Homemade Tea Bag

I have some loose teas that I love and wanted a way to have them on the go. So instead of toting a tea ball around, I thought I would make my own tea bags. Throw some into a Ziploc and into your bag and you've got loose tea on the go!

Materials:

• Cheese Cloth
• Kitchen Twine
• Sewing Needle
• Optional: sticker paper for tea tags
  

{Step 1}.........................{Step 2}

Step 1: Cut out a 4-layer square of cheese cloth and place 1 tsp. of loose tea leaves in the middle.
Step 2: Using kitchen twine (separated in 1/2 so its easier to thread onto the needle) and a
needle, thread twine through side closest to you, then the side farthest away.
Step 3: Thread twine through right side, then through left side. It should look something like
this:

{after step 3}

Step 4: Now thread through the corners the same way going across from each corner until all 4 corners have been threaded. The bag will now look like this:

Step 5: Tie around the top and knot to secure. The top can then be trimmed.
Step 6: Trim remaining string. Attach a tag if desired. I made my tags on MS Word and printed
them off onto sticker paper. I then stuck two together to create a double sided tea tag.

{Finished Tea Bag}

I find this way to be most secure, but if it seems too complicated you can use the following alternate method.

Alternate Method: Thread in and out in a circle around the 4-layer square of cheese cloth. Put 1 tsp. of loose tea leaves into middle. Pull the two ends of the string together and knot. Continue with step 5 above and you're done!

Envelope Bill & Receipt Organizer

After seeing various other blogs using envelopes to create organizers, I thought I would come up with my own version.

Materials:

• envelopes (one for each category you want to make)
• patterned paper
• ribbon
• glue

1. Cut off the top flap of the envelope then trace the envelope on the back of your choice of patterned paper. Glue the paper onto the front of the envelope.

2. Create labels for each envelope. I will now introduce you to my favorite tool ever: the sticker maker! You can make anything into a sticker. Put it into the machine, pull the tab at the bottom and it automatically puts adhesive on the back of your object. Mess free and so much fun!

3. Measure ribbon for the length that you want your organizer to be. Then punch holes in each envelope (I put mine at 1cm and 9cm from the top) on each side. Make sure they are equal on each side so it won't turn out lopsided. Use a glue dot to help secure your ribbon while you attatch the ribbon to the envelope with a brad

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4. Make a loop with ribbon and attatch it using a brad to the centre of the top envelope. Now hang it up and fill it with recipes, coupons, bills, and any other bits you want!

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Check out this site for their envelope organizer under "SC Johnson’s Right@Home Blog Posts." This was my inspiration...