In the studio, a shriek (of excitement!)

The latest project from my craft room is a tea-bag holder, many of them, designed as a take-away for my daughter's book signing/launch party on August 3 in for her book of poetry entitled, as you may have guessed, In the Kettle, the Shriek.


She and I wanted to keep the kettle/tea theme going, and I found this wonderful card stock at Joann's. Unfortunately, there were only two sheets of it in the book, so we decided to mix patterns in the same color palette.

Here are the steps we took.

First, we cut out the basic shape using the Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 cartridge. Yes, there is actually a shape called "tea bag holder."

The Cricut also cuts the score lines, making it easy to fold in the right place. I use a bone folder to create the crease, apply double-sided tape, and adhere the back flap to the side flaps.

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Hannah and I together chose the fonts we used for the title of the book, printed out two columns on card stock, and used the EK Tools punch shown.

A couple of strips of double-sided tape on the front anchor the silver ribbon simply wrapped around the holder.

Two turquoise brads decorate the label, and the label is affixed with double-sided tape.

Insert tea bag, and there you have it.