"Smash" books on the cheap

I bought some good quality, bound books today from Reverse Garbage, Woolloongabba for 20c each.  Yes, that's 20 cents!  They are advertising material and are covered in pictures.

I have turned this:

into this:

My lavender and white page:

Still going.  Not finished yet.

And here's some pages of a lavender one I made for a friend:

My first smash books

I just discovered smash books.  I'm not a scrapbooker, but this seems like a quick and easy way to do something along those lines without the formality.  I made these from scratch with  card stock cut to A5 size for the pages, thick clear plastic to protect the front and back covers; and plastic ring binders.

I added decorations on some pages and left others blank.

I stuck a card from me in each one, with a message inside:

Here's some of the jazzed up pages:

(I love putting little pockets in them for "stuff")

An envelope stuck on the inside back cover to hold bits and pieces for decorating

A flappy piece creates a "secret place"