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Stressful Times Call for Bathtub Tea

April 13, 2011 By radmegan 27 Comments

I come from a long line of nail-biters, hand-wringers and floor-pacers. My BIG project is due at the end of this month, and I’m more than a little anxious about it. On the whole, I’m handling the work-load well, but for me, stress, and mounting insecurities are my most powerful adversaries. As a champion worrier, I’ve spent years trying to tailor a de-stressing routine that suits my lifestyle. Exercise is always a good thing. However, my secret weapon for mitigating stress, happens in the bathroom. When the going gets tough, the tough takes a bath. 

Long, hot soaks in the tub (or showers, in a pinch) are equivalent to touching “base” in the middle of a frenzied game of tag. In the bath, my stress melts away and my jumbled thoughts become clear. 
I have a friend who makes her own bath-salt mixes. When we worked together, she’d often bring me bags of the stuff to dump directly in the tub when I needed to give myself a “time-out”. While her recipe was divine, I often felt like I was marinating in a stew of dried flower bits and floating sacks of oil. I would get out of the tub with roses stuck to my thighs and lavender flowers matted into my scalp. Honestly, sometimes that was a really nice thing. But other times, it wasn’t.
With her soothing bath mix in mind, and the reality that I don’t have time to (for lack of a better phrase) “de-flower” myself after a soak, I decided to put my own bath mix directly into tea bags that would steep in the hot bath water, and contain all of the flowery bits while infusing the tub with lovely smells and relaxing oils.

Here’s what I used to create my bathtub tea bags:
Extra Large Tea Bags
Dried lavender Flowers
Bath Salts (or Epsom Salt)
Dried Hyacinth Flowers
Bath Beads (filled with fragrant oil)
You can also use dried roses, dried chamomile, dried mint etc…


Place 1-2 cups Epsom salt into a large bowl, and mix in 1/2 cup of the dried flowers and herbs. Add a handful of bath beads, and fill each tea bag with the mix. My first batch of bathtub tea bags was only filled up to about the half-way point. Next time, I think I will fill the tea bags 3/4 of the way full.

Once the bags are filled, fold the edges together as if you were wrapping a present (see above), and sew the bag closed. I folded the pointed tips of the tea bags down, and adorned them with embroidered hearts. Using the same colored embroidery thread, I added a tea bag string that measured about 12-inches long (which hangs nicely from the bathtub faucet.)
After running a hot bath, soaking in the relaxing and calming waters, and washing away my immediate worries, I’m now lavender-scented, clear-minded and ready for another day of hard work, hand-wringing and focus! Hope you enjoy!



Note: These bathtub tea bags, when paired with my homemade sugar scrub would make for a very soothing Mother’s Day gift.


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Comments

  1. elisa.b says

    April 13, 2011 at 9:19 am

    I love this idea. I am also a seasoned worrier and also turn to hot baths and tea (separately) to relax, although I have been lacking a cheap/natural additive (for lack of a better word) to enhance the soaking experience. I will have to try this. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!! :)

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  2. SweetJeanette says

    April 13, 2011 at 9:24 am

    ROFL – roses stuck to your thighs!!! I’ve never liked the thought of things sticking to me after a bath either – giggle.
    I absolutely adore the extra touch of the embroidered heart!!!! So sweet.
    oh, and thanks for dropping by sweetjeanette.com and to answer your question…Yes! Yes it is perfectly acceptable to have a slice of that cake for breakfast! It’s got protein and dairy. I say go for it! LOL

    Reply
  3. Vivian says

    April 13, 2011 at 10:29 am

    So lovely, functional and just plain pretty!

    Reply
  4. incorporealgirl says

    April 13, 2011 at 10:33 am

    Nice! You figured out a way to keep the herbies out of the tub!

    Reply
  5. Alex says

    April 13, 2011 at 11:31 am

    This is seriously one of the best gift ideas I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m about to make a thousand of these things. Once again you have, without knowing, made my future projects list longer :) Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  6. radmegan says

    April 13, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    Elsa B. Thanks so much! I feel your pain. Oh gosh and now I’m worried about you! Haha. Hope you enjoy your “enhanced soaking experience” 😀

    SweetJeanette! You temptress!! I totally would have eaten that delicious chocolate cake for breakfast this morning. It’s one of those days! Thanks for the giggles! I appreciate the comment :)

    Thank you Vivian!! xxoo

    Aimee, Yes lady! herbie-freeeee! :)

    Ahhhh Alex- you are so sweet! Sorry about your long to-do list, but happy you are happy!

    Thanks for reading and commenting!!

    xxoo
    radmegan

    Reply
  7. Janee Lookerse says

    April 13, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    Oh wow…that looks really nice… I think I might have to see what I can do about giving that a try. Thanks for the inspiration as always :)

    xoxo
    Janee
    yellowbirdyellowbeard.blogspot.com

    Reply
  8. AliBlahBlah says

    April 13, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    Brilliant, as usual. One of my favourite all time quotes – from Eleanor Roosevelt “A woman is like a tea bag – you never know her strength til your put her in hot water” – hope your project goes great!

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  9. radmegan says

    April 13, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Thanks so much Janee- I still owe you an email! Ikea is waiting for us!!!

    AliBlahBlah that is the best quote I’ve heard in a long time! Thanks so much for sharing it! I appreciate the comment. Thanks for the kindness :)

    xxoo
    radmegan

    Reply
  10. KnightMare says

    April 14, 2011 at 11:51 am

    What a lovely thought, I make my own bath salts but havent really thought of putting them into a tea bag.
    You could make a slightly more permanent bag using muslin and refill it each time for a more eco version 😀

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  11. Ellen says

    April 14, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    My goodness, this is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.

    Reply
  12. Medifast Coupon says

    April 15, 2011 at 8:14 am

    What a wonderful idea. And what Mother wouldn’t love to receive.

    Reply
  13. Marty J. Christopher says

    April 17, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    This is an awesome idea! I just got a sewing machine for Christmas, which I have yet to use. This may be a good beginner project. : O )

    Reply
  14. Miss Gerda says

    October 4, 2012 at 11:14 am

    oh what a nice idea! saw this on pinterest today, the red heart finish is beautiful..

    Reply
  15. Heather Little says

    October 5, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    would it be possible to make your on bags with coffee filters? and instead of the bath beads adding dried milk for skin softening.

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    • Anonymous says

      August 16, 2013 at 9:12 pm

      Personally I dont see why you couldn’t , might as well give it a try.

      Reply
  16. SpaFlyer says

    November 27, 2012 at 8:41 am

    We love this idea and featured you on our Spa Lifestyle Blog today!

    Reply
  17. www.welovespa.de says

    January 27, 2013 at 8:07 am

    we love this idea :)

    Reply
  18. Anonymous says

    February 17, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    This may sound dumb but, do you keep the tea in the tea bag? A little confused. I haven’t had anything like this before, but it sounds heavenly.

    Reply
  19. S.P Bragg says

    March 7, 2013 at 10:26 am

    What a great idea! A little fragrant soak is just what my back needs right now. It’s in a snitty mood 😉

    Reply
  20. Ruth says

    March 21, 2014 at 9:25 am

    This is such an awesome gift idea! Where do you get the XL tea bags?

    Reply
  21. Janie Dunning says

    July 2, 2015 at 4:35 pm

    I live in BC Canada. where would I find the ‘extra large teabags’ ?? We don’t always have what our U.S.A. friends have in craft stores. Michael’s perhaps???

    Reply
  22. bath soaks Cleveland says

    May 27, 2021 at 9:39 am

    Nice product. Bath soaks makes bathing really comfortable and fun specially for kids.

    Reply

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