Saturday, August 6, 2011

Drinking Tea

....and lots of it. Remembering that we only had 1 maybe 2 different flavours in the cupboard when I was a child..... and now: Let's just say that I have a LOT of tea.

But did you know, that tea can also be the ingredients of a card? The tea bag cover that is....


A couple of months ago, I participated in a tea swap over at PaperCraftPlanet, and Josie sent me some samples of YOGI Green Tea..... forgot all about that tea until a local store had it on display. You would think that the teabag covers are the same world wide, but actually they are not - I did not know that until I participated in the tea swap.

I had not even brewed the first cup when I found potential for a card. Maybe you remember my elephant card, that has been followed by a squirrel card and a tea pot card?..... Thoughts of Buddhism - travels - irisfolding with the tea bag covers - glass pendant from a cheap necklace from Søstrene Grene - green = Bridget's colour.....

But how to get a proper silhouet for the Buddha iris folding motif? That answer came a few days later when I saw the barcode on the teabox.


Oh you want to see the card?! Well Bridget has already recieved it, so I can share it with you.

2 comments:

claire7q said...

Very clever Legs, and using the image from the barcode (which is a bit fancy for a barcode!) was inspired! I had another "Saw something and thought of you" moment today, so there will be a magazine article winging it's way to you shortly :)

Birdie said...

Clever doesn't cover it at all. Must agree with C that it is an awfully fancy bar code. Have never seen any but rectangles. Reading this blog post makes it even more special to me. Have to tell you that I find myself looking at this one a lot. I can't get over the effect the tea bags under the face; adds so much dimension to the eyes especially. Different expression from different angles and distances. I am truly honored to have received this and once again I am in awe of how your mind works. I am trying very hard as I have told you to not send more possibilities your way - you do fine all by yourself ;) Then again, fodder for the fire never hurts.