WILD WEST TAG ALBUM...ER, BOX...UH, WHATCHAMACALLIT

Howdy, pardners!

I have been feverishly tryin to figure out what kind of album to make for your wonderful Wild West Tags, and...when it was all said and done, I realized an album jist wouldn't do the trick. After all, I'm an ALTERED ART ARTIST not a scrapbooker...what would work better for my "over-the-top-and-embellished-to-death" style of creatin? A box! Yes! That's it, I'll use a box...

I got this way cool box at a bookstore somewhere in Florida on one of our mad campin' trips. It already looked like wood, and was full of all kinds of papers, doodads and whatnots. I jist loved it and decided to bring it home and use it fer somethin special. Well this is it!

Here's the front o' the box. I had such fun makin it look all shabby and wild west! My too-spoiled friend Debbie made the "faux suede" letters for me"...thank you! I added denim (cause what is the wild west without Levis?) and bandana (cause I just can't see the one and not think of the other!) and then lots of old and new letters, papers, and such.

Here's the inside o' the lid...



This is a photo of a little mountain lady said to have traded her live bait to a passerby for a can of snuff (see her pocket)! As our Native American friends would say, "GOOD TRADE!" lol

And then the inside o' the box looks like peelin' paint. I just love this paper...came with the box!

Now I feel free to make each tag a page of their own! I can make pockets and cards on fabric and paper, and "doodad" them up to my hearts content! My only thought is, "I wonder if this box is big enuff?" lol

Happy Trails, cowpokes!
Paula Clare