A Complete Avalanche of Halloween Ephemera | Getting Ready for October Journaling

It’s time to get ready for Halloween journaling, and apparently, I have been collecting Halloween ephemera for years.

In this video, I’m finally attempting to organize my enormous collection of Halloween and October-inspired stickers, washi tape, paper ephemera, notepads, vintage-inspired pieces, and all the other spooky-season treasures I’ve accumulated. Everything is going into one little Hello Kitty basket so that when inspiration strikes, all of my Halloween journaling supplies are within reach.

I’m sharing some of my favorite finds from places like Starseed Homestead, Alley Crafts, Michaels, Sticky, In the Land of Elsewhere, craft shows, the Punk Rock Flea Market, and a few unexpected places — including last year’s McDonald’s Boo Buckets.

There’s cute Halloween, spooky Halloween, vintage Halloween, questionable Halloween, and at least one scary clown sticker that absolutely had to be covered up.

I’m also trying to embrace one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from journaling: stop saving the good stuff. The beautiful sticker doesn’t need a perfect page. The weird sticker doesn’t need a special occasion. Use the things you love and make the page. When I look back at my journals, I love the imperfect pages just as much as the carefully planned ones.

So grab your Halloween journals, pull out your October supplies, and let’s get ready for a spooky season of creativity.

What Halloween image, color, character, or aesthetic has you completely obsessed this year?

And if you have a genius way of organizing your journaling ephemera, I want to hear it.

Happy October, and happy Halloween journaling!

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Today we’re making a Halloween junk journal using something you might not normally think of as a craft supply: a Halloween greeting card.

I picked up a stack of Halloween cards from Dollar General and decided to turn them into little handmade journals for October. Using leftover junk-journaling papers, envelopes, a little translucent paper, waxed thread, and some very well-loved bookbinding tools, I put together a journal with plenty of room for daily writing, notes, ephemera, and all the little things that make October fun.

This craft did not go exactly according to plan. There were crooked pages, a stubborn sewing needle, tangled thread, a rusty guillotine, and more than one moment when I wondered if I was ever going to finish these journals. But eventually, we got there.

And honestly, that’s part of the fun.

This isn’t about making a perfect journal. It’s about using what you have, experimenting, repurposing things, and making something that feels like your own. You don’t need a guillotine, a specialty punch, or expensive supplies to make one. Scissors, an awl or something sharp, some paper, clips, thread, and a Halloween card can get you started.

I also show you how I used the envelopes as pockets for ephemera and how I assembled and stitched the signatures into the card covers.

If you’re someone who likes Halloween, junk journaling, stationery, repurposing, or just making things without worrying too much about perfection, I hope you’ll give this a try.

Halloween is my favorite, and this is just the beginning of my October craft extravaganza.

If you make your own Halloween junk journal, tag me so I can see what you create. I love seeing how everyone takes an idea and makes it completely their own.

I’m Gina from the Someday Society. Thanks for spending some creative time with me, and I’ll see you again next week.

Is it finally time to get our Halloween journals and planners out? I think so!

Come along with me as I get ready for October 2026 with a full Halloween and October planning extravaganza. I’m setting up my October journal, preparing my planner stickers, putting together my October Planner Zine, and gathering all of my favorite seasonal stationery.

I’ll show you my handmade October sticker sheet featuring marigolds, opal, tourmaline, Libra, Scorpio, Halloween imagery, and daily numbers and days of the week for journaling and planning. I’m also putting together my Halloween-themed October Planner Zine, with weekly themes, Halloween planning pages, journal prompts, notes pages, and plenty of spooky details.

Then it’s time to build my October journaling kit! I’m putting together my Halloween journaling bag, coffin-shaped pen case, watercolor pencils, fountain pen, waterproof ink, glue, scissors, pens, highlighters, and all the little things I like to have nearby when I journal.

October is one of the few times of year when I really embrace COLOR, especially oranges, greens, blacks, and all those wonderfully spooky Halloween shades.

I’m also trying to solve one of my ongoing stationery problems: how do you organize all the stickers, paper ephemera, and supplies you’ve lovingly collected so that you can actually FIND them when you want to use them? If you have a great stationery organization system, I want to hear about it!

And, of course, there’s a little discussion about blue ink. I have feelings. Do you?

Grab your favorite journal, planner, pens, stickers, and Halloween supplies, and let’s get ready for October together.

Thanks for hanging out with me!

Gina from the Someday Society

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Is it just me, or does August and September always make you want to switch into a brand-new planner? In this video, I’m sharing my complete September planner and journal setup as I prepare for my favorite season of the year, fall!

Join me as I:

• Set up my September planner
• Decorate with my printable September sticker collection
• Share how I keep multiple calendars and journals working together
• Make a custom September divider and journal cover

Whether you’re a planner enthusiast, journal lover, or simply enjoy cozy stationery videos to play in the background while you create, I hope this inspires you to prepare for a fresh month with intention.

September Patreon Printables Include:
• September sticker sheet
• Monthly printable planner insert
• Daily date stickers
• Day-of-the-week stickers

If you love layered planner spreads, journaling, stationery, and all things fall, I’d love to have you join our creative community!

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Our new September printables are live on our Patreon. These items are free for our Patreon members. We have a printable sticker sheet and planner zine for September. Let us know how you are using them! We can’t wait to see your creativity!

The 100 day project is a fun, creative project that has been around for many years. You can find more information regarding the project at https://www.the100dayproject.org/. The website is really informative, there are videos, past projects, podcasting, etc. If you have never heard of this project before, I would recommend starting there.

I have been (trying) to complete the project for a few years and have not had much success. This year, I am ready (I hope). I am planning to make journal trading cards, which are my version of artist trading cards (more info here). I think this should be relatively fun and help me to use up some of the crafting supplies that I have been hoarding.

In order to help me stay on track, I created a zine to document my journey. I have made that zine available for you here, for free. Maybe it will help you too.

I intend to create 50 cards over the 100 day period, so if I need some time to catch up, I will have it. Check out my youtube video below and let me know about your project! I am also considering having a weekly online meetup, let me know if you are interested email thesomedaysociety@gmail.com.