Upcycling silk teabags-1
August 17, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, tutorial
I am a dyed in the wool tea fanatic- I am never without a cuppa tea beside me or in hand.
Recently, I found some delicious tea that comes in silk teabags.
Well… if that isn’t an invitation to upcycle, I don’t know what is!
After all, if I am going to pay for the silk
in those tea bags, I am certainly not
going to waste it!
It’s silk, for goodness sake!
and silk’s precious!
So, now, after I savour my cuppa tea,
I save the bag and turn it into all kinds of upcycled embellishments.
I used to snip one edge of the teabag open,
but I realized that …read more
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July 26, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts
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