T Stands For Let's Talk Napins and Coffee Makers

 

Imagine my surprise when I suggested a napkin swap that people had no idea what a decorator napkin was.

A decorator napkin is one you use in your art, like the ones above.  I have sent these napkins to friends in the past, but not the roses, which I purchased for journal pages only.

A decorator napkin will contain three layers of napkin.  There is a top layer that has the design, a middle layer that will sometimes show the same design, only fainter, and the bottom layer that will contain no trace of the color or design.

Carefully remove the top sheet from the two bottom sheets. 

Save the bottom two layers for other projects and use the top layer in your art.  If you want to join the napkin swap, I suggest you send only the top layer of the napkin.  Be sure it is complete and has no rips, though.

A napkin like this is nice for your own art, but should not be one you use in the swap.  You should be able to use the entire napkin, not just the part inside the white area.

When I peeled this napkin apart, I was surprised how much blue color was left on the second layer.

I purchased a package of these napkins for backgrounds in my Halloween altered book.  This is NOT a decorator napkin that is acceptable for the swap.

Here are some napkins I have received in the past and the sender.

I am sorry, but I'm not sure if this came from Linda K or Yvonne.

Now you know the type of napkin that is acceptable for the swap.  You can find decorator napkins everywhere, including your grocery store, the dollar store, Tuesday Morning, and specialty stores.  Please let me know in the comments if you want to swap.  I know a few of you have already said you were interested in swapping.

In 2020, I sent everyone who participated in T Stands For Tuesday an ATC and, among other things, a napkin.  Here is how Jo used the napkin I sent.  

Normally I would use one of these napkins as my qualifier for T Tuesday.  However, this is recycle month and I simply had to recycle something today.

I've mentioned this book before and used images from it.  However, I have never shown the cover before.  It was edited by James Beard and contains cooking items for those who love to cook.  It was published in 1972 and given to me by my foodie friend, Sally. It is a large book that used the entire space on my scanner. There are over 750 pages and it weighs a ton (OK, not quite a ton).  All coffee maker images came from this book.

Here is a rather sad photo of the page I have created.  I scanned it so you can see everything better.

This Bunn coffeemaker is the one my friend Scott swears by.  It is hooked to a water source and water is kept hot so coffee can be brewed in around a minute.

I grind my coffee every time I make a new pot.  I'm glad I don't have to use this old beauty.

This is the most beautiful and possibly the most expensive French Press I have ever seen.  It retailed for $184.00 (USD) in 1972.

This is definitely NOT how I would make a pot of coffee.  I would begin by grinding my beans.  To each his own, though.  I love how they compare the espresso machine to a calculator.  Does anyone even use a calculator anymore?

These are cans of coffee from earlier times.

I was sure the image color quality would be off in the scan, so I took a photo of these cans.  You be the judge. 

A really, really old time French Press.

This is a Melitta pour over machine.  Melitta is, without a doubt, one of the great dinosaurs of the coffee industry and has managed to preserve its immense legacy over time without losing its momentum or market presence.

 

This is another drip coffee maker.

 

This coffee urn has become a collector's item.  I have something similar, but it is not a collector's item and the stand isn't nearly as tall as the one in the magazine.

For Day 19 of 22, I recycled these wonderful images of coffee makers and sewed them to a used file folder.  Note there is NO Mr. Coffee and the coffee pods weren't even a gleam in their inventor's eye in the 1970s.

Now it's your turn to share a drink inspired post.  You may share photos, a place you visited, an empty cup, a full cup, teapot, or mug, movies, postcards, books, magazines, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below, then Bleubeard and I, along with other T gang friends will be by to visit.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that your photos may be taken at any time, not just on Tuesday.  And please check back often, because some are early T visitors and some visit much later on Tuesday afternoon.

Please don't forget to let me know about the napkin swap.