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- Make your own tea bags at home with these easy steps from The Mason Jar
- Store co-owner Pete Colling preps the ingredients
- The tea bags, ready to be filled
- Embroidery floss and decorators tape for the finishing touches
- The finished products
- Bonus DIY: ball jars turned into mercury jars with a little water, vinegar, and looking glass spray paint — perfect to use as a vase or as a storage container for the tea bags