To see my online art courses: kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/collections To see printable scans of vintage paper ephemera from my private collection, they are here on Etsy: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BookandPaperArts If you are interested in buying original paper and vintage ephemera bundles full of cards, paper, handwritten pieces, lace, and more I sell them here: bookandpaperarts.com/french-ephemera-book-arts-boxes/
@NolaTheAlamoChiliQueen
Жыл бұрын
Oh how adorable! I love how you use every little bit! Waste not, want not.
@bettylongshore9594
Ай бұрын
LOVE your tea bag ideas!!!!! We've been saving them for quite awhile, but didn't know what to do with them!!!!!
@BookandPaperArts
29 күн бұрын
Hi Betty, thanks for this. Also, keep collecting because in the next few weeks I am going to show a technique for making tiny bowls from tea bags. I keep putting it off because it's so messy. But very cool. 😺
@robertakeirn1870
Жыл бұрын
Love this video! “You have permission to go wild. Go big.” I just love the whole concept and “coming right off the page… and I don’t care.” Priceless advice in any format! 🖤
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so, Robert. In my teaching I find that the first lesson is not perspective or colour values or fill-in-the-blank-here so much as it is teaching the right and the duty to be creatively bold, especially when we are talking about using almost free supplies. Do it wrong, go ahead, and have a blast! Hope you are having a creative weekend.🦋🦋Kelly
@sunnie2474
Жыл бұрын
I love tea bags and find them fairly sturdy, as they are designed to be wet. In the US we can get "family size" which are about half again larger. Love your videos!
@karenmilligan3590
Жыл бұрын
Is family size the same size as bags for pitchers of ice tea?
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sunnie. They are weirdly resilient and I use them to mend altered book spines all the time. We don't have the larger size here (ice tea drinking not being what it is in the states 😉) but I buy loose make-your-own filters for holding loose tea and they come in some big sizes. Happy making!
@acknims
Жыл бұрын
You made my day! My sister is collecting teabags for me for a long time now……. This idea of you will make a ‘thank you’ present for her!
@sandybe11
Жыл бұрын
These are wonderful! I really like the uneven pages..I’m inspired to make one for a birthday “card.”
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sandy. The birthday card idea is great. I think this would make a cool gift, maybe blank with a little box or envelope of paper scraps and a glue stick. A lot of fun, creative promise for a couple of bucks and I know that is the kind of present I love getting. Keep me posted! Kelly
@susanmayer9791
Жыл бұрын
I'm inspired! This afternoon I'm having tea with a friend...I will be collecting all the teabags we use! Great video, Kelly!❤
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Susan, thank you for letting me know. This makes me happy. Now go get 'em. (If the bags are still damp you can always iron them!) Kelly
@susanmayer9791
Жыл бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts Lol Will do!
@marymole5531
5 ай бұрын
Hi, Kelli, I just found today! I'm so glad! I love your style. You will help me greatly, I'm just starting. I'm watching this video at this time. Thank you, so much.
@BookandPaperArts
5 ай бұрын
Hello and welcome, Mary. I hope you are having a creative week and make gorgeous pages! Kelly
@kimberlycook5860
Жыл бұрын
Really great journals Kelly!
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks bunches, Kimberly!
@shirleyberky2040
10 ай бұрын
I am learning so much. Thanks for sharing you knowledge. What fun!!
@BookandPaperArts
10 ай бұрын
Thank you, Shirley. That is truly nice to hear. I hope you try it and make adorable books and cool, tiny journals. Kelly
@barrylytle5118
Жыл бұрын
Love using tea bags This is wonderful! Thank you! 💙🌿💙
@lynnboyd33
Жыл бұрын
Kelly, what a joy to seer you up here AND a much longer vid then usual! Just loved watching, and listening to you describe the ins and outs of your darling little T Bag books! Those tiny little pieces of paper, are so amazingly sturdy! I also loved, how you made the crispy cheese cloth material! I'd seen you do that a long time ago and I think I'd used straight M/Podge, and it blocked too many of the holes up. But I'm sure that mixing the M/P with water and drying them on a dry spot will do the trick! Thank you! Have a blast in France next week, you always do. Can't wait to see the traveling vids, and also peek at what you bring back home.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Lynn. I actually should have made this two twenty-minute videos but hindsight is you know what. Thank you for the vote of confidence, though! If I sewed I might add some slow stitching to the stiffened gauze. How about you? I hope you have a creative week, my dear. Kelly
@gwynnedjackson3871
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! So cool! I have been collecting tea bags and have enough to try this !
