- Patisserie and Cafe Pages
- Landmark and Street Pages
- Street and Market Pages
- Background Papers
- Lined Writing Pages
- Frequently Asked Questions
This paris christmas junk journal kit dresses the whole city for the season: patisserie windows full of macarons, a carousel turning near the Eiffel Tower, flower stalls stacked with roses under light snow. There are 23 scene pages to glue in as finished spreads, 5 seamless background papers for pockets, covers and photo mats, and 5 lined writing pages for the diary entries that pull it all together.
Print on matte cardstock heavy enough to take glue without curling, choose your printer’s best or photo setting so the pale pastel washes stay clean, and trim close to the edge since every sheet runs right to the border with no white margin to hide behind.
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.
Patisserie and Cafe Pages
Glue in a little paper bag or a folded receipt from a real bakery visit to tuck beside the macaron tower in the window, so the page holds a true souvenir and not just a picture.
A ribbon scrap or a pressed sprig of pine works just as well if you have nothing from a shop, slipped behind the garland so it peeks out along the edge of the sheet.
Pair this page with the pink macaron and bow pattern from the background set, using a strip of it as a border strip glued along the bottom edge of the facing page for a matching spread.
The pattern repeats small enough that a narrow strip reads as a ribbon rather than a second busy scene, which keeps the buche de Noel as the one thing your eye lands on first.
The usual mistake with a landmark page is cramming the tower dead center with nothing around it, which flattens the whole scene; keep it slightly off to one side so the carousel and bare trees have room to breathe.
Let the snow sit heaviest near the bottom of the sheet and thin out toward the top, so the eye reads distance rather than a flat sprinkle of dots across the page.
Write a short answer to this on the page: what would you order if this table were real, the croissant or something else from the counter, and who would you want sitting across from you.
Tear the top edge of this page by hand rather than cutting it straight, so the stall awning looks like it has weathered a season of snow, then tea stain just that torn strip for a touch more age along the roofline.
Landmark and Street Pages
Place this page opposite the Paris rooftop view later in the set, lining up the zinc roofs of one page with the snowy rooftops seen from this balcony so the two spreads feel like one view from two windows.
A small paper lantern cut from scrap and glued flat beside the drawn one adds a little dimension without covering the garland underneath.
Cut a narrow window into the thickness of the page and glue a small photo or ticket stub behind it so it shows through near the bridge rail, a quiet way to keep a real memory tucked into a painted scene.
Baskets of baguettes line a bakery counter beside a tiny decorated tree, pastry boxes stacked at the register and a string of lights looped along the shelf edge behind it all.
For the five minute version of this page, skip any extra gluing and simply write one line under the poodle: a name for her, or the street she is walking down, before you move on to the next sheet.
This page suits a reader who loves her own windowsill rituals more than travel itself, the kind of gift journal entry for someone who dresses a tree every year without ever leaving home.
A teacup glued flat to one side, slightly overlapping the sill, brings the window forward off the page and gives the curtains something to frame.
A chocolatier’s shelf holds rows of truffles, ribbon wrapped boxes and sheets of gold paper stacked beside a small brass scale, with a garland strung along the shelf edge above.
Who is this page for in a gift journal: someone who keeps a proper vanity table, pearls in a dish and perfume lined up by height, the kind of friend who notices when a page smells faintly of rose.
The usual mistake here is making the dome so large it swallows the page; keep the giant tree as the tallest shape and let the gilded balconies curve around it in smaller, quieter strokes.
Shoppers sketched tiny near the base give the scene its sense of scale without pulling focus from the tree itself.
Street and Market Pages
A street vendor roasts chestnuts over a little brazier beside a green kiosk, a lamp post glowing just behind and a short queue of paper bags waiting on the counter.
Tuck a ribbon offcut through the drawn basket handle, or glue a tiny dried flower onto the wreath hung from the handlebars, so the bicycle carries one real texture against all the painted ones.
Place this page beside the Eiffel Tower and snowflake pattern from the background set, cutting a strip to wrap partway around the tower’s base so the tiny ornaments seem to spill off the page itself.
Gloves, ribbon spools and feathered hats fill a shop window under an awning lightly dusted with snow, with a small bell and a price tag hanging from the door handle beside it.
