Repurpose Envies Into A Tea Book With Tea

You will have 1 partner for this swap.

You will need 8 teas for this swap.

Being an avid repurposer and also in the middle of making a tea wallet for another swap I am hosting I got this idea while looking at my decorative envies that I usually send my teas in. They are 3 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches in size and the flaps have patterns on them, so I took one stuck the flap inside it and then folded it in half like a book and placed a closed tea package on one end and it fit perfect...so then I figured wouldn't it be cool to take a few and attach them like a book but with slots to hold the tea.

So for this swap you will need four envies to make your tea book. I sewed mine together down the middle on my sewing machine and added some glue to the "spine" on the thread but you can glue them or staple them together. If you don't have envies with deocrative flaps then you will have to decorate the flaps with markers or colored pencils or something that will not be bulky.

Once you have all of them put together like a little book you will need to decorate the front and back of the book...again this can be done with colored pencils, pens, markers, stickers, nothing too bulky and if you use glitter do not use loose glitter please use glitter pens as those do not flake off when dry. You can even cover it in fabric or felt or decoupage it.

The inside slots can either be left plain (white) or you can deocrate these too, put words on them, your partners name, be unique.

You can recycle junk mail envies for this swap as well.

Remember that this is a simple swap and it's suppose to look repurposed/recycled/upcycled so it does not have to look professional or perfect.

UPDATE: The one here in the pic is the one I am working on. I didn't take a picture of it closed up because I don't want to ruin the surprise for my partner but hopefully this will give you and idea of what I am talking about of how to put it together. I added a closure but you don't have to.

Now after your tea book is all put together and decorated you will need to put one tea into each slot of the book. You will need 8 teas and I suggest either 1 different each or at least 2 of each flavor...do not send 8 of all the same or 4 of all the same. The teas will give the book it's bulk this is why I am asking you not to use anything bulky for the inside decoration of the book.

The turnaround time on this swap should be quick as this can be done in few hours tops.

Sender choice but please check to make sure your partner does not have allergies or really dislikes a certain type of tea.

NO LOOSE LEAF for this swap.

International so please take note of shipping prices and shipping time.

No Australia as they have herb/tea restrictions.

Newbies welcomed with full filled out profiles, I always check.

No ratings under 4.5, No recent 3s or 1s within the last month without a good reason.....YOU MUST CONTACT ME TO LET ME KNOW.

I do ban people I feel do not fit the swap requirements so don't be offended if I do this to you.

I ALMOST FORGOT: You will also need to put a note into each slot with the tea either stating why you like it, where you got, a poem or anything sweet and nice.