I hope you found this overview of different types of junk journals helpful and inspiring! Which one or ones are you excited to try making first? Let me know in the comments below… At the age of 5 years 211 days, Bella J Dark from Weymouth, UK has become the world’s youngest person to publish a book (female). Bella spent “about five days” writing the entire story. She also illustrated the book by herself (with the exception of one picture at the end drawn by older sister Lacie May). I was happy for her and I just love getting involved and giving attention and praise to everything she does,” Chelsie said. It’s an absolute gold mine of genuine vintage and antique papers and other interesting ephemera for you to use in your junk journals.

This was a weird, high-thrills alien invasion story that just became too weird and disjointed. Les Bohem is the screenwriter for Spielberg's series Taken, and the Hollywood feel is very much in evidence.

Keep in touch

There are lots of ways you can approach a Christmas-themed junk journal. Last year, I made a collection of soft-cover fabric journals (once again using envelopes and fabric as my base).

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." So an underground resistance forms around the old vlogs this girl put out that seem to explain everything and they get passed around via analog means (like VHS) to avoid detection. For some reason her vlogs inspire people to resist the new ruling class even though there's nothing terribly inspirational about them. Eventually there's some chasing and some resisting and some winning. 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. Brilliantly and sensitively written, it encompasses the raw, savage and ecstatic world of the adolescent mind... a superbly crafted and important book." One of the easiest and most popular is the 3-hole pamphlet stitch. And then there’s the 5-hole pamphlet stitch, which some say is more secure than the 3-hole version.Butterfly ephemera, bird ephemera and botanical ephemera are all popular choices. You could also look for a specific season such as spring-themed ephemera. As before, junk journals can also greatly vary in size. Listed below are some of the most common sizes of junk journals. You could also “pretty it up” by mixing in lace, flowers or feminine colours with all of the industrial goodness. This is sometimes called “Romantic Steampunk” or “Shabby Steampunk”. Notes On Junk Journal Aesthetics So half the population is gone but society continues on as before but with less traffic (seriously, there's barely a blip that registers with the SEVERAL characters in this novel). Of those remaining, most are normal but a few are "Pluses" -- i.e., they've become a semi-superpowered ruling class based on how their DNA reacted to the alien Russian flu thing. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British author. [4] For the 70th anniversary of the Medal, in 2007, Junk was named one of the Top 10 winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. [5] Junk also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a similar award that authors may not win twice; [6] it is the latest of six books to win both awards. [a]

This was the best book that I have ever read. After reading the first paragraph I couldn’t put it down. The never-ending twists and unexpected outcomes make this book an excellent read for all teenagers.” 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. 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.Whatever you want to use a junk journal for, if you’re after a beautiful and interesting book to write or doodle in, then I bet you’ll love owning or making a junk journal! Terrible. DNF at 15%. Overly vulgar with no payoff, poorly written and the narration by Waters was so uselessly unprofessional that it actively detracted from the already utterly incomprehensible stupid plotting. In this case, you might find journal prompts helpful. Maybe a single word is enough to jolt your creativity into action? Or maybe writing an answer to a question or completing a sentence will get your pen flowing?

Or would you prefer to make an altered book junk journal? This means you’ll skip the need to make your journal cover and you’ll skip the binding process. Occasionally a 'teenage novel' comes along which makes one reconsider the whole genre and its potential. Such a book is Melvin Burgess's Junk."So along came this beautiful “Enchanted Woodland” fairy journal featuring the Willow Fairy on the front. Whichever type of junk journal you make, many of the steps after making the cover are similar, so I hope you find the following instructions helpful. A very skilled storyteller... this writer involves the reader, plays havoc with the emotions and is certainly not about easy endings." Richard - an anarchist and left-wing activist who helps Gemma and Tar find somewhere to live. He is in his twenties. Or will you make a little envelope, which turns into a fun flip down journaling spot when pulled open – like in this tutorial by Natasa from Treasure Books.