I then embellished them in different ways – using my focal images as a starting point. 18. “Happiness At Christmas” Junk Journal Cover Some junk journalers like to store vintage and antique ephemera inside their journals – as an interactive and interesting historic element. Because there are so many different styles and aesthetics, binding methods and materials when it comes to junk journaling, I thought it would be easier to separate the different types of junk journals I’ve come across into categories. If you’re looking for an easy junk journal, then I can think of nothing better than using an A4 or US letter-sized envelope. In time, Lily has the baby and continues to inject heroin whilst the baby is breastfeeding. Meanwhile, Rob starts cottaging himself in public toilets, to fund their habit. Tar has totally changed; the naive, joyful person he once was, has been replaced by someone who lies to and steals from his friends and even from Gemma. Both boys become drug dealers. They have a traumatic experience when they discover a friend and his girlfriend dead after overdosing. However, they do nothing to alert the authorities, instead just stealing their drug stash.

You might also like to watch how I made some simple paper bag journals following a tutorial from Wendy’s Journal Adventure. The process is similar to using envelopes and bubble mailers. If you’re not sure how to bind a junk journal, then note that there are various binding methods you can use. Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". The Guardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 1 August 2012.And you can make junk journals out of almost anything, which means there’s also a wide mix of difficulty levels to suit each and every one of you fellow crafty people. Hello, I’m a french girl of 23 and I read “junk” when i was eighteen. I’ve been read it again and again and I can tell you this book changed my life because after “junk” I came to a the faculty and I studied ‘psychology’ and now I’m working in a little center in Paris helping some people who are drug addict and that’s an incredible experience. I’ve find my way because of this book and i’m very grateful.

It’s an absolute gold mine of genuine vintage and antique papers and other interesting ephemera for you to use in your junk journals. RELATED: 52 Junk Journal Prompts To Help You Write In Your Junk Journal What do you put in a junk journal? You’ll find plenty of lists of journal prompts around the web and I’ve also made a list of prompts, which you might like to take a look at. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( June 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)The record was previously held by Dorothy Straight (b. 25 May 1958), who was six years old when her book How the World Began was published by Pantheon Books in August 1964.

Hidden journaling spots are a lot of fun to create, and once again, they can be as simple or as elaborate as you like. As with most parts of this addictive craft, there’s no right or wrong way to make a junk journal. And there are certainly no set rules to follow.

But even if you just glue things to your base (such as a book cover), this is absolutely fine to do especially with good glues like the ones mentioned above. Both my Tim Holtz ring-bound journal and my Enchanted Woodland fairy journal had very little sewing involved (just gluing things onto my book covers) 🙂 Then the steps are similar to the ones listed above. You’ll need to reinforce your spine or make a new one for the book cover if it’s not wide enough. Richard - an anarchist and left-wing activist who helps Gemma and Tar find somewhere to live. He is in his twenties. Anyway, here are a few of the more common types of junk journal themes and designs I’ve come across so far: This should have worked! I know Jon Waters isn't a professional voice actor but he's FREAKIN' Jon Waters so he could have been a perfectly acceptable conduit for this dark humored screeching paced story of weird.

Bold and cunningly structured - a real novel with an unpatronising tone... Junk offers no easy solutions, but, both in content and execution, it respects the intelligence of its readers, leaving them shaken, probably, but informed and ready to make their own judgements." As you might have guessed, you can also have a fair amount of cross over between these aesthetics. We’ve already seen shabby chic and steampunk mixed together, but vintage can also be applied to any of these as well. As with everything junk journal related, you have free reign to go where your creativity allows! 15+ Junk Journal Themes To Consider READ NEXT: 10 Junk Journal Binding Ideas & Tutorials To Inspire You 6 Different Sizes of Junk JournalsIf you’re making a journal for yourself, then it’s your own personal space with which to record your innermost thoughts to learn more about yourself, the world around you or some other topic you’re interested in. David 'Tar' Lawson - fourteen years old at the start of the book. Abused by his father, he is never proud of taking drugs but becomes a heroin addict after discovering that the drug helps him forget the abuse he has endured. Please note that the steps listed above are for making junk journal covers by upcycling old and unloved books.