keepsakes.
Place this behind the milk can or bucket pages for a matching backing, line the inside of a pocket page with it, or use it as a simple divider between sections.
Try this under a framed photo for a soft border, as a cover wrap for the whole journal, or cut into strips for little tags tucked between pages.
Lined Writing Pages
Use the ruled lines under this roofline border for a holiday gift list, a short letter to next year, or a record of what the farm looked like this winter.
Jot a simple holiday menu along these lines, a note to tuck in next year’s journal, or a list of gifts still left to wrap before the day arrives.
Write a letter to next year’s self along this band, a short wish list, or a page of thanks for the season just passed on the farm.
Keep a running list of holiday errands in this corner’s lines, a short daily log of the season, or a note about the first snow of the year.
What to Do Next
Print the pages you love first, start with the red barn and the kitchen table, then build the rest of your farmhouse christmas junk journal around them a few pages at a time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for a farmhouse christmas junk journal kit?
Plain white or cream cardstock at 24 lb or heavier works best, since it holds ink well without bleeding through. Lighter paper is fine for lined pages you plan to write on often, as it folds and glues more easily into a finished journal.
What printer settings give the clearest results?
Set the printer to its best or photo quality setting, which keeps the thin ink outlines and soft watercolour washes crisp. Choose the correct paper size and turn off any automatic scaling so the page prints edge to edge as designed.
What size should I print these pages?
Standard junk journal pages print well at A5 or at half letter size, though full letter or A4 works too for a larger journal. Trim each sheet to match your journal’s binding once the ink is completely dry.
Do I need to colour any of these pages myself?
No coloring is needed, since every page already comes printed in full colour and ready to use. You only need scissors to trim the edges and glue to fix each page into your journal.
What should I use to glue the pages into a journal?
An acid free glue stick works best for flat pages, since it will not wrinkle the paper or yellow over time. For pockets or layered pieces, a thin line of craft glue along the edges holds better than a full coat.
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