Junk

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But because I only had small pieces of fabric to play with, I had to get inventive with my junk journal cover. Alternatively, you can create a ring-bound junk journal by using the front and back covers of a book and removing the spine completely.

An easy way to remove pages is to find the center of each signature and remove the top few sheets in each one. Today, Junk is still widely read, and the approach it takes in being open, honest and upfront about drugs and drug culture is seen as being enpowering thing, encouraging people to think for themselves, rather than encouraging them to take drugs, as its critics still sometimes try to make out. Susan Bickerstaff, "Exploring the Risks in Smack: Risky Stories in Young Adult Literature", Victoria Risko, ed. They didn’t always happen to those particular characters in that particular way, but they did happen.You might also like to watch how I made some simple paper bag journals following a tutorial from Wendy’s Journal Adventure. After a particularly violent incident, he decides to run away to Bristol, even though he knows no-one there and has no money. Take a look at my video here to see how I made some fun book page pockets, which each have four pockets (as well as a fifth one once you’ve glued the whole thing down on three sides onto your actual journal page! While junk journals may sound like they’re a hot mess of things you’d normally expect people to throw away, the result is actually beautiful and unique.

Vonny is frustrated by this, as she does not see it as the same situation; they are protecting Tar, but Gemma is unafraid and merely wants a more 'interesting' life.Here’s how one of my pocket pages turned out when I added some beautiful butterflies and other details. Join the creative journey of making composition notebooks filled with memories, notes, lists, and more! This eclectic and colourful boho journal was my first full-sized junk journal – and I’m still in love with the cover today.

Maybe that's just my preference, but I have become accustomed to actors who create unique voices for (at minimum) each of the main characters.In fact, in a world where drugs, drug culture and drug information is widely and available, Junk was simply very long overdue. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. I wouldn’t say I’d recommend it, but if you’re looking for the End of the World story, this one is a OK one to check out. Of course at that age, people read adult books, but there are almost no books aimed directly at, or about, people in the middle and later years of High School and up. But while a pocket is often glued on three sides, a tuck spot is often only glued on two or sometimes only one side.

Instead of leaving them to collect dust in a drawer, I decided to turn them into kitchen journals for our favourite recipes. Never has a teenager’s novel raised so many questions about life and the restrictions society places upon us as this one. In the photo above, you can see an ephemera pouch and a small journal, which I made from thick book pages.

It's very much a Hollywood version of the super-rich (which is not to say that Saudi Princes and industrialist scions aren't really this bad). That’s what I’ve used as the base of this fairy junk journal, so decorating the cover was super quick and easy. DIY smash books are another way to record your favorite memories, but in this type of record keeping, organization and perfection are not expected. Controversy has always gone where this book has gone for it’s hard-hitting approach to the subjects of drink, of drugs and of sex.