T Stands For What's Brewing?

Last week I told you I lost a lot of data when I turned the computer on.  I used the wrong verbiage.  I lost all my tabs that separated my various interests.  For example, the first tab holds my blog and all my challenge blogs I visit daily or weekly.  That tab I was able to reproduce easily because most of the information is on my right sidebar.

Then there's my tab on murals in Wichita.  I was keeping track of where they were, the addresses, the names, etc.  Although I'm missing some, I've been able to restore most of those, too.

It's all the other tabs that I've lost and can't be found, like projects I want to try for my Second Thursday Tutorial, projects I want to make for Christmas, and projects referring to recycling.  My friend Scott told me I should have clicked on something like renew or restore when I rebooted.  When I didn't that's why I lost everything.  It was MY fault and no one else's.  Luckily none of my bookmarks are lost, so I'm hoping they might help me restore a few of the missing files.  And thankfully, both sidebar icons are still here.  Now to our regularly scheduled post.

I decided to post something a bit different for T Tuesday because for the first time in over a month, I don't have an ATC to share.

Although we're once again meeting at my dining room table,

this time I'm joining Alison, who we know as Craftytrog, our host this month at Art Journal Journey with her Pockets and Tags.  For this entry, I have once again used both a pocket and a tag in my spread.

You can see where I got the name of the post title, "What's Brewing."  I loved the image I found in a magazine showing a cappuccino in a cup sitting on a bed of coffee beans.  As you can see, the tag started out with a gifted die cut. To complete the tag, I ran a chalk pen around the edges and the hole.

For this page I created in my Scraps altered book, I first laid down a sheet of thick yellow card stock.  Next, I used the stencil in two places that Mia sent me.  The first one turned out great.  I used a walnut ink dauber.  The second time I stenciled the image, I turned it over after I had carefully cleaned it, at which time I added the image a second time.  This time, I must have pressed too hard on the dauber because the ink spread under the stencil.  I knew I had to cover it in some way, so I found the largest used tea bag I had.  I then stamped arrows on the tea bag using Staz-on before affixing the tea bag to the substrate and covering as best I could, my mistake.  To finish, I added the sentiment from various magazines in ransom style letters.
 
I hope you will join us for T Tuesday and also visit Art Journal Journey. 

I realize this is a week early, but I want to remind everyone to be digging up your Second on the 2nd posts.  I fear if I wait until next week, it will be too late.  Please remember, the only requirement is it must have been published previously on your blog. 

Now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard, decorated card, or magazine image.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time, even months or years ago, if you choose.