Ephemera / found objects
Just to save future time, I've compiled a partial list here of found objects, other ephemera, and what I refer to as “journal junk” (anything that you can put in your journal) that you can use in art/craft projects and journalling. I'll link to this page instead of adding this list to every applicable post. I may update this list from time to time.
2D-ish
advertisements, bills, book pages, brochures and pamphlets, business cards, calendars, candy wrappers, cigarette packs, coasters, comic book pages, correspondence, currency, decals, discarded artwork, doilies, envelopes, fabric, film negatives, flyers and brochures, food packaging, gift wrap, greeting cards, invoices, labels, lace, magazine pages, maps, match books or boxes, newspaper clippings, old cards, package inserts, packaging, paper, paper scraps, photographs, planners, playing cards, postcards, price tags, puzzle pieces, receipts, report cards, ribbons, seed packets, sheet music, slides, soap wrappers, spirit labels, stamps, stickers, store cards, tea bag tags and wrappers, ticket stubs, tissue paper, trading cards, flower petals, menus, advertisements, bills, book pages, brochures and pamphlets, business cards, calendars, candy wrappers, cigarette packs, coasters, comic book pages, correspondence, currency, decals, discarded artwork, doilies, envelopes, fabric, film negatives, flyers and brochures, food packaging, gift wrap, greeting cards, invoices, labels, lace, magazine pages, maps, match books or boxes, newspaper clippings, old cards, package inserts, packaging, paper, paper scraps, photographs, planners, playing cards, postcards, price tags, puzzle pieces, receipts, report cards, ribbons, seed packets, sheet music, slides, soap wrappers, spirit labels, stamps, stickers, store cards, tea bag tags and wrappers, ticket stubs, tissue paper, trading cards, flower petals, menus, notes
3D
badges, beads, pieces of hardened paint, bits of metal and mirror, brooches, buttons, ceramic, chains, coins, earrings, feathers, figurines, filigree, glass, jewellery, jump rings, keys, lace, links, miniatures, nails and screws, pebbles, pendants, personal effects, plastics, pop can tabs, rocks, shells, small toys, swizzle sticks, trinkets, washers and wing nuts, watch parts, watches, wood, zipper pulls, bones, bottle caps, branches, broken glass or pottery, brooches, buttons, camera parts, cassette or VHS tapes, CDs, vinyl records, or parts, circuit boards, computer components, dice, driftwood, electronic parts, eyeglasses or lenses, feathers, game pieces, gears, hairpins or barrettes, hardware, hinges, keys, kitchen utensils, leaves, light bulbs, magnets, medallions, medical supplies, miniature figurines, old phone parts, padlocks, patches, pill bottles, pins, rusted or weathered objects, sea glass, shells, shoelaces, stones, tokens, tools, toy cars, toys, vintage or antique items, vinyl records, wine corks, wires or cables, worn-out clothing items, yarn or thread, memorabilia, zippers
Travel ephemera
A list of some things you could pick up while travelling to put in your travel journal or scrapbook. Make sure to fully clean any applicable piece before you use it.
brochures, bus or train schedules, coasters or napkins, coffee packets, coin or other texture rubbings, flyers, fruit or vegetable labels, local artwork, logos from shopping bags and packaging, maps, menus, newspaper clippings, package inserts, pamphlets from historical sites and churches, photos, pieces of fabrics or yarns, postcards, receipts, store posters, take a tear from the lamp post flyer with tabs, tea bag labels, tickets and stubs, transit route maps, transit transfers, wrappers
Other memorabilia journal junk
Education:, report cards, projects, cuttings from a yearbook, school newspaper articles, play programs, etc.
Work:, contract letters, accolades, work outing items, gifts, etc.
Other experiences:, programs from plays, concert tickets, labels from favourite products, stickers, photographs, etc.