DIY Project: Tea Tins
You are in for such a treat with this next project…it’s so professional, so expensive looking and yet it’s really quite simple! Your guests will love it, I promise. Oh and it was designed by Jennifer at Pigweed Press…remember that fabulous wedding we featured a few weeks back?
Materials
2.6″ Round Tin
Full Sheet Labels
Round Tea Bags
2″ Hole Punch
X-Acto Knife
Straight edge
Healing Mat
Color Printer
Vellum Paper (optional)
NOTES:
The tea tin requires 2 labels: (a) 2″ circle for the top AND (b) 6″ x 1″ rectangular to wrap around the side
Instructions
1. Create artwork for the top and side labels. Since you have 2 areas to work with, the possibilities are endless. Keep in mind though – if the tin is sitting on a table – the tops will be more visible than the sides. Suggested: Put your name or initials on the top and the kind of tea on the sides.
Tips about preparing artwork for print: If your design has bleeds (artwork that flush with the edge of the label) make sure you extend your artwork past the “cutline.” This allows you to avoid those pesky and unwanted white edges for when you trim the labels. Also, include cropmarks to guide you in cutting out the rectangular label.
2. Print out your designs – in color – onto the full sheet labels.
3. Using the 2″ circle punch, punch out the circular labels for the lid. To ensure your punch is centered, turn it upside down so you can see the design and where you are punching.
4. Adhere the circular label to the center of the tin’s lid.
5. With a straight edge and x-acto and using the cropmarks as guides, cut out your wrap labels.
7. Adhering the wrap label is a little trickier. Start in the center but allow the label to touch just enough so that it is barely sticking. This allows you to make adjustments so you can ensure the label is positioned squarely with the tin. Once straight, press the label from the center to its outer edges until it wraps all the way around.
8. Fill the tin with just enough tea bags (about 10 bags).
Optional…You can also include a round vellum insert to sit on top of the tea bags. This gives you another area to add artwork or information such as instructions on steeping the tea or a personal note from the bride and groom!
Here are some helpful resources….
2.6″ Round Tin – Style #TND4
($0.80 at www.specialtybottle.com)
Round Tea Bags – various flavors
($9.50 for 50 bags at www.republicoftea.com)
Hole Punch – Uchida Super Jumbo Circle 2″
($12.95 at www.createforless.com)
Labels – Avery 5165 (laser) / Avery 8465 (Inkjet)
($36.99 for 100 sheets at www.staples.com)
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I am MADLY in love with this idea…it’s so completely chic and seems like such a luxury.
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So very pretty
i'm lovin all these DIY'ers today! thanks for sharing!
Hi Abby,
Any info on how the artwork for the labels was created? I love this idea but I am a complete design dummy.
Any info is much appreciated!
Beautiful label artwork and great idea!
Cathy
Totally agree about the artwork. any ideas? I adore this and could see it as beautiful stationery too!
Loving this DIY tins. Ditto here too about the artwork - would love any tips on creating them too. Cheers!
LOVE these!! I am thinking they might have solved my place-setting dilemma! And I 4th or 5th the request for the design work! So lovely!
agreed..i think the part most brides would need help with is definitely the artwork, more than anything else!
Hello!
I would recommend Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. InDesign also works great in conjunction with Illustrator and/or Photoshop. If you only have Photoshop, it will do but with far less precise results. It is better to use Photoshop with Illustrator or InDesign. If you don't have any of these things, fret not - Adobe offers 30-day trials of all their software. Take advantage of them while you can!
The design itself is made up of (a) lines, circles and rectangles, (b) some decent typefaces and (c) a floral illustration. You can do A LOT with just (a) and (b) (all kinds of stripes, polka dots, co-centric circles, checkerboard, the possibilities are endless).
Look for some good free fonts on www.dafont.com.
I got the floral illustration (in vector format) from www.istockphoto.com but you could just as easily scan a pattern or motif that you like. If you're using Photoshop then you can even change the color of your scanned image to match your wedding colors giving you a wealth of options.
Hope that helps!
Good luck!
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We want to give tea as a favor, and were looking into loose teas already packaged in tins. However, I think this idea would be better for the guests, since loose tea requires additional supplies. The round tea pillows mentioned here are quite pricey (especially if each guest is getting ten). Any ideas for less expensive tea suppliers? Hmm, maybe I'll look ito smaller tins.... Great idea overall!
Please note! the wrap label is actually 8.5" wide and not 6". Sorry for the error!
JLS, what about creating your own tea sachets? You can get empty rounds and seal your own blend of tea inside instead of purchasing premade tea rounds.
I don't know how to make them, though. i saw this thing in a SkyMall magazine but it is way more expensive. http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102174604&c =
Why not do loose tea? The only other supplies needed is a strainer!
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I just ordered all of the supplies to make these our place settings/favors. We are doing them with Sip for The Cure Pink Lemonade Green Tea... so they are not only adorable but also help a great cause! Thank you so much for this idea!
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that J.W. was always a creative one. top job. high five. yes. VOTE. :)
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this is a good idea, too. not my most favorite ever (save for toaster strudels), but definitely in the top 17 or 18 ideas ever--which is still pretty good, because there have been alot of ideas.
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