Altered Art Fabric Paper Bag Album Scrapbook Album #05

 This 10x10 album is fashioned with 3 paper bags {10 pages + front cover + back cover} please refer to pictures for exact album appearance and contents. Please know this album is constructed with a very direct approach as such the result is "shabby primitive", charming and befalls short of accuracy and precise outcomes, however still very balanced, complete and really a fun ARTicle for conversation and page by page discovery.
This is a dimensional album ARTicle with texture and focus. Upcycled repurposed altered found curiosities and textiles. Collection of supplies is hand selected and combined to personally  fashion a mixed media, one-of-a-kind, opportunity for create artsy archives, diaries, journals, altered books. My journals are created from paper bags, machine stitched upholstery weight fabric pocket pages, edged with vintage trim and fiber embellishment. Albums are generously stuffed with coordinating vintage trim and fabric snip embellished designer cardstock tags. Also included is an abundance of some or all of the following: vintage ephemera, artist hand colorized paper and tags, artist invented dimensional altered embellishments, designer commercial embellishments, commercial text snips, workable Victorian and vintage image reproductions,  eclectic blend of my southern IL nature photography, artist digitally altered public domain images, found clipped images and generous collection of interesting paper snips. Album spine is bound with a heaping variety designer fibers and hand pulled fabric streamers. All album ARTicles are suitable for removal and use in personalizing album.

Please refer to my flickr photo stream http://www.flickr.com/photos/teresa-stanton "Journal Construction Set" for fabric paper bag tutorial and a closer photograph of album construction in addition to the variety of my album offerings.

All items are found, gifted or created in my home studio/ beauty salon/home to my kids and their pets. Please know my studio is equipped with an ionizer HOWEVER purchase with knowledge to your sensitivities Specifically to antique residual smells, beauty salon residual chemical smells, smoke, pet smells. all items have been laundered/restored/refreshed and packaged in new clean wraps for retail. I am NOT suggesting my ARTicles linger offensive odor on the contrary LIKELIHOOD IS items purchased from my studio will reek of either vanilla,patchouli, apple jack, clove or jasmine. Simply cautioning any sensitivities as internet sales leaves the buyer unaware of this aspect.


I WILL COMBINE additional purchases for economical shipping costs, if you are compelled to pay prior to requesting of me a combined invoice i will purpose to refund any shipping overpay thankyou!