Welcome to your new creative haven, where every scrap tells a story. Welcome to Junk Journal Joy!
MZ - self-taught since age 10
Certified Zentangle Teacher
Author of 20+ books
Are you ready to turn scraps into stories, clutter into creativity, and everyday junk into a creative masterpiece?
Welcome to MZ Creates, your new home for playful, soulful, and gloriously messy creativity.
You already have everything. Make beautiful things from old envelopes, tea-stained paper, ticket stubs and the pretty bits of an ordinary life. No shopping list. No overwhelm. Just you, your hands, and the materials already waiting in your house.
We believe that joy lives in the layers—in ink-splattered papers, stitched-together pages, pop-up pockets, and messy hands full of possibility. This is your creative sanctuary where journaling becomes interactive, personal, and gloriously imperfect!
CREATIVE COURSES
Hand lettering is not very difficult, all you need to do is practice. Start with a little project and then practice it every day in different forms. Colorful and beautifully crafted letters make your art more appealing that makes your journals and art really stand out. In my quest I have tried several different kinds of lettering. Brush lettering, calligraphy, and whimsical lettering in which I love brush lettering which allows me to play more.
In this class you’ll learn how to make a planner that suits you! That includes what YOU need. So in a way I guess you could say this class will teach you how to make the perfect planner! We will start with the basics and go over the different materials you can use.
Learn how to turn a 12x12 sheet of paper and some card scraps and other fun junk journaling materials to create your own interactive memory book! This is the perfect course for beginners and advanced students alike.
BOOKS TO SPARK JOY
Digital Books are available as PDF downloads so you get access immediately!
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Hi I’m Mahe Zehra a.k.a MZ Welcome to my Whimsical World!Hi, I’m Mahe. I was self-schooled. The greatest thing my parents ever gave me wasn’t what they taught me — it was teaching me that I could learn things on my own.
I’ve been teaching myself hard things since I was ten years old. I also grew up in Lahore, in a household where nothing was ever thrown away the first time. Biscuit tins became sewing kits. Old saris became quilts. I am the daughter of two long lineages of women who saved, mended and repurposed beautifully — not because they had to, but because waste genuinely offended them.
Twenty-five years on, that’s the foundation of everything I make and everything I teach. MZ Creates is where I teach the soulful art of making meaningful pages from what you already have — old envelopes, tea-stained paper, ticket stubs, the pretty bits of an ordinary life. I’m a Certified Zentangle Teacher and the author of around twenty books on paper craft, journaling and mixed media. I teach the way I was taught — by being trusted to figure it out. I won’t lecture you. I’ll sit beside you and show you that you can do this. Because you can. [ Read my full story ]