Hang Tag Fun!

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The other day I watched a video on Linda Celestian's YouTube channel. Linda is an American artist with inspiring tutorials for making your own hand-painted collage papers but this particular video was about making a garland from hang tags -- those often beautiful and creative tags attached to clothing, kitchen linens and other consumer products. Her video reminded me I had a stash.

When I dug out the box I discovered a handful of collaged notecards I'd started playing around with years ago.

Here are a few close-ups (excuse the glare from the overhead lights):

 

I seem to have moved past making these little collages yet that pile of tags with their gorgeous graphics and imagery still calls to me. Take a look:

Love the narrow tag attached to this skirt tag. Anything black and white always attracts me. Add in text and I'm hooked!

And look at these darling tags:

These are from a line of Danish clothing for children. Beautiful art work! And then I have a few leather and fabric tags:

It's fun and educational to look back on old work -- to see what drew me then and where I am today. I'm not sure I'll continue with the tag collages -- but it would be a great one-a-day project come winter! And since I have such an abundance of tags on hand there might be a garland -- or two -- in the future.