Please NOTE: That
merchants mentioned, and linked to, are but a small sampling of online
sites
to purchase items
for your craf-tea-bles..
I am not affiliated
with any of the sites, nor have I purchased products from every site.
These are only "suggestions"
and an opportunity for you to explore the many online
friendly merchants
and their creative product lines.
Your own hometown,
most likely has craft stores, etc. - from which you can find all the supplies
you'll need.
Spring & Summer Crafts
for your garden
Tea
Cup Bird Feeder
and
From Debbie
Mumm - Craft Projects
Teacup
Birdfeeder [May 2003 project] and Teacup
Pincushion
**Project
Archives**
See too, these directions
from Craft Sayings.com for a Teacup Bird Feeder
craftsayings.com/projects/garden_gifts/teacup_feeder/index.shtml
Related: Teacup Bird
Feeder Poem
Print out to put with
gift of Bird Feeder
http://craftsayings.com/projects/garden_gifts/teacup_feeder/teacup2_6up.shtml
Tea cup birdfeeder
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/justautumne/teacupbirdfeeder.htm
Birdwatcher's
Cup of Tea
Settle down with your
favorite beverage, and peek through the window
to watch feathered friends
enjoy a treat from colorful cup-and-saucer bird feeders.
From Better
Homes & Gardens online
See these unusual "mosaic"
Teacup Birdfeeders for sale
www.lynnsgardengifts.com/birdfeeders.html
The following item is
out of production (re: Go Collect)
Maybe you'll be inspired
to create your own "fountain"
See information regarding
this product at
www.gocollect.com/Catalog/product.aspx?id=78167&cat_id=1880
HGTV - Directions for
making a Teapot Fountain
Indoor Fountains
Smart Solutions : Episode
SSL-725
See more sites for "purchasing"
Teapot fountains
Purchase Garden Art Tea Pots
& Birdfeeders
http://www.garden-art-studio.com/teapots/
http://www.garden-art-studio.com/Birdfeeders/
More Craf-tea Teacup ideas
Tea Cup Topiaries
www.seedsofknowledge.com/teatopiaries.html
Note: you will link
a plenty and find a great deal of information about
the delights of Tea
at the Seeds of Knowledge Tea Time pages
(may now be known
as "oldfashionedliving.com")
Be sure to visit!
www.oldfashionedliving.com/teatime.htm
Petite Demitasse Topiary
http://www.dow.com/craft/proj/75.htm
VICTORIAN TEACUP TOPIARY
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/crafts/crafts96.html
Teacup Topiary for bridal
luncheon
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/howtomakbrte.html
Other nice ideas at save-on-crafts.com
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/gifandpac.html
Teacup Topiary
http://www.jscomm.net/~chicklit/crafts.htm#Teacup
Bead and Button Teacup
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/teacup.html
DIY > Crafts
>
Teacup Candles
From "Candle Crafts"
Episode DIC-227
http://www.diynet.com/DIY/article/0,2058,6949,00.html
Teacup & Saucer Night
Lamp
http://www.geocities.com/kraftproject/craft-teacup-n-saucer-lamp.html
PDF File
Teacup lamp
http://www.angelfire.com/mac/crafts/images/Teacuplamp.pdf
Use in making crafts
Stickers : Do-jiggies
- Die-Cut Teacup
http://www.paperzonestore.com/cgi-bin/paperzon/46829.html
Teatime Quilt
Designed By: Annabelle
Keller, SCD, CPD
http://www.dow.com/craft/proj/461.htm
See all the craft projects
http://www.dow.com/craft/proj/projects.htm
Victorian Tea Basket
http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/midnyt_quilter/crafts1.html
Purchase or design your
own - Teacup Tree
http://www.countrycraftsofbluehill.com/teacup.html
**this is a wayback machine
archived link** I do not know if this merchant is still online
but you can view picture
of Tea Cup themed christmas tree
Teacup Bouquets
www.cherylfall.com/toppage1.htm
From HGTV
Teacup Photo Holder
Carol Duvall Show : Episode
CDS-1230
Teacup Charm
Country
Style : Episode COS-305
Use teacups and saucers
to create an indoor herb garden.
They're not just for
sipping tea anymore!
Stacy Sindlinger shares
how vintage teacups can be
recycled and used in
a variety of unexpected ways.
Teaspoon vase craft
http://tinyurl.com/deoe
Mother Teacup Candles
Make these tea-time treasures
using dainty teacups
filled with candle wax and
sprinkled with a dusting
of glitter.
http://tinyurl.com/deoi
"Take Time To Laugh" Bowl
& Mug
http://www.craftideas.com/craftArticle/132/
Fun foam teacup
http://www.swapaholic.info/tea_cup.html
Counted cross stitch -
for tea
http://www.artsandcraftsfair.com/merchants/Marie/
Crafts to:
Celebrate Mom from Womans
Day
Make her our popular
Memory Box, present her with the
#1 Mom Award, serve her
breakfast in bed and more
Crafts to enhance "Mother/Daughter"
tea celebrations
http://tinyurl.com/deou
Teacup Treats
SPOT OF TEA CUPCAKE
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/family/feature/famf0700cupcake/famf0700cupcake7.html
Baking and Making an Edible
Teacup
A fun cake project
by Kathy Ross
for Real Families, Real
Fun
http://www.newhomemaker.com/family/rfrf/teacupcake.html
TO TOP
OF PAGE
If You'd prefer to "buy"
rather than "craft":
There are many sites that
"sell" Teacup feeders, including Mary Engelbreit products
but I found these to
be very nice and a bit whimsical
from My Backyard, Inc.
www.mybackyard.com/acatalog/mybackyard_Shop_Teacup_Bird_Feeders_93.html
Another cute "Garden Tea
Light" item that would be nice to offer
as a shower/birthday
favor or door prize
www.candletoppers.com/gardentea.htm
and
Here are Teacup &
Teapot Planters for display and would look great decorating
your garden teaparty
- $7.50 to $12.95
Catalog
City
and
Catalog
City Item: WWDTCS
Crafts
using Tea Bags - You fill'em
Wrap a few herbal or different
flavor teabags in netting, tie with pretty ribbons
You can order your own
Teabags | Make up your own Blends or fill with loose tea!
