Best journals for bulky journaling?

Hi all! New to this forum! I did a junk journal of university memories a few years back, it was fun while I was doing it, but by the end the notebook wouldn't close, not even close, was so stuffed it would literally fling itself back open--it's so packed that it's hard to even flip through/enjoy and I've been really discouraged to start again because of that experience. Where did I go wrong? What notebooks are people using that allow for the pages to bulk up? I mostly was just glue stick-ing photos and other papery tidbits (tickets, receipts, etc) to the pages, but would like to start drawing/painting on the pages too. Any recommendations are appreciated!