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Hey Goblins, uh

Did you know, that you can make an AWESOME journal for your adventures ALL ON YOUR OWN from a cereal box and paper/scraps that you likely have at home/can get from friends or family/you may find around your environment?

They’re called Junk Journals and they’re my entire life.

Im gonna do my best to walk you through how to make one! First, get you a mini cereal box! I use boxes from those cool multipacks of cereal that you can find at Walmart!

And then cut it out so it looks like this! (I already had one cut, so I’m gonna use that)

That “nutrition facts” side is gone become your spine!

Next, find some paper to use to decorate your cover! I was lucky enough to be gifted a bunch of scrapbooking paper, so I’m gonna use that, but you can also use newspaper, paper from books/magazines, junk mail, napkins, paper towels (excellent texture), etc!

Go ahead and glue that paper to your box (to cover the cereal logo) and cut it out! It’ll look like this;

Next you need to find your pages! Again these can be anything! Junk mail, envelopes, receipts, food wrappers, magazine/book pages, scrapbook paper, computer paper, construction paper, ANYTHING. Just grab a whole bunch!

You’re gonna want to fold them in half and cut them to the size of one of the covers of your box, and layer other pages inside of it to make your signatures, like this!

Each signature should be about 7-10 pages. You don’t want them too thick, otherwise the inner pages start sticking out when folded in half. You’re gonna have a LOT of these signatures, as you wanna fill the area in the spine as best as possible. For this one I’m using 7 page signatures. Here’s a pic to show just how much paper you’ll need

Each of these signatures are 7 pages, 6 signatures have only filled about half of the spine, so I’ll need probably 6 more.

Next you gotta figure out how you want them in your journal. Personally, I like to sew them into the spine, but you can also keep them in the spine with rubber bands, so you can have removable pages! (Be weary that rubber bands may break over time! So you may want to always keep extra bands near it to replace in case one snaps. This is why I prefer sewing them in) I find it best to look up on YouTube how to sew in signatures, just because having someone walk you through it where you can see what they’re doing is easiest. If you can’t access YouTube, there’s plenty of text tutorials on how to sew in signatures online, or you can message me! I’m not gonna go too into detail, but here’s the jist;

Okay so I’m a forgetful gob and I hecken forgot to take pictures as I was going along kahshshshsh

But essentially, I sewed in the pattern similar to the one I drew. The dots are where the needle goes all the way through to the back. I also like to use rubber band as an extra mode of support but you can do one or the other. I also like both cuz I can tuck stuff in em between the pages. Since I didn’t take more pictures; I’d really recommend looking up a how-to on YouTube or w/e if my badly drawn diagram isn’t clear enough (heh sorry about that)

Next, I glue fabric to the spine. It spruces it up quite a lot and holds the rubber bands in place, plus it give more support to the spine since there’s gonna be a lot of strain on it.

Only 10 photos per post, so I gotta post this and reblog it with the rest.

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I'm sat in the nest I built in an abandoned tree house I fixed up. The house is located in the middle of a big mossy forest filled with huge trees that shade the forest and protects many woodland creatures. I sit in my nest preening my newly grown wings and laying on a heating pad to ease the pain of them growing. I start getting sleepy so I take the jewelry off my antlers and place them on the hardwood beneath me. I curl up in my nest and I fall asleep to the sound of owls and the rustling of trees and the sound of the creek nearby.

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‘Biddlestone Garden’ by Linda Yvonne

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Something frustrating but also pretty funny is my 14 y/o sister yelling at me telling me gremlincore doesnt exist, its goblincore and that gremlincore isn't what I define it as because of the movie gremlins and that gremlincore should just be brown (even though there are green goblin-like versions of gremlins after they get wet).

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Gremlincore activities

Make a pill bug and moss terrarium (research !)

Bite

Decorate a box for your shiny collection

Clay face mask (mud on face)

Awawaw edible mushrooms in my mouth

Stab (smol knife)

Create a gremlin scrap journal

Create a bug hotel

Vermicomposting ?

Decorate your walls with pictures

Embroider your clothes

Geocaching !

Splash in puddles

Eat chips in blanket fort

Go for a walk and say hi to the bugs, pet the moss, thumbs up to the mushrooms, blurry pictures and treasure finding

Create jewelry with rocks, bones, natural stuff or trash (learn how to do macrame)

Make a little pouch to keep treasure in

Make little clay friends

Roll around in the dirt

Make friendship bracelets with cool trinkets

Scream

Sleep in the sun like a kitty

Pretend a big stick is a sword (tching)

P l ª ñ t s

Make tea ! Lėåf søūp

Magic grems ! Protect your house with hagstones and snail shells

Decompose in the forest

Befriend crows

Good day crows and gremlins

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About me!!

My name is Birgyd!

I wanna try out the pronouns xe/xem but he/him is what I usually prefer!

I am 17 years old

I'm autistic and have adhd

I'm just a gremlin posting my stuff!

Wanna make some new Friends!

(Be gentle tho, strangers make me anxious and don't be angry with me if I block you, it might be because I got bad vibes and got scared)

Here's a drawing I did of me! (May edit later)

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words we don't use, but should be using

Facetious - Pronounced “fah-see-shuss”, this word describes when someone doesn’t take a situation seriously, which ironically is very serious indeed. Not sure if there’s a word for that.

Henceforth - Pronounced “hentz-forrth”, it’s a fancier way of saying “from this point on”. Sounds so sophisticated, no?

Ostentatious - OK, so this one might still be used sometimes, but most people don’t know what it means (or how to spell it, shame on them). You say it “oss-ten-tay-shuss” and it means when something or someone is deliberately showing off, like driving a stupidly expensive car or wearing a horrible designer coat just because it’s designer.

Morrow - From the old English/German ‘morgen’ and Middle English ‘morwe’ comes the brilliant ‘morrow’, a predecessor of ‘tomorrow’ (which is literally “to the morrow”). Basically, it means ‘the day after today’, and you can say ‘on the morrow’ to leave your friends impressed/confused.

Crapulous - This fantastic word is essentially the opposite of ‘fabulous’ and means ‘to feel ill after eating or drinking too much’, which pretty much describes how I live my life.

Kerfuffle - Supposedly derived from Scottish or Irish, kerfuffle is pronounced “curr-fuff-ull” and describes when someone’s making a fuss out of something that doesn’t require it. Don’t pretend you haven’t done this.

Obsequious - If you’re looking at this word and thinking “What?!”, then just know it’s pronounced “obb-see-kwee-uss” and it means when someone is so nice and helpful that it seems fake. Beware: This word is so satisfying to say, you’ll be silently mouthing it all day. I warned you.

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Sorry I haven’t posted in ages guys, life’s been really difficult recently, but these lovely pictures of ponds managed to cheer me up a bit. I hope they cheer you up too! :)

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Hi, welcome to my humble dwelling, here have a seat please!

You must be hungry, don't worry, I'll serve you a nice warm meal too.

What is it, do you have to use the bathroom now?.

Sure thing, it's right there!

Make sure to clean up after you're done!

Also, feel free to take a shower if you feel like it, just remember to dry up the floor after you're done!

If you need my computer you can borrow it, don't worry about it.

Oh dear!, You are shivering, here, have these socks to warm you up

Now, would you tell me what time is it sweetheart?

Oh honey, it's time for you to leave now, what a shame :(

I hope you come visit again dear, i really like having you here, you keep me company like no other can.

Goodbye sweetheart.

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cryptidcore/gremlincore queer moodboard for anon!

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Here is a mood board I made!

Images are not mine