Tea Christmas Party!

You are invited to a tea party!

I am a big fan of tea and changing their flavors, discover new

ones and collect favorites!  One day I was drinking one 

and thought that the paper used to make them is super strong!

 It stands very well the heat and keeps it`s shape while in the hot water!

Most papers disolve in the water and specially when hot

so I decided to give it a try and work with these tea bags!

It is so much fun to discover that everyday things can 

be  transformed into creative endeavors!  

Here is what I did:

After use, I left them to dry alone, this will give them some beautiful

aged color, then I removed the tea by cutting one edge, carefully 

removed the thread and now they are ready to work with them!

Tip: Use the removed tea for your plants and garden!

I`ve stamped on them with permanent ink adding

two or three layers of different stamps, I think black 

looks wonderful for it gives a nice contrast but why not

 trying other colors?

I just love them!  Simply like this, they can be used to make

 beautiful seasonal cards!

Then I thought:

Why not make some cute tiny pillows with them?

So I filled them with a little stuffing! 

I also though I could add a drop of a nice scent and 

place them in a bowl to add a nice touch in a corner.

Then I`ve tried sewing them, this has to be carefully done

but they hold!  In some cases they started to fall appart

but I added a coat of medium on those parts and voila!

 Write beautiful sentiments on them!

To end, I added a cute iron on embellishments on gold and used my pen to add

some accents and voila!

You could make tea bag ornaments with them!

I hope you are inspired to make your life even more beautiful

and change your ideas of trash being a waste!

R e c y c l e 

M a k e A r t 

Make Happy!