Yes, you read that title correctly, I am crafting something for work.
For a competition within our office. Last year there was a Christmas theme decoration of your desk area. We built a Gingerbread house! The post about it can be found here.
This year, it was a Christmas Tree competition. I immediately knew what I wanted to do and so in consultation with my desk/pod mates, I told what I wanted to do, and they were happy to let me run with it.
Quite a few years ago, a friend of mine had created a tree for a display that was quirky, creative, Christmas themed and latched into New Zealand style.
In other words, a New Zealand Tea Tree.
A Christmas tree that represented the native Tea Tree that we have in NZ (Leptospermum, commonly known as Manuka or New Zealand Tea Tree, is a versatile native shrub prized for its vibrant flowers, aromatic foliage, and ecological benefits)
A Tree that represents all of this, made entirely from tea bags, yes, tea bags.
I set about dying over 200 brand new tea bags, four different colours and then laced them onto a wire mesh frame.
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| Drying in the sunshine |
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| Almost there, just need to add the top and the lights |
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