Do you love stitching, crafting, making stuff?
Now’s the time to refresh your maker skills and express your creativity as never before using your art to tell stories.
And it starts with the humble tea bag.
Welcome to the Snippets Tea Bag Art 2.0 course where you can use a tea bag as a “canvas” to create a small and enchanting work of art.
Make the marks first
Would you make more small art if you started with simple marks and not a blank page?
Are you afraid of wasting your blank canvas by making a wrong mark that you can’t recover from?
By creating organic marks with rust or dye or paint, you have crossed that hurdle.
These marks are the beginning of a whole new story that you can tell on a tea bag.
Then you can add fabric scraps from your stash, add stitching, and add other embellishments that tell a story like no other: unique to you and your creative voice.
Why a tea bag?
Tea bags are a perfect base for this project as they absorb rust and color while creating a unique pattern of marks that can't be replicated. With a backing, they can withstand stitching, gluing, wrinkling, and ironing to create texture and dimension.
Plus, they are small enough to complete a project in a short amount of time. And you’ve saved one more thing from the landfill!
It's time to fall in love with making stitched art your way on a tea bag.
Why the name Snippets Tea Bag Art?
I adore the word "snippets" – it sparks my imagination. I envision a delightful blend of odds and ends from my stash, combined with a humble tea bag, weaving together a visual narrative that's simply enchanting!
Snippets Tea Bag Art is small art that tells a big story
I GET IT. I'M A MAKER TOO.
I love to make things with my hands.
I like to use unique techniques and tools.
I don't like to buy ready-to-use craft store elements.
I want my art to tell stories.
I like to work small.
IS THIS YOU?
You like small, mixed-media art projects using unique elements.
You like to use fabric, thread, and stitching in your small projects.
You enjoy challenging yourself to make new things, even if you think you don’t have strong art skills.
You like courses that teach structure but also give you the flexibility to design your own layout and choose your own fabrics and colors.
You prefer to learn in small chunks with step-by-step directions.
You prefer succinct instructions and demonstrations without “fluff.”
You like small projects that you can complete quickly.
A “Snippet” is a small visual story on a "canvas" you probably have in your kitchen cabinet - a tea bag!
In the Snippets Tea Bag Art 2.0 course, you’ll learn to design, create, and display unique mixed-media art stories on a tea bag.
At the end of this course, you will...
amaze your friends and family with your art style
be consistently inspired to make small art
feel a sense of satisfaction by finishing a project
discover a new confidence in your creative voice
Course includes:
6 modules
29 videos
Printable worksheets, lists, and guidebook
Meet Your Instuctor
HELLO! I’M CAROL.
I created this course because I fell in love working with tea bags in 2018. I challenged myself to make 30 different tea bag art pieces in 30 days.
By spending so much time thinking about how to get to the 30-tea-bag mark, I really had to stretch my imagination and my assumptions about working with tea bags.
This course is the culmination of working with dozens of tea bags. And Snippets Tea Bag Art 2.0 is the latest version!
Making these little “Snippets” has been a lot of fun, and I plan on making more of them as a collection for framed art and my art journals.
If you like to work with materials that aren’t the norm and make things that are unusual, this course is for you.
I hope you’ll join me, have fun, and learn to use tea bags in your art.
Refund Policy
Due to the digital format of this course, refunds are not offered. If you have problems with the course, please reach out to me by email: carol(at)carolannwebster.com
FAQ’s
Q: WHEN WILL I GET ACCESS TO THE COURSE?
A: After registration, all of the modules and lessons are immediately available to you online.
Q: HOW LONG WILL I HAVE ACCESS TO THE ONLINE COURSE?
A: You'll have access to the course for as long as my site is active.
Q: IS THIS COURSE ENTIRELY ONLINE?
A: The course modules are all online. But there is a Facebook group where you can get inspiration from other students or ask questions if you need help. I’m in there frequently.
Q HOW CAN I GET HELP IF I NEED IT?
A: Here’s the link to the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/100leaves100days
I’m happy to answer any questions you have through email.
Q: WHY IS THE FACEBOOK GROUP CALLED “100 LEAVES 100 DAYS?”
A: When I started ecoprinting on paper in 2018, I set a challenge for myself of making 100 ecoprints in 100 days. I started a Facebook group of those who would like to join in my challenge. It has morphed into the group where Snippets students have joined and I’ve kept the name. Ecoprinting on paper is still part of the group’s interests.
Q: HOW MUCH ARTISTIC SKILL DO I NEED TO MAKE A “SNIPPET?”
A: You just need to be curious and willing to try to make a Snippet.
The skills are basic like gluing fabric, basic embroidery stitches, choosing embellishments from your stash, and choosing the colors and patterns you like to see together, again from your stash.
No drawing or painting skills needed.
This course is more about the choices you make as you go through the course. My goal is to show you my techniques and how to use them your way.