Today I resumed work on the second of two small teabag mini-albums. You can see the first one here. I had already made the backgrounds for album #2, and I have also made the cover, which I will share once I've finished the rest of the book. As before, I had great difficulty…
I am delighted to have finished my inkpad storage unit. Finishing the labels Late last night, I completed the labels both for the unit and for the inkpads. The darker unit labels were written with a white pen. On the left is the scratch paper I created when inking the inkpad labels. The…
A couple of days ago, I began assembling the new unit to hold my Distress Inks. You can see the details of this system here. Glueing the trays together I wasn't sure what kind of glue would work best for this project. I asked my hubby, and he produced a tube of Humbrol…
Rice Paper Most of the papers I ordered have now arrived, and I am just waiting for a few stragglers. I ordered mostly rice paper, with some napkins thrown in for good measure - I found a shop online where you can buy single napkins for creative purposes, rather than having to buy…
Inkpad Storage For many years, I have been looking for a solution to the inkpad storage problem. Many people have beautiful wooden shelf units with them all on display on the wall, but I have not got room for that, and those units are very exensive, and not expandable. Several years ago I…
The Results of my fruit "tea" experiments All the papers and teabags from the fruit "tea" experiment are now dry. They didn't take as long as I thought they would. The ones at the bottom of the pile in the sink were stuck on and some of them ripped when I got them…
Well, I have been busy. I can't remember the last time I did two posts in one day! Pressed into service Thinking about my larger teabag mini-albums, I thought it would be fun to add some pressed flowers and leaves. Several years ago I bought a second-hand flower press on Ebay, not with…
Dyeing paper with fruit "tea" I hesitate to call this stuff tea because it isn't. I have never liked it - far too fragrant and sweet for my taste. I also really dislike herb "teas," most of which taste like dead grass. I prefer a cup of real tea, my favourite being Lapsang…
Teabag Mini-Albums Yesterday I continued working on the teabag mini-albums, beginning with one of the small ones - I've decided to make two rather than one with the backgrounds that I have made. I was in a bit of a quandry what to do with these very small pages, because once I'd done…
Teabags, doodles and inky backgrounds It's so lovely to be back doing teabag art again - it's been years, literally. I've decided to make some teabag mini-albums. I made the first lot of page backgrounds yesterday but forgot to photograph them - photo a bit further down this post. When I had made…
