# Editorial Policy

## What We Write About

 

Paper Hazel covers junk journals, scrapbooks, journaling and the printables and paper crafts that go into them. Every article answers one question a person has with a journal open on the table: how to start the page, why it looks messy, which glue to use, how to keep a printable sharp.

 

## How an Article Is Made

 

 
- The idea is made on paper first. If I have not built the layout or printed the sheet, it does not go in. 
- Each layout is broken into layers, with the materials for each one. 
- Printables are printed on a home inkjet before they are recommended. Paper weight and print setting go next to them. 
- Where a step usually goes wrong — curling pages, a spine that will not close, a sheet that prints blurry — the article names the problem and the fix. 
- Images are made for the article. We do not reuse other people’s photos of their journals. 

 

## Products We Mention

 

A product appears only when it solves something the free route does not: a printable kit that saves an evening of cutting, a paper that does not buckle under glue. We check that other buyers have been happy with it before it goes in. We do not accept payment for placement.

 

## Keeping Things Current

 

Articles are checked and updated. The date at the top of each article shows when it was last updated.

 

## Corrections

 

If something is wrong, write to hello@paperhazel.com and it will be fixed, with the article date updated.