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Gwynne. Keep me posted. I'd love to hear how it turns out. Also, if you get short of tea bags you can always ask friends or even a local coffee shop if they will save some for you. Happy making! Kelly
@heleneebenstein9120
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful project, Kelly. I love the look and your decorations are wonderful. Now I have to save up my teabags.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks bunches, Helene. Now, you can save up or you can go mad and just put 20 tea bags in a pot and pour off the tea (or save it for ice tea!) and jumpstart your stash. Happy making!
@lisalisaandthecoolgem929
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the inspiration! A few months back I had my sister and husband save their tea bags for me. So I have them here, just waiting to be put into service! So excited! Have a wonderful, safe trip to France! 🤗🥰🤗
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Lisa. Nothing like a stash. I talked to someone who was not a tea drinker who simply asked their local coffee shop to save him some and they did! Hope you make some fun books and other stuff. I actually use tea bags for mending rips in pages and if you glue them onto text it looks like parchment and is very cool. Happy making!
@lisalisaandthecoolgem929
Жыл бұрын
Oh, awesome idea on the coffee shop! Plenty of those around… I’ve used them in my junk journals and collaging… thanks for all the great ideas! Keeps the creative juices flowing!🥰☺️
@RustToStardust
Жыл бұрын
Kelly, these are so cool! Thank you for sharing. You have inspired me to make a teabag book!
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Simone. Let me know how it turns out. Now go get 'em! Kelly
@RustToStardust
Жыл бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts You da best lady!!! 😂😍
@carolyndaughton3373
Жыл бұрын
So beautiful!
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks bunches, Carolyn!
@jayanthidissanayaka9121
Жыл бұрын
Hi, with a lot of patience you demonstrate the tea bags journal....that is wonderful.,..i do having some teabag painting cute journals.,..my grand kids like them😅of course ❤and working on that tiny canvases are very much interest ❤ thank you for the video ❤❤❤
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hello there and thank you! It is interesting how sometimes working in small spaces makes our imagination work in a more resourceful way. I sometimes make altered books in a big format but by far the small ones have more oomph. Maybe it is the same for the tea bags. Hope you make fun tea bag pages! Kelly
@RoseWildsmith
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous thank you for sharing ❤
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Rose, it is my real pleasure. 🌷🌷🌼🌼🌻🌻
@debsmith7050
Жыл бұрын
Kelly does way cool stuff 😊 Safe travels; have fun and good luck finding treasures
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Deb. I am a lucky woman and a blessed one but dang, travel is not what it used to be and I am gearing myself up for the ordeal. After that, however, treasure awaits, to say nothing of pastry! Kelly
@bettyaldama7759
6 ай бұрын
Just subscribed,love the tea bags you made! I’m going to try it! Tfs!
@BookandPaperArts
6 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you, and welcome, Betty. Have a creative week!
@theresapalmer7892
Жыл бұрын
I have lots of tea bags, I need to find some floral napkins. I might gesso some tea bags and stamp them and paint them.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Theresa, keep your eyes peeled for napkins. Once you start looking for them you see them all over the place. I have some with cute insects and some with peacocks that are crazy wild and fun. Happy hunting!
@karenlulay
Жыл бұрын
This is so cute. I love small or miniture projects. Thanks.
@rosem3577
Жыл бұрын
So fun!! I’ve been wanting to make a tea bag journal for a while. Thank you for All the tips!
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Rose, that's terrific! Now go get 'em and make a gorgeous little book. Or a bunch of them. 😺😺Kelly
@centibastelt2023
Жыл бұрын
What charmin little books you made! I do love them both. Plus, you've just inspired me to make myself a plain little notebook. I will need one of those next week and couldn't find some to buy (I will use regular paper because I want to write in it, but you know - this easy binding technique got me!) Thanks for showing! 🌻
@ruthvanalstine8296
4 ай бұрын
Love this! Thank you
@susanhudson3299
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Kelly - loved this video!
@waynepage54
Жыл бұрын
GREAT JOB !!! jenna
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so, Jenna. 🌷🌷🌼🌼🌻🌻
@kristinev7671
Жыл бұрын
Never thought I’d be eager for floral napkins today or any day😆. Great instructions. Your videos are wonderful, inspiring us to dare to give it a try, using what we’ve got, at whatever skill level we are at. Thank you❣️
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Kristine. Re napkins, my art stash is a healthy mixture of original ephemera from the 18th and 19th centuries - and stuff I grab at PoundLand and the kids section of the discount craft store and paper napkins are the best. I have some with picnic themes that have little insects that are so cute, and birds, and you name it. I also have some with peacocks that cost 50cents in a sale. Go get 'em! Thank you for touching base with your kind words. It means a lot to know that the message of being bold and using what we have to make wherever and however we are is getting out there. 🌷🌼🌻 Kelly
@katiehanrahan5293
Жыл бұрын
Kelly, have you tried using matt medium instead of diluted PVA to paint your teabags? Seems it might be a good option.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Katie, good question. I use matte medium as my glue of choice and I did try prepping tea bags with a coat and the result was a very stiff bag indeed. It makes a nice little canvas if you want to paint on them, as well. For my own style of books I prefer the floppier ones but using straight matte medium is definitely an option for a different kind of page.
