Heart-Shaped Hand-Sewn Tea Bags

I am filling this heart shaped tea bag with Russian Morning #24 loose leaf tea.

I am new to drinking loose leaf tea. I don’t care too much for using my tea-spoon shaped strainer (hard to get the leaves in and especially out). So I decided to search Google for how to make my own tea bags. Yes, I could have tried my other strainers, but I was in the mood to craft.

I used the idea and instructions from Marianne aka Songbird  It is posted here on Pretty Handy Girl.

OTHER IDEAS TO TRY

• Go here (Baking Fashion) to see how to make a tree-shaped tea bag.
• This link (from Morning Creativity) will show you how to make an envelope for your tea bag.
• Make felt tea bags (Lil Blue Boo) for you little ones’ pretend tea party.
• Check out this Pinterest Board on Tea Parties.

Each tea bag has 2 tsp of loose leaf tea. I decided to not add a string or tag – this time.

Your Turn . . .  Have you ever made you own tea bags? If yes, what tips do you have?

Crafts and Food Made for the 21 Days of Tea Series . . . 

• 3 Teacup Cupcake Recipes You Need to Try for Your Next Tea Party
• 7 Tips for Turning a Tea Cup and Saucer into a Candle
• Cream Cheese Mints – Great Party Nibbles
• Earl Grey Cookies (recipe roundup) – Tasty with Teas
• Heart-Shaped Hand-Sewn Tea Bags
• Hostess Gift for Tea Party
• How to Make an “Eyes on You” Glass Mug
• How I Made a Teacup Bird-Feeder & 3 Things I Learned
• Making a Small Teacup Pincushion
• Two More Tea Wallets

21 Days of Tea is after the jump. 

1. Peppermint
2. Sweet & Spicy (cinnamon dominant herbal blend)
3. Zen (lemon grass, spearmint, green tea)
4. Rainforest Red (red rooibos, hibiscus, chicory root, blackberry leaves, orange peel, ginger root, acai)
5. English Breakfast
6. Earl Grey (blend of black teas, oil of bergamot)
7. Tulsi Sweet Rose (blend of tulsi and sweet rose)
8. Pomegranate Raspberry Green Tea (green tea, chamomile, hibiscus flowers, orange peel, citric acid, pomegranate flavor, raspberry flavor, Japanese matcha)
9. Green Moroccan Mint (green tea, spearmint, peppermint, lemongrass) – all organic and fair trade certified
10. Orange Spice Black Tea (blended black tea, orange peel, cinnamon, orange oil, clove flavour)
11. Russian Morning #24 – loose leaf (Russian blend of black China, Ceylon, and India Teas)
12. Green Tea with Blueberries (Green Tea with Nature Identical Blueberry Flavour )
13. Constant Comment (black tea with orange rind, sweet spices)
14. Japanese White Tea Powder
15. Winter Solstice (blend of black teas, spices, vanilla, citrus)
16. Wild Raspberry Hibiscus Herbal Tea  (hibiscus, orange peel, lemongrass, rose hips, raspberry flavour, licorice powder, citric acid)
17. Tangerine Orange Zinger Sweet Iced Tea (hibiscus, rosehips, orange peel, hawthorn, tangerine, rebiana, blackberry leaves)
18. Coconut Chai (Ceylon & Assum Tea, cinnamon, ginger, Island coconut)
19. Honey Vanilla Chai (white tea, black tea, roasted chicory, cinnamon,  ginger, cloves, cardamom, black pepper, nutmeg, honey)
20. Compared 3 Earl Grey Teas. See Day 6 for ingredients.
21.  Sleepytime Extra (chamomile, tilia estrella flowers, valerian, spearmint, West Indian lemongrass, hawthorn, orange blossoms)