For the entry on this page, try a short prompt: which old book would you most want to find tucked among the green boxes, and what would be written on its very first page.
Chimneys and zinc roofs stretch toward a pale pink and lilac dusk, with a scattering of lit windows and a thin curl of smoke rising from one chimney near the center of the view.
For the five minute version, skip the full spread and just glue a small circle of gold paper under the platter before you draw or trace the log cake, so the gold reads through without extra fuss.
A horse drawn carriage passes snowy Parisian buildings and a quiet stone fountain, its lanterns lit against the early evening and a thin trail of hoof prints marking the fresh snow behind it.
In a spread, set this page facing the perfume bottle page from earlier in the set, letting the silk scarf on this table echo the ribbon on that perfume box across the gutter.
A small fabric scrap glued flat as the scarf gives the one soft texture on an otherwise fully painted sheet.
Skaters circle an ice rink set before a grand Paris hall strung with lights, its columns and arched windows rising behind them while a few onlookers watch from benches at the rink’s edge.
Background Papers
The usual mistake with a grand interior is making every surface equally detailed; let the chandelier and gilt mirrors stay a little softer so the tree, fully trimmed, is clearly the brightest thing in the room.
If you want a quick version, paint the mirrors as simple gold ovals and spend your detail only on the tree itself.
Small Eiffel Tower silhouettes and snowflakes repeat edge to edge in blush pink and soft grey-blue, suited to lining a pocket, backing a photo of a trip abroad or wrapping a plain cover sheet.
Tiny macarons and little bows alternate in neat rows across the page in blush and dusty rose, good as a pocket lining behind a recipe card, a cover wrap or a mat for a bakery photo.
Poodles, lamp posts and garden scrolls repeat in a classic toile layout across soft pastel tones, well suited to a journal cover, a frame around a pet photo or lining inside a gift envelope.
Black and white stripes run the length of the page with small roses scattered between them, a striking choice under a flower market photo, as a pocket backing or wrapped around a journal spine.
Lined Writing Pages
Fleur de lis shapes alternate with sprigs of holly in a soft gold and sage repeat, fitting for a formal cover page, a mat behind a ribbon bookmark or the lining of a keepsake pocket.
A slender band of small Eiffel Towers runs down one side of the page beside faint ruled lines, ready for a gift list, a short letter to next year or a record of a favorite Paris meal.
An iron balcony railing stretches along the bottom edge beneath faint ruled lines, suited to a short menu for a holiday dinner, a packing list for a trip or notes on a gift still to wrap.
A striped patisserie awning sits across the top border above faint ruled lines, a good spot for a recipe to try, a wish list for the season or a letter tucked to be read next year.
A small stack of macarons decorates one corner above faint ruled lines, suited to a short note to a friend, a list of favorite Paris cafes to visit or a line about this year’s holiday baking.
What to Do Next
Print the set, sort the scene pages into the pastry counter, the street corners and the grand interiors before you glue, then fill the lined pages last once the pictures have found their places. For more pages with the same French charm, browse the French junk journal ideas or the wider Christmas junk journal pages collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for printing this kit?
Matte cardstock around 24 to 32lb holds the watercolour washes cleanly and takes glue without curling. Plain printer paper works for a first test print but wrinkles once glued into a journal, so switch to cardstock for the finished pages.
What printer settings give the best colour?
Choose your printer’s best or photo quality setting with the paper type set to matte or cardstock. This keeps the pale pastel washes crisp instead of streaky, and stops the fine ink outlines from printing faint.
What size should I print the pages?
Print at actual size on US letter or A4 paper, whichever your printer defaults to, since every page already fills the sheet edge to edge. Resize only if your journal uses a smaller trimmed page.
Do I need to colour these pages myself?
No, every page already arrives in full colour and is ready to print and use straight away. You can still add washi tape, stamps or a little extra shading by hand if you want a more personal touch.
What do I use to glue the pages into a journal?
An acid free glue stick works well for flat pages and keeps the paper from wrinkling. Small precision scissors help trim the background and lined pages neatly if your journal pages run smaller than letter or A4 size.