@katiehanrahan5293
Жыл бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts I thought about this later, after I’d sent the comment. I’m thinking the PVA mix would be better because it is more flexible that matte medium. Matte medium would be good for a stiffer cover perhaps. Going to start saving my teabags and make a few of these!
@karenmilligan3590
Жыл бұрын
Kelly, thank you for the prep instructions. Is it feasible to add anything to the gauze pages. I like plain but.... would simple hand stitching/embroidery or flat crystals/paper buttons work or is embellishment too heavy?
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Karen. You know, if I did slow stitching that is what I would add with some heavier thread or even thin twine. I can also imagine buttons being added or adding some ribbon or lace. Layers! Keep me posted if you try it. 😺😺Kelly
@karenmilligan3590
Жыл бұрын
I'll have to watch again. I remember the gauze papers as being left as is. Thanks.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
@@karenmilligan3590 You are quite right. They are plain in the video. I was just brainstorming some embellishing ideas. 😁😁
@veronicastewart1112
2 ай бұрын
You could spray starch or sizing on the cheesecloth, rather than trying to paint it with stiffener.
@BookandPaperArts
2 ай бұрын
Hi Veronica. Thanks for the reminder and comparing notes. Yes, spray starch is way easier and works a treat. 🌷🌻🌼
@maryannscheblein-dawson9202
7 ай бұрын
What if you used either coffee water or tea water as the water part with your PVC glue? It would give you a distressed stiffener?
@BookandPaperArts
7 ай бұрын
Hi Mary Ann. That is a great idea and it has been on my list of things to try. Maybe I can add it to an upcoming video. 🌻🌼🌷Kelly
@crisanados1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your Video. I have a question. What do you think about use a sewing machine to sew the book, in these tiny books? (Sorry for my English).
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Cristina. Yes, if you look on Pinterest under Tea Bag Books I think you will find some with sewing. They are beautiful. Please tell me how it works and what you make! 🌷🌼🌻Kelly
@crisanados1
Жыл бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts thank you Kelly. I Will look no Pinterest and I will tell you about 😉
@lorrainedewaal3838
Жыл бұрын
I’m new to your channel. Have you ever used coffee filters?
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hello and welcome, Lorraine, and please forgive my late reply - I am traveling. I have used coffee filters but not in awhile. Once when I was also traveling I noticed our morning coffee filters were drying in gorgeous patterns so I rinsed and dried them every day then trimmed them and tried to make them into a little book. The results were not great. 😁How about you? Kelly
@lorrainedewaal3838
Жыл бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts I am experimenting with them now. They are a bit sturdier than the tea bag, especially if I use Mod Podge. I have even crinkled them up and they look great.
@charlottebeseke5596
Жыл бұрын
YOU SAID NAPKINS ARE EASY TO FIND. LIKE WHERE? I CAN'T FIND THEM EXCEPT ON PLACES LIKE ETSY AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE!
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi there, Charlotte. Perhaps there are places to look. I find them in my grocery store in the section where they sell stuff for picnics and birthday parties and cookouts and the like. Card shops, stationery and office supply stores are options. But maybe try your local big box store such as a Kroger, Target, WalMart, etc, and check out the sections that sell things for picnics and parties. They are under $5 for a pack with ten or 20 napkins. I hope you find some good ones!
@susiescraftroomandstudio
Жыл бұрын
Great ideas and great video. Blessings and Hugs 🤗 NRN = no reply necessary
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Not necessary but thank you all the same, Susie. I always appreciate hearing !
@sheilabennett3289
2 ай бұрын
Just found your channel 🎉🎉🎉 Yay!!! Your little books are adorable. Thank you for sharing this tutorial. Your instructions are very clear. I've been saving tea bags for years, and now I have confidence to use them ❤❤❤
@BookandPaperArts
2 ай бұрын
Hi Sheila, thanks for this. Also, I am experimenting with more tea bag projects so stay tuned! Kelly
@kellemojelle9336
Жыл бұрын
Hack: used dryer sheets work great in place of gauze and cheesecloth
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hello there, Kelle. Thanks for the idea. I haven't tried it but I could how that porous paper would be a good alternative. Can you tea dye it? 🤔Kelly
@kellemojelle9336
Жыл бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts you absolutely can tea dye and several other types of aging methods.