**See the cute
invitation idea using teabags
Purchase tea bags Online:
Heat seal teabags
http://www.arcticharvest.com/store/product.asp?id=7&cat=25
Country Sentiments – sells
variety of bags
http://www.countryscentiments.com/Bags.html
sells white bags for
sachets
excerpt quoted:
Small 3-1/4 x 5-3/4 inch
white envelopes with a
sealable top flap. You
can apply labels to them, run
them through your printer,
or stamp them.
Decorate them any way
you wish!
These are ideal to make
up little bath salt sachets to
put in gift baskets.
They will hold approximately
1/4 cup of salts.
Small Heat Seal Tea Sacks
These little sacks are
a bit larger than our small
Teabags, except that
they have a small gusset on the
bottom, and hold about
one half to twice as much as
the small teabags hold.
We think these are going
to be a much better way to
make herbal bath mixes,
as they have a large flap that
irons down, and extra
room to punch a hole, or attach
a string to. They are
sold individually, or in
packages of 100.
Price ea.:$0.21; Pkg.
of 100:$10.50
http://www.countryscentiments.com/Bags.html
Find: Press 'N' Brew Tea
Bags at
www.eurekanaturalfoods.com/herbacce.htm
The Ginger Tree
Heat Seal Teabags - fill
with potpourri or sachet and
iron shut with a warm
iron. These make for wonderful
no-mess simmers! You
can even fill them with tea if
you can't find anything
else interesting!
http://www.thegingertree.com/supply.html
Large Heat Seal bags for
bath teas
http://www.ellensessentials.com/herbs.htm
EZ make tea bags
http://www.bonjourgourmet.com/ez_make_tea_bags.htm
Heat Seal Bags
Excerpt quoted from website
Use these for eye soaks,
hand & foot soaks, facial steams, sachets,
or your own herbal tea
blends. Simply fill them, and then seal the open end with an iron.
www.the-soap-dish.com/packaging.htm
Heat seal tea bags
http://www.thesage.com/catalog/Botanicals.html
Heat Seal tea bags for
tea and bath / 2 sizes
Quoted from site:
http://www.naturesapprentice.com/bathbags.htm
Open top, fill and use
iron to heat seal closed.
Keeps oatmeal bits and
lavender or calendula flowers out of tub
while letting you enjoy
the benefits in your bath. See below for hints on filling.
Stuffing suggestions:
lavender buds, calendula flowers,
dry milks, salts, oatmeal,
other herbs. Scent with essential or fragrance oils.
Muslin Teabags
Great for Tea or Sachet
Bags.
Natural Muslin with a
Draw String Closure.
http://www.herbproducts.com/products/botanicals/accessories.shtml
Articles of interest:
Growing Your Own Herbs
for Teas | by Cyndi Roberts
Grow
Your Own Tea | by Marie Hofer, Gardening editor, HGTV.com
Dry
Your Own Tea Herbs | Excerpted From Herbal Teas:
Soothing Blends for Life's
Ups & Downs
by Kathleen Brown
How
to Make Herbal Teas
A
Cup of Herbal Cheer
Potpourri teabags
Quoted from site:
http://www.glenbrookfarm.com/herbs/tspill.htm
Sachets are great in
any draw or under any pillow to keep your
clothes & bed linens
smelling fresh. I have them in every draw,
in my closet & under
each pillow in my bed.
It makes such a difference
especially in the bed.
About an hour before
I go to sleep each night,
I take the sachet from
under my pillow and break up the potpourri inside.
Then I leave it in between
my sheets. When I go to bed, I replace it under my pillow.
The sheets smell wonderful,
and the blend I use has lots of lavender for it's relaxing properties.
If you have ever made
a sachet before, you know the most difficult part of the project
is making the sachet
especially if you don't sew.
Well, I have a better
idea. Use tea bags.
You can buy the heat
sealable tea bags or fold and staple bags
from Glenbrook Farms
for only a few dollars.
Tricia's Bed Time Sachet
Recipe
http://www.glenbrookfarm.com/herbs/tspill.htm
Directions for POTPOURRI
TEA BAGS
www.muscanet.com/~kschmitt/bags.html
Lavender
Sachet - Teabag invitation
This Lavender sachet
would make a cute invitation & or shower favors, etc.
Clear sticker paper was
used to print on, and applied to heat sealable teabag
and it was filled
with Dried Lavender. Smells good!
Photo and craft idea,
courtesty of PCCrafter &
HugClub'er
~ Barb B. ~
check out the Creatables,
Join
the Hug Club, and
join in on the fun of
sharing
ideas, tips, and crafty creations.
The graphic is from PCCrafter
Creatable " Kimberly's
Garden". The font is LD
Artsy.
*I also like the PC
Crafter Creatable - Teddy
Bears by Rebecca Carter,
and think it would
be tealiteable on such a project.
