Forager Crafts

Here’s a TikTok trend we can get behind: Junk journaling, a tactile hobby that’s been gaining popularity in the age of digital overload—it’s also a creative way to make friends. Armed with paper, mementos, stickers and glue sticks, junk journalers channel their creativity into books that are part diary, part college and part scrapbook. The L.A. Times just profiled the local Junk Journal Club, whose monthly meetups regularly sell out. See what all the buzz is about at the group’s Halloween block party, where you can join a free junk journal picnic, shop stationery and handmade goods at a craft market, and swap books and clothing at Forager Crafts in Frogtown.