@sandraterwilliger4879
4 ай бұрын
Soooooo love your tiny book!!! Your work is amazing!❣️🤩
@BookandPaperArts
4 ай бұрын
Why thank you, Sandra. I do love these little books out of leftover stuff and tea bags and then it is fun to fill them. Hope you make great teensy pages!
@joditraub6827
3 ай бұрын
I really like your botanical one ! Thanks for sharing, lots of info 👏🏻enjoy your cuppa!
@BookandPaperArts
3 ай бұрын
Hi Jodi, thanks bunches! I do like my tea although quite a few people who commented on this video said that they did not 😮but that they were able to acquire tea bags by asking a local coffee shop to save them. I do call that resourceful. And you?
@joditraub6827
26 күн бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts that’s pretty resourceful! I LOVE TEA! 🫖 nice hot cup and I drink lots of iced tea. I’ve got a good used tea bag stash building up now.
@dassodia
Жыл бұрын
These are fabulous little art journals! That first piece of gauze you showed that had pooled glue actually struck me as looking like messy Venetian lace. Pretty cool.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hello there and thanks for that vote of confidence. I reckon if we don't tell people it isn't supposed to be like that, they might wonder how we achieved such a cool effect. One of my mottoes for art and for life. Hope you have a creative weekend! Kelly
@juliegreenan5289
6 ай бұрын
Kelly, thanks for this great video. Did you do one for making bowls, as showed us at the end? Dying to try!
@BookandPaperArts
6 ай бұрын
Hi Julie, I am soooo glad you asked. I did not do it as I ended up being sick of looking at tea bags 😺 but now it is back in the pipeline because these tea bag bowls are CUTE. Maybe in mid-April. Kelly
@jayneelinor
Жыл бұрын
What a sweet little book! Been using tea bags in books bit never as the book. I can see this with lace and other fabric pages and slow stitching. The kettle is on! Thanks for sharing.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jane. I had so much fun making little books for this tutorial that I made a bunch for the heck of it. As you say, you can add so many different kinds of texture and elements but they are only tea bags and there is no need to be precious or overplan, just make gorgeous, whimsical pages. I hope you are having a creative weekend! Kelly
@carolyndaughton3373
Жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial! I'm so happy I found your channel. I've liked and subscribed. Thank you for sharing your talent.
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hello and welcome, Carolyn. This message truly makes me happy. Thanks for touching base.🌻🌼🌷Kelly
@kimsinspiredlife
7 ай бұрын
Fabulous project! Can’t wait to make one soon⭐️
@cinziabeley7059
Жыл бұрын
I love this tutorial, thanks so much! I'm new to Altered Books and love working with teabags.
@alexandraalmeida3661
Жыл бұрын
The other day I bought black tea (which I don’t drink, I only drink herbal tea) to dye fabric. I kept the bags, which I dried and took of the leaves. They look amazing, because they dried in the sun, but they’ve been sitting there waiting for something.... This is such a great idea, since I love messy art journaling. I always leave things hanging out of the page or pieces of paper sticking out, so I think I may try this. Thanks for sharing, Kelly 💙🧡❤️💛💗💚💜♥️🖤
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Hi Alexandra. What good timing! I actually use the larger size bags in my work - I buy them online for holding loose tea. Also, tea bags are a good way to mend weak or torn places in journals and altered books. They add to the patina and make the page stronger. Let me know if you make a little journal! Kelly
@alexandraalmeida3661
Жыл бұрын
@@BookandPaperArts I will, Kelly, thank you ❤️
@jeraldbaxter3532
2 ай бұрын
Beautiful! Thank you!😊
@veronicastewart1112
2 ай бұрын
I have worked with teabags do a limited extent, but I'm going to go full on and make a few of these. I have a ton of teeny tiny scraps.
@BookandPaperArts
2 ай бұрын
Hi Veronica, I am currently putting together a video on another tea bag technique so stay tuned! 🫖🫖
@deborahrymer1007
Жыл бұрын
I love it! Now I will have to start saving tea bags!!! Thank you Kelly x
@BookandPaperArts
Жыл бұрын
Yes, or go nuts and just steep 20 bags or so and use it for ice tea or (gasp) pour it away just this once so that you jumpstart your stash! Keep me posted. Kelly
@daisy3690
Жыл бұрын
@susanbelair89
3 ай бұрын
Just began saving tea bags and have discovered they are mostly round. I’m going to try a tiny book anyway! Love your instructions and style. Thanks for the “robust’ encouragement ❤
@BookandPaperArts
3 ай бұрын
Hi Susan. Yes, try making a book with round tea bags. Also, think about asking friends or even a local coffee shop to save tea bags for you and you will be overrun with them in a couple of days!
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