*fonts used in the
" You're invited..." graphic heading: KR
Flower Power & KR
Flower Frame
I also have a list
of floral themed fonts included along with my
Spring
themed printables idea page with the "Seed
packet" ideas
*Note
- Barb grows
her own Lavender,
but if you need a few online resources see the following
sites:
Dried Lavender Flowers
at http://www.save-on-crafts.com/frenlavflow7.html
Bulk Dried Lavender
at http://bathheaven.com/Lavender/Bulk_lavender.htm
Culinary Dried Lavender
Flowers at http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/pDetail.asp?p=95
If you'd like to continue
a Lavender Themed party idea take a look at these sites:
Find a recipe
for
Lavender Cookies to serve at the party at
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Cookie/LavenderCookie.htm
or make a Lavender
Tea Cake [from HGTV]
See more Lavender
recipes to serve at:
http://www.herbsearch.com/herbofmonth/lavender_recipes.htm
and
http://recipes.chef2chef.net/recipe-indexa/arc-1310.htm
For Summer gatherings
serve: Lavender
Lemonade
recipe from http://www.gardeningtips.org/April/recipe.shtml
Decorate:
See Debbie Mumm's
Lavender
Tea Garden Collection items
See Debbie
Mumm's personal "Craft"
ideas using her Lavender Tea Garden - Graphics
and how about picking
up a couple Lavender
Tea Notepad Sets for prizes, at a shower or tea
Find Tea Party Prints
"fabrics"
including the Lavender Tea Garden
From Holiday Crafter directions
for making Craft
Project - Lavender Mint Bath Bags
See too the Tea Party
Ideas, Victorian and the Seasonal
themes pages for more ideas to help you
plan the best party ever.
Please
NOTE: merchants mentioned, and linked to, are but a small sampling of online
sites
to
purchase items for your craftea-bles..
I
am not affiliated with any of the sites, nor have I purchased products
from each & every site.
These
are only "suggestions" and an opportunity for you to explore the many online
friendly
merchants and their creative product lines.
Your
own hometown, most likely has craft stores, etc. - from which you can find
all the supplies you'll need.
Find everything you need
- teabags, potpourri, recipes, and more from
World
of Plenty.com
Purchase Potpourri from
the Tea Boutique
Collection
The Ginger Tree Potpourri
selection will "fill the bags" nicely - purchase
online
Purchase online Tea
Bag Potpourri Supplies
From Lavender Lane.
Purchase drawstring Muslin
Bags - from Save on Crafts
and find potpourri and
dried herb supplies as well.
Make Bath Teas! - make
up gift baskets with a "blend" of Bath Teas and Real teas to soothe
Quoted from: http://acountrymarket.com/beauty.htm
Bath Teas Hydrotherapy
is a modern word for an ancient
remedy. From olden
times, people have submerged themselves in
hot water to cleanse,
refresh, rejuvenate, repair, and relax.
acountrymarket.com/beauty.htm
Herbal treatments for
mind and body
Herbal bath teas and
aromatherapy bath oils for relaxation, recreation, therapy
http://floraleads.com/bath/
Related bath time recipes
http://recipes.herbalsoapsbyrj.com/recipes/category.php?CID=21
Bed Time Sachet Recipe
http://www.glenbrookfarm.com/herbs/tspill.htm
These bath tea recipes
will show you how to make
natural bath teas for
a soothing and refreshing bath.
http://www.jelleyjar.com/garden/herbalbath.html
Herbal Bath Tea Blends
Bath teas are a hot herbal
item this year! Why?
People have found that
they work . Try some of these special bath teas.
http://www.chamomiletimes.com/articles/herbalbathteas.htm
Herbal Bath Tea
http://hercraftideas.com/crafts/soap/a06-tea.shtml
See the paper crafts
section for making cards ideas
http://hercraftideas.com/paper/paper.shtml
Joann.com - Bath Tea Bags
- Project
directions
Frontier Cooperative /
bath tea bags
http://tinyurl.com/3hyd7
Herbal Soaps by RaeJean
Scroll down page for
tea bags
http://www.herbalsoapsbyrj.com/category/teas-accessories.php?CID=18
Making "Bath Tea"
Bath Tea is a mixture
of herbs and spices blended to
enhance your tub-soaking
experience. These blends are
packaged in individual
use bags made of coffee filters
and packaged in tea-bag
style envelopes. They make a
great gift or a wonderful
addition to a guest bath.
*templates incuded
http://mystudio3d.tripod.com/bathtea.htm
Pampering recipes for
mom
by Brenda Hyde
http://sheknows.com/about/look/1408.htm
Also
Relax and Soothe With
Herbs
By Brenda Hyde
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/soothe.html
Simple Bliss Relaxing
Tea - Formula More Therapies
Solutions
Adapted from Herbal Teas,
by Kathleen Brown (Storey
Books, 1999).We all have
nights when we can’t sleep,
whether it be from stress,
illness, or just running
those daily scenarios
round and round in our heads
http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/1176
One of the Tea Crafts
from Dea’s Crafts – Tea Time
http://dcrafts.com/cgtea.htm
Bath Tea Bags
We're making an oversized
"tea" bag filled with dried
flowers, salts and oils.
Dangled in the bath, it will work just like
a normal tea bag, allowing
all the fragrances to seep through the
fabric. It can even be
used in the shower whilst washing your hair.
Scroll down the page
for the complete directions to print out
http://dcrafts.com/cgtea.htm
Between Two Friends
http://www.betweenfriendstoo.com/bath.htm
JoAnn Fabrics - directions
for Bath
Tea Bags
From Holiday Crafter directions
for making Craft
Project - Lavender Mint Bath Bags
If you want to Treat yourself
and your home, purchase online
from AmericanPrim.com
- wonderful Simmering Teabags (*not for drinking)
These would make "tea-liteful"
shower favors, and/or gifts for new home owners, etc.
