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Junk Creation

Archive for December 2007

December 24th, 2007

Top Off the Tree with a Bit-O-Honey Star

Since today is Christmas Eve, it seems a great idea to finish off the Junk Creation Christmas Tree with a touch of honey.  I know that some of you may have been enlarging one or two of my ideas for your own tree, but this one seems limited to the smaller version, at least if [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 2 comments

December 22nd, 2007

Prom Pictures by…A Dumpster?

 I saw a great Junk Creator/Collector in an article from The State Journal Register on December 12th, 2007 (Article Titled: Dave Bakke: Bargains in a Dumpster–I assume that Dave is the author).  The dumpster diver featured in this interview is Kari Abate.
I thought I’d put up two or three quotes that I found interesting.  I highly recommend [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 2 comments

December 21st, 2007

Notebook Paper Snowflakes

Now that school is out, or soon to be out, you can encourage your kids to make snowflakes out of their old homework assignments and hang them on a tree.  (Or on the refrigerator…)
I think they look nice interspersed with the green tree.

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December 20th, 2007

The Seven How-Tos of Christmas

This is going to sound a little on the odd/cheesy side, but I decided that this blog needed a song to commemorate the Junk Creation Tree that I’m featuring every how-to post until Christmas.
So, if you have a mind to, sing the following words to the same music as the Twelve Days of Christmas:
On the [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 1 comment

December 19th, 2007

Words to live by…

This poster has me remembering a phrase I heard (it was probably started around the same time as the poster came out) that fits very well with Junk Creation and junk creators.
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”  If more people lived life this way, I think dumpster divers would [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 2 comments

December 18th, 2007

Some Junk Doesn’t Need Creating

I got a great deal on the above wireless router–FREE.  People throw out the strangest things.
This site normally explains how to make interesting and/or cool stuff from stuff you find on the ground or in the trash, or that you can buy for very little money at a thrift store.  This one came to me [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 0 comments