Tea Bag Scrolls 

I love your humor with Little Miss Perfectionist!!

This is fantastic idea so love it

I lurveee these. I'm definitely going to try this out tfi Great chat Susan, I really could listen to you talk about anything

Love the scrolls. One could use it as a yearly,(monthly ,whatever) affirmation and hanging it on a daily journal it’s always there for one to focus on.

First these little scrolls are fabulous. And I can’t wait to make my own unique version. And your so right, there is value in making happy little accidents. Love your channel.

Hi. I already sent you message to tell that I discovered you and your art just little time ago and I felt in love with it. So inspiring for me who love nature so deep, as you. I feel your art very close to my way of feeling.... Thanks. Greetings from Italy

Susan, what you spoke about on here today, I felt was directed right to me! I love how you laid it all out there in front of me. "Do I really want to wear this brick around my neck for a day, or weeks?" SO well said. Thank you I needed to hear and see this video. BTW, I adore your tiny T-bag scrolls! This lesson was a 2 for 1. I'm so happy I found your site! Yer rockin' it!

Ugh! Negative self-talk! That is my worst enemy! So, I guess I’m my own worst enemy 😊 Thank you for this! And your scrolls are fabulous!!! Hugs! Emily

I just found your channel and the tea bags were awesome!! But to be honest what you had to say was exactly what I needed to hear right ,thank you so much for your inspiration w your art and advice:)) I'm making my first junk journal and um stuck. You were right tho, I've watched so many videos I'm ready, yes my cup of inspiration is full. I needed to hear tho what you had to say. Thank you!! I'll still for sure be checking out your stuff tho!!

You are my lovely free therapist. My deepest regards.....lol

Just keep doing what you are doing... The art the talks are perfect as is. I needed to watch and learn today. Thanks for the ideas and reminders we are all unique and wonderful. 🥰🐞🤗

First- time viewer here, and i just wanted to let you know that as I listened and watched, i felt like I was viewing my own thoughts and experience. Thanks for reinforcing the inspiration and encouragement in a way that I self-speak on a regular basis. There are no mistakes in the creative process.

Cool stuff. I don’t think my problem is perfectionism. I sort of embrace not being perfect. I always had a problem with being told i had done something wrong when I didn’t know it was wrong. I hated failure or being told I wasn’t good enough (that’s what doing something wrong meant to me, that I was bad or a failure). I’m also struggle with crafting ADD. Ha! So I have a dilemma. I make something that sells well. However, it’s boring for me to make them over and over, but, it’s the one thing that brings in regular money. I want to do other things, but they aren’t making as much money....

Lovely chat Susan. You always make me think about why I am always self doubting or self shaming! Ugh we are so hard on ourselves. Love the little scrolls!!!!

Thank for this , love the scrolls, now I’m working on little stitching projects with watercolors on them, you’re very inspiring and encouraging .

Very cool!

Is your birth sign a Virgo? Virgos tend to be a perfectionists. I'm one of them. I've learned to let go of things. Like you, when I was younger, I used to kick myself for mistakes that only me knew. Bottom line is acceptance of who you are and like yourself in whatever you do. In this case creative art. There's no right or wrong in art. It's an expression of one's self and we all work differently from each other. It's what makes us individually unique. BTW, I love nature, though what I create is more vintage shabby with a touch of grunge. My next project is a Botanical Journal. I stumbled onto your video, I think I'll borrow your idea and incorporate your tea bag scroll. It's unique and so very cute! I'll make sure to give you the credit for the inspiration. Thank you for sharing and for the nice conversation. GOD Bless

These are so much fun & PERFECT for my nature / fairy journals!

I’m a little bit older than most (probably) but it took awhile, but now I do art for myself expression only. No right or wrong, just being me.Worrying about what others think really, REALLY does NOT matter, ALWAYS be true to yourself. 😊

My latest experiment last weekend was with coloring papers with blueberries. Results are great and my fingers still blue too! We are strong together, I never thought of making videos in english (not perfect, who cares) but found so much love and support from this crafters community that I learned to love what ever I create. Bye the way Susan, my next project is done, will make the video tomorrow. Enjoyed your video and thoughts a lot, thank you.

Hello. Looking for the link to your FB group. Thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thank you!

