Pretty in Pink

I was quietly and slowly preparing tea bags for use (carefully prying open the tiny staples at the top; teasing out bits of string; finding the opening and gently inserting a knife blade and then coaxing the crimped edge open; dumping out tea leaves; and then carefully pulling the paper flat ready for ironing) when the idea came to me to do an illuminated letter on a used tea bag. So when I finished the task of bag preparation, I immediately fell to doing an illuminated letter. I completed it this morning, and here it is. It is an 'f':

Here's a longer view so you can see the whole bag:

And here is the result of an hour of prepping tea bags to get the paper that I adore. There are well over 100 leaves here:

Thanks for dropping in today and I hope to see you soon! *smiles* Norma