Goodness! I’m not sure I’ll be able to keep up with this project after all; it’s been two weeks since I posted for Day 3! Lots going on in other areas of my life which has distracted me.

I began making a papier-mâché bowl with torn strips of a thin paper bag. I layered a produce bag over the outside of a glass bowl to prevent the paper from sticking, and used watered-down white glue to soak the paper strips in. After adding a few layers, over several days, I removed the glass bowl. Alas, much of the plastic produce bag stuck to the inside of the paper bowl! I peeled some of it off, but stopped when the paper started peeling away with the bag.

Finally hit on lining the papier-mâché bowl with empty tea bags instead of more paper bag strips. I brushed thinned glue onto an area of the bowl, added half the tea bag (first opened those and scraped out any remaining tea leavs), then painted more glue on top. I debated adding another layer to the outer part of the bowl, and today declared it done!

Paper Bag Bowl

Paper Bag Bowl 2

Today I also made some faux hand made paper, inspired by Natasa of Treasure Books. I glued together layers of thin white paper towel using water-thinned white glue, and sprinkled some peppermint leaves from a used tea bag in between the layers. After the paper was tacky-dry, I ironed it with a layer of parchment between paper and iron. Intriguing! EnJoy!

Faux Hand Made Paper