AmericanPrim.com
You can even buy your
own primitive scented "fixins"
Related see this craft
drirectory
Craft Site Directory:
Food/Recipes ~*~ And Other Kitchen Crafts
http://www.craftsitedirectory.com/kitchen/
Find the Instructions
for these little Charmers
"Tea Bag Dolls"
At This
Craft Site
Here is a Pattern
for a "Tea Bag" Template
That you can stencil,
stamp or decorate
any way you choose for
Favors or Invitations.
The Art of Teabag folding
- Links listed for several sites
http://www.concentric.net/~fo2945/parchcrafting/tblinks.html
Craft Directory - Tea
Bag folding links
www.craftsitedirectory.com/teabagfolding/
Card Inspirations [*detailed
instructions - be sure to print out for future reference*]
www.cardinspirations.co.uk/tech/teabag_folding.htm
From ScrapbookScrapbook.com
Teabag
Folding Instructions using one of the designs in our Teabag Folding
Set.
Memory and Tea Bag Folding
| About.com Guide picks
Tea
bag and memory folding links and information
More Tea Bag folding tips
and rubber stamping project
http://www.rubberstampsclub.com/tips/tea-bag-folding.html
Be sure to check out other
Template
ideas
on the printables page
From Coffee, Tea &
Thee
Decorating your home
with china
http://www.he-and-she.com/chinadecor.html
Dea's Crafts - TeaTime
Crafts
dcrafts.com/cgtea.htm
Crafts Beautiful Tea time
crafts
http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/projects/makes/tea-time/index.php
Hobby Lobby
You and Me for Tea -
Crafts
www.hobbylobby.com/site3/projects/HL-002/HL-002.htm
Make a Fabric Teapot
Cozy (directions)
or a Knit
one
Quilted Cozy pattern
Cat
Nap Tea Cozy
Another site for crafts
has this Tea Cosy & Tray cloth to make
www.kidskitscrafts.com/crafts_pages/Cosytray.shtml
Crochet a Tea Cosy
Daisy Tea Cosy from:
Madame Weigel's Cushions and Cosies Volume 6 c.1937
www.knitting-and.com/crafts/daisy-cosy.htm
COUNTRY COTTAGE TEA COSY
Feel free to share these
directions and designs.
-Susanne Glass
www.machine-knit.com/patterns/House/Suzanne's%20Tea%20Cosy.htm
Make this pretty paper
cut 3d - Tea
Cup card for someone special!
www.geocities.com/vanesa_yo/teacup.html
Tea Party Crafts - Make
Your Own
www.he-and-she.com/TeaParty/madebyou.html
Crafts Beautiful Tea time
crafts
http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/projects/makes/tea-time/index.php
Make a Fabric Teapot
Cozy (directions)
or a Knit
one
Another site for crafts
has this Tea Cosy & Tray cloth to make
www.kidskitscrafts.com/crafts_pages/Cosytray.shtml
Crochet a Tea Cosy
Daisy Tea Cosy from:
Madame Weigel's Cushions and Cosies Volume 6 c.1937
www.knitting-and.com/crafts/daisy-cosy.htm
COUNTRY COTTAGE TEA COSY
Feel free to share these
directions and designs.
-Susanne Glass
www.machine-knit.com/patterns/House/Suzanne's%20Tea%20Cosy.htm
Mary Engelbreit Crafts
page:
http://www.maryengelbreit.com/WorkShop/CraftProjects.htm
Coloring book pages -
there are several Tea related coloring pages.
These would be fun to
print out for children's teaparty ideas for things to do at the party.
http://www.maryengelbreit.com/WorkShop/ColoringBook.htm
MAKE STUFF.com - "Some"
of these craft directions require a $5 membership fee to access
directions and patterns
(for 2 months access
- SO BE SURE TO PRINT OUT Your Directions & Patterns for Future use!!)
Learn how to make a Decoupage
a Tea Tray.
www.makestuff.com/projects/
From HGTV - directions
on how to create a tiny tea set from clay & make paper tea hats
Tea
for Two | Smart Solutions : Episode SSL-447
Make a Tiny Tea set
Quoted from site: Family.go.com
Honeybee
Tea Set
Sweeten things up with
a miniature service set that's perfect for a tiny tea party.
If you need to purchase
Mini-teasets to incorporate into craft projects
here is nice site
to consider:
http://www.worldwidestore.com/AScraftB5.htm
I'm a Little Teapot -
craft project directions *with poem suggestion for Mother's Day*
www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/mom/mteapot.html
Easter Tea Party theme
- craft ideas
www.first-school.ws/activities/holidays/tea_party_p.htm
Kids Domain - Button &
Beads Teacup project - find directions at
www.kidsdomain.com/craft/teacup.html
Make a Tea Box Planter
- directions
www.allfreecrafts.com/nature/tea-box-planter.htm
Make a Tea Chest - directions
from HGTV.com
www.hgtv.com/HGTV/project/0,1158,DEID_project_11771,00.html
also from HGTV make a
Time
For Tea Mosaic Shelf
Buy Tea Time rubber stamps
for craft projects
www.sierra-enterprises.com/33046.htm
Find examples of some
nice Tea Cards that you can use for inspiration
www.angelfire.com/in2/stamping/teagallery.html
Learn how to : Kaleidoscope
Tea Bag Fold from HGTV
and a Tea
Bag Folded Card
This site has a listing
of "Tea Bag folding" book - suggestions for you to purchase (site from
United Kingdom)
or borrow from your local
public library if available
http://www.kcardinal.freeserve.co.uk/Tea_Bag_Folding/Tea_Bag_Books/tea_bag_books.html
Tea Dying Resource pages
Tea
Dying FAQ
Tea
Dye how-to
Beginner
Project
Tea Time Crafters...NOTE:
I cannot verify if this "list" is still active
But! The TeaTime
Seeds of Knowledge site is a wonderful tea resource, worth a visit
today!
