Yet some artists are giving the tea bag a second life, letting their simple shapes and colors shine. Colorado artist Wewer Keohane has been making art from spent tea bags for over 20 years.

When Home & Backyard visited, Keith demonstrated the painstaking process of creating water color art work on a tea bag. Click here to find where you can purchase his artwork.

The art process began with Mrs West drying out used Yorkshire Tea tea bags. She then cut them up, scrapped out all the tea and ironed them flat. The edges were taped, the tea bags were placed on ...

The art process began with Mrs West drying out used Yorkshire Tea tea bags. She then cut them up, scrapped out all the tea and ironed them flat. The edges were taped, the tea bags were placed on ...