Tea Bag Art for Junk Journals

 

Hello my friend !

Are you a tea lover ?

I love iced tea on a hot day-

I use these 'family size' bags to make

SUN TEA

The bags are twice the size of regular bags.

Just need 2 to make a pitcher .

We fill a glass pitcher with cool filtered water, add 

tea bags.

( 2 large or 4 regular )

Set out in the sun for a couple hours.

The sun heats the water and it makes delicious tea.

To begin your art project, you will need to start saving

tea bags...lots of tea bags!

Let them dry a bit and then empty the bags.

Throw the used tea in the garden!

Some I left as bags.

Some I opened and laid flat to continue to dry.

You can wash your bags if you wish.

I liked them stained.

Have you ever noticed, YOGI tea bags have 

encouraging messages on the tags?

I decided to keep them.

They are tea stained and grungy-

I used Matte Mod Podge and a brush

for this project.

I used a hand written letter and some 

pressed and dried flowers.

I used some Mod Podge 

to adhere the flowers to the letter.

I covered the flowers with a tea bag and

smoothed it out with the brush.

Then used Mod Podge over the top of

tea bag.

I used a second bag on the back side.

Then let them dry.

One bag folded in half with pressed flowers-

It looks translucent !

This almost reminds me of delicate Rice Paper.

I don't mind the tiny flecks of tea in the paper.

When the bags were dry and cut open at the base,

I made pockets-

This Elderberry tea had lovely purple stains.

Fill openings and cover and seal with

Mod Podge.

Let dry.

The back is a pocket too-

They can be used as tabs or bookmarks.

These were made with dried flowers and photos.

The possibilities are endless for these tea bags.

Pieces become soft and pliable when dry.

They can be sewn, painted, inked, stamped, glued, dyed....

you name it!

Next week I will be making-

Tea Bag Snippets!

Remember these?

How to make a Paper Snippet Roll

Thanks again for stopping by!

I hope you have a wonderful week.

xo Lisa S

An Easy Book Repair and Share

Hi Friends!

This sweet little children's book needed some repair.

The covers had come apart but the inside pages

were in good shape.

I used a paper cutter to clean up the edges.

All the pages fold onto themselves in a

single signature.

The pages are in good condition.

They were originally stapled in place but not torn.

The staples had already been removed.

I tore a strip of fabric about 1'' wide and long enough

to cover the inside and the outside.

I glued the fabric to the inside first.

I gave myself some space between the covers 

so the pages would not hang over.

I glued the fabric to the inside first,

leaving the long tail of fabric for later.

To take up some space I added a strip of foam.

I used a clip to hold the pages together.

I made three small holes with an awl.

Using a needle and embroidery thread, I hand stitched 

the pages in place.

Starting inside center, through to the outside, back inside,

all the way to the last hole and back to the center and tie off.

See the stitches?

Now glue the cloth over the stitches

and tuck in the end.

This is my favorite glue!

Good as new!

I want to share some of the prayers with you.

I love the illustrations.

Thank you!

xo Lisa S