Excerpt quoted from site
archives.new-list.com/arts-entertainment/9911/msg00011.html
Tea Time Crafters - Email
lists trading crafts tips and projects.:
We are a family-oriented
email list for trading craft and entertaining ideas, plus kid's projects.
Our main focus is helping each other with homemade gift giving and family
entertaining,including recipes and projects. We also trade resources,and
discuss frugal options that are available for the holidays and year round
gift giving.
URL: http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/teatime.htm
To Subscribe: Send a
blank email to
teatimecrafters-subscribe@onelist.com
Owner: Brenda Hyde -
memories@seedsofknowledge.com
I have a page with Tea
poems that can be used in crafts, cards, etc.
Print this out for activity
at a Childs Tea Party
Coloring page of Teapot
& Cup
www.jantjeblokhuismulder.com/patterns/teapot.htm
**Note**: the coloring
page image might also be used as a pattern to use with
Carol Smith's Gallery
Glass products to create designs on windows, mirrors, etc.
Purchase Carol's Craft
project kits on/at QVC
More "coloring pages"
can be found at the Celestial
Seasonings site
They have images from
their wonderful tea boxes.
http://www.celestialseasonings.com/justforfun/coloringbook/;$sessionid$N4YROTIAACIKZUBDHTJSGPA
Mary Engelbreit coloring
pages
http://www.maryengelbreit.com/WorkShop/ColoringBook.htm
From About.com Guide
Craft How-Tos | Guide
picks
How
to use coffee and tea in unusual ways around the house, in crafts and more.
How to:
Plant a "Tea Party" Living
Wreath Centerpiece
http://www.englishcreekgardens.com/
Other How-To's
http://www.englishcreekgardens.com/how_to_index.htm
**Related English
Creek Gardens also sells Teaware
http://www.englishcreekgardens.com/tea1.htm
Quilts - make quilts
with Teapot and Teacup designs
Teapots, Cups, Coffee
Mugs
Free quilt blocks
to paper foundation piece
quilting.about.com/library/weekly/aa091399.htm
The following information
is from my page for shopping online
for Tealiteful
Tea related gifts.
*Note - I have copied
the descriptions and information about gift ideas, and website information
- directly from each individual website link.
For Moms and Grandmothers
- here are a some items your daughters would enjoy from
Hearthsong.com
Paint
your own tea set kit
kit, designed exclusively
for HearthSong, includes seven colors of paint, brush, instructions, and
a complete 11-piece white ceramic tea set: 4-3/4"-tall teapot with lid,
creamer, sugar bowl with lid, two cups, two saucers and two 5-1/4"-diameter
cake plates. After painting, bond the colors permanently by baking ceramic
pieces in the oven.
Item # 716059: $14.95
For ages 4 and up.
Also from Hearthstone:
Create the "fairy/or/butterfly"
atmosphere for your little girls tea party
with the:
Fairy
Garden Hideaway
Playtime becomes an enchanting
adventure when children gather inside this magical canopy crowned with
a bountiful garland of flowers and ribbons. Suspend the airy seven-foot-tall
hideaway from a tree limb to create a lovely garden setting for picnics,
tea parties and make-believe with fairies and friends. Indoors, drape it
over a twin-size bed to create a canopy that’s sure to bring beautiful
dreams.
For ages 4 and up.
Item # 702804: $69.95
and
dress her in these "Butterfly
Wings"
Hours of imaginative
make-believe play are guaranteed when young children slip on these gauzy
wings and transform themselves into lovely butterflies.
For ages 3 and up.
Item # 702811: $11.95
Other items to consider
:
“I
Designed It!” Plate Kit
Item # 716184: $7.95
I
Designed It Mug Kit
Item # 716181: $9.95
Color-Your-Own
Note Cards
Item # 716162: $6.95
Books
Steeped
in Tea: Creative Ideas, Activities and Recipes for Tea Lovers
Diana Rosen
ISBN: 1580170935
Publisher: Storey Communications,
Inc.
Pub. Date: March
1999
Synopsis
Using a room-by-room
approach, Steeped in Tea explores both the drinking and nondrinking uses
for tea, including decorating and crafting,
making health and beauty products, and creating special places to truly
savor the tea-taking experience.
Author Biography: Not
only can Diana Rosen's tea tips and trivia be cherished in her Storey books,
The Book of Green Tea, Chai, and Steeped in Tea, but she also enchants
all those interested on the Internet. Diana's articles are located on a
website called Sally's Place, and her tea topics range from information
on recipes, events, and history to entertaining, crafts and cleaning. These
same articles are placed in her national quarterly newsletter, Tea Talk.
Diana's most recent Storey
title is Taking Time for Tea, a book that shares excellent suggestions
for relaxing and celebrating life. She is also a lecturer and consultant
on tea-related topics and co-author of the book, The Tea Lovers' Companion.
Diana lives in northern California.
From the Publisher
Your cup runneth over
with tea!
What's not to love about
tea? It's delicious and healthy, relaxing and restorative, and, as you'll
discover in this book, it's amazingly versatile!
