The bag: a spread in my new altered book

I was shopping on Tuesday and was given this bag.  When I got it home, it fell apart.  So much for a sturdy bag.  However, I loved the message and didn't want to get rid of the bag in its entirety before I created something with it.  After all, not everything needs to go to the trash (or in my case, fuel for my chiminea).

Before I started my September project (which is taking much longer than I expected due to procrastination), I cut a few tags using the only die I own.  Since the sentiment was on both sides of the bag, I used the relevant words to create the tags.

Here is a detail shot of the tags.

I wish I could get the entire spread in a single scan, but the book is simply too large for that.  Here is the right side with the complete sentiment.  As you can see, I even saved the handle, the only decoration I used on the page. 

I sandwiched the handle between two consecutive pages. 

And finally, evidence of the part of the bag that was torn. 

For this spread in my new AB, I proved I can't seem to throw even broken or torn things away when I can add them in some way to my altered book.  I'm really quite pathetic.  But at least you now know the truth about my hoarding habits desire to go green (grin).  To make matters worse, I am off again today to pick up a few things that were not originally on Tuesday's list.  So I may wind up with even more altered art fodder today.