Tea-dyed Antiqued Book Pages ☆☆NEW☆☆
After over a decade of perfecting my "antiquing" technique for the pages in my books and journals, I've added a new, all-natural process, of tea-dying. This new process, which I call Chai-Dye, since it uses many of the same ingredients I use in my morning cup of Chai Tea (sans the frothy almond milk!) gives my journal and book pages a BEAUTIFUL vintage tint-- much different to my original paper antiquing technique, which features "burnt edges" and has a more "ancient" feel rather than "vintage". ❤︎ I love them both ❤︎ Burnt edges are featured with the original antiqued page process. Both processes use a wet-on-wet method and are time-consuming, but the results are amazing. After a few applications of the special, all-natural dye, the pages are ideally dried in the hot sun although sometimes during the winter on cold and rainy days, I am forced to hang pages near a heater. Here are two creamy Chai-Dyed papers n...