* Learn how to select
and brew the perfect cup of tea for any occasion and cook savory dishes
using teas
* Create distinctive
tea-enjoyment settings in every room of the house — from the kitchen to
the bedroom
* Plan inventive tea
parties like a Mah-Jongg Tea or Monday-Night Football High Tea
* Design your own tea
gardens from a traditional Japanese garden to a portable Serenity Terrarium
* Make
tea time projects, from fragrant tea dream pillows to tea-themed cards
and home accessories.
Nice
"Stamps" for Tea themes..stamp for Stationary, Cards, Invitations, etc.
http://www.sierra-enterprises.com/33074.htm
Use
fabric paint on plain pillows, or quilt squares,t-shirts, or even artists
canvas and draw
these
"Chinese Characters" for "TEA".
Give
as Gifts or Decorate your home.
CHINESE
CHARACTERS FOR TEA AND CAMELLIAS
Birdwatcher's
Cup of Tea
Settle down with your
favorite beverage, and peek through the window
to watch feathered friends
enjoy a treat from colorful cup-and-saucer bird feeders.
From Better Homes &
Gardens online
Stamps for Stamping
www.cistamps.com/coffee&.htm
1001stamps.com/storegen/C235.html
www.naturesblessings.com/thumbnail%20pages/thjudytea.html
- Tea Time by Judy Harris
Join the online egroup
on Yahoo - The Rubber Stamper's Tea Room
groups.yahoo.com/group/rubberstamperstearoom/
Rubber Stamping Chats,
Swaps,Classes, Links, Techniques,
and a whole lot of sharing
and caring!
A
Rubber Stamping project
Tea Time Kitchens
Duncan Enterprises artist
Lee Riggings-Hartman stamps
a tea time design on
fabric kitchen accessories.
Make Wedding, Shower or Tea
Party Favor - Tea Cups
www.craftbits.com/html/wedding-cups.htm
Fill store bought tea
cups..with water add a little oil,
buy floating wick candles..and
light floating candles
Just before inviting
folks to the tea table.
Make small Tea Cup topiaries..
Put floral foam in bottom
of cup secure with floral tape or poster putty..
Place dowel in center
(about 6-8 inches long)
Secure small styrofoam
ball to dowel,
Should be smaller than
circumference of cup.
Glue or pin small silk
flowers/and/or silk ivy on ball..cover completely.
Wrap dowel in ribbon,
or wrap ivy around it..or use floral tape,
Cover foam in cup with
floral moss.
From: SeniorNet - Computer
Crafts
Make a Christmas Teacup
packet card
Quoted from site:
www.seniornet.org/php/default.php?PageID=6246
Warm the heart of someone you love this holiday season with an inexpensive
computer-crafted card in the shape of a tea cup. Add a few tea bags to
turn this card into something special.
If you have extra Tea
pots -
Fill with fresh flowers
or silk,
Puchase Floral "Picks"..with
the flowers already arranged
and place in pot..cut
to size so that tops of flowers ..
appear to be the "lid"
of pot.
You can do the same thing
with tea cups..
just place flowers on
top of cup,
cutting off enough of
plastic stem..
so that just the flowers
appear on top of cup.
to top of page
How about creating
3D tea scenes /with your own clipart / or use greeting cards *buy in multiples
or pictures – and reproducing
to create
Paper Tole crafts
Paper Tole 3-D Decoupage
is the art of re-creating a
picture in three dimension
using various cut-outs
taken from 5 or more
of the same print. Simple
projects can require
as few as 4 prints while
difficult and complex
projects may require up to 9
prints. Paper Tole can
be traced back over the past
couple of hundred years
to its origins in Decoupage.
Buy beginner or advanced
kits here *Canadian site
http://www.creativepapercrafts.com/products/paper_tole.asp
Learn how to do it
http://www.creativepapercrafts.com/products/paper_tole_howto.asp
offering free patterns
and ideas
http://www.creativepapercrafts.com/products/free_stuff.asp
Mary
Englebreit and Debbi Mumm
both have a whole line
of tea decor,
These dinnerware sets
by Debbie Mumm are very nice.
Teapots or Lavender Tea
Garden Dinner ware sets
can at purchased online
at DebbieMumm.com
See also her craft ideas,
recipes, fabrics and more - she has a "Tea-riffic Website"!
You can find a nice selection
of Mary Englebreit tea ware
at Dinnerware
Depot.com
or
This site too >> is Very
Mary..www.homeandgardenart.com/marencol.html
Find this Tealiteful
pillow for sale at homeandgardenart.com
Both Mary Englebreit and
Debbie, have: Tea Stickers, Fabric, Figurines, Lamps, Teas,
and more, any of their
tea collectibles & wares can be used for craft ideas,
or decorating.
Check out their official
websites for ideas and links to retail outlets.
