- Fields And Farmhouses
- Windows And Doorways
- Hilltop And Grove
- Olive Terrace And Picnic
- Background Papers
- Lined Writing Pages
- Frequently Asked Questions
This provence junk journal kit gathers the whole sunny region onto one printable sheet set: lavender rows marching toward stone farmhouses, market stalls heavy with cheese and melons, and slow lunches under the plane trees. Inside you get twenty scene pages, four seamless background papers and four lined writing pages, enough to fill a whole journal with one steady mood from cover to cover.
Print the set on matte cardstock heavy enough to take glue without buckling, run your printer on its best photo or presentation setting, and trim close to the edge of each sheet before you start cutting and gluing them into your pages.
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.
Fields And Farmhouses
Rows of lavender stretch toward a stone farmhouse with blue shutters, the whole page painted with a sky, fields and a far tree line behind it.
Pair it with the lavender bundles and bees background paper later in this set: use a torn strip of that pattern as a frame along the bottom edge, so the two pages speak to each other across the journal.
A market stall overflows with lavender bundles, wrapped soaps and woven baskets, with striped awning and cobbled square filling the space around it.
Give this one five minutes: a quick wash of blue behind the wall, the bicycle glued straight in, and a single pressed lavender sprig tucked beside it is plenty.
The usual mistake with a table scene is crowding every inch of it: leave a little bare tablecloth near the baguette so the eye has somewhere to rest before it reaches the cheese and peaches.
Behind the table, let dappled shade from the plane tree branches fall across the cloth, with a glimpse of the square beyond.
Copper pans hang beside bundles of dried herbs in a stone farmhouse kitchen, with a tiled floor and a warm wall filling the rest of the page.
Ask yourself before you glue this one in: which field did you picture first, the gold or the purple. Write the answer as the opening line of the entry you tuck beside it.
Windows And Doorways
A pot of lavender sits on the sill of a blue shuttered window, climbing vines and weathered stone painted in around the frame.
A stone fountain trickles in a village square ringed by plane trees and café chairs, the whole scene washed in soft midday light from edge to edge.
Place this page right before the market basket page that follows it: one shows the harvest hanging to dry, the next shows it already sold, so the spread reads like a short story of the lavender’s journey.
A woven market basket holds melons, apricots and a fresh loaf, with cobblestones and striped market cloth filling the ground around it.
Glue a real photo corner or a travel ticket onto the seat of the chair before you add the hat and sachet, so the page holds a small memory as well as the painted scene.
Behind the chair, a sunny garden wall and a trailing rose keep the whole sheet filled.
Hilltop And Grove
A single bee rests among lavender stems on a sunny afternoon, the whole row of purple spikes filling the page behind it in soft drifts.
A flowered tablecloth holds a pitcher of iced tea and a small bowl of olives, with sunlight and the edge of a garden painted in around the setting.
Tear the right edge of this page before you glue it in, so the stone wall looks weathered where it meets the next sheet, and the wicker chair sits just inside the torn line.
Rounds of cheese sit stacked beside jars of lavender honey on a market stall, with baskets and a striped awning filling the space behind them.
Olive Terrace And Picnic
This page suits the quiet writer in a gift journal, the one who likes a single still subject more than a crowded market scene: a gnarled olive tree beside a stone terrace, with hills and sky painted softly behind it.
Write a short answer right on the tray beside the jug: what does a slow afternoon in this kitchen smell like to you, lemon, lavender or warm stone.
A picnic blanket spreads at the edge of a lavender field with ripe peaches set out across it, the rows of purple stretching into a painted sky beyond.
A cat sleeps on a sunny stone step beside pots of lavender, the warm wall and a half open door painted in behind to complete the quiet corner.
Background Papers
Small lavender sprigs repeat in soft rows across a cream ground, gentle enough to sit under a photo, line a pocket or wrap a journal cover without pulling focus.
Small country florals repeat in the manner of an old fabric print, ready to back a title page, line the inside of a pocket, or wrap a slim journal cover.
Checks and tiny blossoms repeat in cheerful yellow and blue, a good choice under a market photo, as a pocket lining, or folded into a simple cover.
Tied lavender bundles and small bees repeat across the sheet, equally at home behind a photo, lining a pocket, or wrapped around a journal cover.
Lined Writing Pages
A row of lavender sprigs frames the top and bottom of this page, with faint ruled lines left open for a gift list, a shopping list for the market, or notes on a recipe tried at home.
A small painted window with blue shutters sits in one corner, the rest of the page left with faint ruled lines for a letter to next year, a packing list, or a few lines about the trip you are planning.
Rows of lavender fill one corner like a little field, leaving faint ruled lines free for a day’s plans, a menu for a slow lunch, or a short note to a friend.
A full frame of small country flowers runs around the outer edge, with faint ruled lines left open in the centre for a recipe, a guest list, or a memory worth keeping.
What to Do Next
Print the full set, trim the sheets, and start gluing from the lavender rows forward, letting the market and farmhouse pages settle into whichever order feels right in your own journal. For more themed pages in a similar mood, look at the French Junk Journal Ideas or the Sunflower Junk Journal kit next.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for a provence junk journal kit like this one?
Matte cardstock around 200 to 250gsm works best, since it takes glue and pressed flowers without buckling. Plain printer paper curls once you start layering pages, so thicker stock keeps the journal flat and sturdy over time.
What printer settings keep the lavender colours accurate?
Choose the best photo or presentation quality setting your printer offers, with the paper type set to matte or cardstock. This stops the purples and sandy tones from printing pale or patchy on lighter default settings.
Can I resize these pages for a smaller travel journal?
Yes, scale the pages down to A6 or A5 in your printer settings before printing. The fine ink outlines and soft colours stay clear at a smaller size, so the pages still read well in a pocket sized journal.
What do I use to colour or glue the pages once printed?
Fine tip pens suit any extra journaling on the lined pages, and a standard glue stick is enough to fix scene and background pages into a journal spine. Small detail scissors help trim close edges and torn corners neatly.
How do I trim the pages without losing the painted edge?
Trim just outside the printed border rather than along it, leaving a thin margin of white that you can tear or fold in afterward. This protects the painted detail near the edge from getting clipped by accident.