Tag, you're it.

Today I was searching for an example of one project, but found an example of another project and made it. That's what happens when you've got a clean worktable and are waiting on laundry to finish. What was the project? A shipping tag art journal - or glue book, whatever. [Sidenote: are you as tired as I am of "properly" identifying the projects you make?]

I used 4 manila shipping tags because I wanted to make a collaged accordion fold book and just happened to grab 4 tags from the drawer. They're size 5 shipping tags. I taped them together with masking tape, leaving a tiny space between each for ease of folding. For collage materials, I decided this was the perfect project for the recycled mail art scraps I've collected; colorful parts of envelopes, packaging, notecard parts, cancelled stamps, collage pieces. 

No rhyme or reason, just pick something, glue it, stick it down.

Papers were overlapped across tags to reinforce the connection.

After the front side was complete, I attached a closure.

Accordion fold books need help staying closed.

I stapled a generous length of baker's twine to the front that will wrap around a few times and tie nicely. Then I did the same style of collage to the back as I did the front.

When it was done, I chose some likely strings and things for the holes. Because they're there, so why not.

Ta-da!

Collage art book thing.

Toodles.