Such as this site for
Mary Englebreit
www.ateyelevel.com
or
www.helloandgoodbuy.com/main/
Mary Englebreit ~ tea
fabrics (for sewing/craft projects) available here: [**Also at other
sites, too**]
www.webofthread.com/afternoon_tea_by_mary_engelbreit.htm
Check out this site for
Debbie Mumm
http://www.treasure-house.com/debbie_mumm.shtml
BOOK SUGGESTIONS by Mary
& Debbie
Mary
Engelbreit's Winter: Craft Book
Charlotte Lyons Mary
Engelbreit (Illustrator)
ISBN: 140283943X
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Publishing
Pub. Date: August 1996
**under $10**
Mary
Engelbreit's Autumn: Craft Book
ISBN: 0836222296
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Publishing
Pub. Date: August 1996
Mary
Engelbreit's Spring: Craft Book
ISBN: 0836228855
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Publishing
Pub. Date: February 1997
Mary
Engelbreit's Summer: Craft Book
ISBN: 0836227689
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Publishing
Pub. Date: May 1997
Wrap
It up!: Gifts to Make, Wrap and Give
Mary Engelbreit
ISBN: 0696209276
Publisher: Meredith Books
Pub. Date: September
1999
Mary
Engelbreit Cross-Stitch for All Seasons
Mary Engelbreit Carol
Field Dahlstrom
ISBN: 0696207079
Publisher: Meredith Books
Pub. Date: December 1997
Fabric:
Projects and Creative Decorating Ideas
Mary Engelbreit Vitta
Poplar Barbara Elliott Martin (Photographer)
ISBN: 0740709992
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Publishing
Pub. Date: May 2001
Mary
Engelbreit Decorating Ideas: Projects to Make for Indoors and Out
Mary Engelbreit Carol
Field Dahlstrom
ISBN: 0696211297
Publisher: Meredith Books
Pub. Date: March 2001
Time
for Tea with Mary Engelbreit
Mary Engelbreit (Illustrator)
Barbara Elliott Martin (Photographer)
ISBN: 0836227700
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Publishing
Pub. Date: June 1997
Debbie
Mumm's Quick Country Quilts for Every Room:
Wall Quilts, Bed Quilts,
and Coordinating Accessories Using Easy, Timesaving Techniques
ISBN: 1579542646 Publisher:
Rodale press Pub. Date: January 2000
12
Days of Christmas
Debbie Mumm
ISBN: 1890621471
Publisher: Landauer Books
Pub. Date: August 2002
Welcome
Home
Debbie Mumm Marjon Schaefer
(Editor)
ISBN: 1564772357
Publisher: Martingale
& Company
Pub. Date: August 1998
Tea
Time Friends
Debbie Mumm (Illustrator)
Caroline Brownlow
ISBN: 1570510970
Publisher: Brownlow Publishing
Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date: May 1999 **Under
$10**
Find more:
BOOK SUGGESTIONS by Mary
& Debbie
Susan
Branch also has tea-riffic items, stickers, stamps with tea themes.
visit this site
to purchase Susan Branch items
http://www.cherishd.com/susanbranch/catalog.shtml
See also Book
Titles by Susan Branch - she has some excellent ideas for hearth &
home.
Another good Craft book to consider
is:
Priscilla Paints Teapots
www.priscillahauser.com/teapots.htm
Take a look at this wonderful Tea
Room in miniature
Mini
British Tea Shoppe
by: Christine A. Verstraete
One of my other hobbies is decorating
my Dollhouse(s)
maybe someday I will be brave enough
to attempt a "Tea Room"
Look under "Miniature"
printables on the Free printables main page for more inspiration
(*in alpha order - under the topic
"miniatures")
If you are interested in miniatures
and/or would like to start with creating a
Room or Shop
Check out this book, which has
detailed plans for 5 shops
including an Art Deco TeaRoom
The
Dolls' House Shopkeeper:
Includes Five Shop Plans in 1/12
Scale
Lionel Barnard; Ann Barnard
Format: Hardcover, 176pp.
ISBN: 0715309668
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Company
Pub. Date: August 2001
to top of page
Here's a Cute idea for
Childrens favors
or even adults,
Victorian
Tea - Paper Cut Out Doll
Print out on heavy card
stock, or even printable magnet paper
Little girls can place
on magnet boards, and make their own stories
Scan in picture(of cut
outs) after printing
and crop parts and save
as "jpg" files
Scan in other images
from various sources
and print out on magnet
paper
(Avery sells magnet sheets
- available in
most office supply stores)
Use image files in printing your own invitations or
Just Be creative! with
them -
print out on t-shirt
transfer
paper, use for all types
of projects.
Find more Paper dolls
(find under "Paper Dolls" in alpha order) on the Free
printables page
There Many More
Craft Sites
with Free Patterns and
Ideas
From Craft
Town..Look at these ideas
Victorian Crafts...English
Garden Dolls
Cat Tea Cozy...TeaTime
Cross Stitch
Kids Party Crafts
Another craft site to
check out for good ideas:
http://www.thepartyworks.com/crafts/index.htm
Be sure to Check out Make
Stuff.Com
When decorating….have
lots of lace paper or real doilies.
Fresh floral rose petals
and pansys strewn
on the table look nice
as well.
Learn
fancy napkin folds..for decorating
individual place settings,
but if you are serving
Tea -
Buffett style, have napkins
available at the tea table.
Visit Lady Renee's Tea
Room filled with Tea Decorating, Ideas and Recipes
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/6804/teatime.html
Visit CraftMom.com and
see their kids crafts, Tea Party ideas
greatdayamerica.com/crafts/kidscrafts/teaparty.shtml
From HomeArts Celebrating
to a TEA!
Ideas, Recipes, Entertaining
Advice.
Tea
House Arbor
The Arbor
If you're looking for
a leafy way to put a special part of your yard in the shade, why not construct
an arbor and drape it with a gracious canopy of vining plants? This tea-house
arbor goes together like a miniature barn, complete with roof trusses;
add a bench or two, and it becomes a mini-gazebo.
from Better Homes &
Gardens online.
Here are directions for
Mother's Day Tea cup Candles **You can make for any occasion**
oldfashionedholidays.com/momsteacup.shtml
Look at this craft picture
and try to create something similar by yourself
or Purchase
Online from Rose Arbor Crafts
http://www.rosearborcrafts.com/teapot1.html
to top of page
Wedding/Shower General
Favor ideas
From this Wedding site:
Bliss
EZine - Favor Ideas
Try this Favor'tea
Tea Bags
Our favor is unique and
inexpensive.
We are using tea bags
filled
with a custom blend of
our choice
(ordered through a wholesale
catalog company).
