Spring Tea Bag Embroideries

I have been finishing off more of my little mossy tea bag embroideries this week.

These two became little ATC's!

Some close-up detail:

I'm so thrilled to have received another little batch of ATC's in the post this week - and what stunners they are - the beautiful triptych from Angela at Felix the Crafty Cat, the exquisite print of her work from Sandra de and the lovely heart from Lunch Lady Jan - thank you so much ladies!

I'm linking up with WOYWW this week and am so happy to hear that Julia is now on the road to recovery after her successful operation - sending lots of love and keep getting stronger Julia. 

Spring Tea Bag Embroideries

I've been working on these little tea bags this week.  

I started them a few weeks ago and have been finishing them off with

velvet covered buttons, hand embroidery, lace, beads and some water-colour painting.

I'm linking up with Julia and Jan for the 7th Anniversary of WOYWW.  I still have a couple of ATC's if anyone would like to swap.

The Joy of Button Covering and WOYWW #361

Me: "I wish I had some velvet buttons for this embroidery"

Friend: "Just cover some yourself"

Me, sarcastically: "Yeah, right!"

Friend: "Get yourself a button coverer!"

WHAT!

 How on earth did I not know about this, how has the whole craft of button covering managed to pass me by?

I went home, searched ebay and picked one up for a couple of quid - I've been covering buttons ever since, and I'm loving it!

 I went a bit mad with my favourite green velvet as the buttons reminded me of cushions of moss.  I also covered some with bits of left over embossed velvet and I added some embroidery and beads. 

I'm linking up with Julia (who knew exactly what a button coverer was) over at 

What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday!

Night Garden

I love my garden in the late evening, when the sun has gone down and the scents are often at their strongest.
                                                                                     

   I've been using fresh foliage picked from the garden for making cyanotype sun prints, then screen printing with beautiful, creamy Jacquard textile paint, 
and lots of machine and hand embroidery - and there's lots more still to do!

Heuchera flower sun prints with printed seed heads

Printing over the marks left by teabags!

I knew moths would have to sneak in somewhere!

I'm linking up with Julia over at What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday

Mossy Teabags

 A mossy garden embroidered on a teabag! 

 

I am linking up with WOYWW - why not pop over to see what other people have on their desks this week!

Paper Artsy Challenge and Moss Garden

Another entry for the Paper Artsy Challenge and still being inspired by Leandra's video and the Adirondack Colorwash sprays.

Moss Garden teabags sprayed with Adirondack 'Espresso' and 'Lettuce',

then rusted and sprayed again.

I used invisible thread - it's springy - so the beads stand proud of the work, 

like the tiny flowers on moss.

Paper Artsy - Sprays Challenge

For the Paper Artsy challenge we have had to use sprays. 

  I was inspired when I saw Leandra's video and I realised I have that same beautiful green Adirondack spray called 'Lettuce'!  

 It was perfect for my Emergence of Spring project,

and it was perfect for moss!     

I used teabags backed with Vilene, Adirondack sprays, velvet, silk thread, silver wire, beads, rubber stamps and distress ink.

Teabag Art, Silk Paper and Beyond the Enclosure Project

It's time for WOYWW again and this week I have been using some of the silk paper I made last week, and continuing with an old theme I often come back to about garden history - there are links back to some older work here and here for any one interested.  I have also had a yearning to play about with teabags for quite a while, since seeing a whole table of them drying and waiting to be used over at Shoshi's blog!