Monday 15 February 2010

It's Tea Time!

Hi and Happy Monday everybody, this is Vanessa having the honour to post a project today!

I love tea. I always did - never drank any coffee before I was like 23 or so. Now I finally bought the adorable "Tea for Two" set and don't know what took me so long! Couldn't wait to ink it up and wanted to create something special. So I made this:

I sewed this tea cosy and made two tea pot appliqués, stamping the image onto the floral fabric, cutting it out and ironing one on each side of the cosy.

Then I tried to create matching teapots on paper for the bag and the card. To achieve this I used images from the "Turning a New Leaf" set and "Beautiful Blooms" set. The glassine bag contains my new favourite herbal tea, called "Happiness" (and it works!!).

That's it. I hope you like my little set!

Have a great week everybody! And thanks again to Aimes and Kate, it's so exciting to post here!

Vanessa xx

Supplies

Cardstock: (white) Papertrey Ink, Patterned Paper: (2008 Bitty Dot Basics) Papertrey Ink, Glassine Bag: Emma's Paperie, Stamps: (Tea for Two, Turning a New Leaf, Beautiful Blooms) Papertrey Ink, Fibers: ( Lemon Tart Luxe Satin Ribbon) Papertrey Ink, (twine) Craftshop, Accents: (Spring Moss Vintage Button) Papertrey Ink, Dies: (Scalloped Squares) Spellbinders, Tools: (Upper Crest Borderpunch) Fiskars

12 comments:

Gabi MeWi said...

Was Du aber auch für tolle Ideen hast!Super Umsetzung.

Vicki said...

Oh Vanessa these are just adorable, love the colour combo and your sewing is beautiful:)

Hugs
Vicki x

Antje said...

Oh that is gorgeous!! Love your idea of the tea cosy!! and the fitting tea bags... great work! I have this set too... should go and do something with it NOW!! Thanks for the inspiration.

Eveline said...

I have this set too and I also love it a lot. Your set looks good! I'll have to case it as a friend who drinks only tea has her birthday on Saturday and this would look good as a present.
Eveline

Ann said...

Fabulous set Vanessa and as we are nearly all tea lovers in our family I can see I will be copying your idea when a gift is needed next time. I love the idea of using the stamp as an applique - brilliant!

Emma said...

Absoloutly beautiful Vanessa and what an amazing present this would be to give - stunning creations :D

Emma x

Katie Berberich Handmade said...

These are beautiful, I love your colours, really inspiring :)

Polly Pierce said...

What a lovely idea! I love my tea and would love to be given a gift as nice as this!

cheryl said...

wow these are adorable wonderful detail love cheryl xx

Mandy said...

Such a gorgeous set Vanessa. I have just acquired this stamp set and I love it !!

Mandy

Geny said...

Adorable gift set, I love every little thing about it!

Deirdre said...

Vanessa - adore this project which you made. LOVE all the elements and colours you used.