Each tea bag will have
a custom label
on it with the name of
our "love brew."
Then, each guest will
get 3 tea bags
presented in a handmade
paper envelope
(matching our colors
sage and midnight blue)
stamped with a saying
of love.
Each favor will cost
about 40 cents
http://starwedd.com/favors.htm
Ideas from other brides
on favors
http://www.blissezine.com/library/weddingfavors5.asp
to
top of page
From HGTV - an episode
on PARTY FAVORS
Best-selling author and
wedding expert Beverly Clark
shows how to put together
impressive party favors.
Her demonstration includes
a tea cup transformed
into a fabulous pin cushion,
and she exhibits
a variety of other spectacular
favors.
All "do-it-yourself"
viewers will appreciate her step-by-step instructions.
http://www.hgtv.com/shows/CDS/cds-434.html
Materials:
tea cup and saucer
Styrofoam® ball
to fit tea cup opening
glue gun and glue sticks
scissors
6" square pre-cut piece
of fabric
3/4" pleated 16" Offray®
ribbon
assorted buttons, ribbon
roses, bows, small brass charms
miniature brass spoon
1 corsage pin
optional: 6" strip of
decorative ivory cording
Steps:
1. Set Styrofoam ball
gently inside tea cup. It should easily fit the opening.
2. Cover top half of
Styrofoam ball with 6" square of pre-cut fabric.
3. Smooth fabric over
ball. Gently pleat and glue fabric down,
making sure that the
Styrofoam visible above
the tea cup rim is completely
covered.
4. Trim excess fabric
with scissors.
5. Glue lower portion
of Styrofoam ball into tea cup.
6. Glue pleated Offray
ribbon around the circumference
of the Styrofoam ball,
at rim of tea cup.
7. Glue cording over
pleated ribbon covering joint
of the Styrofoam ball.
8. Arrange and glue the
assorted roses, bows, buttons,
and brass charms so they
are decoratively
clustered around the
edge of the Styrofoam ball.
9. Glue tea cup base
onto saucer, and let dry until hard.
10. Place and glue 3
ribbon roses at base around saucer.
11. Gently rest handle
of miniature brass spoon
on the roses. With spoon
in the position you desire,
glue it down on the saucer.
12. For a decorative
accent, stick a corsage pin
into the Styrofoam ball
near the rose cluster.
More Party Ideas:
-
Fill a flower pot with
seeds, note pads, candles, or chocolates shaped like garden tools.
-
Fill a tea cup with a tea
infuser, exotic tea bags, candy stirrers, and ribbon.
Advice from Beverly
Select a fabric that
works best with your special tea cup.
I like to use a moiré,
light damask or velvet.
The buttons, ribbon roses,
and
charms stand out better
on a solid fabric.
Resources:
Good sources for tea
cups and saucers
are local antique shops,
thrift stores, flea markets,
and neighborhood garage
sales.
All fabric, pleated Offray
ribbon, cording, bows,
buttons, brass charms,
lace appliqué, corsage pins,
and Styrofoam balls can
be found in your
local craft or fabric
store.
To find a location of
a retailer in your area,
or to inquire about mail
order,
please contact the listed
manufacturers.
Ribbon
Lion Ribbon Co./C.M.
Offray & Son, Inc.
857 Willow Circle
Hagerstown, MD
Web site: www.offray.com
Brass spoons/charms
Creative Beginnings
PO Box 1330
Morro Bay, CA 93443
Phone: 800-367-1739 or
805-772-9030
Web site: creative-beginnings.com
E-mail: customerservice@creativebeginnings.com
Fabric by Cranston
What can you make with
Daffodil Girl and Afternoon Tea? Get your imagination started
with 16 different easy to make kits. Try all sorts of crafts and
home décor, from a tranquil Afternoon Tea table setting, to a delightful
Daffodil Girl Quilt n’ Pillow!
http://www.quiltingtreasures.com/MaryEngelbreit/kits.htm
Vintage Tea Time - Patterns
Quoted from site:
Beki's Sewing patterns
www.vintagesewingpatterns.com/teatime.html
As a wonderful ritual,
and one of the few places to wear fun and historical tea gowns, Tea Time
is a nice way to dress up and spend time with friends and family!
Related:
Would you love to wear
wonderful Tea Decorated clothing?
Please visit QVC.com
and Search for "Quacker
Factory" Items
designed by Jeanne Bice
I have several wonderful
pieces, sweaters, jumpers, and blouses
All items are of wonderful
quality & design, and value!
Here are some items and
their item numbers
Item Number A69098
Quacker Factory Tea Party
Crewneck Tunic & Skirt Set
Item Number A57578
Quacker Factory High
Tea Camp Shirt with ButtonCovers
Item Number A78188
Quacker Factory Vintage
Tea Cups Shirt w/ButtonCovers
Item Number A67025
Quacker Factory High
Tea Denim Jumper w/ScatterPins
Search by item no. or
by putting in the words "Quacker Factory" in the QVC
search box.
Buy Favors & Party
Supplies - Online
Search these GENERAL CRAFT SITES
for Inspiration and Craf-tea Ideas
From Kerry's Kollectibles - Ideas for
Gift Baskets
www.kerryskollectables.com/BASKETS.html
Use your imagination and put some
"tea" type items in with these "baskets".
**See the other Freebies**
available from Kerry.
Also see my FREE Learning page on
my Website for Library Support Staff
this page has links to magazines
on the web, with craft projects.
And there are links to How-to's,
and Woodworking projects, and more!
Start Learning something new today:
Fun,
Free & Practical Learning Online
-
to top of page