I never look at stories... I'm wondering if the number of people that it shows that saw it is even accurate... I would say that unless someone commented, then nobody saw it! There... These are absolutely beautiful!!! I am very happy you finished the video!!!

I love how the scrolls turned out. What a great way to use tea bags.Thanks for the inspiration. Blessings and Hugs 🤗

New sub here, enjoying your videos. Your class story really resonated with me. Sometimes your spin on things is different than others, we all might see the assignment in a different way. I went back to school when I was 42 for a science degree leading to a career in the medical field. I took lots of English and writing classes for my extras because I like them. The teacher of a class had us write an essay about a poem by Walt Whitman. I kept reading that darn poem and I liked it less every time. He seemed so conceited and pompous to me. Finally I gave up and sat down and wrote a parody of the poem and turned it in. Screw it, I'll do better next time. When I got to class the next day the teacher called out my name. Oh no, this can't be good. Then she told the class about my poem and how much she enjoyed it and how she called her father and read it to him and then came to school and read it to her colleagues. Then she asked me to stand up and read it to the class and I was so freaking embarrassed. On the paper she had written, this really needs to be published. Lesson learned: just be you, no one else can.

Wow Susan, Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent. I can see these little scrolls being hidden in places that someone will find them and be inspired by the message in them. How would waxing or oiling them help keep them from breaking down if left in the weather. You know like the painted stones that people leave for someone to find? Just a thought. Blessings creative sister

I love these and all of your art. To be honest there are a lot of things you make that I never asked about. Yet, I want them or love them for one reason or another. I took a break from making journals and did some pour painting. I am now going to teach my co-workers about pour painting next month. While I am no expert in the pour painting. I think it will be a fun and bonding time. There might be mistakes then, but I choose to see them as happy accents... Who knows maybe they will teach me... I say do you, but I am always up for nature things walks in your garden or art from your garden or something in between is good for me. :-) Hugs!!

I liked this one. And Trust Me! baldr - lazy on spotify!

Those are cute! I don’t have a tea bag stash but I’m thinking using fabric would definitely be cute. Thanks So much!

I've been saving my teabags and I'm so happy you made this video. The only thing is.....my teabags aren't stained like yours. I'll need to coffee dye by teabags to get that look. lol. ( I drink red raspberry leaf tea from Traditional Medicinals and the darkening doesn't happen)

Thank you Susan - and the scrolls are adorable

What a fabulous idea. These little scrolls are just gorgeous. As a Christian, I would put Bible verses on them. I think it would be fun to make a big jar full of them and leave it out and encourage people just to take one. I would leave it up to the Lord to decide who got which quote! I love how they look - they remind me of the Dead Sea Scrolls which have revealed so much truth about God to the world. I am on a roll at the moment with teabags! There is a process which I think I have invented (I have never seen anyone else do this, but I may be wrong) - When you have had your tea, squeeze out the excess tea from the bag, not too much, but enough to stop it dripping, and then lay it on watercolour paper to dry. If you lay them flat, they come out more or less square, with some wrinkles, but if you scrunch them up a bit and press them down onto the paper, the point of contact is more circular and more irregular. Leave them to dry completely before moving them. When you take them off, they will have left stains in the most gorgeous shapes, and you can use these to doodle on, following the shapes and the creases as a starting point. They can then be cut out and used as embellishments in journals, on cards, tags, etc etc. I am in the process of making a series of mini-journals featuring teabags, and have covered the first two with sheets of teabags glued together along their edges, with grungey stencilling on them using Frayed Burlap distress ink. I padded the cover first, before adding the teabag cover, so that they feel soft - really tactile! I am making a variety of closures for the books, using ribbon or buff coloured twine, with added beads. I am now thinking of making paper beads out of teabags, rolling them from corner to corner (I have mostly square ones, not the long ones like you are using). I thought of layering them first with some coloured paper or gold, so that this shows as you roll the teabag. I think these would be cool embellishments for the little books. I can’t wait to try making your scrolls! They are absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing the process.

You make me like myself more 💕

Thank you 🙏🏻❤️

Very special.

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Great idea

Awesome

I love these little scrolls! As you were saying, there are so many options and ideas that come off of your idea. Wonderful! Another uplifting chat. Thank you, Susan xoxoxo

Thank you! Made a big boo-boo yesterday