​​What is Dephemerember?
Dephemerember is a fun creative challenge that takes place every December, where we make ephemera for our junk journals inspired by daily, out-of-the-box prompts.
The name comes from a mix of “December” and “ephemera” — and that’s exactly what it’s all about: creating little paper treasures all month long!
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This Year’s Theme: COMPARTMENTAL MAKING
In 2025, we’re switching things up! Instead of creating a journal, we’ll be making components — the smaller building blocks of ephemera.
Whether you have just a few minutes or an entire afternoon, you can join in:
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Short on time? Make the components only.
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Feeling inspired? Turn them into finished pieces!
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Not feeling a prompt? Save your parts and use them later!
No matter how you participate, you’ll end up with beautiful bits ready to use in future journals.
Snack ’n Stash & Giveaway!
This year, Luise and I are introducing something new — Snack ’n Stash!
We each sent the other a box filled with 50 ephemera components and 3 snacks, and we’ll be using them throughout the month (and tasting the snacks whenever we need an energy boost ).
At the end of December, we’ll both refill our stashes and draw a lucky winner who will receive a mix of components from both of us!
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Freebie for You!
We’ve created a special Scraps ’n Stash label printable as a freebie for you — the same labels you’ll see on our packages in the videos!
You can download it below along with everything else related to this year’s challenge.
Important Dates
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Prompt list released: November 16, 2025
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Instagram Live chat: November 23, 2025, at 4 p.m. CET
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Videos every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday throughout December
Join the Community!
Share your creations using the hashtag #DEPHEMEREMBER on social media so we can all celebrate your creativity and get inspired together.
We can’t wait to see how you interpret this year’s prompts and make them your own!
Let’s make Dephemerember 2025 our most creative and joy-filled year yet!
It’s that time again — the most exciting month in the junk journaling world!DEPHEMEREMBER is back for its 5th year, and Luise Heinzl and I couldn’t be happier to celebrate this creative tradition with you!
YOUR PLAYLISTS!
YOUR PROMPT LIST!
Download your 2025 Dephemerember prompt list below
— your starting point for a month full of creative magic!
ENGLISH
DEUTSCH
YOUR DEPHEMEREMBER MERCH!
Your coffee, tea, or favorite crafting potion deserves its own Dephemerember moment too! ☕Each design celebrates the joy of creating, sipping, and soaking in the magic of our crafting season.
👉 For more details or to order, simply click on the images below!
YOUR FACEBOOK GROUPS!
JOIN THE "DEPHEMEREMBER INSPIRATION" FACEBOOK GROUP! This group came to live when some of you came to the idea to create a Dephemerember related group on Facebook.
JOIN LUISE'S FACEBOOK GROUP "JUNK JOURNAL DEUTSCH"! This group began as a German-speaking community years ago, but has since evolved into an international gathering. I would be thrilled to welcome you there as well!
YOUR HOSTS!
Luise and I first connected a few years ago through social media, and what started as a simple online friendship has grown into something truly special. Since then, we’ve had the joy of visiting each other in person and collaborating on many creative projects—Dephemerember being our favorite of all!Over time, we’ve become not just creative partners but also dear friends. We often joke that we’re junk journal sistas—connected by our shared passion for creativity and the joy of making beautiful things together.
LUISE @luiseheinzl
FIND HER HERE!
BARBARA @49dragonflies
FIND ME HERE!
Welcome to the 4th year of DEPHEMEREMBER!
In case you were wondering about the strange name: It's a combination of December and ephemera 😃
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Dephemerember is a series creating fun ephemera in December using prompts, hosted together with my dear friend, Luise Heinzl.
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From Dec 2nd - Dec 31st, 2024, we'll be showing you new ephemera ideas for your junk journal! Additionally, we have plenty of freebies and goodies hidden in our videos! And there's also a giveaway!
We're excited to see your DEPHEMEREMBER CREATIONS on social media! Please use #DEPHEMEREMBER in your post or YouTube video description, so we can all inspire each other with amazing ephemera ideas!
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Join us and get ready to unleash your inner artist!
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OUR JOURNAL COVER DIMENSIONS: 24 cm tall x 37 cm long (9 1/2 inches tall x 14 1/2 inches). Yours don't have to be the same! We have 4 signatures with 5 folded A4 papers, plus 2 smaller pieces per signature.
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FACEBOOK GROUPS YOU CAN JOIN:
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Luise's facebook group here.
Dephemerember Inspiration facebook group here.
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More infos to follow as we move through Dephemerember 2024...
Dephemerember 2024 Q&A:
Live on Instagram!
If you missed our us Instagram Live on Thursday, Sept 26, 2024 you can rewatch it here.
Digital Paper Inspiration
You can explore the digital papers that Luise and I have curated for our junk journals below. We carefully selected these papers from our collections, printed them, and combined them with various other materials from our personal stash.
Barbara's Curated Dephemerember 2024 Background Kit:
Barbara's Dephemerember 2024 Full Background Kits:
Luise's Curated Dephemerember 2024 Background Kit:
Luise's Dephemerember 2024 Full Background Kits:
Can't get enough of Dephemerember?
Check out our Merch here:
Prompt List 2024
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Dephemerember 2024 Playlist Barbara:
Dephemerember 2024 Playlist Luise:
Your Hosts:
Luise and I first connected a few years ago through social media through junk journaling, and what began as an online friendship has blossomed into something truly special. We’ve since had the joy of visiting each other in person and collaborating on a variety of junk journal projects—Dephemerember being our favorite! Over time, we’ve become not just partners in creativity but also dear friends. In fact, we are junk journal “sistas,” bonded by our shared passion for crafting and creativity.
LUISE @LUISEHEINZL
BARBARA @49DRAGONFLIES
Welcome to the 3rd year of DEPHEMEREMBER (can you pronounce it? 😃). The name is a combination of December and ephemera.
Dephemerember is a series creating fun ephemera in December using prompts, hosted together with my dear friend, Luise Heinzl.
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Join us and get ready to unleash your inner artist!
Download Dephemerember 2023 Prompt List here:
Dephemerember 2023 Freebies and Donations:
Click on the image and select "dephemerember 2023" to see this year's freebies.
Dephemerember 2023 YouTube Playlist:
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Dephemerember 2023 Printable Kits:
Terms Of Use For My Freebies & Digital Paper
The copyright of every digital that you can find in my shop or on my ko-fi site belongs to 49dragonflies.
With your purchase you receive a licence to use my digital images.
What is allowed?
You may print the items that you've purchased from 49dragonflies for your craft projects. You may sell the handmade items that you've created with these items.
What is NOT allowed?
It's NOT ALLOWED to sell the digital items from 49dragonflies as your own digital download! The items from this shop are only made for printing and physical, handmade craft projects.
It's NOT ALLOWED to modify or alter the digital files, which includes incorporating the images into other digital compositions,
It's NOT ALLOWED to use these items for print on demand services or mass production for sale.
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It's NOT ALLOWED to sell, give away, share or swap the printed files as they are!