There are a couple standard ideas about how to age paper but mainly it's about dipping or painting tea on your page and letting it dry. Here's what I want to remember in case I ever do it again:
- print your item with a laser printer, inkjet will bleed
- use black tea for a darker stain
- steep the tea bags in hot water for a few minutes before beginning to paint
- use the saturated tea bag as a brush and paint the tea on the paper
- once the paper has been painted, tap the paper lightly with your fingertips to create little tea dots
- blot the paper with toilet paper to remove any puddles and help set the tea dots into the paper
- move to another location to air dry
2 comments:
Amazing! Henry is so lucky to have you as a mom! With your imagination and creativity, he'll always have parties to remember. I wish I were invited to a HP themed party (for grown-ups) :-) The kids will have a blast!
Those are awesome!
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